RIP

[eumelia]

Mandatory Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett RIP mention.

Each in their own, and very different, ways, shaped pop-culture as we know it.

Thank you for the music and great characters.

Personally, Michael Jackson will always be the artist I associate with my childhood favourite movie "Free Willy" and much like other cultural phenomena of the time, helped shape my conciousness regarding global and environmental issues.

Personally, "Charlie's Angles" was one of the first live-action shows I watched on television and I thought I could be super hero like the rest of those girls, along with Mrs King, Cagney and Lacy and Remington Steel.

Comments

[whereisjoy.livejournal.com]

My goodness, I remember rollerskating to this song. It was about the coolest thing ever at the time.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

I remember getting the album "Dangerous" the following year for my birthday, because this song was on it... and all the other ones of his that I liked.
I literally wore out that tape in my Walkman (remember those?!)

[whereisjoy.livejournal.com]

hahahaha. I do. I certainly do.

[whereisjoy.livejournal.com]

and that whale, whose actual name escapes me, spent years in an aquarium in Oregon and was constantly in the news. Wow, I haven't thought about this in years.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

Keiko was her name, she died a few years ago after being freed back into the wild.
I followed her in the News, because I really loved those movies (as I said, they're still faves - except the 3rd one, that one sucked) and I really love Orca Whales... they scare the shit out of me, but they're ginormous dolphins! What's not to love!

[whereisjoy.livejournal.com]

he he. Yes, I thought it was Keiko. I saw her in person once and honestly the whole thing was extremely sad. But I also remember kayaking in the puget sound as a kid. We followed a pod of orca who were playing. Still one of the most amazing things I've ever seen.

[tamara-russo.livejournal.com]

Keiko. That was his name. He died a few tears ago, but after they released him.

[tamara-russo.livejournal.com]

It was my favorite movie and song when I was younger... I remember whan I was at his show here and he sang that song I was so excited... It's really sad.