Comments on: Jesus of Cool: Michael Jackson’s Crossover Nightmare

By: pariscooper

pariscooper — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:42:44 +0000

boy how do i love michael jackson… michael is the best thing that happened to this world its so sad that he died but i love himmm to death… hes a ledgend all over tha world and forever in my heart!!!! RIP BBY!!! i love you

By: doodiepants

doodiepants — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:54:06 +0000

No no, he is alive. They found him in the woods. Then the video taper got it!!!!

http://doodiepants.com/2009/08/27/michael-jacks…

By: doodiepants

doodiepants — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:54:06 +0000

No no, he is alive. They found him in the woods. Then the video taper got it!!!!

http://doodiepants.com/2009/08/27/michael-jacks…

By: doodiepants

doodiepants — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 06:54:06 +0000

No no, he is alive. They found him in the woods. Then the video taper got it!!!!

http://doodiepants.com/2009/08/27/michael-jacks…

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buy prescription drugs — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:18:28 +0000

I guess it is kind of a double edged sword. He is responsible for both inspiring creativity and overproduced music in search for huge sales. He accomplished much musically

By: JonCummings

JonCummings — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:21:24 +0000

Mr. or Ms. Tweet, why on earth would I leave my opinion out of an opinion piece? I'm pretty sure any reader could tell this wasn't a straight-up “objective” article or obituary as soon as they read the first word, which was “I.”

Anyway, “Bad” is probably not the second-biggest-selling album of all time, though it's impossible to get any real idea how many copies it sold internationally…which, of course, didn't stop Michael and his PR specialists from making up their own numbers (which is a big part of what this column is about). In terms of U.S. sales, “Bad” pales in comparison even to the “Bodyguard” soundtrack from a few years later.

You should absolutely feel free to disagree with anything I write. But note that I never, anywhere in the piece, suggested that “Bad” was a flop. What I suggested was that it was a coldly calculated piece of product, designed far more to sell another 40 million copies than it was to advance Michael's artistry. If you want to argue about that, go for it. But if your entire argument is “'Bad' sold umpteen million copies…look what a success it was!” then you're playing right into the same commerce-over-artistry trap that, in my opinion, made the latter stages of MJ's musical career very sad to watch.

By: JonCummings

JonCummings — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:16:34 +0000

So what we have here, if you're correct, is a conspiracy on the part of MTV — with Britney Spears, of all people, enlisted to say something just leading enough (like “to me he's the artist of the millennium”) to seal the deal — all designed to make Michael Jackson look ridiculous. Really? Is that the “common sense” you're asking for?

By: Tweet

Tweet — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:32:29 +0000

Jon…you really need to go back and do more research on what you have attempted to speak about. As a professional, writing an article..you should have stated the cited facts and left YOUR opinion out of it..leaving the final draw to the reader. It seems that your above article is laced with your opinionated poison. For example..Thriller was the largest and best selling album of all time, however Bad sold 30 million copies which is nothing to sneeze at. The music industry if they could sell 8 million copies for an album would consider themselves lucky. MJ had out did himself with Thriller..so quite naturally 30 million would seem like a slip..but in reality..Bad was the SECOND largest selling album in history..and Michael did it AGAIN.

By: jgar

jgar — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:14:40 +0000

so if he thought it was a birthday, why did he have a list to say thanks to people? I certainly wouldn't. Obviously he was informed of an award. Kinda common sense, you get an award you get a list of people to thank. You get a birthday and you say thanks and not pull out a piece of paper. Before you ask for research use common sense.

By: jgar

jgar — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:11:58 +0000

this was silly. Destroyed it? When did the music industry concentrate on art more than sales? Just look at the sound alike bands of the 60's after the beatles. GOSH it is an industry, they focus more on money than art, understand that before you make a silly thesis.. Dwindling sales? Whose standards? Bad was supposedly a commercial flop because it didn't sell as much as thriller, but um it sold 30 million around the world. People celebrate if you sold 2 million lol. It was not an album for just musical artistry, it was an album meant to support visual artistry. NEVER was MJ lesser as a dancer, performer than in moonwalker/smooth criminal. Even this ridiculous account of saying Bad was just taken from Beat it etc. Michael was a sharper, more versatile and more polished dancer on Bad and smooth criminal than anything he did in Thriller. It was an evolution on an already great dance style. Did you see Kelly or Astaire evolve so greatly in such a short amount of time? Dangerous a flop? The biggest selling new jack swing record is a flop? Gosh this is silly.