Michael Jackson - My Eulogy to the Man in the Mirror

Michael Jackson has passed and I am most surprised by how surprised everyone is about it. I mean if anyone seemed like they were gonna die, it's him. Had you seen him lately? He looked awful. He looked dead. He looked more dead than he did in his dead makeup in the 'Thriller' video. I'm not trying to be mean but he looked like someone on the verge of dying, yet everyone seems floored by this.
One annoying thing about this is that now that he has died everywhere I go they play his music all the time. I just hope Gerardo doesn't die or the Jonas Brothers for that matter. Actually I do hope the Jonas Brothers die. I can take hearing their shit music for a few weeks in exchange for their deaths. You have to take the good with the bad right?
One thing I never understood about Michael Jackson was how some people were still so into him. Right up to his death you would still see fans going ape shit over him. People would see him and cry and scream. Why? He hadn't done anything of real value since 'Thriller'. They were screaming because he hadn't done anything good in the last 20 years? No one is screaming or crying these days when they see Right Said Fred or Vanilla Ice, "AHHHHH! Ice Ice Baby from 20 years ago! I can't believe it's him!!"
The song 'Man in the Mirror' is an amazing song and it seemed so inspirational at the time but time has ruined its message. Jackson states in this song that he's 'starting with the man in the mirror' and 'asking him to change his ways.' It was moving and inspiring at the time because it sounded like he wanted to change into a better man but after this song was released Jackson changed for the worse. What exactly was he saying to himself in the mirror? "Man in the mirror, be more crazy. Get plastic surgery until your nose falls off. Molest children. You need to change your ways man in the mirror. You need to stop not dangling babies over hotel balconies. You need to stop making good music and become an irrelevant psychopath who can't let go of the past."
I loved Michael Jackson at one time. 'Thriller' was an amazing album but come on, let's bury it and also let's bury him. I mean that literally, bury him already. He died two weeks ago and they're still carting him around the world. I know he was great but he's dead, let him get some sleep.

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Comments

[keene]

Dude. For me Prince (the musician) has far better music than Michael. I am in the same age group of MJ and Prince. The only album of Michael's that I bought was Dangerous. But with his passing I am being turned onto some of his songs that I hadn't heard before. Like Stranger in Moscow. Very powerful, moving song.

I like Curtis Mayfield better than Isaac Hayes. How can you not get that people like what they like?

[federika]

In 1993 Jackson appeared at the NAACP Image Award, and the pre-inaugural gala for President Clinton; 91 million viewed his half-time performance at Super Bowl XXVII, the most viewed event in TV history. He formed Michael Jackson Productions Inc., that gave its profits to charity. MJJ/Epic record label, released the Free Willy soundtrack. "Dangerous" sales at 20 million, Jackson signed a $70 million, five-year deal with EMI Music to administer his ATV catalogue. In 1995, Jackson's HIStory, a double-CD split between hits and new material. Featuring hits "Scream," and“They Don't Care About Us”. In 1997, "Blood on the Dancefloor: HIStory in the Mix." On September 7th, 2001, Jackson celebrated 30 years as a solo artist with shows at Madison Square Garden and a benefit concert for September 11 victims at Washington, D.C.' That October he release "Invincible" (Number One). The album sold eight million worldwide. November 2003 released of Number Ones, separately sold CD and DVD collections. In February 2008, Jackson released Thriller 25, spending seven weeks at Number One on Billboard's Pop Catalog Charts. Mr. McCaffrey, you can express your opinions based in basic knowledge, but you can not abuse the privilege of a blog in the HP to pontificate based in your ignorance of a life based in achievements. Judging a person by events or facts that you don’t know is irresponsible and treason to journalism. By the way Eulogy means: “Tribute and acclamation”.
From Bogotá, Colombia, South America

[federika]

Mr. Tom McCaffrey
It will be good if you read some of Mr. Jackson career achievements after “Thriller” (1983)”: as a singer, dancer, songwriter, producer, stage setting, dancing and lights choreographer, custom design, state of the art video technology, short films, humanitarian work and the ability to hire and work with the best in every field; Mr. Jackson's talent is unassailable. Jackson has been a superb businessman, exerting unparalleled control over his career and, in effect, managing himself since he and his brothers (sans Jermaine) left Motown for Epic Records in 1975. His charity work was enormous and focused always on his highly publicized identification with children. In 1985 Jackson co-wrote with Lionel Richie "We Are the World," the theme song for USA for Africa. It reached Number One. Shortly after signing a second contract with Pepsi in 1986 for $15 million, Jackson released Bad, the biggest-shipping album of all time, in 1987; its 17-minute title track video was directed by Martin Scorsese. Bad generated five #1's in 1987-88: "I Just Can't Stop Loving You," "Bad," "The Way You Make Me Feel," "Man in the Mirror," and "Dirty Diana." 1988 came Jackson's long-awaite brief autobiography, Moonwalk. The book was edited by Jacqueline Onassis. A second volume of Jackson's writings, Dancing the Dream, was published in 1992. In 1991, at a recording cost of $10 million, Dangerous was released. Co-produced by Teddy Riley, the album featured material ("Heal the World," "Who Is It"). MORE

[hulagirrrl]

I actually thought it was great that the radio stations played MJ for a change, the fast beat makes for fast driving, I had fun listening to it, and realized that I should have pulled out the old CD's more often, because I had missed his music.
The greatest songs of all were on a local station here in Honolulu, 98.5, they had all of his songs covered as reggae music, and that was great.

[CVHarrell]

Better yet why not you just die!!

[AnaisKarim]

I agree.

[NedroidPrime]

Well, I certainly hope you never get asked to actually deliver a eulogy...

Why don't you crawl back under whatever rock you came from. You have no need to denigrate MJ at this time. He did a ton of good in his life, and nothing was ever proven to be illegal in regards to him. He had the benefit of a good heart and innocence.

Did nothing worthwhile since Thriller?! I'm not even going to justify that with a comment, as you are obviously just a h8er