The Impact of Michael Jackson
Jun 25 2009
I debated whether to write this post tonight since it’s late and I’m kind of tired after a long day of telling people about finding a new home for Babble Soft. I still have many more people and twitter friends to tell.
It was a weird, weird day for me today. I was extra sensitive with many things happening at once. I came home after hanging out with a girlfriend of mine to find out Michael Jackson and Farah Fawcett had both died today – June 25, 2009.
I’m not sure yet if I’m ashamed to admit this or not, but I was a BIG Michael Jackson fan. I even had his Off The Wall and Thriller albums in vinyl (yes I’m that old). I loved his songs and even had his poster on my teenage wall. I would buy every magazine I could find with him on it and even wrote him a fan letter. I guess I had a teenage crush on him but that was when he looked somewhat normal and before he did a bunch of inappropriate things with kids. He was so talented and it’s a shame he became so weird and reclusive.
His childhood was stolen from him and was it worth the price? I guess his adoring fans think so. I think having all that attention at such a young age gives one a false sense of reality. Having an abusive father didn’t help either.
Some of my favorite songs of his are: (Michael Jackson song lyrics)
She’s Out Of My Life – I would cry every time I heard that song
The Girl Is Mine – with Paul McCartney
Billie Jean – loved that beat!
Human Nature – one of my all time favorites at the emotions this one evokes
After those albums, I kind of lost track. But I think many of us remember The Jackson 5 and little Michael singing “ABC-123.”
Yes, he was a big part of my short teenage life and had an affect on me and the world that will live on for a long time.
Author: Aruni | Filed under: random stuff | Tags: michael jackson | 4 Comments »
I don’t know his story, but how how was his childhood stolen from him? If it’s a case of “my family forced me to sing” well…The guy had a brain. So then he grew up to be a child molester because he wanted to “relive his child years”…mkay…
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@Jenny – His family didn’t let him do normal kid stuff. He spent most of his waking hours practicing and performing. Even though he had a brain, it’s so easy to brainwash a child. It’s horrible what he reportedly did to those kids and unforgiveable and he obviously paid the price by hating himself so much that he mutilated his body.
He was one of the greates entertainers of all? time!