Michael Jackson passes away.

[Mockery]

Say what you will about how weird the guy was, but there's no denying how big of a musical influence he was or how insanely talented he was. I always hoped he'd get past all the media mess and get back into songwriting. Being a part of the generation that grew up on his music, it's kinda sad to know that's never gonna happen.

May you dance with the zombies forever MJ. :O

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http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/thriller

[The Leader]

I have never known a world without Michael Jackson. I'm frightened.

[Zomboid]

Same here :(

[robo_rob]

yeah, I'm pretty sad about it.

[eggyolk]

michael jackson died years ago

[Kitsa]

How bizarre. I'd heard he was rushed to hospital, but I thought he was going to shoot out of the hospital roof in a shower of glitter and call it his biggest comeback ever.

[Tadao]

Jackson Five still sounds great, I think I only really liked his solo stuff because of Smooth Criminal.

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[Kitsa]

He scared the bejesus out of me with the yellow eyes at the end of the Thriller video, when I was a kid. It caught me completely off guard.

[Guitar Woman]

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z207/Nozomi-Hoshi/Death%20Note/YagamiLight.jpg

[elx]

farrah is also dead but she's not getting any news coverage whatsoever because of michael. :(

[Dimnos]

Because they know what's important.

[Phoenix Gamma]

He died years ago. What do you think that pale, rotting corpse was?

But seriously, I won't miss New MJ, but he kicked ass back in the day. Kinda weird to see him go, but after he became such a huge spectacle, I'm glad it's done with.

[Geggy]

I apologize for my original thread. I'm pretty bummed about it. Mtv is currently showing some of michael jackson's stuff. I'll always cherish the moment he and I were in the same building when I saw him in new york city during the victory tour back in 1985.

[darkvare]

damn he didn't went down with a bang like i was hoping

[Guitar Woman]

http://michaeljacksonisdead.ytmnd.com/

YEAH

[executioneer]

neil hamburgers gonna have so much new material for his act

[LordSappington]

How bizarre. I'd heard he was rushed to hospital, but I thought he was going to shoot out of the hospital roof in a shower of glitter and call it his biggest comeback ever.
Ten bucks says he pulls this out of his casket.

[Tadao]

OH SHIT, I forgot about a funeral. That's gonna be insane.

[Mockery]

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People always seem to forget about this video, but it was always one of my favorites of his - and the song was awesome too.

Better quality version here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5KAJw4y8wE

[LordSappington]

They're gonna start lowering it in, and then there's gonna be a huge BANG, followed by smoke coming out of the hole. When it clears, Black Michael Jackson will be standing on his tombstone, saying 'I'm not dead! I'm alive, and I'm here to ROCK YOUR WORLD ALL OVER AGAIN!'
Insert kicks and 'ah-heeyuh-heeyuhs' as necessary.

[executioneer]

They're gonna start lowering it in, and then there's gonna be a huge BANG, followed by smoke coming out of the hole. When it clears, Black Michael Jackson will be standing on his tombstone, saying 'I'm not dead! I'm alive, and I'm here to ROCK YOUR WORLD ALL OVER AGAIN!'
Insert kicks and 'ah-heeyuh-heeyuhs' as necessary.

and andy kaufman's gonna have been in on it somehow, right

[LordSappington]

If you say so.

[Phoenix Gamma]

People always seem to forget about this video, but it was always one of my favorites of his - and the song was awesome too.

Better quality version here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5KAJw4y8wE

I didn't really like that video, if only because it was part of a giant movie of him bragging about how awesome he was. Make up your mind, Mike. The song was good, though.

Also, there are rumors now that Jeff Goldblum died too. I'm hoping that's false, though. He seemed alright when he appeared on the Colbert Report.

[mburbank]

You all realize this means I am now the King of Pop.

[The Leader]

And what a righteous and just king you are.

[Protoclown]

Yeah, I was pretty bummed about this today. Guy was pretty young, and he had a pretty tragic life in a lot of ways. Poor guy. It's weird knowing that he's not out there anymore.

