I have had mixed emotions since the passing of Michael Jackson. I am part of the generation that was coming of age when his music as a solo artist was making history. His music was the catalyst for MTV and it’s rise in popularity in a wider racial format. The accusations and weird behavior since those times have led me to see him in a different and admittedly much less flattering way. Regardless of that there is no denying the influence he had in music and in history as a whole. Sadly I think this story is going to become much worse once the autopsy comes back and the facts of what were going on in his private life become more public. So before that happens and his place in my mind is tarnished even further I will make an acknowledgment to his better side. The side I remember in my youth. But in my own way. I will play a song popularized by him but will not play a song with him as the performer.
I hope he finds the peace in the afterlife that he could never seem to obtain during his life here.
James Morrison ( man in the mirror)