My first actual memory of MJ's music wasn't really with him: I was watching Weird Al Yankovic's "Eat It" and was wondering where he got the idea from. When I found out, I was so shocked to see someone with such talent; to be honest, we've rarely had someone who could write music, sing the song and dance as amazingly as Jackson could. Then I saw Thriller, which revolutionized videos. Up until then, people didn't know what to do with video; they basically just played their song with a bland backdrop, or in a studio. Jackson showed that a video could take a musician's song to the next level. But mostly I remember the Michael after the 80's: making movie-videos, that surreal video game where he could kill people with dance moves, the weird habits, the multiple surgeries, the sexual assault lawsuits, having Kings Dominion in his back yard, the comparisons to Prince, the almost-affair with Madonna, the videos with Michael Jordan, Eddie Murphy and his sis...