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 '''Michael Jackson''' (August 28, 1958 - June 25, 2009) was an American soul and pop singer, also referred to as "the King of Pop". He rose to fame as child singer in the soul group The Jackson Five. During the 1980s he became an international icon due to the success of his album "Thriller" (1982), which became the best selling music record of all time. His innovative music videos changed the genre into an art form and mass marketing tool. His eccentric behaviour and ever changing physical appearance received enormous media attention and made him the subject of numerous speculations and ridicule.
-==References==
+==Frank Zappa==
 * On 28 February 1984, Zappa was interviewed by Charlie Rose on ''Nightwatch'' about Michael Jackson. He praised his voice, performance skills, songs and the production arrangement, but added that he's not a pop music consumer, as opposed to his children who own(ed) Michael Jackson cassettes. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiWOTx6ifR4</ref>
 *In the ''[[Does Humor Belong In Music?]] (1984)'' video a reporter asked Zappa whether he could write chart toppers and sell millions of albums if he wanted to? Zappa responded: ''"Yeah, but who wants to go through life with a tiny nose and one glove on?"''
 * In 1985, Frank Zappa was asked in''The Music Interview with Frank Zappa'', Bill Templeton, Music, January 25 - February 6, 1985 what he felt about Michael Jackson's music and replied:  "''More glove stuff."'' <ref>https://www.afka.net/Articles/1985-01_Music.htm</ref>
 * During an interview on the [[Wikipedia:Arsenio Hall|Arsenio Hall]] show in February 1989 Zappa told Hall that he saw a little black girl on [[Wikipedia:CNN|CNN]] being interviewed about Jackson. According to him she said: ''"He ugly. He white lookin'"''. He told Hall that this was the inspiration for his song ''"[[Why Don't You Like Me?]]"''
-*''“Do we really want to know how Michael Jackson makes his music? No. We want to understand why he needs the bones of [[Elephant Man]] -- and, until he tells us, it doesn't make too much difference whether or not he really is ''bad.'''' ( Frank Zappa in [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]])
+* ''“Do we really want to know how Michael Jackson makes his music? No. We want to understand why he needs the bones of [[Elephant Man]] -- and, until he tells us, it doesn't make too much difference whether or not he really is ''bad.'''' ( Frank Zappa in [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]])
 *Jackson was spoofed in the songs ''[[Why Don't You Like Me?]]'' and ''[[Bacon Fat]]'' on ''"[[Broadway The Hard Way]]" (1989)''. Both songs also include a musical quote from Jackson's song ''"Billie Jean"''.
 *An Anglo-Italian rap version of Michael Jackson's ''"[[Wikipedia:Bad (Michael Jackson song)|I'm Bad]]"'' was to feature in the opera ''"[[Dio Fa]]"'', an FZ project that never happened.
-*When [[Den Simms]] asked Zappa in ''[[They're Doing the Interview of the Century, Part 1]]'' after the meaning of the secret word ''"Llama"'' during a concert in Chicago Zappa told Simms that it was derived from a Willie Nelson tv commercial where Nelson sings ''"Mama!"'' It eventually turned into ''"Llama"'' To which Den Simms enquires "And does that have anything to do with Michael Jackson's llamas?" To which Zappa replies "That's right. Got it? That's how that one works."
+* When [[Den Simms]] asked Zappa in ''[[They're Doing the Interview of the Century, Part 1]]'' after the meaning of the secret word ''"Llama"'' during a concert in Chicago Zappa told Simms that it was derived from a Willie Nelson tv commercial where Nelson sings ''"Mama!"'' It eventually turned into ''"Llama"'' To which Den Simms enquires "And does that have anything to do with Michael Jackson's llamas?" To which Zappa replies "That's right. Got it? That's how that one works."
 ==See Also==

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 * On 28 February 1984, Zappa was interviewed by Charlie Rose on ''Nightwatch'' about Michael Jackson. He praised his voice, performance skills, songs and the production arrangement, but added that he's not a pop music consumer, as opposed to his children who own(ed) Michael Jackson cassettes. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiWOTx6ifR4</ref>
 *In the ''[[Does Humor Belong In Music?]] (1984)'' video a reporter asked Zappa whether he could write chart toppers and sell millions of albums if he wanted to? Zappa responded: ''"Yeah, but who wants to go through life with a tiny nose and one glove on?"''
-*During an interview on the [[Wikipedia:Arsenio Hall|Arsenio Hall]] show in February 1989 Zappa told Hall that he saw a little black girl on [[Wikipedia:CNN|CNN]] being interviewed about Jackson. According to him she said: ''"He ugly. He white lookin'"''. He told Hall that this was the inspiration for his song ''"[[Why Don't You Like Me?]]"''
+* In 1985, Frank Zappa was asked in''The Music Interview with Frank Zappa'', Bill Templeton, Music, January 25 - February 6, 1985 what he felt about Michael Jackson's music and replied:  "''More glove stuff."'' <ref>https://www.afka.net/Articles/1985-01_Music.htm</ref>
 *''“Do we really want to know how Michael Jackson makes his music? No. We want to understand why he needs the bones of [[Elephant Man]] -- and, until he tells us, it doesn't make too much difference whether or not he really is ''bad.'''' ( Frank Zappa in [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]])
 *Jackson was spoofed in the songs ''[[Why Don't You Like Me?]]'' and ''[[Bacon Fat]]'' on ''"[[Broadway The Hard Way]]" (1989)''. Both songs also include a musical quote from Jackson's song ''"Billie Jean"''.

