A Tribute to The King of Pop

I was never a huge fan of Michael Jackson but somehow finding out about his death made me somewhat sad and sentimental.

It was around 2:00 a.m. of June 26, 2009 Dubai Time, when I first learned about the news. I was tuned in to RX93.1 and was also signed in on FB when I heard and read about his death. It was a real shocker! At first I refused to believe it. It's just not possible! How could it be? He's having his come-back concert tour in London in just a few weeks! It was so sudden too that one would think that it could be just a huge prank since many pranks of the like are currently spreading like wildfire in the internet. I immediately checked BBC and CNN on line. And there it was! Although unconfirmed, the news was really out and from reliable sources too. Then I could not contain my mixed emotions of grief and excitement and had to text my closest friend and share the news! I had to tell someone! Grief, because it was a sad and an unexpected bad news, and excitement because it was an undeniably big news too!

I think that this huge impact of his death on me is largely attributed to the fact that the great man and his music were a part of my growing up years. I was still back in our quiet and remote province during the Billie Jean and Thriller craze. I was young then but I already understood that he was going to be really big and famous. I remember watching this particular Billie Jean music video over and over, like a hundred times and I just loved the way the tiled floor lit up every time he gracefully stepped on a tile. To my young and uncorrupted probinsyana mind, it was amazingly impressive! Not to mention the famous moon walking too! I would always find myself glued to the TV set (thankful now that the only channel we had access to at that time, which was RPN 9, featured music videos like his) in awe every time he moon walked with such grace and ease. He was really something! He revolutionized the world's pop culture with his impeccable dance moves. He was also a trend setter in terms of clothing and hair styles. I think that in my generation, he was one, if not the biggest icon in the music industry. And I think that it will really be a long while since we all can get over the fact that he's not around anymore.

It just saddens me now to think that the King of Pop had lived a sad and scandalous life and was never able to recover from it. And apart from the many scandals that he'd been involved with, there was the demeaning reputation of being a Wacko Jacko! It's a shame that a man with such talent and brilliance had been considered by some as a joke mainly because of his appearance due to the many cosmetic surgeries he'd undergone just to change the way he looked. In my own opinion, I think that he could have remained really hot if only he had stuck to his innate looks and color!

But to his hard core fans, he will always be loved no matter what and he will live forever in their hearts. They will do anything for their Idol. Some fanatic fans, who were grief-stricken and heart broken because of his sudden death, even went the whole nine yards and took their lives just for their beloved Idol. Imagine that!

As for me, I can't deny the fact that he's made some of the most beautiful music this generation has ever heard. And I salute him for that. The man was a total performer, a genius when it comes to his music and I must say that it was indeed the best thing about him. It's just a shame that he's gone too soon, like a sunset dying with the rising of the moon.

My Fave MJ Songs:

1. Don"t Stop Till You Get Enough
2. Rock With You
3. She's Out of My Life
4. The Girl is Mine
5. Thriller
6. Beat It
7. Billie Jean
8. Human Nature
9. Bad
10. Man in The Mirror
11. I just Can't Stop Loving You
12. Smooth Criminal
13. Remember The Time
14. Heal The World
15. Black or White
16. Who Is It?
17. Will You Be There?
18. Gone Too Soon
19. Dangerous
20. They Don't Care About Us
21. You Are Not Alone
22. We Are The World
23. Ben