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I vented a little yesterday on the exploitation of Michael Jackson's death. It was like they were putting him up on a pedestal for a week in order to tear him down (perhaps deservedly so) next week. Dave Abravanel, a music critic at CokeMachineGlow , reflecting on the importance of Off the Wall, suggested the media has become fixated on which Michael Jackson was to be remembered--the child pop star of the 60 and 70's combined with his later pop transcendance in the 1980's or his "wacko jacko" phase. I for one don't give a shi%, and as i've said before the 15 years have been a period of distancing myself from MJ. His appearance, the eradication of his nose, disturbs me. What I need is his music from the Jackson 5 (check out "Maria" from a couple of days ago--damn fine soul/funk led by a 14 year old powerhouse) to the Jacksons to Off the Wall to "Human Nature" (still my favorite track off Thriller ) to "Butterflies" (off Invincible ). His music should speak for itself but sadly that's not the case. I predict future litigation over Jackson's kids, royalties, unpaid creditors, etc. etc. blah blah blah, and all of it will cloud a brilliant 30 year career and make MJ that much less appealling from a PR standpoint. Sad, sad, sad.
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