RIP, Michael…

This blog is about guitars, rock music, blues music, this kind of music, not pop or dance or whatever.

But I do remember the period when everybody in the neigborhood was listening Michael Jackson’s music, was speaking about Michael Jackson and was waiting for him to come to Romania. And he did come and it was madness. All those girls screaming like crazy the famous “I love you, Michael!!!”, fainting on his concert, crying and acting crazy, all those things my mother couldn’t understand and honestly, me neither…

But I had a copy of Thriller and I did listen to it a lot back then, I used to like it, it was new, it was crazy…

It was, for Romania here, a change, from the communist political regime  to “liberty” how everybody called it. Michael was the first big name that came to Romania, if I well remember, it was a symbol at that moment, it was the sign we are heading to something new and that the world is open to anything.

Then it appeared more and more obvious that he had issues, news came from all over about his problems with money, children, health etc. I always wondered (and probably you too) why he tried so much to change his appearence…

Anyway, we should not care about this at this moment, we should care about the fact that he meant a great deal for the music worldwide. How many could brag for getting the name “king of ” some musical style? He was named king of pop and nobody could take that from him and probably nobody will for the next period of time.

But now Michael Jackson is dead.

I found about it this morning reading a e-newspaper. Strange, considering I understand it’s all over the TV and radio news, I didn’t have time to get them. I was wondering this morning in my car(listening a radio station) what’s that buzz with Michael Jackson, I presumed he released an album or something.

But not. He is dead. King of pop is dead.

So, it made me think and write this article.

Rest in peace, Michael, your problems are over now…

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