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SCNDLS said: bboy87 said: 
I already miss him Oh, my Bboy.  I didn't think I'd react like this, but I can't help but feel this sadness. I told you and JackieBlue, it's not the kind of love fans have for a rock star, but it's a GENUINE love, like a best friend, and that's how I feel today. I feel like I lost my best friend and the more I think about it, the tears keep coming... "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." |
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BSK3478 said: Timmy84 said: Last year was actually his 40th anniversary as a professional entertainer, 1968 was the year "Big Boy" came out and the Jackson 5 were hits on the "chitlin' circuit".  "big boy", i dig that cut. The first Jackson 5 show I saw was at the time ABC was released, (yeah, I'm that old)  Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise. | |
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Ottensen said: trueiopian said:  Oh well damn... you got me with this one. Can't really look or listen to Janet singing this now without crying my damn eyes out. 
I was supposed to go to bed 5 hours ago, then I clicked on this thread,my phone texts and email started blowing up,and folks from the States have been calling me all night waking me up every time I doze off. After seeing this video I just realized I'm exausted. I'ma try to end this on a happy note for myself and check out those videos online of people partying in Harlem outside of the Apollo. They have folks dancing to his music right up under the fully lit marquis  The same. | |
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bboy87 said: SCNDLS said: Oh, my Bboy. I didn't think I'd react like this, but I can't help but feel this sadness. I told you and JackieBlue, it's not the kind of love fans have for a rock star, but it's a GENUINE love, like a best friend, and that's how I feel today. I feel like I lost my best friend and the more I think about it, the tears keep coming... Me and my cousin were talking about it on the phone, he said some celebrities said it was like losing a "cool uncle". It definitely feels that way. | |
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Thank you Michael for all the music and dance you shared with us.
I'll keep your children and other loved ones in my prayers. Comfort and Condolences to all his family and friends. He was/is truly an angel.  PaisleyRose was here  | |
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Today is a very sad day. My heart goes out to all Michael Jackson fans as well as to his family. | |
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StephaniePlum said: I became a Michael Jackson fan at the age of 13, and when I was 14 I saved up my babysitting and allowance money for months to buy the necessary fabric and material to make him a blanket commemorating Thriller. I had no sewing experience or talent (so don't ask me why I came up with the idea which required sewing!) and I worked on this blanket for a long time. The black outline around "Thriller" and "1983" is embroidery and that really took me a long time, and I had to sew everything else by hand. I still remember so clearly the day my mom drove me the post office to mail it off; I was so proud and excited as I put that package into the drop box. I know Michael himself probably never saw it, but I hope somehow he felt the love and appreciation I put into it.
This photo was taken in 1984, right before I packed the blanket up to mail it to Michael (excuse the censored face of my sister, who is the one holding up the blanket. this pic was the only one I have on my computer at the moment and I'd censored her face when I posted this picture elsewhere). As you can see in the background, my bedroom walls were pretty much plastered in MJ pictures..and the coverage increased in density over the years after this photo was taken, too. Michael and his music made such an impact on my life, and both gave me memories I will cherish forever and ever. I pray his soul is at peace now. You and I must be the same age. Michael Jackson WAS my generation. No doubt about it. | |
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Timmy84 said: Harlepolis said: This is nothing, NoVideo.
Some Jet magazine journalist started this old rant about "I don't understand what people find in Michael Jackson, he display self-hatred, he's creepy blah blah blah". I went off on him hardcore style  I wonder if he recovered. I don't know yet, he hasn't replied. Like all journalists do, he'll pull the "mind games" tricks and flip it on me he can split himself in two, for all I give a shit.
This guys has ALWAYS pissed me off, and this is the 1st time where I gave him a good piece of my mind. He's so out of touch, yet he prided himself by being a veteran journalist(he is old btw). A journalist is the man of the people, how can you call yourself a journalist without looking objectively at why people find a certain personality fascinating? And to play that "holier than thou" tune,,,,that REALLY was the straw that broke the camel's back  | |
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Oddest thing too was earlier today I had watched a video by a kid who performed an MJ song in Denmark, I think it was "I Want You Back" and then the next thing I clicked was a twitter report saying a hospital had arrived at MJ's house, I didn't think it was nothing until I came here... | |
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I didn't even know I was a fan, or cared. And now I am positively bawling.
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I was saddened by this news. Always respected MJ and he was my favorite artist up until Prince took over. MJ's life has been really rough the last 10years or so and a man can only take so much. He left a huge impact on the music world and world in general. He is a true ICON and LEGEND and not many artists reach that level. RIP Mr.Jackson. Stand Up! Everybody, this is your life!
https://www.facebook.com/...pope2the9s follow me on twitter @thepope2the9s | |
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noimageatall said: MrSoulpower said: All the best, Mike ... see you on the other side ....
