Croce, Holly, Stevie Ray Vaughan…

Jeff from WI on July 9, 2009 at 9:44 AM

CNN and the chattering heads need something to cover. If it isn’t a celebrity death, it might be a missing blond girl or a car chase. They aren’t much of an index of what’s important.

MJ’s work will rise and fall over time on it’s own, increasingly less affected by hype or scandal in the decades to come. I’m not convinced the music will endure as vital to future generations–though maybe the Jackson 5 stuff more than the rest.

dedalus on July 9, 2009 at 10:29 AM

As time goes by, future generation will shake their head and wonder what all the fuss was about.

Jeff from WI on July 9, 2009 at 9:44 AM

CNN and the chattering heads need something to cover. If it isn’t a celebrity death, it might be a missing blond girl or a car chase. They aren’t much of an index of what’s important.

MJ’s work will rise and fall over time on it’s own, increasingly less affected by hype or scandal in the decades to come. I’m not convinced the music will endure as vital to future generations–though maybe the Jackson 5 stuff more than the rest.

Agreed on moving on, though we’d probably agree it was time to move past the train wreck of MJ’s life more than a decade ago.

MJ did have songwriting credits on many of his songs from “Off the Wall” onward–Billy Jean, Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough, Bad, Beat It, etc.

dedalus on July 9, 2009 at 8:21 AM

I’ll tell you what. I won’t bring up his hobby with little children, if no one else brings him up as a great person deserving our time or devotion. In other words, bury him, his songs, his name, all of him.

Jackson was a showman, not a musician. He could sing and dance, but I don’t think he played any instruments. If he was a composer, I didn’t find any listing of compositions on the internet, so his composer credentials are questionable, IMHO. Whatever he was, he made his mark in the music world. Now, it’s time to move on.

BottomLine5 on July 9, 2009 at 7:25 AM

Agreed on moving on, though we’d probably agree it was time to move past the train wreck of MJ’s life more than a decade ago.

MJ did have songwriting credits on many of his songs from “Off the Wall” onward–Billy Jean, Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough, Bad, Beat It, etc.

Jackson was a showman, not a musician. He could sing and dance, but I don’t think he played any instruments. If he was a composer, I didn’t find any listing of compositions on the internet, so his composer credentials are questionable, IMHO. Whatever he was, he made his mark in the music world. Now, it’s time to move on.

BottomLine5 on July 9, 2009 at 7:25 AM

I agree with moving on

His music was “white bread” smothered with mayonnaise, no meat or cheese. ZZZZZZZZZZ!

Bill Blizzard on July 8, 2009 at 10:54 PM

Quite true, but considering the absolute garbage that is a big chunk of the music that’s popular today, white bread and mayo is looking better every day.

Where were you?

LOL..going back to corner

Jeff from WI on July 8, 2009 at 10:45 AM

And this time don’t come out ’til Laura say you can.

haha…serious.

Jeff from WI on July 8, 2009 at 6:48 AM

What the hell kinda CD player is that?!

hehe

LOL!

No dessert for you tonight, buster.

Laura in Maryland on July 8, 2009 at 1:04 PM

LOL

A friend told me about this place. I’ve always wanted to go. I wonder if his widow still ownes it?

She sure does Dana. When you go, ask for a table upstairs, you will find original song notes on many of his hits framed on the walls, pretty cool. Some good bands from time to time as well. But go around the corner to “Patricks II” Best Blues and down home rock and roll in town. Love that place.

(Sticking tongue out at Laura when she’s not looking)

Jeff from WI on July 8, 2009 at 10:26 AM

LOL!

No dessert for you tonight, buster.

Michael Jackson always hid his kids from view, so their full exposure on public display was startling.

Beto Ochoa on July 8, 2009 at 12:50 PM

Corner, NOW!

Loved Jim Croce, and his untimely death I still remember to this day. But, and I say this not trying to minimise Croce’s death, I was more “busted up” when Stevie Ray Vaughn died than Croce.

Stevie was “teh shizzil”.

44Magnum on July 8, 2009 at 10:34 AM

Yeah, with some performers (to me especially Vaughan) you had the sense that there was much much left undone by their early deaths. Very different than MJ.

Heck, let’s give Mussolini his due — after all, he made the trains run on time. And a moment of silence, please, for Goebbels — a master of the persuasive arts! Hitler himself had an extraordinary gift for oratory — hurray!

I don’t admire people for their talent. I admire them for what they do with what they’re given. That’s why I admire the Special Olympic swimmer more than Michael “bong hit” Phelps.

RegularJoe on July 8, 2009 at 10:09 AM

MJ might have died 15 years ago and left people with his music and a sense of grief that the creativity which inspired his music was also embodied in his personal life.

Performers excel at one skill while frequently the adulation can mess with their personal lives. Sinatra and Elvis led less than stellar lives. If Michael Phelps parties too much, then he shouldn’t be a role model–unless you are studying his technique in the pool and want to swim faster.

With MJ gone a lot of people will remember the music and forget the man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArSBi7An3Jk

He sure beats the hell out of the Glove’d One.