This May Lose Me Some Friends

[poliphilo]

The music never dies. It goes on and on and on. Ad nauseum. Someone switch the bloody thing off.

Jackson's work is kitsch. Even the better stuff is slick and empty.

Fred Astaire said Jackson was the greatest dancer of the 20th century. I refuse to believe he meant it.

Bad? Not in the way he wanted us to think.

I find it shocking that people make excuses for Jackson that they wouldn't dream of making for other middle-aged men who like to share their beds with children.

By the time of his death he was a freeloading junkie who indulged himself in every little whim- but couldn't be bothered to pay his staff.

Celebrity turns men and women into monsters. The strong-minded get out before it destroys every last scrap of decency and truth.  Jackson wasn't strong-minded.

Comments

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

But how old was Astaire when he said that? Perhaps he was just lamenting his own lost agility and ability. It was an elderly dancer's opinion. Who knows?

The Jackson I keep in mind is the 13 year old very talented boy/adolescent of my high school years. The Jackson 5 were very much an explosion for the times. After that, he just got weirder and weirder...there were flashes of inspiration but he was much as you say.

I do enjoy your opinions and takes on many things, Tony. Thank you!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Astaire would have had to have been an old man. I don't suppose he was on oath. :)

I never grooved to the Jackson 5, but I'll admit the young Michael had talent.

Thanks.