Micheal Jackson (Why Do All the Kings Die Young)
Jim Morrison, Elvis Presley and now, Micheal Jackson. Three kings all gone.
(The Lizard King, The King of Rock and Roll and The King of Pop)
All three in their time were megastars, the likes of which the world has never seen. All three were the leading front man; not just singers but complete performers. All three change the world permanently, the world of music that is. This, in turn, changed culture whether we liked them or not. I am not a big fan of the lifestyles of these “Kings,” I only wanted to watch them perform and not look into their weird and repugnant personal lives. There are two things which caused the ridiculousness of these stars to be exposed. First, the public’s obsession with these larger then life megastars and second, the scummy profiteering of their weaknesses. There seems to be two types of people with regards to these stars, ones who worshiped them and the ones who were joyous at their destruction. (And a small group who didn’t have an opinion)
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Why did they destroy themselves or allowed others to help them do the job? The answer is simple. They were, from the beginning, crazy. And they were emotionally unstable. The instability gave them the ability to express emotions more genuinely then their peers. This emotionality and talent separated them from the rest; it also made them fearless and reckless to a fault. In the end, almost all great entertainers go down in clouds of flaming indignity, their image permanently destroyed by their own crazy unstable talent. “Shine On you Crazy Diamond.” We’ll miss the show.
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Changed the world how? Which of them prevented a war? Cured cancer? I will grant you that Elvis had a penchant for giving Cadilacs to people that he thought needed them, but other than that, these people seldom thought beyond themselves.
In Jackson’s case he was little more than a has-been, a 50 year old junkie and accused pedophile(whom I personally believe was aquitted solely because of his celebrity status, not unlike Robert Blake and OJ Simpson).
None of these men were “kings,” they were simple entertainers, nothing special.
Please let me know of these cancer cures, or the great preventors of war. I know of non of these people. I have written blogs on these subjects. Much to my chagrin there are no cancer cures brought to market. many have shown promise but these cures are deemed not profitable enough , so they are discarded.
The only way to prevent war is to not engage in it, so in essence I am currently a great preventor of war. So should I be worshiped by the masses ,I think so.
That’s kind of my point. They didn’t do any of those things, they were just entertainers, nothing more. While I wouldn’t necessarily have wished death on them, all people die at some point and these particular people were no more important than any others.
My biggest problem with the non-stop press coverage of Jackson’s death is simply that there are much more important things going on right now, such as a North Korean ship possibly carrying a missile with the sole purpose of hitting Hawaii, the government crackdown on Iranian citizens protesting a fraudulent election, the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, Congress voting on a bill they never read even after the people buried Capitol Hill in phone calls to tell them we don’t want this energy bill or Cap and Trade, so on.
All Jackson’s passing warranted was a simple announcement on the news, similar to what Billy Mays got.
In the end we all die but some leave no legacy, it’s as if they never lived.
We all die, and we all leave a legacy, some of us will leave a less than public legacy, and that is fine. Most of us live a less than public life, but we are remember by our friends and family, not by fans that elevagte us to a position we never really earned.