stlsaxman predicts: Michael Jackson Memorial to be THE LAST for a Musical Icon. [View All]

[stlsaxman]

It will be the last memorial service of its size and impact for any musician, composer or performer from here on out.

Elvis Presley? check... John Lennon? check... Michael Jackson? check...

I can't honestly think of any other performer/musician who has touched the world as the above three have.

Paul McCartney? nope... Prince? nope... Pete Townsend? nope... Robert Fripp? (heheh i'm kidding- okay???) I will probably go into hiding and weep for a month when any of the above passes away. Though I have a deep and abiding respect for MJ and his works, I haven't felt the need to mourn. Millions have and are. I feel their pain and they have my deepest sympathy. When my musical heroes die their lives won't be celebrated as Elvis, John and Michaels have been- the quantity of mourners won't be as great but the quality of the mourning will be equaled.

Who, if anyone, am I overlooking that will move the world as forcefully upon their deaths?

I do not mean to be so morbid here but it speaks volumes to the legacy of Michael Jackson- The Man, the Singer, the Dancer, the Performer and Composer, the Father and Brother and The Human Being.