Jackie and MJ circa 1980



Jackie and MJ 2005


Jackie hasn't change much.. still handsome and black even though he is about 55..

I thought I will "depress" you all with more pics of years gone by, since many of you think this thread is depressing..

I think he still looked very good late '80s.

whatsgoingon said:

hell yea i'm depressed cuz he USED to look fine! thats my point if homie hadn'ta fucked with himself so bad we'd still have old mike, hell mid90s mike was a tad better than wat we got now, i love mike but still

Michael Jackson is a cool guy,always has been and always will be in my opinion. I don't buy in the that media B.S who don't give him credit for the amazing music by trying to write him out of music history.

whatsgoingon said:

Wow ....

Isolar said:

Who's trying to write him out of music history?

whatsgoingon said:

You're doing a really good job with the depressing .... . I love Prince, but gosh Michael ...that pic up there with him signing an autograph looks so natural looking ...wow...*sighs* ..

BT11 said:

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

lmao, im with u SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy I want 2 know whos trying 2 write him off

I dunno about write him off, but compared to 10 years ago (yes after 1993), the printed music press often fob him off as a 2 album wonder [ugh], during those "'list' shows when Thriller comes up they get a bunch of young "hip" artists to come in and slag it off like it wasn't relevant to them personally.

HOWEVER, I don't think it's just MJ, just black artists in general. I remember that Music Of The Millennium show HMV did in 1999 and Stevie Wonder and Prince weren't even mentioned, whereas Madonna was hailed as some single handed saviour of the 80s, and the 70s was summed up by white rock bands.

[Edited 8/5/06 4:26am]

Ellie said:

But MJ could have control the way the media and public viewed him. I know the media like to "build them up and Knock them down" so whatever he had done that scenario would have happened. I also know that the media and society like to give white artists more recognition than black artists(I even started a thread about that), but the onslaught of jokes, ridicule and overall dis-respect that he gets today wouldn't have happened if MJ used better judgement in conducting his life.

The plastic surgery should have stopped with Thriller. If indeed he really does have a "skin disease" he should have been a lot more up-front about it from the beginning, instead of waiting for Oprah to put him on the spot in 93. It something he could have mentioned earlier; I mean what were people to think when both his colour and features were changing, practically at the same time...

When it comes to the children, if indeed he wasn't "abusing" them, why not put up barriers to to protect himself from allegations that were bound to happen if you were carrying on the way he was. All these things were in his control, but he choose to ignore everything.

MJ has been around long before Prince and Madonna. He was influencing and inspiring people, before he reached his teens, well before OTW and Thriller. He has a brilliant career and has contributed so much to music. His legacy shouldn't be about ending up as punch-lines on late night shows..

Anyway that's enough of my ranting...since this thread is not about that.

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whatsgoingon said:

Maybe he didn´t want to talk about it because it was not as spread. Maybe he didn´t expect to become white all over. Maybe back than it was just spot here and there and it was not as serious for him to address it publically. Who knows. But whatever the reasons he had, he did eventually talk about it so we should get over it by now, don´t you think, guys?

CuntOMatic said:

whatsgoingon said:

The Off The Wall period was the shit....Mike looked so natural...

whatsgoingon said:

Ellie said:

Janet Jackson looks like Michael jacksons did before his Skin wasnt all white and he didnt get that Nose Job when he was good Looking we know hes Sad but i want to remeber him like this i dont wanna be deppressed *Sigh*

sallysassalot said:

Man i never knew he had Acne problems i remeber him from The Thriller days i was born in 79. so i am from the 80`s too

CalhounSq said:

That's one ugly hat. Nice pic though.

Krytonite said:

You are aware that is Jackie Jackson and not Michael?

[Edited 8/6/06 5:09am]

The whole family in their natural glory...

I feel like crying, dang!