NEWS: The King of Pop Is Dead

I can be the Baroness of elevator music.

Yesterday was a rough day for you, then.

We have one.

I'm not after an argument, but there's definitely an argument that "genius" can indeed "run out"; quite a lot of scientists do most of their best works in their early thirties then fizzle out. I'd say that the Michael Jackson that died yesterday wasn't the same Michael Jackson who wrote/performed all the great songs in the 80's/90's.

Definately agree with the second point though

Nicholas Cage swapped her for a shiney black pebble.

Bastard!

Hey, all I'm saying is that, had he really wanted to check his head, he had more than enough money and opportunity to do so. He didn't. He purposely cultivated the bizarreness which dominated the last two decades of his life and, knowingly or otherwise, imprisoned himself in a masturbatory world of endless self-indulgence.

The real shame is that after Thriller, he seemed to become so large that no one could say no to him. People say he never had a childhood. That's terribly wrong. He did, albeit a miserable one. The problem is - was - he never became an adult.

And, yes, unfortunately there are some people who cannot "fix their brains." One day, hopefully, society will value the needs of such individuals and find a means to help them.

Pretty young things, repeat after me

Say: na na na

Yes, that was my shiny black pebble. The cnut! Hate Cage.

Na na na!

Na na na na na, na na na na na

I'll take you there. ♥

You're all na na's.

After those two albums his musical genious DID NOT just stop. Although his albums after did not make as much noise and singles didn't become as big as before, his music was still beautiful and had all the right notes of what made him a start in the first place and he still sang about what he believed in as far as changing the world. To this day there is not ONE song I do not absolutely love.

(then again thats a matter of opinion, but just because the whole world didn't go ape shit over his last pieces of work doesn't mean it wasnt great)

Very well said.

This is true.

He was a great singer and entertainer.

I think professional song writers wrote most of the jackson five and solo material for mike.

He got to fucking wierd for me the last 25 yrs of his life.

RIP

I will miss him. This makes me so sad....

I can't stop laughing at this! It's more of a mass shuffle than a moonwalk.

Is he still dead?

I am sad that he died right when he was trying to get his life and career back on track. I am really sad for his family, friends and children who loved him, and I am sad that we will get no new music from him.

That being sad, maybe angelina or madonna could adopt his kids?

I don't think they adopt white children. Eww.

How awesome would it have been if right at the end of his memorial service, he popped out of the coffin and kicked off his tour? perhaps starting the show with Thriller. Would have been the best publicity stunt of all time.

With all the revelations about Michael's childhood, or lack thereof, and the physical problems he endured and tried to hide . . . I feel that he was a tortured soul, and I feel sorry for him. His contribution to the world of music will live forever. It would be my wish that all the rest just fade away, and that the dead be left to rest in peace.
Unless he and Elvis are secretly traveling around . . . that would be quite another story.

Not as much as his creditors.