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« Reply #240 on: June 26, 2009, 03:55:51 AM »
I had a couple buddies over tongiht. We had too much to drink and sat on my porch and smoked cigars. We ended up watching the full-length video for Thriller along with Smooth Criminal and Beat It. We all got a little sad remembering him as the talented musician that he was, instead of the strange individual that he became later on in life.

It's amazing what the passing of a celebrity will do for his/her image.  I notice most of the videos being played on CNN when I was watching didn't showcase anything past Black Or White.  80's Michael was on fire though!
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« Reply #241 on: June 26, 2009, 03:56:00 AM »
My boss just called me. He has "RIP Michael Jackson We Love You" written on the side of his car and he said he's been driving it past MJs house today. He sounded pretty down.

Your boss called you at midnight?

(I'm assuming we're going by PST)
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« Reply #242 on: June 26, 2009, 03:56:54 AM »
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n1ggas is reacting emotionally, instead of rationally, nothing about mikes death is going to change anything, if he died 20 years from now, instead of today, it would be the same result, people would be honoring him as a legend, singing his song's, doing tributes and all that....WHENEVER he died, it was going to be long after the fact, of his legacy being set in stone
pac left UNANSWERED QUESTIONS with his passing, he left a VOID in rap music
yall keep going into "more people listened to MJ so when it's really not about who's a bigger icon
to make another analogy, so maybe some of you can understand:
i'd say richard pryor/george carlin are two of the greatest comedians of all time....they died, people mourned, people payed tribute, people cited influence, nothing about "comedy" changed, with either of their passing, their legacies were already cemented and accounted for, their deaths were just the closing chapters to great stories
had dave chappelle died, a tragic death during the filming of "chappelle's show" at the height of it's popularity, his death would have changed the landscape of comedy, and left a question mark as to what could of been, he only would have been like 29 years old....you can tell me you can't understand the logic of this with a straight face
dave dying in his prime, would have had a way bigger impact, than rich or carlin, even tho they are by far the bigger icons
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« Reply #243 on: June 26, 2009, 04:04:42 AM »
My boss just called me. He has "RIP Michael Jackson We Love You" written on the side of his car and he said he's been driving it past MJs house today. He sounded pretty down.

Your boss called you at midnight?

(I'm assuming we're going by PST)

I work nights, and he calls at random times to check in.
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« Reply #244 on: June 26, 2009, 04:05:52 AM »
I had a couple buddies over tongiht. We had too much to drink and sat on my porch and smoked cigars. We ended up watching the full-length video for Thriller along with Smooth Criminal and Beat It. We all got a little sad remembering him as the talented musician that he was, instead of the strange individual that he became later on in life.

It's amazing what the passing of a celebrity will do for his/her image.  I notice most of the videos being played on CNN when I was watching didn't showcase anything past Black Or White.  80's Michael was on fire though!

I just watched like an hour of CNN and all they talked about were his recent problems.
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« Reply #245 on: June 26, 2009, 04:08:00 AM »
I see his point, definitely Himu.

In terms of general world impact obviously MJ's death is far bigger, like Elvis or Lennon.

On Tupac though, sure a void was created in the genre that definitely remains. He wasn't the first or last hypocritical rapper to mix gangsta imagery with socially conscious messages. But I'd agree that since his death no one has replaced/surpassed him as an artist (in hip hop). That's not to say no one has made better hip hop than him, just that for me personally no rapper has made more of an impact on me.

But that void only effects one genre of music. MJ, Lennon, and Elvis were bigger than genres. If Tupac had lived longer and accomplished more who knows (he wouldn't have reached their levels obviously, but he could have had a huge impact if he lived long enough to "grow up" imo)
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« Reply #246 on: June 26, 2009, 04:15:50 AM »
Although the premise of the thread is entirely idiotic, I think still believe it bears good discussion.

I mean, MJ has done it all.

But Tupac's death affected and still affects hip hop to this day.

Hip hop fans still carry this question 13 years after his death,"What would Pac think of modern rap?" "How would rap be different today if he (and this is important as well) and Biggie didn't die?"

And it really gets you thinking.

