Mood Music: No Shame Edition

There are so many fantastic Michael Jackson songs I could choose from to remember him by, but I have to go with this one. Six years ago I drove from Myrtle Beach to Atlanta with a good friend who I did not know very well at the time. We came across this song on a CD of hers, and she initially went to skip it to the next song until I told her to stop. We had that moment of understanding when you realize that someone else also loves the song that you love, that everyone else thinks is cheesy. And then we began belting it out at the top of our lungs together.

For six years we have kept that secret, refused to tell anyone else that we love this song. But today, I confess. I love this song, and it's just one slice of the oeuvre of an immensely talented artist. Whatever you think about Michael Jackson's personal life, his appearance, his criminal trial, or anything else, if you were a child of my generation then he held a huge place in your musical awakening. And we will all miss him.