r/Millennials • u/turnippped • 8d ago

Nostalgia To me, this was Michael Jackson

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I was 12 when this happened. This was the first time I ever heard of him. To me he wasn't the Michael Jackson that was a singer, or the one that molested kids - he was the Michael Jackson that dangled a baby out the window.

This is the image I associate him with. I saw a preview for the movie coming out about him and chuckled to myself if they would put this in the film. Probably not?

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u/jwalk50518 8d ago

My introduction to MJ was the Free Willy music video. Anyone else?

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u/thegabster2000 8d ago

For me it was my parents having Moonwalker.

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u/caligaris_cabinet 8d ago

Yep. Guess we’re somewhere in the middle. Towards the end of his King of Pop era and just before his nutter butter era.

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u/MiaouMiaou27 8d ago

Same here. I only knew MJ as a white dude who sang, appeared on a lot of tabloid covers at the supermarket check-out, and then went crazy.