I think there's two different forms of impact here. MJ's death has impacted me emotionally, and while Tupac's death did back then, it wasn't nearly on par with this. However, Pac's death DEFINITELY left a scar in the music he left behind. I can't say the same for MJ because, like I said, he did it all.
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« Reply #247 on: June 26, 2009, 04:20:41 AM »
are we telling Michael Jackson jokes here yet? or is that too tasteless?
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« Reply #248 on: June 26, 2009, 04:29:12 AM »
^ What he said.
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« Reply #249 on: June 26, 2009, 04:32:38 AM »
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« Reply #250 on: June 26, 2009, 04:32:57 AM »
You know, honestly...who fucking cares that Michael Jackson died?  He hasn't made a good album in more than a decade, he was of questionable moral fiber, and there are actual tragedies going on in the world, right now.

Blah blah ed mcmahon, Farrah Fawcette, MJ..all just media distraction.

This is what is upsetting me the most!! I would be upset if he was a good person and tried his best to make a positive change to world. Although he did charity work, that doesn't really change my view of him since he didn't really try to change his lifestyle and his behavior.

I just don't think you can seperate Michael the performer and Michael the person.

edit: I feel bad for talking about the man since he just died. I don't know  :-\
are you dense? some of you guys are fucking HIGH. "if he tried his best to make a positive change to the world"? are you fucking kidding me? how can you not realize just how much joy he brought to the world and how much of a positive effect he had on millions of lives? let's forget about his charity work for a second even (which you're so eager to dismiss, because uh... yeah) - looking at the music only, i mean, jesus fucking christ, how can anyone even dare suggest that he didn't have a positive effect on the world, that he didn't make millions of people happy, enriched their lives and influenced a whole generation of artists/musicians. pop music, hip hop, r'n'b... hell, almost any genre in existence has somehow been influenced by mj's music and wouldn't be the same today if it wasn't for him.

go ahead and dismiss everything he stands for because "he didn't make a positive change to the world", if you actually believe the bullshit you spout. well, fuck you, i bet the whole world would cry if you died, right? how have you changed the world for the better, asshole? yeah, thought so.

The first major black artist that got play on rock stations.

The first major black artist that broke down barriers and gave way for a lot of black music to hit the mainstream.

Yep, didn't do a damn thing.
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« Reply #251 on: June 26, 2009, 04:35:51 AM »
You know, honestly...who fucking cares that Michael Jackson died?  He hasn't made a good album in more than a decade, he was of questionable moral fiber, and there are actual tragedies going on in the world, right now.

Blah blah ed mcmahon, Farrah Fawcette, MJ..all just media distraction.

This is what is upsetting me the most!! I would be upset if he was a good person and tried his best to make a positive change to world. Although he did charity work, that doesn't really change my view of him since he didn't really try to change his lifestyle and his behavior.

I just don't think you can seperate Michael the performer and Michael the person.

edit: I feel bad for talking about the man since he just died. I don't know  :-\
are you dense? some of you guys are fucking HIGH. "if he tried his best to make a positive change to the world"? are you fucking kidding me? how can you not realize just how much joy he brought to the world and how much of a positive effect he had on millions of lives? let's forget about his charity work for a second even (which you're so eager to dismiss, because uh... yeah) - looking at the music only, i mean, jesus fucking christ, how can anyone even dare suggest that he didn't have a positive effect on the world, that he didn't make millions of people happy, enriched their lives and influenced a whole generation of artists/musicians. pop music, hip hop, r'n'b... hell, almost any genre in existence has somehow been influenced by mj's music and wouldn't be the same today if it wasn't for him.

go ahead and dismiss everything he stands for because "he didn't make a positive change to the world", if you actually believe the bullshit you spout. well, fuck you, i bet the whole world would cry if you died, right? how have you changed the world for the better, asshole? yeah, thought so.

holy shit @ jarosh flying off the handle.  :o


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« Reply #252 on: June 26, 2009, 04:37:51 AM »
The first major black artist that got play on rock stations.

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« Reply #253 on: June 26, 2009, 05:07:38 AM »
He raped little kids, Jarosh. If you don't believe that, I can understand how you can feel differently. But I do believe it, and I can't get past it.

I really don't give a fuck about anything else good he did because nothing can offset that in my mind. There may be worse crimes, but there is nothing that instils greater revulsion in me. I owned Thriller on cassette before Green Man was born but it just nauseates me every time I hear it now, or every time I see the guy.
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« Reply #254 on: June 26, 2009, 05:50:48 AM »
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« Reply #255 on: June 26, 2009, 05:56:50 AM »
I had a couple buddies over tongiht. We had too much to drink and sat on my porch and smoked cigars. We ended up watching the full-length video for Thriller along with Smooth Criminal and Beat It. We all got a little sad remembering him as the talented musician that he was, instead of the strange individual that he became later on in life.

