Hey folks, Harry here... Now I'm actually a fan of Michael Jackson's. I even checked out Michael Jackson.Com a while ago and watched all 12 of the videos they have on there, and watched THRILLER 4 times. However, the number one thing I hate about modern Michael over classic Jackson is the processed overly filtered sound. It sounds like what Swan did to the Phantom's voice in PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE. His music is way way waaaaay too overly produced now. There's a part of me that wants to see Michael have a guy with a drum set, a guy on a real bar house piano, a fella on bass and a guy on lead guitar... no back up singers... No nets, no filters, no more engineering. Just Michael on vocals. Get funky retro cool. As for Michael's film career... after watching that latest video of his, where Michael Madsen should've pushed that rum bottle through Jackson's gullet while Brando cheered from the stage... Well, Michael... I just don't know if he has a look for anything terrestrial anymore. He has become too much like his music, too processed and engineered... too artificial... seemingly without soul, and it pains me to say that, because I love my vintage Michael Jackson music. He was a god once.
Hey Harry,
Last night (Oct 27), Getmusic.com had an audio interview with the fuckin MAN Michael Jackson about his new album release and they talked about his contribution to Men In Black 2 and he said he "filmed a guest appearance..wont be doing a soundtrack as far as he knows...and will be doing something for (what he called) part 3." So I guess that means something is already up with Men In Black 3, huh?
Well, I hope you can use this info.
Love the site man.
Nick
Here's where we get to hear that THE NIGHTMARE OF EDGAR ALLAN POE starring Michael Jackson is still alive!!!
Here yah go Harry, I have some news instead of a review!-
Michael Jackson spoke live tonight on YAHOO! about his cd and answered questions from fans. One fan asked about his rumoured cameo in MEN IN BLACK II, as well as his involvement on the films soundtrack. He had this to say:
" I don't think they'll [I'll] be [doing] a [song for the] soundtrack but I did a cameo for the movie. I will probably [reprise the role] do [Men In Black] 3 as well."
He also spoke of his long developing THE NIGHTMARE OF EDGAR ALLEN POE:
" I'm also doing the Edgar Allen Poe film. It's a fascinating story about what he went through to create his stories"
There yah go, hope the MIB III news excites some people
-BATS
And now here's one Jacko fan with a look at the once gloved one's latest grooved asphalt pressing... INVINCIBLE
Hey Harry,
I know you don't cover music, but allow me to moonwalk all over Michael Jackson's new album "Invincible." Maybe it's site-worthy, maybe it isn't. I figured it might be an appropriate way to welcome Mike to the Internet. After all, he'll have to win over the folks who log on to chat rooms, newsgroups, and AICN-type sites if he wants a successful comeback.
There was a free 24-hour 'listening party' today at http://www.michaeljackson.com , enabling people to hear the album, which hits stores Oct. 30. First of all, let me say that the audio quality BLEW, streaming at a paltry 48k (and that was the fastest speed). Every song kept getting interrupted by buffering. On top of that, you didn't even get to hear the entire song - at a certain point, it stopped and went to the next one.
Now, the album itself. I didn't hear all of it, but of the five or six tracks I did hear, MJ's new album will be bad...and I don't mean 'bad' the way he did back in the '80s. I mean bad bad. Despite an album title of "Invincible," the songs seemed incredibly mellow - slow, mushy love ballads. There was one (I think it's called "Break of Dawn") that actually began with birds chirping! Give me a break. Sounded a little like "The Girl Is Mine." Another song was really different for him, so much so that you don't even recognize his voice. It had a harder-edged vibe, but not quite.
There was no evidence of his danceable 'hooks' from years past. I heard only one catchy tune the whole time, and that's the one we already know - "You Rock My World" (which, on the album, begins with unfunny dialogue from Chris Tucker).
If MJ thinks he's reaching the teenybopper market with those love songs, he's got another thing coming. Those girls listen to ballads from N Sync, Britney, etc. because they are closer in age. They can relate. When a 40-year-old dude does ballads, it becomes what their parents listen to.
My prediction is the album opens big, falls fast. No way in hell this gets him back to the top.
Call me 'Mr. Happypants'
