Icon?
Legend?
Neither.
Myth.
Then again, I'm not sure if that even describes to the fullest extent. It is by far the closest my small mind can come to labeling him.
No words I put here will have the ability to convey to you how I feel at this moment. I'm typing through tears...
Mos Def suggests we're living life in marvelous times. Up until the evening of 6-25-09, I would have said times were just great. Now I understand just how less marvelous the world has become.
As a lover of all forms of music, no other solo performer, during my lifetime, has had the level of impact upon my listening habits.
I sincerely love and miss 'every' version of Michael Jackson ... from ABC to Rock My World.
In life, I couldn't believe my eyes and ears.
In death, my disbelief has grown tenfold.
I pray for his fans and non-fans alike. We were better with than without.
R.I.P., M.J.
One love.
Bigg Russ
1 comment:
I feel the same.
As soon as I came out of the subway on Flatbush Ave I heard Michael Jackson out of a car at full blast and kept hearing him out of windows and stores. A guy at the bodega said that the internet is down because of the news. At first I couldn't even take it in and as we all played his music all day and all night it sunk in how massive this is. I don't have a memory without him in our culture. He was a child prodigy that lead a brilliant and tragic life. And now he's gone and we're left with love for him. Like you said, I pray for his fans and non-fans alike. We were better with than without.
sigh.
Gillian
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