The end of an era

[ishtar79]

I was surprised by how much the news of Michael Jackson's death affected me. Despite all the supreme weirdness of the later years, the allegations, the freaky plastic surgery, his influence on music is undeniable.

Thriller was the first album I owned. MTV Greece is playing Michael Jackson videos round the clock (and the fact alone MTV deigned to play actual MUSIC again is noteworthy in itself) and I'm struck by how all those years later, there has yet to be someone who came even CLOSE to his performance levels (and clips of wee!Michael from his Jackson 5 days made me sad for entirely different reasons).

I was joking about becoming old this weekend due to hitting the big 3-0, but damn, this is the first time I felt it. For all that my music tastes have evolved into supposedly too cool for pop, the little girl in me is devastated.

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[q_spade]

I don't have anything to say about Michael Jackson, but I did want to make note of this:

I was joking about becoming old this weekend due to hitting the big 3-0, but damn, this is the first time I felt it.

Happy birthday, and congrats on your 30th. Looking back to when I hit 30, I think I expected it to be much worse than it was. My thirties were a fucking fabulous time in my life – a lot of growing without necessarily "growing old". I hope your next decade of life treats you similarly. :)

[ackonrad.livejournal.com]

You know, I was surprised myself, even though I've been expecting him to die for years, as horrible as it sounds. He's never seemed the healthiest person to me, and those plastic surgeries only made it worse.

I've been listening to his music ever since I heard, and damn, he is good. No matter what people say about him, he has written music history and no one can change that. Also, for the first time I noticed that he has only a few albums... but all songs on them were hits. I can't think of an contemporary artist who's managed to achieve that. Nelly Furtado's crappy last album doesn't count, only a handful of the songs were good enough. ;)

It's so sad, he was only 50 years old. Gone Too Soon. :(

[mimine.livejournal.com]

I own Thriller too and still like it. But to be honest, I didn't like anything else since that. I liked Bad when it was out, though, had it on tape and I remember seeing Moonwalker at the cinema though I can't remember if I went alone or forced my mum to take me.

It was a bit of a shock to hear he died. I wonder what will happen to his kids.

It is moronic to try and dismiss his musical legacy just because of all the other stuff.