08.29.58 – 06.25.09
When I was in grammer school I remember going to the local roller rink ("Wheels!") and skating to MTV videos playing on a large screen TV. Whenever the Thriller video came on everyone would stop, mid rink, sit down, and watch the whole video, breathless. The cool junior high kids making out in the coat room would even come out to watch. With modern niche marketing and the here-today/gone-today media, I doubt we'll ever see a Pop icon the size of Michael Jackson again. I hope I'm wrong. God knows the major music companies are going to need people like him again, if they want to survive.
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