I tihnk with all due respect his death won't mean as much as Lennon or Mercury to me. I was actually shocked by the fact I didn't really feel anything. With all the circus that surrounded him I found it hard not to let it effect my thoughts on the music, a bit like Gary Glitter the two go hand in hand. The one good thing is at least his three children stand a chance now of normality.
L-R-TIGER1994 · Member since
[i]He was a great artist anyway though I really dislike his private life,he will be a legend like Freddie,Lennon,Harrison.[/i]
ActionThisDay · Member since
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[b]maxpower wrote: [/b]
I tihnk with all due respect his death won't mean as much as Lennon or Mercury to me. I was actually shocked by the fact I didn't really feel anything. With all the circus that surrounded him I found it hard not to let it effect my thoughts on the music, a bit like Gary Glitter the two go hand in hand. The one good thing is at least his three children stand a chance now of normality.[/QUOTE]
Despite what you thought of him he was still a human being and even though I was never a great fan of his music he was the one along with Louis Armstrong, Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, and Stevie Wonder made not only male black music acceptable to the white classes but broke he all the barriers too.
As for him being compared to Gary Kid Fliddler.........Mr Glitter is and doesn't hide the fact and maybe Jackson was and if he was he'll have to answer to god now, but despite if he was or wasn't he wrote some bloody good songs.....and bad ones too (Earth Song).
R.I.P
on my way up · Member since
Michael Jackson made some of the most catchy music ever. He was in a league all of his own(Thriller is a milestone in popular music).
Very sad news.
i-Fred · Member since
The news has left me in a state of shock
L-R-TIGER1994 · Member since
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The news has left me in a state of shock[/QUOTE]
[i]Awful joke.[/i]
i-Fred · Member since
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[b]L-R-TIGER1994 wrote: [/b]
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The news has left me in a state of shock
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Build a bridge and get over it..
absento · Member since
Michael was a great musician and he had a huge impact on pop music, and pop culture is so much bigger then any other musical style. He will be truly missed. RIP.
Stalinesque · Member since
[img=/images/smiley/msn/sad_smile.gif][/img] and I was looking forward to the Queen + Michael Jackson Tour
The Real Wizard · Member since
Simply the greatest. He was a genre.
RIP.
Queenrockyou · Member since
RIP, sad news, really.
pittrek · Member since
I loved his music in the 80's. His 90's work sucked, and I didn't like all the "hints" about his "sex life", but still he stays in my mind as the king of 80's music
Penetration_Guru · Member since
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[b]ActionThisDay wrote: [/b]
Despite what you thought of him he was still a human being...
As for him being compared to Gary Kid Fliddler.........Mr Glitter is and doesn't hide the fact and maybe Jackson was and if he was he'll have to answer to god now...
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So your point is that Jackson deserves more respect because he
a) didn't prey on children as obviously as Glitter (which is open to debate, tbh)
b) is dead
I've been unsure as to whether to air this, but since someone else has opened the gate...
What is the difference between Michael Jackson & Gary Glitter?
More record sales.
That's it.
And yet today Jackson is being reinvented as a brilliant musician with a dodgy streak, whereas Glitter's death will have him portrayed as a disgusting pervert who once made a couple of records.
RogerTaylorNet · Member since
I am totally shocked about his sudden death. RIP
Queenrockyou · Member since
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[b]pittrek wrote: [/b]
I loved his music in the 80's. His 90's work sucked, and I didn't like all the "hints" about his "sex life", but still he stays in my mind as the king of 80's music[/QUOTE]
100% agree, whether we like it or not, as a musician, he was a real highlight of the 80's, you couldn't walk into a bar and sit for three hours long without hearing a Michael Jackson song on the radio, well that's an achievement. What he became after that is just another debate. As a musician at least it wasn't as good as in the 80's.
I would have hoped he did that last series of shows in London (even if I am sure this would not have been that great in fact, too many shows, too "old", too tiring to be excellent all the time), and then retire in his own world, or go to jail, or whatever.
God, Van Halen, Slash, Toto musicians and lots of others played for the guy (Van Halen even played without being payed as he wanted to and regretted later !), Mc Cartney, even our dear Freddie (who wasn't really used to that), now that's a real achievement I guess.
So in my opinion, the Michael Jackson from the 80's, the real interesting one, was already dead. For the rest, I don't give a damn.
Now, up there, he and Freddie will probably have the time to achieve "Victory", so I guess we should watch at the forum in the coming months ;o)
