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In the same vein, you can’t be the King of Pop if you don’t tour or put out a decent album for more than a fucking decade. Even hardcore fans should admit that it would have been all downhill from here – a 50-year-old freak with flaring plastic nostrils would be moonwalking across that stage in place of that badass black man in tight leather we once knew and loved. Whatever he “did for music” he did a long time ago, and the guy who made that music has been dead since that time. All we’ve had since is a strange little man dressed in overly expensive women’s clothing begging for attention and then whining when he got it. What we had was the world’s biggest media distraction, all style (if you want to call it that) and no substance.
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I admire him and his interest that he has towards music. I became his fan after his sudden demise. I write this mail with tears. I pray for his family and his loved ones and his children. Let Him have peace in His death by meeting God in His kingdom.
banu
what does MJ and Farrah Fawcett have in common? They are both waiting on Patrick Swayzee.
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