It's amazing what the passing of a celebrity will do for his/her image.  I notice most of the videos being played on CNN when I was watching didn't showcase anything past Black Or White.  80's Michael was on fire though!

Is this a joke about that Pepsi advertisement incident?

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« Reply #256 on: June 26, 2009, 06:09:52 AM »
How did he rape little kids? There has never been an ounce of quantitative proof that he raped or molested anyone and it was always pure media drivel. If you honestly believe that the parents of the "victims" were willing to come to terms with Michael Jackson allegedly raping/molesting their kid with a simple settlement, then you have a wild definition of the word.

If my kid were molested or raped, I would hunt that nigger with a shotgun and make him pay, I wouldn't settle for any cash at all.

The fact that the parents in ALL of these cases settled just speaks textbook case money grabbing to me.

Don't be so narrow-minded and think outside the box.

Yes, he was weird, but a child molester?  No one ever proved such a claim.
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« Reply #257 on: June 26, 2009, 07:13:38 AM »
There has never been an ounce of quantitative proof that he raped or molested anyone and it was always pure media drivel.

What exactly is "quantitative proof" in a molestation case?

If my kid were molested or raped, I would hunt that nigger with a shotgun and make him pay

I don't see the relevance of what you would do in a similar situation. Very few parents kill their child's molester.

I wouldn't settle for any cash at all.

The fact that the parents in ALL of these cases settled just speaks textbook case money grabbing to me.

If the family and its attorneys believed that the prosecution had very little chance of proving its criminal case beyond a reasonable doubt, they may have thought that a civil settlement would be the only way to get some sort of justice for the child.

There's always the option that the parents are money-hungry, but Jackson still molested their child. I don't think it's too hard to believe that some parents would put wealth ahead of getting justice for their children.

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« Reply #258 on: June 26, 2009, 09:06:04 AM »
I salute Green Man and Jarosh and once again shake my head at the distinguished mentally-challenged fellows who actually believe that Michael molested kids. Not surprised at the people who do though, guys like Father Mike, Malek and Prole are bitter, drunk nerds.

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« Reply #259 on: June 26, 2009, 09:18:42 AM »
MJ dominating digital sales (and torrents!) this morning. I look forward to this being 'the talk of the day' at work.  :maf

Arg I want to stay home. The small talk will be horrible.

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« Reply #260 on: June 26, 2009, 09:41:12 AM »
Maybe the MJ defenders don't really have a grasp on just how common a thing child molestation is. Maybe that's why you refuse to believe your idol could do these things.

http://childsafetips.abouttips.com/child-molestation-statistics.php

"The statistics say that one out of every three to four girls has been sexually assaulted by the age of 18. One boy out of every six will be abused by the age of 18. Although we have some reports and convictions to base these statistics on, they are actually not accurate. So many cases of child molestation go unreported each year, so we really cannot estimate the real numbers. The FBI reports that the National Institute for Mental Health found that only 1% to 10% of victims ever tell that they were abused. Boys report far less than girls.

The average child molester will molest fifty girls before being caught and convicted.

A child molester that seeks out boys will molest 150 boys before being caught and convicted and he will commit at least 280 sexual crimes in his lifetime.

The standard pedophile will commit 117 sexual crimes in their lifetime.

Most sexual abuse happens between the ages of 7 and 13.

There are over 491,720 registered sex offenders in the United States.

80,000 to 100,000 of the above offenders are missing.

Molesters known by the family or victim are the most common abusers. The “Acquaintance Molester” accounts for 70-90% of reported cases."

Go on, tell me again how wildly unlikely it is that someone who fetished children, went to incredible lengths to get them into his bed with no other adult supervision, and was twice accused of molesting could possibly have actually done so.
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« Reply #261 on: June 26, 2009, 09:47:01 AM »
People are comparing MJ to Pac?
MJ was the reason people like Pac could do and say what they did and said. I mean, the guy single handedly launched Music Videos to a whole new level and subsequently MTV networks. Back in Africa, even as a 5 year old, there were 2 things we knew:

Coca-Cola
Michael Jackson

NOT EVEN SUPERMAN.

Michael was fame and talent.  Bigger then Elvis, that's for sure.

