Posted on 06/25/2009 2:45:23 PM PDT by libh8er
Edited on 06/25/2009 3:27:55 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
[Updated at 3:15 p.m.: Pop star Michael Jackson was pronounced dead by doctors this afternoon after arriving at a hospital in a deep coma, city and law enforcement sources told The Times.]
“No one is advocating Child Abuse of any kind here...”
Like I said, what good can you say about a pedophile without complimenting a pedophile?
Unbelievable!”
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Never underestimate the stupidity of those who worship at the feet of pop culture. They show themselves for who they are.
I would have picked Amy Whitehouse.
oops that’s Amy Winehouse.
Those are great musicians / bluesmen. Entertainers is another category. Here are my picks (for the 20th century):
Composer: Duke Ellington
Songwriter: Irving Berlin
Entertainer-singer: Al Jolson
Lyricist: Bob Dylan
Musician: Art Tatum
No it isn’t..He sold more albums than any other entertainer has in the history of music...I would say that is more than an opinion....
He had massive talent, to say he didn’t is just your opinion.
I remember when Jackson was huge in the mid 80s and Keith Richards looked like a zombie back then. Who would have guessed that Richards would have outlived him.
Ever hear Ellington’s arrangement of The Nutcracker Suite? :-)
I would have split the singer between Ray Charles and Frank Sinatra. It didn’t matter what song it was, once they sang it, it was theirs.
Thats a broad brush there, faster than light.
lol...yep, and it’s brilliant.
Lol! I know what you mean. Keith looks like he died about 10 years ago.
And what's tiresome is haters on a thread where a person who had both good as well as bad influences has died. No one is making you stay here. Since the very idea of others respecting his talents (with no disrespect for those who may have been harmed by him) is so upsetting to you, why stick around?
Keef may outlive us all, if he isn’t dead by now, nothing can kill him.
The hands in that photo in your post show the effects of growth hormone without testosterone. They make the hands and fingers so long. Supposedly this is what the castrati looked like, and evidence has always pointed to the fact that Jackson must have done some kind of chemical castration just in time to prevent a voice change. All his brothers had normal male voices post puberty.
Yeah, I forgot the pure singer category. ...and the ones you mentioned would be at the top of my list.
Very bad idea. I suggest you back off now.
A future bet no doubt.
What leads you to this conclusion?
complimenting a pedophile? No one has done that.....
Just because you painted Jackson with that brush does not make it true!
He had problems, but so does the entire world! he deserves the respect as a human being who died and is worthy of kindness and sympathy......from decent people.....
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