My favoire MJ performance ever - Never can say good-bye See, now you made me again...I loved that damned song so much.Me, too. It's actually the reason I started playing flute--the flute in that song is so beautiful and compliments his voice so well. | |
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Forgot to mention, I liked Madonna's statement. The "I can't stop crying..." part got to me for some reason.  "Be glad for what you had baby, what you've got..." | |
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R.I.P MJ When this guy told me about this at work I was like quit playing. I still can't believe it! | |
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bboy87 said:
I already miss him I know hun...I share your sadness.  Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise. | |
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Harlepolis said: Timmy84 said: I wonder if he recovered. I don't know yet, he hasn't replied. Like all journalists do, he'll pull the "mind games" tricks and flip it on me he can split himself in two, for all I give a shit.
This guys has ALWAYS pissed me off, and this is the 1st time where I gave him a good piece of my mind. He's so out of touch, yet he prided himself by being a veteran journalist(he is old btw). A journalist is the man of the people, how can you call yourself a journalist without looking objectively at why people find a certain personality fascinating? And to play that "holier than thou" tune,,,,that REALLY was the straw that broke the camel's back People always think they know what they're talking about when they bash someone because of opinion. Then when you get back at them they act like that didn't faze them. | |
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heartbeatocean said: I didn't even know I was a fan, or cared. And now I am positively bawling.
Maybe because it seems so unfair? I've long quietly hoped he'd get his stuff together and stage THE comeback of all time. Just when it looked like he might do it...this happens.  "I would say that Prince's top thirty percent is great. Of that thirty percent, I'll bet the public has heard twenty percent of it." - Susan Rogers, "Hunting for Prince's Vault", BBC, 2015 |
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heartbeatocean said: You and I must be the same age. Michael Jackson WAS my generation. No doubt about it. I'm 41. You're so right...Michael Jackson helped define the 80s and there's no way in my mind I could ever separate those years, or my life, from what he contributed. to you on this sad day | |
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heartbeatocean said: I didn't even know I was a fan, or cared. And now I am positively bawling.
it's really really hard for me to be watching videos of him in his prime. and especially as a child, when he was so young and innocent and his talent was just raw and pure. | |
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matthewgrant said: peacenlovealways said: People in Harlem are dancing and singing in the streets.
 people dancin' at the apollo 
we lost a great entertainer but we should be celebrating the stuff he gave us. There was an impromptu vigil at the Motown Museum here in Detroit. | |
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I love his song "Speechless" and that was my reaction when I first learned about his death At least he doesn't have to deal with the crap here anymore. | |
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NuPwr319 said: matthewgrant said: people dancin' at the apollo
we lost a great entertainer but we should be celebrating the stuff he gave us. There was an impromptu vigil at the Motown Museum here in Detroit. That's sweet. | |
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 I'm sick and tired of the Prince fans being sick and tired of the Prince fans that are sick and tired! | |
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MJ:
Thanks for providing the music and the memories. You will be missed beyond belief! "Old man's gotta be the old man. Fish has got to be the fish." | |
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CandaceS said: heartbeatocean said: I didn't even know I was a fan, or cared. And now I am positively bawling.
Maybe because it seems so unfair? I've long quietly hoped he'd get his stuff together and stage THE comeback of all time. Just when it looked like he might do it...this happens. And because I'm realizing what a formative part of my childhood he was. I mean, I lived Thriller. And I'm sad that he didn't get to live long enough to gain perspective on his own life, and to let us do the same. | |
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Sharpton nailed it bout all these people putting out statements today. The Most Important Thing In Life Is Sincerity....Once You Can Fake That, You Can Fake Anything. |
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COMPUTERBLUE1984 said: MJ:
Thanks for providing the music and the memories. You will be missed beyond belief!  | |
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StephaniePlum said: heartbeatocean said: You and I must be the same age. Michael Jackson WAS my generation. No doubt about it. I'm 41. You're so right...Michael Jackson helped define the 80s and there's no way in my mind I could ever separate those years, or my life, from what he contributed. to you on this sad dayYeah, see? I'm 41 too. We were the perfect age when Thriller came out. | |
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..... "You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup...Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend." - Bruce Lee
"Water can nourish me, but water can also carry me. Water has magic laws." - JCVD | |
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lazycrockett said: Sharpton nailed it bout all these people putting out statements today.
He sure did.Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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