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Michael Jackson
Jun. 26th, 2009 12:38 pmWhile I have never actually bought any of his music, I think it's next to impossible to deny his talent or the massive contribution he's made to the world of music over the years. I've recently been sorting through my collection of videos, and one of the things I was watching the other day was an episode of The Chart Show, where one of the videos shown is Smooth Criminal, and I was thinking how his videos were quite easily the best ones ever made- and he didn't really make videos anyway, they were all like mini-films. Although some of them- like the last few minutes of Black or White are just bizarre and confusing (where he jumps around screaming and smashing up a car for several minutes),
Also been flicking through the TV channels, and I've noticed how most of the music channels are showing nothing but Michael Jackson videos, maybe it's a bit excessive for all of the MTV run channels to be doing it, but it is nice to see MTV actually showing music for a change, not a load of American reality crap. Also fired up my motorised satellite dish for probably the first time in ages to see how other countries are reporting on this- as this is probably one of the very few people who have made such a big impact nearly everywhere in the world. Was watching France 24 and they showed a clip from some Bollywood rip-off of thiller which has been circulating on the internet for a few years, and it's so bad it's almost like a piss take and probably in quite bad taste to be showing it right now.
Anyway, I think people need to see past the madness and stunts of his personal life over the past few years and remember his music- after all, he was pretty much the biggest entertainer of all time, and I don't think any else is ever going to be able to come along and match what he's done. I think it's fair to say if I get to the furmeet tomorrow, this is going to be pretty much the only topic of conversation.
Also been flicking through the TV channels, and I've noticed how most of the music channels are showing nothing but Michael Jackson videos, maybe it's a bit excessive for all of the MTV run channels to be doing it, but it is nice to see MTV actually showing music for a change, not a load of American reality crap. Also fired up my motorised satellite dish for probably the first time in ages to see how other countries are reporting on this- as this is probably one of the very few people who have made such a big impact nearly everywhere in the world. Was watching France 24 and they showed a clip from some Bollywood rip-off of thiller which has been circulating on the internet for a few years, and it's so bad it's almost like a piss take and probably in quite bad taste to be showing it right now.
Anyway, I think people need to see past the madness and stunts of his personal life over the past few years and remember his music- after all, he was pretty much the biggest entertainer of all time, and I don't think any else is ever going to be able to come along and match what he's done. I think it's fair to say if I get to the furmeet tomorrow, this is going to be pretty much the only topic of conversation.
