A Clerihew on Michael Jackson

MICHAEL JACKSON
Tried very hard to be Anglo-Saxon.
His music, though, while white-boy rock’n'roll
Never did eclipse his transcendant soul.

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10 Responses to A Clerihew on Michael Jackson

  1. Rosie Redfield says:

    Nice!

  2. Amy Charles says:

    Well, NYT's got a vote board up for eight of his biggest hits, but it doesn't include "Dirty Diana". Occurred to me there was a genius vein of slutsongs through the 80s — DD, Darling Nikki, Jezebel are the ones that come to mind first. Others?

  3. cromercrox says:

    Minnie the Moocher?

  4. Amy Charles says:

    Wrong 80s.

  5. cromercrox says:

    Best I can do. Sorry. Not big on slutsongs.

  6. Amy Charles says:

    Oh. "Don't Stand So Close To Me." (Not you, Henry.)

  7. Amy Charles says:

    And, of course, "Roxanne".

  8. Amy Charles says:

    "She Works Hard For the Money", and "Private Dancer". A dancer for money, you know. She'll do what you want her to do.

  9. Amy Charles says:

    You hadn't thought of this use for your blog before, had you.

  10. cromercrox says:

    No. Keep digging.

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