Michael Jackson & Farrah Fawcett are dead

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vlferrantello		#21	[-]
Posts: 1092 (Jun 26, 2009 8:16 PM) Member of the Board Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	He was one of the most extraordinarly gifted entertainers we have seen in the past 50 years.....but he had no childhood at all.....and it left him incredibly scarred. I find it sad that his life was so tortured.....his obvious need to change his appearance was just sad. Hearing all his songs today and seeing the videos reminded me of just how damn good a songwriter, a lyricst, and a dancer he was.... We make a living by what we get, We make a life by what we give. - Sir Winston Churchill
lindylulu		#22	[-]
Posts: 8380 (Jun 26, 2009 8:35 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	It's so sad. I watched a few of his old music vids on YouTube. Truly the King of Pop.
desicrowefan	jmo as well...	#23	[-]
Posts: 1670 (Jun 26, 2009 8:38 PM) Pro-Peace Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Was MJ a messed up person? Imo, without a doubt. But, I don't believe he was a sexual deviant who got off of the kids. Still inappropriate, yes - but more about wanting to live in that Neverland state, always a child. I'm not sure how to explain it. He just had such a childlike way of talking - I caught some of the clips of an Ed Bradley interview - eerie, to say the least. I understand the drug issue since he has been to rehab before & given the nature of his life in the past few years/post criminal/legal issues, it isn't too hard to fathom he may have had problems w/ drugs. I can't say I feel angry, though I def. get what the other posters are saying. I wonder how it would be if he had some normalcy in his life - somewhere, anywhere, what difference that would have made. That's not to say I excuse his behavior based on his having a crappy childhood or whathave you, but I think it def. factors in. Regardless, he was indeed quite gifting in his arts and there are so many entertainers who wouldn't be what they are today if not for MJ. Overall, I think its more about the shock to me...then again, I kinda can't think of him having lived to an old age, if that makes any sense.
heatmiserfl		#24	[-]
Posts: 3305 (Jun 27, 2009 6:57 AM) Lurker - F*CK YEAH! Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	OK, Karen, I can see some people saying he was better than Elvis but who says he was better than the Beatles? I will bitch-slap them! No one was better than the Beatles. Maybe Dylan. No, not even Dylan. No one! NO ONE!!!! "I used my Obama tax cut to buy tea bags for the protest against increased taxes." By KarenT. (won Huffington Post caption contest for captioning photo of a tea party protester)
lindylulu		#25	[-]
Posts: 8381 (Jun 27, 2009 8:38 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I watched The Way You Make Me Feel, which was a video from 1987. It is a bit of a tribute to West Side Story and truly a Michael Jackson gift. I cannot compare Michael Jackson to The Beatles because their music was so different. Comparing Michael to Madonna is easier - he had a lot of talent compared to her.
Mimmilina		#26	[-]
Posts: 9779 (Jun 27, 2009 9:27 AM) Ridley's Crusader Deckard's Unicorn Alpert's Other The World Is Changed Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I liked this article on Jackson from the LA Times blogs. It's by Robert Hilburn who knew Michael from when he was a child. My feelings: the Jackson I feel sorry for died a long time ago. He just became such a sad, strange and weird character with all the plastic surgery, crazy lifestyle and the whole "I sleep in the same bed as little boys!" stuff. (And let me say this: I believe he molested some boys. Take any other grown man and put him in the stories about MJ with boys and everyone would KNOW he was a child molester. Did he have "evil intent"? Probably not, because he was so screwed up himself.) I was never a big fan, but he had some amazing tunes and was a really good dancer obviously. Not that surprised at his death. He's looked sick for a looooong time. May Heaven grant you in all things your heart's desire. And really great eyelashes.
