The Future For Michael Jackson
Ok, that was a little too freaky. Tom and I were on the air talking about celebrities dying in 3’s. Ed McMahon and Farrah Facett had just passed away. On the air we thought outloud “who’s next?” I NEVER in a million years would have thought it would be Michael Jackson. We got word on his condition not 10 minutes after we wondered who could be next. The guy was a musical genius but like many other people with enormous talent, he was troubled. I also felt a little sad when I saw him because he really seemed like a tortured soul to me. Will all the goofyness and accusations overshadow a catalog of hit songs and his influence over popular culture for decades? I guess only time will tell. Here are some of my predictions for his legacy’s future:
-Neverland will be purchased by someone and turned into a shrine, much like Graceland.
-His album sales will skyrocket for the next few months.
-”Victims” will come out of the woodwork looking for money via books and interviews with tabloids.
-His family will turn against each other fighting over money. I know he’s supposedly broke to the tune of millions of dollars, but I can’t believe a guy THAT RICH doesn’t have money sitting in an offshore account somewhere.
-Look for his family to whore out his image and life story for a movie and broadway play.
-There will be at least two more albums of new material released. Michael has a vault full of songs that didn’t make it on his last album. Tupac is STILL putting out new music 10 years after he died.
-Look for a CGI moment at the next Grammy’s…he’ll be singing with someone thru the use of digital technology.
-His doctor will be investigated in relation to Michaels death.
-There will be sightings of MJ just like people see Elvis. The urban legand will go something like “he just didn’t want to deal with the fame and pressure anymore so he faked his death.”
June 29th, 2009 at 9:44 am
Well, four of your predictions have already come true:
- the doc is being investigated
- there is atleast 100 unreleased songs that he waanted to be just for his children; chances are pretty good those will be released to the public
- album sales are skyrocking
- and of course, people are coming out of the woodwork to talk about “the real Michael”
(I could see the Neverland prediction coming true. That would be interesting and a huge money maker, but also it would take awhile for it to happen. They have said money will already be saved just with his passing as he spent so much on a daily basis while he was alive.)
I freaked out too b/c I was listening to you and Tom just before I went into a meeting. I told the others in the meeting about your conversation and said “It’ll be really weird if we get out of this meeting and he’s died” and that’s exactly what happened. My phone started beeping the second we walked out the door, with people calling to say “Did you hear?”
July 20th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
I have to agree with you on every point, you have b een right so far too!