RIP Michael Jackson!!?

[karlhenning]

I'm sure I still have my dusty cassette of  Thriller  somewhere on my shelf.

No doubt.

Still can't figure out what was the big deal with this artist.

No doubt.

[Opus106]

[Dr. Dread]

I would listen to Michael Jackson before them. 

[Opus106]

I would listen to Michael Jackson before them. 

No doubt.

[Dr. Dread]

Sky Saxon died too. Apparently no Michael Jackson.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hfJ3F0BxJ43QilwHe11waMsP_JEQD991VAJG1

[Christo]

At first, I thought this was a joke.

Some still hold to that opinion. 

[AB68]

I was a big fan of MJ in the 80's when I was a teenager. I read today that the album Thriller sold 109 million copies... that is unbelievable and a record that will never be beaten.
Even though I am not into his music today I have no problem seing that he was a groundbreaking artist in many ways.
RIP Michael.

[Lethevich]

Well, somebody had to say it. An individual interviewed on the news came out with the inevitable proclamation of:

THE DAY MUSIC DIED

[Dr. Dread]

I thought it died in 1827.  

[karlhenning]

Well, somebody had to say it. An individual interviewed on the news came out with the inevitable proclamation of:

THE DAY MUSIC DIED

I resent that.

I thought it died in 1827. 

(Many as Beethoven's admirers were, none of them thought "music had died" with him. Which puts the current hyperventilations into cool perspective.)

[Joe Barron]

The jokes have started:

Farrah Fawcett dies and goes to heaven. St. Peter meets her at the gates. He tells her she has led a good life, and God will grant her a wish for the sake of anyone she has left behind on earth.
"All I want," Farrah says, "is for all the children of the world to live in peace and be safe."
Three hours later, Michael Jackson dies.

[Joe_Campbell]

  I feel awful for laughing, but that's hilarious!

[Joe Barron]

100+ million albums sold makes him a BIG deal.

I've always believed that the quoting of sales figures is the refuge of the talentless. The first thing Celine Dion or Barry Manilow will tell you is how many albums they've sold worldwide, as though it somehow validates what they do. It's different with jackson, since his best music was pretty funky. Problem is, he hasn't done anything of note in twenty years.  I honestly have to say, this story leaves me unmoved.

[imperfection]

I've always believed that the quoting of sales figures is the refuge of the talentless. The first thing Celine Dion or Barry Manilow will tell you is how many albums they've sold worldwide, as though it somehow validate what they do. It's differnt with jackson, since his best music was pretty funky. Problem is, he hasn't done anything of note in twenty years.  I honestly have to say, this story leaves me unmoved.

It's almost like McDonalds insisting that what they sell are gourmet food, justifying the claim with their annual net profit.

[Dr. Dread]

It's almost like McDonalds insisting that what they sell are gourmet food, justifying the claim with their annual net profit.

[Christo]

It's almost like McDonalds insisting that what they sell are gourmet food, justifying the claim with their annual net profit.

Who's McDonalds? Who's this Michael Jackson anyway? 

[Dr. Dread]

Who's McDonalds? Who's this Michael Jackson anyway?  

Welcome, sir, to planet Earth.

[CD]

People die. Still, it's hard to grasp the reality of it -- this person who basically existed only on television, magazines and radio. Once they're dead you're sort of forced to realize that "this was an actual person that existed", even though he and his life tended to be something of a cartoon.

[Dr. Dread]

People die.

Say it ain't so!

[Joe_Campbell]

No doubt.

No doubt.

I don't get it. You're poking fun at TPH for liking MJ, and poking fun at JdP for not liking him?