quote:Originally posted by Sky:
I highlighted that particular part of your post (above) because of its irony....as in "guilty before proven innocent"..it seems to be the main (excuse?) or reason certain individuals display a disliking for MJ...it seems they've acquired "evidence" hidden from the rest of the world..
I've spotted that too and sat on my hands as we've already done that one recently. I don't actually dislike MJ myself, I'm mostly indifferent but I thought he was very odd and quite delusional. That's observation rather than dislike. There's the tragedy for me, not his untimely death. Also, the obsessive fans are quite arguably complicit in that tragedy although that's probably quite an unpopular thing to say.
I'm a huge fan of James (the band) and I think Tim Booth is god-like. When they split up a few years ago, I was very sad as their music completely fills me up, spins me around, and leaves me quite exhausted if I'm in the right mood. And their concerts, lordy! Luckily, they're back together again and going strong but I 'mourned' the loss of their future music making at the time. In my responses to that, I've always separated their public music from their private lives though. I'm not actually that interested in the people themselves, truth be told.