Before MTV, his style was pure seduction

Michael Jackson once leaned against a lamppost, and the lamppost, doing the only sensible thing a lamppost should do upon contact with a megastar, lit up. So did the pavement when kissed by the soles of his wingtip shoes. In hindsight, the only word for this is sex. But I was 7. And at 7, you don’t know why you ... (Full article: 496 words)

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