tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835706461011595553.post330252105647034..comments2023-05-26T18:16:06.924+10:00Comments on Legally Alien: The Old King Is Dead, Long Live The KingMiss RBithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12934923690719140723noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835706461011595553.post-43060099256490958362009-06-28T20:31:01.004+10:002009-06-28T20:31:01.004+10:00@ Blue: I remember you liking MJ in school and I r...@ Blue: I remember you liking MJ in school and I remember us discussing it but I understand what you mean about not being able to own up to it. Stupid music snobbery!<br />And hell yea, that man definitely did have style...lots of it..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835706461011595553.post-91305298215295467552009-06-28T01:48:55.836+10:002009-06-28T01:48:55.836+10:00I remember I LOVED Beat It and Smooth Criminal to ...I remember I LOVED Beat It and Smooth Criminal to bits when I was about eight and the tape I bought back then (sixteen years ago!) is still around. But I never could own up to being a fan, people at school were so opinionated about the music you could and couldn't like (I remember someone dissing the Beatles at one point). <br /><br />And Cal music snobs are another breed- anything that got recorded after 1980 got a nose turned up at it (hence the backlash, and the fact that I can't stand "Floyd" etc to this day). But for our generation, no matter what anyone said, he really WAS one of the first major stars and not all the music snobbery in the world could shake kid love of his tunes. And whatever else the music snobs may say about him, the man had STYLE.Blue Floppy Hathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13924517166595597734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835706461011595553.post-91766619664345299652009-06-28T00:07:17.454+10:002009-06-28T00:07:17.454+10:00Yes, exactly and MJ didn't just inspire one ge...Yes, exactly and MJ didn't just inspire one generation...his work spread across so many years that every generation loves him for something!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835706461011595553.post-71445037196116719582009-06-27T05:06:54.611+10:002009-06-27T05:06:54.611+10:00i think as kids MJ was the first pop star we looke...i think as kids MJ was the first pop star we looked up to! and it was amazing to see the MJ mania around. Thriller is his best work i feel and it will be difficult to even believe that he's not there ne more.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17353823072805304712noreply@blogger.com