A look back at the Michael Jackson memorial.

I, like millions of people around the world watched the live feed of the memorial for Michael Jackson.

I was expecting a garish, very tacky spectacle. More concert than tribute, more show that substance. In other words, something like MJ life itself.

I admit I was wrong.

The service was serious, bittersweet. At times funny and moving. The music was well selected and incredibly performed, from Stevie Wonder to John Mayer to Jennifer Hudson, everybody shone in it's performances. Eulogies from Magic Johnson to Brooke Shields went from the touching to the funny, without losing it's sobriety.

But the final touch was the family speaking. From Jermaine to Marlon Jackson's farewells to the high point, Michael's daughter, Paris, speaking for the first time in public, broke everybody's heart by expressing her heartfelt loss of her beloved "Daddy".

Kudos to the organizers of this memorial. You gave something back to Michael Jackson, something that he had lost during his tumultuous life.

You gave him class.

And that's enough.

Max Out!