Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past couple days, you most likely know about Michael Jackson’s untimely death Thursday at the age of 50. I thought it would be an appropriate time to pay the superstar his due reverence with a top 10 favorite song list, but any list wouldn’t be complete without a Jackson joke; after all, its become a pop culture necessity for several years – well before he named his youngest child, Blanket.
So here’s one courtesy of Late Night host Jimmy Kimmel: “He was an extremely powerful symbol: a black performer whites could relate to and then later in life, a white performer who blacks could relate to.” Well done, Jimmy. And on that note I bring to you my top 10 Michael Jackson playlist.
10) Remember the Time
9) Rock With You
Who Is It?
7) Black or White
6) Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
5) The Way You Make Me Feel
4) Beat It
3) Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough
2) Man in the Mirror
1) Billie Jean (Quite simply the most timeless, brilliant pop song ever recorded. Pretty cool video too.)
As you probably noticed, Thriller is conspicuously missing from my list. The reason being that I always considered it a far better video than song. But that’s just me and everyone’s got their own personal Jackson faves.
R.I.P. Michael
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