Elvis was the King to my parents’ generation. His death was the shock in the music industry for them. Michael Jackson was the King of my generation and now it’s my turn to be in shock.
I grew up running from the living room when the zombie scene in Thriller appeared on television, screaming for my mommy. Later, my sister and I would transform a cardboard playhouse in the basement into part of a haunted house that we would dress with glow-in-the dark plastic ghosts, fake cobwebs and spiders. We used “Thriller” as the music that would cap off the “scary” experience that we put together for our parents on a regular basis, always finding excitement out of it and probably boring the hell out of them.
My sister and I roller skated to his music at a local skating rink set in a closed down elementary school, which has since been torn down and replaced with housing.
I watched reruns of the Jackson 5 cartoon and heard “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause” during the holidays.
I admired his huge heart and his ability to have love for just about everyone in the world.
When the tabloids, parents seeing dollar signs, and the media went after him, he was sure to share his frustrations through a creative outlet and with the aid of his sister in one of the most impressive music videos ever made.
Michael Jackson was a large part to the soundtrack of my childhood. Michael Jackson was bigger than life. Now I know what it must have felt like for those fans who heard the news of Elvis’s passing because now my king is dead. May he finally be at peace.
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I certainly hope he is at peace. It is a sad day for music, for our memories and for his children, but I do feel that his life was not the happiest and I hope he has found true happiness in whatever comes next.
Sad life and sad death…good thing he has people like you, and his close family and friends who have wonderful lasting memories of him…….somehow makes it his life more meaningful, as it should be…..
I remember him mostly as a kid….jackson5 days! He was just the cutest…I want to remember him like that…….
I hope he at least had some peace in his last years, since he seemed to really enjoy being a father.
I remember being in second grade when he and The Police were the hottest music. What happened to good music???
Such a loss, even though Elvis was my teen idol, I think Michael’s genius surpasses his.