I know it’s harder for people who are younger to think of Michael Jackson as being anything but what the isolation of fame made him later in his life, but for the childern of the 80’s, who grew up watching him dance and sing in the prime of his career, to imagine him no longer, it’s mind boggling.
I can hardly imagine my childhood without Michael Jackson. Bad was the first cassette I ever owned, my dad used to spend hours recording all his music videos for me which I’d then try to copy, and I even remember trying to do the impossible tilting floor move from the Smooth Criminal clip.
I feel more privileged that ever to have had the opportunity to see him live back in ‘96 when I was just a girl of 8 years. It was one of the most memorable experiences in my life thus far, and I will cherish it even more now that I know how fortunate I was.
The world has truly lost one of the greatest entertainers of all time.
