Thread: Michael Jackson memorial

Originally Posted by T_man

Did anybody watch it?

It didn't hit me that MJ actually died, you know like when it sinks in, until I saw Usher's performance in which he was reduced to tears & reduced me to tears too.
If you think Michael hasn't done anything for this world then you should have watched this show and watched how eagerly people wanted tickets to see his MEMORIAL and paid alot just to see his MEMORIAL.

No T, i missed it. Funerals are always too sad, and I couldn't bear to do it voluntarily.

I didn't feel bothered till now. And now I'm heartbroken

I watched a little of it, it does take me back.
We grew up watching him and the Osmonds back in the 70's.
So a little tiny bit of our childhood is gone.

But I do wish people can go on with their lives and let him rest in peace.

The same people who stopped being fans of his when he had his personal problems are now crying he is gone.....shame on you all.

'tis a very sad day, indeed.

I recorded it.

Rest in peace...gloved one!

Really? Who cares? I hated that pedophile and his music at his height of popularity. All he did was dance around and grab his crotch. Since then he has just made a mockery of his life. His kids are better off now. I couldn't imagine being raised by him. He wasn't even human anymore.

I'm glad the world has been cleansed. Rot in hell Micheal.

Our house is now divided.






Her voice cracking and her lips trembling, Michael Jackson's daughter spoke out for the first time ever at the pop legend's memorial service Tuesday, bringing to tears millions around the globe.
"Ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine," Paris Jackson, 11, said, choking back sobs.
"And I just want to say I love him so much," she added, before aunt Janet Jackson enveloped her in a hug.
Paris' heartbreaking words capped a two-hour tribute that combined song, sequins and sadness at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Michael Jackson's daughter Paris remembers dad at memorial: 'Best father you could ever imagine'

Originally Posted by NeilPearson

Really? Who cares? I hated that pedophile and his music at his height of popularity. All he did was dance around and grab his crotch. Since then he has just made a mockery of his life. His kids are better off now. I couldn't imagine being raised by him. He wasn't even human anymore.

I'm glad the world has been cleansed. Rot in hell Micheal.

Damn, that was insensative. You must be a Prince fan!

Originally Posted by IronAddict

Damn, that was insensative. You must be a Prince fan!

A month ago everyone referred to him as "Wacko Jacko". They made fun of his face bleaching, the fact that he weighed 50 pounds and made his kids wear masks in public. They made fun of how he lived and how much of a freak he had become.

Now he's dead and everyone loves him... bullshit. Everyone's opinion seemed to change overnight. Not mine.

Originally Posted by NeilPearson

A month ago everyone referred to him as "Wacko Jacko". They made fun of his face bleaching, the fact that he weighed 50 pounds and made his kids wear masks in public. They made fun of how he lived and how much of a freak he had become.

Now he's dead and everyone loves him... bullshit. Everyone's opinion seemed to change overnight. Not mine.

Yeah, but are you a Prince fan ?

Originally Posted by IronAddict

Yeah, but are you a Prince fan ?

Originally Posted by Jarhed

Originally Posted by NeilPearson

Really? Who cares? I hated that pedophile and his music at his height of popularity. All he did was dance around and grab his crotch. Since then he has just made a mockery of his life. His kids are better off now. I couldn't imagine being raised by him. He wasn't even human anymore.

I'm glad the world has been cleansed. Rot in hell Micheal.

Wow

Originally Posted by T_man

Wow

It's OK, the good Lord will forgive him and may even allow him in heaven.

Originally Posted by IronAddict

Yeah, but are you a Prince fan ?

no

I am glad that the Black Americans loaned MJ to us.

watched about 30 sec....meh

I don't hate the guy, he was really weird and out there, but I liked his music. I just don't understand the swooning over him and, as NeilPearson said, nothing changed the day he died except the fact that he is dead. All the weird behavior, the pedophile charges, the skin bleaching or what have you still stands...so why are people crying over him? How did wacko jacko turn into a god all of a sudden? Its actually kind of sickening really, demonized in life and idolized in death. Once again I will state my point, he did not change shit, he made himself and others very rich and made a bunch of teenagers wet along the way. The world is not different. Where are the weekend long radio tributes and million people strong memorials for Einstein?

If you hear a loud rumble in the sky tonight , don't worry. It's not thunder. It's Elvis beatin' the shit out of Michael Jackson for marrying his daughter.

LOL

He is not the only one who died this past month.

The media sure does know how to milk the herd.

