SONG REVIEW

Men in the mirror – michael jackson

Men in the mirror is a song by michael jackson. Michael jackson is a singer-songwriter, was
born on august 29th, 1958. Known as king of pop. Start his carrier when he was eleventh years old.
Men in the mirror is michael jackson’s fourth single from his seventh album (BAD,1987). This song
nominated for record of the year. Was released on january 1988 and win a grammy award.Men in the
mirror basically is a song who tells about the fact that happen in our life. It tells us to look in our self
first before you see other people. Tells us if we want to change something to make something better
starts with changing our self first.

The strength of this song is michael use a lot of phrases that contain a lot of meaning. In
other words, michael use a lot of tuneful words. “I'm starting with the man in the mirror’ means
michael want to makes a world a better place and he’s starting with his self first. “ they follow the
pattern of the wind ya’ see, because they got no place to be” they follow the pattern of the wind means
the kids in the story of michael’s follow where will life take them to. In other words, just follow the
flows. This song also creates a realization of our reality today. We can't keep complaining, or
painfully watching people suffer. And, we always talk about our society and all the bad things that
happen that have no reasoning. Well that reasoning somebody didn't prevent that from happening And
that someone could be right in the mirror. The fragility of this song is