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  • Neda and MJ

    Monday, Jun 29, 2009 6:00AM / Standard Entry / Members only
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    The death of Neda makes me feel sad, but it's more in an intellectual way. The death of MJ is something real and affecting for me. It just goes to show you that the things that are a part of you, emotionally, are the things that really rock your world. And there is so much more power in that.

    The reason I feel weird is because I haven't been much into pop music, nor MJ, for a long time. Yet this event is bringing me back in touch with my gut and my intuition. Because when we were in third grade or so and Thriller came out, he changed our lives and our world, and that was something we all knew and felt, even as children. That was before I ever thought too much, and that was probably the beginning of liking music for me. I feel blessed to have been able to catch him at that point in his career.









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  • wendycheng
    Official artist Wendy Cheng
    posted on Monday, Jul 13, 2009 2:00AM
    So we're pretty much of the same exact age group... I was 8 when Thriller came out. So the impact of that music was completely formative for us. Considering it was the "best selling album of all time," I think that makes us kinda special too :)
  • estevenson
    Official artist Elena Stevenson
    posted on Sunday, Jul 12, 2009 8:11PM [Report]
    I completely feel what you are saying, Wendy, along with the other commenters. I had such a nice time listening to MJ's music on the radio in my car the weekend after his passing. My mom bought me Thriller when I was 7--my first album! He really had a talent, and it seems he's more appreciated for it now. He was a tortured soul.
  • wendycheng
    Official artist Wendy Cheng
    posted on Tuesday, Jun 30, 2009 4:20AM
    yeah, it's almost like an old friend who has been gone a long time, whatwith his weirdness and the possible child molestation, etc. Thinking clearly about it, for people born in the 70's, our lives were so impacted by his best 2 albums, in early childhood - Off the Wall, 1979, and Thriller, 1982. And to think that Thriller was the best selling album of all time. How bizarre and amazing.
  • janechu
     janechu
    posted on Tuesday, Jun 30, 2009 1:44AM [Report]
    yea, I grew up listening to his music and watching his music videos... it is sad to know that he passed... but he will be remembered...
  • Dreamy
    Dreamy
    posted on Monday, Jun 29, 2009 11:33PM [Report]
    it was kind of expected of MJ to die young......
    he was just strange and always sick towards the end of his life.....
    I did enjoy his music and dance...... but he just got weirder and weirder as he got older.
  • patrickchow
    Official artist Patrick Chow
    posted on Monday, Jun 29, 2009 12:00PM [Report]
    Michael's songs are a major part in the soundtrack of our lives ... for my generation at least ....

    seems like a part of me has gone forever too ...

    tortured and misunderstood Genius Moonwalker RIP ...
  • wendycheng
    Official artist Wendy Cheng
    posted on Monday, Jun 29, 2009 8:01AM
    Wow, you totally said it. Relief to hear you explain it. It really felt physical for me, and even though I didn't consciously associate it with the loss of MJ at first, I was really down for the rest of that evening. Then later I was telling my bf a random story about childhood and I almost started crying - the day after I totally did start to cry more and then I realized it was b/c of MJ. Really weird. So finally I started rewatching the videos. I also miss my childhood friends from that period, as I moved towns when I was 14 :(
  • Flagday
    Flagday
    posted on Monday, Jun 29, 2009 7:45AM [Report]
    The things from our childhood resonate so deeply.  It is like certain events/people/feelings becam part of our growing brain`s structure.  So any change almost shakes the foundations of our world.  I think that is part of the trauma of losing a parent or sibling -- it is just an unthinkable realignment of the world.  MJ did not do that for me but John Lennon`s death did.  I heard about it on my way to work and I sobbed the rest of the day.  There are other examples like that.  It is just not supposed to be.  Sorry you are experiencing that kind of pain -- it is not phantom pain -- it is real.

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