Michael Jackson Memorial Service - Anyone Apply for Tickets?

Totally Judy

Totally Judy

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Since I'm only a couple of hours from downtown Los Angeles, I figured I'd throw my name into the 1,000,000+ hat for the chance to get two tickets! I am not a Michael Jackson freakout fan, but I did enjoy his Off The Wall and Thriller albums. I liked him better when he was black.

The memorial is part of the history being made in our lifetime. What are my changes of getting two tickets to the memorial? At the present, 2 in 1 million++ !!!!

Anyone else trying for tickets?
 
Totally Judy said:
The memorial is part of the history being made in our lifetime.
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I don't know. I hate to be the wet blanket on the fire, but I doubt that Michael Jackson really will become recognized as one of the greats in history.

Who was the most popular composer in Europe in the late 1700s? Hint: It's not Ludwig van Beethoven.

Today, ask anyone in the western world who Ludwig van Beethoven was and, even if they're not into "classical" music at all, they will recognize the name and can at least tell you that he was a great composer. Just about everyone in the western world can identify the iconic first few bars of Beethoven's 5th Sympony. Most will recognize as familiar -- if not be able to identify -- the Ode to Joy from his 9th Sympony and Fur elise -- even if only as one of the most popular cell phone ring tones.

Two hundred years later, Beethoven's name and reputation... and also at least some of his music... are known by just about everyone in the western world.

But, believe it or not, he was not the most popular composer of his day. No. That title went to Ignaz Pleyel. Today, Pleyel and his music are all but forgotten, eclipsed by Beethoven. What of this music survives is hardly ever played and even less frequently recorded.

My point? What's popular does not necessarily endure and become recognized as transcending its time unto eternity.

Michael Jackson is very popular... but I doubt that when history makes its cold judgement, he will transcend his time unto eternity.
 
Well i for one am sick of hearing about this nutcase. He did horrible things to kids and walked because he had money and settled. What a fantastic world we live in when some piece of crap like this is still touted as such a great thing. Good riddens to him. It is a safer world for all the little children with him gone.
 
scotsmanspride said:
Well i for one am sick of hearing about this nutcase. He did horrible things to kids...
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That has never been proven.

If you want a presumption of innocence if you are ever accused of a crime, then you must -- simply must -- extend that same presumption to others who are accused... even Michael Jackson.

In fact, a jury accquited him of such charges. If you are ever tried for something and a jury accquits you, I'm sure you will want that verdict respected and accepted. If so, you have to respect and accept the verdict in Jackson's case.
 
Gollnick said:
That has never been proven.

If you want a presumption of innocence if you are ever accused of a crime, then you must -- simply must -- extend that same presumption to others who are accused... even Michael Jackson.

In fact, a jury accquited him of such charges. If you are ever tried for something and a jury accquits you, I'm sure you will want that verdict respected and accepted. If so, you have to respect and accept the verdict in Jackson's case.
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Nobody is required to respect or accept any verdict. Only the court system is obliged to do so.
 
Well, lemme put it this way. Michael jackson was Acquitted=Fact. However, I guess if you view our legal system as what you are saying it is then you would feel completely comfortable leaving one of your children in the care of him unattended.
 
Rat Finkenstein said:
Nobody is required to respect or accept any verdict. Only the court system is obliged to do so.
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If you would like to have a verdict in your favor respected and accepted, then you must do the same for others... even Michael Jackson.
 
im just annoyed ill have to deal with all the traffic at staples center.


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but if you do go, please let us know what it was like. i enjoyed his music when i was a kid, but just couldn't get past all the weirdness later in his life.
 
Gollnick said:
If you would like to have a verdict in your favor respected and accepted, then you must do the same for others... even Michael Jackson.
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i would say we have to accept it in so far as we cannot change it, but we certainly don't have to respect or agree with it.

but i see your point. imperfect as it is, as someone who has worked within it for over 10 years, i believe in our system of justice.
 
Gollnick said:
If you would like to have a verdict in your favor respected and accepted, then you must do the same for others... even Michael Jackson.
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That is not true at all.

What I would like people to think has no bearing on what people think.

If I was falsely accused, and acquitted, nobody would say "No respect for this verdict because he allegedly doubted Michael Jackson's alleged innocence!"


. . . but they could say it if they chose to. :D
 
MORIMOTOM said:
im just annoyed ill have to deal with all the traffic at staples center.
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I don't blame you, Mark. It is going to be a bitch and I am sorry that you will have to be in the middle of it.


MORIMOTOM said:
but if you do go, please let us know what it was like. i enjoyed his music when i was a kid, but just couldn't get past all the weirdness later in his life.
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Well, I'm not going. Which is fine. It didn't matter to me if I got tickets. It was worth a shot. I also enjoyed his music when he was younger and still black. I enjoyed his "Off The Wall" and "Thriller" albums, but other than those, I never bought any. I could barely stand to look at his grotesque and disfigured face. Here is the email response I received from Staples this evening informing me of my loss...... :( :

Sorry, we regret to inform you that your registration was not selected.
If you are using a mobile device or can't see the images, click here.

Thank you for your registration.

Sorry, we regret to inform you that your registration to attend the Public Memorial Service for Michael Jackson was not selected.

Hundreds of thousands registered, but only a few can be in attendance.

© 2009 STAPLES Center. All Rights Reserved.
STAPLES Center • 1111 S. Figueroa Street • Los Angeles, CA 90015

You received this email because you subscribed at staplescenter.com for the Michael Jackson Public Memorial Service. Visit staplescenter.com for more information.

STAPLES Center is owned and operated by a subsidiary of AEG.
 
The Michael Jackson songs I liked the most were when he was a kid in the Jackson 5. Because they started coming out when I was in the 1st grade. Even though those were mostly considered 'bubble gum' songs, some of them were pretty good, IMO. He seemed like a cool kid; too bad how he became later. I lost track of his career, thinking his time was mostly over as a child singer, until Thriller. But after that I didn't care much for his later music. I never did buy any of his records, and won't start now with the post-mortem craze. He was an electrifying performer and dancer, however.

This will date me, but I still love The Beatles' music. In a few short years they produced an incredible range that seems both characteristic of their period and timeless. Jackson may have out-sold and out-bid them, but I feel their music will hold up better, overall, over time. I do own all of their music. Sorry, off-topic.
Jim
 
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