June 26, 2009 6:45 am
Mourning Has Broken
Posted by Will under celebrity, unfathomable
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Literally no sooner had my reminiscing post recalling the day I “met” Farrah Fawcett gone live at L.A. Metblogs when news started trickling in about Michael Jackson.
To say goodbye to one adored icon of my youth — in essence my Marilyn Monroe — was tough enough. But on the same day for a cherished voice and monumental talent that has been a part of my e n t i r e life to be silenced so suddenly and so shockingly…
Let’s just say I am very much in mourning right now. Very much.
June 26th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Since Cats Stevens has been villified for his conversion to Islam, “Morning has broken” song reference may or may not be well known among the younger listeners….
I am surprised that the Militant angeleno may or may not have captured a shot of the helicopter carrying MJ….
June 26th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
Was Cat Stevens vilified for becoming muslim? I must’ve missed that. I always thought his denigration came — and by his own doing — when he repeatedly condoned Iran’s call for the assassination of writer Salman Rushdie in 1989. With that he went from beloved to despicable and I can’t listen to any of his music without disdain.
June 26th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
While most people (of my generation, at least) know the song “Morning Has Broken” from the Cat Stevens recording, the song has an earlier history, according to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_Has_Broken