toadfroggy		#27	[-]
Posts: 5053 (Jun 27, 2009 10:30 AM) Resident Amphibian Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	As far as comparisons go I think his performance of "Billie Jean" on the Motown 25 special was the single greatest live performance ever on television. I remember watching it at the time with my mouth agape in astonishment. It's the loss of that MJ that makes me sad. Here'a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VASYhabHkM Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. Groucho Marx
hando49		#28	[-]
Posts: 5990 (Jun 27, 2009 10:42 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Huh? Endangering a child's life wasn't abuse?? Whatever.... not enough to press charges but.......it was an awful thing to do......�� says here when he died, he weighed only 125 pounds, definitely anorexic By LACHLAN CARTWRIGHT and TORI RICHARDS in Los Angeles and LUKAS I. ALPERT in New York Click to enlarge http://images.sodahead.co...dget/footerGradient.gif) #fff repeat-x center bottom; HEIGHT: 13px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #e6e6e6 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #e6e6e6 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=widgetFooter>Michael Jackson Poll View Results Last updated: 7:13 am June 27, 2009 Posted: 7:07 am June 27, 2009 He was the king of popping pills. Michael Jackson was taking a dangerous cocktail of powerful prescription drugs -- including several highly addictive narcotics -- in the months before his death from cardiac arrest, sources said yesterday. HE'S TREATED AS A GOD AT APOLLO 3 KIDS FACING CUSTODY WAR ONGOING MICHAEL JACKSON COVERAGE PHOTOS: MICHAEL JACKSON DIES In addition to the mind-bending painkiller Demerol that the "King of Pop" took three times a day, he also took 3 milligrams of the overwhelming narcotic Dilaudid as well as Vicodin daily. To add to the reality-altering effect of Demerol, Jackson also took a drug called Vistaril, which amplifies the narcotics' effect, experts say. Rounding out the staggering pharmacopia, Jackson scarfed down the muscle relaxant Soma, antidepressants Zoloft and Paxil, anti-anxiety drug Xanax and the heartburn medication Prilosec on a daily basis, a source close to the Jackson family told the British paper The Sun. The source said the 5-foot-10 Jackson weighed just 125 pounds when he died at age 50 and was eating just one meal a day. The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office said yesterday an autopsy on Jackson was so far inconclusive, and determining the cause of death would require as many as six more weeks. But spokesman Craig Harvey said: "There was no indication of any external trauma or any indication of foul play." Other sources said the pop icon suffered a heart attack. According to Radar Online, on June 16 Jackson complained to a friend of chest pains. The Web site also said a team of doctors had been treating him for weeks. VIEW FULL ARTICLE�>PAGE 1�2�3�CONTINUE READING�> "The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh." Samuel Beckett Last Edited By: hando49 Jun 27, 2009 10:45 AM. Edited 1 times.
Mimmilina		#29	[-]
Posts: 9780 (Jun 27, 2009 10:44 AM) Ridley's Crusader Deckard's Unicorn Alpert's Other The World Is Changed Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	TF, he's brilliant there. And so good-looking. So sad that he felt the need to ruin his face the way he did. May Heaven grant you in all things your heart's desire. And really great eyelashes.
hando49		#30	[-]
Posts: 5991 (Jun 27, 2009 10:47 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I thought that performance was riveting.....I could not take my eyes off him. Even if you didn't like him personally, or didn't care for his music, it is the death of a true icon "The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh." Samuel Beckett
SweetJulls		#31	[-]
Posts: 3713 (Jun 27, 2009 3:30 PM) Perch Pro Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Don't get me wrong, I'm definitely not saying there weren't a plethora of perscriptions likely involved in some fashion in his passing...but it would have been nice for the 24 hour news cycle to let the body get cold before starting the speculation and the smarmy stuff. That's all I'm saying. It's distasteful as hell - they did the same thing to Heath Ledger, and it turned my stomach. The bad stuff is likely to come down soon enough once the toxicology reports are done, they could have afforded him 24 hours before jump starting the smear campaign. The MJ I admired died a long time ago...amazingly talented? You bet. Amazingly troubled? Most definitely. He never had a childhood, which is why I think he so desperately clung to that Peter Pan aspect of his life...and yet, living in that bubble is probably what cost him everything ultimately, as he had no adult coping mechanisms or parameters. Nor clearly any idea how to function normally in an adult world...and that was never more shockingly on display than when he was facing molestation charges. I honestly believe he never understood what he was saying/doing was seen as wrong as an adult, because he never thought of himself as an adult. Ultimately it will be interesting to see how his children are going to cope. "If the Republicans will stop telling lies about us, we'll stop telling the truth about them." ~ Adlai Stevenson
lindylulu	Different video	#32	[-]
Posts: 8383 (Jun 27, 2009 5:00 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	This one from 2001 is new to me - Michael Jackson and Britney Spears singing The Way You Make Me Feel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOG8lwvVSmo&feature=related Britney was about 19 in this video. Last Edited By: lindylulu Jun 27, 2009 5:02 PM. Edited 1 times.
