I knew it would never happen but part of me hoped it would. It would be the greatest coming back concert in history. No one would ever top it. A surprise concert at the Staples Center, although it didn’t happen. RIP
And dressed like a vombie from Thriller.
It would’ve been pretty cool if Michael Jackson came out of the coffin and did a dance number to Thriller, but, sadly, it didn’t happen in this world.
It was a closed casket. Very suspicious. I see a Michael and the Cruisers movie in the future. He faked his death so he could escape the hounding and bad pub. He was not broke. He stashed his cash in a safe country and will live a weird life away from the press.
I hope he’s still alive. I had resigned myself to never ever finding out the meaning of ‘Shamone’.
I admit, there was a tiny part of me that wasn’t quite convinced the whole thing wasn’t a massive publicity stunt, and that he wouldn’t come busting out of that casket in the “Thriller” makeup.
I’m sure that would have pissed a lot of people off, but it would have been the most awesome television moment ever. Better than the moon landing.
My wife holds the belief that there was no body in the casket.
During the private service before the big public one, the Jackson family said their real goodbyes to Michael. The body was then later buried at an unknown location or cremated. What we all saw at the public memorial service was an empty casket as part of a ruse to protect the body.
Oops. I sit corrected, for now.
Heh- one of the first things my husband said!
You reminded me I wanted to look up the lyrics for “Wanna Be Starting Something”… he *does *say “you’re a vegetable”. Huh. 
He’s definitely in the next world, having joined Jesus and Mary (sorry, Joseph) in the pantheon of Those Whose Face Appears In Things.
As I said in one of the other Michael Jackson threads, I am baffled by the tree stump. I can’t see anything resembling a face in there, let alone the unmistakable image of MJ. Any help here?
I think it’s about how people use you. Not you generally, but I suppose famous people who often feel like everyone wants a piece of them. Well, maybe not all–but I think it’s how he himself felt. “You’re a vegetable, still they hate you, you’re just a buffet…they eat off of you.”
I can go with that…got any ideas about “mama say, mama sah ma ma coo sah”?
I admit for a split second I expected the KoP to enter stage right. Of course the backlash would be unbelievable, but as Dio states, it would be the Biggest Media Stunt Ever.
But “knowing” MJ the reports of his faked death would cause untold angst and grief to his fans, so I only thought this for a millisecond.
Here you go:
Thank you!
Michael Jackson - singer, dancer, actor… pro wrestler?
So any word on Shamone? Which I had always thought was Jamone…but…I don’t know.
I guess a little plastic recycling bin next to the coffin would have been too much to ask?
Yeah, probably so.