Btw. Jarosh FTW.
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« Reply #262 on: June 26, 2009, 09:52:37 AM »
What's next? Posting the wikipedia article on child molestation? What does the general issue of child molestation have to do with Michael Jackson's case? One individual who had a weird path in life, abused as a child and still stuck in his childhood dreams. Michael never matured. He was 'weird' and lacked self-confidence. People just used his disadvantages to get his money and ruin him.

lmao Cormacaroni you're a distinguished mentally-challenged fellow and you have no idea how pathetic that post of yours was. Why don't you go ahead and get drunk with your 'internetbuddies' again.

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« Reply #263 on: June 26, 2009, 09:58:45 AM »
This is going to get annoying seeing on tv soon. I have a feeling cable news wont shut up about this for a long time. Hell cable news talked nothing but Tim Russert's death for like a week.

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« Reply #264 on: June 26, 2009, 10:55:48 AM »
If you had children and if Michael was still alive, would you let him babysit them (alone)?

He had major issues.  Even if there wasn't enough evidence to prove the molestation charges, I can understand if the parents got scared of him and prematurely accused him.

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« Reply #265 on: June 26, 2009, 11:18:24 AM »
If you had children and if Michael was still alive, would you let him babysit them (alone)?

I wouldn't let him babysit even if he wasn't a pedo, he is a strange guy.

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« Reply #266 on: June 26, 2009, 11:20:59 AM »
Some dude was blaring Billie Jean in his truck as he was backing up (a few apartments down from my place). The reaction to his death is pretty surreal.
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« Reply #267 on: June 26, 2009, 11:21:52 AM »
If you had children and if Michael was still alive, would you let him babysit them (alone)?

He had major issues.  Even if there wasn't enough evidence to prove the molestation charges, I can understand if the parents got scared of him and prematurely accused him.
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« Reply #268 on: June 26, 2009, 11:35:34 AM »
That's where I got it from but yeah, the guy is messed up but I can understand the parents' legal situation.  Anybody with children would eventually get freaked out by him and so it's pretty understandable how the parents might have initially been convinced that he was a child molester even without evidence and then backed down and taken a settlement.  I don't know for sure if he is a molester or not.

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« Reply #269 on: June 26, 2009, 11:38:35 AM »
I honestly would not be that surprised if he was indeed not a child molester, he was such a freaky guy the stuff he would have done, pedo or not would probably weird out a lot of parents.

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« Reply #270 on: June 26, 2009, 11:40:29 AM »
MJ music is blasting from the buildings surrounding us.

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« Reply #271 on: June 26, 2009, 11:40:44 AM »
I see his point, definitely Himu.

In terms of general world impact obviously MJ's death is far bigger, like Elvis or Lennon.

On Tupac though, sure a void was created in the genre that definitely remains. He wasn't the first or last hypocritical rapper to mix gangsta imagery with socially conscious messages. But I'd agree that since his death no one has replaced/surpassed him as an artist (in hip hop). That's not to say no one has made better hip hop than him, just that for me personally no rapper has made more of an impact on me.

But that void only effects one genre of music. MJ, Lennon, and Elvis were bigger than genres. If Tupac had lived longer and accomplished more who knows (he wouldn't have reached their levels obviously, but he could have had a huge impact if he lived long enough to "grow up" imo)

Crackers will tell you different, but MJ's death far surpasses both those two. Far, far surpasses.

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« Reply #272 on: June 26, 2009, 11:43:53 AM »
I see his point, definitely Himu.

In terms of general world impact obviously MJ's death is far bigger, like Elvis or Lennon.

On Tupac though, sure a void was created in the genre that definitely remains. He wasn't the first or last hypocritical rapper to mix gangsta imagery with socially conscious messages. But I'd agree that since his death no one has replaced/surpassed him as an artist (in hip hop). That's not to say no one has made better hip hop than him, just that for me personally no rapper has made more of an impact on me.

But that void only effects one genre of music. MJ, Lennon, and Elvis were bigger than genres. If Tupac had lived longer and accomplished more who knows (he wouldn't have reached their levels obviously, but he could have had a huge impact if he lived long enough to "grow up" imo)

Crackers will tell you different, but MJ's death far surpasses both those two. Far, far surpasses.
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« Reply #273 on: June 26, 2009, 11:52:29 AM »
I see his point, definitely Himu.

In terms of general world impact obviously MJ's death is far bigger, like Elvis or Lennon.

On Tupac though, sure a void was created in the genre that definitely remains. He wasn't the first or last hypocritical rapper to mix gangsta imagery with socially conscious messages. But I'd agree that since his death no one has replaced/surpassed him as an artist (in hip hop). That's not to say no one has made better hip hop than him, just that for me personally no rapper has made more of an impact on me.

