It wasnt until Michael Hutchence passed away that i realized how much i respected and admired him.It is a sad part of todays society that we dont realize what we have or is there until something is gone.I first heard the music of INXS as a 15 year old and was an instant fan,but more than that i was intruiged by the lead singer.An obvious great talent and born preformer he had so much magnetism and i found it hard not to become a fan.If someone had asked me prior to november 1997 who is the person i would like to meet most in the world i would have said Michael Hutchence and the same reply would be given today if it was possible and probably until the day i die.There sre a lot of wannabe's out there but Michael was cool and had so much charisma because he never tried to be cool.When you try to be is when you are not.I watched his life through the tabloids like many of us did,dating supermodels,travelling the world and a seemingly endless parties but all was not as it seemed.I am glad to say i got to see Michael in concert on a number of occasions and always walked out feeling charged,almost like you absorbed some of his energy,amazing.I am currently reading Patricia glassop and Tina Hutchences book and am finding it thoroughly enthralling to hear about his life before he came into the spotlight and the lives of people he touched.I cant imagine the horror for all the family when Michael passed on but i know how i felt when i heard of his passing and i had never met the man.That in itself should be a tribute to a man who touched many lives of people he called family and friends and the millions of fans he never met.The book by his mother and sister is called Michael Hutchence,Just a Man,but i am sure to many of us he is much more and always will be.Rest In Peace Michael.