Comments on: Yesterday and Tomorrow http://jabartlett.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/yesterday-an-tomorrow/ Our Top 40 Past . . . in the Present Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:12:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Shelly http://jabartlett.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/yesterday-an-tomorrow/#comment-6163 Shelly Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:45:34 +0000 http://jabartlett.wordpress.com/?p=3720#comment-6163 Man-o-man Jim, you hit it this time! Michael Jackson is/was part of the framework of my youth. I remember sitting up on New Years Eve listening to Casey Kasem's Top hits for the year and wanting the #1 to be "I'll be there!" (I was hidding on the stairs with the radio up to my ear during my parents New Years Party). Well, it's didn't make it to #1 for 1970 and I didn't get caught staying up too late either. Keep those hits coming Jimbo and see you very soon!!! S Man-o-man Jim, you hit it this time! Michael Jackson is/was part of the framework of my youth. I remember sitting up on New Years Eve listening to Casey Kasem’s Top hits for the year and wanting the #1 to be “I’ll be there!” (I was hidding on the stairs with the radio up to my ear during my parents New Years Party). Well, it’s didn’t make it to #1 for 1970 and I didn’t get caught staying up too late either.

Keep those hits coming Jimbo and see you very soon!!!
S

]]> By: Chuck http://jabartlett.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/yesterday-an-tomorrow/#comment-6156 Chuck Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:17:53 +0000 http://jabartlett.wordpress.com/?p=3720#comment-6156 I had mentioned this to a friend on Facebook, today, but I really think for younger boomers, all of this ties together, consciously or subconsciously. Michael Jackson's death brings us back to John Lennon and Elvis Presley's deaths (though curiously not George Harrison?), as these artists were all so much bigger than one person's work. And with Jackson, not only do we have a black megastar who was as big in his heyday as Elvis or the Beatles, we also have someone who, through his marriage to Lisa Marie, his purchase of the McCartney-Lennon catalog and his vocal team-ups with McCartney, had direct ties to both of them. So this really is an end of boomer megapop. I guess one could make an argument for Diana Ross, but it would be difficult ... I had mentioned this to a friend on Facebook, today, but I really think for younger boomers, all of this ties together, consciously or subconsciously. Michael Jackson’s death brings us back to John Lennon and Elvis Presley’s deaths (though curiously not George Harrison?), as these artists were all so much bigger than one person’s work. And with Jackson, not only do we have a black megastar who was as big in his heyday as Elvis or the Beatles, we also have someone who, through his marriage to Lisa Marie, his purchase of the McCartney-Lennon catalog and his vocal team-ups with McCartney, had direct ties to both of them. So this really is an end of boomer megapop. I guess one could make an argument for Diana Ross, but it would be difficult …

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