“I hope now the genius and humanity of Michael Jackson gets its due,” said Sharpton.

Last Friday morning i received horrifying and shocking news from a friend. The world now mourns the lost of the King of Pop. The legend, the man, the performer,  the entertainer, the king – Michael Jackson has now left us all. Never again will we be able to see the works of pure genius by this one person.

I remember the days when I was younger and I would dance and sing to memorable songs such as Bad, Smooth Criminal, Man in the Mirror, Beat It and Thriller. My mom would tell me stories of how when we were in Rome, I would walk down the stairs of the hotel we were staying at – I was three by the way –  and I was dancing and singing to his songs. Lol. Good memories.

I even remember the tme when I had my sport day events and we had our silly gymrama. The teachers used the song Beat it and I can still envision the movements… which were terribly lame, now as i think back about it. I remember my little brother dancing and singing for performances to Michael’s stuff like ‘ABC’. And the glove – my gosh – the glove. The iconic glove, I even made one for my brother and then I would give him some moves to use.

I just have such sadness when I think about the fact that we’ll never see him perform ever again. Never will we get to hear new words come out of his mouth. I feel dumb that I didn’t watch his performance when he came down to Malaysia. My parents had asked if I wanted to watch and all i retorted back was.. “Nah, i’m not in that phase anymore..”. Silly isn’t it.. It’s even sadder that he was going to have his world tour and now it’s not going to happen.

You can watch the MTV video tribute.

With all the media hype that revolved around his personal life. I honestly think all of it are just terrible lies, of people not being able to stand his success. How true are the statements that he did do the ‘bad things’ that were stated in the news. True or untrue, people cannot deny that Michael Jackson has changed the very course of the music and dance industry. We say that we always need to set a benchmark… Michael Jackson was more than that, he was the reference point. His influence has moved a number of recording artists and performers now to be the people they are today. Just take for example Chris Brown, Wade Robson, Ne Yo, Justin Timberlake…. just to name a few.

We should not remember him for all the troubled times he had. Instead I feel that we should celebrate the life he had. The parts that brought joy and change to our life. Humanitarian works on one side, let us see and remember him for the wonderful performer that he was. No other performer has been able to command the crowd he has been able to.

Michael Jackson, you will be sorely missed. My condolences and heart felt sympathies go out to his family members and also to the millions of fans all over the world. We may have lost him, but his music will live on to generations to come.

Rest in Peace Michael. May you finally have the peace and the neverland you always wanted here on earth.

Share with me, what was your first ever Michael Jackson song that touched your heart? And the one that you will always remember in your childhood days.