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krazycanuck · 06-25-2009, 06:36 PM

Here's some brief thoughts...

I don't get wrapped up in celebrity lives, or gossip, or really feel any emotion when a celebrity dies. When I heard that Michael Jackson passed, it was a shock and I did for once feel something.

I work in the music business, Michael is a legend who's popularity transcends one genre of music. Thriller may have saved the record industry. There was never a bigger album, there will never be another album as large as that one. Shortly after the news broke, the country music station up here played 'man in the mirror'. Everything the guy did was the best...his songwriting, his singing and of course his dancing. No one influenced pop culture as much as Michael Jackson did.

I fully recognize how weird Michael was. I think alot of that had to do with his upbringing...he never got to have a childhood. What childhood he did have, he was abused. It's a sad story. I hope that when people remember the guy, they remember how great that music is. How amazing those music videos are and how to do the Thriller. He had his faults, they are well documented but he will forever be one of, if not the greatest musician we've seen.

06-25-2009, 06:36 PM	#219
krazycanuck Won the Worst Son Ever Award Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sherwood Park Exp:	Here's some brief thoughts... I don't get wrapped up in celebrity lives, or gossip, or really feel any emotion when a celebrity dies. When I heard that Michael Jackson passed, it was a shock and I did for once feel something. I work in the music business, Michael is a legend who's popularity transcends one genre of music. Thriller may have saved the record industry. There was never a bigger album, there will never be another album as large as that one. Shortly after the news broke, the country music station up here played 'man in the mirror'. Everything the guy did was the best...his songwriting, his singing and of course his dancing. No one influenced pop culture as much as Michael Jackson did. I fully recognize how weird Michael was. I think alot of that had to do with his upbringing...he never got to have a childhood. What childhood he did have, he was abused. It's a sad story. I hope that when people remember the guy, they remember how great that music is. How amazing those music videos are and how to do the Thriller. He had his faults, they are well documented but he will forever be one of, if not the greatest musician we've seen.