RIP Michael Jackson!

Pop legend Michael Jackson is reported to have died of a heart attack after he was rushed to hospital in Los Angeles.

Jackson suffered a cardiac arrest earlier today, according to CNN and entertainment news website TMZ.com.

TMZ is now reporting he has died.

The LA Times reports paramedics went to the singer's home and found him not breathing.

The newspaper says paramedics performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation at the scene before taking him to the UCLA Medical Centre hospital.

More to come.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/26/2609021.htm?section=entertainment

just read that. Sad if true. Dude was crazy in the coconut, but made some bad-ass music

devastated 

just sold 850,000 tickets for his London Shows

Watch the conspiracy's fly!!

Woke up to my radio playing billie jean, i was like niiiice. soon as the song finished they said "and michael jackson has died'

damn.


agree with quazz tho.

They're blaming it on heart attack.

Some reports are even saying suicide

Personally, I'm blaming the boogie...




(too soon?)

didnt expect to wake up to this news...

watching the news and it is still 'unconfirmed' but it isnt looking very promising...

I am so devastated

rofl FunkyJ

sad to see but oh well, life goes on. despite the fact he was possibly the most cooked entertainer in the word, he brought joy and happiness to millions around the world for so many years, and he'll always be remembered for that

According to CNN police have cordoned off his house and the hospital... sure fire way to confirm that he's dead.

it is confirmed now

Entertainer Michael Jackson has died after being taken to a hospital on Thursday after suffering cardiac arrest, CNN has confirmed.

http://www.cnn.com/

Nooooo!!! 

one website i saw said the heart attack was due to an allergic reaction after eating some twelve year old nuts

what I wanna know is, if it don't matter if you're black or white, why did he wanna turn white...?

and then, he looked like a black man when there was a picture of the stretcher taking him into the hospital...

he was a weird, weird man.  thankfully, he made good music.

RIP Jacko   

and and funky j & khemo!

lol let the jokes begin!

i heard that they are going to melt him down to make toys so the kids can play with him for a change

I was never really a massive fan compared to the millions of fanatical fans he had but, this is truely a sad day for his fans and family but, what is almost just as sad is the people who think it's funny and ok to make jokes at someone who has SO RECENTLY passed away. Each to their own though, I just find it very disrespectful

RIP MJ  

I think it will be hard to ever listen to his music in the same way, something will be missing from it forever.

@ the jokes already


yeah, up until about 25 years ago.
most of the stuff since then was straddling somewhere pretty damn average to cack

still, the Jacksons 5 stuff, Off the Wall and Thriller are pretty legendary, rarely would i mix a house party without them in the box 

tbh they are just copied and pasted from elsewhere... apologies if they offend...

it certainly is a great loss... he made so many classic songs, so many great albums, but to me the sad thing is despite all the good he did (we are the world, etc) he will still be remembered for the drama that surrounded him in the later part of his life...

i think only elvis and mj are the only two people who have ever reached that level of fame/popularity/success... i dont think there will be many more who will reach that level again... he definitely is a true legend of the music world.

what about dj weez?

it's a sad day in music.

amazing that he was still only 50.

same!  Think its cool to pull out a few gags later but only hours after his death is just plain sick!  


shouldn't even be mentioned in my opinion! The dude was found innocent by a jury! Move on! Obviously he was not all there but its not like he married his daughter(woody!) or a 14 year old girl(big Elvis!).  The dude gave away soooo much of his time money and talent and this is a tragedy!
From amateur night at the Apollo to the king of pop, Michael is truly amazing
Rip MJ

OK I'm going to go against the grain here,

Yes it's sad that he has died and I feel for his family, especially the young children.

However, people saying "the day the music died" and "such a loss to the music industry" get a fucking grip. The guy hasn't released anything good in many many years. He had his day, he did some great things, and "apparently" some not so great things.

All the world has really lost is one of the many people the media go crazy over whenever they left the house.

Honestly - That is the only impact this day will have on your lives.

oj was found innocent too, but lots of people arent going to be forgetting that chapter of his life

same with mj unfortunately

like i said tho, it is sad that despite all the good it is the bad that some people will remember

lol. I knew that would be the response.


a ha ha ha ha.
Dick Head!

RIP Wacko Jacko

Ahh John, MJ was the first black musican to be played on MTV, his Thriller album is still the highest selling album of all time, he revolutionized the way artists made music videos etc.

It is a massive loss to the music industry.

These are all things he had already done! Awesome, great! I know this.

Which changed the music industry

You were saying since he hasn't done anything recently people shouldn't be saying he's a loss to the music industry and should "get a grip" .. well I'm sorry but thats just bull shit.

