or saw a Michael Jackson music video until today, when I told as much to some friends and they became disgusted with me.

They proceeded to make me sit and watch about twenty minutes of an androgenous freakshow prancing about.

They are no longer my friends.

3/14/2008 6:54:55 PM

you must not have lived through the 80's

3/14/2008 6:55:25 PM

videos can be eh


but some of the songs are badass

3/14/2008 6:55:38 PM

hes lying

3/14/2008 6:55:41 PM

3/14/2008 6:56:36 PM

anyone that is in their mid-late 20's into their 30's that claims to hate michael jacksons music is lying.

he was the greatest.. well his songs were.

3/14/2008 6:56:37 PM

I was born in 1985. My memory of the period is a bit hazy, especially when it comes to all the shitty music.

I'm confused as to how some people can so gladly talk shit about pop music but still think this douchenozzle is cool.

3/14/2008 6:57:35 PM

MJ pre-hair-catching on fire was DA BOMB! Erryone loved some MJ back then.


Once he got burnt up... And the stories about his behavior and plastic surgeries came out. The weirder that dude became. If he would've died during that pepsi commercial.. MJ would be in Elvis atmosphere... But now he's just a sad sad case of humanity.

3/14/2008 7:07:05 PM

this is that fire

3/14/2008 7:09:30 PM

OMG! This is def a thread that someone is trying to start fights in...kind of like the "Joie is not hot" thread.

This guy is an effing genius when it comes to musical talent and even his dance style is crazy innovative.he dif

[Edited on March 14, 2008 at 7:19 PM. Reason : he def is a fruit cake tho]

3/14/2008 7:18:35 PM

the first time I saw Michael Jackson was in that "Moonwalker" video at Epcot Center

and I was like "Where's Michael Jackson?"
and my parents were like "There he is"
and I was like "That's a guy?"

3/14/2008 7:22:25 PM

Do you watch things like The Simpsons/Family Guy/other shows with pop culture references?

I'm sure he's slipped in there without you knowing

3/14/2008 7:44:05 PM

Quote :

"the first time I saw David Bowie was in that "Labyrinth" video and I was like "Where's David Bowie?" and my parents were like "There he is" and I was like "That's a guy?""

3/14/2008 7:47:49 PM

off the wall is fucking incredible

3/14/2008 8:13:05 PM

i expected this to say either:
...that i like
or
... that i didn't like

but never would have guessed

...at all.

3/14/2008 10:57:11 PM

I was jamming to Beat It on the radio today

3/14/2008 11:35:44 PM

how have you not AT LEAST seen thriller

thrilla' man, THRILLA'

3/14/2008 11:40:22 PM

I have a hard time believing this.

3/15/2008 1:50:28 AM

today, yeah jackson's a freakshow.... in the 80's, early 90's, he had some good stuff and he had a ridiculous fanbase

3/15/2008 2:26:30 AM

we all know that he is a liar, but I welcome a thread about good MJ, which I hope this thread can be.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzp0JETG0Pw Billie Jean
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG5NhkxQJQc SHAMON

3/15/2008 2:30:22 AM

don stop till ya get a nut

3/15/2008 2:32:02 AM

You definitely heard Thriller.

Ronald Reagan personally hired Panamanians to execute everyone who hadn't heard that song by midnight New Year's Eve 1989.

It's like the IQ test you took before grade school. You took it, but don't remember.

Otherwise, you'd be dead.

Them Panamanians didn't fuck around.

3/15/2008 2:49:15 AM

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"I'm sure he's slipped in there without you knowing"

I may have heard references, even recreations of the songs -- but never the songs themselves, no.

Quote :

"Once he got burnt up... And the stories about his behavior and plastic surgeries came out. The weirder that dude became."

It's not just that he's weird -- really, it isn't. Weird I can deal with. But I know shitty music when I hear it. Maybe it wasn't considered shitty in the 80's when everybody had shitty taste, but I know garbage when I hear it.

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"OMG! This is def a thread that someone is trying to start fights in..."

Honestly I was more looking for support than I was conflict, but apparently I'm one of the very few that know the difference between pop bullshit and actual classic music.

