The Great Jacksonian Debacle
WTF? Does any three word combo more concisely wrap up all things Jacko? From the jump, let’s acknowledge a couple of things. 1) As a kid, I loved me some black Michael Jackson. 2) He was a legitimate top 3 performer of all time (performer being the operative word- he was not a musician). Everything else is pretty much a circus side show. Hell, neither PT Barnum, nor GiGi Allen could have imagined such ludicrous spectacles.
Discounting, or perhaps counting all of that- for an entire week the media has acted as if we just found out that a giant asteroid is tracking straight toward earth. Everywhere from CNN, FoxNews, CNBC, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter- you name it, it’s Michael Frikkin’ Jackson. Look folks, he sang songs, danced around, did some really weird stuff- that’s it. He did not lead an international peace movement or find a cure for cancer. Let it go. Two main points to contribute here.
First, I keep hearing and reading MJ this and MJ that. Why do people keep bringing up Michael Jordan in the middle of a Jacko story? That’s right. There is and always will be one MJ. His airness, Michael Jeffrey Jordan. To rob the greatest professional basketball player of all time of his nickname is one thing. To attach it to perhaps the single strangest human to ever exist is another. One is a proud black man and the other spent his life trying to erase all traces of blackness. Mission accomplished. The news headlines could of easily read, “Leading female from Planet of the Apes found dead.”
Secondly, all of you crazy ass people boo hooing and blubbering for the TV camera need to shut up. I heard one lady being interviewed say the following:
[in a maniacal cartoon voice] “He was such a good performer and so full of energy. I just can’t believe he could die!
Hey dumbass, everybody can die. Not only can we all die, we are all going to die. To quote an actual musician, “No one here gets out alive.” If everyone involved- the media, the crazies, ultra-crazies, everyone- if they all took this energy being spent on mourning, they could do all kinds of positive things. They could help find children who are being abducted by pedophiles. They could find a cure for cancer. Hell, they could write the song that makes the whole world sing.
But Shane, you’re some kind of heartless machine that doesn’t care if somebody dies. Really? YOU wanna play that card? Where’s the outcry for the dozens of people in your local paper who died yesterday? I don’t see any news coverage of them. I don’t see any vigils planned and they lived close to you. Oh, you didn’t know them. Well……YOU DIDN’T KNOW MICHAEL JACKSON. I care as much about him dieing as I care about every other random person I don’t know who dies. Actually, I probably care less.
Shane
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You don’t have to be so crase over his death…I myself watch CNN everyday, not just when someone famous dies! There are millions of people that loved him and his music! Most people have someone in pop culture that they love…it’s NORMAL!! Yes, some go to far and the media does as well! But the media does that with most everything..the way they work! I sense strongly that you and Drew do not like him and don’t care that he died…thats fine…cold, but your opinion! Just b/c someone cares greatly for him doesn’t mean they don’t care for other matters in the world…his death was sudden and shocking…no one expected him die so young…just like Elvis, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Princess Diana, KURT COBAIN, James Dean…Kennedy…I could go on further but you should get my point!! It’s just how people and avid fans react when there Idol dies…especially unexpectedly!! He may have been strange in his ways but so was Elvis…how could they ever have a normal life??? That kind of extreme fame ruins your life…makes you reclusive…people are around you for the wrong reasons…they use you…..etc.! I love the stars I love and I am an intelligent person, I have more empathy than some…but I cried for Michael, Farrah, John and Elvis. Also, you don’t know those in today’s or yesterday’s Obits…doesn’t mean you don’t care…but with a singer that you have listened to his music since you were8 yrs. old, you tend to feel as though you know them! He did write a song that the whole world sang…”We are the World” …..just my opinion…
mother - June 29, 2009 at 11:18 pm
Vitiligo is real.
Did not lead an international peace movement!!?? Is that a joke? His whole life was trying to lead a peace movement and bring people together all over the world. That statement alone speaks volumes to your true knowledge of the man who was Michael Jackson. He was all about trying to change the world and make it better and bring love to all those around him. He donated more money than any other famous person in all of history and did so much more than just give money…so much more. If more people in the world had a heart like his and his values then this world would be such a better place.
Write a song the whole world could sing? Michael Jackson wrote many that the whole world DID sing…messages of peace, love, acceptance, healing the world….the man deserves every bit of love and he is getting and all the millions across the world who are grieving. Good for him!
Jen - July 4, 2009 at 7:02 am