Baby Be Mine

I'm on a huge Michael Jackson kick.  I just finished an 800 page biography about his life and I've scoured YouTube and various web pages over the last few months as I've tried to understand this man's life.  Sadly, I've never really delved much into his catalog of music- something I'm sure I'll remedy in the near future.

While reading about his life, I teetered between feeling that his life is a great tragedy and that his life was astonishing and triumphant.  What entertainer has had worldwide renown like Michael Jackson?
So- obviously the song stuck in my head this morning was from The King of Pop himself.  "Baby Be Mine" is the 2nd track on Jackson's 1982 album "Thriller" which still, so many years later (31 years!) is the best selling album of all time.  And with what's happened to the music industry, I doubt it will ever be surpassed by another album.  Time will tell, but I'll bet I'm right.

Oddly, today's song is one of the few tracks on this album that wasn't released as a single.  And it's a great song!   If I have my memory right, I think this is the 4th song from "Thriller" that I've blogged about here, which to me is saying a lot since I've not really ever been an active listener to Jackson's music (until now!)

OK, here's "Baby Be Mine" listen and enjoy.

I feel like I have so much more to say about Michael Jackson in this post, but I just don't have time. I hope I don't sound trite, but I will say simply this:

Here's to you MJ, a talented kid from working-class Gary, Indiana who has left behind a legacy that will never be forgotten.