it seems everyone is making fun of Darryl Phinnessee

bboy87 said:

who the hell is that and what is wrong with him?

DesireeNevermind said:

PCP?

Timmy84 said:

It looks like he's had poorly handled plastic surgery operations. He did not look like that when he toured and sang with Michael.

Planning on going back and reading this thread...I'm sure I will repeat in spirit what many others have said. Or maybe not. I am interested in hearing what others have to say.

Beautiful and very emotional service today. Exploitation was somehow kept to a bare minimum. The ceremony felt like it should have felt, a celebration and memorial of a life of a human being. Somewhere along the way, we got to know everything about this icon except for the human element. We knew MJ the superstar and not MJ the brother, son, friend, and father. And that's a shame because Michael never felt more real as a person than he did today.


The words of Paris were heartbreaking and heartfelt and genuine. As a father myself, I cannot remember seeing something that tore me up more in recent memory than her two or three sentences. They hit me like a thunderbolt. This wasn't just the loss of an entertainer to her and her brothers. This was her damn Daddy. And he was gone. When I got home from work, the first thing I did was hug my own daughters tight. Life is entirely too short.

I've had a lot of thoughts about MJ over the years, as time went on more negative than positive. And maybe it's just the emotion of today's event, one which seems to be one of the defining events of our generation, but I don't have a lot of negative in my heart anymore. I think after today what we thought we knew about this man and how many of us defined him didn't really fit with who the many who spoke appeared to be talking about with such raw and genuine emotion. It's not really our fault and MJ had a lot to do with it but I don't think any of us really knew much about this guy at all.

RIP

@ the "7" thing...
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bboy87 said:

who the hell is that and what is wrong with him?

Rumors are circulating that Debbie Rowe allegedly received serious threats (regarding bodily harm) if she showed up at the Michael Jackson memorial.

Am I the only one who didn't watch this? I know some folks here were saying they were gonna boycott it, but I don't know if they actually did.

I certainly don't blame Michael's friends for not showing up. These things are sickening to me. Everyone competes to show who is the most moved. You can't help but feel some of them are acting just a little bit. You suspect others are getting some morbid pleasure out of wallowing in the tragedy.

DesireeNevermind said:

He did make those over-exagerated facial expressions even during I'll be there in the Dangerous concert from Buchaerest...though now they look far more unusual, perhpas as his face seems tighter/older. But the man can sing, and he has toured with Mike, so i don't really care how weird he's looking right now.
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Am I the only one who didn't watch this? I know some folks here were saying they were gonna boycott it, but I don't know if they actually did.

I certainly don't blame Michael's friends for not showing up. These things are sickening to me. Everyone competes to show who is the most moved. You can't help but feel some of them are acting just a little bit. You suspect others are getting some morbid pleasure out of wallowing in the tragedy.

zoetruluv said:

What I wanted to say is: I became a fan when everyone slapped him. It's sooo easy if you've been a fan in the 80s and gave up on him at the early 00s.

So many hyprocrates out there, sorry.

midnightmover said:

For someone who didn't watch it, you seem ever too willing to call it out.
If you do get to see it, I think you will see it was a fitting, respectful and dignified tribute.

If only everyone could be so respectful.

Swa

Am I the only one who didn't watch this? I know some folks here were saying they were gonna boycott it, but I don't know if they actually did.

I certainly don't blame Michael's friends for not showing up. These things are sickening to me. Everyone competes to show who is the most moved. You can't help but feel some of them are acting just a little bit. You suspect others are getting some morbid pleasure out of wallowing in the tragedy.

it seems everyone is making fun of Darryl Phinnessee

bboy87 said:

hes definitely on something
or has been on something since
the dangerous world tour.
he always made those faces but his
eyes are nearly popping out of his head.

and btw,hes always had the plastic surgery
and arched eyebrows.

a few thoughts...

#1: I read that the Kardashian sisters were there WHY in the hell???

#2: Exactly when do we stop calling that kid "Blanket"??

#3: thanks for posting clips. I don't have the patience to sit through the broadcast but I would like to hear some of the performances if they were that good (Lionel, Jermaine, Jennifer, Al)...

midnightmover said:

For someone who didn't watch it, you seem ever too willing to call it out.
If you do get to see it, I think you will see it was a fitting, respectful and dignified tribute.

If only everyone could be so respectful.

Swa

zoetruluv said:

I'm telling you he looks to me like a PCP addict.

Gibson9000 said:

I'm glad you said that. This guy was fucked up in the 90s too. MJ made terrible choices in backing singers and dancers.

His voice by the way was just an ordinary church voice. They're a dime a dozen.

midnightmover said:

I did not say or imply that MJ made bad choices about backing singers.

I also don't think it is appropriate to comment on how abundant ordinary church voices are either. It is quite irrelevant to this discussion especially at this moment in time.
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WHERE IS PRINCE ? (THE ARTIST) have not heard anything in weeks about him

CalhounSq said:

Kim and Kourtney dated Michael's nephews TJ and Taryll