Weeks had passed since Michael Jackson's death, but his album have continuously rack up significant sales. Here is the Thriller album cover and the Bad album cover. The Thriller album remains to be the world's top-selling album of all times.
Despite obvious changes in Michael's appearance as seen in the thriller album cover and the Bad album cover, nothing is more important than what Michael had contributed to the world especially for the children.
Despite his being ridiculed because of his appearance, Michael never did stop doing the things he believed was good and made him happy.
There's an article about Michael entitled, "A Marxist appreciation of Michael Jackson", whose thoughts are worth pondering.
Looking back, Jackson’s life is largely a tragic story, despite his wealth and popularity. Pushed into the big- business machine of pop music, Jackson craved the love of millions of fans, and did whatever he could to make himself more palatable to them. Although his music resonated powerfully and personally with people the world over, he remained paradoxically detached from the world around him. He seemed totally unaware that most of his fans liked him as he was, and he underwent plastic surgeries and other treatments to match the view of what society deems beautiful: white skin, straight hair and a thin body.
Rather than condemn him, it is worth considering how entertainment under capitalism promotes ridiculous self-images and lowest-common-denominator entertainment. This is what trapped Michael Jackson in a self-destructive pattern, which ultimately destroyed him. However it has not destroyed his legacy. Adios al Rey de Pop.
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