With all the coverage of Farrah Fawcett’s untimely passing, you might not have heard that Michael Jackson also died last Thursday. The handful of fans that heard the news gathered in London’s Trafalgar Square on Friday to mourn the passing of their idol. I joined them and took pictures so you could see what I saw.
As always with this kind of thing, there were more people taking pictures/filming than actually participating.
The newsreader on the left was a COMPLETE cunt. Right before this picture was taken, she grabbed a woman who was crying and laying down flowers and said, “Hey, you’re gonna need to wait a few minutes before you do that, you’re blocking my shot.”
The shrine that had been set up consisted of nothing but a candle, a copy of the Evening Standard, one photo of MJ, and what appears to be a marker drawing of Benicio Del Toro as Che Guevara.
This was the highlight of my day. These two guys got into a fight …
… and this woman leapt in screaming, “This isn’t about you! It’s about Michael Jackson!”
And it fucking worked!
Flag’s backwards, n00b.
The fan on the left went as far as to get facial surgery in honour of her hero.
These guys seemed to think if they looked excited enough they might be able to get on Channel U.
The Trafalgar Square street artists were quick to cash in.
As was HMV.
One thing I noticed throughout the day is that it’s almost impossible to draw a picture of Michael Jackson without it being offensive.
Or crappy.
Or racist.
After a couple of hours, the gathering sort of fell apart. This fat, homeless guy and the Eurotrash MJ in the background started to have a dance-off, which held everyone’s attention for about 40 (embarrassing) minutes, but then people just started to wander off. Bored and depressed at the lameness of the memorial, I figured I go eat and then head home.
After eating, I decided to take a peak into Trafalgar Square to see if anything new was happening. And there was about 10 times the amount of people there!
And homemade signs!
And singalongs!
And the defacing of 200-year-old landmarks!
And candle-lit vigils!
And a bigger, better shrine!
And more possibly racist drawings of the great man (why is his nose almost as wide as his face?).
Even Ugly Betty and her gay friend were there to pay their respects! RIP Mike!!
JAMIE TAETE
Reader Comments
June 29th, 2009
1:58 pm
All of this must be really getting to Prince.
June 29th, 2009
2:37 pm
“..might be able to get on channel U..” HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
June 29th, 2009
2:52 pm
This is about the only funny thing about Jacko’s demise (besides remembering that he gave wine to kids and called it “jesus juice”
June 29th, 2009
5:00 pm
“What’s the difference between Michael Jackson and acne ?
Only one of those comes on kids face’s before they reach 14.”
I received this txt on my phone only half an hour after being told he had died. And it will be with me forever now.
June 29th, 2009
10:50 pm
why are shit drawings now considered racist?
surely they’re just shit drawings and nothing else - you’re not funny, you’re a twat
June 30th, 2009
6:32 pm
You spelt ‘peek’ wrong, n00b.
July 1st, 2009
11:01 am
Haha I used to know blue-shirt-fight guy. Biggest wanker ever.
July 2nd, 2009
2:38 pm
Haha, well done.. amazing.
July 2nd, 2009
2:42 pm
Channel U… AWESOME! I think I’ve pissed myself
July 2nd, 2009
2:56 pm
i’ts fucking sick I tell ya, Wacko gets 50 nights at the O2, whilst Gary Glitter can barely get into Heathrow….
July 2nd, 2009
3:01 pm
amazing
July 2nd, 2009
3:05 pm
I got a light skinned friend looks like Michael Jackson, I got a dark skinned friend looks like Michael Jackson
July 2nd, 2009
3:05 pm
Michael Jacksons girlfriend is devistated! She said “first my parents left me in Portugal and now this…”. I got this and roared my belly off
July 2nd, 2009
4:16 pm
Come on fuckers! that is funny!
July 2nd, 2009
4:47 pm
HA hA……this article was so good.
i was at the ceremony but i wondered of after like 10 minutes…It was absolute, fucking shit!!!!!! It started feeling like a worship cult or sumthing…..all the hype just got on my nerves…..Im sorry but the die hard MJ fans could have done better…..lol
R.I.P MJ
July 2nd, 2009
5:07 pm
I love you for this.
July 2nd, 2009
5:40 pm
he died singing his favorite wanking song ‘Beat it Beat it Beat it just Beat it’
July 2nd, 2009
9:29 pm
i heard he didnt die of a heart attack… he was found in the childrens ward having a stroke…
July 3rd, 2009
7:54 am
SHAMONE!
July 3rd, 2009
9:59 am
when they come to make a movie of his life story there is only one person that could play him, Helenna Bonham Carter in her planet of the apes costume, she was a dead ringer for him and how about his dad Joe for the part of Bubbles.
July 4th, 2009
10:45 am
Yeah, a group of black people smiling/posing for a photo. They must be trying to get on channel U. Asshole. Not sure why the drawings were racist either…
July 4th, 2009
4:36 pm
who should get his kids. i would take them but i already have a dog. the best bet would be Madonna, she just loves little orphan black kids. michael wouldn’t be so choosey.
July 5th, 2009
5:40 pm
the best MJ tribute (though it appeared years before his demise) is Bo Selecta’s..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o8rdNR5tmE
Anyways, the guy’s dead.. and all those hardcore fans who congregated to contemplate the shock ought to do something more positive and productive.. like, donate money to Africa or something like that.. instead of posing for Channel U (hilarious line I must admit!)
July 6th, 2009
8:53 am
MJ is not the king of pop the true king of pop is Gary Glitter cos he wanted you to join his gang. he wanted you to touch him there and he wanted you to remember him this way. all MJ did was ask you to beat it although he did say leave me alone which he must have picked up from one of his young fans.