Music Memories: Michael Jackson

I was OBSESSED with Michael Jackson since I was six. Or rather from the age of 6 to probably 12. Ben was probably one of my favorite songs outside the Thriller album. I remember spending hours in our basement watching Muchmusic (Canada's version of MTV) and Video hits. I would watch Michael Jackson marathons and had a Thriller disc for my viewfinder. My favourite T-shirt had Michael Jackson in his iconic silver glove dancing across my shirt in multiple pop art versions of himself. I also had badges of his in the costume he wore when dueting with Paul McCartney.



I don't remember when my obsession with him faded but it was long before the tabloids smeared his name with accusations of paedophilia. It was sad to see him turn so broken.

When I heard he died, I didn't believe it was true. I was at my friend Gweneth Herbert's CD release party and as we stood outside the venue in Dalston with ciders in hand, the word spread through the crowd. I couldn't believe that our own peter pan was dead. The king of pop. But he was. And here is her tribute to him: