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Ehe, aici am putea face un mare serial.

Dar încep cu o piesă scrisă de Michael şi Randy Jackson, de pe albumul "Destiny" (al trupei The Jacksons, lansat în decembrie 1978), numită "That's What You Get For Being Polite", adică o interpretare americănească a româneştilor panseuri "Nicio faptă bună nu rămâne nepedepsită" şi "Facerea de bine e bipbip". Evident, ne gândim la felul de a fi al autorului principal (întrucât Randy, se pare, era taman opusul său) şi vom citi, hlizindu-ne, versurile - care, de fapt, ne arată cam la ce concluzii ajunsese - pe când avea 20 de ani... :

Jack still cries day and night
Jack's not happy with his life
He want to do this, he want to do that
You want to be kind, but ends up flat for love
For love

He tries so hard to give a lot
He wants to be what he is not
Love's not harsh and love's not bad
And what's he doing for love is so sad
(He wants to be so bad)
(He wants to be so bad) All the time getting in
Things he can't get out
Something deep inside of him
Eating up the pride of him
That makes him buy things for the girls
(That's what you get for being polite)
(For being polite)

Jack still sits all alone
He lives the world that is his own
He's lost in thought of who to be
I wish to God that he would see just love
Give him love

He tries so hard to give a lot
He wants to be what he is not
Love's not harsh and love's not bad
And what's he doing for love is so sad
(He wants to be so bad)
(He wants to be so bad) All the time getting in
Things he can't get out
Something deep inside of him
Eating up the pride of him
That makes him buy things for the girls
(That's what you get for being polite)
(For being polite)

(Jack still) Tryin' to make you happy, but...
(Jack still) Tryin' to make you happy, but...
(Jack still) Tryin' to make you happy, but he's not, but he's not

(Jack still) Tryin' to make you, but don't you know he cries
(Jack still) Don't you know he's scared
(Jack still) It's often for his love, it's for his love
Don't you know he often cries about you
He cries about me
He cries about you (You) and me (And me)
And every little thing that's in his way
He cries about me
He cries about you (You) and me (And me)
Know that he deserves to cry

(Jack still) Don't you know he cries
(Jack still) Don't you know he's scared
(Jack still) It's often for his love, yeah, yeah
Don't you know, don't you know, don't you know, don't you know
Don't you know, don't you know, don't you know, don't you know
He cries, he cries because there is a lack of love
(www.sing365.com)

Cântecul nu are nicio poveste trecută în vreo enciclopedie (păi da, dar eu n-am terminat încă nici "Moonwalk" de citit - e scrisă puchinos, aşa că - dacă bat câmpii, este ca să fac sport), dar putem bănui că a pornit de la vreo discuţie dintre Randy şi Michael (precis şi o a treia persoană, pe post de moderator), intuim chiar şi pe ce ton, cu ce argumente şi exemple - Michael primind lecţii de la fratele mai mic - Randy.

După ce n-au ajuns la nicio concluzie, dar profesionişti fiind până în vârful unghiilor - la urma urmei, şi-au zis că ar putea valorifica discuţia - pentru uzul tuturor celor ce i-ar putea semăna lui Michael Jackson (slabe şanse). "Jack" din text poate fi înlocuit cu "Micke"; sau e chiar prescurtarea numelui de familie - mesaj străveziu, dar se potriveşte cu ceea ce se ştia/se ştie despre MJ. Iar faptul că e "he" şi nu "me" - ei, chiar aşa de măgari să fim? E discursul celei de-a "treia persoane", din scenariul prezentat aici ("he cries about you"...), către Randy, mă gândesc.

Şi pentru că am o datorie mai veche, iată tema de gândire: "Speechless" - cu un montaj făcut din imagini luate din filmul Moonwalker.