michael jackson s ultimate cost for greatness
BETWEEN PITCHING ‘KING OF POP’ T-shirts in the street and auctioning off mint-condition memorabilia, business owners and consumers are turning Michael Jackson merchandise into profits. [1]
July 26, 2005: Michael Jackson has been a household name since he began his career at the tender age of 5 years old. [2]
The weirdest man in show business, Michael Jackson, arrived as a Christmas gift to Las Vegas. [3]
“As the hippie rock of the 1970s was challenged by punk, new wave, and disco late in the decade, nobody was better positioned than Michael Jackson to bring together well-produced music with exceptional and exciting dance steps. [4]
Michael Jackson can endure forever strange, but not forever old. [5]
Michael Jackson was the most American of us all. [...] If there was ever anyone on God’s green earth whose existence and sanity was defined by this light and destroyed by its absence, it was Michael Jackson. [6]
It will surprise no one here that I’m not a particular fan of Michael Jackson’s music, but I always thought his brand of pop was at least benign, as opposed to the militantly malignant headbanging caterwauling I despise. [...] What’s “massive” to a comparatively impoverished and perhaps mediocre fitness clinician, is nothing to Michael Jackson, who generates in.2 seconds much more income than said fitness clinician earns in a year.” [7]
Profiting off the death of another can be unsettling and even frowned upon, but it’s big business when the person is an icon, says Darren Julien, principal of Julien Auctions, which has exhibited collections of Michael Jackson, Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley. [1]
King of Pop is a rare glimpse into what makes this man tick. [2]
The death of a major cultural figure is always a time for taking stock. [5]
John Covach, professor of music and chair of the Department of Music at the University of Rochester and professor of music theory at the Eastman School of Music, reacted to the King of Pop’s shock death on June 25. [4]
Michael may not have been apart of your life or family but of someones. [1]
For every American whoever worked two jobs to put themselves through college so they could get out of their box and see the world, this life was for you. [6]
Sources:
[1] smSmallBiz.com | Selling Michael Jackson
[2] Michael Jackson, The King of Pop, Jel D. Lewis Jones, Book - Barnes & Noble
[3] Michael Jackson in Las Vegas | The Movable Buffet | Los Angeles Times
[4] Music historian assesses Michael Jackson as pivotal figure in US music …
[5] Edgelings.com ” The Mash-Up of Michael Jackson
[6] planetill.com ” Michael Jackson: The Death of Your America
[7] Michael Jackson | SOLO - Sense of Life Objectivists