Michael Jackson
Jun. 25th, 2009 04:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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What a crazy news day. I've been glued to MSNBC ever since word of Michael Jackson's death came out. At the time I turned it on, they hadn't confirmed it yet.
They're comparing this to the deaths of Elvis and John Lennon, but that doesn't put it into any sort of context for me, since I was too young when they died. This is more like the death of Princess Diana to me. Michael Jackson was really only important to me when I was a kid...I remember playing his Thriller album obsessively and I had a bit of a crush on him when I was in elementary school. And in the Bad era, just as I was hitting puberty, he had his place among my teen heartthrobs. He left my radar somewhere around my graduation from high school and I didn't pay much attention except for when he was on the news. (Although when HIStory came out, I LOVED the "Scream" video.)
But, as I said on Twitter, this is one of those "where were you when you heard the news?" moments. And where was I? On the couch, browsing the Internet. Where I found the news on Twitter.
What a crazy news day. I've been glued to MSNBC ever since word of Michael Jackson's death came out. At the time I turned it on, they hadn't confirmed it yet.
They're comparing this to the deaths of Elvis and John Lennon, but that doesn't put it into any sort of context for me, since I was too young when they died. This is more like the death of Princess Diana to me. Michael Jackson was really only important to me when I was a kid...I remember playing his Thriller album obsessively and I had a bit of a crush on him when I was in elementary school. And in the Bad era, just as I was hitting puberty, he had his place among my teen heartthrobs. He left my radar somewhere around my graduation from high school and I didn't pay much attention except for when he was on the news. (Although when HIStory came out, I LOVED the "Scream" video.)
But, as I said on Twitter, this is one of those "where were you when you heard the news?" moments. And where was I? On the couch, browsing the Internet. Where I found the news on Twitter.
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Date: 2009-06-26 01:09 pm (UTC)I find that odd.
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Date: 2009-06-26 02:16 pm (UTC)