Whitney Houston’s death at the mere age of 48 took me, just like everyone else, by surprise. Despite the fact that her voice was not as crystalline as before, it was still beautiful, and boy, the woman could sing. After the release of her last album I Look to You in 2009, I was looking… Read More Whitney Houston: Not Your Average Tribute
One good thing I hope Michael Jackson’s passing will result in is that less hardcore fans will rediscover some of his music – not the massive hits that everyone knows, but rather the other songs that didn’t get enough credit. More specifically, I’m thinking about two songs that were on the ‘Invincible’ album. The first… Read More Less appreciated Michael Jackson music
By Richard Williams Michael Jackson may have spent his last years mutating into an ever more freakish version of himself, eventually becoming a prize exhibit in the celebrity zoo, but under the outlandish surface was a singer who had come by his fame not via mere eccentricity or a stroke of luck, but through a… Read More From the Guardian: ‘For all Michael Jackson’s flaws he was the greatest entertainer of his age’
NEW YORK, NY – June 25, 2009 – Michael Jackson, one of the most widely beloved entertainers and profoundly influential artists of all-time, leaves an indelible imprint on popular music and culture. Commenting on his passing, Sir Howard Stringer, Chairman, CEO and President, Sony Corporation, said: “Michael Jackson was a brilliant troubadour for his generation,… Read More Sony Comments on the Passing of Michael Jackson
By Steve Jones, USA TODAY On a magical night in 1983, Michael Jackson struck a pose on stage, clasping the black fedora on his head with his white sequined glove. His black jacket and silver vest glittered as white socks showed under his high-water black pants. Then he erupted into a flurry of fluid dance… Read More USAToday: ‘Michael Jackson’s artistic legacy spans the decades’
By Rachel Giese, October 31st 2007 “I’m not like other guys.” Who knew just how prophetic that line was back in 1983, when Michael Jackson uttered it in the opening scene of his groundbreaking Thriller video? MJ was still a musical genius then — not yet a punchline, a baby dangler and a cosmetic-surgery victim… Read More CBC: ‘Scary tributes: Michael Jackson video inspires copycat Thrillers’
Legendary performer Michael Jackson, whose groundbreaking music and dance moves earned him the nickname the “King of Pop,” died in Los Angeles on Thursday after apparently going into cardiac arrest. He was 50. In a brief news conference, the performer’s brother, Jermaine Jackson, said he was pronounced dead in hospital at 2:26 p.m. PT. It’s… Read More CBC: ‘Michael Jackson dies at 50’
By Ann Powers Michael Jackson was not of this world. He always seemed to defy gravity, as a dancer whose signature move was so incomprehensibly graceful that it earned the extraterrestrial title “the Moonwalk,” a singer whose tenor was high but strong, a rhythmic instrument that went as sweet and tender as a clarinet on… Read More LA Times: “Ann Powers on Michael Jackson: A performer who kept transcending boundaries”
By David Bidini Maybe it’s just as well. Lots of pain suffered. Lots of pain inflicted. With the late King of Pop, that shopworn cliche about finding peace in death is probably one that applies. For the first thirty years of his life, Michael Jackson didn’t stop moving. For the last 20, he hardly moved… Read More From the National Post: ‘Jackson’s star burned brightly, quickly’