Help me settle a Michael Jackson debate with a friend

h4rm0ny · 18 Feb 2019 at 11:29

MJ was phenomenally talented. I remember an account by one of the people recording the original Live Aid album. Said when Michael came in they gave him the music and he just hit this high C a cappello utterly pitch perfect and everyone was just standing around listening because every note was spot-on technically perfect.

wolfie138 · 18 Feb 2019 at 11:31

i wouldn't associate w/ a michael jackson fan in the first place, lol.
i'm sure if the allegations in the film are untrue, mj's lawyers will be all over it.

d_brennen · 18 Feb 2019 at 11:37

COYS said:
I'd tell him to beat it.

It took 16 posts...

Take a long look at the Man in the Mirror and ask "do I want to be friends with this clown anyway?" It's a Bad basis for a relationship if he is so Black or White about every little thing

h4rm0ny · 18 Feb 2019 at 11:44

wolfie138 said:
i'm sure if the allegations in the film are untrue, mj's lawyers will be all over it.

You know that he's dead, right? (Queue vague assertions about an estate without thinking it through).

One of the tracks from his second to last album:

He was then attacked by people in the media who claimed that the lyrics "they don't really care about us" were anti-Semitic. :rolleyes:

wolfie138 · 18 Feb 2019 at 11:45

you know that he has an estate and a legacy, right?

Roland Butter · 18 Feb 2019 at 12:05

He's right to ditch the OP, I don't think you can be friends and have such opposing views.

The number of times I've blew my friends off, you wouldn't believe.

aardvark · 18 Feb 2019 at 12:22

i would get a more sane friend tbh

Pipe & Slippers · 18 Feb 2019 at 12:31

h4rm0ny said:
MJ was phenomenally talented. I remember an account by one of the people recording the original Live Aid album. Said when Michael came in they gave him the music and he just hit this high C a cappello utterly pitch perfect and everyone was just standing around listening because every note was spot-on technically perfect.

Pretty sure that was in Bob Geldof's "Is that it". He described it as a truly preposterous amount of talent

Orionaut · 18 Feb 2019 at 12:32

One of my favorite assessments of MJ's life...

It is a bit old now and doesn't have the final ending but..

http://www.anomalies-unlimited.com/Jackson.html

As commented on in a thread elsewhere. Talented and creative people are often (mostly even) tormented and disturbed individuals whose personal lives frequently range from the merely weird to the downright nasty!

This should not however detract from the work that they do and the pleasure that they bring to the world

h4rm0ny · 18 Feb 2019 at 12:39

Pipe & Slippers said:
Pretty sure that was in Bob Geldof's "Is that it". He described it as a truly preposterous amount of talent

Yes - that was it. I remember that passage in particular.

What they did to Michael Jackson is a tragedy. Some people can't seem to abide innocence - they hate it more than anything.

Diddums · 18 Feb 2019 at 12:40

Get better friends.

Or get him the help he so evidently needs. Dude's got issues.

Yadda · 18 Feb 2019 at 12:41

There's only one way to settle this: moonwalks.

Diddums · 18 Feb 2019 at 12:42

wolfie138 · 18 Feb 2019 at 12:49

h4rm0ny said:
Yes - that was it. I remember that passage in particular.

What they did to Michael Jackson is a tragedy. Some people can't seem to abide innocence - they hate it more than anything.

so you're saying it was someone else's fault?

aardvark · 18 Feb 2019 at 12:50

h4rm0ny said:
Yes - that was it. I remember that passage in particular.

What they did to Michael Jackson is a tragedy. Some people can't seem to abide innocence - they hate it more than anything.

or maybe he's guilty and thats what people can't stand - its certainly all very fishy

Schlong&Stable · 18 Feb 2019 at 13:27

There's a list somewhere of material recovered from Michael Jackson's home. An official police record. Read that list and try convince yourself Michael Jackson did not at the very least have an attraction to kids. He may or may have acted upon that attraction, but what otherwise normal heterosexual man has images of nude boys stored alongside pornography?

JBuk · 18 Feb 2019 at 13:28

COYS said:
I'd tell him to beat it.

Yep, don’t wanna be startin’ somethin’

Minusorange · 18 Feb 2019 at 13:34

COYS said:
I'd tell him to beat it.

Yes it's much easier to find a new friend, than try to beat one into submission

JBuk · 18 Feb 2019 at 13:46

Roland Butter said:
The number of times I've blew my friends off, you wouldn't believe.

I’m glad that people can open up on these forums , literally!

Just remember to get yourself checked out once in a while

Skidder · 18 Feb 2019 at 13:53

Would you leave your friend alone with young children?