The whole MJ thing has pretty much annoyed me from the beginning. Yes – I was shocked when I heard he was rushed to the hospital and later when he died. Yes – I was/am a fan of his music. Dangerous was one of the first musical albums I ‘owned’, I’ve watched Free Willy (and thus sang along to Will You Be There) countless times, and PYT is a bar fav. But I stopped caring about Michael Jackson as a person years ago and feel no real emotion from his death. I understand his cultural relevance to the world, but even that has been partially destroyed by the hoopla of the last two weeks. The excessive attention surrounding his death has been, quite simply, abnoxious.
That said, here are my FAVORITE comments made by people throughout the entire ordeal:
“If Michael Jackson dies, I can’t imagine what TV, the internet and life will be like over the next few days/weeks…Seriously, if he dies, Facebook will collapse with the over-updating.” – Jason Mulgrew, shortly before the confirmed news broke. Unbelievable just how accurate he was.
Still dead – Chris the East Village Idiot’s excellent observation from the media coverage earlier this week
“In 1991 who would have thought Magic Johnson would be attending Michael Jackson’s funeral, and not the other way around” – Pretty fucking insightful thought from Jason G
and finally my absolute favorite:
“Lisa it’s your birthday. Can we please hear this one?” – Bunda’s amazing, well-timed Simpsons reference during the karaoke memorial service
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