Michael Jackson heart problem - Page 5

bellagypsy79 · #61 06-26-2009, 10:29 AM

The first record my parents bought for me and my sister was "Thriller". I still have it! I don't know how it plays now since I don't have a record player but it's still good to keep and hold onto until I am gone. My mom used to tell my sister and I to stop jumping down on the beds when we were playing "Beat It". It was so funny because the record would constantly skip because of the floor shaking. My first memory of Michael was at the American Music Awards" in 1983 or 84 when he moon-walked across the stage. I looked at his feet and was facinated by the way he danced with such grace. It was almost as if his feet had wings because of how smoothly they would glide across the floor. It was as if he was flying. Now he really does have wings. He is in heaven and I know that I will see him there someday and get my chance to dance with him. Because I've always wanted too. Thank you Michael for the memories. I had a happy childhood.

GODDESS6 · #62 06-26-2009, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by bellagypsy79

The first record my parents bought for me and my sister was "Thriller". I still have it! I don't know how it plays now since I don't have a record player but it's still good to keep and hold onto until I am gone. My mom used to tell my sister and I to stop jumping down on the beds and in the bedroom when we were playing "Beat It". It was so funny because the record would constantly skip because of the floor shaking. My first memory of "Him" was at the American Music Awards" in 1983 or 84 when he moon walked across the stage. I looked at his feet and was facinated by the way he danced with such grace. It was almost as if his feet had wings because of how smoothly they would glide across the floor. It was as if he was flying. Now he really does have wings. He is in heaven and I know that I will see him there someday and get my chance to dance with him. Because I've always wanted too. Thank you Michael for the memories. I had a happy childhood.

my soon to be 10 year old has been watching the news & video shows all morning trying to see as many moonwalk scenes as he can, he is so fascinated by michael's fluidity while doing it~ i have tried to do it, & can master a pretty good version in socks on a slippery floor, but it will never match the magicalness when michael did it

wondergirl9847 · #63 06-26-2009, 12:14 PM

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Best comment I have read online in regards to MJ's passing:

"However, what I can't not say is how sickened I am to see the same 'media machine' hyenas that vilified Michael now proving themselves the ultimate hypocrites raving up his memory.

How do you people live with your selfish selves?"

I thought the same exact thing yesterday.

Michael is a legend. Thriller is his Rumours....that once in a lifetime album that changed history and skyrocketed him to superstardom. He was already a superstar, but that album took him into the stratosphere. It's one of my first albums and will always be a fave.

I hope Michael's soul is at peace.

skcin · #64 06-26-2009, 01:18 PM

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I hate to do the comparisons but he's the most significant artist since Elvis or the beatles but there's no way his impression on music is anything like those two. Without MJ we would still have pop music, without Elvis the whole modern era of music would be completely different. Elvis literally changed modern music, MJ just broke record sales etc. He didn't shape music like elvis or the beatles, so no, I don't think he's as significant but as I said, I think he's the most significant since those two and I highly doubt there'll be anyone as significant to come along after him.

I see your point. So how do you feel about Kurt Cobain?

The "grunge" music scene certainly wasn't created by him alone, but Nirvana sure as hell had a lot to do with bringing it into the mainstream.

gldstwmn · #65 06-26-2009, 02:05 PM

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^^^and James Brown!

Yup. That was who he emulated/idolized. You can see it in his early years performing with the Jackson 5. It influenced his style of dance throughout his entire career. His trademark spins - those were pure James.

wheart · #66 06-26-2009, 02:19 PM

I was never much of an MJ fan but his passing has really shaken me. He's just someone who you always though would be around and now he's not. An enormous talent...and I know he had very devoted fans. I can't imagine what they're going through.

The toxicology reports should prove interesting.

JWS · #67 06-26-2009, 02:20 PM

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I don't think it's quite like that, as in he wasn't quite as significant to music but Elvis and john lennon are the only ones that come in as in a similar league.

I've heard boxer Muhammed Ali is the most famous person in the world. He is in bad shape and the end may be near for him as well.

GoldDustBoy · #68 06-26-2009, 03:34 PM

I am 25 years old, and I remember I loved Michael so much when I was a little kid. I couldn't even pronounce his name right. After I grew up I never was a hardcore fan, but I had the highest respect for him. He could sing, dance, and write great songs, and was an incredible showman. I believe there never will be anyone like him.

P.S. Currently 23 of his songs are on the itunes top 100.

sara1998 · #69 06-26-2009, 04:21 PM

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I don't think it's quite like that, as in he wasn't quite as significant to music but Elvis and john lennon are the only ones that come in as in a similar league.

You're just kidding yourself. To say that MJ isn't as significant to music is to say that the grass is orange.

I was a big fan as a kid and teenager. I guess I never cared for anything past Dangerous. I have always had the upmost respect for his talent. I think it's sad my children will never really understand how big his passing really is. They have been learning his music in the past 24 hours because I've youtubed and played what's on my ipod. They like it!

shackin'up · #70 06-26-2009, 06:02 PM

Well I feel sorry for his family and fans. But I hated the **** out of him. The only good thing ever on a Michael Jackson record was those thrilling ten seconds from Eddie van Halen.

He represented everything I despised during my youth. During Thriller I was still listening to Tusk everyday and I was into Iggy Pop, Talking Heads and discovering Led Zep and CCR because I was too young during their heydays. Michael just was the enemy. I'll miss him for that.

HejiraNYC · #71 06-26-2009, 06:38 PM

^^^^Wow, and I thought I was just sort of indifferent about MJ's music- but I didn't actually hate the man! Still... although I never really was a fan of MJ's, I could appreciate him as a musician and as a maverick in a lot of ways. Hate it or love it, he practically invented the genre of big theatrical dance pop music- copied today by Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, etc.

In death, I am distraught- not because I will miss him or his music. I just find it sad that he was a truly damaged person who, despite having so much wealth, fame and talent, just could not escape his own demons in the end.

gldstwmn · #72 06-26-2009, 06:49 PM

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P.S. Currently 23 of his songs are on the itunes top 100.

What a nice tribute.

markolas · #73 06-26-2009, 07:02 PM

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In death, I am distraught- not because I will miss him or his music. I just find it sad that he was a truly damaged person who, despite having so much wealth, fame and talent, just could not escape his own demons in the end.

Does wealth, fame, & talent really ever help anyone escape their demons? I think they probably helped create them, in his case. He had a terrible childhood by all accounts, and was apparently surrounded by leeches and sycophants as an adult, who I'm sure had a vested interest in his increasingly loose grip on reality. It's incredibly sad, but not entirely surprising that this happened.

It's interesting to me that what people are remembering is his musical talent, and not so much his grotesque personal life; I think it's unfortunate that it took him dying for that to happen, tho. And I say that as someone who was never a fan of his music.

David · #74 06-26-2009, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by shackin'up

Well I feel sorry for his family and fans. But I hated the **** out of him. The only good thing ever on a Michael Jackson record was those thrilling ten seconds from Eddie van Halen.

He represented everything I despised during my youth. During Thriller I was still listening to Tusk everyday and I was into Iggy Pop, Talking Heads and discovering Led Zep and CCR because I was too young during their heydays. Michael just was the enemy. I'll miss him for that.

Some of Jackson's early tracks have something in common with Fleetwood Mac: intricate orchestration in which some instruments are used to simulate other instruments or sounds.

Hawkeye · #75 06-26-2009, 07:38 PM

It was just so strange to be in Canada when Michael Jakson suddenly died. And then I came home to Phoneix and find out that Farahh Fawcett the inspiration to my Rumours era hair cut had also died. Well I just didn't know what to do.