considering that he was surrounded by enablers, and was likely never refused a single thing he asked for, I think you could say that.
Blaring my Off the Wall LP tonight! Keep On With The Force Don't Stop Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough Keep On With The Force Don't Stop Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough Keep On With The Force Don't Stop Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough Keep On With The Force Don't Stop Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_hz2am90Hk
I could say the same exact thing about Iggy Pop and all the crap he's released in the decades since the Stooges/Iggy were relevant. Ditto with The Ramones. Past 1978, who cares about that discography. Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground. Who cares about any of their noodlings past the mid 1970s. Heart past their first two albums is forgettable. You could say that about anyone/anything in any field. The whole “what have you done lately” mentality is old/played/pathetic. If you don't like someone, just say it. Just don't qualify it with some elaborate theory of pop entrainment and psychology.
I think what you must be saying is that none of them have contributed to the wealth of YOUR world in the past 20 years. Each of those artists have made music in that time, and while it may not have enriched your life, it's obviously been a part of other people's lives -- or else none of them would still be relevant. And if you're talking about "loss" to human kind overall as a race, sure, not many individuals fall into that category do they...
hey hey, The ramones were solid the whole way through. Not the BEST stuff at the end but still more solid than most people. Just saying.
Someone is serving Kool Aid in here? OHHHHH YEAAAHHHHH!!!! Look, when Dee Dee Ramone died it was sad even if everyone could see that coming from a mile away and he released that horrific “Dee Dee King” album... Good lord.... That album...
FUCK YOU! THAT IS THE GREATEST ALBUM OF ALL TIME. I bought skylar the longbox CD box last christmas. I'm serious. Do not fuck with this album. Its on a level you don't even comprehend. 150 lbs of dynamite.
billie jean is not my lover, she's got a rash that says that I am the one but she could've got it from anyone.....
Dude, he just made a rap w/ Snoop Dogg & Talib Kweli. http://www.rapbasement.com/snoop-dogg/0 ... -here.html
Farrah dying that I was expecting but Michael Jackson was a complete surprise and at 50? Hmm. Wonder what the official autopsy results would be. His early work was amazing, i.e. Thriller, but his later work and physical self morphed into something sadly unrecognizable. I wonder what will happen to his children? He's got three as I recall.
FWIW, I just found this Rolling Stone article where Michael Jackson announced a 10 concert run in London. What’s really creepy is this:
Aside from ABC and I want You Back, I can truthfully say that I never cared for anything else he put out. I'll still pour some Jesus Juice on the curb tonight out of respect for his early talent.
Bah, whatever - I've never gotten these "RIP" threads that show up on every single message board every time someone (once) famous dies, and it boiled over with MJ. I just find the phenomenon strange. Facebook is tragic right now. And rarely do the threads say much more than "RIP" or "He/she's in a better place" - it's all so hokey. I can't picture anyone I know who's made a "that bums me out, RIP" comment sincerely being saddened by his death. But for some reason everyone digitally lines up to pay condolences. Besides, that fucker bought the Beetles catalog out from under his "friend" just so he could profit off their music. And yeah, "Thriller" was the first album I ever owned too.
I dunno. The guy made the most successful album in history. Whatever you think of the guy, that counts for something. I've said it before - it's tough for these guys to live in the public spotlight, and Jackson did it since he was a young child. Nobody's perfect, but everything a celebrity does is gossip fodder. Granted, MJ was way out there on the bizarre scales, but given the course of his life, I can't say I'm too surprised. Living in that pressure cooker must have been unreal.
