Michael Jackson RIP

[p_ano]

OMG

[fearandpanic]

Whoa.

[Chromosome]

wild

[RFKorp]

He's in a coma! Not quite dead yet!

[walt]

He's gone.


RIP

[RFKorp]

Way to go Michael. Totally upstaging Farrah Fawcett...

[oldirtybastien]

finally the color he wanted
Ok trully sorry but I had to

[tarfumes]

Dave Marsh on Thriller (from The New Rolling Stone Record Guide, 1983):

"Michael Jackson's importance as a singer was established with the very first Jackson Five singles. His importance as a record-making innovator is somewhat obscured by his collaboration with Quincy Jones (although the difference between the debacle of Jones' work with Donna Summer and the genius of his work with Jackson gives a clue as to who is really boss), but both his songwriting and his production and arranging chops have grown so mightily on this second album that he is now in the very top rank of rock artists measured from the beginning. Like Stevie Wonder, Jackson has been capable of sustaining an artistic persona from preadolescence into adulthood, and theorists of rock's eternal attachment to youth notwithstanding, his music has grown richer and more intelligent with each passing year. Michael Jackson is no longer an optional pleasure for those who pretend to know about American music. He has become a necessity."

[p_ano]

yeah, not a coma. really dead. OR IS HE?

[Chromosome]

yeah, not a coma. really dead. OR IS HE?

'cause this is thriller!

[jpeatt]

I just got up and am watching this.


Jeff Goldblum has also been reported as dead over here. There has been some very embarrased retractions and stern lectures about media hoaxing delivered.

[yonhosago]

In the last ten years or so, was he ever alive as we do?

[Salty Swift]

this isn't right....I'm not ready for this....Farrah, Jeff....now Michael....wait, Jeff is still alive.
Seriously, Michael was a huge influence in chunk of the music I listen to.....sad news this is.
Very tragic....unfortunate, considering this isn't a bad excuse to cancel those concerts he had planned in London

[horaflora]

dug up this old MJ 'remix' of "wanna be startin something" from '02... On relistening, seemed an appropriate bit of tribute, so:

http://rjdj.me/user/horaflora/recording/14522/

oh, ignore the website, it was just the quickest thing to get it up on for various reasons..

[Mo Noyz]

Well, when the cat was on, he was a force of nature in the music world. Never considered myself a fan, but when you look at the body of work, it's impossible not to tip your hat.

I was completely against the style of music that he produced in the 80's, but there's no denying what a powerful piece of work Thriller was/is.

[cheerios]

I'm really speechless about this news, I don't know how to react...r.i.p.

[Twinkletoes]

RIP

Somehow I wasn't really surprised. I couldn't really picture him as an 80-year old.
Do they know what caused the heart attack all ready?

[Dan Warburton]

Yes, he didn't look too well towards the end.

[michael]

michael jackson is the goat

[Chaney]

It amazes me that, apparently in the minds of many (any here?), Jackson's contributions to pop music and popular culture outweigh his... ahem... peculiar love of children.

Michael Jackson has died? I'm not quite feelin' the tragedy of it.