Michael Jackson - A Tribute (not an awesome one, but the best I could come up with)

Somehow it’s hard to digest the fact that Pop music’s most erratic, crazy, wrongly accused entertainer is no more... Somehow writing about him won’t do much justice, not that I am trying to do that, but then I have always been of the belief that Michal Jackson was one helluva music composer and dancer, even though majority of the people thought he was a paedophile, a weirdo and a nut-job.

I mean, he revolutionised the music scene. What with his trademark “Red Leather Jacket”, the Moonwalk”, the moves, the grinds, the gyration, the songs... I remember watching a documentary where one woman was talking about being a teenager when Beat It released. She reminisced about how every second person in America had a red leather jacket just like the one he wore for the music video. And the dance moves, who can forget them? The pelvic thrusts, the stiff hand movements, the fast leg crossing... People still use his steps nowadays - it’s the stuff of legends...

It’s a shame that he was always targeted in the negative sense, and people chose to forget who he is and what he does... They started making judgement calls for absolutely no reason... Ok, I agree hanging your child from a balcony is extremely stupid, but then which celebrity hasn’t done asinine things?

Apparently he was coerced into singing as a child, into becoming a member of the “Jackson 5”. None of his brothers who were in the band enjoyed being in it, not one bit. I remember watching a TV show where Jackson told viewers about how he hated being in that ‘child’ band, about how their father forced them into doing it, about how he’d make them practise for hours at a stretch.. Probably all this had a psychological impact on the fellow...

But then when I sit and think about it, I hope he isn't dead and all this is a sham, a huge scandal.. It's a trifling sad he 'died' so suddenly of a heart attack, whilst speculations of skin cancer.. I just hope he isn't dead and this is all just a publicity stunt to get away from the media, from the maddening crowd and enjoy being a recluse and live happily in Neverland, forever... :)