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General Discussion => Unwashed Village => Topic started by: Doombot on June 26, 2009, 12:27:48 AM

Title: Michael Jackson MIGHT be dead.
Post by: Doombot on June 26, 2009, 12:27:48 AM
Some of the news sites are saying he's dead.

Michael Jackson Dies (http://www.tmz.com/2009/06/25/michael-jackson-dies-death-dead-cardiac-arrest/)

Michael Jackson in coma after cardiac arrest (http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/25/michael.jackson/index.html)

LA Times: Michael Jackson hospitalized (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_michael_jackson)
Title: Re: Michael Jackson MIGHT be dead.
Post by: lara on June 26, 2009, 01:06:07 AM
Celeb deaths always come in threes, ed mcmahon, farah fawcett and now jacko.

So looks like my hopes regarding paris hilton have been dashed :/
Title: Re: Michael Jackson MIGHT be dead.
Post by: Doombot on June 26, 2009, 03:20:54 AM
Celeb deaths always come in threes, ed mcmahon, farah fawcett and now jacko.

So looks like my hopes regarding paris hilton have been dashed :/

I always thought it would be suicide. In my mind, this is how I thought it would happen.

Another allegation of abuse, building stress, more financial troubles, stress builds more... until finally he takes a overdose.

I wouldn't WANT that to happen... it's just the way I thought it WOULD happen.

Who knows... maybe it was a suicide? =/
Title: Re: Michael Jackson MIGHT be dead.
Post by: Night Owl on June 26, 2009, 04:49:28 AM
Yea, looks like he's a goner.

Wasn't the biggest fan (although I can admit Thriller is a great album), but he was the face of the early to mid 80's. Kinda sad, in a nostalgic way.
Title: Re: Michael Jackson MIGHT be dead.
Post by: Brugdor on June 26, 2009, 05:05:55 AM
Well he obviously had a huge impact on both music and music videos in the 80s.  Personal issues were too numerous to count really and I certainly hope the allegations against him regarding children weren't true. As much as a star as he was it really seems like he lived a very secluded* and lonely life. Tis sad.

*secluded from any real relationships (just for clarity)
Title: Re: Michael Jackson MIGHT be dead.
Post by: Loveshack on June 26, 2009, 06:34:11 AM
Well he obviously had a huge impact on both music and music videos in the 80s.  Personal issues were too numerous to count really and I certainly hope the allegations against him regarding children weren't true. As much as a star as he was it really seems like he lived a very secluded* and lonely life. Tis sad.

*secluded from any real relationships (just for clarity)

It's a shame he didn't die right after Thriller came out, because that would be his legacy: having made the top-selling album of all time.  Instead he'll be remembered as the child-molesting freak who paid a doctor good money to make him look like a leper, married Elvis' daughter, and was so arrogant/naive that he blamed the failure of his abysmal "comeback" album on a conspiracy against him rather than his withered talent.  I'm not saying he shouldn't be remembered for those things, because that's what he ultimately became; (nobody remembers Bob Crane just for Hogan's Heroes, people!) but it's a shame he lived long enough to willingly metamorphose both psychologically and physically into the freakish molesting man-child he did.
Title: Re: Michael Jackson MIGHT be dead.
Post by: Doombot on June 26, 2009, 07:03:09 AM
It's a shame he didn't die right after Thriller came out, because that would be his legacy: having made the top-selling album of all time.  Instead he'll be remembered as the child-molesting freak who paid a doctor good money to make him look like a leper, married Elvis' daughter, and was so arrogant/naive that he blamed the failure of his abysmal "comeback" album on a conspiracy against him rather than his withered talent.  I'm not saying he shouldn't be remembered for those things, because that's what he ultimately became; (nobody remembers Bob Crane just for Hogan's Heroes, people!) but it's a shame he lived long enough to willingly metamorphose both psychologically and physically into the freakish molesting man-child he did.

We've had conversations like that over here. Basically it boiled down to this: It makes me angry that he just threw his life away. He could have been the new Elvis... no in fact he would have just been Michael with no comparisons.

But now? He's Wacko Jacko with all the stigma that's attached to his life.

Somewhere in another universe, Michael died in the 80's and people are wondering what magnificence he would have created if he just lived.

Still... I did love his music.
Title: Re: Michael Jackson MIGHT be dead.
Post by: Swash on June 26, 2009, 09:23:54 AM
Now there's an interesting thought...if Elvis had lived on, would his life have taken a similar path?
Title: Re: Michael Jackson MIGHT be dead.
Post by: Doombot on June 26, 2009, 09:55:40 AM
Now there's an interesting thought...if Elvis had lived on, would his life have taken a similar path?

