It's so hard to think of him that way, what with the freakshow elements being so recent. It probably wouldn't have been as bad either if he'd died ten years ago, but it feels like he's been a bizarre weirdo for a long-ass time now. It's going to take quite a lot of time to wash away fifteen years of late-night monologue jokes.
But yeah, in the long-run, you're probably right. In twenty years, you'll barely remember the fifteen nosejobs, but you'll still hear Beat It every now and then.
What we may see is a split in the way people view him, likethe way Elvis is regarded between Young Elvis and Old Elvis. Though in Michael's case he would probally be tri-sected between young Michael, 80's Michael and the last one.
He pretty much made MTV, and also popularized the music video too. Only a few other artists can be have said to have done so. His music will live on, though I suspect it will be from his 80's range. However, there is also a lot of media evidence of his entire career, so the creepy image may still stick. We really have not seen an Entetainer of this magnitude pass away in the Digital Age before this.
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But yeah, in the long-run, you're probably right. In twenty years, you'll barely remember the fifteen nosejobs, but you'll still hear Beat It every now and then.
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He pretty much made MTV, and also popularized the music video too. Only a few other artists can be have said to have done so. His music will live on, though I suspect it will be from his 80's range. However, there is also a lot of media evidence of his entire career, so the creepy image may still stick. We really have not seen an Entetainer of this magnitude pass away in the Digital Age before this.
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