Open Thread: Michael Jackson Edition
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I agree with Rob about the What.
Yesterday he says the case is closed, then he reopens it again today. It is TOTALLY obvious he just wants attention because he’s desperate now that there are as many stories about a recovery in the economy as there are about its demise. Probably more. He’s grasping for straws to become relevant again.
Not unlike Michael Jackson has done since 1991. 😉
Essentially, the What as we knew him (NYMag) is dead. It’s time to turn the page unless he has anything more evolved to add to this blog.
Townhouselady,
i was more worried about Mike’s kids when he was alive…
“This world is so full of conformist, you could never call him that. He just did what he wanted to do.”
LincolnSlope – i think he conformed a lot by trying to make his nose and skin more caucasian.
THL i am with you. i think the beatles are kinda lame. and if this conversation with the what continues about the stupid n word i seriously think im blogaciding from this site. it’s really stupid and trollish and it’s so f’ing obvious the what isnt really offended by the word, you dont have to be f’ing sylvia browne to know that, and to the people constantly engaging him in this issue, get a clue.
*rob*
“I turn the speakers off when they do their daily beatles block. ugh.”
Yeah, they love to shove them down your throat. All it makes me do is gag.
I get it, but I don’t need to get it all day every day until I die. Same with Led Zep or the Stones, I get it but I don’t want to relive it all the time.
Alrighty. Given the discussion above, we’d like to ask readers in the future if it comes up in a non-slur way to not actually spell out the N-word. Thanks to everyone for their input on the matter.
Part of MJ’s appeal to the public, other than his great music, was that you never knew what he would look like next.
Seeing him made one cringe a little, and I think we enjoyed that. He was so out there. His life after “thriller” was sort of one long scary video. I would alternate between loving his music and finding him too creepy to bear. I think that boosted his celebrity enormously.
I believe he was very close to death during his child molestation trial, but he beat the charge and lived a good number of extra years. Hopefully he used those years to enjoy his children and watch them grow up a bit. All he wanted was a second chance at childhood, which most of us experience through our kids.
Rob,
Yes, I said irrelevant after 1991. He put out, what, 3 albums after that? Can you name them? I don’t think combined they sold more than 10 million copies.
So, yes, after 1991 he, as a musician, drifted into obscurity and irrelevance, only kept alive in the media and our conscious by his borderline behavior with small boys….
DH – MJ had loads of popular songs since 1991
THL – agree with you on the Beatles
Arkady – am sorry but Top of the Pops wasn’t influential at all in regards to produced music videos.