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Post by KingPopper on Jun 25, 2009 19:16:37 GMT -5
The first thing I always think about when I think about Michael Jackson is this awesome poster my brother had on the wall, of Kermit the Frog dressed up like MJ on the bad cover. I couldn't find a picture of it online, so I threw one together on paint. But it's my earlyest memory of MJ.
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Post by TOTB - Think Outside The Box on Jun 25, 2009 19:16:48 GMT -5
Now this will never happen......godDAMN this sucks!!!
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Post by Y2M on Jun 25, 2009 19:17:04 GMT -5
Ok, thanks for clearing that up.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2009 19:17:26 GMT -5
I'll be playing Beat It in Guitar Hero: World Tour tonight. Me 2 man
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Post by mattperiolat on Jun 25, 2009 19:17:59 GMT -5
Boy, I have no clue where to even start with this.
I was a kid when Thriller came out and I just remember how freaked out I was by just the still shots (I was seven, be nice.)
But my MJ fan days really began on the summer I graduated from high school and was in a very depressed frame of mind. HIStory and the songs on that kind of spoke to me, the idea of struggling from a dark place and still creating art. Bought up all the other solo albums and just spent that whole summer working out the pain by rocking out to Michael Jackson.
I agree with the comparisons to Elvis that have come up, but I also think matching him with Judy Garland is somewhat correct too, so talented so early that in a way, his fame became his own worst enemy.
A fact that bears repeating in terms of legacy: there were virtually NO black performers on MTV until Billie Jean and Thriller came along. An insanely talented performer that won global fan support on the positive side of the ledger, but on the negative, his own fame basically created the modern "in-your-face" media coverage that we see today.
I for one will miss him and will enjoy rocking out to MJ once again this weekend.
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Post by B.B.M on Jun 25, 2009 19:18:04 GMT -5
Beat It, in my eyes, is one of the best songs ever created.
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Post by The Ichi on Jun 25, 2009 19:17:58 GMT -5
I believe there have been several hoaxes like that with Stephen King, too. I don't buy it at all until it's confirmed 100%.
And that Moonwalker game was so awesome.
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Post by Paul E. Funk on Jun 25, 2009 19:17:39 GMT -5
If MTV plays "You Are Not Alone", it will probably make me cry like a five year old girl. That song used to always get to me.
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Post by Welfare Willis on Jun 25, 2009 19:18:25 GMT -5
Unrelated, but there are rumours that Jeff Goldblum fell to his death in New Zealand while filming a movie. I really think this is untrue, and obviously people are taking advantage of the recent celebrity deaths. It isn't. It's something that I've seen before with Tom Hanks (Snopes debunks it). Thank goodness for Snopes. You know I can't help but think of Michael akin to Howard Huges. A man of very "eccentric" later years, but someone who left behind a amazing body of work. Men both famous and infamous... My apologies to anyone who doesn't find that metaphor apt.
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Post by kittylimits on Jun 25, 2009 19:19:46 GMT -5
You'll never make me stay So take your weight off of me I know your every move So won't you just let me be I've been here times before But I was to blind to see That you seduce every man This time you won't seduce me
She's saying that's ok Hey baby do what you please I have the stuff the you want I am the thing that you need She looked me deep in the eyes She's touchin' me so to start She says there's no turnin' back She trapped me in her heart
Dirty Diana, nah Dirty Diana, nah Dirty Diana, no Dirty Diana Let me be!
Oh no... Oh no... Oh no...
She likes the boys in the band She knows when they come to town Every musician's fan after the curtain comes down She waits at backstage doors For those who have prestige Who promise fortune and fame A life that's so carefree
She's says that's ok Hey baby do what you want I'll be your night lovin' thing I'll be the freak you can taunt And I don't care what you say I want to go too far I'll be your everything If you make me a star
Dirty Diana, nah Dirty Diana, nah Dirty Diana, no Dirty Diana... Dirty Diana, nah Dirty Diana, nah Dirty Diana, nah Dirty Diana, no Dirty Diana... Diana! Diana! Dirty Diana! It's Dia...aa...aa...ana!
She said I have to go home 'Cause I'me real tired you see But I hate sleppin' alone Why don't you come with me I said my baby's at home She's problably worried tonight I didn't call on the phone to Say that I'm alright
Diana walked up to me, She said I'm all yours tonight At that I ran to the phone Sayin' baby I'm alright I said but unlock the door. Because I forgot the key. She said he's not coming back Because he's slepping with me
Dirty Diana, nah Dirty Diana, nah Dirty Diana, nah Dirty Diana, no
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Post by B.B.M on Jun 25, 2009 19:21:28 GMT -5
"The way you make me feel" Is now playing on one of my local radio stations
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Post by "Hollywood" Cactus Matt on Jun 25, 2009 19:21:37 GMT -5
You'll never make me stay So take your weight off of me I know your every move So won't you just let me be I've been here times before But I was to blind to see That you seduce every man This time you won't seduce me
She's saying that's ok Hey baby do what you please I have the stuff the you want I am the thing that you need She looked me deep in the eyes She's touchin' me so to start She says there's no turnin' back She trapped me in her heart
Dirty Diana, nah Dirty Diana, nah Dirty Diana, no Dirty Diana Let me be!
