It’s interesting to note the news today, with all the regular news channels sending out fond memories and dedicating todays pages to The King Of Pop: Michael Jackson. We’ve all had a fascination with him, and I particularly still have a thing for “Billie Jean” It played one night back in the day at Green Man and it’s still one of my favourite songs of all time, coupled with “Dirty Diana” which I remember from my schools ‘Cupid Evening’ back in 2003.

Thriller: That’s going to be impossible to beat

There was the moonwalk, the man who never wanted to grow up and created Neverland, the allegations with the children, but looking at Michael Jackson purely from a musical perspective, he was a God. No one could entertain like Michael in his day, and Thriller is still the biggest selling album in the world, ever. It will probably stay like that forever, as we don’t really sell albums anymore, everything is downloaded and shared. Michael captured generations and there is not much more you can say, other than the fact that the media loce these sorts of things.

They build stars up, and then tear them down when things go wrong. In Michael Jackson’s court cases, the media hounded him, after which he became a virtual recluse. Now they’re saying good things, forgetting what they did four years ago.

But such is the media, in a way we’re all part of it, wanting sensational news.

He was legendary, and all we can do to remember him is by the great memories, the YouTube videos and all his music, which we will continue to cherish.

For the greatest video of all time, and my absolute personal favourite with some rare footage, click HERE.

Sean Lloyd

Editor