[LordSappington]

I never knew he had heart problems.
Maybe it was an ASSASSINATION

[lumpisan]

you're moonwalking with jesus now michael

[Esuohlim]

Oh no without a dad how is Blanket Jackson going to lead a normal life now??

[Phoenix Gamma]

He'll probably leap off a balcony.

[captain516]

While I'll always love the man's music(as well as Captain E ), I have to agree with Phoenix Gamma. It's hard to miss him after all the media scandals and whatnot.

[MattJack]

Man I'm bummed about this.

Just about everyone I know has made some clever "HE HAD SEX WITH KIDS!! HAR HAR!" joke, but you know what? I listened to MJ growing up and I love his music. If you don't like at least two or three MJ songs then I really don't know what the fu*k is wrong with the rhythem in yer bones. Perhaps you're just completely too cool for school (IE a fgt). The man has sold more records than ELVIS. Think about that next time you're listening to yer shitty indie/metal band that has a total fanbase of 20,000 people(most of which are douche bags of epic legend).

Plus he died at such a young age. PS if you think being 50 is old then I hope you fuck*ng die at 50 you stupid cun*.

RIP Michael Jackson.

[Tadao]

Hey Sam,

Every Night She Walks Right In My Dreams
Since I Met Her From The Start
I'm So Proud I Am The Only One
Who Is Special In Her Heart

The Girl Is Mine
The Doggone Girl Is Mine
I Know She's Mine
Because The Doggone Girl Is Mine

[Zhukov]

Watching his music videos on Rage (Australian version of MTV, I think) on a Saturday morning is a very vivid memory I have of my childhood. Eddie Murphy as a Pharaoh and Macauly Culkin playing an electric Guitar. Shocking to see him go, but I think I will remember how much I used to enjoy his music rather than tear up about him dying. I always thought he was really misunderstood, and had a hard time coping in the real world. I felt sorry for him, and it's sad to see him go so early. 50 is middle aged now.

I'm also going to stayaway fromTVfora while, because I don't want to watch the innevitable circus.

I can't remember, did he do his final London show? Sorry for stupid question.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Can we merge all the MJ is dead threads into this one?

[LordSappington]

Man I'm bummed about this.

Just about everyone I know has made some clever "HE HAD SEX WITH KIDS!! HAR HAR!" joke, but you know what? I listened to MJ growing up and I love his music. If you don't like at least two or three MJ songs then I really don't know what the fu*k is wrong with the rhythem in yer bones. Perhaps you're just completely too cool for school (IE a fgt). The man has sold more records than ELVIS. Think about that next time you're listening to yer shitty indie/metal band that has a total fanbase of 20,000 people(most of which are douche bags of epic legend).

Plus he died at such a young age. PS if you think being 50 is old then I hope you fuck*ng die at 50 you stupid cun*.

RIP Michael Jackson.
The reason why I can't mourn his death myself, is solely because he wasn't that Michael anymore. He'd stopped being the awesome King of Pop for years now. I also can't see any reason why his great music could make up for the things he did later on in life.

[Dimnos]

I also can't see any reason why his great music could make up for the things he did later on in life.

Bad surgery? I dont think his music should have to make up for that. If your talking about anything else... the man was acquitted. Remember innocent until proven guilty.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Just got texted this: "Farrah Fawcett died and went to heaven. She asked god to please keep all the children of the world safe. So god killed Michael Jackson."

:(

[Angryhydralisk]

Watching his music videos on Rage (Australian version of MTV, I think) on a Saturday morning is a very vivid memory I have of my childhood. Eddie Murphy as a Pharaoh and Macauly Culkin playing an electric Guitar.

I saw this video a couple years back and actually thought it was a new song. Just goes to show ya!

Still RIP Jacko. The world needs more 15-minute music videos.

[LordSappington]

Bad surgery? I dont think his music should have to make up for that. If your talking about anything else... the man was acquitted. Remember innocent until proven guilty.
Innocent until proven guilty isn't a universal concept, though. I don't see how he can be cleared as innocent, with all the evidence brought up against him.

[Dimnos]

Was he found guilty by a jury?

