The greats are the only ones who are able to do any action without being sensitive to what happens to their actions in terms of reactions to people, and greatness arises from the accumulation and distinction of serious deeds, and when Al-Mutanabbi said:
I sleep filling my eyelids from their strays
And creation watches over it and quarrels.
Disagreement over the actions of the greats is an accident, while the actor sleeps with his eyelids indifferent to what he has caused to express opinions about him.
This is what happens to people about any act or saying uttered by the Arab artist, Muhammad Abdo.
Some dared to demand that he not hold meetings and only sing, and this boldness is a blatant violation of Muhammad's freedom as a human being and as an artist who has the full right to say or do, and those who demand his silence want to cancel Muhammad's presence, and they also want to turn him into a machine that records the frequencies of the songs they love, yes there are those who love him They do not want the enemies to rally against him, and to smash him with a wound.
And whether they are enemies or lovers, they have no right to claim what he says or does.
It is necessary for the creator to have his options in presenting himself as he wants, not as the audience wants.
Whoever follows the life and biography of Muhammad usually knows the psychological composition of this artist, as the self-imprint of any person is present in all the temporal joints of his life.
I touched on this psychology in the decision of the Arab artist when I presented the book “Papers from the Life of the Arab Artist Muhammad Abdo” to the friend Ali Faqandash.
An introduction that overflowed with what can be counted as an introduction when it led to the life of the family of Muhammad Abdo.
In part of the press interviews with him, he made many statements that turned into press clips from the beginning of his artistic career.
And whoever wants to follow you, waiting for any slip, will not fail to catch any saying or action you speak, and many are the sayings and actions that people follow in order to defame or joke.
And people’s acceptance of any artistic experience depends on time, as Muhammad found a stormy blame from his fans when he sang “One with One”, that experience in which he wanted to keep up with the young generation, so his old fans rejected him, even though this audience accepted this renewal (the video clip) in his early rise. When he presented this experience through his TV series “Songs in the Sea of Wishes”, and for this reason he believes that he is a pioneer in this field, and Muhammad Abdo has a previous opinion in the video clip song that the current generation reflects the mirror and makes the image a priority over the song, and the psychological imprint of the individual.
I remember very well Professor Jalal Abu Zaid – and he was inclined to the artist Talal Maddah, may God have mercy on them both – that he made the young novice Muhammad Abdo fall into a famous press interview when the meeting was broadcast and in large letters: Muhammad Abdo says I am a failure..
That statement, no matter how chauvinistic it was for a young artist who possessed ambition and determination, but that meeting twisted the necks of those who were not aware of that devouring young man, and entered into the public's attention because of that statement.
And the journalistic excitement was ably played by Muhammad Abdo (regardless of whether he was aware of it or if it was spontaneous), and among the most famous comments that made the Arab world (as a society) want to know this emerging singer. This happened because of a press statement when he was asked:
– What do you think of the artist Umm Kulthum?
The answer of the emerging artist, Muhammad Abdo, came as a bomb that resounded throughout the Arab world. What answer is that in his artistic beginnings? His response was:
An artist with a future!
His statement about Talal Maddah's poor kitchen (may God have mercy on him) was a stormy statement, as Talal's audience carried stinging sarcasm, and Muhammad was not spared from attacking him and attaching all shameful epithets to him..
This statement remained ingrained in people's minds until a later meeting came and Muhammad Abdo asked:
– Do you still think that Talal Maddah's kitchen is a bad kitchen?
He confirmed his previous statement, explaining that those who run Talal's kitchen did not have the seriousness and attention to an artist of Talal's size, so they contributed to the decline of his artistic activity through the long evenings and not enabling him to pay attention to what he will perform for his fans.
These airy statements made fans of Muhammad Abdo and his critics also wish that Muhammad Abdo would not respond to any meeting, stressing that he is a great artist and does not need meetings that turn into arrows in his chest, giving, for example, the geniuses of art that their meetings do not exceed the fingers of one hand, as is the case of Fayrouz, for example.
In the various gatherings, I find many people who know that I am in a relationship with Muhammad Abdo, saying to me:
– Why do not you talk to Muhammad Abdo to refrain from any meeting, it is enough that he is a great singer and does not need any meeting that weakens his glow in the hearts of his fans?
And because I know that every person has his motives and his own vision is the thermometer by which he measures his actions and opinions, and no one has the right to impose his vision on another person.
Perhaps I find it an opportunity to talk about what I hear from people about that Muhammad stopped at the song (places) and that his last songs were no longer as wonderful and grand as he was presenting, as he started singing only for the sake of singing..
I also believe that this is also not within the competence of any person to impose the path chosen by the artist, because it is the nature of the artist that makes him prioritize another progress that he considers to be the best or that it is a work that adds to his former glory.
In any case, the imprint of the existence of Muhammad Abdo as he desires, not as we desire.
Abdou Khal