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re: A little game for Rockmaniacs who read the forum from the top down...

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Pudding 07:20 pm UTC 06/27/09
In reply to: re: A little game for Rockmaniacs who read the forum from the top down... - Jacob 02:17 pm UTC 06/27/09

If it's fine for people not to mourn him then why the big fucking headache over Smeg and me who don't want to?

He was a great performer who had some great songs, but that doesn't excuse what he was and what he did. Phil Spector was great in the studio but that doesn't excuse what he did.

> Once again, not the point. People aren't mourning Michael
> Jackson the person, they're mourning Michael Jackson the
> artist. Fine if you don't want to do it, but what's the
> harm in people who do separate the two?
>
> It's the same with Phil Spector. If he dies, would you
> honestly not spend a single second honoring his music
> simply because he's a murderer?
>
> > What a stupid fucked up perspective. I'd mourn Meat Loafs
> > passing because he doesn't fiddle with kids, fuck monkeys
> > or reshaped his face every 5 years.
> >
> > I'm a Meat Loaf & Jim Steinman fan not a Wacko Jacko fan.
> >
> > > Put it into perspective. If Meat Loaf died tomorrow,
> > > wouldn't you in the slightest mourn the man who made Bat
> > > Out of Hell rather than just whine about how he treated
> > > Jim regarding The Monster Is Loose?


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