CNN, MSNBC, the three network channels and about a dozen other television outlets are all showing live coverage of the Michael Jackson memorial/tribute.
I was 32 when Thriller was released, and I wasn’t watching MTV at the time, so I wasn’t part of the fan base. I’m a little bemused by all this coverage, but I’m sure there are millions of people who want/need to see it.
He was obviously a huge talent and a hugely complicated individual, and one who connected with an awful lot of people. I wasn’t one of them, but my condolences go to all those who mourn him.