RIP Michael Jackson
Jun. 25th, 2009 07:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gonzaiI was just leaving a store and got into the car, and WTMD is playing 'Beat It'. For a moment I was amused, then - uh oh. They were playing it because they'd just gotten the news.
When Thriller was released, I was 12. For whatever reason, though, I was immune to it. I've always liked 'Beat It', but that's it. Never cared for anything else by Jackson, and I've never owned a copy of Thriller. But video-wise, that was where Jackson was the king. Always watched the video, half the time with the sound off, but watched the video. I wound up pretty sick of MJ even without listening to the album, but for better or worse, he was an inescapable part of life in the early 80's.
When Thriller was released, I was 12. For whatever reason, though, I was immune to it. I've always liked 'Beat It', but that's it. Never cared for anything else by Jackson, and I've never owned a copy of Thriller. But video-wise, that was where Jackson was the king. Always watched the video, half the time with the sound off, but watched the video. I wound up pretty sick of MJ even without listening to the album, but for better or worse, he was an inescapable part of life in the early 80's.
