Michael Jackson

[jimmy two times]

He peaked with 'Off the wall' and it was all downhill, physically, mentally and musically, from there

A very sad story and loss.

RIP

[????]

"I feel this is the biggest celebrity story in a long time and has the potential to be the Princess Diana of popular culture."

Oh good, that'll be fun...prepare for more of this crap

*looks round for whisky bottle and glass*

[*Bob*]

Expect conspirary theories, people standing around holding pictures of him up (when did that start over here?) and, of course, Uri Geller.

[SeanMacGabhann]

When THAT woman died, back in the 90s

still, it's another excuse for me to roll out my standard "careful people, don't get too got up in the emotion" standup routine

As for Jackson himself - a shame no doubt, but I can't believe people are surprised, nay SHOCKED at his death. It has been coming a long time surely? And at least, as Keef says, hopefully he has found some kind of peace now

[jaybee82]

Saw Uri Geller swapping spoon bending for mind bending on the news this morning...his words of tribute were a bit weird to say the least.

[Brendan]

Words cannot express the depth of my indifference.

[Michael Palaeologus]

Damn shame that the news had not reached Brendon Burns last night. Now THAT would have been funny.

[Keef]

Thing is, yes lots and lots of people died yesterday, but we didn't know them from Adam. This is a "public figure", and one that led such a bizarre life in the media, it just seems odd that he is not alive anymore.

Does that make sense? :-S

I had heard that he'd been ill, but must have missed lots of stories, as I had no idea he was that bad.

He peaked with 'Off the wall' and it was all downhill, physically, mentally and musically, from there

I don't know, Thriller is a great album, and there were a couple of high points on Bad, like "Man in the mirror", "Dirty Diana" and "Smooth Criminal".

Definitely went Waaaaay down hill after that though.

[SeanMacGabhann]

That was my overriding thought when I got up this AM..

[LegalEagle-ish]

Brendan Wrote:

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> Words cannot express the depth of my indifference.

Lol

[skidmarks]

RIP as easy as 123

[Keef]

Damn shame that the news had not reached Brendon Burns last night. Now THAT would have been funny.

That was my overriding thought when I got up this AM..

So you could have sat laughing about someone being dead. Nice guys, really nice.

[Ladygooner]

I wonder who will get custody of his children now? I first saw him in 1971 (yes I am that old!) - dragged my older sister along to Wembley - she was pleasantly surprised to find Junior Walker and the Allstars as the warm up band.

[bigbadwolf]

*Bob* Wrote:

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> Expect conspirary theories, people standing around

> holding pictures of him up (when did that start

> over here?) and, of course, Uri Geller.

I too suspect he didn't have a heart attack.....things can't be so black and white.

[LegalEagle-ish]

The problem with conspiracy theories as that where can he hide? He looks like no-one else on the planet - so if he is faking it, he'll have to have some major re-construction to hide anywhere. Then he'd have no money left to live on.

[SeanMacGabhann]

no no - it wouldn't have been laughing at someone's death

I'm imagining it would have been about the media circus and the many millions of people around the world who would, for some reason, be grieving and crying and all of that...

Not laughing at someone dying - that was your assumption

[Muley]

Lets just take a moment to offer condolences to Brendan in this most difficult time of utter indifference. We feel your apathy. Stay strong...

[spark67]

first farrah then michael, a sad day for television and music, they say things happen in threes, so i am hoping someone is keeping an eye on mollie sugden

[*Bob*]

Essentially whether you give a sh1t or not comes down to whether his music means anything to you - or not.

I can appreciate he was massively talented, but the music really doesn't mean anything to me (beyond some 'classic' singles which are undeniably brilliant). In addition to this, his total freakyness (largely self-made, though let's face it he hardly had a normal start in life) made me feel even more disconnected from him.

I like the subject matter of songs to at least have some sort of credibility with regards to the person singing the song and so the idea that Jacko was ever Bad, Dangerous, or a 'Lover' of any normal kind whatsoever, a bit hard to swallow.

Though it seems some people seem to equate 'mad as a box of frogs' as being part and parcel of the day-to-day life of being some sort of living musical deity.

[Mick Mac]

I had heard that he'd been ill, but must have missed lots of stories, as I had no idea he was that bad.

Keef - he told us he was Bad in the 1980s. It was only a matter of time.

[Marmora Man]

LegalEagle-ish Wrote:

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> The problem with conspiracy theories as that where

> can he hide?

He'll be on the Moon, living in a converted London double decker and quite close to Elvis. Don't you read the National Enquirer and National Examiner at all?

[James]

Apparently reports of him dying in hospital last night are incorrect. He was actually in the children's ward having a stroke.

[jaybee82]

Well its funny you should say that MM. I saw him in Costcutter at the top of the lane only this morning buying a loaf of Hovis, some bin bags and a copy of Chat.

[georgia]

Sorry can't resist....

Apparently Michael Jackson died picking his nose. Doctors said they couldn't blame it on the sunshine or the moonlight. They blamed it on the bogey.

[jimmy two times]

Will everyone feel the same about Gary Glitter when he pops his clogs?