[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]gregron wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Dude, first off, MJ was a SUPERstar. You don’t even have any of those today. Usher and Justin Beiber are NOT SUPERstars. MJ conquered the whole world before he lost it to the same people who praised him before. To anyone who wasn’t at least old enough to understand in 1985, this may seem strange…because you have never seen anyone taken to that height.
People would live outside for days just to see Michael exit a hotel room.
The only people to reach that level are groups like The beatles of maybe Elvis.
You have to understand this to know why people cried.
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did you cry when you heard that MJ died? Did you go buy some flowers and sit in on the curb outside, make a memorial and cry about him dying?
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You want the truth? yeah, I did. I dropped a tear when he died because I grew up as a kid hearing Billy Jean on the radio trying to sing along. I dropped a tear because I remember my parents when I was a kid reminiscing about how great his music was with the jackson 5. I dropped a tear because I was in diapers when he had his own cartoon show called The Jackson 5 that was showing in reruns I believe. That dude’s music was freaking everywhere at one time.
He was the first black person MTV ever allowed to play on their network. He opened doors that many of you probably aren’t aware of…so yeah, the day I heard he died, I felt something was lost…because I remember people buying leather jackets and going to school with one glove on.
You can laugh all you want, but that’s real and it’s the truth.
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Damn kids…you forgot Pict X.