[Kitsa]

I forgot about the lengthy masturbation-and-destruction sequence at the end of "Black or White". I remember how shocked people were at the slow-mo crotchgrabbing.

Michael Jackson videos always went on and on and on. That was a big deal with Thriller, that the music video actually played out like a movie and had credits. It was starting to get a little weird with "Black or White"...the Macaulay Culkin skit, the video, the morph (also a huge deal at the time), then the weird panther-Michael destroys a car bit, then a Simpsons skit.

I remember it also blew everyone's mind when the "Billie Jean" video came out and the sidewalk lit up wherever he stepped. He was an innovator.

[Dimnos]

The Billie Jean video kicked ass with the light up sidewalk.

[Dimnos]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/92/Mwalk.jpg/800px-Mwalk.jpg

[Dusk]

While his death is sad, it's even more sad that people were all making fun of him, and now that he's dead everyone's lamenting.

[Dimnos]

So they shouldnt be sad about him dieing?

[Dusk]

So they shouldnt be sad about him dieing?
They should, but it's rather stupid that now that he's dead they have this huge 180.

[Tadao]

So people should not have made fun of him then.

[Mockery]

Dimnos - Moonwalker was such a great game. I remember being so excited at the end of it when he turned into that Super-Roboto-MJ and then you get to fly around killing everybody in sight. Awesome times...

[executioneer]

While his death is sad, it's even more sad that people were all making fun of him, and now that he's dead everyone's lamenting.
i'm still doing the exact same ratio of making fun : lamenting, thank you very much

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/92/Mwalk.jpg/800px-Mwalk.jpg

Is that the Game Gear version?

[executioneer]

probably the arcade, since its got credits and all

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I guess so, I never even knew it came out for the arcade let alone it was 3 player.

[executioneer]

i've played it on MAME. I seem to remember it having an analog dial of some sort that made it impossible to aim on my computer, but i just kept hitting the "add coin" button and beating the enemies with the dance power button or w/e

[Kitsa]

I always loved the West Side Story way that any conflict in his videos could be resolved with a dance number.

[Mockery]

Yeah that's the arcade version in that pic. The Sega Genesis version of Moonwalker is awesome too.

[Chojin]

Jackson was still great, even in more recent years.

1997 - "Blood on the dance floor"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ0j0PbNA5g

2002 - "You rock my world"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k0GZaPPkf4

I always thought people gave him too much shit.

[Phoenix Gamma]

I always thought people gave him too much shit.

That tends to happen when you're accused of diddling children, went from black to white, have a creepy nose, and dangle your son off a blacony.

Not that he's a bad person, I'm just saying he's very...eccentric...

[LordSappington]

A radio show host I was listening to kinda put it in a good way. I can't quote him exactly, but he was calling bullshit on that ten years ago, he pretty much paid off the people with the molestation charges, and everyone hated him for it, and then he dies and everyone loves him.

[Geggy]

i was rummaging through my childhood box and found this along with other memorbilias

cover of the victory tour program

http://twitc.com/?main=imageLeech&source=IF&ct=1246334381&file=/Twitters/25477671/Michael_Jackson/jackson_002.jpg

michael jackson sitting on the knight rider

http://twitc.com/?main=imageLeech&source=IF&ct=1246334785&file=/Twitters/25477671/Michael_Jackson/jackson_005.jpg

this picture says it all about who he is

http://twitc.com/?main=imageLeech&source=IF&ct=1246334740&file=/Twitters/25477671/Michael_Jackson/jackson_006.jpg

[VaporTrailx1]

This will always be my fondest Michael Jackson memory.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/02/12/article-1143876-037F5890000005DC-118_468x496.jpg

Blanket can fly!


A radio show host I was listening to kinda put it in a good way. I can't quote him exactly, but he was calling bullshit on that ten years ago, he pretty much paid off the people with the molestation charges, and everyone hated him for it, and then he dies and everyone loves him.


Mark Belling I believe.

