Stated like it was...very well done

Nice, balanced tribute.

I couldn't help but have similar thoughts during yesterday's memorial service... Even in death, everyone wanted to use him for their own ends. How sad. But what a beautifully crafted lyric from you!

"There is good and bad in everyone." from "Ebony and Ivory"

A glove has 5 fingers and you'll be wearing three of them.

The pacing, OS, and lyrics of your parody fits like a glove!! I remembered going on eBay awhile back and you'll never believe how much Michael Jackson's glove was worth: $51,000 (not kidding)! Well, it's not on the auction list anymore...whoever bade high on that glove had to be a millionaire, I guess! 5's!

Got on late today. This one just rolled right off as I heard it. RIP, Michael and extra glove of thanks to you AFW, John, 2JY, blackjack & Christie!!!

Mark--On the J/K Voting thread, you need to let us know who you intended for 4th place, you accidentally put Silver Power's name twice, and the deadline is tomorrow...

Thanks Dave, I'll get that done now...

Great OS, parody fits song well, non Whacko fan so no comment on content

Thanks, Andy! Who knows the real truth about Michael, probably just him. Makes for good parody, though....

spot on perfect....great word substitutions

Thanks, Alvin!!!

We did lose one hell of a performer and your memorial to the weird and wacky Michael Jackson has taken great strides in your work. Still rings true today even though it happened last year. I can remember how much of an impact it made on the musical world.

Thanks, Matthias. It was a sad day(with Farah as well...)

I saw MJ's glove used for the 1984 Pepsi TV ad at the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame + Museum in Cleveland. I also saw his red and blue Sgt. Pepper-inspired band jackets (very cool!) there and a pair of his shades. Yes he was a bit strange but I also grew up listening to other unique idols like Bruce, Prince, Peter Gabriel, U2, Pink Floyd, Stones, Genesis and of course Billy Idol (not an "American idol"). The day we lost Michael Jackson was very sad and compounded even worse when Farrah died. As for her I'll just say she hit the scene at the right time for me because I had just started feeling strange new things about girls... say no more. A double whammy. Also that same day proto-punk pioneer Sky Saxon went to the great gig in the sky (he's well known on the West Coast). You made a stellar, fitting and true tribute to the legacy of the Thriller. Kudos.

Thanks, Dave! and thanks for the reminicings....

Artistry: Great tribute, but one (small) thing, broke my rule of rhyming a word with the same word at the very end (also known as the Limp Bizkit Rule). But great job either way!

Thanks and you are right on that, Abbott. i put this one out fast at the time of tribute and i did notice that. I've improved it since, but it wasn't necessary to re=post...

The Limp Bizkit rule Abbott? That's funny. . .I've seen this one a few times. . .You know the funny thing about TOS, I for the longest time thought it was an Elvis song until I saw it performed on American Idol and it was introduced as Queen--shows an obvious influence from the King, Queen was a multi-talented band they were, Freddie Mercury's untimely death ended it, but their music, like MJs, survives.

A fine tribute. I'm sure Freddy would have approved.

Thanks Agri. I can hear him singing it...(Freddy need a good tribute too...)

Artistry Queen

Mark - I have never been a MJ fan, ever - even before all his history. I think you called this one just as you see it. Even though I never liked his work I was saddened to see him pass. Proper tribute here.

I focused immediately in on the "one glove" ref. One thing that the military frowns upon is having your hands in your pockets while in uniform. They make gloves to be worn with any uniform, so they say if your hands are cold, get some gloves. A lot of times when I am at work I have my hands in my pockets. Just an old habit. I haven't worn the uniform in years but I work with a lot of ex military. The non USAF vets give me a hard time (just friendly inter-service rivalry). They "compliment" me on my fine pair of USAF gloves. My comeback is that I remove one hand from one pocket and ask them if they know who I am now? I usually get a shrug then an LOL when I say "It's Michael Jackson in the USAF,

Three full five fingered gloves. You can use the third one on one of your feet. =;-)

LOL & thanks, Guy!!!

(Artistry) Great tribute to the late MJ. Gonna be givin' you 5's!

(Artistry) Fine tribute here, you covered a lot of ground in just a few lines.

Memories, and thanks to bobpie & Rex!!

See above.... Shamon!

This would make a great theme song for the Michular Jackstrophy Telethon!

I never got to see MJ in concert but I've seen Billy Idol live and he was wearing his trademark fingerless glove. Later during the show he was wearing a full-fingered "metallic sheen" glove. The lighting made him look like a cyborg, or rather a CYBERPUNK - and that was the title of his next album.

An "encore" of thanks to Matthias, Porfle and Bad, who's bad...LOL

(ABC) See above!

(ABC) MJ is still one of my fav artists of all time, so I really enjoyed this one! And I would just like to say that I applaud at your ability to switch up a title and do something completely unique. Great stuff Mark!

Thanks, Blayde. He was truly one of a kind (and VERY misunderstood)

Excellent original song for an excellent tribute to the King of Pop, nice work!