iQuest

Earlier this week, I was on a quest, searching iTunes for a song that I had heard snatches of on the radio. I found it, and it is currently my favorite song. In fact, I'm going to declare it my Official Anthem of Summer 2009:



Just makes me wanna dance.

I will admit that I also searched for and bought a couple of Michael Jackson songs. Even though I was never a HUGE fan, I do have one LP (remember those?) of his: Off the Wall. That was the one he released before Thriller. I was in college when Thriller came out, and MTV was such a big deal at that time; it was all anybody could talk about. "Have you seen Thriller yet?" Everybody, whether they were Jackson fans or not, thought the video was incredible. MTV would even announce when they would be broadcasting the video, so you could make sure to see it. Even after all these years, it still looks astounding.

So for the last couple of weeks, with all of the sad news, I've had an almost non-stop loop of Jacksons music playing in my head. But this is some pretty great music to have as an earworm. And in the end, this is how I would like to remember Michael Jackson: a talented performer who gave us some really good songs. Boogie down!