Anyone who believes "Michael Jackson started it all" vis-a-vis their pop music tastes probably shouldn't be writing about music. Most of his output was the stuff of lowest common denominator less wide-ranging than Elvis, far less creative than the Beatles and frankly far down the line in terms of quality.
I'll never forgive his Thriller garbage for being the beginning of the end of MTV original programing leading it into the urban crap, hip-hop and emo idiocy it evolved into.
His musical influence was the audio equivalent of his kid-touching.
God how obnoxious is it when hipster-doofus white chicks try get self-referential and self-deprecating when it comes to race; "...with my 7-year-old white-girl proclamations of badness..."
Wow, wonderful comments. Obviously Mr. "Guided By Voices reference" is too cool for humanity. Megan was saying that Michael started it all for HER, you ass. She's not making some big proclamation on his place in the history of humankind; she's just writing about her memory of Michael Jackson.
I had a similar experience with INXS when Hutchence died. The first cassette I ever bought was Kick and I listened to it until it was powder. Sure, it's kind of cheesy now; but kids eat that shit up and it still has a meaningful effect on you when a childhood idol dies regardless of the significance of their legacy.
Wow, wonderful comments. Obviously Mr. "Guided By Voices reference" is too cool for humanity. Megan was saying that Michael started it all for HER, you ass. She's not making some big proclamation on his place in the history of humankind; she's just writing about her memory of Michael Jackson.
I had a similar experience with INXS when Hutchence died. The first cassette I ever bought was Kick and I listened to it until it was powder. Sure, it's kind of cheesy now; but kids eat that shit up and it still has a meaningful effect on you when a childhood idol dies regardless of the significance of their legacy.
i used to have 2 goldfish named michael and jackson. the both died. i wasn't sad then. and i'm sure as heck not now. never been a fan of his music or his 'fondness' of children. he's fuckin gross.
My first CD was Snoop's Dog Pound (didn't get a cd player until I was like 14, lol)
And uh..#1 You're just a jackass, I don't think she was trying to write about music, or claiming to know anything about music (a thing you obviously know nothing about you, snobby dick). She's a writer!
And a good one! Damn-it this article did it for me! I was just a bit older than 7 when 'BAD' came out, but I remember dancing my ass off, you almost gave me tears!
I'll never forgive his Thriller garbage for being the beginning of the end of MTV original programing leading it into the urban crap, hip-hop and emo idiocy it evolved into.
His musical influence was the audio equivalent of his kid-touching.
Go screw.
The stuff of hack-writers.
I had a similar experience with INXS when Hutchence died. The first cassette I ever bought was Kick and I listened to it until it was powder. Sure, it's kind of cheesy now; but kids eat that shit up and it still has a meaningful effect on you when a childhood idol dies regardless of the significance of their legacy.
I had a similar experience with INXS when Hutchence died. The first cassette I ever bought was Kick and I listened to it until it was powder. Sure, it's kind of cheesy now; but kids eat that shit up and it still has a meaningful effect on you when a childhood idol dies regardless of the significance of their legacy.
And uh..#1 You're just a jackass, I don't think she was trying to write about music, or claiming to know anything about music (a thing you obviously know nothing about you, snobby dick). She's a writer!
And a good one! Damn-it this article did it for me! I was just a bit older than 7 when 'BAD' came out, but I remember dancing my ass off, you almost gave me tears!