Reactions to the Michael Jackson memorial

I just sat through all two hours of the televised Michael Jackson memorial service. Here are my reactions to it!

• Stevie Wonder - never fails to amaze me. One of my biggest influences
• Jennifer Hudson - one very brave individual
• Shaheen - GO SHAHEEN! Can you believe he's only 12? And slightly cynically, I bet Simon Cowell is over the moon about that performance
• Al Sharpton - that guy could get a standing ovation reading out the phone book. Good speech!
• Martin Luther King III - the great man's words didn't quite come across the way the great man himself could make them
• Heal the World - everything that Michael stood for and represented at the end of the service - lovely
• Usher - hats off to you mate
• I would have liked the wonders of technology to have allowed video of Michael to sing the lead on Heal the World
• The family - clearly very strong and close-knit. His daughter - what a beautiful girl

Some might say cheesy, some might say shallow, but actually I thought it was everything that Michael would want it to be, and that's what counts.