Hi!
Remember me yall? lol.  Wow lots of stuff happened the past few months.  But the main thing was the death of a king.  Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009. Before the news broke of the death there was an announcement that he would have a comeback tour in London called "This is it" he said he would perform the songs the people want to hear.  The Michael Jackson collection.  It was gonna be directed by the guy who directed High School Musical and other acts like the Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus.  His trainer was Lou Ferrigno (the hulk), and his docters were crap...  The rumored cause of death was an overdose of a drug that starts with an M.
  Before word went out of his death there was news reports of him being rushed to UCLA hospital. I figured he was ok then started playing baseball on the PS3.  Thirty minutes later Nick Sourbis texts me and tells me the news.  I didn't believe it until I went on TMZ and saw Michael Jackson dead at 50.  I froze for a full minute then ultimately teared. I don't remember the last time I cried before that moment but I couldn't hold it. It was like a part of me died.  I quickley went to facebook and saw everyones status saying R.I.P. MJ or Yay he's dead (I hated that).  When I turned on the T.v. it was all Michael all the time.  The Apollo Theatre had a sign on the Marquee that said "In Memory of Michael Jackson: A true apollo legend" 1958-2009." People started crowding the theatre and started singing and dancing to his Iconic songs. I wanted to take a bus to harlem and go there to join the gathering but I had no money.  All I can do then was to cry and listen to the Thriller album, Jackson 5 greatest hits, and Michaels first solo single "Ben." Ben is probably my personal favorite.  It kinda described me and deeply touched me when I felt alone. I wanna rock with you is my second favorite.  It made me dance and got me to fall in love with music more specifically R&B. It turned me on to different R&B acts like Usher, Luther Vandross, Stevie Wonder, etc.
 Back when I was 11 years old. My dad used to play the Jackson 5 Greatest hits.  I was hooked automatically. I'll be there, ABC, etc. My dad used to talk about how amazing this little boy from Gary, Indiana was. He tried to explain to me that MJ was not always weird.  I believed him... Anyways  yeah... (Tears) I'll continue tomorrow and I want to do a medley of his songs.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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