Topic: Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett both died today.

[K-man]

Man they really do come in threes. 

Which begs the question:  What will Jackson's legacy ultimately amount to?

[angrykeebler]

I guess you could say God turned off the Fawcett



thats not mine btw just something i read on Fark

[MysterD]

Wow...

[idolminds]

haha, god damnit keebs.

[Xessive]

Jackson comes as a surprise. Fawcett I thought had died years ago.. so.. yeah..

[Quemaqua]

Haha, jeez keebs.

Well... sucks when people die.  Sort of always expected something like that to happen with Jacko, but it's kind of a shock to hear just the same.  I was never really a fan, but it's hard to imagine him dead.

[angrykeebler]

hey guys its a farrah-sessment

[wizall]

eesh...

I am dreading the next week or so of crazy homages and tributes to these "fallen icons." (I haven't seen it, yet, but I can just see it.) They died, and that's a shame, but please don't beat us over the head with it. Keep the TV off, I guess.

[scottws]

So, I guess Michael Jackson... beat it.  Sorry, that was in bad taste.  Just in the last few months I got back into MJ's music, purchasing The Essential Michael Jackson and remembering just how big of a star he was and the impact of his major songs.  It's a shame that fame warped his sense of reality so badly.

[idolminds]

eesh...

I am dreading the next week or so of crazy homages and tributes to these "fallen icons." (I haven't seen it, yet, but I can just see it.) They died, and that's a shame, but please don't beat us over the head with it. Keep the TV off, I guess.

A week? I think ABC plans hour long specials for each of them tonight.

[wizall]

Terrific.

But I just mean it'll be everywhere for a while.

[sirean_syan]

I bet that governor who ran off to Argentina is Michael Jackson's biggest fan right now... probably the Iranian government too.

[ScaryTooth]

Yeah, MJ was a shock, but the whoe Farrah Fawcett thing was kind of expected.

As crazy as MJ was, I still really liked a lot of his music. Especially the older stuff. Thriller is still a sweet album.

[scottws]

I feel really bad for Farrah Fawcett.  Her death is completely overshadowed my MJ's.

[Raisa]

let the dead, bury the dead.

[Ghandi]

let the dead, bury the dead.

Precisely, my thoughts.

[Cobra951]

Yeah, MJ was a shock, but the whoe Farrah Fawcett thing was kind of expected.

As crazy as MJ was, I still really liked a lot of his music. Especially the older stuff. Thriller is still a sweet album.

I can add nothing to that.  My thoughts exactly.

[Ghandi]

I feel no more affinity towards this mans death than for any of the other countless dead that I don't know. It's always interested me that we devote such attention to one person while, daily, glancing over headlines reading "x number of people dead in bombing / crash, etc".

[Pugnate]

eesh...

I am dreading the next week or so of crazy homages and tributes to these "fallen icons." (I haven't seen it, yet, but I can just see it.) They died, and that's a shame, but please don't beat us over the head with it. Keep the TV off, I guess.

hahaha that's exactly what I think whenever a celeb bites the dust.

Yeah, MJ was a shock, but the whoe Farrah Fawcett thing was kind of expected.

As crazy as MJ was, I still really liked a lot of his music. Especially the older stuff. Thriller is still a sweet album.

Yea, growing up, I was a massive fan of MJ. But the whole controversy about his inexcusable habits was just too much to look over. And yes, his music is fantastic.

I feel no more affinity towards this mans death than for any of the other countless dead that I don't know. It's always interested me that we devote such attention to one person while, daily, glancing over headlines reading "x number of people dead in bombing / crash, etc".

I see what you are saying, but, come on, it isn't every day that a person who touched so many dies -- no pun intended.

[wizall]

I see what you are saying, but, come on, it isn't every day that a person who touched so many dies -- no pun intended.

Liar. That was an intended (and unavoidable) pun.

[Dragonlor]

I had no idea that he was 50 years old holy crap.  Now I feel like I'm becoming old.  This just makes me think that everyone I knew as movie stars and music artist are dieing.  Soon i'll be talking about these guys to younger kids and they will look at me all funny.  Kinda like when your parents would talk about there stars and you would be like "Who?"

[beo]

[Cobra951]

I feel no more affinity towards this mans death than for any of the other countless dead that I don't know. It's always interested me that we devote such attention to one person while, daily, glancing over headlines reading "x number of people dead in bombing / crash, etc".

That's unusual.  Most of us are touched a great deal more when someone we've spent years knowing and in some way paying attention to dies.  That doesn't make the lives lost in an air disaster less worthy.  What touches us personally is due to our own individual experiences.  There is no shame in that.  The families of the people lost in the last Airbus crash should not resent us for it.

