Untill now I restrained from posting about the death of Michael Jackson. Many people (too many) have talked at length about his career, his persona and the impact he had on music history with better words than mine. But last week I stumble upon on the MJ Memorial Concert (showing how difficult it is to avoid him on TV these days).
Obviously you can only respect the pain his death represents for his friends and family but what was that about ? And the idea of having a coffin right in front of the stage was pretty bad taste to say the least ...
As I watched the last 20 minutes of the show I kept asking myself "when did Michae Jackson stopped being relevant to me ?" Sure, the man had some amazing moves and like it or not THRILLER was one of the highlights of the 80s (quite largely down to Quincy Jones production imho) but did he come up with anything really significant after SMOOTH CRIMINAL ?
Anyway, I rummaged through the remix vault in search of some MJ remixes to post for the occasion. Here is how I prefer to remember him: as the coolest kid in the JACKSON 5 and the grooviest black man on earth at the time of OFF THE WALL. And as an extra, an incredible mashup of his (quite disappointing) duet with Janet by Team 9.
I love the Scream remix. Thank you for posting that!
-Blair
Posted by: Blair | July 13, 2009 at 06:34 PM