But really think of this man's ubiquity. Dude sold eleventy bazillion copies of his albums, and deservedly so. And no is talking about how it is nearly impossible for such a person to exist today for reasons both cultural, technological etc. Pop culture is more fragmented and niche-specific then ever before. The internet, a gazillion cable channels and the mainstream acceptance/co-optation of subcultures (think mall-goths, punks, hipsters) makes it beyond easy for us to pick and choose what we want to consume when we want to consume it. There are very few universal pop cultural experiences anymore. How many songs, movies, tv shows are watched/heard by everyone? And how many of those things are actually imbued with talent, charisma and all around awesomeness? That's right - NONE.
Writer Chuck Klosterman theorized that one of the only current pop cultural phenomenon that transcends individual preference is Harry Potter. Because whether you've read them or not, EVERYONE and their grandma knows who Harry Potter is. The closest thing we have to MJ today are 700 page books about teenage wizards. This is genuinely bizarre.
We'll miss you MJ, so will the world.
Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough - Michael Jackson
(Did you realize this song is over 6 minutes of awesomeness distilled to a hypnotic beat? 'Cause it is!)
2 comments:
You ice skate? But you can't ride a bike (this I know!). Your priorities are wack girl. Wack.
hahahaha tom, you're hilarious. for the record i can ice skate just slightly better then i can ride a bike. that is to say, i can go a round a rink a few times and not fall over!
the last time i went ice skating was last winter in bryant park and they were blaring lots of motown hits and it rocked.
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