Quote :

"in the 80's, early 90's, he had some good stuff and he had a ridiculous fanbase"

Britney Spears had (has?) a ridiculous fanbase, that doesn't mean she's anything but a fountain of OMFGARBAGE.

3/15/2008 3:21:41 AM

Pretty much nobody remembers Britney's hits even now, like 5 years later.

Everyone knows Michael Jackson's music.

Quote :

"but apparently I'm one of the very few that know the difference between pop bullshit and actual classic music."

What do you think it is that makes music "classic" anyway?

Because I was under the impression that it was broad appeal and the ability to stay popular for a long time. You don't have to like something for it to be a classic, hell I think half of the stuff the Beatles put out was complete shit, but it's still classic.

3/15/2008 3:39:54 AM

He made Thriller, man, Thriller.

3/15/2008 4:28:29 AM

This must be one of those ways you can tell if there are aliens among you.

I mean, really.

Those Hawaiian shirts.

The ridiculous height.

And you've never heard a Michael Jackson song.

WHICH GALAXY ARE YOU FROM IAN?

U DONT FOOL ME

3/15/2008 6:22:42 AM

I'm personally incapable of doing positive things without listening to "Man in the Mirror" on repeat for at least an hour.

3/15/2008 7:18:50 AM

Quote :

"LIVING UNDER A ROCK"

3/15/2008 7:19:13 AM

Quote :

"I was born in 1985."

You're younger than me!

3/15/2008 7:39:19 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnk7lh9M3o Thriller

3/15/2008 10:52:32 AM

Have you HEARD "Billie Jean"?

How can you call that garbage?

3/15/2008 10:55:53 AM

3/15/2008 11:04:08 AM

yeah it must be crap.


i mean he only invented the music video with a storyline. instead of hippies just sitting there playings songs.

3/15/2008 11:47:05 AM

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"i mean he only invented the music video with a storyline. instead of hippies just sitting there playings songs."

This is supposed to impress me? He made a contribution to the music video????

Quote :

"I mean, really. Those Hawaiian shirts. The ridiculous height. And you've never heard a Michael Jackson song. WHICH GALAXY ARE YOU FROM IAN?"

Don't forget immunity to most forms of alcohol.

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"What do you think it is that makes music "classic" anyway?"

I dunno, I always assumed that some degree of being "good" was necessary, maybe I was wrong. Fine, he's classic. He also sucks with the force of ten thousand hoovers.

Quote :

"Have you HEARD "Billie Jean"?"

It was one of the ones my friends made me listen to.

Quote :

"How can you call that garbage?"

Easily and accurately.

3/15/2008 6:56:22 PM

always a classic, i dont care how many kids the guy fucked. he was the man

3/15/2008 7:26:04 PM

I call bullshit. I do not care how young you are or what hole that you have lived in. It's possible that you may have missed the airplay that "Scream" got when it came out in '95, but there is no way in hell that you missed "You Rock My World" in '02. They played the hell out of the video on MTV etc because it was the first thing that he'd come out with in forever.

3/15/2008 8:02:10 PM

i'm listening to mj song now

3/15/2008 8:04:46 PM

Quote :

"but there is no way in hell that you missed "You Rock My World" in '02. They played the hell out of the video on MTV etc because it was the first thing that he'd come out with in forever. "

How do you figure? I don't watch MTV and I don't listen to shitty radio stations. Seems like it should be pretty easy to miss it under those circumstances.

3/15/2008 8:12:33 PM

MJ put out tons of hits. At some point you heard one, whether you knew it or not. It could've been a restaurant, a department store, a bar, riding in someone's car who does listen to "shitty" music, a movie, or a TV show. You might not have been aware of it, but you heard it.

3/15/2008 8:44:50 PM

Well, I'll allow for the possibility that it may have been in the background at some point, but I'm not sure that really qualifies

3/15/2008 8:55:14 PM

i think it does

i think it does and you know it

3/15/2008 9:21:23 PM

Quote :

"He made Thriller... Thriller"

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3/15/2008 9:30:22 PM