Yea, I would be just as upset if any other "important" person died and their death would get a shitload of media coverage. Why? Because it doesn't do the person any good, the media just abuses it to have SOMETHING to fill their programs with. Individuals actually use the "very important person's" death for their own amusement as well. As much as people say they're sad he died and talk about how great he was, it seems to me they're just exploiting his death to have something to talk about. Let him rest in peace. There's very little media and individual attention to the deaths of innocent people such as victims of starvation or genocide that go on every day in many parts of the world, why? Because that shit actually makes us fucking sad, we don't wanna talk about that. Instead, we choose to talk about the death of MJ, not because we mourn, but because it's fun.
There might be exceptions to this, people who have been touched by Michael in some special way (no pun intended, ROFL) might actually be mourning his death, but 99% of the people who talk about it are just full of shit bastards exploiting a tragedy to those who were actually close to him.

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Well its a matter of personal opinion what he did or did not do. Everyone has their own opinion of events.

As an artist and entertainer his influence spans almost every genre of music and his dancing is the blueprints for modern dance. Sorry but ill let the man rest as he is a legend of the music industry. After all you can count on 1 hand the artists that have had a global influence like Michael Jackson.

And yes I agree that the public is completely celebrity obsessed. BUT in defense of this phenomenon there are a lot of people who hear a certain song or artist and it changes their life. Its a deeply personal relationship even though the artist and the person do not know each other.

Yes starving children or war casualties should get more coverage but people dont want things that are too sad or graphic. One has to also figure that people want to be informed about the people that influenced them. Hense why theres usually so much coverage surrounding a celebrity such as MJ but your grandmother gets a blurb in the local paper.

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Last edited by Imagin on Jun-28-2009 at 23:27

he was a crazy mother****er no doubt.

and yeah if he touched kids (and well if your paying 25 million to keep someones mouth shut - when your already a couple of hundred mill in debt - well you probably are) - well then he probably should have been castrated a long time ago...

however yeah he did write a lot of great music that will still be remembered in a few hundred years time imo....thats why there is all the hoopla

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you're all just jealous.
"just another man?" No, "just any man" can sell a million records. Me, you, Soulja boy, Jesus. yeah, we can all sell a million, and with 7 billion on this planet, it's not hard to find a market fitting of you jamming on a toysRus piano.
Can "any" man sell 40 million records? No.
Let Rolling Stone break it down for you:

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Sales of Thriller in 1984 in the Kenya region (approx 24,000 in a 52 week period)trumped even the sale of clean bottled water.

I mean, there are some thing to do for in life. Your country and your family. But you gotta ask yourself. You're a young starving sick boy waiting at the dinner table for Papa to come home. He comes home without a meal, without a bottle of water. But he goes straight to the cassette player, puts in Michael Jackson Thriller, and instead of glooming the doom of death by famine, you die happy. That's why everyone is all over The Michael's nuts. Something you and your turntables just don't understand.
If you think somehow a god like The Michael Jackson cannot succumb to the impurities of mortal life, then just look at Mark 11:15-18.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage...15-18&version=9
Even Jesus made mistakes. The Michael was not a man, he was a God. So fuck you.

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Originally posted by SuspicionVandit I mean, there are some thing to do for in life. Your country and your family. But you gotta ask yourself. You're a young starving sick boy waiting at the dinner table for Papa to come home. He comes home without a meal, without a bottle of water. But he goes straight to the cassette player, puts in Michael Jackson Thriller, and instead of accepting the doom of death by famine, you die happy. That's why everyone is all over The Michael's nuts. Something you and your turntables just don't understand. If you think somehow a god like The Michael Jackson cannot succumb to the impurities of mortal life, then just look at Mark 11:15-18. http://www.biblegateway.com/passage...15-18&version=9 Even Jesus made mistakes. The Michael was not a man, he was a God. So fuck you.

and what mistakes did Jesus make?

he destroyed property and lay hands on the possessions of others.

That's an incorrect interpretation of that passage, SuspicionVandit.

I think Michael Jackson has had an incredible impact on music and entertainment, but I don't think he's any god.

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Originally posted by Leniu Yea, I would be just as upset if any other "important" person died and their death would get a shitload of media coverage. Why? Because it doesn't do the person any good, the media just abuses it to have SOMETHING to fill their programs with. Individuals actually use the "very important person's" death for their own amusement as well...............There might be exceptions to this, people who have been touched by Michael in some special way (no pun intended, ROFL) might actually be mourning his death, but 99% of the people who talk about it are just full of shit bastards exploiting a tragedy to those who were actually close to him.

I don't think 99% of the people are how you describe at all. Next to that about 120 million Thriller records were sold. I guess those people won't fit your description either.
Looking at history it is very human to creat gods. Also talking about someone who died is part of the mourning.

It doesn't seem to me that people are unhappy with a MJ tribute at the Awakenings Festival. See the vid over here: Billie Jean

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Last edited by Trance-M on Jun-29-2009 at 18:55

MJ already died in the 90s in my opinion... I think he was already in the possession of the media after his successful albums

I got a lot of respect for the person behind the accomplishments. You don't see artists of our generation pursuing those feats. Not even our fabled and beloved kanye west can come close to MJ's standing (mind you it was mostly his work in the 80s that made him timeless). If you don't like his music -- I'm sure music you like was somehow inspired by him. Of course he wasn't a one man show, there were many others behind the success who were on top of their game in composition, production, etc. But all I'm saying is that, these days, you don't see that many artists who are so passionate and devoted about what they do anymore.

You've been hit by, you've been struck by, your left ventricle.

Overrated.