R.I.P. Michael Jackson

...I still hope it was just a practical joke. But it was not.

When I heard the news I was shocked and shattered.

Here is an article from the internet that I like to share with you. To remember how great he really was, and will always be the greatest.

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Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever was an intimidating stage — a commemoration of the pivotal record label and its barrage of superstars. The Miracles, Marvin Gaye, and Stevie Wonder all performed, and Michael Jackson leveraged the event to promote his new single "Billie Jean." Aside from the Beatles' performance on Ed Sullivan, I don't know that I've ever seen an audience so rapt. Their intermittent squeals indicate they'd never seen a performer of such visceral magnitude, and of course, neither had the world. Though the performance is pure lip-sync, the phenomenon and the Moonwalk are quite live.

It's troubling to hear of how Michael Jackson "made an impact," because — the fact is — he reinvented impact. Michael Jackson proved the sumptuous combined powers of dance, invention, music, and urgency. His showmanship hits with such immediacy that it's impossible to imagine our current music landscape, full of choreography and fast edits, without it.

So experience it again: That indefatigable bassline, that cool thrust, the birth of a megastar.

—Louis Virtel

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