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i do not claim to be the greatest fan of Michael Jackson.or that i have listened to each and every sound made by him. that does not mean he has not influenced me.the few songs ive listened to, have made a profound impact ,especially after i bothered to look up the lyrics. i never knew pop songs had such deep themes and meanings.
the tale of a tormented genius is not new to any of us.but this is one with a sad difference .he was the genius and we, the tormentors.
idol worship is fine;but idol hounding?do we tear a man apart just because he is supremely gifted and we love his work?anything Michael sells.but does that mean we malign and destroy him??that we publish things that make him look like a retard so tabloids can sell copies??
"an unnamed employee of never land ranch","a close confidante " ,"sources close to MJ" ,these are the excuses used to malign a person .none of the so called employees or confidantes or sources are named, cause there are none ,but those in the journalists perverted imagination.call that freedom of press.does freedom of press mean that magazines can destroy a man just to sell?.isnt "freedom to murder" more appropriate? the victim has no defense .sure,he may come out with a public statement saying that none of it is true and people are trying to malign him .but guess what the next days headline would be ."king of pop alleges a conspiracy against him"making him sound even more crazy.
he replies in the best way he can.his glorious music .
"Ain’t the pictures enough, why do you go through so much
To get the story you need, so you can bury me
You’ve got the people confused, you tell the stories you choose
You try to get me to lose the man I really am
You keep on stalking me, invading my privacy
won’t you just let me be
‘cause you cameras can’t control, the minds of those who know
That you’ll even sell your soul just to get a story sold"
but no response.so finally not being able to take any more he retires from public life and becomes a recluse on his sprawling ranch.and what happens?they find new charges.they allege him to be a paedophile because he has a theme park in his ranch and he spends time with children.oh god! what a crime it is to give other children what he could not experience as a kid.that must certainly be punished!!and voila scenting a free million dollar settlement, a kid pops up and allges that MJ harassed him sexually.then follows a suit of cases all alleging the same thing. free money is in the air.a man who made more money than any other solo recording artiste faced bancruptcy.none of the cases stood.but that slur on his name did. people associated michael jackson and paedophile.
im short we destroyed him.we systematically maligned and assasinated the greatest recording artiste of the generation .we hounded him like rabid dogs lusting after a victim.after cutting open the goose what can we expect ?golden eggs??the blame lies on all our shoulders.we let our icon down,we did not stand by him through times thick and thin.we just took the music and destriyed the soul who made it.we did it .we made the moon walker rest under dirt.
"Music has been my outlet, my gift to all of the lovers in this world. Through it, my music, I know I will live forever."rest in peace michael wherever you are .you rocked my world man.words cant describe you what you gave us and what we did to you.
3 comments:
true shyam..very true indeed..
its sad, it just struck me how easy it must be for the press to concoct a story and not be questioned. all the worse is how eager we are to lap it up, to show that celebrities are just human, to bring them down. there must be so many stephen glasses inthe media, its just that no one bothers to figure them out.
rip jacko.
thanks again
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