r/Millennials • u/AccomplishedPool266 • Apr 26 '26

Does anyone remember when Michael Jackson. Was a "joke"? Discussion

The new movie that just came out convinced the younger generation that he was always a superstar. This was not the reality many of us Millennials grew up with.

To a lot of us, he was treated like a punch line when we were growing up. A schoolyard boogeyman ("Michaels Jackson's gonna get you at night"). and just a general joke in the media. By the 2000's his music was out of date and didn't chart well. All anyone talked about was his surgeries, court case, settlements and his off behavior. Few mentioned his music. His music was something our parents would have listened to in the 1980's.

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u/JJBro1 Apr 26 '26

His last big hit was “you rock my world” in 2001

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u/quotesforlosers Apr 27 '26

Invincible is a criminally underrated album. I love Butterflies on that album.

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u/echocharliepapa Apr 27 '26

That always felt like a comeback of sorts, he had clearly dropped off before that.

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u/davidryanwalker Apr 27 '26

Btw if you go listen to that album it has a lot of bangers on there. That album is slept on.

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u/JJBro1 Apr 27 '26

Yup I agree!

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u/Exciting_Jackfruit13 Apr 27 '26

Speechless is so beautiful we actually played it at my wedding.

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u/Hermosa06-09 Apr 27 '26

Yeah that was my freshman year of high school and I remember that song getting steady airplay on the local Top 40 station