the moment when jacko died

[Storm_NL]

I thought it was interesting to see the way that the news from the outside world spread in the midst of a large number of people who had little or no information from the outside world being constantly pumped into their heads.

...and it gave me a chance to do a lot of that pumping myself...

To those who are throwing their hands up in the air and wailing about the insensitivity of it all... just deal with it. It's human nature.

It's also nothing more grotesque than the disproportionate amount of time and space that the gutter press are allocating to it here in the UK. There are much more important things going on in the world.

[Budweiser]

I feel sorry for his kids the most, but on the other hand people die Micheal jackson as a person was neither as great or as bad as the next person that dies. And all these poor kids that die in Africa get overlooked but micheal jacksons death upsets the vast majority of people on the planet. I know who i feel most sorry for, and thats the thousands of people that die in Africa through aids and starvation.

[Rufus Gwertigan]

why wer the majority of the people i saw laughing and joking about jacko's death when the news all came through!

death is never f**kin funny!

sick bastards

does anyone think the same?

[westy 2007]

again, i wasnt crying to this.

i was shocked and couldnt believe it, but again he was a bad man, he did some stupid things and you know what he got away with... even some bands were saying have you heard the good news!!

but his music was good.

[Juer]

I was fed up of hearing his music at the stalls and bars! Would there have been the same reaction if Gary Glitter died??

[BuriedBones]

why wer the majority of the people i saw laughing and joking about jacko's death when the news all came through!

death is never f**kin funny!

sick bastards

does anyone think the same?

[Magma]

We're British. We laugh at things that make us sad. I didn't even know the bloke (I guess you must have done to be getting offended about jokes), but he made some blimmin great tunes.

[Magma]

It is interesting how he was never actually ever found guilty of paedophilia, yet everyone assumes he was guilty all along. It seemed to me like he was a very misguided and foolish person who allowed himself to get in compromising positions which people then took advantage of to try and make money.... the first case didn't go to trial (pay offs aren't good PR, but I expect it was slightly panicked) and the second one he was found Not Guilty.... whoever thought Glastonbury goers wouldn't respect "Innocent until proven guilty".... there are some nasty people out there.

[Storm_NL]

I was fed up of hearing his music at the stalls and bars! Would there have been the same reaction if Gary Glitter died??

[LusciousLucy]

After the third stall on my way for a cup of tea to be playing his music, I was already grumbling and p!ssed off. Fortunately, the worst offenders had given up the gig by the evening.

I was thankful for the fact that I wasn't back in "civilisation" and thus would have been assaulted by constant tributes and continual play on radio and tv all weekend...

[Magma]

I danced for about 40 minutes to back to back Jackson classics at one of the bars in The Park when we found out. It was one of the best bits of the festival! Unashamed pop rinseout!

[HurrahBrother]

My first reaction on hearing of his death was "good career move" (see here for more on that comment) shortly followed by (considering health problems effecting rehearsals etc) "If id didn't want to do 50 gigs, he could have just told someone!"

One generation has Elvis and John Lennon, another Cobain, this one has Jacko :angry:

[MarkDavis]

ha, i think EVERYONE was in East 17, well the majority, everyone came out and it was just like chinese whispers but louder. it was wierd, and sad to be true :angry:

R.I.P - Always will be the King Of Pop.

[CrispyRed]

I can remember being 15 yrs old and on holiday with my parents when the news broke that Elvis had died. My parents were never into rock'n'roll and my experience of Elvis was seeing a fat bloke on TV now and again and a string of uninteresting singles in the 1970s, so I really didn't give a shit. I was more into Elvis Costello and the new wave scene anyway so it wasn't until I was older that I realised how important Elvis Presley had been in the evolution of popular music, so to speak.

I feel many youngsters (and by no means all) may have the same feelings about MJ. In a business where you are only as good as your last album he hadn't released any new stuff for 8 years and arguably hadn't released a significant album for many more years since. Furthermore this decade has been blotted with allegations of his private life, excessive spending habits, comical facelifts and some other pretty outrgageous general behaviour (swining babies out of windows indeed).

