This has nothing at all to do with movies but then again this is a blog hosted on Blogspot for crying out loud, so I'm allowed to rant. Sue me.
I've always been a fan of Michael Jackson. I've enjoyed his music for the last 15years (relatively short amount of time compared to those who are much older than I am), and never once have I deemed any of his songs 'boring' or 'outdated'. That being said, I think I'm allowed to hate the way things are going as of late ever since the King of Pop decided to Moonwalk his way to the afterlife. Ah, but is the King really dead? How ironic is it that the death of Michael Jackson was also his official rebirth?
Attendants at music outlets are moonwalking (or trying their best to do something that at least resembles a moonwalk), almost every store in every shopping complex have his tracks playing and there's not a turn you can take that won't lead you into a 'Beat It' or 'Black Or White'. Electronic stores that sell TVs have his stunning Bucharest concert on and so do video / DVD stores. Everyone's talking about Michael Jackson and his music. His albums have skyrocketed to the top of iTunes and Amazon purchases over the last two weeks and there's not a single newspaper or tabloid that you can find that isn't buzzing about MJ. It's like Jackson fever all over again. All his albums have been re-released and I've also seen some new releases that I'm sure I haven't seen before such as an album called 'Michael Jackson : King Of Pop' with a red casing and a picture of Michael dancing.
What's more, it has been reported that Neverland Ranch will be out of debt in the next two months if sales of his products continue this way.
But here's the ******-up part. Michael Jackson will live on for decades to come through his music and he'll keep his spot more than Elvis or Sinatra with the help of the Internet and easier access to his music. The sad part is that future generations will be fed with a "new" Michael Jackson. Or worse still, a 'false' one. Yep. In times to come, people who have never really known or cared (or probably were too young to know) about Michael will buy into this newborn hype. They will buy his albums, listen to his music, watch his concerts, and be fed a newer and more marketable image of MJ. News has come out that a new MJ album featuring some of the tracks from his vault that were unreleased in previous albums will be out soon. That's all good except for one thing; there's a damn good reason why he didn't want to release those tracks. That reason being he probably thought they all sucked! So music labels will push these new, unreleased tracks to consumers and fans alike and said albums will sell like hotcakes. The harsh truth is MJ never wanted those tracks out, so why buy them? We don't even know where the royalty is going.
So will I be buying his "Tribute" album that's bound to come out? Nope. I think there are "cheaper" ways to attain such albums. Make no mistake, I own all his original albums, but only because he knew of them and had control over them. An unreleased-tracks album? A tribute album? What's the point really? It's just a bunch of songs compiled by some guy behind a desk at a music label company. We don't even know what Michael intended for those songs or if he ever wanted anyone to listen to them.
Last week I watched Larry King send a bunch of people into MJ's home at Neverland Ranch and give viewers a "exclusive inside look" at Jackson's residence. Nice going, Larry. Barge into the house of a guy who's no longer around and who had 15 locks on his damn door to emphasize privacy. Yes, privacy. No, no, don't respect that, Larry. Do what you have to do. Invade ahead!
You guessed it. I'm groggy. It's 3A.M in the morning. Over the last two weeks I've seen the MJ craze get a new injection of Life. And it's cool to see the man get the spotlight that he has truly earned and his albums sell off to fans by the masses. It's all good. But it's just hard to digest that in the midst of all this, there's a new image of Michael being created. And soon it'll be shoved down the throats of naive consumers. A cleaner Michael, a more "social-friendly" Michael. And a more "marketable" Michael to those who are eager to listen to new material from the man. By new I mean songs that he probably thought were so bad that he decided to lock them up in a vault and not even release them despite going downhill financially faster than a freefall. Go figure.
More movie reviews will come soon.
Just had to get this off my chest, people. It is a blog, afterall. Whatya' lookin' for...accurate content? :P
I've always been a fan of Michael Jackson. I've enjoyed his music for the last 15years (relatively short amount of time compared to those who are much older than I am), and never once have I deemed any of his songs 'boring' or 'outdated'. That being said, I think I'm allowed to hate the way things are going as of late ever since the King of Pop decided to Moonwalk his way to the afterlife. Ah, but is the King really dead? How ironic is it that the death of Michael Jackson was also his official rebirth?
Attendants at music outlets are moonwalking (or trying their best to do something that at least resembles a moonwalk), almost every store in every shopping complex have his tracks playing and there's not a turn you can take that won't lead you into a 'Beat It' or 'Black Or White'. Electronic stores that sell TVs have his stunning Bucharest concert on and so do video / DVD stores. Everyone's talking about Michael Jackson and his music. His albums have skyrocketed to the top of iTunes and Amazon purchases over the last two weeks and there's not a single newspaper or tabloid that you can find that isn't buzzing about MJ. It's like Jackson fever all over again. All his albums have been re-released and I've also seen some new releases that I'm sure I haven't seen before such as an album called 'Michael Jackson : King Of Pop' with a red casing and a picture of Michael dancing.
What's more, it has been reported that Neverland Ranch will be out of debt in the next two months if sales of his products continue this way.
But here's the ******-up part. Michael Jackson will live on for decades to come through his music and he'll keep his spot more than Elvis or Sinatra with the help of the Internet and easier access to his music. The sad part is that future generations will be fed with a "new" Michael Jackson. Or worse still, a 'false' one. Yep. In times to come, people who have never really known or cared (or probably were too young to know) about Michael will buy into this newborn hype. They will buy his albums, listen to his music, watch his concerts, and be fed a newer and more marketable image of MJ. News has come out that a new MJ album featuring some of the tracks from his vault that were unreleased in previous albums will be out soon. That's all good except for one thing; there's a damn good reason why he didn't want to release those tracks. That reason being he probably thought they all sucked! So music labels will push these new, unreleased tracks to consumers and fans alike and said albums will sell like hotcakes. The harsh truth is MJ never wanted those tracks out, so why buy them? We don't even know where the royalty is going.
So will I be buying his "Tribute" album that's bound to come out? Nope. I think there are "cheaper" ways to attain such albums. Make no mistake, I own all his original albums, but only because he knew of them and had control over them. An unreleased-tracks album? A tribute album? What's the point really? It's just a bunch of songs compiled by some guy behind a desk at a music label company. We don't even know what Michael intended for those songs or if he ever wanted anyone to listen to them.
Last week I watched Larry King send a bunch of people into MJ's home at Neverland Ranch and give viewers a "exclusive inside look" at Jackson's residence. Nice going, Larry. Barge into the house of a guy who's no longer around and who had 15 locks on his damn door to emphasize privacy. Yes, privacy. No, no, don't respect that, Larry. Do what you have to do. Invade ahead!
You guessed it. I'm groggy. It's 3A.M in the morning. Over the last two weeks I've seen the MJ craze get a new injection of Life. And it's cool to see the man get the spotlight that he has truly earned and his albums sell off to fans by the masses. It's all good. But it's just hard to digest that in the midst of all this, there's a new image of Michael being created. And soon it'll be shoved down the throats of naive consumers. A cleaner Michael, a more "social-friendly" Michael. And a more "marketable" Michael to those who are eager to listen to new material from the man. By new I mean songs that he probably thought were so bad that he decided to lock them up in a vault and not even release them despite going downhill financially faster than a freefall. Go figure.
More movie reviews will come soon.
Just had to get this off my chest, people. It is a blog, afterall. Whatya' lookin' for...accurate content? :P
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