Plastic Fantastic

Most people choose 'Billie Jean' as their favourite MJ song, but not I. 

Maybe it's because of the Eddie Van Halen solo in the middle (for which he apparantly never got a penny,) or maybe it's because I don't want to be no macho man, but I want to be bad. Who knows?

Either way, the song is catchy as hell, and reminds us of the days when Jackson wasn't a weirdo.

Well, okay, he was a weirdo, but he still made great music. These days he's nothing more than a figure of fun.

Rumour has it he's going to be playing the 02 Arena in London later this year. Will I go? I don't know. It could be great, or it could be depressing - the sight of a once great artist no longer in control of his faculties and a shadow of his once dazzling self.

I think the last time he visited this Sceptered Isle was in 2005, his visit inspired me to write this:

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Jackson accidently trapped in Madam Tussauds

Singer Michael Jackson was released earlier this morning after having been accidently locked in London waxworks museum Madame Tussauds during a stay in the capital.

The lock in - the result of over zealous staff unable to identify the real Jackson from the thousands of models in the store - is said to have left the singer 'dazed, confused and in need of a curly wurly'.

Jackson, who is believed to be recording a single for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, had his children with him during the visit on Sunday.

On arrival, he had been besieged by fans and photographers alike, but many people assumed that he had slipped out a back exit after his tour. Few, if anyone, suspected that he'd actually been wandering around for over 72 hours in a room full of life size replicas of famous people.

Jackson apparantly passed the time by chatting to wax versions of 'his friends' but got 'confused and upset' when they refused to talk back to him.

His visit to London is his first public appearance since being cleared of child abuse charges in June this year.

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These days I don't think I'd be so cruel. Maybe old age makes a man more compassionate....