Love him or hate him, you can’t deny the impact Michael Jackson had on popular music. His iconic moonwalk. His trademark sequined glove. And the songs. “Billy Jean.” “Wanna Be Starting Somethin’.” “Beat It.” “Bad.” “Black or White.” The list is as long as the line for the ferris wheel at the Neverland Ranch.  Michael Jackson was the Elvis of the ’80s. The Beatles of the next generation. And ya know, despite all the weird wacky shit he pulled for the last decade and a half, and the fact that he robbed us of thousands of hours of our TV time with his bizarre interviews, his inexplicable antics and his seemingly endless trials, I’m gonna miss him.

So thanks, Michael. Thanks for letting us all rock with you.

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