MICHAEL JACKSON TRIBUTE THREAD

[warpig]

Sad that people's lives appear so empty that they have such a need to identify with someone, anyone at this level.

[Phototiger]

Geez, any more media fawning and they'll petition the Pope to have MJ sainted next week.

[Lithium]

That doesn't make it any less overhyped.

Dude, this is a TRIBUTE THREAD. Your trolling is annoying. Half of the bands/"artists" you like suck anyway, since apparently were criticizing other peoples music taste here...

[harveywallbanger]

I didn't remember all the details. If I remember right, he spent a ton of money to get out of that, too.

If I remember right he threw $25 million at the victims family. Then they dropped the charges.

[harveywallbanger]

Micheal was a very good entertainer.

As a human. He was extremely messed up in the head. Overdosing, living far beyond his means, plastic surgery, letting little kids he's not related to sleep in his bed with him, and his supposed pedophilia are all very vile and disturbing things.

[Fantasy Chaser]

Dude, this is a TRIBUTE THREAD. Your trolling is annoying. Half of the bands/"artists" you like suck anyway, since apparently were criticizing other peoples music taste here...

If you honestly think that, then you didn't read the OP. And you're a fine one to accuse others of trolling...

[Emperor Dragon ARX]

Dude, this is a TRIBUTE THREAD. Your trolling is annoying.

Pot.Kettle.Black.

As FC correctly pointed out, this is no tribute thread. But of course, only a moron like you would forget to read the original post.

Half of the bands/"artists" you like suck anyway, since apparently were criticizing other peoples music taste here...

Go ahead, criticize my music tastes, despite that I never said I cared though. Note that I never criticized anyone else's musical tastes, but the "fact" about MJ being so damn bad. Sucks to be you, though. Having to come so hard, for nothing. *hysterical laugh*

[Susanna]

If you honestly think that, then you didn't read the OP. And you're a fine one to accuse others of trolling...

Yeah, he said "There isn't any." He made it clear that the "tribute" was tongue-in-cheek.

[Senator Foghorn]

Of course, now that I saw the picture of Jesse Jackson,Jr. putting forward a motion for a "Moment of Silence" in the House for M.Jackson, I remember his playing drums with the Jackson Five. I think he may have been nicknamed "J.J.".Check the resemblence by Googling up "Jackson Five". I SMELL CONSPIRACY!

And now a Moment of Silence (which you couldn't get during his life) for Billy Mays.
Thank you.
Now unroll your Farah Fawcett Pin-up Posters from the past for a moment of "Contemplation". Maybe a full five minutes.

[SuddenImpact]

I did not, nor would I, wish Michael Jackson dead. I regret his death. But I'm not much bothered by it, either, to be honest ..

Jackson's music was considerably popular. He was a good all-round entertainer, giving pleasure to millions. But that said .. this does NOT speak to the issue of him as a person .. what kind of a person he was, his worth or otherwise as a worthwhile human being.

So why there should be such outpourings of grief, as though he was some kind of saint .. I can't personally relate to that at all. I never have. Not when Elvis died, nor John Lennon, nor yet Princess Diana.

Jackson was suspected of paedophilia. Perhaps the accusation was true, or maybe not. I would've thought that the very suspicion of that would've done a lot to mitigate the adulation of his fans. Apparently not, though.

The simple - and disturbing - fact of it all is that Michael Jackson does a lot to illustrate the evil implicit in cult followings. A person, however good a performer, is ONLY that. But people are ultimately reacting to the extent they are, I believe, because of the selfishness of the significance Jackson had in their lives. They care about little else.

That is the real problem, I think. A loss of focus on real values, and instead the need to set false idols on pedestals they cannot possibly deserve.

I've never understood that myself. With the single possible exception of Margaret Thatcher - and then because she did so much to protect millions of my countrymen from the evil of Union militancy through the implementation of decent Conservatism - I can't think of a single person, EVER, I've ever wanted to regard as any sort of idol !! It offends my sensibilities, my beliefs, my values, to be reduced to such a level.

That so comparatively few people cannot break free of the empty shallowness of cult worship shows that we have great problems in the world today ... and that a lack of moral centre and anchorage is perhaps the greatest danger humanity faces.

With the exception of idolizing Margaret Thatcher, I just want to say I thought this was a really great post. Your first "paragraph" was what I was hoping someone would say - it's just cruel to be happy someone's dead, though I understand the distaste. And you hit the nail on the head with the false idol stuff. =)

Of course, now that I saw the picture of Jesse Jackson,Jr. putting forward a motion for a "Moment of Silence" in the House for M.Jackson, I remember his playing drums with the Jackson Five. I think he may have been nicknamed "J.J.".Check the resemblence by Googling up "Jackson Five". I SMELL CONSPIRACY!

And now a Moment of Silence (which you couldn't get during his life) for Billy Mays.
Thank you.
Now unroll your Farah Fawcett Pin-up Posters from the past for a moment of "Contemplation". Maybe a full five minutes.

Oh, I was so sad to hear about Billy Mays. His commercials were loud and obnoxious but he was always so happy. The world needs more people who smile as much as he does.