[RedMileDJ]

Well having to be one of the first people in this thread today, and report and post some of the news of Michael Jackson's death, I am shocked at some of the mean spirited comments and "jokes" posted on here.

I'm also not surprised. As one poster said, once you're branded a child molester, abuser, etc, etc, it sticks with you for life. Especially when you're someone like Michael Jackson (constantly in the media spot-light).

I'm also happy to see the amount of positive feed-back in the thread and the out-pouring of support. It's cool to read people's "first contact" with Michael Jackson's music or how he inspired them, etc, etc.

For me...well...I'm a DJ. I can't count how many times I had a bad show going, and all I had to do was put on Billy Jean and the dance floor would fill up again. I own all his albums on CD and even a few on cassette. My wife has Thriller on vinyl. She bought it when she was 8 years old. She used all of her birthday money to buy it.

There were times when I would play Michael Jackson music at my shows, and I would have people come up to me saying things like "hey turn off the child-molester music" or "how can you play this crap?" I'd just look at them, point at the filled dance floor (everyone smiling, bobbing there heads, snapping their fingers, singing and dancing along) and say "that's why I can't turn it off. There's something in this music...and all these people love it."

I'm sad to see Michael Jackson leave us...but I hope he finally has the peace he deserved.

R.I.P King of Pop

edit: couple spelling mistakes