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-[[File:Michaeljackson.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Michael Jackson]]
+[[File:Michaeljackson.jpg|thumb|700px|right|Michael Jackson]]
 '''Michael Jackson''' (August 28, 1958 - June 25, 2009) was an American soul and pop singer, also referred to as "the King of Pop". He rose to fame as child singer in the soul group The Jackson Five. During the 1980s he became an international icon due to the success of his album "Thriller" (1982), which became the best selling music record of all time. His innovative music videos changed the genre into an art form and mass marketing tool. His eccentric behaviour and ever changing physical appearance received enormous media attention and made him the subject of numerous speculations and ridicule.
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 ==References==
 * On 28 February 1984, Zappa was interviewed by Charlie Rose on ''Nightwatch'' about Michael Jackson. He praised his voice, performance skills, songs and the production arrangement, but added that he's not a pop music consumer, as opposed to his children who own(ed) Michael Jackson cassettes. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiWOTx6ifR4</ref>
-*In the ''[[Does Humor Belong In Music?]] (1984)'' video a reporter asks [[Biography|Frank Zappa]] whether he could write chart toppers and sell millions of albums if he wanted to? Zappa responded: ''"Yeah, but who wants to go through life with a tiny nose and one glove on?"''
+*In the ''[[Does Humor Belong In Music?]] (1984)'' video a reporter asked Zappa whether he could write chart toppers and sell millions of albums if he wanted to? Zappa responded: ''"Yeah, but who wants to go through life with a tiny nose and one glove on?"''
 *During an interview on the [[Wikipedia:Arsenio Hall|Arsenio Hall]] show in February 1989 Zappa told Hall that he saw a little black girl on [[Wikipedia:CNN|CNN]] being interviewed about Jackson. According to him she said: ''"He ugly. He white lookin'"''. He told Hall that this was the inspiration for his song ''"[[Why Don't You Like Me?]]"''
 *''“Do we really want to know how Michael Jackson makes his music? No. We want to understand why he needs the bones of [[Elephant Man]] -- and, until he tells us, it doesn't make too much difference whether or not he really is ''bad.'''' ( Frank Zappa in [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]])
 *Jackson was spoofed in the songs ''[[Why Don't You Like Me?]]'' and ''[[Bacon Fat]]'' on ''"[[Broadway The Hard Way]]" (1989)''. Both songs also include a musical quote from Jackson's song ''"Billie Jean"''.
 *An Anglo-Italian rap version of Michael Jackson's ''"[[Wikipedia:Bad (Michael Jackson song)|I'm Bad]]"'' was to feature in the opera ''"[[Dio Fa]]"'', an FZ project that never happened.
-*When Den Simms asked Zappa in ''[[They're Doing the Interview of the Century, Part 1]]'' after the meaning of the secret word ''"Llama"'' during a concert in Chicago Zappa told Simms that it was derived from a Willie Nelson tv commercial where Nelson sings ''"Mama!"'' It eventually turned into ''"Llama"'' To which Den Simms enquires "And does that have anything to do with Michael Jackson's llamas?" To which Zappa replies "That's right. Got it? That's how that one works."
+*When [[Den Simms]] asked Zappa in ''[[They're Doing the Interview of the Century, Part 1]]'' after the meaning of the secret word ''"Llama"'' during a concert in Chicago Zappa told Simms that it was derived from a Willie Nelson tv commercial where Nelson sings ''"Mama!"'' It eventually turned into ''"Llama"'' To which Den Simms enquires "And does that have anything to do with Michael Jackson's llamas?" To which Zappa replies "That's right. Got it? That's how that one works."
 *Zappa wore an oven mitt on the cover of [[Them Or Us (The Book)]] as a parody of Jackson's one glove look.

