“ Shortly after Elvis Presley died, Lester Bangs wrote, “We will never agree on anything again as we agreed on Elvis.” Bangs himself passed away in 1982, just before the phenomenon of Michael Jackson’s Thriller reached full flight, and thus he missed in the album’s success and that of its creator a sustained expression of solidarity that was arguably the equal of Elvis’, one that reached more people across color lines, ushering in an era of goodwill toward the artist that sustained him through periods of trial and illness (physical and otherwise) inconceivable when we first witnessed [his Billie Jean performance on Motown 25] ”
From “The Night We All Agreed on Michael Jackson” by Rob Smith on Popdose
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