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absyntheminded Donating Member (110 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 08:15 PM
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Just Curious....
Ive been out of the Pop scene for some time - just want opinions.
Since Elvis, whose been the biggest Pop star (the world has ever known) to die?
Off the top of my head I can't think of any that can compete w/Elvis other than MJ and maybe - dare I say Madonna?
Don't really care for either - just asking. What kind of outpouring is MJ's passing going to have????
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muntrv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 08:17 PM
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1. John Lennon.
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 08:18 PM
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2. John Lennon
but then I feel he was in a class by himself.
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absyntheminded Donating Member (110 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 08:20 PM
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5. Agreed
That's on whole different level, far beyond Pop crap.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 08:59 PM
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18. Quite. He wrote and sung songs about love and tolerance...
while womanizing and beating his wife... amongst other things.

Plenty can be found on google. People can take me at face value, or not, or google it and find out for themselves.

"John Lennon - The Life" - just buy the bloody book:
http://www.amazon.com/John-Lennon-Life-Philip-Norman/dp/0060754028/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245981453&sr=8-1

MJ had more sincerity and humanity than JL ever will as far as I'm concerned. They're both sick, but JL was sicker.
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absyntheminded Donating Member (110 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 08:27 PM
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9. I concur, not pop..
but in class of his own
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 09:10 PM
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19. John lennon , Freddie Mercury,Ray Charles
those are the ones that made me cry like I'm crying
today .
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 08:18 PM
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3. So you do care, or don't you?
:shrug:
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absyntheminded Donating Member (110 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 08:26 PM
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8. Yes
MJ had me in the early 80's, after that not so much. I changed - he changed (A lot).
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Tangerine LaBamba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 08:19 PM
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4. It'll be worldwide -
he's got zillions of fans. Hysterical little girls waving their posters, stuff like that.

And then they'll move back to the Jonas Brothers, or whoever's the next icon.

Madonna would be a worldwide event, too, as would Springsteen and Dylan - although the fans are older, and I don't know if there would be crowds out to mourn in public.

People love to grieve the passing of someone they didn't know if he was a pop figure. Idol worship is a big part of our culture - maybe taking the place that religion used to serve?
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absyntheminded Donating Member (110 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 08:23 PM
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7. I see
Springsteen, and Dylan in America(s) and Europe, not so much Asia, East Asia - not sure.
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norepubsin08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 08:23 PM
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6. John Lennon
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 08:31 PM
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10. Good Question -We have lost a lot of great ones
Edited on Thu Jun-25-09 08:51 PM by MadMaddie
I think Michael Jackson was in the right place at the right time.
http://www.av1611.org/rockdead.html
Here are a few

Big Bopperr
Buddie Holly
Ritcie Valens
Janis Lynn Joplin
Jimi Hendrix
Jim Morrison
Sam Cooke
Cass Elliot
Elvis Pressly
Karen Carpenter
Andy Gibb
John Lennon
Marvin Gaye
Jerry Garcia
Luther Vandross
Kurt Cobain

Updating
Aayliah,
Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes
Tupoc
Biggee Smalls

Ricky Nelson
Jim Croce
John Denver
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 08:34 PM
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11. 2Pac, Biggie
Aayliah, Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes

Maybe the last two weren't as profound as the first two on my list, but all four affected the Hip-Hop Community.
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absyntheminded Donating Member (110 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 08:38 PM
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13. Both Smokin'
And a huge contribution to the Hip Hop community
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absyntheminded Donating Member (110 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 08:36 PM
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12. Geeez..
I think your right, he's got this decade (not sure). Luther died??? When? I gotta out from under this rock
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 08:49 PM
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15. I saw Luther in concert in the 80's man he could put on a show!
I think he died last year...
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absyntheminded Donating Member (110 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 08:57 PM
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17. For real?
Never too much, never too much, never too much.....

Damn - sorry to hear......
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 08:46 PM
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14. Ricky Nelson was HUGE early on - he deserves a mention
as does Jim Croce.
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 08:50 PM
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16. Ooh I liked both of them...I will add them to the list
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mdmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 09:11 PM
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20. John Lennon
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FreeState Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 09:12 PM
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21. Kurt Cobain - Nirvana n/t
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 09:14 PM
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22. I wish Freddie hadn't died
Edited on Thu Jun-25-09 09:14 PM by HughMoran


I miss him
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FreeState Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-25-09 09:15 PM
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23. Me too n/t
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