micheal jacksons dead

[Jim North]

Years of planning ruined! DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT!!!

[McDuffies]

and the posts didn't start feeling maliceful to me until after Yeahduff posted his..vehemenant... displeasure over the intrusion of others into the thread.

Duff is being dramatic on purpose. When someone says "I'll kill you all" on internet, it's supposed to be taken with some tongue-in-cheek.

[Cope]

Years of planning ruined! DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT!!!

That alien abduction story sounds almost like it could be one of Jackson's own movie scripts.

Wait, what am I saying? It's nowhere near weird enough.

[Risky]

... is anyone else watching the memorial?

I can't watch the screen since I'm supposed to be working, but I refer to this page occasionally as I listen and I find it useful. I thought Brian Mayer was KD Lang until I found this.

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/ ... -memorial/

[Killbert-Robby]

... is anyone else watching the memorial?

I can't watch the screen since I'm supposed to be working, but I refer to this page occasionally as I listen and I find it useful. I thought Brian Mayer was KD Lang until I found this.

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/ ... -memorial/

My roommate watches MJ news all day every day. Jesus christ guy, put on some cartoons.

[Phact0rri]

last night hollywood blvd was insane. I was going to the club, and between Mccalden and Los Palmas was a fight to get through. I do not even want to go anywhere near north hollywood today.

[Risky]

... is anyone else watching the memorial?

I can't watch the screen since I'm supposed to be working, but I refer to this page occasionally as I listen and I find it useful. I thought Brian Mayer was KD Lang until I found this.

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/ ... -memorial/

My roommate watches MJ news all day every day. Jesus christ guy, put on some cartoons.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_P9LHzzHY0

Well, that was the jackson 5 cartoon but guess someone deleted it.

[Yeahduff]

If you haven't figured it out, this wasn't about Michael Jackson.

Maybe I overreacted, but the whole caring-about-someone-who-appeared-in-cheaply-made-adverts-for-cheaply-made-products-over-Michael-Jackson thing came off as contrarian bullshit, at best. The fact that most of you honestly think Jackson is gonna be forgotten is about the perfect indication that I just don't belong here anymore.

[Killbert-Robby]

If you haven't figured it out, this wasn't about Michael Jackson.

Maybe I overreacted, but the whole caring-about-someone-who-appeared-in-cheaply-made-adverts-for-cheaply-made-products-over-Michael-Jackson thing came off as contrarian bullshit, at best. The fact that most of you honestly think Jackson is gonna be forgotten is about the perfect indication that I just don't belong here anymore.

Jackson who?

[Laemkral]

If you haven't figured it out, this wasn't about Michael Jackson.

Maybe I overreacted, but the whole caring-about-someone-who-appeared-in-cheaply-made-adverts-for-cheaply-made-products-over-Michael-Jackson thing came off as contrarian bullshit, at best. The fact that most of you honestly think Jackson is gonna be forgotten is about the perfect indication that I just don't belong here anymore.

Forgotten? Impossible. He's Michael Jackson. The fact that there's still so much media attention surrounding his death is testament to the fact that while he may fade into the background with time, he'll still be there lurking and waiting. I wish a comparison could be done between the media coverage MJ is getting, and the coverage Anna Nicole Smith got. I'm curious to see who's winning.

[McDuffies]

Maybe I overreacted, but the whole caring-about-someone-who-appeared-in-cheaply-made-adverts-for-cheaply-made-products-over-Michael-Jackson thing came off as contrarian bullshit, at best. The fact that most of you honestly think Jackson is gonna be forgotten is about the perfect indication that I just don't belong here anymore.

Most? It's like three or four very loud people.
And cut the drama. Since when do you want to belong anyway?

caring-about-someone-who-appeared-in-cheaply-made-adverts-for-cheaply-made-products-over-Michael-Jackson

I watched some adverts by that shouting guy and I came to conclusion that, no offense to Dracomax, but I can't figure out what his definition of "entertaining" is; It's certainly not along the lines of "something you enjoy watching". That add guy is annoying, agressive, his rants are overly long and repetitive, and while watching him you feel like someone's cramming crap down your throat. I don't know if he tested all those products beforehand, but he certainly doesn't sound the least bit honest when he's talking about them, sounds more like he's reading cue cards. I hate any add that shouts at you and any telemarketer that poorly acts enthusiastic over some trivial commodity. If that person is influential, then it's a bad influence which I wish he could have taken back with him.

