Michael Jackson Hoax Death

Next we have a couple of MJ's songs as a backdrop to clips of a different cartoon called One Piece.

The first video is a tribute to a character which was designed based on MJ (appearance not personality):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..PoJe_yFFoo

The next video is a storyline much later in the series which appears to be inspired by Thriller (it has a horror theme):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..L5zPqCI6gw

Post edited 11:14 am – August 4, 2009 by curiouslycurious

Another story that, to me, resonates on a lot of levels with everything that's happened is Kafka's “A Hunger Artist”

The story might appeal to those with an interest the Barnum-esque.  It's about a man who fasts as entertainment/art for people.  A lot of analysis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A…..ger_Artist) has been done of the story and it's quite interesting to read.

Here's the text of the story:

http://records.viu.ca/~johnsto…..artist.htm

And here's an excerpt I find interesting:

“People became accustomed to thinking it strange that in these times they would want to pay attention to a hunger artist, and with this habitual awareness the judgment on him was pronounced. He might fast as well as he could—and he did—but nothing could save him any more. People went straight past him. Try to explain the art of fasting to anyone! If someone doesn’t feel it, then he cannot be made to understand it. The beautiful signs became dirty and illegible. People tore them down, and no one thought of replacing them. The small table with the number of days the fasting had lasted, which early on had been carefully renewed every day, remained unchanged for a long time, for after the first weeks the staff grew tired of even this small task. And so the hunger artist kept fasting on and on, as he once had dreamed about in earlier times, and he had no difficulty at all managing to achieve what he had predicted back then, but no one was counting the days—no one, not even the hunger artist himself, knew how great his achievement was by this point, and his heart grew heavy. And when once in a while a person strolling past stood there making fun of the old number and talking of a swindle, that was in a sense the stupidest lie which indifference and innate maliciousness could invent, for the hunger artist was not being deceptive—he was working honestly—but the world was cheating him of his reward.  

Many days went by once more, and this, too, came to an end. Finally the cage caught the attention of a supervisor, and he asked the attendant why they had left this perfectly useful cage standing here unused with rotting straw inside. Nobody knew, until one man, with the help of the table with the number on it, remembered the hunger artist. They pushed the straw around with poles and found the hunger artist in there. “Are you still fasting?” the supervisor asked. “When are you finally going to stop?” “Forgive me everything,” whispered the hunger artist. Only the supervisor, who was pressing his ear up against the cage, understood him. “Certainly,” said the supervisor, tapping his forehead with his finger in order to indicate to the staff the state the hunger artist was in, “we forgive you.” “I always wanted you to admire my fasting,” said the hunger artist. “But we do admire it,” said the supervisor obligingly. “But you shouldn’t admire it,” said the hunger artist. “Well then, we don’t admire it,” said the supervisor, “but why shouldn’t we admire it?” “Because I had to fast. I can’t do anything else,” said the hunger artist. “Just look at you,” said the supervisor, “why can’t you do anything else?” “Because,” said the hunger artist, lifting his head a little and, with his lips pursed as if for a kiss, speaking right into the supervisor’s ear so that he wouldn’t miss anything, “because I couldn’t find a food which tasted good to me. If had found that, believe me, I would not have made a spectacle of myself and would have eaten to my heart’s content, like you and everyone else.” Those were his last words, but in his failing eyes there was still the firm, if no longer proud, conviction that he was continuing to fast.”

Post edited 10:57 am – August 4, 2009 by curiouslycurious

Now for some music.  Whether true or not, the drug allegations around MJ seem to go with a David Bowie song, Ashes to Ashes, about the character Major Tom from the earlier song Space Oddity.

video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..MThz7eQ6K0

Lyrics:

Do you remember a guy that's been

In such an early song

I've heard a rumour from Ground Control

Oh no, don't say it's true

They got a message from the Action Man

"I'm happy, hope you're happy too

I've loved all I've needed to love

Sordid details following"

The shrieking of nothing is killing

Just pictures of Jap girls in synthesis and I

Ain't got no money and I ain't got no hair

But I'm hoping to kick but the planet it's glowing

CHORUS

  Ashes to ashes, funk to funky

  We know Major Tom's a junkie

  Strung out in heaven's high

  Hitting an all-time low

Time and again I tell myself

I'll stay clean tonight

But the little green wheels are following me

Oh no, not again

I'm stuck with a valuable friend

"I'm happy, hope you're happy too"

One flash of light but no smoking pistol

I never done good things

I never done bad things

I never did anything out of the blue, woh-o-oh

Want an axe to break the ice

Wanna come down right now

CHORUS

REPEAT

  My mother said to get things done

  You'd better not mess with Major Tom

Post edited 11:09 am – August 4, 2009 by curiouslycurious

Another song.  I actually mentioned it in another thread.  I practically think it could serve as a theme song for this site since people don't want to believe MJ is dead.  (I don't know myself)

Peter Gabriel  Solsbury Hill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..ndUuKHBZIU

Okay I think I've put out enough stuff for people to chew on.  There are actually other stories I think of, too, and maybe I'll put more later if I'm motivated.

I hope you find this worthwhile.

Post edited 11:53 am – August 4, 2009 by curiouslycurious

Having played a lot of Sega games in my day, I was amused to find out that long ago people have connected MJ's Stranger in Moscow with a tune from Sonic 3 that either MJ or someone who worked with hiim had created

Sonic 3 end credit music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v….._oUfB6-JF4