Michael Jackson pretty much defines 'immensely talented artist goes apeshit and turns into a reclusive freakshow for the world to laugh at.' And then, there is the whole pedophilia mess. 
Aguilera is a talented singer with mediocre songs and a very limited fanbase. Britney shouldn't even be on this list because people stop listening to her music the second it goes off MTV. People still listen to their Jackson vinyls - that's the difference. I don't know mucho about Snoop Dogg/Nelly but c'mon, they shouldn't be compared to MJ. Jackson's music is still enjoyable when you give it a listen every once in a while. Most importantly, he had a unique, signature style. The problem with modern pop stars is that the music sounds like it was picked randomly from the songwriter's archives - the average Britney Spears song could have very well be sung by Aguilera/Moore/whoever - but a Jackson song was distinctly his.
There's a strange thing about the two big pop mega-stars of 80s - Madonna went from being a nut to having a normal life (or something like it). Michael went from being a cute little kid and a decent young man to one of the biggest jokes in the entertainment world. Odd how that played out.
Aguilera is a talented singer with mediocre songs and a very limited fanbase. Britney shouldn't even be on this list because people stop listening to her music the second it goes off MTV. People still listen to their Jackson vinyls - that's the difference. I don't know mucho about Snoop Dogg/Nelly but c'mon, they shouldn't be compared to MJ. Jackson's music is still enjoyable when you give it a listen every once in a while. Most importantly, he had a unique, signature style. The problem with modern pop stars is that the music sounds like it was picked randomly from the songwriter's archives - the average Britney Spears song could have very well be sung by Aguilera/Moore/whoever - but a Jackson song was distinctly his.
There's a strange thing about the two big pop mega-stars of 80s - Madonna went from being a nut to having a normal life (or something like it). Michael went from being a cute little kid and a decent young man to one of the biggest jokes in the entertainment world. Odd how that played out.
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I remember seeing that performance on TV live back then and we were like "Whoa, wtf was that move we just saw?". Had the VCR on at the time and played it over and over. Next days/weeks at school, the kids were doing moonwalk everywhere.
*sigh* that music is now oldies and I'm oldie as well.
wow, there was a youtube comment on one of those videos that really makes sense. now i finally understand MJ:
"STFU Stop fucking Michael Jackson, he is not white or black he's god and needs to eat children to be alive, is the price we got to pay to listen and watch this things."
"STFU Stop fucking Michael Jackson, he is not white or black he's god and needs to eat children to be alive, is the price we got to pay to listen and watch this things."
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