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Michael Jackson's Funeral Procession Sponsored By Land Rover, Rolls Royce Dealer
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let me read it again.
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By populating the procession with exclusive vehicles, the visual impact of exclusivity is diminished. Rolls buyers don't want to have a Rolls just like everyone else. They want exclusivity. They want the Rolls Royce. It would have been a better idea to supply the procession with a single vehicle to lead the procession. It comes down to a choice between a perception of stinginess among the masses, or cheapening the brand to those with the means and desire to actually purchase one.
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It's a shame. Michael was so far beyond how the rest of us live, in so many ways, I expected his life to end with him bursting into flames, or being carted off by UFOs. Of course, several UFOs, all doing perfect snappy Immelmanns, in unison.
To a funky beat.
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Even in death, he finds a way to be a public menace.
It took me two hours to get to work this morning (it normally takes me 30 minutes), causing me to miss no less than three telecons and screwing up our business schedule for the week.
There was a huge multi-car accident on the 110 this morning caused by some lifeless pricks trying to get to the Staples center. At 5 am. The frickin' service doesn't even start till 1 pm.
And I know that I'm not the only one that got screwed by this.
It's frickin' Michael Jackson. Who give a diddly damn.
GM and Chrysler were (and arguably still are) on their deathbeds, which would tangibly affect tens of thousands of people, and no one came out to have a procession for them. The Lakers won the NBA title and had to pay for their own celebration parade. Farah Fawcett died, and no one even knows if she was buried or not.
And the, some child-molesting, Jesus-juice drinking creep gets the largest celebrity memorial service ever!?
Michael Jackson is the celebrity equivalent of Lucas Electric: completely f*cked up in every imaginable way with horrifying long-term consequences that echo long after they passed from this world.
When Cindy Crawford passes, her memorial damn well better be bigger than Michael Jacksons, and have every remaining C2 Corvette (widely referred to as the Cindy Crawford of cars) present.
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+1, I find it very disturbing that I live in a world where this is a priority.
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I also "+1" this tirade
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I was already sick of it all when the news broke, I didn't think it was possible to care less than that, but somehow I've managed!
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Some days, my fellow humans being embarrass me. Some days, they annoy me. Some days, they the disgust me.
Apparently today I am experiencing three days simultaneously.
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Jacko even more so because he himself was not entirely sane and his reach was truly global.
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He was one of the first to break the MTV color barrier, but not the first. Thriller sold more copies than any other album, but as a compilation, it was not the best album. A great many people have donated to charities and gone along way towards bettering the educational opportunities of the African American community. Yet, my guess is, when those people pass away, they will get a Farrah Fawcett-sized corner on the front page at best.
I'll grant that he was an extremely talented musician, and had some influence on the music industry in his early days. But I just don't see where any of his influence fits in to contemporary music. This may be because I am more into classic rock than pop, but hell, even KISS spawned a bigger music genre with more glam band imitators than anything I have seen of Michael Jackson.
He was also great at making a statement and being a sensationalist, which no doubt is the main reason why there is such an outpouring of "grief" right now, but I just don't see how the sum of all that was his life warrants this kind of attention, when countless others that have passed from this world have done more to better themselves, their communities, and others than Michael Jackson did.
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Like MJ, they were musically talented. They also had a huge, highly visible effect on the world of music (some claim MJ did too, but I just don't see it). They were also considered handsome, therefore having a large female following in addition to a male following. And despite their quirks (particular their lengthy drug period), they were nowhere near as creepy as MJ.
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I'm afraid that we are just going to have agree to disagree on this one.
I have listened to that song. I get what it is about. But I don't understand how that makes it any better than other great songs.
As a psychology major whose senior thesis focused on psychopathology, I can tell you, his problems did not just suddenly appear out of nowhere in 1992. They may have first publicly manifested themselves in 1992, but they were there long before that. And he knew about them. Barring instances of schizophrenia and a few other uncommon psychological conditions, most people that have psychological conditions are at the very least semi-cognizant of it. This usually leads them to seek some sort of help in understanding and effectively resolving those issues, be it from a professional psychologist or from a trusted friend.
Early interviews with Michael Jackson indicate that he knew he had issues stemming from his childhood; in fact, he flat out stated as much on Oprah. Instead of trying to effectively resolve those issues, Michael Jackson built a private theme park for himself and named it "Neverland". He then invited random children to stay at his house with him.
This does not ring the "healthy" bell for me.
I don't deny that he was a very talented musician. I won't try to minimize the contributions that he did make.
But as for respect, I'm sorry, but I have for him only the basic respect accorded to any living creature: He had the right to live. He had the right to self-determination. He had the right to dress how he wanted. He had the right to do whatever he wanted with his money. He had the right to capitalize on his prodigious talent.
But prodigious talent does not make one a great person.
In my opinion, Michael Jackson was simply not that great of a person. Talented? Yes. Great? No. And so I will not grant him the respect that I granted, for instance, to Ray Charles.
Whether pre-1992 or post-1992, I don't think that Michael Jackson was all the great of a person, and certainly not great enough to warrant the attention that he is posthumously receiving.
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Nice. Now I know who said that.
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Too much?
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Nice cars...
For me to poop on!
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Nice typo, dumbass