u feel a lil jilted, a lil unsure how to react when something you count as a "standard" in the world goes away.michael jackson passed away today (they say suffering from a cardiac arrest)... just when he was planning a comeback. ironically the random playlist i was listening to was playing "blood on the dance floor" (i smiled thinking "it's been a while... still luv the beats") as the news broke. it's on every news channel, every website. people thronged to his home, the hospital where they took him, to his star on hollywood boulevard. and not just because he had the highest selling something or the most famous something or because he turned music videos into an art form... there are stars, and then there are superstars, but there's always, always... only 1 king. some can change your emotions... some change the world forever.
he'd been thru a lot, seen all the highs and lows you can imagine... but persisted. i think the only right way to address this is as cnn did: "entertainer MJ passes away". more than just a singer... an icon... an entertainer.
he churned out album after album of superhits, and i grew up on them... we all did. my fave stanza though is from "the man in the mirror":
A Willow Deeply Scarred,
Somebody's Broken Heart
And A Washed-Out Dream
They Follow The Pattern OfThe Wind, Ya' See
Cause They Got No Place To Be
That's Why I'm Starting With...
Me
as i sit not 3 miles from where he lies now, the news still seems surreal.
am going to be in denial for a few days...
r.i.p. m.j.
2 comments:
May his soul rest in peace.
well said dude.. i guess a part of MJ died but the rest of him will continue to live through his music.. RIP MJ..
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