Some highlights of the superbly moving Michael Jackson Memorial today at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, which I've been tweeting a little about, but wanted to say a little more about here -
.Berry Gordy's eulogy was masterful, and captured the sense that all of us had about Michael Jackson in the late 1960s and early 1970s ... a boy with the soul and depth of someone much older...
.Al Sharpton's speech was brilliant and powerful ... what he said directly to Michael Jackson's children was especially on target ... "there was nothing strange about your Daddy, what was strange was what your Daddy had to deal with" ...
.Brooke Shields' words about how Michael Jackson made her smile were memorable, and segued into what I thought was the best musical performance of the memorial...
.Jermaine Jackson's incandescent performance of Charlie Chaplin's "Smile," Michael Jackson's favorite song... (which says something right there about Michael Jackson's universal place in our culture) ...
.Sheila Jackson Lee's announcement that she's introducing a Congressional statement of tribute to Michael Jackson was welcome ... she's a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, from Texas....
.Smokey Robinson, also one of my favorite songwriters and singers, said the most that a singer-songwriter could say to another singer - you, Michael, sang my song better than I ...
.the We Are the World wrap-up was just right ... as were the words from Michael's brother Marlon, and-
.those words by Michael's daughter Paris ... I doubt there was a dry eye in the house, and in much of the world ... anyone with a heart couldn't help but be moved...
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The whole ceremony was moving, especially the clip in the background of one of Michael's final rehearsals. And when Paris spoke, my tears were definitely flowing.
Hello my old friend, I really was surprised by how affected I was by this memorial. Watching Jermaine Jackson , you could see the pain of losing his brother and Paris forget it I was bawling. It was a beautiful tribute to Michael and he will be missed
Great to have you back (and you too Nick) - hope all's going ok with you - I cried every time I saw Paris talking ... and that must've been about 10 times yesterday.
Dawn, now it really feels like summer with your comments here!
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