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 ==References==
-* On 28 February 1984, Zappa was interviewed by Charlie Rose on ''Nightwatch'' about [[Michael Jackson]]. He praised his voice, performance skills, songs and the production arrangement, but added that he's not a pop music consumer, as opposed to his children who own(ed) Michael Jackson cassettes. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiWOTx6ifR4</ref>
+* On 28 February 1984, Zappa was interviewed by Charlie Rose on ''Nightwatch'' about Michael Jackson. He praised his voice, performance skills, songs and the production arrangement, but added that he's not a pop music consumer, as opposed to his children who own(ed) Michael Jackson cassettes. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiWOTx6ifR4</ref>
 *In the ''[[Does Humor Belong In Music?]] (1984)'' video a reporter asks [[Biography|Frank Zappa]] whether he could write chart toppers and sell millions of albums if he wanted to? Zappa responded: ''"Yeah, but who wants to go through life with a tiny nose and one glove on?"''
 *During an interview on the [[Wikipedia:Arsenio Hall|Arsenio Hall]] show in February 1989 Zappa told Hall that he saw a little black girl on [[Wikipedia:CNN|CNN]] being interviewed about Jackson. According to him she said: ''"He ugly. He white lookin'"''. He told Hall that this was the inspiration for his song ''"[[Why Don't You Like Me?]]"''

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 ==References==
 *In the ''[[Does Humor Belong In Music?]] (1984)'' video a reporter asks [[Biography|Frank Zappa]] whether he could write chart toppers and sell millions of albums if he wanted to? Zappa responded: ''"Yeah, but who wants to go through life with a tiny nose and one glove on?"''
 *During an interview on the [[Wikipedia:Arsenio Hall|Arsenio Hall]] show in February 1989 Zappa told Hall that he saw a little black girl on [[Wikipedia:CNN|CNN]] being interviewed about Jackson. According to him she said: ''"He ugly. He white lookin'"''. He told Hall that this was the inspiration for his song ''"[[Why Don't You Like Me?]]"''

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	'''Michael Jackson''' (August 28, 1958 - June 25, 2009) was an American soul and pop singer, also referred to as "the King of Pop". He rose to fame as child singer in the soul group The Jackson Five. During the 1980s he became an international icon due to the success of his album "Thriller" (1982), which became the best selling music record of all time. His innovative music videos changed the genre into an art form and mass marketing tool. His eccentric behaviour and ever changing physical appearance received enormous media attention and made him the subject of numerous speculations and ridicule.		'''Michael Jackson''' (August 28, 1958 - June 25, 2009) was an American soul and pop singer, also referred to as "the King of Pop". He rose to fame as child singer in the soul group The Jackson Five. During the 1980s he became an international icon due to the success of his album "Thriller" (1982), which became the best selling music record of all time. His innovative music videos changed the genre into an art form and mass marketing tool. His eccentric behaviour and ever changing physical appearance received enormous media attention and made him the subject of numerous speculations and ridicule.

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 An Anglo-Italian rap version of Michael Jackson's ''"[[I'm Bad]]"'' was to feature in the opera ''"[[Dio Fa]]"'', an FZ project that didn't emerge eventually.
-When Den Simms asked Zappa in ''[[They're Doing the Interview of the Century, Part 1]]'' after the meaning of the secret word ''"Llama"'' during a concert in Chicago Zappa told Simms that it was derived from a Willie Nelson tv commercial where Nelson sings ''"Mama!"'' It eventually turned into ''"Llama"'', which Zappa admitted to be a reference to Michael Jackson (who owned several exotic pets, including a llama.)
+When Den Simms asked Zappa in ''[[They're Doing the Interview of the Century, Part 1]]'' after the meaning of the secret word ''"Llama"'' during a concert in Chicago Zappa told Simms that it was derived from a Willie Nelson tv commercial where Nelson sings ''"Mama!"'' It eventually turned into ''"Llama"'' To which Den Simms enquires "And does that have anything to do with Michael Jackson's llamas?" To which Zappa replies "That's right. Got it? That's how that one works."
 ==See Also==
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 [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Jackson]]
 [[Category:Targets|Jackson]]

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	'''Michael Jackson''' (August 28, 1958 - June 25, 2009) was an American soul and pop singer, also referred to as "the King of Pop". He rose to fame as child singer in the soul group The Jackson Five. During the 1980s he became an international icon due to the success of his album "Thriller" (1982), which became the best selling music record of all time. His innovative music videos changed the genre into an art form and mass marketing tool. His eccentric behaviour and ever changing physical appearance received enormous media attention and made him the subject of numerous speculations and ridicule.		'''Michael Jackson''' (August 28, 1958 - June 25, 2009) was an American soul and pop singer, also referred to as "the King of Pop". He rose to fame as child singer in the soul group The Jackson Five. During the 1980s he became an international icon due to the success of his album "Thriller" (1982), which became the best selling music record of all time. His innovative music videos changed the genre into an art form and mass marketing tool. His eccentric behaviour and ever changing physical appearance received enormous media attention and made him the subject of numerous speculations and ridicule.