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The saddest thing is actually when we look back on the life he had. No life at all that you would wish upon anyone. I mean, from childhood on he was forced into a role of star, always in the spotlights, never having a bit of time for a normal childhood. Throughout his life he was always followed by media in every step he took, he hardly had any time to breathe if you know what I mean. Then came the ill health, the courtcases (which, until proof of sexual abuse is given, IMO should be classified as shameless attempts to cash in on someone's wealth and success) ... He was never left alone and the world always forced him into a life few would cope with. If the rumours are true that he was given overdosage of meds to prepare him for the concert series in London, then we can say he died in the same way as he was lived: people trying to cash in on his stardom, even neglecting his wellbeing as long as they could present him as a star and cash in on that. Michael Jackson lived a life in which he was never left alone, I wouldn't wish that upon anyone.

I hope the world will remember his music and not remember him for anything that happened off stage. RIP.



PS: the same day as Farrah and MJ, Belgian TV host and singer Yasmine died. She committed suicide at age 37 by hanging herself from a tree. Due to the language barrier (her songs were all in Dutch, some were her own compositions and she also did a set of covers of Leonard Cohen in Dutch) she may not be very well known abroad, in Belgium she was a popular TV host and singer and a very prominant face within the lesbian community. Since her wife left her last year she sunk into depression and eventually took her own life. Ironically one of her best songs is called "Dromen van het Leven" (= Dreaming about Life). A few hours later the death of Michael Jackson reached the news ... It was a very odd and sad day.


PS II: like Lore, I find the pedosexual accusations hard to believe. He came across as a bit naive to me (you don't say in the media that you shared a bed with children, even when you didn't do anything remotely physical you know it will be abused by some when you say such things) but he never came across to me as someone who would be capable to hurt anyone. Some of his close friends said that he would just invite children to watch Disney films etc together, or go to a playground, but nothing remotely physical. It is impossible to say which sources are really reliable, but intuition-wise I would believe more that it was indeed very innocent and nothing remotely sexual. I believe as well that one of the boys who accused him (not sure if it was the one from Dev's article or not) described Jackson's naked body, after which it was revealed the description was not even remotely correct. I hope his music will be remembered while those accusations that never were close to being proven hopefully will be forgotten soon.

I am not sure if it was the same boy we talk about (as several such cases existed) but one went in very lengthy details about Jackson's body, details going as far as he would be circumcised. This appeared to be false, very easy to uncover such a grotesque lie. There were probably more such details that were all very clearly false, although I cannot recall them all and some were a bit too gross to discuss anyway. Point is, a lot of the declarations were proven to be lies, and even without that this doesn't come across like a man who would go through great lengths to have sexual interactions with children. If anything he came across as someone who emotionally was still a bit of a child, probably the direct result of never having had the chance of a normal youth. A real pedosexual would not openly admit sleeping with kids and saying it's nothing unnormal, he would try to hide it. Jackson just sounded very sincere when he said all he wanted to do is offer kids a pleasant time with an amusement park, games, films etc and that there was nothing remotely physical about it.

Bringing on the environmental effords and other work for the good cause (he made a lot of sincere anti-racist statements as well), IMO "Earth Song" is the best song of all his releases that made the charts. Sure, songs like Smooth Criminal, Bad, Thriller etc were all renewing in their own way, but Earth Song sounded melancholic and sad and sounded like a very sincere cry for help. In my opinion that song is a masterpiece, pity that people seem to mainly remember the more danceable work. Stranger in Moscow is another one of those often neglected great songs he did.




I do wish, as a slight offtopic, talk about Yasmine as well. I realise she is not famous outside of my native Belgium, but within Belgium she was a very popular face and she did groundbreaking work for the gay and lesbian society (she was one of the first performers in Belgium to out as lesbian, one of the first to marry under the newly legalised same sex marriages, ... she did a lot of work for the emancipation of the LGBT community). This is that one song I mentioned: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNF7aHr5Csk

The lyrics roughly translated:

"You learnt me,
Sometimes the most beautiful moment is be together in silence
Tomorrow you are gone, the world won't stand still
But I will remember you for what you said
Dreaming about life, there's so much to experience, the time flies by so fastly
Dreaming about life, come on and dream along with me...
Now and then take the time to give away, you're not living alone?
Dream and don't neglect to live"

(not literally translated, that would be impossible without sounding somewhat forced)

It is odd to hear this song from someone who just took her own life.