“JACKSON CAN’T HEAL THE WORLD”.
This is shocking news. All these years, I have honestly believed that Michael Jackson COULD heal the world. I feel so betrayed.
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If not Michael, who?
Exactly.
He was our last and greatest hope.
Yahoo lies.
And that’s all there is to it.
There is another.
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El DeBarge still lives…
hahahaha el debarge.
What a shameful memory for our collective culture
Well we all know that’s a plain lie. It’s Diana Ross that heals the wor……Or is it Whitney? No, no, no…it’s Robert Blake…..wait…..Simpson? O.J. Simpson? Oh crap. I get all these pop icons corn-fused.
Alex
Speaking of Whitney, another very funny Yahoo headline today is:
Bobby In. Whitney Out.
If he can it heal the world can he at least hit 3 homeruns for the world?
All is lost…
Maybe Janet, Tido, Jermaine, or whatever the rest of their names are could save us.
I’m placing my hopes in LaToya.
First of all…Latoya is monstrously misunderstood! and its Tito…not Tido…El DeBarge was a very good singer and Diana Ross did in fact save my world..remember Upside Down??? Duh??? but serio…someday someone will write an Opera about the rise and fall of Michael Jackson..its almost Shakespearean…such a fall from grace…the biggest star in the universe to the most colossal joke. How? Why? These questions plague me!!! Sheil remember dancing to Man in the Mirror???? Oh my God..i love u!
Tito, Tido, what’s the dif. And Mitchell, you lose all credibility with me based on the first sentence of your comment.
hahaha
Man in the Mirror. Great song. Transcendent moment. He didn’t take his own advice in the song.
Facetious..i was being facetious about Latoya…altho’ in retrospect when she was telling tales out of school about the craziness in her family and the abuse from their father…hmmm? she was probably telling the truth and the more people (her family) said she wqs bonkers ..the more shrill and bonkers she appeared until she caved and fell back into the cult of The Jacksons. Wow..i am certifiable!
Let’s make no mistake here poeple. LaToya Jackson is crazy. Crazy as a nut burger. That whole family (and yes I include Janet) is out of their collective minds and always has been.
We can go back and blame whoever we want, but I have to say, the more we fault other people, the more we need to look in the mirror. Those Jacksons are magnificent musicians (ever see LaToya’s Vegas act? You haven’t lived.), and WE’RE the ones who made them famous. And Nut Burgers.
Alex
Oh Mitchell, I know. I could even HEAR your facetious tone.
I have this to say:
LaToya is the Cassandra of the Jackson clan. Make of that what you will.
Alex-
As one who absolutely loved Michael Jackson for many many years … I guess my horror and fascination now has a lot to do with how much I loved him in the past.
Acutally, that’s already not true. I STILL love that old music. It’s not like I suddenly think he was a terrible musician or that Off the Wall and Thriller aren’t amazing albums.
The downfall is Shakespearean. Or like Citizen Kane or something. To me, it’s not just a freak-show. Because I really loved that guy once. I really loved his music. Yeah, he was always kind of strange … but the TUNES!! That was all that mattered.
Mitchell – member when he wrote that letter to the children of the world? This was years ago. You and I were like: “Holy shit, this man is insane … and I don’t think he’s gonna make it.”
I remember when my college roommate said he HAD to get the Latoya issue of Playboy and the I realized I HAD to move the hell out.
Oh, can you feel the beat of the rythym of the night? I think I’ll dance until the morning light.
Whichever one of you brought up El fucking DeBarge, damn you. DAMN YOU TO HELL. It’ll be a week before I can get this crap out of my head.
Sorry Emily.
Heehee.
Alex is right, we are responsible for turning the Jacksons into world-class nut-burgers (though not me personally – I was never a fan ;-) .
Emily, you are a true gem.
I’m going to put my faith in Tito for saving us.
Let me join with Emily in cursing you for the mentioning of El DeBarge…I’m coming close to jamming an ice pick into my ear.
Um…thanks. Sorry ’bout that.
Don’t be ridiculous, Laura.
You should jam the ice pick in Dan’s ear.
Are we sure it’s Michael and not Jesse?
Thankfully, I have never heard El DeBarge, nor do I intend to.
I love the powers we’ve bestowed on a simple pop singer. OK, he has a charity. When he’s not drugging and raping little boys, he has done some good things for kids. But come on, celebrity attention has hardly ever solved jack. All the red ribbons in the world haven’t stopped the spread of AIDS and all of Bono’s efforts aren’t going to make third world nations more fiscally responsible.
Bill – don’t you bestow power on the celebrities you love?
Also, I have no problem with celebrities donating their excessive amounts of money to charities. It was just the overblown nature of the Yahoo headline … as though we all had been sitting on our asses, waiting for MJ to save the world.
If I became filthy rich, you can bet I would donate a shit-load of money to causes I found worthy.
Hahaha
Poor Dan. Ice picks comin’ at him because of EL DE BARGE
It’s cold.
And there are wolves out here.
Sheila,
Well, I do believe that Sean Connery can heal the sick and I’ve heard it said that Ewan MacGregor has the power to turn lead into gold.
Entertainment reporters in general tend to overblow things, some on Access Hollywood and the like seem to actually believe what the headlines they write.
Well, yes. Ewan can do whatever the hell he WANTS to do, as far as I’m concerned. He can turn the gold back into lead and I’d be thrilled.
Sheila, as far as I’m concerned, Ewan can turn bread into toast and I’d be in awe.
bwahahahah! True. Too true.
Mentioning Ewan McGregor and Sean Connery in the same sentence invariably make sme think of this dialogue from Trainspotting…imagine in thick Scottish accents:
RENTON: That’s it, I’m off the scag.
MOTHER SUPERIOR: Oh yeah, sure, I’ve heard that before.
RENTON: No really. I’m getting off junk. Sick Boy method.
MOTHER SUPERIOR: And look what a damn lot of good it’s done for him.
RENTON: Yes, but he’s always been lacking in moral fiber.
MOTHER SUPERIOR: Hey, he knows a lot about Sean Connery.
RENTON: I hardly think that’s an adequate substitute.
“lacking in moral fiber…” I can just hear it with Renton’s accent…
OK, I saw Trainspotting on its initial release, but I could no more quote dialogue from it than I could recite the Gettysburg Address. Pretty much everyone on the planet seems to have a better memory for that sort of thing than I do…
Bill McCabe and Mike R……you are my personal Heros.
Alex