His music has been playing everywhere and man the memories! He had his fair share of personal demons (above average maybe) but you have to give it to him - the man had talent and revolutionized entertainment as we know it today. His immense contribution to pop is difficult to ignore.

I wrote this earlier today...it belongs here as well I think...




As we try to discover what it is we really felt about Michael Jackson,more so given what characterised his life in the last decade,lets remember what Theodore Roosevelt once said many years ago in speech entitled 'Man in the Arena'...

'It's not the critic who counts,nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled,or when the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms,the great devotions and spends himself in a worth cause; who at the best,knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at the worst if he fails,at least fails while daring greatly,so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat'

Its still academic whether MJ did indeed take part in the horrendous things that he was accused of doing or if,and I strongly suspect this,there were just too many clever gold diggers around him. Since he openly lived his life as a child and surrounded himself with children - child molestation was a strong case his accusers could make given his 'Peter Pan-ism'. At his more recent trial,Larry King,who had spoken to one of the lawyers representing one of Jackson's accusers,became privy to some information that would have rubbished that case,but was not allowed to testify in Michael's defence. So the jury really is still out on that.

That he had many plastic surgeries really is a non-issue - a personal issue and had to do with bad choices which we all make sometimes. It never diminished or dulled his abilities. Indeed,it will be a really long time until we see another icon like Michael Jackson - even Barack Obama cannot ever hope to enjoy the same level of worldwide appeal spanning nearly 40 years that Jackson did.

MJ must have died a troubled and broken man - inundated with debt,grappling with failing health,judged harshly by some sections of society,branded as a child molester and still believing he could rebound. That is even more tragic than his death which has at least offered him release from that anguish.

The problem with equality is that we desire that it be with those that have more than us rather that those that have less

@aemathenge,
those are empty words...very empty words. kwanza what is pop? is it the sound that hydrogen burns with?
he was an entertainer but like everyone of us we shall be held to account for each action we did in darkness and in light.
i have just heard a joke thats relevant now since he is dead,'MJ approached the pearly gates of heaven and St. Peter arms akimbo you're are Bad....' and he begun singing,'Am bad...am bad....' and Peter said,'well...Bad people don't come here...go to hell'

I entered my teens in the eighties and happen to have been going through a bad time psychologically,socially and economically. Michael Jackson,the entertainer,provided profound relieve that others could have sought in drugs,crime,sexual perversity or even Jesus Christ.
In this regard,as far as this thread is concerned,I have chosen to concentrate on the good in him when he went on stage and did his thing and leave the person and the bad to God to judge and the likes of Masukumam.
May the Good Lord Rest His Majesty the King of Popular Music,Michael Joseph Jackson,in Eternal Peace.

Live hard,die hard.

@ aemathengemy man. wat did u jus do? draw Jesus in the same pool with drugs,perversion etc?? on the other hand elevate mr.jackson above Jesus? coz u say jackson relieved u wen not even jc could. Dude, the moment u even remotely toy with the idea that believers are so coz they lackd any thing better to do with their lives than giv it to jc,that to believe is t b foolish,then u'v jus set u'self up 4 a lesson that u'r unlikely t 4get in a long while. watever it is u've that u may suppose is wisdom doesn't even qualify to b th beginning of God's foolishness. u cant even get anywhere near to understandin His ways coz they're far superior to man's. it neva ceases to amaze me how a mere mortal[now u c him,now u don't] thinks they can sustain themselves 4 a microsecond independent of God. luckily,God is long suffering who doesn't visit upon us pano as he shld coz we could hav bn consumed long ago,bt he stil givs us more leeway if peradventure we'll realise our follies n 4sake our evil ways. velkom to th fold dude.as long as a dog is living,he stands a better chance than a dead lion. lastly as 4 mr.jackson,i lykd some of his muzik n has in fact heavily influenced som of the hugest household names in gospel music circles,th 4most being kirk franklin,bt u c,good ppl,wat shall it profit a man if he gains not th few milion dallas th xter amassed n a measure of faim,bt if he gains th entire universe bt loses his soul? 4 we're here 4 bt a brief breath n suddenly we pass on serve our tym in eternity. that worries me! may i submit at this point that our main role in this lyf is to secure an interest in th next! as ken mcfarland would put it;
'Two leaders,two destinies,and to choose we must. Those who choose not to choose become satan's by default'. lethargy bordering on sloth remains the cornerstone of our investment style.. -w. buffet-

Just remembered the last paragraph on Obama's suppossed inaugral speech on 'something to cool dem nervers' thread.......

To wind up,let's remember those who were part of the struggle. Martin Luther
King,Tupac Shakur,Biggie and Michael Jackson. That last nigga ain't dead but
he truly aint gonna last long! God bless America. He better!

Am not sure what the author was thinking then.......just stunned me!!!

RIP MJ....your music will remain with us for good.

If you have money that you expect to start using in five years,it now belongs in stocks.

@ Mainat,Masukuma

Your attitude exposes hollow reasoning.

St John's Gospel says 'Let him who is without sin cast the first stone'
I believe that both will probably never have 1/1000,000th of MJ's talent in your combined lifetimes,even if it was extended to 1000 yrs each.

Hii ni pure malice coated with alot of WIVU. If u dont like the guy its ur choice,but spare us the the verbal crap. Who cares about what MJ did or did not do?

Tha indisputable fact is that His Music Kicks. Period.

R.I.P King of Popular Music.






Qius est iste Rex glorie?

Its amazing how we grab every opportunity to judge others by our own standards(sloppy). MJ looked the way he did because he was on the spotlight. Aside from that,MJ never sold anything else but his music. So get off the judgement seat and leave it to the owner.Two reasons we do not qualify to judge others;one we do so using our sloppy standards,two we do not understand God's justice.
RIP King Michael.You will always live on through your music.
Patience Pays in Guaranteed Checks

Some frighteningly illogical folk around...
So what do judges do? What is your boss doing when looking at your work?

I guess its just different value systems...



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