The King (of Pop) Is Dead
Michael Jackson RIP
These words, and hundreds more, all describe Michael Jackson. A man who is known the world over, so much could be said about what happened to him, the choices he made, how incredible his talent was, how strange he was, how misunderstood he was. I’m not the person to say any of those things, really. I wasn’t ever a big Michael Jackson fan, but the first album I ever bought was Thriller. When Mtv premiered the full-length video for Thriller, everyone I knew was in front of a television. His music was the soundtrack for an entire decade.
His personal life eventually overtook his musical career, and somewhre along the way, I forgot about how talented he really was. I saw a bunch of his videos on Mtv this evening, and each one that came on reminded me of the things he did musically. He created music videos that were works of art and not just promotional material. He worked with Eddie Van Halen, Steve Stevens, and Slash, and the live videos reminded me just how great he was as a performer and entertainer. All of the weird shit aside, this man had chops, and he has a tremendous fan-base.
Rest in peace, MJ.
