Should Michael Jackson be known as the *king of pop* 4 ever or what?
Im a big fan of Michael Jackson.I watched his memorial and i just wanted to say that was soooo upseting 4 everone they all cried even i cried. The Issue:
Michael Jackson’s funeral is scheduled to take place today, Tuesday, at Forest Lawn cemetery in the Hollywood Hills. (On a clear day, should there ever be one, you can see the Disney Studios.) By some accounts, his wish to be buried at Neverland Ranch was thwarted by problems with permits and the preferences of some family members. In disposing of their mortal remains, should we defer to what those who are now dead wanted when they were alive?
The Argument:
We should consider but not be bound by the desires of the dead. They are beyond caring what befalls them. Our greater duty is to the living for whom these remains have profound meaning. It is they who must grapple with the ineffable finality of separation, and this physical stuff, this residue of life, can help.
Even acknowledging death can be daunting, a task that can be eased by the presence of the dead. Lincoln’s body was taken by train through 180 cities, from Washington to Springfield, Ill., and removed at each stop so mourners could see it for themselves. Soldiers seek the remains of comrades fallen long ago. (Such efforts are still underway in Vietnam.) Life can seem suspended, death unreal, if a body is not recovered. Homer dramatizes that heart-rending reality in the final book of the “Iliad” when the Trojan king, Priam, risks his life by entering the Greeks’ camp to retrieve the corpse of his son Hector, an act that moves Achilles to tears.
And overpowered by memory
both men gave way to grief. Priam wept freely
for man-killing Hector, throbbing, crouching
before Achilles’ feet as Achilles wept himself
If the demands of the dead conflict with offering solace to those who loved them, we should honor the latter. It is not just life that is for the living; death is for the living.
The law sees it differently. In most states, survivors must abide by the wishes of the dead. When those wishes cannot be established — for example, if there is no will — authority usually passes to the next of kin, often to a spouse (making this a matter of some concern to proponents of gay marriage). Just as you may bequeath your car or your cash, the law allows you to decide what is to be done with your carcass, treating the question as one of property rights, with you as your own property. This is impressive metaphysical sleight of hand but not much good as ethical guidance for the Jackson family.
Religion too speaks, prescribing how to dispose of the dead. Jews, Christians and Muslims often bury; Hindus tend to burn; the Parsis, Zoroastrians residing in India, place their dead on “towers of silence” to be consumed by vultures. (The Parsis now face the problem of a dwindling vulture population.) But the strictures of one faith often contradict those of another — Islam bars cremation; some Christians accept it — and none seem based on firm moral principles that can instruct nonbelievers. All major faiths discourage murder, for example, but many quibble over embalming. What are the Jacksons to do?
Apparently they will consign Michael neither to a pyre nor to a tower of silence but to Neverland Ranch or Forest Lawn — that is, to a vast or a tiny graveyard. Cemeteries are not just storage centers for corpses; they are also places of communion for the living. Most of us know someone, by any measure sane, who finds comfort in visiting a cemetery and speaking to a deceased loved one. Would it matter to those who find surcease in such settings (whether or not they chat with the dead) if the body were not actually there? It would. Highgate would not be Highgate without the physical remains of Karl Marx or George Eliot. Brooklyn’s Green-Wood would be wan and unaffecting without the corpses of Margaret Sanger and Boss Tweed.
There’d be no reason to visit Pere Lachaise if it did not provide a physical link to Oscar Wilde and Jim Morrison. (Just follow the hideous graffiti to locate the latter.) Communing with the dead, aloud or in silence, is abetted by their presence. This is not to regard Jackson’s body as a public amenity but to acknowledge those who love him as worthy of consideration.
There are other means of communion. Many who cherish the works of a particular writer feel a real connection to the author by visiting his home, that of Charles Dickens or Jane Austen or Samuel Johnson, and no carcass is necessary. These giants are vividly evoked by their furniture, a pen and inkwell, the view from a study window. Even when there is a body, it somehow becomes unimportant. Jefferson is buried at Monticello, but it is his telescope, his rotating bookstand, his mastodon skull (a gift from Lewis and Clark) and, alas, his slave quarters that give us the man. One does not linger at the grave. (At least I did not.)
So it may be for Michael Jackson. If he does not have Jefferson’s stature — who does
Hell ya he’s king & always will b king of pop no one can replace him
November 14th, 2011 at 6:22 am
no…2Pac was the King of Pop
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November 14th, 2011 at 7:12 am
He is the KING OF POP
and no one will ever replace him….ever
R.I.P King of Pop
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November 14th, 2011 at 7:41 am
Yes, king forever and ever…
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November 14th, 2011 at 8:25 am
The King of Child Abusers who got away with it maybe.
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November 14th, 2011 at 8:32 am
yes
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November 14th, 2011 at 9:03 am
I think he should.
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November 14th, 2011 at 9:34 am
No He’s The KING OF MUSIC period!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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November 14th, 2011 at 9:53 am
He is the king of pop. For now…
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November 14th, 2011 at 10:26 am
YES! he was amazing, no matter what else he did, his music will always live on forever. HE IS THE KING!
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November 14th, 2011 at 11:07 am
Yes.
