Thriller.. the way he did the things he did, Goodbye Michael

Michael Jackson was more of a Phenomena than Person;
if you met him, you remembered him. I met him as a young motown singer, passing through town. he was sweet, quiet and well mannered as were all the Jacksons.

It would be the later years, that would mould a distinct impression of Michael Jackson aside from the Jackson 5; and make us all want to create our own tributes to him - upon his final curtain call.

we're going to update this page as we feel it, and provide links to all kinds of Michael Jackson Memorabilia. as well BadGalsRadio will be spinning 100 Michael Jackson Hits over the next 7 days. every hour you will hear at least "3 Michael Jackson hits" - No Diggity.

we remember the man in the mirror this way, because he made us all look deep into that mirror; and recognize who we are.

Michael Jackson Bio Part 1 - 6 (consecutively posted below)


it was his step away from the Jacksons, that presented a new and more interesting Michael to the music world.

he was an instant hit. it's his ability to dance, sing and think on his feet that endeared us to him. Thriller - his best selling album, is the worlds best selling album still to this day. now that is quite a mark on history.

Even those of us who thought he was slipping away from reality, watched to see what would happen. he was so charismatic that he could draw a crowd wherever he went; it just magically happened..

he was a superstar if ever the word could be used justly..

Michael Was the King of Pop - and He Earned that Title, Righteously through a sacrifice of blood, sweat and tears.

His many strange peroids were usually punctuated with a new and undeniably hot tune or album. he never made a album that didn't sell at least 1 million copies. his albums still sell like the day they were released globally on cd, and now again on Vinyl - from the early motown reissues. he has been in the spot light his entire life.

This Comeback was anticipated to be the greatest show he had ever planned. the rehearsals in Los Angeles were going well; even with reports of an occassional tired day here and there.

Michael was a trooper to the end in everysense of the word..

maybe he knew better than any of us, the sacrifices it takes to create a legacy that recovers from such scorn as was heaped on him in his later years. Michael perservered and pushed on - never looking back and making plans always for more and better.

that, I am sure - is why we loved him so..

" Long Live the King - Long Reign the King of POP "
Michael Joseph Jackson 08/29/1958 ~ 06/25/2009

BREAKING NEWS: Singer Michael Jackson, 50, has suffered a heart attack and died,

- gossip website TMZ reports.

Paramedics were unable to revive him.

TMZ were told: "when paramedics arrived, Jackson had no pulse and they never got a pulse back."
Jackson is survived by three children: Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr., Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince "Blanket" Michael Jackson II.

The website reports he had been taken to hospital in Los Angeles after CPR treatment by paramedics who were called to his home.

Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics were first at the scene of the singer's $US100,000-a-month rented home in Holmby Hills near Sunset Boulevard about 12.12pm (local time) to find him not breathing, the Los Angeles Times reported.

He died at UCLA hospital.

Jackson was reportedly planning a comeback and was living in LA while rehearsing a series of 50 sold-out shows in London, the Los Angeles Times has reported.

'King Of Pop' Michael Jackson Dead At 50

Jackson Was Not Breathing When Paramedics Arrived, Officials SayPOSTED: Thursday, June 25, 2009

UPDATED: 10:14 pm EDT June 25, 2009

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LOS ANGELES -- Michael Jackson, the sensationally gifted child star who rose to become the "King of Pop" and the biggest celebrity in the world only to fall from his throne in a freakish series of scandals, died Thursday.

He was 50.

Jackson died at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. Ed Winter, the assistant chief coroner for Los Angeles County, confirmed his office had been notified of the death and would handle the investigation.

The circumstances of Jackson's death were not immediately clear. Jackson was not breathing when Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to a call at his Los Angeles home about 12:30 p.m., Capt. Steve Ruda told the Los Angeles Times.

The paramedics performed CPR and took him to the hospital, Ruda told the newspaper.Jackson's death brought a tragic end to a long, bizarre, sometimes farcical decline from his peak in the 1980s, when he was popular music's premier all-around performer, a uniter of black and white music who shattered the race barrier on MTV, dominated the charts and dazzled even more on stage.

