R.I.P. Michael
In case you forgot, Michael Jackson who sadly died yesterday at the age of 50, was the best combined singer and dancer of the 20th century. He never really arrived in the 21st. Probably his last great song is ‘Scream’ of 1995 (with Janet Jackson), which already tells his sad story: the isolation, the pressure.
Puberty stars like Boris Becker become narcissist idiots (Becker recently sold his entire wedding to TV stations and gazettes); child stars like Michael – with his plastic surgery, and Peter Pan sexual complex – become freaks. Genesis P. Orridge for example is a – great – freak too. He is admired for it often by the same people who have nothing but disdain for Jackson (and probably vice versa).
It would be great if P. Orridge could do a consoling cover version of ‘The Way you make me feel’ (here’s an interesting, almost-a-capella version).
In case you forgot, Michael Jackson who sadly died yesterday at the age of 50, was the best combined singer and dancer of the 20th century. He never really arrived in the 21st. Probably his last great song is ‘Scream’ of 1995 (with Janet Jackson), which already tells his sad story: the isolation, the pressure.
Puberty stars like Boris Becker become narcissist idiots (Becker recently sold his entire wedding to TV stations and gazettes); child stars like Michael – with his plastic surgery, and Peter Pan sexual complex – become freaks. Genesis P. Orridge for example is a – great – freak too. He is admired for it often by the same people who have nothing but disdain for Jackson (and probably vice versa).
It would be great if P. Orridge could do a consoling cover version of ‘The Way you make me feel’ (here’s an interesting, almost-a-capella version).
