So I was a tad bit surprised to hear Michael Jackson has passed away in his home. Except for Thriller (yes I’m man enough to admit I bought the album – honestly no clue where the tape ended up – which is funny because while packing stuff up I came across my Def Leppard tapes) I really never have followed his music.

When I was in elementary school Thriller came out and was on MTV. The original music video is really quite long, but for some reason it was pretty cool. Many of my classmates however thought it was gay (the outfit he wore was pretty flamboyant) and guess who got called Michael Jackson on the playground? Yes the kid who had a similar name… I can’t really moonwalk, but secretly wish I could.

Rest in peace Michael – hopefully you find yourself in the afterlife.

Pretty freaky video ehh? They honestly played that every hour on MTV when it came out.