Lalo Alcaraz for June 26, 2009

Perhaps the Thumper rule should apply here (“If you can’t say something nice… don’t say nothing at all. “)

PlainBill

It’s probably age, but I always found his performances (and of those who have followed him) incomprehensible. A singer sings, and should be judged by the quality of his singing. Wearing bizarre costumes and gyrating wildly about the stage never seemed to enhance the experience for me.

In other professions, would someone want a mediocre surgeon who also plays the violin while operating? Or a so-so dentist who tap dances while filling cavities?

Bill – Think Elvis, Marilyn, James Dean. People that weren’t really all that great in their own right, but were cutting edge and made an indelible impact on the world. If you were coming up in the eighties, your view would most likely be different.

I’m not much of a pop fan, but Jacko made a huge impact on the world of music and a much younger me :)

Excellent point Senor. But that only matters if Jesus is the Son of God. And if you believed Jesus is the Son of God you would believe the other things written about and through Him. And if that is the case you would be skeptical and fearful of MJ’s final destination. Or, alternatively, you are a mean -spirited and dishonest person.

Of course not, that was hypothetical… :^D

That guy was weird, and yet one of the best entertainers in history.

IMHO (this is not a PhD’s point if view, I’m not a PhD…yet), Jackson’s personnality had something of a pedophile. He grew under the spotlight, surrounded by people that made him an amazing entertainer, but failed to make him a human being, well, if they ever tried, it is.

The guy never had a childhood, no teen age. How could he be a normal person, facing troubles and good times, loves and heartbreaks that build human beings? He took pride in “never groing up” so maybe in his mind, him sleeping with kids is not an adult sleeping with a kid, but a kid sleeping with another kid.

The law is the law, though.

He kinda reminded me of the character Tingle from the Legend of Zelda game series. Tingle is a man of 35 who walks around in green, wishing to become a fairy.

Yes, but he had money…

Those three names are distinctive not in their contribution to their crafts, but because of their ability to monopolize public interest. Marilyn and James Dean were lame actors with substandard movies to their credit. Elvis distilled Black R&B culture and music into a saleable product to white folks; all his contributions except mass appeal can be attributed to others. (I’m not saying he wasn’t talented, though).

Real Art hasn’t changed much in the last 100 years…Watch a John Ford western and compare it to the “politically and socially sensitive” bleeep they call “movies” nowadays. Look at turn of the century (20th) Jazz and compare it to the contemporary Pop of the time and current Pop. Really good Rock and Pop from the last century built on well established forms and merely added electric instruments. Don’t believe the hype, that’s how they sell records.

I’ve found generalizations about art usually come from the artists themselves; since by definition nowadays, they usually lack strong verbal and writing skills as a rule.

He was a musical phenomenon, that doesn’t change the fact that he liked kids the way he shouldn’t. He liked kids in a way he shouldn’t have, that doesn’T change the fact that he was a musical phenomenon.

And maybe in 70 yeard people will still listen to Michael Jackson, we’re just not 70 years from now yet, so we can’t tell.

I refuse to join in in your immature banter.

The long live king has finally passed on but the ledend of Micheal Jackson Live on

Is that compassionate conservatism?

Let’s move on to something else. This topic is worn out.