Michael Jackson Dies

[GBJ]

Arthur Scargill was in bed with the miners. Does that make him a pariah?

erm....yes?

 

[Napster]

erm....yes?

Got a marlin here, fellas.

 

[Napster]

Dozy Americans

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/06/michael-jackson-7.html

 

[MK Shrimper]

Dozy Americans

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/06/michael-jackson-7.html

To be fair I think 99% of people would have made the same mistake!

 

[londonblue]

More breaking news, a paramedic has died from asphyxiation after a plastic nose got lodged in his throat.

Or maybe his plastic throat got lodged in his nose?

I have to say, I got a text this morning from a Doctor friend who has been doing a bit of digging in the medical web sites. He told me that Jacko didn't actually die from a heart attack. Apparently he was found in the childrens' ward having a stroke.



Now to be serious. I saw him in concert at Wembley Stadium twice in the late 80's and early 90's and he was superb. I have seen quite a few different types of acts live, including Prince, Alice Cooper and Elton John, but I have to say Michael Jackson's concerts were bigger and better than any of that lot. They were just amazing; his energy was infectious, and he hardly paused for breath for about 2 hours, maybe more. I can't say i'll miss him because frankly he hasn't really done much in the last few years.

His name has also been tarnished over the last few years, but you can't know one way or the other whether or not he's guilty. My inclination is to believe he is, but there is just as much chance that these parents were just trying to make money knowing MJ would have to settle out of court to save his reputation. You just don't know...

 

[scrounger]

What the papers didn't report is that the Heart Attack came after he discovered that Boyz II Men was a band, and not a Delivery Service.

 

[londonblue]

Got a marlin here, fellas.

I wish I could rep you for that, but it won't let me!

 

[chadded]

His name has also been tarnished over the last few years, but you can't know one way or the other whether or not he's guilty. My inclination is to believe he is, but there is just as much chance that these parents were just trying to make money knowing MJ would have to settle out of court to save his reputation. You just don't know...

Everyone is different, but I can honestly say that if I was a father, and someone abused one of my children, then no amount of money would have ever made me even think about settling out of court and not get full and proper justice. Ever.

 

[Cricko]

He now has the top 15 slots on the Amazon best sellers cd list.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/music/ref=sv_m_3

 

[chadded]

apparently C P R is not as easy as A B C.

 

[BrettieAngell]

He now has the top 15 slots on the Amazon best sellers cd list.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/music/ref=sv_m_3

Bloody hell, how many compilations?

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Being serious for a moment, was anyone actually shocked?

The bloke was clearly not in the best of health, his face was falling apart, he was neurotic and almost certainly had been pumping himself full of drugs every day for over a decade to the extent that his best friend was a chimpanzee. I don't think anyone actually believed that those concerts he arranged were anything other than a loan as there was no way he was going to be physically able to perform them all.

But the media coverage has been full of idiots saying they were shocked. Why? Did you really think he was healthy?

Anyway, he was a great musician and performer 20+ years ago. In some sense the tragedy was that he didn't die Marc Bolan style driving himself into a tree when in his prime and that we instead got to see the car-crash of his later life.

OK, back to the jokes and amusing pictures please.

 

[BrettieAngell]

Being serious for a moment, was anyone actually shocked?

The bloke was clearly not in the best of health, his face was falling apart, he was neurotic and almost certainly had been pumping himself full of drugs every day for over a decade to the extent that his best friend was a chimpanzee. I don't think anyone actually believed that those concerts he arranged were anything other than a loan as there was no way he was going to be physically able to perform them all.

But the media coverage has been full of idiots saying they were shocked. Why? Did you really think he was healthy?

Anyway, he was a great musician and performer 20+ years ago. In some sense the tragedy was that he didn't die Marc Bolan style driving himself into a tree when in his prime and that we instead got to see the car-crash of his later life.

OK, back to the jokes and amusing pictures please.

Can't argue with any of that really!

 

[Pubey]

I caught up on an Adam and Joe podcast this morning from 2 weeks ago. They were laying into Jacko, saying about him not doing the gigs and being ill and stuff... perfect timing!

 

[Uncle Leo]

Just read this from American sports writer Bill Simmons (he's 39):

"I have Jackson's passing ranked as the fourth-biggest celeb death of my lifetime, right behind Elvis, Lennon and Princess Di and just ahead of JFK Jr."

About right you think? Elvis was before I was born and I was only one when Lennon died so can't remember that, but for me Jackson's death may well have come straight in at number one...

 

[Pubey]

tribute to his genius,

amazing - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfIE3Rz6IgE

 

[ldnfatso]

Just read this from American sports writer Bill Simmons (he's 39):

"I have Jackson's passing ranked as the fourth-biggest celeb death of my lifetime, right behind Elvis, Lennon and Princess Di and just ahead of JFK Jr."

About right you think? Elvis was before I was born and I was only one when Lennon died so can't remember that, but for me Jackson's death may well have come straight in at number one...

i'm 37 and would add Rod Hull to that list!;)

 

[Thorpe Groyney]

http://www.mjjcommunity.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65435

A mixture of :stunned: and :D on there. If you think Col Ewe fans are weird ...

 

[Uncle Leo]

I caught up on an Adam and Joe podcast this morning from 2 weeks ago. They were laying into Jacko, saying about him not doing the gigs and being ill and stuff... perfect timing!

On a similar note a friend of mine who works for an online gaming firm was working on a competition to win VIP tickets to see Jacko at The O2. To win, you had to take a photo of yourself dressed as Jacko, with the best entry winning the comp.

He had got as far as doing the draft e-mail to go out to their customer base and was going to finish things up today. Suffice to say they've pulled that campaign now...

 

[Rob Noxious]

Just read this from American sports writer Bill Simmons (he's 39):

"I have Jackson's passing ranked as the fourth-biggest celeb death of my lifetime, right behind Elvis, Lennon and Princess Di and just ahead of JFK Jr."

About right you think? Elvis was before I was born and I was only one when Lennon died so can't remember that, but for me Jackson's death may well have come straight in at number one...

I was alive when JFK died, but was too young to remember it (3)...but I remember his brother Bobby being shot in '68, so here's my ghoulish top 5 list:-

1. Bobby Kennedy
2. Elvis
3. Lennon
4. Bobby Moore
5. George Best

Not a celebrity for everyone, but Joe Strummer's death was a massive shock for me.