[Xessive]

Haha that was pretty good, beo

[beo]

in unrelated news, either xessive or que is setting off google fire alarms for badware with their sig / pics.

in even less related news i'm drunk. YAAAAAARGH. or something.

[scottws]

So, now that Jackson is gone, do you think someone will come clean about his skin?  Or does anyone really believe it was a rare skin disease that turned him white?

[idolminds]

Oh yeah, someone is writing that book as we speak.

[sirean_syan]

Are you kidding? The book has already been written waiting for the day it can come out. I'd guess it's already on some media giants desk next to movie scripts and a Broadway musical or two.

[MysterD]

Radio Station Oldies 103.3 Boston is playing all MJ stuff all day today - Michael Jackson Tribute in progress

1Up -- Michael Jackson's influences on Gaming

[Quemaqua]

Oh, for fuck's sake.  Enough already.

[Xessive]

Michael died long ago and Latoya has been in disguise all these years.

[Pugnate]

I feel really bad for Farrah Fawcett.  Her death is completely overshadowed my MJ's.

haha what a strange statement when you think about it.

[K-man]

MJ should overshadow Farrah.  He was by far the more popular celebrity, by far.

Anyway, despite the fact his career died long before he did, guy wrote some jams back in the day.  I mean I was watching some coverage on CNN last night.  And they were showing concert footage...and I mean middle aged yes men in business suits were at his concerts dancing like MJ was performing for just them.  I think the past 15 years of weirdness has clouded the fact that this guy nearly singlehandedly created a cultural shift like only Elvis and The Beatles had done before.  Man when I was a kid he was ALL OVER the place.

[Cobra951]

Elvis is the right comparison.  MJ probably died young for the same reasons.

[Ghandi]

That's unusual.  Most of us are touched a great deal more when someone we've spent years knowing and in some way paying attention to dies.  That doesn't make the lives lost in an air disaster less worthy.  What touches us personally is due to our own individual experiences.  There is no shame in that.  The families of the people lost in the last Airbus crash should not resent us for it.

Maybe my comment was aimed at celebrity worship in general, which I am averse to. I can't be sure, I was a little drunk when I wrote that. I think that I was taken aback that online newspapers had 20 huge stories on his death while there was a small article underneath about a rash of bombings overseas.

[ren]

I feel no more affinity towards this mans death than for any of the other countless dead that I don't know. It's always interested me that we devote such attention to one person while, daily, glancing over headlines reading "x number of people dead in bombing / crash, etc".

Neda dying got lots of attention too and she was in no way a celebrity.

[MysterD]

MJ should overshadow Farrah.  He was by far the more popular celebrity, by far.

Anyway, despite the fact his career died long before he did, guy wrote some jams back in the day.  I mean I was watching some coverage on CNN last night.  And they were showing concert footage...and I mean middle aged yes men in business suits were at his concerts dancing like MJ was performing for just them.  I think the past 15 years of weirdness has clouded the fact that this guy nearly singlehandedly created a cultural shift like only Elvis and The Beatles had done before.  Man when I was a kid he was ALL OVER the place.

Yeah, I'd say MJ's cultural shift is definitely comparable to the likes of Elvis and The Beatles, as well.

I mean, Thriller album ALONE has sold over 100 million copies, for crying out loud -- and probably you can count more copies, since he is gone. Most artists couldn't do sell 100 million copies for their entire collection of records!!! I don't think that'll ever be duplicated -- especially in an era where The Internet and piracy run rampant.

No doubt about it, there probably ain't many modern R&B artists/producers/rappers/musicians/artists around today that in some shape or form hasn't been influenced by what MJ bucked for trends and/or actually made as a brand new standard -- awesome epic music videos with ridiculous budgets and all cameo appearances (Beat It, Thriller, Bad, Remember The Time, etc etc) and the dance moves and levels of choreography that every boy band and many R&B artists tried to obviously emulate come to mind.

I think it's obvious in a lot of work, these people were influenced by MJ, whether in the style, sound  -- Timbaland, Erick Sermon, Usher, R. Kelly, Nelly Furtado, Hammer, any boy-band in the 90's
+ early 00's, and of course Justin Timberlake. It's worth noting -- yes, Michael Jackson and Jackson 5 stuff are heavily sampled in hip-hop and R&B. For sure -- Diddy and BIG; Master P's son Romeo; RZA and The Wu-Tang Clan; Erick Sermon; Mariah Carey; and 50 Cent -- they've most definitely sampled MJ.

[sirean_syan]

Inappropriate? Probably. Funny? Depends on the person.

[Pugnate]

hahahaha oh god. I am a huge fan of the guy's music, but that was hilarious.

[Quemaqua]

Oh wow.  That's... amazing.

"Do you think I give a shit about your video conferencing needs?!"

"All we're going to hear on Radio One for the next two months will be play after play of Heal the World until we're all shitting rainbows!"