I don’t know about you guys, but when I was a kid in the early 80s, you were one of two types – a Michael Jackson fan or a Prince fan.
Prince fans were regarded as much cooler. He sang things your parents forbade you to hear. He could play the guitar. And regardless of his heeled boots and penchant for frilly shirts, no one disputed the raw heterosexual power of Prince.
Michael Jackson fans were regarded as infinitly squarer. He was the nice guy, perhaps a little too nice. He did commercials for Pepsi. Eddie Murphy made fun of him, too, which made Jackson even less cool. ~Marisa