Jacko Dies??

[wemorgan]

Step forward all those journalist & entertainment commentators who will say:
'I always knew something like this would happen'

I feel sad for his family, but I hate such moments in modern media where so many people step forward to announce their wisdom.

 

[verytalldave]

Off the Wall was his high point IMHO.

 

[BaldGuy]

Whats the difference between Michael Jackson and Sir Alex Ferguson?......... Fergie will still be playing Giggs in August!!!

 

[grober]

There are parallels between Presley and Jackson whose careers ultimately depended on success in their native USA market. Presley's initial success was based on a white guy singing black music on predominantly white commercial radio stations who wouldn't broadcast black artists. Thirty years later Jackson again successfully bridged that gap by making black music acceptable to a wider multiracial audience around the world. Love them or loath them their influence is undeniable

 

[jonnyboy]

Am I the only one to think "so what?"

An incredibly talented person, yet one who could not accept that his behaviour was at odds with normality.

Role model? I damned well hope not...........

Is Liz Taylor still alive? If so, I wonder what odds you would have got on her outliving him..?

 

[robert.saunders]

Am I the only one to think "so what?"

Probably not, but I expect you're in the minority

 

[Baron_Samedi]

How "normal" could anyone be expected to remain with the pressures and opportunities afforded by his ability to generate wealth?

As normal as Prince... Johnny Cash... Keith Richard... ?

 

[KillerHERTZ]

??????
Elvis was an Innovator, MJ and all artists since have just been a variation of that theme. In the Words of John Lennon, ‘Before Elvis there was nothing’

Elvis was more of an innovator? how so? MJ brought together rock, jazz, hip hop & pop for the very 1st time, created the music video as we know it (got film directors involved etc).

True legend.

 

[robert.saunders]

Quincy Jones has a lot to be thanked for

 

[nick mercedes]

True legend.

Best not mention the disfiguring plastic surgery and the kids?

 

[corned]

True legend.

Best not mention the disfiguring plastic surgery and the kids?

Legends can be made from bad things as well as good. Take Robin Hood for example. Thieving little b@st@rd.

 

[kwakdonut]

Legends can be made from bad things as well as good. Take Robin Hood for example. Thieving little b@st@rd.

...and from Nottingham too......

 

[corned]

Old habits die hard round here. Clearly.

Anyway, back to Jacko...

 

[verytalldave]

The ticket price for the Jacksons comeback tour this summer has just dropped by 20% so I hear.

 

[nick mercedes]

Am I the only one to think "so what?"

I'm with you.

Think of all that's going to come out of the woodwork now he's dead and there's no payoffs or libel to worry about....

 

[219]

I wonder if he'll have some weird funeral , with zombies dancing to the Thriller tune at his graveside as he's laid to rest ?

Maybe he'll be laid to rest in the grounds of Neverland , which will become a Mecca for fans to rival Graceland , and in a few years the grave will be found to be empty thus fuelling rumours that he isn't really dead and was sighted in a McDonalds serving burgers to Elvis !

 

[Baron_Samedi]

Ain't capitalism great?

Anyone with a tale (oops serious story) will be making money now....

 

[Matt32AMG]

A controversial person in so many ways whose behind closed door activities have been brought into question in a number of high profile cases, but that aside, it is his music that will be the lasting legacy.

For those who were around the club scene in the late 70 early 80s, the ‘Off the wall’ and ‘Thriller Albums’ were of the era, the benchmark and the inspiration to others some good, some dire (Five star). Much in the same way as Sgt Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band was the inspiration for conceptual music in 1967. The Thriller album was obviously the highpoint destined never to be equalled in sales including that of the Beatles.

No I‘m not a mega fan like some, but I remember getting down boogying and doing my thang in the 70s and 80s. :bannana:I have fond memories of tracks like Rock with you and Blame it on the boogie along with music from his contemporaries such as Chic, Taste of Honey, EW&F, Roy Ayres, the Crusaders, to name but a few, and all before he became a Cyborg of some sort at which point it started to go downhill.

Some of those wild nights in the Bournemouth, Southampton Jazz Funk Club scene such as at Sneaky Petes, Chelsea Village, Madisons, Le Cardinale the 81 club, The Centre. :bannana:I look back on those days, and without question MJ added to the backdrop that was my late teens and early twenties...and for that his music wont be forgotten.

RIP MJ

 

[verytalldave]

I'm with you.

Think of all that's going to come out of the woodwork now he's dead and there's no payoffs or libel to worry about....

That had crossed my mind as well.
Give it a week or two and I expect many "revelations" will unfold.

 

[buccal]

RIP but i really hope we are not going to have weeks of hysteria (media and public)