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Really lovin this tune at the mo

Posted: June 30, 2010 at 4:56 pm | Tags: Travie McCoy feat Bruno Mars, Travie McCoy: Billionaire

Really loving this tune at the mo so decide to share it

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King of Pop - You Rocked My World!

Posted: June 30, 2009 at 11:40 pm | Tags: Matt Fishel, Michael Jackson, thedieline.com, Twitter

I believe everyone will remember where they were when they heard the news that Michael Jackson had passed away.

I was tucked up in bed checking my Twitter before I floated away to dreamyland and read on it about MJ’s cardiac arrest. I turned to Brian who was already half asleep and didn’t seem bothered at all. I was immediately inquisitive and needed to investigate for myself….so I got up and went to the living room and turned on Sky News.

I rang my parents even though it was 11pm. I don’t really know why I chose to ring them of all people! And there is kinda an unwritten family rule that you don’t call people after 10pm unless something is wrong, or someone had died, well, they kinda had - just no one related!

The couch is where I stayed until the early hours of the morning. I didn’t feel the time slip by; it was as if time stood still. I couldn’t go to bed and rest for the night without knowing if tmz.com’s report was true.

And unfortunately it was….

I was never the No. 1 Michael Jackson fan but I certainly grew up listening to all his music, from his Jackson 5 days to his more recent albums. I remember “Bad” being one of the first cassette tapes I owned in 1987 which made me all of 4 or 5!

My memories date back to a guy in the year ahead of me in primary school being completely obsessed with him to a guy in my class in secondary school at the age of 12 or 13 who idolised everything he did.  (You know who you are!!! )

Michael Jackson’s music touched and influenced people all over the world from every different race. I couldn’t possibly include all my favourites but find my choices below:

First up “Ben”, I can remember singing my little heart out to “Ben”. It was only recently I learned it was written about a rat!

“She’s Out of My Life” was also one I used to like to pretend I could sing. I believe my Dad had been to the Superbowl and seen MJ perform live and brought me back the Off The Wall album

During 4th year in school we put on a Rock Pop show and myself and a small group of others recreated the set of the ” Smooth Criminal” video. Such great memories.

The final one I am going to include is “Beat It”, not my favourite song lyrically but will always bring back great memories of being at National Convention of my youth group in Kidderminster, Birmingham learning the dance moves with the wonderfully talented Matt Fishel.

On my final note, I hope Michael Jackson can be remembered for his music and not the later allegations that followed his successful career.

Rest In Peace, MJ.

Mwah