Oh no... Oh no... Oh no...
She likes the boys in the band She knows when they come to town Every musician's fan after the curtain comes down She waits at backstage doors For those who have prestige Who promise fortune and fame A life that's so carefree
She's says that's ok Hey baby do what you want I'll be your night lovin' thing I'll be the freak you can taunt And I don't care what you say I want to go too far I'll be your everything If you make me a star
Dirty Diana, nah Dirty Diana, nah Dirty Diana, no Dirty Diana... Dirty Diana, nah Dirty Diana, nah Dirty Diana, nah Dirty Diana, no Dirty Diana... Diana! Diana! Dirty Diana! It's Dia...aa...aa...ana!
She said I have to go home 'Cause I'me real tired you see But I hate sleppin' alone Why don't you come with me I said my baby's at home She's problably worried tonight I didn't call on the phone to Say that I'm alright
Diana walked up to me, She said I'm all yours tonight At that I ran to the phone Sayin' baby I'm alright I said but unlock the door. Because I forgot the key. She said he's not coming back Because he's slepping with me
Dirty Diana, nah Dirty Diana, nah Dirty Diana, nah Dirty Diana, no Ooh ooh ooh aah Gotta make a change For once in my life It's gonna feel real good Gonna make a difference Gonna make it right
As I turned up the collar on A favorite winter coat This wind is blowin' my mind I see the kids in the street With not enough to eat Who am I to be blind Pretending not to see their needs
A summer's disregard A broken bottle top And a one man's soul They follow each other On the wind ya' know 'Cause they got nowhere to go That's why I want you to know
I'm starting with the man in the mirror I'm asking him to change his ways And no message could have been any clearer If you wanna make the world a better place Take a look at yourself and then make a change, yey Na na na, na na na, na na na na oh ho
I've been a victim of A selfish kinda love It's time that I realize There are some with no home Not a nickel to loan Could it be really pretending that they're not alone
A willow deeply scarred Somebody's broken heart And a washed out dream (Washed out dream) They follow the pattern of the wind ya' see 'Cause they got no place to be That's why I'm starting with me
I'm starting with the man in the mirror I'm asking him to change his ways And no message could have been any clearer If you wanna make the world a better place Take a look at yourself and then make a change
I'm starting with the man in the mirror I'm asking him to change his ways And no message could have been any clearer If you wanna make the world a better place Take a look at yourself and then make that change
I'm starting with the man in the mirror (Man in the mirror, oh yeah) I'm asking him to change his ways, yeah (Change) No message could have been any clearer If you wanna make the world a better place Take a look at yourself and then make the change You gotta get it right, while you got the time 'Cause when you close your heart (You can't close your, your mind) Then you close your mind
(That man, that man, that man) (That man, that man, that man) (With the man in the mirror, oh yeah) (That man you know, that man you know) (That man you know, that man you know) I'm asking him to change his ways (Change) No message could have been any clearer If you wanna make the world a better place Take a look at yourself then make that change
(Na na na, na na na, na na na na) Ooh Oh yeah Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah (Na na na, na na na, na na na na)
Oh no Oh no, I'm gonna make a change It's gonna feel real good Sure mon (Change) Just lift yourself You know, you got to stop it yourself (Yeah) Oh Make that change (I gotta make that change today, oh) (Man in the mirror) You got to, you got to not let yourself, brother oh Yeah You know that (Make that change) (I gotta make that make me then make) You got, you got to move Sure mon, sure mon You got to (Stand up, stand up, stand up) Make that change Stand up and lift yourself, now (Man in the mirror) Make that change (Gonna make that change, sure mon) (Man in the mirror) You know it, you know it, you know it, you know (Change) Make that changeAll the talk about You Are Not Alone making people cry - this song did it for me, at a young age.
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Post by B.B.M on Jun 25, 2009 19:25:15 GMT -5
My local Radio Station "The Wave" is doing Requests of Michael Jackson songs for the rest of the night.
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Post by TheDieselTrain on Jun 25, 2009 19:25:40 GMT -5
If MTV plays "You Are Not Alone", it will probably make me cry like a five year old girl. I just D-loaded it and It definately hit me.
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Post by farmeriggy on Jun 25, 2009 19:26:15 GMT -5
BRING HIM BACK, E.T.!
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Post by Moonwalkin' Capt. Crow on Jun 25, 2009 19:27:30 GMT -5
Wow....3 people in 3 days...
Ed McMahon Farrah Fawcett
and now
Micheal Jackson
This is the saddest week in the history of this earth... May they all rest in peace.
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Post by "Hollywood" Cactus Matt on Jun 25, 2009 19:28:04 GMT -5
And they're playing Leave Me Alone now.
Too little, too late, MTV, et al.
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Post by Time Lord Soundwave on Jun 25, 2009 19:28:54 GMT -5
MuchMusic is showing Billie Jean right now. They'll probably be showing Thriller soon.
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Post by Nacho STAYS Hyped on Jun 25, 2009 19:29:29 GMT -5
The thing was, he really seemed like a cool guy. He appeared on The Simpsons and made fun of himself a little bit, and he liked when Weird Al parodied him.
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Post by V3rtigo on Jun 25, 2009 19:29:47 GMT -5
In Germany, neither music station is acknowledging the death, not a word anywhere...
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