[Jeanette X]

Have you seen pictures of his kids? I have my doubts that he's the biological father. I mean, its one thing for a multiracial child to be fair-skinned, but Paris Jackson has blue eyes. It isn't impossible for a child with an African-American parent to be blue-eyed, given that most African-Americans have a degree of distant white ancestry, but its very unlikely. :\

I wouldn't want to see them raised by their biological mother or by their grandparents, personally. Hopefully they end up in the custody of one of their uncles, most of MJ's brothers seem to have their heads on straight.

[ChrisGlass]

The man had great taste in video games. That big auction of his had really nice shit from his arcade.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Hopefully they end up in the custody of one of their uncles, most of MJ's brothers seem to have their heads on straight.

:lol, really? They're not as out there as MJ but still pretty ridiculous. They might be able to slide around at Jermaine's house....because he's greasy.

[BillyBear]

mj's awesome! his death is so unreal...i....just...can't...take it anymore! *gun blast*

[Dimnos]

Is that the Game Gear version?

I just did a search for Moonwalker Arcade and that was the best pic I could find. Its been so long since I have actually seen one it could be the Game Gear version for all I know. :\

[Krythor]

Oh no without a dad how is Blanket Jackson going to lead a normal life now??

I just wanted to say that I laughed at this for a good ten seconds or so.

[Kitsa]

I was watching the media frenzy surrounding the "memorial service" on a waiting-room TV and I actually heard a reporter say, "He's a deity."

.....a deity? Really?

[Sam]

Yeah, he's the fucking Apollo of walking backwards and grabbing crotch. :rolleyes

[Evil Robot]

Anal Jock Chimes

[captain516]

He can't be a king AND a deity! That's just not fair.

[Tadao]

"Meanwhile, Joe Jackson told ABC that he and his wife, Katherine, should have custody of Michael's three children. "They'll grow up to be strong Jacksons," he said. He said Michael's daughter, Paris, who spoke at the Tuesday memorial service, was taking the death hard and was crying whenever Michael's name is mentioned. He said that she might have a future in the entertainment business along with the youngest son, nicknamed Blanket, who "can really dance.""


Hahahahaha GO JOE!

[Dimnos]

My favorite part... How all these media people who have never met the kids or even talked to them know exactly what they want. :rolleyes

[Tadao]

Joe knows they want fame and money.

[Dimnos]

Well Joe knows, of course.

[VaporTrailx1]

Well, the kid's sure as hell not going to be anything like a lawyer. would you honestly take legal advice from someone named Blanket? Welcome to blanket law services...

[Tadao]

I would buy insurance off of him.

[Jeanette X]

*bump*
Footage from the 1984 Pepsi commercial where M.J.'s hair caught fire got leaked:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqdt-aRvcgY&feature=related

And holy shit did that look like it hurt.

[Tadao]

Yeah, I guess no one really realized how bad it really was. It was on fire longer than I thought and his scalp looked fucked up.

[Jeanette X]

Yeah, I guess no one really realized how bad it really was. It was on fire longer than I thought and his scalp looked fucked up.

The thing that gets me is that nobody seemed to notice that his SCALP WAS FULLY IN FLAMES. You'd think a crew member would've shouted to him when they saw that his hair was clearly on fire and that he hadn't noticed.

[Tadao]

From how I remember things, when you watch from the front, it seems like it's only on fire for a second before everyone jumps in. I don't think anyone was watching from the back, where you can see that is was on fire for some time. That might have been just a camera they have running in the back at all time untended. So maybe the reaction time was right and it was unfortunate that the fire really started cooking down low on the back of this head.

[Jeanette X]

From how I remember things, when you watch from the front, it seems like it's only on fire for a second before everyone jumps in. I don't think anyone was watching from the back, where you can see that is was on fire for some time. That might have been just a camera they have running in the back at all time untended. So maybe the reaction time was right and it was unfortunate that the fire really started cooking down low on the back of this head.

Well that makes more sense...but it does seem the crew only reacted when M.J. noticed and (understandably) started to freak out.

[Tadao]

Yeah, I think it was a case of too much shit happening all at once. I guess there were live crowds of screaming teens to deal with too.