I don't know... if he didn't die in 77... 78 was just around the corner. The drugs and the southern cooking would have gotten him soon.
Title: Re: Michael Jackson MIGHT be dead.
Post by: Chucara on June 26, 2009, 05:11:13 PM
As sad as it is when anyone dies, I don't imagine him having the most happy life in the World. So may he rest in piece.

On the Elvis point, I wouldn't really say that Elvis died in his prime either. The early (polite young man) Elvis isn't really the same person as the later (fat, sweaty) Elvis.
Title: Re: Michael Jackson MIGHT be dead.
Post by: Loveshack on June 26, 2009, 05:59:20 PM
Let's be honest here.  Did ANYONE really want to see Michael Jackson as an old man?




Wait for it...




Wait for it...




(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e80/bigkj68/cryptkeeper.jpg)
Michael Jackson at 2040 Grammy Awards on Earth Beta.

Speaking of Elvis, I can't help but feel bad for Farrah, since Michael's death stole her thunder.  Same thing happened with Elvis and Groucho.
Title: Re: Michael Jackson MIGHT be dead.
Post by: Brugdor on June 26, 2009, 06:12:55 PM
Celeb deaths always come in threes, ed mcmahon, farah fawcett and now jacko.

So looks like my hopes regarding paris hilton have been dashed :/

Hey, it's a lurker-Lara!  :)
Title: Re: Michael Jackson MIGHT be dead.
Post by: AcdQueen89 on June 26, 2009, 11:34:53 PM
We've had conversations like that over here. Basically it boiled down to this: It makes me angry that he just threw his life away. He could have been the new Elvis... no in fact he would have just been Michael with no comparisons.

if nothing else we do have either a study of what fame can do to a child or a warning for child stars in general.

Title: Re: Michael Jackson MIGHT be dead.
Post by: MrWeasel on June 28, 2009, 07:50:37 PM
Make that 4s since we can now add Billy Mays to that line up of deaders
Making 3 ppl we sorry to see pass and 1 who should have been shot many years ago
Title: Re: Michael Jackson MIGHT be dead.
Post by: Night Owl on June 28, 2009, 10:36:25 PM
Make that 4s since we can now add Billy Mays to that line up of deaders

These things usually come in threes....

BUT IF YOU CALL RIGHT NOW......



Tasteless yes, but Billy would appreciate it.
Title: Re: Michael Jackson MIGHT be dead.
Post by: Doombot on June 29, 2009, 10:56:32 AM
Make that 4s since we can now add Billy Mays to that line up of deaders

These things usually come in threes....

BUT IF YOU CALL RIGHT NOW......



Tasteless yes, but Billy would appreciate it.

He's even giving you a THE THUMBS UP OF APPROVAL!

(http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/7032/1246217482095.jpg) (http://img188.imageshack.us/i/1246217482095.jpg/)

(No, I didn't make it)
Title: Re: Michael Jackson MIGHT be dead.
Post by: Laughinman on July 02, 2009, 06:51:12 PM
The king is probably be dead. Long live the king!
(i love back adder)
Title: Re: Michael Jackson MIGHT be dead.
Post by: Hoopy Frood on July 09, 2009, 01:16:34 AM
Apparently Hitler found out and isn't too happy about it:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELyTBXzfQJ8
Title: Re: Michael Jackson MIGHT be dead.
Post by: Doombot on July 09, 2009, 03:11:45 AM
Apparently Hitler found out and isn't too happy about it:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELyTBXzfQJ8

Nazi Hitler?
Title: Re: Michael Jackson MIGHT be dead.
Post by: Doombot on July 17, 2009, 02:07:22 AM
(http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/2332/liveleakdotcom81064bfc7x.jpg) (http://img43.imageshack.us/i/liveleakdotcom81064bfc7x.jpg/)
Title: Re: Michael Jackson MIGHT be dead.
Post by: Doombot on October 29, 2009, 05:57:21 AM
I just saw, "This is it".

Wow. It's a really amazing movie. Besides the changes to his face, that was the Michael I remember from the 80's. On key, full of energy and enthusiasm. An absolutely professional performance and it was all a rehearsal. A rehearsal that he was holding back on to conserve his voice. I can only imagine how awesome the real thing would have been.

I really feel sorry for all the people that were working for me. He didn't seem to be surrounded by Yes men but people that just adored him. Just makes the death even more tragic.

"Oh... that trip to London and around the world? Not going to happen. Oh, your idol is dead. And... you're out of a job." Nobody said that in the movie but that's pretty much it.

Edit: He even LOOKED good for Michael. He had that early 90's look as opposed to the later ghoulish look of the later years.