A Moment of Shock and Horror

The King Of Pop just died.

Okay, so Michael Jackson is (was?) quite the freak, if I do say so myself, but the man (child?) was such an incredible genius that I’m finding this quite tragic.  Both his music and his dancing have been quite an inspiration to me over the years.

And while my head is trying to wrap around this sad, sad news, I have that glimmer of hope that maybe, just maybe, this is not a fact, but an incredibly sick publicity stunt.

It doesn’t look likely.

Current Mood:Surprised emoticon Surprised

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5 Responses to “A Moment of Shock and Horror”

  1. LaRaeven Says:
    June 25th, 2009 at 4:48 pm

    This is quite the shock. I might not have cared much for Micheal the man, but to lose the talent on the music side that hits hard. Some one posted on a board that I read that he was the Elvis of our generation. Eh not quite for me but maybe for others. I feel sorry for his family and what they will have to endure the next few weeks.

  2. Tamra Says:
    June 25th, 2009 at 5:07 pm

    I feel awful for his kids and family. It’s just really sad. He was just so young… but I guess if you do that kind of crap to your body it just can’t hold out for long.

  3. Jim Says:
    June 25th, 2009 at 11:40 pm

    Is it better to burn out than to fade away? I can see a genial, doddering Paul McCartney well past 64, but it’s hard… well, was hard to imagine an elderly Michael Jackson. (Disturbingly, the mental image I’d get is Norma Desmond in “Sunset Boulevard”.)

    Not to downplay the loss of an untimely death, of course…

  4. Amber Says:
    June 26th, 2009 at 1:24 am

    I think it is real. I think of his life as a tragedy in a way. At 5 years old he started. A tortured genius. Nobody can be like him, I just wish his later years would have been more better than bad. It is truly shocking though…this untimely death.

  5. J Says:
    June 26th, 2009 at 5:23 am

    i’m having mixed feelings about his passing… i was utterly disgusted, horrified, and really sad for the person he turned into over the past few years. now that he’s gone and i can stop thinking about what whacko stuff he’s gonna do next, i can stop being horrified, and just feel sad for him and his family. it’s almost a relief, in a disturbing kind of way.