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November 14th, 2011 at 11:36 am
2pac was the king of rap
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November 14th, 2011 at 11:47 am
well I don’t think that he will be known as the king of pop forever because first it was the elvis, then the beatles, now michael Jackson and I think each of them deserves a good place in history but I think that they shouldn’t be catorgorized as "the king of rock" or "the best band ever" because that not nesisarily true because there will be other bands like the jonas brothers that everone will be like " they were the best ever" and then Everyone will forget about Michael Jackson
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November 14th, 2011 at 12:01 pm
He’s a perve.
No.
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November 14th, 2011 at 12:08 pm
where were all the people when he was in a legal battle, and so many of you had nothing good to say about him, even some of these folks who now act like they miss him so much…all trying to gain media attention on himselfs
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November 14th, 2011 at 12:30 pm
Do you really think someone is gonna read all this? Seriously, I’ll just answer your initial question….
YES!!!!! He’s the Kig of Pop and Always Be Forever!
God Bless Him and His Family. RIP.
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November 14th, 2011 at 1:17 pm
Hell ya he’s king & always will b king of pop no one can replace him
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November 14th, 2011 at 2:01 pm
HECK YEAH!
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November 14th, 2011 at 2:34 pm
well, i think he should me the king of pop till the end of time! i don’t think he molested children, however i do think he might have touched them innapropriately. he was also the king of many other types of music.
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November 14th, 2011 at 3:18 pm
I’d recognize his death to be sure, but not exactly call him king of pop or what not.
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November 14th, 2011 at 4:01 pm
HE WILL ALWAYS BE REMBERED AS THE KING OF POP
BUT I DONT THINK HE WANTED TO BE BURIED THERE BECAUSE THE COPS AND THOSE PEOPLE WHO ACUSED HIM OF DOING THAT STUFF WASNT TRUE I MEAN THEY RUINED HIS CAREER (ONLY A BIT THOUGH)
I MEAN THOSE PEOPLE MADE NEVERLAND HELL FOR HIM
I THINK HE ALSO WOULD THOUGH BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE ACUSED HIM OF DOING
HES KIDS GREW UP THERE
HE HAD FUN AT NEVERLAND
THATS LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF HIS LIFES WORK
IT WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE FOR HIM TO BE BURIED
IF THOSE COPS HADNT DOWN WHAT THEY DID AND RUIN HIS WAY OF THINKING ON NEVERLAND
MAYBE HE SHOULD BE BURIED BY HIS OTHER DEAD FAMILY MEMBERS ?
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ALSO UMM
ELVIS IS THE KING OF ROCK
THE BEATLES ARE THE KINGS OF BANDS AND MICHEAL IS KING OF POP
NO ONE EVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT MICHEAL BEING THE KING OF ROCK AND I BELIVE HE WILL BE REMERED AS KING OF POP AND NOTHING ELSE
BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT ANYBODY SAYS HES MUSIC IS THE BEST AND FOR 45 YEARS HAS NEVER BURNED OUT
AND WONT BURN OUT
THERE MAY BE MORE TALENTED PEOPLE BUT NONE WILL BE MICHEAL JACKSON BECAUSE THE NEW TLAENTED PEOPLE WILL COME FROM A AGE WERE WHEN THEY MAKE SONGS THEY EDIT IT SO MUCH LIKE WHEN I HEARD RHINNA LIVE SHE SOUNDED NOTHING LIKE SHE DOES IN VIDEOS
BUT MICHEAL SOUNDS THE SAME BECAUSE HE GREW UP IN A WORLD WERE YOU TALENT HAS TO BE REAL AND WONT BE EDITED
PEOPLE CAN LIKE NEW PEOPLE BUT MICHEAL WILL BE THE KING OF POP FOREVER AND FOREVER
AND I HOPE HES IN HEAVEN
November 14th, 2011 at 4:30 pm
No. I think there should be respect, but I don’t think that the title should be his exclusively. If anything we should be encouraging others to take up musical instruments, to sing, to dance, to act…to be involved in the arts in any way they can. That is the best way to celebrate MJs legacy, and that is to inspire people to aspire.
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November 14th, 2011 at 4:56 pm
Yup Forever!
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November 14th, 2011 at 5:37 pm
wow i didnt even read what u wrote anyhoo michael was and is the king of pop n always will be noone will ever replace him
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November 14th, 2011 at 5:46 pm
I don’t know what you’re babbling about but I think it’s good that Michael Jackson did not get buried at Neverland Ranch, he lived there with his ex-wives.
I think Jermaine wanted him buried there but what about the owners or future owners of the place IF Neverland is not turned into a Graceland type thing (because the Jacksons do not own it) then people will have to live there with a dead person in their backyard? Michael Jackson or not, that’s kinda creepy. I’m not sure how that relates to your initial question.
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November 14th, 2011 at 6:00 pm
Wayyyy tooo long to actually read but I believe Michael Jackson should always be remembered as the King of Pop because that’s what he aimed to be and he definitely acheived it. I don’t know anyone who didn’t know his name and he did so much for the music and entertainment industry. He influenced artists from all genres and his creativity sculpted the music video world into what it is today. I don’t believe there could be anyone like Michael. Even with all the changes to his appearance, that just added to it all because he became timeless which is what his mother said he was probably aiming for in a recent interview. His whole life was spent in the limelight and the media was obsessed with him and still is. No one will forget him obviously. He will always be the King of Pop.
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November 14th, 2011 at 6:09 pm
Yes.
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November 14th, 2011 at 6:34 pm
Yes ~forever.~
Anyone said no should go get its head examined.
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