Friday, 26 June 2009
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not a tribute blog (or, "long live the king")
my husband called yesterday and said when they had heard the news about michael jackson's death, one of the other sailors he's in submarine school with said, "why is everyone talking about it so much? he wasn't that big of a deal."
husband gave him something like the above look and said, "how old are you??"
the poor dumb kid was 18 or 19. the problem for him is that he only remembers the crazy michael. michael jackson the joke. the winner of poorest parent EVER award who named a kid "blanket" or something and then dangled him over a balcony. michael of the ambigious race (and even MORE vague facial structure).
to the rest of us, who remember mj when he was cute, black, and a good (ok, great) singer, it's almost shocking. michael who crooned "billie jean" and "beat it", created the most widely sold album in histroy, and introduced us to a dance we're still trying to copy in our bedrooms (it's ok, i admitted it and you can too). that's the michael our generation lost and is probably the one we'll all choose to remember.
disclaimer: i could not tell you the lyrics to any one complete michael jackson song. i'm not his greatest fan. i don't own any of his albums (though i might be picking up "thriller" in the next few days). i don't have any single songs of his on a mixed tape or cd. but even i know the king of pop just died.
crazy.
cheers!
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Something similar happened to my husband earlier in the week. He was in a class of about 30 people and the instructor announced that Ed McMahon had passed away. Out of 30 people, he was the ONLY one who even KNEW who Ed McMahon was. Yeah, crazy!!! It's funny how a mere 5-6 years can change a person's perspective.
@Morningstarrising - kids these days......haha. my husband is constantly, um- surprised, shall we say?- over the difference between him and these 18-19 year old boy sailors.
by the by, is your husband still in CT? because my husband just moved there and i'm set to join him in the next couple of weeks. just curious.
:)
@follow_home - Yep, we moved to CT in April. Matt isn't schedule to graduate until October or November, so we'll still be here until at least then. :)
I am also very amazed at the difference in age... heck, even between those who are 21,22 and my husband and I's age (26+). Funny. :)
More like "R.I.P. the king," perhaps? I'm sorry but I also feel nothing about his death. Great singer/performer, sure. But when I grew up, we did not listen to MJ. My parents were really strict about our music--it was Christian or classical, I recall. We were a very musical family, though, believe it or not. Always singing in church and related events. I love music, but Michael Jackson I honestly can say I could take him or leave him.
P.S. I'm 21.
@EmceeSquared - the point with "long live the king" was that most people who grew up listening to him will probably choose to remember him as an artist and the king of pop and not as the joke he eventually became. to them that's what his memory will live on as, i suppose. i personally feel nothing about his death, really (except that it's at the same time really weird and totally predictable), either.... like i said, i couldn't tell you the lyrics to any one of his songs and i didn't listen to him much growing up, but he still affected our culture. i guess that's what i was trying to say.
why does it never feel like you're 4 entire years younger than me?!? haha.
love!
:)