It would be a loss to the music industry if he was still producing new(and good) music and doing ground breaking things. His music and the things he achieved will live on whether he is here or not.

I think we'll have to agree to disagree on this one

NO WAY JOSE'

I guess when you really look at it he WAS a brilliant musical mind, he HAS made amazing contributions to the music industry and the world and he WAS accused of some truly horrible things. In the end all thats left is the music that he's made and as John pointed out , he's already made it.  In reality the death of a popstar is really not that big of a deal even someone of the calibre of Jacko or Lennon. 

I agree.

It's not like any of us knew him personally..

But still don't think its time to make jokes. little respect for the dead and their famillies

yeah, but it's not even that, i'm sure everyone feels for those that were close to him, but jokes were made when he was alive and no one cared...

I'm all for taking the piss out of a living or dead person but there is period right around the actually dieing that tact is required!

You serious? Welcome to the Internet, it's never too early to make jokes on here.

Either way I am also pretty sad about this. Losing such a legendary entertainer is not cool for all music listeners regardless of whether you were a huge fan or not!

deadly

Bad

I think the media is to blame really.

They can't even get the fact's right.

The reports that MJ died from a heart attack are false, as he was found in the Children's Ward having a stroke!

*retreats to the RIP Farah Fawcet thread where people still have a heart*

So do we need another thread for the MJ jokes and photochops that are inevitably going to be posted for at least a few days or do we just leave them in here?

I hope the media hangs their head in shame. Yet, they will probably chew him up and spit him out again for exploitative purposes, even in death.

RIP MJ, I had many enjoyable hours dancing (badly) to your music on the boom-box.

took all of an hour for the lame jokes to appear


(not aimed at u J)

Lame yes, but some sense of humour is especially important during hard times.

Micheal Jackson has had the greatest impact on todays pop and performance (dance) than any other artist. 
Yes his greatest releases were earlier than 2000 however he paved the way for other artists to accomplish great things today also (Justin Timberlake, Usher etc).  Also for the time, his video clips when released had special effects that were considered ground breaking also. He shouldnt only be remembered for his music, but for also his performances and work with his charities. He donated millions and millions to these causes:

The following is a list of charities he pubilicly helped in his life that was taken from AllMichaelJackson.com:
AIDS Project L.A.
American Cancer Society
Angel Food
Big Brothers of Greater Los Angeles
BMI Foundation, Inc.
Brotherhood Crusade
Brothman Burn Center
Camp Ronald McDonald
Childhelp U.S.A.
Children's Institute International
Cities and Schools Scholarship Fund
Community Youth Sports & Arts Foundation
Congressional Black Caucus (CBC)
Dakar Foundation
Dreamstreet Kids
Dreams Come True Charity
Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
Love Match
Make-A-Wish Foundation
Minority Aids Project
Motown Museum
NAACP
National Rainbow Coalition
Rotary Club of Australia
Society of Singers
Starlight Foundation
The Carter Center's Atlanta Project
The Sickle Cell Research Foundation
Transafrica
United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
United Negro College Fund Ladder's of Hope
Volunteers of America
Watts Summer Festival
Wish Granting
YMCA - 28th Street/Crenshaw

I never really thought badly of MJ, more than anything I kind of felt sad for the life he lead.

DeLaSouls maceo is doing a live tribute mix right now here

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/delasouls-dugout

Ooh.. That would be good.

He was a legendary entertainer, but he was also a paedofile. Fair game IMO.

de la soul crankin way too many xmas songs patchie lol

never proven

Share your bed with little boys and rumours are going to start.

Michael Jackson hasn't been this stiff since Macaulay Culkin went over to stay for the weekend

In the words of the great Jim Jeffries: how famous do you have to be before you can fuck a kid?

Michael Jackson was famous enough. Gary Glitter on the other hand.......

 

Hey man, you can aim it at me all you want... I took 5 minutes before I started making jokes about it.

I thought my Blame it on the Boogie one was quite good, to tell you the truth.

Oh dude, I laughed lol

michael jackson and his music was such a big part of my younger years -  i worshiped the guy for his amazing music like so many around at the time.

big ups to him for what he gave the world musically - lyrics / dance / mtv style video etc .

R.I.P

 

 I fell in love with music listening to Thriller. My first tape was Off The Wall and my room was covered in MJ posters for a fair few years.

 It's a very sad day for a lot of people. If you aren't at least a bit saddened you are probably under 30 anyway and too young to remember how MJ was at his peak.

 Definitely the last of the true pop megastars.

