Comments on: Jackson Reaction http://rupahuq.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/jackson-reaction/ A sociologist, Labourite and accidental blogger writes... Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:03:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: rupahuq http://rupahuq.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/jackson-reaction/#comment-2245 rupahuq Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:51:21 +0000 http://rupahuq.wordpress.com/?p=1081#comment-2245 Thanks Raven. I also found myslef weirdly drawn to the day 1 coverage. Two things since this post with mentioning: 1. Jarvis Cocker appeared on Question Time on Thurs using the word "tragedy" but to refer to the post-Thriller albums rather than his death 2. Have done a longer post including Tony Blair, Robin Cook and Freddie Mercury. It's up at the Progress site here: http://www.progressonline.org.uk/columns/column.asp?c=244 Thanks Raven. I also found myslef weirdly drawn to the day 1 coverage. Two things since this post with mentioning:

1. Jarvis Cocker appeared on Question Time on Thurs using the word “tragedy” but to refer to the post-Thriller albums rather than his death

2. Have done a longer post including Tony Blair, Robin Cook and Freddie Mercury. It’s up at the Progress site here:

http://www.progressonline.org.uk/columns/column.asp?c=244

]]> By: Raven http://rupahuq.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/jackson-reaction/#comment-2243 Raven Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:30:46 +0000 http://rupahuq.wordpress.com/?p=1081#comment-2243 I agree about MJ's music, and I must say that I quite 'enjoyed' (if that's the word...) the initial media saturation. It was a genuinely shocking moment to hear the eventual confirmation of the rumours of his death (though I'm still, unsuccessfully, trying to articulate quite why). At the same time as the saturation, it's been quite interesting to observe all the angles taken - from the Marxist analysis (all 'celebrity-worship' is a bourgois distraction from the class struggle!) to whether African-Americans could/should claim him as one of 'theirs', and even whether his 'art' can still be appreciated if you believe that he was guilty of wrong-doing with children. Still, the initial media hype died down soon enough I think (no need for the Mr Angrys from Tunbridge to get their knickers in a twist anymore). It's sad, though, to think of his apparently tragic and lonely life (and especially his three children) set against his brilliant music and videos. I agree about MJ’s music, and I must say that I quite ‘enjoyed’ (if that’s the word…) the initial media saturation. It was a genuinely shocking moment to hear the eventual confirmation of the rumours of his death (though I’m still, unsuccessfully, trying to articulate quite why).

At the same time as the saturation, it’s been quite interesting to observe all the angles taken – from the Marxist analysis (all ‘celebrity-worship’ is a bourgois distraction from the class struggle!) to whether African-Americans could/should claim him as one of ‘theirs’, and even whether his ‘art’ can still be appreciated if you believe that he was guilty of wrong-doing with children.

Still, the initial media hype died down soon enough I think (no need for the Mr Angrys from Tunbridge to get their knickers in a twist anymore). It’s sad, though, to think of his apparently tragic and lonely life (and especially his three children) set against his brilliant music and videos.

]]> By: Robert http://rupahuq.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/jackson-reaction/#comment-2236 Robert Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:08:33 +0000 http://rupahuq.wordpress.com/?p=1081#comment-2236 I was a fan of his music, I looked at Jackson as a child in a mans body. he was brought up to be what he was, whether he liked it or not. But hell his music was brilliant. I was a fan of his music, I looked at Jackson as a child in a mans body. he was brought up to be what he was, whether he liked it or not. But hell his music was brilliant.

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