ThaiPauly Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 I am devastated by the news of his untimely death. I have sort of grown up with him, watching him when he was a kid to the present. Say what you like about him...but he was a Brilliant Entertainer, he was not known as "The King Of Pop" for no good reason. My favourite songs have to be: You Are Not Alone I'll Be There I Want You Back Black & White Thriller...(what a video) RIP Michael Yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasRanger Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Not such a die hard fan but I remember playing the thriller cassette to death as a teenager. Sadly I think mine and and others memories of him will always include his eccentric ways and the allegations of being a kiddie fiddler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cognos Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 I'll remember him for "BEAT IT" and also remember the way he looked before he started to change his appearance..he was fine before..no need to have done all that cosmetic surgery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cognos Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Not such a die hard fan but I remember playing the thriller cassette to death as a teenager. Sadly I think mine and and others memories of him will always include his eccentric ways and the allegations of being a kiddie fiddler. yes..I forgot about that..being sexually abused myself as a kid ( one reason why I have empathy for others ) (Not by my parents BTW). thanks for mentioning that ( sincerely) , as it is part of the whole picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beacher Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Never was a fan but respect the fact that he had a large following. Too bad he'll mostly be remembered for his strangeness and questionable encounters with young boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozsamurai Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Man In The Mirror I'm Starting With The Man In The Mirror I'm Asking Him To Change His Ways And No Message Could Have Been Any Clearer If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place Take A Look At Yourself And Then Make A Change Lots on TV could do with playing this song everyday Oz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junki3korean Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Whos loving you......I love this song..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maccheroncini Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Smooth Criminal Triller Who is it Beat it to name a few.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Billie Jean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tigerbeer Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 the OP's topic was really an easy one to answer. Do we really need to mention his personal affairs? i am sure there are many other threads out there (not only on TV) that deals with it already!. to answer the OP's question: Smooth Criminal Billie Jean Thriller The Girl is mine Earth Song Dirty Diana TB.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaza Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 The man in the mirror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norwayeagle Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Earth song( maybe the best music video i ever seen).Man in the Mirror. ,,,,,,, ( sad "news") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soic Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 the OP's topic was really an easy one to answer. Do we really need to mention his personal affairs? i am sure there are many other threads out there (not only on TV) that deals with it already!.to answer the OP's question: Smooth Criminal Billie Jean Thriller The Girl is mine Earth Song Dirty Diana TB.. The OP asked about favorite songs and how we would remember him? All legitimate responses... I didn't care much for his eccentricities or of his perversion; but his music was awesome. It's easy to separate the lifestyle from the entertainment; but to memorialize someone you have to look at the person as a whole that includes their accomplishments and faults. He was well deserving of his title of King of Pop; he sadly also deserves his legacy of perversion as well, he was both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 I never liked his music, but I do find the song Ben makes me stop and listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plus Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 He was surely a King of Pop for a while, but has he left any lasting legacy, apart from inspiring an endless line of lookalikes doing moonwalk? I think I remember that fat dude doing Bad even better than MJ's original. >>> Thriller and Billy Jean for me, btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onnut Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 I never was a fan and did not really like his music, but I suppose Smooth Criminal was a good track. I always thought he was a freak and looked like one as well but at the same time I never believed he was a Kiddie Fiddler, not at all. I think it was just gready parents wanting to try there luck and get cash out of him. I must say though that he was a little stupid in having so many kids around his place all the time. but I personally believe that he had no childhood himself due to his father being to pushy and making them reherse all the time, so maybe he just wanted to relive his childhood once he was able to. anyway. he was the king of pop to many people for a reason. RIP Jacko. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumnien Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Thriller sold only 100 million albums or approximately one out of every 70 people bought it. I'm sure glad I didn't. I think this cult worship and lack of concern for the child molestation issues and substance abuse and psychopathological behavior is disgusting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plus Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 I don't think he molested those kids, but it sure was controversial. I remember being very impressed by his declaration to live up to 150 years back in the eighties. He was banking on his diet and lifestyle. Didn't work out that way. Anyway, he had some really great music twenty something years ago, but I don't think modern pop has taken much from him. I'd say Aqua and Michael Learns to Rock were more infulential in the long run, and then there's hip hop. All kinds of crap but nothing resembling MJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norwayeagle Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 the OP's topic was really an easy one to answer. Do we really need to mention his personal affairs? i am sure there are many other threads out there (not only on TV) that deals with it already!.to answer the OP's question: Smooth Criminal Billie Jean Thriller The Girl is mine Earth Song Dirty Diana TB.. The OP asked about favorite songs and how we would remember him? All legitimate responses... I didn't care much for his eccentricities or of his perversion; but his music was awesome. It's easy to separate the lifestyle from the entertainment; but to memorialize someone you have to look at the person as a whole that includes their accomplishments and faults. He was well deserving of his title of King of Pop; he sadly also deserves his legacy of perversion as well, he was both. what do we Really know about his private life?? media?! Dont be a judge,we are all in a glass house.( you 2 i presume) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norwayeagle Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 My glass house has no under age kids sleeping in my bed...........he was a twisted individual period we are all "twisted" in our own way( in others eyes i guess am twisted 2 because of my replies in here).Who knows what really happened in the bedrooms. what i know 4 sure is that he brought Love into billions of peoples "hearts" and he still do. We all know(hopefully) that unbelievable "feeling" (xsmpl, when your hairs raise up on ur body like a porcupine) we get when we listen to music made from your inner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobsyouruncle Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 I first heard "Ben" when I was about 10 years old. Just loved it ever since. I loved it even more when I learned the song was written about a rat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKAsok Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Who's Lovin' You? with the Jackson 5 Pretty much everything on Off the Wall is genius Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'; Baby Be Mine; Billie Jean; Human Nature; PYT off Thriller I think most of what he did after Thriller (and even some of this album is highly questionable) was, frankly, pretty shit, mostly due to the diminishing influence of Quincy Jones. Exceptions include: Smooth Criminal; Remember the Time; Scream; Butterflies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2oDunc Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Rock with you was the track that got me into him and up to thriller he was the man. Personal life aside he will be remembered as a great performer and dancer, though he admitted copying Jeffery Daniels from Shalama in the moon dancing and moves. Check this video out of Shalama on top of the pops performing " A night to remember " Then think MJ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ImkBve8OW8 Also this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKAsok Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 though he admitted copying Jeffery Daniels from Shalama in the moon dancing and moves. I remember actually seeing that live on Top of the Pops when I was a kid. The next day at school everyone had lost their minds over that shit. Shalamar were ace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vestalfleck Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 P.Y.T. is the jam! Man in the Mirror and Dirty Diana are also at the top of my list. I Want You Back with the Jackson Five is a classic. R.I.P. Vestalfleck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goshawk Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 he was a legend.. an icon.. and i thought he would live forever... this is a beautiful song from way back and could quite possibly be the most fitting Eulogy & Tribute to him... R.I.P. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossfinn Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 I loved it even more when I learned the song was written about a rat. Never really been a great fan of Michael Jackson, but I have always thought Ben was great, particularly because it was about a Rat. I just hope he has exorcised his Demons Rest in Peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuddleypete Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Triller the best will miss him,made such good song's world is a shit hole, RIP MJ . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuddleypete Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 VERY SAD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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