 RIP

 Edit- Ridiculous that the thriller album is going for 100's on ebay. Does anyone not have it lol?

Found innocent in  fact!

Elvis was boning a 14 year old and his image certainly isn't tarnished. 
Poor bastard had some deep seeded mental issues and the fact that he didn't see anything wrong with sleeping in the same bed as kids is the most disturbing aspect! 

 

You appear to be confusing ephebophilia with paedophilia. By accounts of those close, Priscilla was quite mentally and sexually mature, did not lack agency, and it was a mutual adoration. None of these things could be said of the claims made of Michael Jackson. I am by no means claiming that people in their early 20's should be boning any mature 14 year olds, and there is certainly a large moral grey area to be discussed there, but to compare the two is fatuous.

yes but the same cant be said about michael. He isn't mentally and sexually mature. He is still in the mindset of a child and there is nothing wrong with chuckin two kids top and tail now is there?
I'm not confusing the two just don't think in ten years time people will be talkin about the plastic man who fucked kids but they'll still have billie jean on the jukebox

Total weirdo in his later years but what a collection of music he left us... RIP

I'll leave the rest of your post, in the interest of my sanity, but I meant sexually mature from a biological standpoint, hence its juxtaposition with mentality.

My dad has it in his collection (vinyl).  Definately gonna sneak it out of the house next time im over there!

i have all of his albums on vinyl, picked most of them up at oppies for fuck all.

Ok so while he may have been sexually mature(in reference to age alone). He definately wasn't mentally aware of the boundaries of a physical relationship. 

RIP michael jackson 

Thanks for all the tunes.



PS:  What I really like about australia, is the jokes that are made straight after some one dies...some find it disrespectful...but its part of australian humor and only an australian would get it though...

Weren't you saying further back that people should pay respect and not make jokes yet? Comments like that, in my opinion, are contradictory to this supposed grace period. Imagine what a life in that sort of spotlight would do to you; I'd probably own my own amusement park and become a twisted recluse too.

In terms of "definitely" being mentally unaware "of the boundaries of a physical relationship" is a long shot to take. If you had that much money, missed out on a normal childhood, splurge to have a second childhood later in life, support charities for sick children and these children and their families are welcomed into your home, I have no doubt that somebody would try to get all of the money they could out of you.

Of course the media was always going to dramatise the situations, which inevitably snowballed to make him look gradually worse and worse in the public eye. I don't doubt he's put himself in some stupid positions, but it will never affect my view of him as having influenced generations of musicians and music lovers alike. Legend, full stop.



ON A MORE IMPORTANT NOTE, RAGE IS SHOWING A TRIBUTE AS I TYPE. THEY'RE GOING THROUGH MOST OF HIS BACK CATALOGUE OF FILM CLIPS.

4pm ABC2 are playing a MJ special, have got the tivo set to record

FFS!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/MICHAEL-JACKSON-THRILLER-ALBUM-1982-EPIC_W0QQitemZ250452657373QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Records?hash=item3a502444dd&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A1|66%3A2|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

there would be literally millions of these albums out there...

I can understand how he became who he did. I think a life in the spotlight definitely takes its toll.  If anything I feel sorry for the guy.

Musically he was a legend. without doubt.

I've got a mint copy of this with the poster and everything still.

Would sell it in an instant for that kind of money.

i'm gonna list mine, someone sold thriller and off the wall for a buy it now of $399. i know i will come across them again.

i suggest you sell it mate.

You reckon?

If people are willing to part with that much cash for it only 24hrs after his death you would be better off holding onto it for a few months wouldn't you?

I've got Off The Wall as well. Pretty sure I've got a few Jackson 5 albums as well somewhere.

No doubt I'll find both again so may as well make some money now.

You don't think that people will now hold onto them making them harder to get hold of, even if there are shitloads out there, they won't necessarily be up for sale??

To be totally honest I havent listened to any of them in 20 years. And if I ever want to hear them again I'll just download them.

I honestly doubt there will be any interest in them in a few months time, or record companies will start repressing them to make a quick buck so I may as well strike now while the going is good.

i say sell sell sell. they will cool off in a week or so. they will never ever fetch what they are right now.

i just fucked up my camera went to grab it not realising it was still connected to the pc, snapped the little end of the usb bit inside it

Whip down to MSY and grab a card reader

Or maybe by then everyone will realise how retarded spending so much money on an album will be when that album is so common.

top fucking thinking

edit - i feel bad cashing in but if people are willing to pay stupid money then i may as well...

