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Topic History of: Public grief over Jackon's death is nauseating
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Chris Retro |
I've heard very little, from the public or the media, other than empty platitudes.
Nothing about what made his music great, how it evolved, chord changes & structure... just words bandied about (quite often by people who know very little about music) - the truth is Jacko's legacy was founded on great music but he himself (and his publicists, managers and entourage) sold out and moved away from music, and it was he who hammered his own nails into his coffin until there was no way out 
The "King Of Pop" nonsense sums it all up, he sacrificed his soul for bullshit.
I've some sympathy with the man and his ideals, but he didn't help himself and had some absolutely idiotic advice over the years, all serving to end in the inevitable. |
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DJones |
"However, now the meeja are dictating that this poor sad man that they ate up and spat out throughout the past 25/30 years was a "GENIUS" and that makes everything ok!"
I think in this case it is the other way round: The media are following the people.
As Michael Wolff observed:
"One of the most mocked, vilified, and calumniated people of our time has, overnight, been transmuted into…a saint (...) The Michael Jackson story could be one of the biggest media screw ups of all time: The public didn’t hate him, the public loved him (...) The rational for the media’s about-face revisionism is clear, not just that the media has been at odds with the audience, but that MJ in death is going to be such an exceptional bonanza."
www.newser.com/off-the-grid/post/184/mic...-goes-to-heaven.html |
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Emma Bee |
I'd give the some of the public a little more credit. I am quietly saddened by the death of Michael Jackson because I thought he made good music and had a caring heart. The allegations were unconvincing .. he showed porn mags to his little friends and they slep in the same bed, etc. Mentally, in many ways, Michael was still a child and this was no different from other sleepovers between boyhood friends who secretly giggle at pictures of boobs. Society didn't understand him and so they condemned him, but through it all his music touched many. I think he had a fairly sad life, and that makes his death even more tragic than it might otherwise have been.
This is a moment of musical history and people are wanting to be a part of it. A friend of mine booked a ticket for his planned concert. She's been told she can still have the ticket which includes artwork by Michael Jackson himself. She's keeping the ticket because it might be a valuable collectors item one day, plus it means a lot to her. |
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JK2006 |
Spot on Robbie and that point was crucial in my case.
The answer is one of two options - either nothing unpleasant was going on (as in my argument) or they were enjoying it but were too young to realise they shouldn't - a bizarre argument in some aspects but legitimate.
The prosecution in my case took the second route and had every witness say they had a lovely time because they were under 16 and too young to know better.
That collapsed in the second trial at which I was found Not Guilty on all charges when the man admitted he was probably 18 or 19 and not 15 as originally claimed but had loved it.
I never met him, incidentally, but that was what he'd been told to say, forgetting the vital information that it only applied if he'd been under 16. |
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robbiex |
I was very saddened and shocked by Jacko's death. I think mainly because, like Diana, he was such a big part of the world we live in. He was constantly in the papers and magazines, and is music was always been played. The fact that he has now gone means that the world itself has changed, just like after 911. I don't think that the nation is in a state of mourning like after Diana. Radio and tv go on as normal, it is not full of sombre music for weeks on end.
Also the fact that Jackson could sell out the 02 areana for 50 dates would indicate that most people don't think he is a nonce. He probably had an unhealthy interest in children, but not necessarily sexual. If those boys were so badly traumatised then why did they go back to his house again and again. |
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