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

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid this is a story that is going to run and run.

There'll be the autopsy and the funeral and the revelations and the biographies and the unreleased material....

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

Ran across this in the Rightosphere this morning. I thought you'd be interested:

http://pajamasmedia.com/ronrosenbaum/2009/06/27/michael-jackson-wasnt-that-good-after-he-left-the-jackson-five/

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I never cared for the Jackson 5- bland, cheesy, bubblegum pop- but apart from that, I pretty much agree with this guy.

[veronica-milvus.livejournal.com]

I reckon he died of a combination of prescription drug addiction and anorexia nervosa. We shall see.