Agree
If some gum nut fan or brain dead star chaser is willing to part with that kind of coin for an album they could have already bought then take em for all their worth. I think the hype will die pretty soon once ( as Noddy pointed out) they start repressing everything he ever did! i think the record companies have had a bit of time to plan the re releases too!

Wouldn't surprise me if whoever has the rights to his stuff goes and releases even more anthologies and box sets and 'extended release, another 5 seconds you have never heard' releases...

Ironic, he was going broke and his death wouldve earned him millions. 

lol, I'd be pissed. 

hope that no conspiracy's come of this...like tupac...

Already lots due to the hospitals delay of a press conference and Jacko's missing doc!

That's laughable!

Remember when I grabbed it along with a pile of other 80s gold from the op shop in Firle for a few dollars?! The cover & vinyl was mint too...

yeah i remember that

edit - chucked thriller and off the wall on yesterday for a one day auction. got $150 for the "rare" vinyl 

they are already dropping in price 

Serious? Nice one!

yeah, the teef were there because i wrote "rare"

Lol I just read that that 'plastination' guy, the creepy German dude who creates fucked up art from dead people is supposedly going to plastinate Jacko for posterity, possibly in the moonwalk position. His chimp Bubbles is already plastinated and on display at the 02 Arena apparently and his wish was to join Bubbles in death.

It sounds like a joke but this is on an actual news site!

If this is true it's yet another bizarre chapter in what was a truly bizarre life.

i saw on the news tonight he wished to be buried in Neverland.

Fuck yeah!!!

He owned the moonwalk so that would be awesome.

While it may seem like the kind of thing Michael Jackson would do, reports that the late singer made plans to have himself "plastinated" and put on display are exaggerated.

The director of publicity for Dr. Gunther von Hagens tells TMZ someone claiming to be from Jackson's management team did contact BODY WORLDS several months ago about Jackson's interest in being preserved in plastic.

But, she says, "We can further confirm that Mr. Jackson is not now a registered body donor in the Institute for Plastination's Body Donation Program."

http://www.tmz.com/2009/06/27/michael-jacksons-body-hold-the-plastic/

Since when do people have to be dead to be 'plastinated'? Just go to Madame Tussaud! He's already been done many times.

http://tinyurl.com/kvxoet


Check this out:
http://kenyonb.com/news/?p=357

He was already pretty well plastinated I reckon!

That info I posted was gleaned from that bastion of fine journalism, news.com.au, so make of that what you will...

[video: www.youtube.com]

Cool video this one...Very true.

thriller !  Buy It Now price:    AU $1,250.00   

Music has played a fairly integral role in my life and i say that all began through his music. I'd hear my mum playing tunes off Thriller when i was 5 and 6, and then in 91 when Dangerous came out, i went and got into all his back catalog and have played his music every week since then. Actually had my 12" of Thriller on my 1200 the night before he died. Still have my year 7 project that i did on him, plus a bunch of drawing of him i did in my preteen years. Saw him at Adelaide Oval in 96 (brilliant) and even saw his little mask covered face out the window as he sped past in a Torago Van after the gig with me some ten meters away.

His music certainly lost something after the 80's. Some good tunes on Dangerous and a couple on History and maybe one on Blood on the Dancefloor and i think You Rock My World off Invincible is a sick track too (only album i didn't bother to buy).

He was clearly totally disconnected from reality by the 90's and that just got worse. I really enjoyed the sparse footage of him doing interviews in the 70 and 80s and even the Oprah one in 93 is okay, but since then i just felt sorry for him every time i'd see him interviewed cos he was out of his mind and rambled on about conspiracies against him and other nonsense.

back catalouge has so so many beautiful pieces of music in it and i'll be playing them for ever more. He was so so so cool to me in my youth.

  RIP

JJJ hottest 100 of all time next month. Wonder how much Jacko will be in there?

I seriously think that Thriller will be number 1, which is okay I guess.

Annoying though that someone's death would have a impact on the votes.

Thriller better not be number one. It's miles off being the best song from that album, let alone his career.

I honestly doubt his death will affect voting much at all.

I was hoping not as well, voting closed at what 12 last night.

Lets keep our fingers crossed.

Thriller wont be number one! Wasn't the best song and probably not even his best.  Don't even know anyone who voted for thriller

 Absolutely gut wrenching to read stories on the autopsy report. He was a terrible mess by the end. Made me feel sick.

 Watched a concert of him performing in Bucharest in '91 last night, mindblowing performance. Clocked in at almost 2 hours. Someone who was just born to perform! At least he looked happy and comfortable on stage in front of 70,000 people.

 It's made me a lot sadder than what I would have expected really.

Same.

Tickets goin for 10 grand for the Jacko tribute show! wtf?