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"The Presleys began dating in 1959 when Priscilla was 14 and Elvis was 24. They had first met in Germany where Elvis was serving in the army. They moved in together after Priscilla graduated high school in 1963. Right before Christmas in 1966, Elvis proposed. They were married in 1967."
He dies and everyone is: "Oh Michael was a saint, he was taken too soon. The poor children he helped."
You CA residents have my sympathy.
Ok. He died. Big deal.
Just another musician living a fucked up lifestlye. Wasn't the first, won't be the last.
I don't care how many soundtracks people associate with their life. Big deal.
I hate coverage of any "celebrity" dying because I just don't care about any of them whether it is Caradine, Malden or Jackson. None of them did a damn thing personally for me and I have no personal ties to either of them outside of enjoying a movie or song that they have done.
A movie or song does not bring me close enough to a PERSON to grieve for them no matter how much I like the song. Enjoying their music, concert, movie or acting does not make me closer to the performer any more than admiring the Eiffel Tower makes me close to Alexandre Gustave Eiffel.
Ugh. The only good thing is that now that he is dead I only have to hear about the guy once a year and then slowly less than that.
Ivan
You guys have some strange f'n traditions down there.
http://www.staplescenter.com/wide.php?page=events
Pit Row
People are worshiping a person who they knew nothing about other than his music and whatever clips they saw on TV. The majority of them are basing their entire opinion on whatever press clippings or sound bytes they want to support an opinion they made of someone they never met.
I never met him so I could care less that he is dead. He hasn't put out anything new in a long time so I am not missing his music.
I enjoyed his music and listened to Man in the Mirror over and over when it came out. But that is as close as I got to the person so there is no reason for me to grieve at all.
I enjoyed Nirvana too but didn't give two shits when Kurt Cobain blew his head off and didn't give a rats ass about Princess Di when she died running from the Paparazi. Big deal. I never met them.
I do not comprehend why anyone outside of those who personally met and interacted with them would care that they are dead.
I'll save my grief for those who I knew and actually spent time with and not celebrities who people only know from TMZ. I'll mourn more for Bonepony than I will any celebrity ever. But then again... I actually know Bonepony... err... Nacho Daddy.
Ivan
Even if I was in the LA area, I would not want to go to the service or stand/sit somewhere and watch it with a bunch of strangers feigning grief over a person I or they never really knew.
I do not deny a fascination with all of this, not by his death, but by the public and media reaction to it.
At the same time, there is no denying MJ's impact on the music industry and how his music is in all of us and will be for all of our lives. MJ's death is not just another celebrity death, this is the loss of musical royalty, like Elvis...and yes, it is the same, if not greater.
Within that, you have the mess and train wreck that was his personal life and that just makes the whole thing more fascinating.
I don't flip out and cry when celebrities die, and I don't understand why people do, but I do believe this, there is NO OTHER CELEBRITY LIVING TODAY that could cause this level of hysteria, emotion and media attention...no one
If he had never become POTUS, no
But at the same time, I don't really think he's a celebrity, he's the POTUS
I respect their work just like I respect MJ's music.
But seriously, if any President or world leader dies for any reason I won't cry and be stupid about it.
I will mourn the loss of their work just as mourning the loss of MJ's talent is appropriate.
I will mourn the loss the same as I did the 5 people who were murdered near my house recently because it is sad that people lose someone close to them for no good reason.
But I won't do more than say "RIP." I definitely won't cry and go into convulsions because someone I never met dies. I won't go into hysterics and cry in front of a TV like the stupid redneck women in the break room are doing right now. Many of them too young to ever hear Jackson's music live and I doubt they ever owned a record.
The world is bigger than one person and the teachings or talent can persuade or motivate but should not be the deciding factor of what life to live.
People that believe a person is bigger than anything else are just sheep and are led around by sound bytes and popularity contests.
BTW, nice on calling me a kook... I never called you any names or anything (and won't).
I don't understand why MJ needs to be worshipped and will never worship any person.
You are free to do what you will and worship what you feel is appropriate. As long as there is not non-stop coverage about it I won't give a shit because it won't interfere with my day.
Ivan
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