Spicezee Bureau
Mumbai, June 26: The sudden demise of the King of Pop Michael Jackson has engulfed the whole music world in an ocean of sorrow. In a rare tribute to the true blue pop star, Bollywood giant Amitabh Bachchan has shared his exhilarating experience of meeting Michael Jackson in person.
In his blog, Bachchan says about Jackson, “…Mesmerized by his brilliance in each and every department of music and performance, he changed the very psyche, of not just the kind of music he was making, but also the psyche of the listening audience. Nothing compared to him. He was just this incredible perfection that God could have possibly created in his mercy.”
The Bollywood veteran goes on to say that during his stay in the USA for medial treatment, he had the rare opportunity of witnessing Michael Jackson’s live performance. Narrating about Jackson’s phenomenal performance, Amitabh says, “With a bit of shoving and pushing we finally were able to seek deliverance – the space to finally rest our posteriors. This unfortunately lasted just a few seconds, for, a huge bang of music almost immediately, tore our eardrums away and a blinding light from the stage on one end, accompanied by the most decibel led roar from 100,000, got everyone on their feet again !! And that is how we remained for the next three hours !! For almost 45 minutes the build up kept us in hungry anticipation and then… almost by magic.. he was on stage… NOTHING WAS HEARD THENCE, NOTHING WAS SEEN THERAFTER, NOTHING BUT UTTER.. UTTER .. HALUCIGENIC MADNESS !!”
Well, Amitabh met Michael in person was during early 90s when, during his stay at Helmsley Palace Hotel, New York, Jackson accidentally rang his doorbell and said, “Oh ! Excuse me ! I think I have the wrong room !”.
Later, Amitabh pestered his friend Mohan Murjani to fix a meet with Michael where Amitabh was bowled over by the King of the Pop. “He was soft spoken, very humble and most polite. Introduced me to his Mother who accompanied him and then I was out of there !!”
Ah, memories.
First Published: Friday, June 26, 2009, 20:00