Amen! No, you/re not the only child of the 80s who never bought a Michael Jackson album. I didn't I either; my dad was a fan. I remember thinking the thriller video was cool (this was on Friday Night Videos; we lived so far out in the boonies we only got 1 1/2 TV stations; much too far away for cable!) and watching everyone in the middle school talent show try and moonwalk that year!
We play music via pandora at work at night; once the families have mostly gone home. Apparently there's an All Michael Jackson station because it's been playing in every room Every Night for a week now. My coworker keeps going on and on about how she never did think he was molesting little boys...
He was clearly culturally important, but it's been a long time since he was better know for his music than his weirdness. I wonder if some of the obsessive coverage is guilt for mocking him for years?
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Date: 2009-07-07 09:09 pm (UTC)We play music via pandora at work at night; once the families have mostly gone home. Apparently there's an All Michael Jackson station because it's been playing in every room Every Night for a week now. My coworker keeps going on and on about how she never did think he was molesting little boys...
He was clearly culturally important, but it's been a long time since he was better know for his music than his weirdness. I wonder if some of the obsessive coverage is guilt for mocking him for years?