His 1982 album "Thriller" -- which included the blockbuster hits "Beat It," ''Billie Jean" and "Thriller" -- is the best-selling album of all time, with an estimated 50 million copies sold worldwide.

The public first knew him in the late 1960s, when as a boy he was the precocious, spinning lead singer of the Jackson 5, the music group he formed with his four older brothers. Among their No. 1 hits were "I Want You Back," ''ABC," and "I'll Be There."

He was perhaps the most exciting performer of his generation, known for his feverish, crotch-grabbing dance moves and his high-pitched voice punctuated with squeals and titters. His single sequined glove, tight, military-style jacket and aviator sunglasses were trademarks second only to his ever-changing, surgically altered appearance.

"For Michael to be taken away from us so suddenly at such a young age, I just don't have the words," said Quincy Jones, who produced "Thriller." ''He was the consummate entertainer and his contributions and legacy will be felt upon the world forever. I've lost my little brother today, and part of my soul has gone with him."

Jackson ranked alongside Elvis Presley and the Beatles as the biggest pop sensations of all time. He united two of music's biggest names when he was briefly married to Presley's daughter, Lisa Marie, and Jackson's death immediately evoked that of Presley himself, who died at age 42 in 1977.

As years went by, Jackson became an increasingly freakish figure -- a middle-aged man-child weirdly out of touch with grown-up life. His skin became lighter, his nose narrower, and he spoke in a breathy, girlish voice. He surrounded himself with children at his Neverland ranch, often wore a germ mask while traveling and kept a pet chimpanzee named Bubbles as one of his closest companions.

"It seemed to me that his internal essence was at war with the norms of the world. It's as if he was trying to defy gravity," said Michael Levine, a Hollywood publicist who represented Jackson in the early 1990s. He called Jackson a "disciple of P.T. Barnum" and said the star appeared fragile at the time but was "much more cunning and shrewd about the industry than anyone knew."

Jackson caused a furor in 2002 when he playfully dangled his infant son, Prince Michael II, over a hotel balcony in Berlin while a throng of fans watched from below.In 2005, he was cleared of charges he molested a 13-year-old cancer survivor at Neverland in 2003. He had been accused of plying the boy with alcohol and groping him, and of engaging in strange and inappropriate behavior with other children.

The case followed years of rumors about Jackson and young boys. In a TV documentary, he had acknowledged sharing his bed with children, a practice he described as sweet and not at all sexual.Despite the acquittal, the lurid allegations that came out in court took a fearsome toll on his career and image, and he fell into serious financial trouble.

Jackson was preparing for what was to be his greatest comeback: He was scheduled for an unprecedented 50 shows at a London arena, with the first set for July 13. He was in rehearsals in Los Angeles for the concert, an extravaganza that was to capture the classic Jackson magic: showstopping dance moves, elaborate staging and throbbing dance beats.

Singer Dionne Warwick said: "Michael was a friend and undoubtedly one of the world's greatest entertainers that I fortunately had the pleasure of working with. ... We have lost an icon in our industry.

"Hundreds of people gathered outside the hospital as word of his death spread. The emergency entrance at the UCLA Medical Center, which is near Jackson's rented home, was roped off with police tape."Ladies and gentlemen, Michael Jackson has just died," a woman boarding a Manhattan bus called out, shortly after the news was announced. Immediately many riders reached for their cell phones.

So many people wanted to verify the early reports of Jackson's death that the computers running Google's news section interpreted the fusillade of "Michael Jackson" requests as an automated attack for about half an hour Thursday evening.

In New York's Times Square, a low groan went up in the crowd when a screen flashed that Jackson had died, and people began relaying the news to friends by cell phone."No joke. King of Pop is no more. Wow," Michael Harris, 36, of New York City, read from a text message a friend sent to his telephone. "It's like when Kennedy was assassinated. I will always remember being in Times Square when Michael Jackson died."

Associated Press Writers Derrik J. Lang in Los Angeles and Virginia Byrne, Nekesa Mumbi Moody and Jocelyn Noveck in New York contributed to this report.