But that void only effects one genre of music. MJ, Lennon, and Elvis were bigger than genres. If Tupac had lived longer and accomplished more who knows (he wouldn't have reached their levels obviously, but he could have had a huge impact if he lived long enough to "grow up" imo)

Crackers will tell you different, but MJ's death far surpasses both those two. Far, far surpasses.

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« Reply #274 on: June 26, 2009, 11:54:28 AM »
Guys, like I said MJ was the most famous thing next to coca-cola [in Africa, and other underdeveloped regions, wich are totally ignored]. So basically everywhere else in the world. He was like the beatles, but for the entire world.

MJ was the greatest musician to hit the industry for the last 100 frikkin' years in terms of GLOBAL recognition.

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« Reply #275 on: June 26, 2009, 11:56:22 AM »
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« Reply #276 on: June 26, 2009, 11:59:26 AM »
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« Reply #277 on: June 26, 2009, 12:03:13 PM »
i agree that mj had a huge influence on music and had a very positive effect on many people's lives, even though i didn't much like his music myself. on the other hand, i see no convincing evidence that he wasn't a pedophile and a lot that he was -- as an adult, you just don't get to sleep with other peoples' kids. it's something his legacy is gonna hafta deal with, and that his fans are gonna hafta accept. there's very little that's pure in this world, and mj was a complex, fucked up sonuvabitch.

as for the parents settling, would YOU want to have your kids at the center of a protracted, media-focused court battle with millions of angry fans clamoring for your head? or would you take the money?
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« Reply #278 on: June 26, 2009, 12:05:03 PM »
Michael Jackson is the most popular human being in the history of the world after Jesus.

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« Reply #279 on: June 26, 2009, 12:07:00 PM »


as for the parents settling, would YOU want to have your kids at the center of a protracted, media-focused court battle with millions of angry fans clamoring for your head? or would you take the money?

This is valid, for the first case...but I'm sorry, when you already KNOW his reputation for this and still send your kid to his ranch, THEN sue?  That is negligent child exploitation, at the very least.  I would never allow my kid to spend the night with someone who had even been ACCUSED of drugging and molesting kids. 

Also, the dude dangled an infant off a balcony.  That's all I need to know to judge him unhinged and unsafe.
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« Reply #280 on: June 26, 2009, 12:07:11 PM »
Larry: I'm concerned about our new neighbor--I think he might be a child molester.

Linda: Really, why?

Larry: Well, he's admitted to sleeping with boys in the same bed. Several of the boys have accused him of rape and molestation, and a few of his former employees corroborated their stories. He's settled a few of those cases out of court for millions of dollars. Police have seized several books with nude pictures of boys and a number adult porn magazines with some of the children's finger prints on them.

Linda: All this is very innocent; he's just trying to relive his childhood.  

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« Reply #281 on: June 26, 2009, 12:10:58 PM »
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« Reply #282 on: June 26, 2009, 12:16:56 PM »
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« Reply #283 on: June 26, 2009, 12:17:17 PM »
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« Reply #284 on: June 26, 2009, 12:46:46 PM »
When Powerslave, Borys, and Veidt are attacking you, you can't help feeling you're right.

Re: Lennon v. Jackson v. Elvis

I'd put Lennon and Jackson ahead of Elvis. Elvis was an empty vessel, propelled forward into superstardom by teams of unseen songwriters thanklessly throwing sheet music into his hungry furnace. When their sheet music dried out, Elvis turned into an irrelevant lounge act, coasting in shallow waters.

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« Reply #285 on: June 26, 2009, 12:49:36 PM »
And by unseen songwriters, he means black musicians he callously knocked off.
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« Reply #286 on: June 26, 2009, 12:55:25 PM »

I'd put Lennon and Jackson ahead of Elvis. Elvis was an empty vessel, propelled forward into superstardom by teams of unseen songwriters thanklessly throwing sheet music into his hungry furnace. When their sheet music dried out, Elvis turned into an irrelevant lounge act, coasting in shallow waters.

I like to think of Elvis as the Alexandre Dumas of rock music.

Also, today has been horrible. It's like the OJ verdict day mixed with some strange beast. Tempers are flaring to a Michael Jackson soundtrack. It's surreal.

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« Reply #287 on: June 26, 2009, 12:57:26 PM »
And by unseen songwriters, he means black musicians he callously knocked off.

