THE LOVE YOU SAVE 06/25/09

[Donald Cleveland]

He died.

The number one Soul Music Superstar died during Black Music Month.
A heart-attack they say. All I know is I feel sad, and my girlfriend is damn-near inconsolable.
I’ve fielded phone calls from people. Made one to my son who when he was a child-thought that Prince and Michael were the same person. Not even close. Stones/Beatles. White/Hayes. Jackson/Prince. Flair/Hogan. Each pairing had their similarities and their differences.

Wanna know the difference? Michael Jackson was the STAR. The ENTERTAINER. The pre-TMZ headline when Harvey Levin was only holding a microphone on the street for People’s Court.

Michael was IT. Michael had IT. Michael moved LPs. When VHS & Beta were nascent formats, Michael made “Thriller” and helped grow an industry. I don’t what else to say. Michael helped build MTV too…even though at first they didn’t want him. He’s 50 years old. It aint fair.
I’ll play some CDs to help remind me of the better times.

I know we will all miss you, but..........

...................me- Donald Cleveland, the man who spent his first record money at age 10 on a copy of The Jackson 5 “The Love You Save”, I will miss you too. Just that little bit more.

[7EVEN]

i love michael

[KEEP THE FAITH Events]

RIP MJ

I've been absent from this site for some weeks, just busy.

I was shocked when the news came in. I had a gig within 24 hours of the news which i dedicated to MJ.

I remained faithful to my DJing and musical tastes in my MJ tribute playing the MJ tunes I liked.
I didn't need to do any U Turns as I had still been playing earlier MJ & Jackson 5 before & up to his death, my view of him too is the same.

He will be remembered for centuries. He was human, but his persona and fame was some of the largest we've seen in over a 100 years.

I am sure he will be remembered for centures & become a mythical figure.

His echo and influence will last for ever.

No one will remember the critics, but MJ will be remembered for ever more.

Thanks for the great music, singing and dancing MJ - you were unique.

MJ RIP











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