MY STORY OF CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP WITH THE KING OF POP
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MICHAEL JACKSON, JESUS, AND ME
MY STORY OF CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP WITH THE KING OF POP
By David Pack
In August of 1986, the famous composer Leonard Bernstein was in Los Angeles to conduct a classical concert at UCLAs Royce Hall.
Knowing that his birthday would fall on the same week, I asked him what he wanted.
Without missing a beat, Leonard said, I want to meet Michael Jackson.
At the time, Michael was the biggest pop star in the universe. He was just coming off the massive global success of Thriller, a sold-out world tour, and multiple Grammy wins that catapulted him into the rarified air of Beatlesque pandemonium wherever he went.
He was seen inside the music industry as the greatest raw talent of a generation, and the combination of Michael and Quincy Jones in the studio set a standard that may never be equaled.
Leonard was a global superstar and TV personality in his own righthe is listed in many publications as the most celebrated musician, conductor, and composer of the 20th century.
Yet Leonard was awestruck by the talent of Michael, describing him to me once as the most electrifying pop star Ive seen since the Beatles.
Leonard wanted to introduce Michael to classical music and maybe inspire Michael toward a collaboration of classical and pop music.
I was determined to grant Leonard his birthday wish by making the meeting of my two friends happen. So I called another friend, Quincy Jones, also a musical titan and legend whom Id introduced to Leonard the previous year at yet another dinner.
Quincy idolized Leonard Bernstein, so he said hed call Michael and ask. An hour later, he called to say that Michael couldnt make it. When I told Leonard that Michael wouldnt be there, he said, What? You tell him that I, Leonard Bernstein, command him to come to my concert! I got back on the phone with Quincy. Two hours later, Quincy called to say that Michael would be there. But hes never been to a classical concert, so this should be interesting!
At the concert, Michael loved watching Leonard, who at one point leapt three feet in the air during a section of the score and landed with a loud thud. (Quincy, Michael, and I were pretty sure this was Leonard trying to show off for Michael.)
Later that night, during a dinner at my house, I came to see Michael as a man with one of the sweetest souls Ive ever known. He thanked me over and over for commanding him to come to the concert.
He asked me to remind him of some of my hit songs with Ambrosia, so I sang a chorus of Biggest Part of Me. His eyes lit up like a little kids, and he took over and sang the entire chorus back to me.
At one point, Leonard draped his long white scarf around his neck and Michaels for a series of photos, then stood up and gave Michael a conducting lesson on the spot. Later, these two musical giants bonded over . . . acne! They both had problems with it, and somehow that very embarrassing personal topic was their major connecting point. Leonard would talk about this for years to come. Michael called me the next day and asked for photos from that night, and he was thrilled when he got them.
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