I remember when his nose fell off, like a real life Mr. Potato Head........and his whining about being so wealthy and not able to live a normal life, must be hard to be able to spend twice as much as you make every year on every little whim that you fancy like llamas and chimps........I just can't feel heart broken over a guy who lived a life 5000 times better than 95% of the worlds other children, you know who I feel sad for guys like Thornton Dial, a poor black man who had to work hard his whole life and only in his 70's started to have time to put out provocative works of art and then had his art deemed not "black enough" by his own people and his main supporter a white man torn down by just being accused of exploiting a black artist who "don' know no bettah".....

Originally Posted by Yanick

The world is not different. Where are the weekend long radio tributes and million people strong memorials for Einstein?

Albert Einstein Biography "The death of Albert Einstein came on April 18, 1955 in Princeton, New Jersey. After a long illness, he died peacefully in his sleep. The listed cause of death is a ruptured artery in his heart. Upon his request in his will, there was no funeral, no grave, and no marker. His brain was donated to science and his body was cremated and his ashes were spread over a near-by river."

Not to mention Einstein didn't just die. What a stupid example to pick, lolol. Oh and I'm sure Einstein didn't have radio tributes as he didn't cut any albums. If you wanted to look smart, you would have picked a different example. Stupid.

Originally Posted by maxpro2

Not to mention Einstein didn't just die. What a stupid example to pick, lolol. Oh and I'm sure Einstein didn't have radio tributes as he didn't cut any albums. If you wanted to look smart, you would have picked a different example. Stupid.

Funny you call him stupid for not falling under the Spell of the King of "POP", a form of music geared towards the mindless masses; so he was the greatest pied-piper for the rat race.... if we recall the piper also seduced the towns children to a cave... To be fair where was the lottery to attend Ray Charles' funeral, the weeks long mourning, the hours long Memorial on the big networks? To me Ray Charles did way more for music than MJ did, hell if it wasn't for his achievements in rendering a soulful sound MJ may have been singing and dancing to something entirely different..... Not to mention Ray overcame the physical challenge of being blind and still went on to become a true musical genius.....His music was so beautiful that one song became an official state song and another set a precedent for an American Anthem, a version that even Presidents could be proud of.....he also made a huge accomplishment by melding Country with R&B Soul, music white folks could also groove to this was before Jackson was even able to coo his first sound......

Originally Posted by NeilPearson

A month ago everyone referred to him as "Wacko Jacko". They made fun of his face bleaching, the fact that he weighed 50 pounds and made his kids wear masks in public. They made fun of how he lived and how much of a freak he had become.

Now he's dead and everyone loves him... bullshit. Everyone's opinion seemed to change overnight. Not mine.

I like his music, but the guy was a freak, not a saint. Not to piss on his grave, but this glamourization is pathetic.

I feel bad for anyone who dies that young, but to me there's nothing worse than a pedophile. Whether he is one or not we'll never really know, but I'm comforted to know if he is he can't lie about it to the big guy.

I am disappointed that Prince didn't start this thread (IM's Prince, not The Purple One).

As for me, I did not watch it and really don't give two craps.

Edit: I do find it impressive how his albums and singles are absolutely destroying the digital music charts since his death.

Bill O'Reilly rips Michael Jackson: He's 'fed up with all the adulation'

Bill O'Reilly rips Michael Jackson: He's 'fed up with all the adulation' | Prime-Time TV commentary | Michael Jackson, News, Television | Ken Tucker's Watching TV | EW.com

Bill O'Reilly launched a strikingly hostile "Talking Points Memo" attack against Michael Jackson this evening on The O'Reilly Factor. Announcing he was "fed up with the adulation" and "phony platitudes" of the Jackson memorial service, he labeled the sentiments expressed by the participants as "pathetic in the extreme."

O'Reilly criticizes Jackson for "spending millions of dollars on himself while singing 'We Are The World.'" Huh? Would O'Reilly say the same thing about other wealthy singers who performed on the original 1985 recording, such as Bruce Springsteen or Bob Dylan or Paul Simon? I doubt it. What happened to O'Reilly the ardent capitalist? Aren't we supposed to make and spend as much money as we want in America, and is charity work also "pathetic"?

Did you note that O'Reilly also ridicules CBS' Katie Couric for interviewing Kenneth Babyface Edmonds? He called their talk "surreal" because... well, as far as I can figure, for no reason other than to sneer at the producer-writer's nickname, Babyface. Bill O'Reilly thinks it's "bizarre" for a network anchor to interview an expert on Michael Jackson's music: Why? He probably could have used an expert on Jackson's music in his own studio this particular evening.