Tribute to the King of Pop

I was still pissed off about the recent swine flu related post that I wrote just a couple of hours ago. I haven't even gotten over the fact that I have to do my submissions in five hours and I still haven't finished my work.

The TV was on, just for the sake of noise. Then I heard a familiar song. Smooth Criminal. Just out of pure instinct I was humming along with the song. Once it ended, I heard the news announcer say , "and that was a smashing performance by Michael Jackson, who sadly passed away due..."


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There are very few things on the planet that can make me snap up and say "WTF". This was one of them.
He died? Thats not possible...he can't just DIE... how can he die. He was planning a concert wasn't he?

Aw come on. This is so unfair.

Well..I hate to admit it but..it seems like he is really dead. Apparently he died of a cardiac arrest. Quite plausible considering all that dancing, those moves are quite difficult and he was around 50 years old after all.

:(

Hey, I don't care about the negative publicity he got. I just don't give a damn. No one can take his music away. I remember the times as a kid when I had first seen moonwalker. It was fantastic. It had taken me the next 6 years to find that video on tape. Eventually I managed to get my hands on it. My priceless treasure.

There can't be any person in the world who can look me in the eye and say that they don't like his songs. Billie jean, Thriller, Bad, Smooth Criminal..take your pick.

Then I had heard that there was a game...a videogame...starring him...where he did fancy dance moves, making his enemies break into a dance too, wearing them out and thereby defeating them.

Oh the amount of hours I spent playing that game. I still have a copy of it this very day. Took ages to find it on the pc, it was originally a SEGA game. But with a ROM and an emulator, I got that game on my laptop too.

Sigh, his songs and his dance moves were fantastic. If you have ever seen his concerts, on TV, they were so full of energy. I can't even imagine how it was LIVE!
The footage showed people screaming their minds off for him, cheering him to no end. He had transcended music to another level. He was probably bigger than elvis.

Elvis was good, but elvis was more local. More strictly american. I hadn't heard of elvis until my early teens. I believe I knew Michael Jackson when I was 7 years old. I remember watching the "BAD" tour that he did in 1987. I saw it 5 years later. And I was hooked from thereon
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I listen to his songs while I go to college to this very day.
He was, is, and will always be the King of Pop. No one can take that title away from him. Its just impossible. He can never be replaced or topped by any other musician.

:( I was looking forward to see his concert...it was supposedly his retirement concert.




I am posting here..videos..of some of my favorite michael jackson songs.

For those who liked him, watch the songs and do whatever it is you do..tap your feet to the tune, hum along, nod your head, do them all. For those who didn't, watch the songs and see the error of your ways or begone from my page, I don't like people who don't give credit to the ones who deserve it.

For the ones who like his music, if I haven't listed your fav song below..let me know and I will put it immediately. I will shut up now and just let his work speak for itself.

The beginning




Billie Jean




Beat it




Smooth criminal




Thriller




BAD




The way you make me feel




one of my favorites amongst his slow ones,
Stranger in moscow



Heal the world

Whether he was "wow"ing fans as a singing/dancing machine, turning heads with his outlandish wardrobes, or horrifying everyone with his kooky behavior, Jackson could never, would never be ignored.

The King of Pop was always right in the center of the spotlight. And the world was always watching.

Rest in peace "Artist" "King" "Legend"