Who decided to call Michael Jackson the "King of Pop"

[W1GUH]

King of Pop

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]

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]

I thought it was because he was shilling for Pepsi.

[W3MIV]

Who really gives a damn?

[W4GPL]

Who really gives a damn?

This. +1

[WA4TM]

Who really gives a damn?

This. +1

^^^^ X2 ^^^^

[W1GUH]

Those who care that the taste and values of this nation have gone down the shit-hole.

[KG4CGC]

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/ar...g-of-pop-name/

[WX7P]

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...

[N5RLR]

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.