Neil Armstrong did it first... but it took a real soul brother to walk the moon right!
Thriller!
He wasn't the best. He is the best. He's still the best. He died the best. We have all of his albums, but the records are his to keep! The body is gone, but I think people have been saying that for years. Regardless, the Legend is born and the Legend will likely continue to touch more people than the body ever did (allegations included).
You know he's Bad!
Everyone knows what has happened. Everyone always knows what happened to MJ, right?
When Michael Jackson was a young kid he entertained the world. For as long has he can probably remember he was on stage, for us. I know this the same way most people know this, I heard about on TV. I watched old videos, the Michael Jackson biopics, the commercials before his aired concerts. I was his greatest fan. We all were. In real life though, I only knew Micheal Jackson from what I saw on TV. We all did.
Billy Jean was not his Lover!
The difference between me and the MJ haters is, I had the compassion to remember that he was still a person, not made just for us. A lot of people along the way forgot this. They thought they knew him. They thought they knew what happened with those boys in the bed, and why he dangled his baby, and why he owned a ranch. I've had my own theories too. But now, just as then, those theories don't really matter anymore. It's sad that some people can sing Billy Jean at night, then wake up the next morning to crucify him from their sofa. But that doesn't matter anymore. You can't catch him now, he's gone. I breathe a little bit of fresh air knowing that the end happened at home, away from the cameras that followed him his whole life. I'm very sad he didn't get to have his farewell tour. In truth I think he knew his time was coming. For the last few years, I don't think many people would have said he looks healthy. But that doesn't matter anymore.
Heal The World!
Now I think we should all reflect on all the good he has done for this world. Even if you already were his greatest fan, you owe him that. From the beginning to the end he put on his face and told us, "I love you all." Even in the last days, he told the people he was okay.
Man in the mirror!
Let's understand something, whether he wanted to or not, Michael Jackson didn't have to live by our standards, or rules, or norms. We told him he did. He was scared to let us down with diseased skin, so he changed it all, over and over again. He spent most of his formative years trying not to let us down. But that's not enough for everyone. I just watched a CNN anchor take one last poke at the 'disturbed nature' of his 'other' persona. I don't think he was disturbed, I think he woke up one morning and remembered he was free. Free to do whatever he wanted. He was rich, powerful, a citizen of the world, famous, loved, hated, a true iconoclast. Some people thought he was weird, but a lot of people just hated that he could afford to be! Let's be honest, (in fact, let's hope!) if the world had more multi-billionaires, the world would have more Never Never Lands. Mine would've had a soccer field, though.
Thanks, Michael! For the music and the love. I won't be sad that you're gone, I know it's human nature. To me it never mattered if you were black or white. They both rocked my world.