It’s Been a Week, But It Doesn’t Change the Impact
Written by Kristen Jeffers on June 28, 2009
I remember where I was. I was sitting right here on my laptop, at the kitchen table, on Facebook. The statuses started coming and I yelled over to my mom the news. We quickly turned on the TV and started watching live coverage, which at that point confirmed the notes I’d been seeing all over Facebook and Twitter: Michael Jackson was dead at 50, presumably from the cardiac arrest he’d suffered just earlier that afternoon. I know I’m a little late in my reflection. I apologize. As a music writer, it’s just taken me some time to find the right words to memorialize him on this website. As a music fan, Icried, knowing one part of the foundation of pop R&B had gone on.
Earlier this week, I was chilling with some people at a happy hour event and a guy close to my age told me that he really didn’t feel anything when Michael died. I understood some of where he was coming from. After all, we had only just been conceived and landed on the planet during the Thriller/Bad years. We could have been those kids in the JAM and Black and White videos. Heck, we could have even been the kids he was suspected of abusing. We’ve moved onto NeYo and Chris Brown right? (And the irony that he is right now). He wasn’t the cute kid my parents grooved to or even the not quite so bad looking young adult who let the world know how Bad he was. Sure, I could Remember the Time, but I couldn’t remember the time if you know what I mean.
But that hasn’t stopped me from grapevining to I Want You Back, over and over and over again. I also never knew how good The Love You Save was. I can definitely feel the sentiment on Off the Wall, so many times I want to take off the nine to five myself and get down. I used to stay up all night on Saturday, waiting for the 70’s night DJ to play Don’t Stop ‘Till You Get Enough. And while You Rock My World could have been a better comeback, but still good, Butterflieshelped him go out on top. (And the remix with Eve was dope).
So who’s next. I’ve heard a variety of names floating around, but truthfully, I don’t think there will be another entertainer of that sort. People don’t buy anyone’s albums anymore. All the dancers I see are imitators. Everyone’s too busy either concentrating on making quality music, or they have their name and likeness on so many objects, it’s impossible to remember their music. Not to mention it sucks anyway. I dare you to put your child up on stage and claim that he or she is better than he was in the Jackson 5 days. In the meantime, we will celebrate the legacy and honor the legends that are still within our presence on this earth.
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