The Last Superstar

This morning I pulled on my Michael Jackson t-shirt and left for work.  As I walked, Michael Jackson’s music blared from buildings, truck drivers honked their horns and waved.  One man even shouted ‘MJ will live in my heart forever’.
 
This is the death of pop as we know it.  And I really believe we’ve just seen the last global superstar die.   
 
Not just because his talent is unquestionable, but because he made the most of an age that allowed him to revolutionise pop.  MTV didn’t even play black music until love for MJ forced them to.
 
And in living through a time when media was so powerful but also so narrow, he was able to control its weird beast in a way that nobody else ever will.  
 
Proliferation of media, whilst ultimately good, has just killed the global superstar.  
 
Thank you for the good times, Michael.

Posted by: Simeon at MJ time on Friday, 26th June 2009