Perhaps in years to come some of the youngsters who were cheering and poking fun admidst the free spirited and don't-give-a-damn-I'm-at-Glastonbury ambience that is our favourite festival will appreciate MJ's contribution in taking black music that one step further into mainstream culture. It's easy to forget as we now have Obama that MTV did not play videos by black artists until Billie Jean.

I personally feel it was a sad day as a musical legend had passed away. However, I know if I was 15 and at Glastonbury I would have been laughing it off with my mates.

[Chimps in Balaclavas]

It is interesting how he was never actually ever found guilty of paedophilia, yet everyone assumes he was guilty all along. It seemed to me like he was a very misguided and foolish person who allowed himself to get in compromising positions which people then took advantage of to try and make money.... the first case didn't go to trial (pay offs aren't good PR, but I expect it was slightly panicked) and the second one he was found Not Guilty.... whoever thought Glastonbury goers wouldn't respect "Innocent until proven guilty".... there are some nasty people out there.

[sh4rpie]

all those saying jacko was a pedo may be right, but he was never convicted.... no like ol' gary glitter.

so, innocent til proven guilty in my books.

its easy to criticise but difficult to create... the man gave us thriller, bad, smooth criminal (the list is huge) many people here grew up to his soundtrack. He was a musical genius and will inspire for the rest of time!

but.... i was looking forward to see what he could pull out of the bag for his final tour.... how he would look when he was an old man ....... if he could create something as huge as dangerous, thriller and bad again?

guess thats how legends go?

EDIT: i think the jokes are fun though and very british

Edited June 30, 2009 by sh4rpie

[Jutt69]

It is interesting how he was never actually ever found guilty of paedophilia, yet everyone assumes he was guilty all along. It seemed to me like he was a very misguided and foolish person who allowed himself to get in compromising positions which people then took advantage of to try and make money.... the first case didn't go to trial (pay offs aren't good PR, but I expect it was slightly panicked) and the second one he was found Not Guilty.... whoever thought Glastonbury goers wouldn't respect "Innocent until proven guilty".... there are some nasty people out there.

[VCK]

People have dark senses of humour. I doubt most of the people making the jokes were genuinely heartless (no pun intended! :angry: ) bastards who get off on famous people dying and I don't think they'd want the death of someone, yes very influential on modern culture but, they've never met bringing their festival down.

[abu hamster]

Anyone for a Jesus Juice.

weirdo!

[Magma]

Innocent until proven guilty loaded

I really think the parents that took money instead of seeing him off to prison are cnuts just like him.

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

[alframsey]

I was dancing away in the Jazz field with a couple of pints of Strawberry Pear in my hands, then some bird tapped me on the leg and told me. I then spent the rest of the night with these people (very nice I might add). I must say, I understand its a big loss, and I understand we have lost a musical legend, but while I wouldn't wish death on anyone, I don't seem to have the same feeling of immense sadness as some do.

[Jutt69]

Well, we'll never know, but the only one to make it to court came out Not Guilty.

The company I work for just paid someone £10k so that he didn't get a union involved about his dismissal. The only thing the company did wrong was not fill in a couple of forms (we're a consultancy - he's not had a paying contract in 2 years) before they made him redundant, so he threatened to get the ombudsman in. Sometimes it's a lot cheaper/less hassle to settle than to go to court whether you're guilty or not.

But yeah, we'll never know, will we? He's almost certainly not a danger to your kids now, anyway. You can probably stop worrying about it so much. I'm sure the Daily Mail will find someone else for you to hate soon enough.

[eFestivals]

best t-shirt I saw all weekend.....

On the front it said:-

"Michael Jackson

A Musical Genius

But What A c**t"

And on the back it said:-

"And....

How Come All His Kids Are White?"

[eFestivals]

But true we will never know just what MJ did to children, 'cos he had enough money and influence to keep it from coming out.

I wouldn't bet on it staying hidden. Now he's dead, chances are that the money he paid out to buy people's silence can't buy that silence any longer.

[rustybutcher]

The best one i heard was ....

What is the difference between Michael Jackson and Alex Ferguson?

Alex Ferguson knows he has giggs next year

Anyway, it is a shame that he is dead, I was looking forward to those shows at the 02. What a legend. Beat It is a hell of a tune.