This month’s Observer Music Monthly’s cover story is dedicated to speculation about Michael Jackson’s comeback. Whereas there is little new information and some tabloidish exaggeration, it seems more or less plausible. The writer concludes that:
Whatever his dissenters might say, he remains one of the greatest icons in pop history, a man touched with musical genius, [...]
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Credit to this Fark thread.
Recently, there has been a number of MJ-related samples floating around. The most popular is, of course, Don’t Stop The Music by Rihanna, but there are also others:
I personally like D.A.N.C.E by Justice, which does not strictly use any MJ tunes, but it clearly a tribute to him:
I also like Kanye West’s A Good Life, [...]
So I saw the contestants for the Estonian final of the Eurovision Song Contest on TV today. I have to commend ETV for coming up with a decent stage design (the big LED screen is great).
1. Leto Svet - Kreisiraadio. I am a longtime fan of Kreisiraadio from their Kuku radio show, but I have [...]
The concert did not touch me especially deeply, although it was never boring. The crowd seemed to have enjoyed it very much. I guess one needs to be a fan to fully appreciate Marilyn Manson’s art, but I respect him and his fans nevertheless. The shocking just fails to shock me.
My taste in music is [...]
Michael Jackson 25th Anniversary Thriller Teaser Video
Michael Jackson’s YouTube profile has been updated to include these teasers for the new Thriller 25 compilation.
So, I am at the Enrique Iglesias concert. There is a little less than 30 minutes to go. Everything looks nice: the crowd is really diverse and I had 4cl of Jägermeister to warm up.
Update after the event: The concert was awesome, the songs were all good, Enrique was very cool and the show was [...]
A new song by Michael Jackson? Sounds like him, and the song is great as well.
EDIT: Removed YouTube video link, because it was deleted.
High School Musical 2 is brilliant. I do not know if it is better than the first, but they have achieved to do something equally great, but at the same time also different. I love most of the songs, especially Bet On It, You Are The Music In Me, What Time Is It? and Work [...]