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Does anyone still like Michael Jackson?!

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albertcountry · 22/12/2023 05:26

That's all really.
I was on a night out and found myself really getting into the groove of MJ!
I'm unashamedly a massive fan!
I don't think we will ever know the whole truth...
Any one else feel the same way or am I part of a dying breed?

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Edinburghguy · 22/12/2023 08:24

True the music is timeless and very catchy but the guy was a paedo. He had a penchant for licking young boys bottoms.

I threw out my old Thriller vinyl after that documentary.

Beefcurtains79 · 22/12/2023 08:18

ChihuahuaMummy · 22/12/2023 06:38

There's no proof at all that he was an abuser. He was acquitted due to there being no evidence to suggest he was. Granted, some of his behaviours were odd and not what I would consider the norm but there's nothing to prove he did what he is accused of.

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There’s never any ‘proof’ with this type of crime though is there? Because child sex offenders don’t tend to do these things in public.

Samcro · 22/12/2023 07:50

love Ben still.
you have to separate the artist from the art. but I was never a fan anyway.

Ohdearwhatnow4 · 22/12/2023 07:26

Don't listen to him and at a party I held I requested the dj didn't plat his music or several other artist (eg R. Kelly) were never know what he did or didn't do but he was inappropriate. The behaviour he admitted to was wrong on so many levels. I understand he apparently had a horrendous past but his actions were still wrong. If he wasn't famous his children would of been taken away straight away and he would of got a fair trail.

BeauSignoles · 22/12/2023 07:25

"I'm not convinced that he was guilty of all the charges."

He freely admitted to having children sleep in his bed. In what world is that not ringing massive alarm bells? Or do you regularly sleep in beds with children that are not your own?!

Ohwheretobegin · 22/12/2023 07:16

My DH says “separate the art from the artist”, but every time I hear the words “the way you make me feel, you really turn me on”, I can’t help wondering who he was singing about.

Norfolkbumpkin · 22/12/2023 07:14

I'm a big fan of his music too. I very much believe that he was a product of an abusive upbringing, and used as a cash cow by his parents and some of his siblings, which clearly affected his childhood and life as an adult in a lmassive way.

Newyearnamechangehere · 22/12/2023 07:09

I was always in a minority that just never understood his appeal. I didn't like his voice or dancing. I think there's enough accepted facts to believe with some certainty that he was a child abuser. Never related to the 'he's just a child in a man's body' argument.

Flensburg · 22/12/2023 07:01

His music is great.

ChihuahuaMummy · 22/12/2023 07:00

@Fulshaw Yes I have.

Fulshaw · 22/12/2023 06:57

ChihuahuaMummy · 22/12/2023 06:38

There's no proof at all that he was an abuser. He was acquitted due to there being no evidence to suggest he was. Granted, some of his behaviours were odd and not what I would consider the norm but there's nothing to prove he did what he is accused of.

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Have you seen Leaving Neverland? All the way through?

merrymelodies · 22/12/2023 06:53

I love his music. I also love the work of Paul Gauguin but he was (also) a pedophile.

Flufferblub · 22/12/2023 06:50

@NeverDropYourMooncup I love Dolly! But even she had a couple of questionable moments in her autobiography. Nothing as bad as MJ obviously, but not a great attitude to animal welfare in entertainment, and making light of eating disorders.

Flufferblub · 22/12/2023 06:47

Love the work, hate the berk.

I love some of the music, but MJ was always a little strange to me. I suppose he would be given his upbringing. I got into his music as a child in the 90s, but even then, I didn't really like the way he seemed to think he was Jesus or something.

As an adult, I watched the documentaries and he does indeed seem like a pretty disturbed individual to say the least. Certainly a controversial artist.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 22/12/2023 06:45

If you eliminated all child abusers, domestic abusers and rapists from your music collection, you'd probably be left with Dolly Parton on continuous shuffle.

Smugandproud · 22/12/2023 06:41

My dgc, 11, loves MJ music. At some point he’ll learn what the man was.
I don’t listen to Gary Glitter music but I used to love it.

There’s plenty of good music out there and only time will tell whether or not the artists are paedophiles.

Does anyone watch films produced by Weinstein or with Kirk Douglas starring?

ChihuahuaMummy · 22/12/2023 06:38

MrsJamin · 22/12/2023 06:30

I used to love his music but can't listen to it anymore now I know he was a child abuser.

There's no proof at all that he was an abuser. He was acquitted due to there being no evidence to suggest he was. Granted, some of his behaviours were odd and not what I would consider the norm but there's nothing to prove he did what he is accused of.

SilverBranchGoldenPears · 22/12/2023 06:36

He was such a talented man, but horribly damaged.
I used to be a huge fan but now only hear him if he’s on the radio. I do avoid listening at home.
As a pp has said, many many world changing talents were terrible people. I can’t help but think the world has benefited from his existence even if those poor children did not.
And frankly what were the parents thinking??????

ChihuahuaMummy · 22/12/2023 06:34

Yep 🙋🏻‍♀️ massive fan here! His music is brilliant, never gets dated.

Beefcurtains79 · 22/12/2023 06:31

He was a hideous, devious, groomer and paedophile.
No, I don’t want to listen to his music, it creates a demand.

MrsJamin · 22/12/2023 06:30

I used to love his music but can't listen to it anymore now I know he was a child abuser.

Sunday12 · 22/12/2023 06:30

I feel the same. I still absolutely love him and don’t think of him as an abuser at all

SparklyMularky · 22/12/2023 06:28

I don't generally search for it but I have his greatest hits in my music library and if it comes on I have a singalong in the car. DD likes some of his songs and her and her dad do have a boogie in the house.

R Kelly on the other hand goes straight off!

Snowflakecookie1989 · 22/12/2023 06:27

Loved him up until the Neverland documentary. Can't listen to him anymore. Even if he was innocent,his music is tainted now.

Toooldtoworry · 22/12/2023 06:09

I like some of his music. I never personally knew him but I suspect the stories were true and for that reason he's not someone I could 'like'.