Well, I've been debating whether or not to throw my two cents in but here goes...I'm somewhat plugged into the legal/accounting/music scene in LA and everybody in the industry around here has known for years the dude was a drug addicted pedophile and Quincy Jones and other producers were responsible for a lot of his sound. Think someone pays 20 million to the family of a 8 year old because he's innocent? Personally, I had little use for him and I had to actually think about it to realize I have never done any of his songs and I do tons of cover's from the 50's on but his stuff just never came up. Notice how careful Obama was with his remarks the other day? He's a law professor, he knows what's behind the scenes. The classic sex, drugs, rock & roll, lots of therapy sessions and all is one thing but messing with little kids is a whole other thing. There's a reason those types get snuffed in prison.
I think it's a major failure of our society to give someone like that such adulation regardless of how "talented" he is. Lots of historical monsters were talented in different areas, so what? It's like the old thing about people who gave Hitler a pass because he came in and made the trains run on time. Great.

Bob

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