heatmiserfl		#33	[-]
Posts: 3308 (Jun 27, 2009 5:47 PM) Lurker - F*CK YEAH! Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Putting Britany Spears on stage with Jackson only emphasizes Spears' mediocrity. She did have nice legs back then though. "I used my Obama tax cut to buy tea bags for the protest against increased taxes." By KarenT. (won Huffington Post caption contest for captioning photo of a tea party protester)
8bestfriends		#34	[-]
Posts: 7211 (Jun 27, 2009 7:28 PM) Perch Eminence Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	There will be a special tribute to Michael Jackson next Monday (June 29th) evening at 8:00 by the American Idol top thirteen finalists. ETA I think it's just the Encore from their MJ week, when Adam sang "Black and White". Last Edited By: 8bestfriends Jun 27, 2009 7:53 PM. Edited 1 times.
nosyone		#35	[-]
Posts: 6381 (Jun 27, 2009 11:28 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Mimmi, your post #26 sums up exactly what I think/feel... A day without laughter is a day wasted. ~ Charlie Chaplin
HarleyWoman91		#36	[-]
Posts: 10231 (Jun 28, 2009 10:37 AM) Have You Saved Your Crowe Today? Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	CNN's coverage of the aftermath borders on self-parody. (I made the mistake of tuning in for a few minutes last night.) They've got nothing to report so they resorted to describing the SUV's with dark windows that may or may not have contained his relatives. And "interviewing" an 8 year old alleged fan about her favorite MJ songs. Idiotic.
Evany2		#37	[-]
Posts: 1462 (Jun 28, 2009 11:22 AM) Perch Eminence Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I believe he molested some boys. Take any other grown man and put him in the stories about MJ with boys and everyone would KNOW he was a child molester. Did he have "evil intent"? Probably not, because he was so screwed up himself. I agree. I believe that he was a pedophile who used his fame to prey on children. After paying 23 million to settle an alleged case of child sexual abuse, that he claimed was a false allegation based on the greed of the child's family, a non-pedophile would have stayed as far away as possible from any situation that could possible be misconstrued. What does Jackson do? Well, by his own admission he sleeps with young boys. That's what pedophiles do. They can't control themselves. I suspect that the pedophilia is, at least in part, the reason for so much of his fairly obvious self-loathing. He was sick and derranged. That's what pedophiles are, sick and derranged people who can't control their sexual attraction to children. Most pedophile don't have an evil intent. They think they're showing love to children. No doubt that Jackson's life was tragic but I think he's also responsible for causing tragedy in the lives of the children he abused. In the circumstances, I think alot of this media "mourning" is way over the top. IMO, the fact that he was perhaps a musical genius, (his music wasn't to my taste but I can see why some admired it), isn't enough to outshine his sickness Very sad on all counts.
lindylulu	some different Jacksons videos from 1970s TV shows	#38	[-]
Posts: 8385 (Jun 28, 2009 11:36 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W62an6HrSww http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fynKMWnzKeY&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSqo17o2a1w&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sRfqvwgimU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uXlsf3tvNo&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eppLgX87v7Y&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYVT3Gg_rek http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4VCUbL7jsc&feature=related
HarleyWoman91		#39	[-]
Posts: 10232 (Jun 28, 2009 11:38 AM) Have You Saved Your Crowe Today? Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Regardless that at this particular time it's Michael Jackson's death, media death coverage is always over the top; overdone regardless of who the celeb might be & mostly out of all proportion to what the individual's accomplishments might have been. (Anna Nicole Smith comes to mind as a prime example.) The more potential sleaze involved the better the infotainment value for hours on end.
lindylulu		#40	[-]
Posts: 8386 (Jun 28, 2009 12:01 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Exactly - the media loves outrage, sleaze or crime-infused stories. Look at the case of Caylee Anthony, or now the Gosselins. Their stories are everywhere, on TV and all the rags. And what's with the American Idol show and the outrage about one person not winning? Everything needs to be an outrage, that's how they sell their papers or advertising.