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So the king of pop is no more. He was the Emperor of pop. A true pop icon who revolutionaised the way pop music is enjoyed the world over. The mass hysteria his programmes generated was unparrelled.  I still remember Prabhu deva’s comments during MJ’s Indian visit- Prabhudeva managed to get near MJ and shake hands with him, and he said he will not wash that hand for a week.

Pop music was not so popular in India till the mid 70s when ABBA, Boney M and BeeGees came along. MJ carried on from where they left. And if anybody thought “Off the Wall” was a fluke, then Thriller proved otherwise. “ Beat it” was a sensation, and  “thriller” pure rage.  The music video of Thriller was probably the best ever made one in the history of music videos. The lyrics still is as fresh as it was 26 years ago. This was followed up with blockbusters like Bad and Dangerous. Probably History was the only album which disappointed the fans. No body can forget Billy jean or They don’t really care about us. We are the world and Heal the world still pains us. As the world waited eagerly for his return – which was supposed to happen next month, he left us- with out even saying a final good bye.

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