As you know, the legendary Michael Jackson died today at 50.
No matter what you thought of him, or the allegations swirling around him, his musical talent can never be denied. Neither could his obvious struggles with loneliness, drugs, finances, trials and on and on…(I know, I get it.) But I’ll always remember being at my best friend’s house waiting on the THRILLER video. (We didn’t have cable at my house yet!) And when that video came on…WoW! It was unreal. And once that video had gone off, it was all we could talk about for days and days. I had never seen anything like it before. For that, and many other songs that I still have on my Ipod today, I believe that mixed in there with all of the ghosts and goblins he must have fought mentally, daily, there was a goodness and light in him that qualifies his entrance into the stars.
So…
May his tortured soul finally find peace.
Below is a video of WE ARE THE WORLD. I always thought it was one of the most powerful things ever done by an artist. It opened my eyes and put a spotlight on a place that we are still trying to understand, save, maybe even free to this day…Africa.
And Remember…
The Revolution Will Be Caramelized.
Peace, y’all.
1 Comment
June 25, 2009 at 11:23 pm
R IP MIKE Much respect for your work we have a tribute performance of Mike and some specials footage at http://www.dontknow3.com R I P Michael Jackson