“The Black Elvis”
Michael Jackson has passed away suddenly from an apparent overdose of prescription pain killers. While this is a tragedy, it shouldn’t be the subject of over 24 hours of coverage on almost every single channel. One of the things that was said that stood out to me though, was someone calling him the “Black Elvis.”
I’m not sure how I feel about that. In a lot of ways, Michael was like Elvis, right down to the way he died, but I’m just not sure that’s the right title to give him. That’d be like saying that the iPod is the best of the Mp3 players out there. Sure it’s great and one of the most innovative, definitely having a giant impact on the way music is listened to these days, but is it the best?
I don’t know about being the Black Elvis, but Michael Jackson paved a lot of roads for a lot of people to come into the industry and music wouldn’t be the same today without him.
PSA – If I get a single comment about how horrible Michael Jackson was, I will ban ALL commenting to the post. He may have been a controversial person, he may have done a lot of whacked out shit, but that doesn’t make him any less of a fantastic singer and performer.
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