Question: Michael Jackson

[douglasspears]

He was charged, but not convicted.

for the win!

[Micolao]

That boy is Macaulay Culkin

yes I know, but "the boy" it's easier to write than Macaulay Culkin

[oli@bass]

For the human being: Love & Peace. Let's hope he can find it now.

(Regarding his status as musician: I think he was highly overrated and most of his great songs are great due to important contributions of great musicians such as Quincy Jones and Luke and even EVH)

[drTStingray]

For the human being: Love & Peace. Let's hope he can find it now.

+1

(Regarding his status as musician: I think he was highly overrated and most of his great songs are great due to important contributions of great musicians such as Quincy Jones and Luke and even EVH)

Don't agree with this though. Apart from producing some of the most memorable pop/soul/funk/rock music and performances over the 70s and 80s, his music also turned me on to some great bass parts.

I've still never mastered playing 'I Want You Back' or 'ABC' (yeah I know there were another 4 Jacksons on those songs ), and Louis Johnson + others on Off the Wall, Thriller etc are just great...........and Louis was someone who turned me on to MM Stingray basses.

I just think it's really sad we won't get to see the Michael Jackson concert series planned for London later this year, and I'm v hopeful that I won't be exposed to media-hype shock-horror stories about the guy for the next six months. I do reckon he was an icon.

[TheAntMan]

For the human being: Love & Peace. Let's hope he can find it now.

(Regarding his status as musician: I think he was highly overrated and most of his great songs are great due to important contributions of great musicians such as Quincy Jones and Luke and even EVH)

I believe he was a singer and a great entertainer. I believe he was a great talent who, like many other great talents, was a troubled and lonely individual. I am saddened by his passing, not as a fan, although I admired his work, but as a human being who wishes all his fellow human beings a happy life. MJ did not have a happy life and suffered trying to find it.

RIP MJ.

-- Ant

[Aussie Mark]

I've still never mastered playing 'I Want You Back' or 'ABC' (yeah I know there were another 4 Jacksons on those songs )

and either Wilton Felder or Bob Babbitt on bass

[RobertB]

Adam Lambert must be devestated.

[HornetAMX]

Don't agree with this though. Apart from producing some of the most memorable pop/soul/funk/rock music and performances over the 70s and 80s, his music also turned me on to some great bass parts.

I've still never mastered playing 'I Want You Back' or 'ABC' (yeah I know there were another 4 Jacksons on those songs ), and Louis Johnson + others on Off the Wall, Thriller etc are just great...........and Louis was someone who turned me on to MM Stingray basses.

+1. Louis Johnson's bass playing on "Got Me Working Day And Night" and "PYT" were smoking. Classic Stingray tone. MJ was a great songwriter as well. R.I.P. Michael.