Michael Jackson is now officially dead at age 50.

**Rawrspoon** · Joined: 04 Sep 2008 Posts: 1597

It kinda pisses me off that my parents (who happen to believe ANYTHING the media reports) say he bleached his skin and other shit about his personal life ontop of dismissing my arguments because I wasn't born yet when he rose to fame. I still think his musical life was much more important than his personal life, but everyone I know thinks otherwise

**alexhaz64** · Joined: 01 Mar 2008 Posts: 4483 Location: Long Beach, CA

I gotta say, I haven't been this shocked by a famous death since Steve Irwin...

took me a while to post in here I guess... but yeah, the man was a legend... unfortunately he'll never be able to escape the criticism he recieved in his later years... (much like OJ Simpson, his name is pretty much tainted) but he was definitely one of the biggest names in music, and possibly one of the most recognizable names on the planet.

I remember a while back trying to think of the most famous people in the world, and Michael Jackson was one of the names I thought of first... this is a loss for the whole world.
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**DaneH** · Joined: 04 Feb 2007 Posts: 640 Location: Walkerton, Ontario

I dunno, call me a bad person, but I'm not too moved by his death at all. Yes, he had some really good music, but at the same time there's so much evidence against him as a child molester that it makes me not care. And also, is he not just another person like you and me? Yes, he was a more musically inclined/talented person than mostly everyone in the world, but that doesn't make his dying anymore special than anyone else's. And compared to many other great musician's deaths, this is not young at all. Kurt Cobain- 27, Randy Rhoads- 26, etc. Think of it this way, atleast he didn't die BEFORE writing all his music.
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**Drummerguitarist** · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 5:16 pm Post subject:

When I heard this happened, I had nothing that I could say but "Holy Shit." I don't remember the last time that I was shocked by a celebrity death like this. Unfortunately, my Dad didn't really appreciate him at all and only saw him as the psycho child molester, so it kinda makes me feel awkward to even have any MJ songs on my iPod. Probably the most ironic thing for me was that I had figured out how to port Smooth Criminal and Billie Jean from Moonwalker (genesis) to Sonic 1 about a week ago. And I was listening to his songs before I went to bed the night before he died.

He was a musical genius, and was awesome in his prime. Shame that he had to die like this. I mean, I'm not old enough to have lived through his musical career, but I still appreciate what he has done musically. In a few weeks, he will be the butt of everybody's jokes again (there are already some going around :/ ), but he will be remembered for the music that he left behind us. Still, shame he had to get himself into the molestation charges, whether he's really innocent or guilty.

[/rant, though I know I'm a bit late]

I know I'll be listening to your music for a while. RIP Michael Jackson, may you Moonwalk your way into heaven.

**ready2rock** · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 6:15 pm Post subject:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQwfTNOxfTo

A very good tribute video.

By the way, Michael has been single-handedly crashing the internet over the past couple of days.
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**3starmaster** · Joined: 10 Jun 2007 Posts: 449

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVACUjHn6yU

This pretty much sums up what I think of the matter. The media is now kissing his ass after 20 years of just ripping on him for pedophilia and plain just being crazy. It really shouldn't have taken his death for the media to stop being a giant douche to him
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**OnionPowder** · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:13 pm Post subject:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzWdOeOwfuc

And to be cool and trendy I'll also post a YouTube tribute (and hey! It was made by me!)
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**cdylan13** · Joined: 14 Aug 2007 Posts: 5828 Location: Richmond, VA

I guess its time for me to play the Devil's Advocate here which sucks but it needs to be said.

Why is everyone overreacting about this? Let me explain myself. I am not a fan of Michael Jackson's music or his person, but I respect his death. However, even if my favorite fucking musician in the world died, I wouldn't shed a tear. Why would you? You share no bonds to the person, so what's the point? I don't understand why people are freaking out about one person's death, especially a "master" from a genre of music where anything can get popular at any moment. if you like him, great, feel bad for him. There's no need to buy everything he owns and sob and moan like it's someone you actually know who died.

I'm sorry that I sound so harsh, but it needed to be said :/

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**Quakmybush** · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 3:48 am Post subject:

I was really shocked and rattled by the news, I figured he would live for a long time. Really sad day for music.