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W1GUH
11-08-2011, 08:21 AM
King of Pop (http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/dr-conrad-murray-found-guilty-jackson-trial-remembering-king-pop-gallery-1.14907)

And why?

Must be based solely on record sales? He sure didn't make a very good role model, unless stunted emotional development is a good thing. Yea, the guy was prodigously talented as a dancer and entertainer, but why the hero worship? Is the amount of $$$$$ someone makes the sole determining factor here?

I can think of many, many other pop stars who not only made great music but were far, far better role models and much more deserving of this kind of hero-worship. And very few of them are ever mentioned.

And anyway, wasn't Elvis Presley "The King?"
K7SGJ
11-08-2011, 09:05 AM
If I remember right, MJ himself started that. Elvis was known as the King of Rock and Roll (coined by the industry), and MJ wanted to be known as the King of Pop.
NQ6U
11-08-2011, 10:02 AM
I thought it was because he was shilling for Pepsi.
W3MIV
11-10-2011, 08:03 AM
Who really gives a damn?
W1GUH
11-10-2011, 08:27 AM
Those who care that the taste and values of this nation have gone down the shit-hole.
W4GPL
11-10-2011, 09:54 AM
Who really gives a damn?This. +1
KG4CGC
11-11-2011, 07:13 PM
Those who care that the taste and values of this nation have gone down the shit-hole.

Just a question: Where were you during the 80s?
He was everywhere and on everything.
http://yanswersblog.com/index.php/archives/2009/06/26/ask-mike-who-created-the-king-of-pop-name/
WA4TM
11-11-2011, 08:15 PM
Who really gives a damn?


This. +1

^^^^ X2 ^^^^
WX7P
11-11-2011, 08:30 PM
Those who care that the taste and values of this nation have gone down the shit-hole.

If you're worried about what people call pop stars, it must be really comfy under that nice safe bed at night. Of course, only after you evict the monsters...
kb2vxa
11-11-2011, 11:04 PM
Who decided to call Michael Jackson the "King of Pop"

His faithful servant.
N5RLR
11-12-2011, 07:03 PM
Those who care that the taste and values of this nation have gone down the shit-hole.
That happened in the 1970s. How do I know this? When I saw middle-school classmates making out/humping in the stairwells and back of the classrooms. :wtf:
NQ6U
11-12-2011, 07:05 PM
That happened in the 1970s. How do I know this? When I saw middle-school classmates making out/humping in the stairwells and back of the classrooms. :wtf:

You're just jealous because you weren't included.

EDIT: To be fair, my dance card wasn't exactly full back in my middle school days either.
KG4CGC
11-12-2011, 10:15 PM
It's The Beatle's Fault.
kf0rt
11-13-2011, 08:49 AM
Damn hippies.
W1GUH
11-14-2011, 11:06 AM
To suggest a completely different direction for this discussion.....

So...I guess it was Michael himself who dubbed himself "King of Pop"? And that stuck? Seems to me that most, if not all of huge artists from the world of pop/rock music that have become superstars since the early 70's have one characteristic in common. That characteristic is that their lyrics are completely non-threatening. Even artists who survived the transition who previously had written very insightful commentary on the "state of things" wound up writing pablum.
n2ize
11-15-2011, 09:08 PM
What is "pop" ?
K7SGJ
11-15-2011, 09:25 PM
What is "pop" ?

It's the noise you hear when someone pulls their head out of their ass. It's never heard in DC.
WX7P
11-15-2011, 11:10 PM
It's the hissing sound of your IQ dropping while discussing silly trivia.
W3WN
11-18-2011, 12:48 PM
King of Pop (http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/dr-conrad-murray-found-guilty-jackson-trial-remembering-king-pop-gallery-1.14907)

And why?

Must be based solely on record sales? He sure didn't make a very good role model, unless stunted emotional development is a good thing. Yea, the guy was prodigously talented as a dancer and entertainer, but why the hero worship? Is the amount of $$$$$ someone makes the sole determining factor here?

I can think of many, many other pop stars who not only made great music but were far, far better role models and much more deserving of this kind of hero-worship. And very few of them are ever mentioned.

And anyway, wasn't Elvis Presley "The King?"MTV?
n6hcm
11-20-2011, 05:25 AM
And anyway, wasn't Elvis Presley "The King?"

elvis was the king of rock and roll.
n2ize
11-22-2011, 05:51 AM
Bob Dylan was dubbed "The King of Folk Rock" despite the fact that he never wrote nor played "folk rock".
W3WN
11-22-2011, 02:48 PM
What is "pop" ?It's what the natives in Pittsburgh call a flavored carbonated beverage. You and I know it properly as "Soda."