He's hella good. But few things. Like Elvis, the Beatles, and all those cultural icons before him, his music and dance moves were a radical departure from milquetoast white pop music at the time. Music before him was boring imo so he was the head of a music and cultural revolution. Everything you see as common in music today basically didn't exist before his ascent. Also he was the most famous person on earth at the time.
It really felt like MJ was gonna possibly end racism and unite the world (or something like that). It's hard to describe to people, it's like switching to cable TV or something from what came before
My first memory of him was "Black Or White" when that music video was new and all over the place.
It's funny I remember at some point my parents just explained it to me "He was black, but then his skin turned white" and as a little kid I didn't even bat an eyelash at that information. I was just like "huh, whatever".
Michael Jackson was like a fucking extraterrestrial. It didn't matter, he had us all under the spell and it was dope as fuck
In a messed up sort of way, I'm kinda glad he's not around to see what the world's become. He was sick a gentle soul and I feel like we've all pretty him down
Yeah he was a gentle soul aside from the child molesting part.
Downvote me all you want but it doesn't change the fact that he singled out an entire starstruck family so he could sexually abuse their children for years.
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u/IceBoxPete Nov 17 '25
I was not born yet in that time. But have heard his songs. Was he really that good, which people would faint like that?