I have trouble finding the words to express the deep sadness I feel when I think about Michael. I've been a fan ever since Shabooh Shoobah was relased in the United States in the early 80's. INXS posters adorned the walls of my bedroom all through high school, and although all of the posters eventually came down as I grew into a young woman and started college, I never stopped being a fan and I never stopped listening to their music. In fact, disc two if the anthology is in the CD player of my car right now.
I don't have a lot of regrets in my life, but one I do have is that I never saw INXS in concert. I have a silly 10 row rule. I don't go to any concerts unless I can sit within the first ten rows. Usually this is not a problem; I just pay extra and go through a ticket agency if I have to to get the seats I want, but when INXS came to town, I didn't have enough money to gets close enough. I wanted to be as close as I could to Michael. I thought that I would just go next time. Well, there wasn't a next time, and I am so mad at myself for not going anyway even if I had to sit in upper level.
When I sit here and read through the statements about Michael made by his family members and friends, I can really get a true sense of what a kind and loving person Michael was, but I feel like I knew that about him all along. They say that the eyes are the window to the soul, and Michael had kind eyes. Even looking into the his eyes on a poster, one can see that he was a good-natured and gentle person.
I have a four-year-old son who can sing the chorus of 5 different INXS songs. He actually loves their music; he is not just forced to listen to it because I do. He favorite songs are Kick and Bitter Tears. All the way to Palm Springs last weekend he shouted from his booster seat, “Play Kick. Play Kick.”
When I look at my son, I can't help but think about all that Michael is missing out on when it comes to his own daughter, Tiger, and what she is going to miss since she will never really now her father. I know Michael was is a different state of mind and was not thinking about that the day he took his own life, or he would not have done what he did. He didn't think about all he was going to leave behind, but Tiger is still a very lucky girl. She has Michael's family to love her and tell her all about her wonderful father.
Thank you for providing this memorial page for Michael's fans.
Karri Thompson
I don't have a lot of regrets in my life, but one I do have is that I never saw INXS in concert. I have a silly 10 row rule. I don't go to any concerts unless I can sit within the first ten rows. Usually this is not a problem; I just pay extra and go through a ticket agency if I have to to get the seats I want, but when INXS came to town, I didn't have enough money to gets close enough. I wanted to be as close as I could to Michael. I thought that I would just go next time. Well, there wasn't a next time, and I am so mad at myself for not going anyway even if I had to sit in upper level.
When I sit here and read through the statements about Michael made by his family members and friends, I can really get a true sense of what a kind and loving person Michael was, but I feel like I knew that about him all along. They say that the eyes are the window to the soul, and Michael had kind eyes. Even looking into the his eyes on a poster, one can see that he was a good-natured and gentle person.
I have a four-year-old son who can sing the chorus of 5 different INXS songs. He actually loves their music; he is not just forced to listen to it because I do. He favorite songs are Kick and Bitter Tears. All the way to Palm Springs last weekend he shouted from his booster seat, “Play Kick. Play Kick.”
When I look at my son, I can't help but think about all that Michael is missing out on when it comes to his own daughter, Tiger, and what she is going to miss since she will never really now her father. I know Michael was is a different state of mind and was not thinking about that the day he took his own life, or he would not have done what he did. He didn't think about all he was going to leave behind, but Tiger is still a very lucky girl. She has Michael's family to love her and tell her all about her wonderful father.
Thank you for providing this memorial page for Michael's fans.
Karri Thompson