For those of you who haven't been near a media source for the last week... those four people vacationing in the deepest Congo... Michael Jackson is dead. That news is bound to cause a lot of emotions in a lot of people. Fans of his music will miss him, criticisers of his lifestyle will be vindicated and life in general will go on as before.
As for me, I do like some of MJ's songs, but I've never been a fan (taken here in the actual meaning of the word), so his death comes with no deep feelings. His music didn't intersect with my life in any significant way, so his death hasn't caused any waves in my existence. But from people all around me, I hear feelings of loss... for the music mostly. And I wonder, did I miss something?
I've heard MJ's songs... thriller, bad, dangerous are the only albums coming to mind... and I can only recall 4-5 songs from them... combined. But ask me anything about this person and all I know are media highlights... jackson five, LaToya, Janet, Joe, neverland, childabuse allegations... and thats about it.
What about the music did I miss that is causing outpourings of grief from the most unexpected quarter (my french colleague was grieving!)? I'm trying to understand the appeal by listening to old songs being played on BET (any channel actually, but BET plays them back-to-back for hours). Let me see if I can actually feel some sympathy for a tortured soul (not my words) if I can identify what a musical genius (again, not my words) MJ was supposed to be.
But I fear this is one trend that is going to pass me by, so years from now when someone asks me where I was when I heard the news of MJ's death, I can honestly say, "Ummmmm... Dunno", and not feel ashamed of it.
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mj was really bad.
he said so himself.
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