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16 years ago
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"Si quid per iocum dixi, nolito in serium convertere."
("If I have said anything in jest, do not turn it into a serious thing.") -Plautus
"Si quid per iocum dixi, nolito in serium convertere."
("If I have said anything in jest, do not turn it into a serious thing.") -Plautus
Since everyone's writing about it, I guess I should too...
The first time I've ever heard of Michael Jackson was back in 1983 (or was it '84?), and "Beat It" was the big hit song that everyone heard, everyone, that is, except me. (Hey, it's not MY fault that my parents only listened to 60's & 70's soft-rock!) The result: just one more reason for the other kids to laugh at me. (My unusual name and overal meekness apparently wasn't enough material for teasing.) Eventually, I did hear it, and a whole bunch of other MJ songs, and became a fan.
The second biggest memory I have of him came during high school the day after the "Black or White" video came out. While everyone tripped out at the seemless morphing sequence, and the appearences of Norm and that "Home Alone" kid, the "bonus" thing at the end was a real "WTF?" moment(s). Even my AFJROTC instructor was puzzled at "Wacko Jacko's" constaint crotch grabbing. (He does keep with the current things, of course, his daughter was in my class as well.)
After that, things went down hill for him. While I won't discuss my opinions on what he did, or "ALLEGEDLY" did, or even condone it ( I don't), we've all seen how the effects of what was a whole lifetime of fame has done to him, physically, and mentally, as we saw him,....well, "decompose?" on the international spotlight. We've seen him go from black [male] child and young adult, (aka, the 80's MJ), to the more white, "effeminate" MJ of the 90's. (I actually mistook him for K.D. Lang once, SERIOUSLY! I'm not kidding! I really DID!), to the "corpse MJ" of the past 9 years. (He wouldn't need the makeup to look like a zombie in "Thriller" anymore. Come to think of it, his zombie looked better.) Yes, I've made fun of him too, namely in an infamous Valentine's Day pic featuring a certain, then little known slut-griffion named Mahmut. ( http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1074969/ ). I still think it's funny.
As we yet make another blood sacrifice to the Dark God of Fame and look back on his life, I think no one, not even Shakespere, could have written a more tragic character than the one Michael Jackson has written for himself.
He was truly a one-of-a-kind person, and there will never be another one like him. (And to most extent, hopefully, there never will.) As for myself, I will always remember him as a singer who made a naively ignorant child his childhood, not as the man he eventually became.
The first time I've ever heard of Michael Jackson was back in 1983 (or was it '84?), and "Beat It" was the big hit song that everyone heard, everyone, that is, except me. (Hey, it's not MY fault that my parents only listened to 60's & 70's soft-rock!) The result: just one more reason for the other kids to laugh at me. (My unusual name and overal meekness apparently wasn't enough material for teasing.) Eventually, I did hear it, and a whole bunch of other MJ songs, and became a fan.
The second biggest memory I have of him came during high school the day after the "Black or White" video came out. While everyone tripped out at the seemless morphing sequence, and the appearences of Norm and that "Home Alone" kid, the "bonus" thing at the end was a real "WTF?" moment(s). Even my AFJROTC instructor was puzzled at "Wacko Jacko's" constaint crotch grabbing. (He does keep with the current things, of course, his daughter was in my class as well.)
After that, things went down hill for him. While I won't discuss my opinions on what he did, or "ALLEGEDLY" did, or even condone it ( I don't), we've all seen how the effects of what was a whole lifetime of fame has done to him, physically, and mentally, as we saw him,....well, "decompose?" on the international spotlight. We've seen him go from black [male] child and young adult, (aka, the 80's MJ), to the more white, "effeminate" MJ of the 90's. (I actually mistook him for K.D. Lang once, SERIOUSLY! I'm not kidding! I really DID!), to the "corpse MJ" of the past 9 years. (He wouldn't need the makeup to look like a zombie in "Thriller" anymore. Come to think of it, his zombie looked better.) Yes, I've made fun of him too, namely in an infamous Valentine's Day pic featuring a certain, then little known slut-griffion named Mahmut. ( http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1074969/ ). I still think it's funny.
As we yet make another blood sacrifice to the Dark God of Fame and look back on his life, I think no one, not even Shakespere, could have written a more tragic character than the one Michael Jackson has written for himself.
He was truly a one-of-a-kind person, and there will never be another one like him. (And to most extent, hopefully, there never will.) As for myself, I will always remember him as a singer who made a naively ignorant child his childhood, not as the man he eventually became.
Elvis Presley. Britney Spears. Michael Jackson. Chris Benoit. The Hart Wrestling Family. Mike Tyson. And the list goes on.
I was there when he and his brothers first came onto the music scene. Seeing him on TV, my young mind at the time did not grasp the fact that he was the same age as I was yet he was a superstar. I would joke with my sister since she had the typical crush on him about who would win in a fist fight between MJ and Donny Osmond.
As I grew, he was there, at first with his brothers, and then by himself. I was in the military when Thriller came out and while overseas, I chuckled in amusement as I saw the foreign national children try their skills at moonwalking.
A much older me saw a much older MJ struggle with the hype, and the madness that was his life. Maybe part of me figured it will pass and he will age gracefully. now a part of me is sad that we won't get to see 60 together. But I am sure he will be remembered despite what trials and tribulations he went through and put the world through.
Rest well oh King of Pop. At least he is remembered by three kids who we hope will not go through what he went through. Cheers.
But yes,I did like Thriller back when M-TV actually played music videos 24/7.