You're thinking of Jimmy Page. Elvis was too lazy to directly knock off anybody.

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« Reply #288 on: June 26, 2009, 01:06:24 PM »
Page was a legitimately great guitarist; many black musicians claim he sold his sold to the devil like Robert Johnson.
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« Reply #289 on: June 26, 2009, 01:06:44 PM »
When Powerslave, Borys, and Veidt are attacking you, you can't help feeling you're right.

Re: Lennon v. Jackson v. Elvis

I'd put Lennon and Jackson ahead of Elvis. Elvis was an empty vessel, propelled forward into superstardom by teams of unseen songwriters thanklessly throwing sheet music into his hungry furnace. When their sheet music dried out, Elvis turned into an irrelevant lounge act, coasting in shallow waters.
And I suspect if Lennon didn't die so "young" that he'd be somewhat of a joke today as was Elvis in his later years (and I say that as a huge fan of him, solo and with beatles). He'd write endless over the top anti-Bush songs and be marching about with Cindy Sheehan I'd imagine.

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« Reply #290 on: June 26, 2009, 01:07:20 PM »
elvis was awesome, malek's a putz
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« Reply #291 on: June 26, 2009, 01:16:45 PM »
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« Reply #292 on: June 26, 2009, 01:27:26 PM »
Page was a legitimately great guitarist; many black musicians claim he sold his sold to the devil like Robert Johnson.

Yes he is, but that's pretty irrelevant to whether he knocked off other musicians' songs.

And I suspect if Lennon didn't die so "young" that he'd be somewhat of a joke today as was Elvis in his later years (and I say that as a huge fan of him, solo and with beatles). He'd write endless over the top anti-Bush songs and be marching about with Cindy Sheehan I'd imagine.

Lennon was only two years younger than Elvis when he died. And before his death, Lennon was writing introspective music that wasn't very political.

And my point was that Elvis wasn't the artist that Lennon was because he didn't really write much original music. Without others writing for him, he'd be nothing.

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"Suspicious Minds" is a great song, but not written by Elvis!

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« Reply #293 on: June 26, 2009, 01:29:18 PM »

Lennon was only two years younger than Elvis when he died. And before his death, Lennon was writing introspective music that wasn't very political.
Really? Wow, I imagined Lennon being much younger. Probably because of just how horrible Elvis looked in his later years.

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« Reply #294 on: June 26, 2009, 01:30:33 PM »
Larry: I'm concerned about our new neighbor--I think he might be a child molester.

Linda: Really, why?

Larry: Well, he's admitted to sleeping with boys in the same bed. Several of the boys have accused him of rape and molestation, and a few of his former employees corroborated their stories. He's settled a few of those cases out of court for millions of dollars. Police have seized several books with nude pictures of boys and a number adult porn magazines with some of the children's finger prints on them.

Linda: All this is very innocent; he's just trying to relive his childhood.  

Larry: Yeah, plus he's made such wonderful music that we love so much. If his fans can excuse his behavior, why can't we? Kids, go get your bike shorts and pokeymans; we're gonna go see rich uncle Emjay!

Linda: Also The Beatles suck.


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« Reply #295 on: June 26, 2009, 01:39:23 PM »
Yeah, Drinky. If this was an average Joe who didn't sell hundreds of millions of albums, nobody would excuse his behavior. (And is there a particular reason why an individual can't desire to both relive childhood and sexually molest boys? Maybe he wanted to relive childhood at an English boarding school.)

By the way, I didn't mean to completely disrespect Elvis; he was a great singer and performer.

edit: fuck you, Drinky!

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« Reply #296 on: June 26, 2009, 01:46:15 PM »
Elvis? Fuck Elvis!

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« Reply #297 on: June 26, 2009, 02:02:38 PM »
The first major black artist that got play on rock stations.

u mad?

jimi wasn't black enough
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« Reply #298 on: June 26, 2009, 02:05:52 PM »
LEGEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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« Reply #299 on: June 26, 2009, 02:09:15 PM »
The first major black artist that got play on rock stations.

u mad?

jimi wasn't black enough

If Hendrix wasn't black enough, then Jackson wasn't black enough.

Anyway Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Fats Domino, though underplayed, beat both of them to the punch.

And I don't think Michael has ever gotten much play on rock stations. By the time he launched his single career, radio had already become fragmented. Rock stations at the time would have been playing ACDC or Val Halen records, not Michael Jackson. They sure as hell weren't playing "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough."