It's amazing that the above video is 19 years after Michael Jackson's Thriller album came out. He still had it going on then in 2001. Jackson still had game. Listen to the crowd and how loud they are. They drown out the music at times.
After Thriller came out, Bad was a pretty good follow up, but nothing he did would touch the success of Thriller.
As he got older, Michael's looks, his "strangeness", sexual abuse claims, and his being a recluse took over the headlines.
Random thoughts:
-I had a classmate in junior high who wore his Thriller jacket to school and it got stolen. I felt badly for the kid.
-There's no way, if I ever have kids, that I will nickname a child "blanket."
-I am stunned that Michael's death crashed wikipedia and Twitter. Also, Amazon.com sold out of every Michael Jackson cd. That truly is a measure of Jackson's super-stardom.
-It's strange that it took death for Michael Jackson and his music to be so relevant again.
-Regarding the last two points, I think whenever Madonna or Prince pass on, a similar effect will happen but not to the same level as what happened with Michael. Are there any others that their deaths could have a similar effect?
-I will remember that I was in the BG Student Union when I first saw the news on CNN and then a classmate confirmed that he died before my class started in East Hall.
-I wonder how long will it take for bootleg or undercover footage of his last rehearsals to be leaked.
-I wonder if it's really true that Michael weighed 108 pounds at the time of his death.
-Being that I was seven years old when Elvis Presley died in 1977, I didn't experience the hysteria around his death. So, just to live during this is a unique experience.
-Will Jordan Chandler, the boy who Michael Jackson paid $22 million out of court in 1994 to settle sexual abuse claims, make any appearances in the media?
-I wonder how show business will ultimately remember and honor Michael Jackson.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Thoughts on Michael Jackson
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2 comments:
MJ was definitely a one-of-a-kind phenomenon. He had great talent but seemed to be a very troubled soul to me. I do remember the hysteria that went with the death of Elvis, but it was different with Jackson. We, of course, didn't have the internet and Twitter and all of that to spread news so quickly. It went slower over radio and TV news announcements and by word of mouth.
There will continue to be urban legends revolving around MJ.
As far as the allegations surrounding Michael, he's in the hands of a just God right now.
When Elvis died, WMMS and WGAR/1220 both played wall to wall Elvis.
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