As we all know by now, or if we don’t where have we all been hiding?, Michael Jackson the “King of Pop” has died aged 50. Fans around the globe have been saddened and shocked by his death and a huge number of celebrities have jumped on the bandwagon claiming to have been his best friend or those enemies have magically seen the good in him despite attacking his moral fibre for years.  “His Music will live on”

I’ve always loved his music and always will in all probability. I wasn’t a great fan of the man, he was a complex entertainer who in fairness carried a lot of baggage, some of his own making, others out of his control. Whoever or whatever the cause, he came across as a man/boy unsure of his own mind.

With each hour that passes, we the public and internet followers learn a little more about the circumstances surrounding his untimely death. Was it a “simple cardiac arrest” ?

Were prescription drugs involved?  If they were, was it a case of too many drugs over a sustained period of time or a morphine overdose by his physician?

The toxicology report is expected to come back within six weeks and given the sensational story and the family involved the coroner is unlikely to be pressured into making rash statements or cause of death.
As I write this short piece, Michael Jackson’s music occupies the top 15 best selling albums on Amazon! It is to be expected as fans and new fans clamour to hear his music. Thriller remains the best selling album of all time and it is unlikely to be beaten. When his comeback album (Invincible) “failed” despite selling 10 million albums he never released another album. His highly anticipated 50 night tour at the O2 in London was expected to kick off a new desire for his music.

Unfortunately the tour will now never materialise but in death his “off the wall” music, just like Elvis, will live on and become more popular. What a macabre and wonderful world we live in.

Lisa Marie Presley

While revitalising my blog I spent a little time trying to find out which widgets and plugins were available for a wordpress.com hosted blog and although there aren’t that many – certainly that I could see anyway I did come across one I have fallen in love with!! Vodpod !!!

I am certain there are other sites that cater for the individual to collate all their favourite videos found while surfing the net but this is the first one I have found that can also use in conjunction with your blog.

I digress! While I was adding videos to my account (free) I cam across an old song by Elvis Presley’s daughter Lisa Marie called “Lights Out”. It’s a wonderful homage to her dad and a very catchy tune, even if I do say so myself. I don’t think it made it big either in the UK or America but it did deserve to succeed. So I thought while adding the video to my online collection, why not drop it in a small blog posting so anyone who happens to stumble across this blog might care to take a look and judge for themselves!

Hope you enjoy it!

Warnie.