[dave]

I'm be interested in phil collins's take on all this.

[clm]

The article neatly summarised by a friends facebook status...

All of these people who keep saying "Well yes, Michael Jackson fucked kids but he was a great singer," make me sick. No one mentions what a good caretaker Ian Huntley was, or what a cracking builder Fred West was or what a safe wagon driver Peter Sutcliffe was.

[SA Chris]

Indded. Apparently Adolf Hitler was a gifted painter, but strangely there wasn't a retrospective of his work at the Tate after he popped his jackboots.

[lagerstarfish]

Indded. Apparently Adolf Hitler was a gifted painter, but strangely there wasn't a retrospective of his work at the Tate after he popped his jackboots.

It's not too late to rectify this...

[dave]

The article neatly summarised by a friends facebook status...

All of these people who keep saying "Well yes, Michael Jackson fucked kids but he was a great singer," make me sick. No one mentions what a good caretaker Ian Huntley was, or what a cracking builder Fred West was or what a safe wagon driver Peter Sutcliffe was.

similarly I don't think "Its Good To Be Back" will be racing to number one when gary glitter dies.

[SA Chris]

Have a look at the Amazon bestseller charts - why the fuck is everyone buying his albums now that he is dead - there are 8 in the top ten? Most of them were shit before, they are still shit now, and they sure as hell aren't going to get any better.

[slackline]

I reckon it was pre-meditated suicide to clear his debts which were spiralling out of control.

[dave]

it could be a reggie perrin-style faking of his own death.

[SA Chris]

I hope not. Reckon it was a way of getting out of all those tour dates he comitted to?

[slackline]

I hope not. Reckon it was a way of getting out of all those tour dates he comitted to?

...which he'd have made a killing from as they sold out, so tons of cash there, but after chatting with the accountant, not enough to cover the 5 millionth nose reconstruction and pay off the latest round of kids and their families.

[Sloper]

The article neatly summarised by a friends facebook status...

All of these people who keep saying "Well yes, Michael Jackson fucked kids but he was a great singer," make me sick. No one mentions what a good caretaker Ian Huntley was, or what a cracking builder Fred West was or what a safe wagon driver Peter Sutcliffe was.

classic

[Houdini]

[BB]

Indded. Apparently Adolf Hitler was a gifted painter, but strangely there wasn't a retrospective of his work at the Tate after he popped his jackboots.

It's not too late to rectify this...

Maybe a second European tour. The last one was cut short.

[Houdini]

funnyordie.com/videos/301ae011b3/michael-jackson-is-dead

For some reason it's not loading/embedding. Add www. to the above and paste in yr browser window.

[slackline]

This Michael Jackson thing is going on a bit long who do they think he is…………….. Jade Goody

[Houdini]

[Duma]

good post on all the bullshit
http://sharonastyk.com/2009/07/07/stop-all-the-clocks-mourning-without-object/