I came across this site looking for something else, but after reading some of these comments I just have to reply. Do some of you realize how stupid you sound? We are talking about an artist who has sold more records than anyone other than the Beatles, and he may overtake them if the unreleased music is good. And he did this with only 6 adult studio albums – 5 of them are on the all time top sixty best selling album list. How many records have you sold that makes you such an expert? How many concert tickets? The music of course is only part of Jackson’s talent it does not even consider the dance part of a concert by him. After a decade off the stage he sold 750,000 tickets in 4 hours and there were 600,000 on line still trying to buy – in one city. Ticketmaster themselves said they had never seen anything to match it. Point is – no matter your opinion about his musical talent it is just that, only your opinion. Professionals in the industry have called him the greatest entertainer of all time – not the media. The public has voted him that with their pocketbooks.
His influence is evident in the young performers, Usher, Timberlake, Beyonce, Rihanna, Bieber, Lady Gaga to name a few. He won’t be forgotten – you will.
He absolutely broke racial barriers. Before Jackson white people admired, respected and loved black performers, but Jackson they worshiped and idolized. They imitated him; they fainted when they saw him, and this was all over the world, including the USA. He was the world’s first, and maybe only, black superstar. He redefined superstar; he was a megastar (some white people are still in denial about this, but it’s true). And he was black when he became this big; it was before the vitiligo covered his whole body.
The only people who still believe he was a pedophile are people who simply want to believe it. In 17 years of relentless investigation, prosecution, persecution and harassment by the FBI, LAPD, Santa Barbara DA and the media not one shred of proof has been found that he committed any kind of crime, so bring us some proof or go pound sand. There is information all over the internet; anyone can find the truth. Then there is the fact that he has been dead over a year and not one other “victim” has come forward. The DA who had such a hard-on to convict Jackson always said there were dozens of boys but they were afraid to testify. Well, where are they now? They are adults now and he’s dead. Surely if there were any truth to the stories at least one would have come forward. The stories just don’t make any sense. Read the trial transcripts online; read the FBI files online.
Finally there is his philanthropy, which this article of course makes light of. You can check this out on Snopes.com. There was an article in a column in the LA Times called “Passing Fancy” that is analyzed on Snopes.com. They mention that he was a “formidable philanthropist” and a trend setter in the entertainment industry as long as he was able. I’m sure you can find information about his philanthropy on other sites too.
