Doesn't matter if you're Black or White

I must be the last person in this country to be tributing a post to MJ, but, anyhowz, I don't think I can ever live in peace if I don't put up this post, so here it is.

MJ signifies so many things about modern pop culture or, for that matter, music culture as a whole. I had bought the Thriller 25 CD & DVD set from Keels about 3 or 4 months ago and saw the Thriller video and was dumbfounded.

I mean, how the fuck can you get such graphics nearly 2 and a half decades ago? He sure is fucking brilliant to have done that.

In addition, he isn't just about songs like, say, Elvis Presley, the Beatles, or Aerosmith. He was great in everything he did, from music videos, to dance, to his songs.

I remember, my dad had a VHS tape of the 'Making of the Dangerous album songs' and, wow, I think me and my sister watched that over a gazillion times and never ever got sick of it.

I don't think that VHS tape can be found anymore as we've moved houses 3 times since I last watched it and we've dumped all VHS tapes by now, but those memories still linger.

I did get some great VCDs from this shop in the Borella YMBA back when I was in school and, man, watching some of those videos really made me just admire the guy for those great videos and songs.

Moreover, his songs have transcended nearly 3 generations and, only God knows how many more generations his songs will live on for. With all due respect to Elvis Presley, I don't think a lot of people have as much a taste for his songs as they do for MJs.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to diss Elvis, but I had downloaded an album titled '50 greatest hits of Elvis Presley' and the only songs I took a fancy to were Hound Dog, Jailhouse Rock and Trouble.

MJs songs are also special for the fact that they transcend borders, races, cultures, countries, language and what not.

For all those MJ detractors out there, please take my word and watch this video of the song 'Black and White' and listen to the song without any preconceived notions and just give a wild guess as to when the song was made. I know, you can find it on Wikipedia, but just give a wild guess and then check the date out. I wanted to embed the song, but the uploader hasn't enabled it.

Frankly, IMHO, his songs sound really relevant in today's context as well, in the sense that his songs sound like modern time songs. I'm sure that if you played his song to a kid who has no idea about MJ and asked him when he thought it was made, he would, in all probabilities, say this year.

The Black and White video, in addition to showing his dancing and singing prowess, also shows a tolerance of all cultures, which was probably why everyone from Havana to Sydney loved him.

To see how good he is at making music videos, check out this song, Stranger in Moscow. Quite frankly, I don't really understand the song, but just see how cool the video is. It's amazing. Though it might sound a bit drab at first, the beat really gets the song going.

In addition, he cared about children and the environment, with his songs, Heal the World and Earth Song.

Now I come to the sticky part. Don't deny the fact that some of you had a smirk on your lip when you read the 'cared about children' part. Well, let me tell you the truth (I know some pricks just won't accept it because they are born to sling mud on ppl just because they can't be as successful as him).

He had a big mansion in California, popularly known as Neverland Ranch. The 'Neverland' part is taken from the popular children's story, Peter Pan. It basically is supposed to be a place where no-one grows old. There is basically an amusement park inside the Ranch.

Yes, he did invite kids over and, yes, he did have sleepovers with them. However, I just get the feeling that parents of these kids realised that they have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get a lot of money from him.

By calling him a molestor, they knew that he would be put in an undefendable situation as, even if he was innocent (which he is), his reputation will be tarnished, and so they expected him to give them an out-of-court settlement. He did do so, but, basically, what I am trying to say is that these allegations of child molestation is just said by people who are jealous of him, who are tone deaf and ppl who just don't know how to appreciate his music!.

If you can't appreciate his music, fine, but don't hurl mud at him. Frankly, I don't like any Rap, not even those done by 50 cent or Snoop Dogg. However, I don't just go around and call 50 cent a druggie. I just tell ppl that I don't like his songs. Fullstop.

At this time, let's not focus on all these useless stuff but, instead, appreciate his work. BTW, if any of you guyz or galz want, I could burn this big collection of 1.9 GBs of his songs (from Motown to his solos) and post them to you for free. Just put in a comment and I'll get to you!

RIP Michael Jackson! We will never forget you!