WeegieMac
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First of all, I'd like to say hello to the community here on the MJJCommunity. I'd also like to apologise if this is the wrong section for such a post, I just couldn't see an introduce yourself section and I want to get right to the point with my first post here.
I've been a Michael Jackson fan since the age 7, mainly thanks to my parents who were avid fans and listened to him non-stop. Our family was also one of the first in the Glasgow area to receive cable television, giving me access to MTV at a young age not long after Michael had stamped his authority on the channel.
And now here I am, little over two months since turning 30, mourning the passing of my favourite singer/artist of all time. It's strange, almost surreal, because Michael's always just "been there" over the years, whether it's been on vinyl, audio tape, CD, Mini-Disc, or MP3 ... he's been a part of modern society for so long that perhaps I took him for granted.
I am proud that through the tough times I stood by him and defended him. I personally took a lot of abuse in my Secondary School days because I listened to Michael Jackson instead of the "big thing" at that time, the emerging Brit-Rock act known as Oasis.
As a person I have always been strong willed, no-one has ever talked me into doing something I don't want to do, and no matter how much abuse was aimed at me it made me almost more determined to continue following Michael, it was as if it gave the whole thing a purpose.
Michael's music has got me through some of the lowest, hardest, saddest, and happiest of times in my relatively short life time. As I said, he was always "just there".
I have no idea how long it will take for his passing to sink in .... it may never do so. I still listen to his music today and sing along as always, but suddenly the realisation comes crashing into my mind that he's left us, and it's that part I'm finding hard to accept right now.
Hopefully by signing up here and speaking to like minded people and other fans it came make things a bit easier. People I know, aside from my wife, have said to me "You didn't know him, so why do you care so much"? Other people like to make jokes and try to ridicule me, but I've always said that I'd rather be strong enough a person to stand by my own convictions and opinions than be a weak minded individual who would rather crack crude jokes to simply be accepted by the in-crowd.
Right now it seems only Michael Jackson fans can appreciate how Michael Jackson fans are feeling, because to everyone else this seems like it a great big excuse to ridicule us all.
Thanks to those who read this post.
I've been a Michael Jackson fan since the age 7, mainly thanks to my parents who were avid fans and listened to him non-stop. Our family was also one of the first in the Glasgow area to receive cable television, giving me access to MTV at a young age not long after Michael had stamped his authority on the channel.
And now here I am, little over two months since turning 30, mourning the passing of my favourite singer/artist of all time. It's strange, almost surreal, because Michael's always just "been there" over the years, whether it's been on vinyl, audio tape, CD, Mini-Disc, or MP3 ... he's been a part of modern society for so long that perhaps I took him for granted.
I am proud that through the tough times I stood by him and defended him. I personally took a lot of abuse in my Secondary School days because I listened to Michael Jackson instead of the "big thing" at that time, the emerging Brit-Rock act known as Oasis.
As a person I have always been strong willed, no-one has ever talked me into doing something I don't want to do, and no matter how much abuse was aimed at me it made me almost more determined to continue following Michael, it was as if it gave the whole thing a purpose.
Michael's music has got me through some of the lowest, hardest, saddest, and happiest of times in my relatively short life time. As I said, he was always "just there".
I have no idea how long it will take for his passing to sink in .... it may never do so. I still listen to his music today and sing along as always, but suddenly the realisation comes crashing into my mind that he's left us, and it's that part I'm finding hard to accept right now.
Hopefully by signing up here and speaking to like minded people and other fans it came make things a bit easier. People I know, aside from my wife, have said to me "You didn't know him, so why do you care so much"? Other people like to make jokes and try to ridicule me, but I've always said that I'd rather be strong enough a person to stand by my own convictions and opinions than be a weak minded individual who would rather crack crude jokes to simply be accepted by the in-crowd.
Right now it seems only Michael Jackson fans can appreciate how Michael Jackson fans are feeling, because to everyone else this seems like it a great big excuse to ridicule us all.
Thanks to those who read this post.
