How will Michael Jackson be remembered?

[Misfit]

Re: How will Michael Jackson be remembered?

Both, clearly. Michael Jackson was Michael Jackson, you can't split him up and choose to ignore one side of him over the other. Even before the molestation charges he was considered odd, though in a more playful manner obviously. His rise in popularity happened to coincide with the rise of media coverage in the world so we knew more about him than any other icon previously. Consider he is practically the godfather of MTV and before MTV it was not uncommon to have no idea what the musicians of your favorite band looked like, let alone what they did on their own time. And Michael's bad publicity came at the height of his popularity rather than when his music career was long over and there was some seperation between MJ the entertainer and MJ the retired psycho.

This poll is essentially pointless since it's assuming a black and white populace with no room for gray. Both answers are wrong in this case. It's like asking if OJ will be remembered for being a great football player or for being a suspected murderer. Or Pete Rose as the hit king, Pete Rose the disgraced gambler. From here on until Michael Jackson is irrelevent, whenever a group of people get together and discuss his musical genius there will always be someone to say "yeah, but he was a pedophile."

[Jeffx]

Re: How will Michael Jackson be remembered?

^^^ Great post.

[Scott]

Re: How will Michael Jackson be remembered?

For me: music.

[p_rushing]

Re: How will Michael Jackson be remembered?

Personal Life for me.

I was too young, plus I don't listen to pop, and I'm not into watching music videos, I'd rather just listen to it. So both things that people liked him for meant nothing to me.

[Fresh Tendrils]

Re: How will Michael Jackson be remembered?

With the help of Rolling Stone, MTV, VH1, etc I think his music will basically reach an unworldly status now. MJ basically owned the 80s. Thriller is still the greatest selling album ever 27 years later. He basically made MTV what it is (or I guess was) today (but I suppose they both helped each other a lot) with his music videos which pushed the boundaries out about 1 million miles further and every music video/direct since owes a little bit to the man. The creative team of MJ and Quincy Jones basically shaped what pop music would be for at least the next 30 years it appears. Its probably impossible to find songs that aren't influenced by MJ and Quincy being played on pop/rnb & soul stations. I think when it is all said and done, his music will still be the biggest part of MJ that is remembered because of his billions of fans and the amount of love he gets from the music press and world. The only people who will focus on his bizarre personal life are the few people who never liked his music and well, in a few years they will be the bizarre ones.

[ZB9]

Re: How will Michael Jackson be remembered?

incredible performances like this one, from the time he was 11 until he was in his 40's, is how I remember Michael Jackson. He was put on the earth to entertain all of us

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-S1IdmtqL4&feature=PlayList&p=EEF97F03B09B3EDA&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=40

[Primerica]

Re: How will Michael Jackson be remembered?

For me it will be his music. It has always been his music.

[redskinrussell]

Re: How will Michael Jackson be remembered?

I think it will be the music that will live on. All the love being showed to MJ is because he was a fantastic musician.

[Po Pimp]

Re: How will Michael Jackson be remembered?

Both, clearly. Michael Jackson was Michael Jackson, you can't split him up and choose to ignore one side of him over the other. Even before the molestation charges he was considered odd, though in a more playful manner obviously. His rise in popularity happened to coincide with the rise of media coverage in the world so we knew more about him than any other icon previously. Consider he is practically the godfather of MTV and before MTV it was not uncommon to have no idea what the musicians of your favorite band looked like, let alone what they did on their own time. And Michael's bad publicity came at the height of his popularity rather than when his music career was long over and there was some seperation between MJ the entertainer and MJ the retired psycho.

This poll is essentially pointless since it's assuming a black and white populace with no room for gray. Both answers are wrong in this case. It's like asking if OJ will be remembered for being a great football player or for being a suspected murderer. Or Pete Rose as the hit king, Pete Rose the disgraced gambler. From here on until Michael Jackson is irrelevent, whenever a group of people get together and discuss his musical genius there will always be someone to say "yeah, but he was a pedophile."

O.J. will be remembered mostly for being a criminal.

Pete Rose will be remembered for betting on baseball.

Why is that different from Michael Jackson? MJ's career spanned 40+ years. Even before Thriller, you had Jackson 5, so a lot of people grew up on MJ when THEY were children. So even before MJ went through his changes, his legacy was just that strong before that.

O.J. was a HOF football player, but ultimately never won anything. Plus MURDER is a pretty serious charge and it was the biggest trial of the century.

Pete Rose committed the cardinal sin in sports...betting on your own games. The fact that he's been omitted from the HOF despite being the all time leader in hits says something about the seriousness of what he did.

[Jukeman]

Re: How will Michael Jackson be remembered?

Ummmmm his music....

Thats whats he's famous for....

[marshallfever]

Re: How will Michael Jackson be remembered?

work at a retail story and now everything Michael Jackson is selling out like insanity.

This lady came in looking for a MJ DVD. Her words were: I want to introduce the kids to him now.

Sad when people have waited this long to experience the best pop artist the world has ever know. I really think, he'll sell another couple of million albums before he's EVEN BURIED

[Cebby]

Re: How will Michael Jackson be remembered?

Plus MURDER is a pretty serious charge and it was the biggest trial of the century.

I think most people would consider child sex abuse a pretty serious charge.

[eazy_z18]

Re: How will Michael Jackson be remembered?

I think in time he'll be remembered for being one of, if the not the greatest entertainers of all time. That's how I will remember him. In the short turn people will remember how eccentric he was, but that will be forgotten in time.

[eazy_z18]

Re: How will Michael Jackson be remembered?

work at a retail story and now everything Michael Jackson is selling out like insanity.

This lady came in looking for a MJ DVD. Her words were: I want to introduce the kids to him now.

Sad when people have waited this long to experience the best pop artist the world has ever know. I really think, he'll sell another couple of million albums before he's EVEN BURIED

I work at a record store and by the time I left today we were completely sold out of Michael Jackson albums, dvds, anything that was related to Jackson was sold out.

[dave374]

Re: How will Michael Jackson be remembered?

I think in time he'll be remembered for being one of, if the not the greatest entertainers of all time. That's how I will remember him. In the short turn people will remember how eccentric he was, but that will be forgotten in time.

When did child molestation become "eccentric" behaviour?