Last Friday, I woke up to the news that an 80s icon, MJ had passed on... It seemed that he died at around 2pm local time, so most Msians only got to know the news when they were on their way to work.
I was also unaware of FF's death which happened some 5 hrs earlier, for we were on our way home from Shah Alam. This is because reception along the N9 stretch of highway was really bad, so we did not bother to tune in to the radio.
Well, I wasn't sad, as just like million others who had given up on MJ due to his eccentricities, but I did feel some hollow, empty pang that told me, "that's it, the last one of the super, mega star of the world is gone". Well, definitely, cos for me, he's basically on the similar pedestal that the world has placed the Beatles, Elvis, Lady Di, and JFK on. Thus, I truly believe he's the last of them. In fact, some even say that he's the biggest of them all- esp with MTv's help, of course.
Who else? nobody, in the past 20 years can come even a close second. The Beckhams? no, they don't appeal world wide. Britney? Whoa, no way, babe. So, it was no wonder that all the radio n Tv stations immediately aired their tributes and programmes to such a monumental figure... his album sales, "Thriller", topped some 60 m sales world wide. I was a dewy-eyed 13 year-old teen back then, had also bought tapes of fav songs of the Grammys- like songs by Bonnie Tyler, Cyndi Lauper, Boy george, n of course, HIM. Billie Jean n Beat It n Thriller were of course mega hits in those days.
My son, after watching his fluid movements was immediately smitten with his moonwalk, claiming that his limbs must be made of jelly, with no bones at all.
Well, we're gonna all miss u, Wacko Jacko. Some later reports did claim that he had embraced Islam, so we'll just wait & see as to what happens in the coming few days... and the exact reason why he had cardiac arrest- similar to that of Elvis and Ledger, maybe?
The world's waiting.
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