Michael Jackson Anniversary

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24-06-10, 23:06
westcorklad

Michael Jackson Anniversary

As it is now after midnight it is exactly one year since Michael Jackson died.I have been watching a lot of his videos on Youtube this evening.
I remember exactly where I was when I heard the news.
I cant believe how quickly the time has gone by and in a few days time it will also be a year since I registered on this site plus the first anniversary of an upheaval in my personal life so this time is especially memorable for me.
24-06-10, 23:11
Rayden

hang on a minute - he died? A year ago? Really? First im hearing of this!
24-06-10, 23:12
BruceAlmighty

Well, I was driving home on the M50 from Dundrum, so I know where I was....
24-06-10, 23:16
aml

I was at home at the time just happened to flick over to sky news and saw it all,still cannot believe he is dead a year...unbelieveable.
24-06-10, 23:16
benin

i think almost everyone knows where they were...its our generations jfk moment.....rest in pease mj a true music legend
24-06-10, 23:28
Ric Hardgear

what an artist,his videos where the template for all videos to follow everything he did artisitically was perfection he raised the bar on so many mediums
24-06-10, 23:36
Rayden

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Originally Posted by Ric Hardgear

what an artist,his videos where the template for all videos to follow everything he did artisitically was perfection he raised the bar on so many mediums

i would say youre over-rating him just a tad by saying that EVERYTHING he did artistically was perfection. Have you heard some of the dreck he release in the 90s?
24-06-10, 23:44
westcorklad

Commercially the 80s was his most succesful period with Thriller and Bad.
I must say that I also like the 70s Jackson 5 and Jacksons period and some of his 90s music as well.
Everything after the mid 90s was pretty dire though.
24-06-10, 23:45
aml

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Originally Posted by Rayden

i would say youre over-rating him just a tad by saying that EVERYTHING he did artistically was perfection. Have you heard some of the dreck he release in the 90s?

He was the man in the 80's unfortuantly thereafter his carrer nosedived after that.
25-06-10, 00:03
Ric Hardgear

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Originally Posted by Rayden

i would say youre over-rating him just a tad by saying that EVERYTHING he did artistically was perfection. Have you heard some of the dreck he release in the 90s?

nobody took videos seriously until he hired a serious director for thriller spent the money and BAM...he opened the door for music videos to become mini movies etc ..excuse my argument back from pub can be more lucid but you get my drift
25-06-10, 07:28
Mousey

Breaking news - a second aircraft has hit Michael Jackson, I repeat, a second aircraft has hit Michael Jackson...
25-06-10, 08:44
kilkennyguy

At least kids sleep a little safer in there beds
25-06-10, 08:52
benin

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Originally Posted by kilkennyguy

At least kids sleep a little safer in there beds

he was never convicted of any child abuse....i think he was just a big kid who people seen had money and decided to take some of it.....sure macauly culkin was one of the kids that stayed with him....but he was wealthy and did not need to make up a story...just my views nobody will ever know for sure i guess...all i do know is he was a great entertainer and will be missed for that.
25-06-10, 15:45
Cable87

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Originally Posted by aml

He was the man in the 80's unfortuantly thereafter his carrer nosedived after that.

"Nosedived" is an interesting word to use in reference to Michael Jackson... :D

All joking aside though, I was a fan as a kid in the 80's, no one had moves like him, and 'Bad' was the first cassette tape I ever owned. A tragedy he went out the way he did.
25-06-10, 16:28
Milfminx

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Originally Posted by Cable87

"Nosedived" is an interesting word to use in reference to Michael Jackson... :D

All joking aside though, I was a fan as a kid in the 80's, no one had moves like him, and 'Bad' was the first cassette tape I ever owned. A tragedy he went out the way he did.

That is funny, sorry but it did make me laugh out loud , I like some of his music but his weirdness was something I could not understand , I suppose saddest of all is the three kids left behind which from reading some articles seem to be seen as money trees by various members of the family, a young death is always sad .......................

xxx
Milfminx
25-06-10, 17:57
Cable87

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Originally Posted by Milfminx

That is funny, sorry but it did make me laugh out loud , I like some of his music but his weirdness was something I could not understand , I suppose saddest of all is the three kids left behind which from reading some articles seem to be seen as money trees by various members of the family, a young death is always sad .......................

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Milfminx

What can I say, I couldn't resist the urge when I read that... ;)

What has perhaps been the most interesting thing to observe since his death has been the near total glossing-over (or call it selective memory) the general public has had about all of the strange things about him, from all the surgeries to his truly weird lifestyle, and of course the child abuse allegations. I suppose no one really wants to walk on the man's grave, so to speak, and most simply want to remember him for what made his famous in the first place, which of course was his music. It'll be interesting to see in another few years how people are choosing to remember him, and what things about him will be talked about, and perhaps even if more strange secrets will surface.