Mark Zuckerberg(founder, president and CEO, Facebook) Dick Costolo(CEO, Twitter) Carol Bartz(president and CEO, Yahoo!) John Hennessy(president, Stanford University) Reed Hastings(CEO, NetFlix) Larry Ellison(co-founder and CEO, Oracle) John Doerr(partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers) JohnChambers(CEO and chairman, Cisco Systems) Art Levinson(chairman and former CEO, Genentech) Eric Schmidt(chairman and CEO, Google) Steve Westly(managing partner and founder, Westly Group)
'83、当時Apple-computerのfouderであったSteve Jobsが John SculleyをAppleの社長として引き抜いた ・・・Jobsの有名なくどき文句がある ー'Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life, or do you want to change the world? 'ー
'85にJohn Sculleyは逆にSteve Jobsを失脚させAppleから追放
ー'93にはSculley自身も業績不振の責を問われAppleを去る事になるがー
一方'86にJobsはPixarを買収しChairman→CEOとなり Disney と提携して Toy Storyなどでその非凡な才を見せ付ける
翌月releaseのsurprise album 'Blood On The Dance Floor/HIStory In The Mix'の 先行singleとして出されたtitle track 'Blood on the Dance Floor'が 英国のchartに一位初登場する 一方、米国での最高順位は42位に終わっている これまでのMJの作風とは異質なこのLyricsは Lisaとの破局・SONYとの確執・・など さまざまに取り沙汰もされた
Do You Know Where Your Children Are(12 O'clock)Feat. Jay-Z
(INTRO TO SONG) "You gotta ask yourself a question do i feel lucky well do ya punk" Ladies and gentle man EAK (man)!
(VERSE 1) Father comes home from work and he's scared to death 父親が仕事から家に帰って来る 彼は死を恐れてる Mother cries out again, it's no charade 母親がまた泣き叫んでいる 決して寸劇じゃない Father runs to the table, he says what's going on 父親はテーブルに駆け寄り”一体どうしたんだ”と聞く Mother cries just believe, our little baby's gone 母親は'本当に私達のbabyが死んじゃったの'と泣き叫ぶ
(CHORUS 1) Do you know where your children are? あなたの子供がどこにいるのか知っている? Because it's now 12 O'clock, 今は12時なんだ If they're somewhere out on the street もし彼らが通りのどこかにいるのなら Just imagine how scared they are どんなに怖い思いをしているか想像してみて Do you know where your children are? あなたの子供がどこにいるのか知っている? Because it's not 12 O'clock, 今は12時なんだ And just hope they're not on the street. 彼らが通りにはいないように祈るだけさ Just imagine how scared they are. どんなに怖い思いをしているか想像してみて
(VERSE 2) She wrote that she is tired of step-daddy using her 彼女は継父が自分をレイプするのにうんざりしてると書いた Saying that he'll buy her things, while sexually abusing her sexually abuseをする代わりに物を買ってあげると言ったって Just think that she's alone somewhere out on the street 彼女は街に出かけるときはいつも一人だ How will this girl survive? She ain't got nothing to eat! どうやって生き延びる?何も食べる物が得られないんだよ!
(CHORUS 2) CHORUS 1 repeat
(Bridges) Save me from this livin' hell, この生き地獄から救って
Save Me (8x's and adlibs)
(Guitar Solo)
(VERSE 3) Now she on the move, she's off to Hollywood 彼女は行動し始めたのさ、ここを離れてハリウッドへと She says she wantna be a star, she heard the money's good 彼女はスターになりたいと言った、お金が稼げるって聞いたから She gets off from the train station, a man is waiting there 列車の駅から降りたらそこで男が待っていた I'll show you where the money is, girl just let down your hair お金がどこにあるか教えてあげるよ girl,安心してていいからね He's taking her on the streets, of Sunset Boulevard 彼は彼女をSunset Boulevard通りに連れてった She's sell her body hot, girl that's what i'm taking for 彼女は身体を高く売った girl,どこまでも連れていってあげるよ Police come around the corner, somebody up there told 警官がすぐ近くに来た そこで誰かが告げ口したからさ He's arresting this little girl, that's only twelve years old 彼はこの少女を捕まえる まだほんの12歳の少女を
'One Day in Your Life' が 時を経て Black Single Chart に in この曲はもともと1975releaseの album'Forever Michael'に収められていたが top titleのみのhitに終わり、隠れていた名曲である 'Off The Wall'のmega-hitに後押しされて re-single releaseされたという経過がある
One day in your life You'll remember a place Someone touching your face You'll come back and you'll look around, you'll . . .
One day in your life You'll remember the love you found here You'll remember me somehow Though you don't need me now I will stay in your heart And when things fall apart You'll remember one day . . .
One day in your life When you find that you're always waiting For a love we used to share Just call my name, and I'll be there
You'll remember me somehow Though you don't need me now I will stay in your heart And when things fall apart You'll remember one day . . .
One day in your life When you find that you're always lonely For a love we used to share Just call my name, and I'll be there