My heart is broken over the loss of Micheal Jackson. I can't believe that he's gone and I can't believe that he passed away without knowing how much we all loved him. Time will tell that he's the greatest that ever did it. Especially since no one makes music like he did anymore--music without boundaries, music with abandon, music with a pulse that brought life to the entire world. There's no denying it. Whether you're one of the cynics that believe the negative press and played into the "Wacko Jacko" character the media created or not--Michael's music speaks for itself.
Some people will say that the fact that we're all now coming out about our love for Michael Jackson is hypocritical. That the fact that everyone is playing his music, buying his records, and admitting he was their inspiration is somehow wrong. Remember the saying "you don't know what you got till it's gone?" Well, that's a fact of life. We as humans always take things for granted--our parents, our loved ones, our health, our wealth--things as big as our freedom and as small as our fast metabolisms--and losing things has always been our reminder of how important things are. So for me, this new wave of Michael fanatism is a part of how humanity learns. If anything, we will think back to how we ridiculed Britney Spears and bashed Mariah Carey and thank God that they had the chance to get back to the top after we tore them down. Those two women also impact the world through music and would be missed if they were gone.
In conclusion--just between us girls--I feel a heavy guilt over the fact that Michael Jackson died when he did. I can honestly say I never believed he touched those kids. And he was found not guilty as well. Now his not guilty isn't like R Kelly's where there is tape and someone had to come forward and lie. As a writer I believe people's true spirits are in their lyrics (granted today I think most rappers are lying in their music) and Michael Jackson had the most inspirational things to say in his music--he always had the intentions to change the world with his music and told the world that it could be done. That's the Michael Jackson I was inspired by and the Michael Jackson I love. So why do I feel guilty? Because I laughed at all the jokes, watched people distort his words and turn them into perversion and still supported those people, I never argued my point of his innocence when people brought up his guilt.
It seems like most non-urban media outlets and people are still determined to tarnish his legacy though and that saddens me. What makes me happy is we Jackson fans will not let them do that without a fight. Ask Perez Hilton. Michael Jackson was a part of every musician's life and will continue to be as those he influenced influence us. May we remember that our words have power and our celebrities are human. Let's stop building up people to tear them down.
“If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.”--Michael Jackson
That quote makes me feel that Michael Jackson spent his life forgiving us for the way we treated him. I pray that his 50 show tour selling out in 4 hours let him know that we still loved him and his music. I pray that 750,000 tickets let him know we still wanted and loved his music.
Stay beautiful inside and out.
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