[setanta]

I love how this forum throws up such silly threads that have no basis in fact. The reality is that Michael Jackson created a totally new brand of music that fused rock n' roll sensibilities with Motowns funk and soul, which catapulted him into the stratosphere and in doing so he became the greatest living musical icon of the last 20 odd years. Whether you like him or not, there's no denying the huge influence he's had on popular culture.