Michael Jackson has a heart attack?

This weekend I heard a somewhat jokey but largely accurate summation of Michael Jackson's life on "A Prairie Home Companion," of all places. Garrison Keillor said something to the effect of, "He shared all of the same fears most of us have--fear of dying, fear of not having any fun in life, fear of being bored, fear that his own nose was ugly--and was cursed with enough money to try to solve them."

He was weird, no doubt, but has anyone else been flipping to the VH1 24-hr Michael Jackson videos this weekend? Katie saw him dance in the "Bad" video and said, "Oooh... I get it."

Margie

Marjorie Suddard wrote: Katie saw him dance in the "Bad" video and said, "Oooh... I get it." Margie

I can remember seeing Thriller and Billie Jean videos as a kid of only 4. Thriller scared me to death, but it was that good scared like any actual horror film would scare a tot. Billie Jean was just cool, and I still hold that as my favorite MJ song. When he moonwalked on tv in 85, I was hooked...coolest thing I'd ever seen (although up to that time,I had really only ever watched sesame street and Mr. Rogers, so I could really only compare it to trolleys and puppets). Somewhere my mom has an old polaroid of me in aviators, an unbuttoned oxford shirt thats 4 sizes too big for a 5 yr old, some black pants rolled up and white socks w/black loafers...I was the coolest kid I knew back then

I'll bet Corey Feldman is devastated.

He was completely obsessed and could have been MJ's doppelganger back in the day.

aircooled wrote:

poopshovel wrote: ...But with Obama's Cap & Tax mafia-style protection racket bill being rammed through right now, which will likely increase the cost of everything you buy, including your electricity,...

.......mmmmm flounder.....

He mentioned 'Michael Jackson' and 'rammed through' in the same post.

The_Jed wrote: I'll bet Corey Feldman is devastated. He was completely obsessed and could have been MJ's doppelganger back in the day.

Not as devastated as Justin Timberlake; where else is he going to get his moves?

imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Its all relative...MJ got a lot of his stuff from James brown, modern rock bands steal everything from Zepplin, no one gives aggressive Nascar drivers grief for driving like Ernhart Sr...Everyones got a role model

All joking aside, I am not particularly a fan of his music but there is no denying that he had tremendous talent. He must have been one tortured individual. That's a sad way to live if you think about it.

Ditto. It hardly bears thinking about.

4cylndrfury wrote: imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Its all relative...MJ got a lot of his stuff from James brown, modern rock bands steal everything from Zepplin, no one gives aggressive Nascar drivers grief for driving like Ernhart Sr...Everyones got a role model

Zeppelin stole almost everything from old bluesmen.

I'm not sure about the word 'stole'. They certainly used and built on what the old blues guys had done, but that's evolution.

A guy who used to work for me was a music student and I mentioned that I was (and still am) a big Pink Floyd fan. He pointed out that a LOT of PF's music included 'movements' from many of the 'classical' musicians, just with different emphasis and volume. At that time, I thought PF was bleeding edge and all new; not quite.

^^my point exactly...everybody learns from somebody else