Forgotten? Impossible. He's Michael Jackson. The fact that there's still so much media attention surrounding his death is testament to the fact that while he may fade into the background with time, he'll still be there lurking and waiting. I wish a comparison could be done between the media coverage MJ is getting, and the coverage Anna Nicole Smith got. I'm curious to see who's winning.

It's absurd that I'm not even a major MJ fan, I like some of his songs, but the only album I listened in entirety was "Dangerous" when I was 12. I just think that while liking him or not is a personal preference, his importance in music is a cold, hard fact.
Thing is, after first sexual allegations, his popularity in USA started declining, while in the rest of the world in remained strong, and his last two albums weren't that big in USA, but were still huge abroad. This is often attributed to the barrage of extremely negative media coverage which was significantly lesser outside of USA, so naturally it has driven away less listeners than in USA. I was confused by people here claiming something like that he hasn't been popular since early 90ies, but now I think that due to media reporting on him only in negative light, people may have been sheltered from his actual later musical work, like the fact that Invincible was a huge seller despite almost no promotion, successful shows in Asia, and such.
Actually I think that it tells something when it's South Park guys that show compassion in portrayal of him.
A note about his actual work, I got to watch some of his live shows on tv a few weeks ago, and I noticed how his mannerisms and gestures were calculated to conduct crowd's attention. I guess you're entertainer or not, depending on him much command you have over the crowd. Everyone knows that I appreciate the talent of writing deep lyrics and complex music, but making crowd gasp with just a simple, well-timed snap of fingers, is a different kind of talent alltogether.

[Yeahduff]

Maybe I overreacted, but the whole caring-about-someone-who-appeared-in-cheaply-made-adverts-for-cheaply-made-products-over-Michael-Jackson thing came off as contrarian bullshit, at best. The fact that most of you honestly think Jackson is gonna be forgotten is about the perfect indication that I just don't belong here anymore.

Most? It's like three or four very loud people.
And cut the drama. Since when do you want to belong anyway?

Fair enough. Just something in the air the past year or two and it's starting to get to me. And three or four people is a lot these days.

caring-about-someone-who-appeared-in-cheaply-made-adverts-for-cheaply-made-products-over-Michael-Jackson

I watched some adverts by that shouting guy and I came to conclusion that, no offense to Dracomax, but I can't figure out what his definition of "entertaining" is; It's certainly not along the lines of "something you enjoy watching". That add guy is annoying, agressive, his rants are overly long and repetitive, and while watching him you feel like someone's cramming crap down your throat. I don't know if he tested all those products beforehand, but he certainly doesn't sound the least bit honest when he's talking about them, sounds more like he's reading cue cards. I hate any add that shouts at you and any telemarketer that poorly acts enthusiastic over some trivial commodity. If that person is influential, then it's a bad influence which I wish he could have taken back with him.

Yeah, that's what I meant by "at best." A sincere adoration for this guy requires a mindset I want no part of.

Forgotten? Impossible. He's Michael Jackson. The fact that there's still so much media attention surrounding his death is testament to the fact that while he may fade into the background with time, he'll still be there lurking and waiting. I wish a comparison could be done between the media coverage MJ is getting, and the coverage Anna Nicole Smith got. I'm curious to see who's winning.

Michael Jackson, no contest. A better comparison would be Princess Di. Complete worldwide saturation, we're talking here. It's unfortunate Prince isn't gonna get this kinda love, but I'm sure he appreciates living longer.

[Risky]

It's unfortunate Prince isn't gonna get this kinda love, but I'm sure he appreciates living longer.

Plus he can always tell himself that MJ's kids are named after him.

[McDuffies]

Prince's eventuall death is probably gonna be recorded like, say, Johnny Cash's. No sensation, but then dozens of great musicians start making mourning songs and all.

[Evil Jamie!]

I miss Johnny Cash.

[Ahaugen]

I miss Johnny Cash.

We all do

[McDuffies]

I miss Chriss Cornell (he dies in late 90ies and was replaced with a robot lookalike).

[Spaceprincess]

i just saw a commercial from the historic society of America offering limited edition lithographs of micheal. if you act now they"ll throw in a second litho free. god bless the vultures.