44. "'Did anyone watch the documentary?'..yep, my favorite part..." In response to In response to 37 Mon Feb-08-16 03:34 PM by Voodoochilde
i really dug this doc. My favorite part,,, well, ONE of my favorite parts was the note he had written to himself back in the late 70's i believe...the one where he basically road-mapped and strategically detailed the steps he planned to take and the work he'd have to put-in in order to fulfill what would indeed become his actual destiny...and as we know, he ultimately DID that. ALL of it. i had never heard that story or seen that note before...
i really enjoyed the doc a lot. love the audio clips and the rare footage and interviews of Mike, many of which i had never seen or heard. the ones where he discusses his creative process and drive...the interviews where he (and others) discuss how he loves to LEARN...i love that shit...
i want even more of that...i want the FULL interviews. Maybe, if they're smart & if we're lucky, they'll put extended uncut interviews and footage on the blu ray or something?
i also want to get more details about the creative process...i'm talking IN THE WEEDs of how each of those songs came to be. (would love love LOVE a doc that TOTALLY focused ALL of its attention on that 'in the weeds/creative process' for both "Off The Wall" and the Jacksons "Destiny" albums while some of the co-creators are still around to reveal some of the behind the scene nuances...
unfortunately we've already lost Mike and several of the musicians who were key to some of that great stuff (David Williams who died the same year Mike did)...so, very sadly for me, there are some stories and details we'll NEVER know....i get genuinely depressed knowing that. i LOVE hearing about the creative process....the choices made to do something 'this way' versus 'that way', and the reasons and inspirations behind those choices....i love hearing that sort of thing...