[cyncooper]

Will anyone else admit that they used to like his music? His early stuff, at least? He wasn't always a sick freak. He used to be a positive, dynamic musician, innovative and brilliant, at least until the crotch-grabbing thing started...that was a bit of a clue that things were getting weird.

Of course. That point has been made many times over on the threads discussing Jackson.

My personal fave from the Jackson Five is "Got to Be There".

Watching him unravel and change into this grotesque person who clearly acts inappropriately with young boys (I posit that just the sleepovers he openly admits to is abuse in and of itself) has been an appalling sight to behold over the years.

[cyncooper]

My personal fave from the Jackson Five is "Got to Be There".

Well, having thought of this song I wanted to hear it so I went looking and found it was not the Jackson Five, but actually Michael Jackson's first solo hit in 1972.

Anyway, I still like the song and his voice sounds excellent in it. It really is a shame what has happened to him, but held to account he hopefully will be.

[Triple Word Score]

I posit that just the sleepovers he openly admits to is abuse in and of itself....

Agreed! And it's incredibly inept to admit to that much. Guilty or innocent--he shows failure to process risk assessment, as well as right and wrong, adequately. Most people cannot get away with having both circuits misfire at once for brief periods of time. He's had them both misfiring for years.

Whether he has actually molested anyone or not may be impossible to prove...but letting it look so bad is self-destructive in either case.