If you were asked to sum up the Jackson family, how would you do it? Some people might call them the greatest collection of siblings who ever entered a recording studio. Others might comment on how inferior Janet and LaToya were compared to Tito, Jermaine and Randy.
Most people would say that the entire family were complete fruit loops.
However, we?d like to comment on how the Jackson family manage to pick the worst possible time for any new release. A brand new greatest hits album from Michael followed weeks after heart went all funny and of course, there was the tribute concert that was accidentally scheduled at the same time as the Dr. Conrad Murray trial. Some would say this was done for financial gain.
Cynical, cynical people.
As we all know, ?Sexy? Dr.Conrad Murray was convicted for administering all sorts of funky drugs into Michael Jackson. That should be it as far as we're concerned. The poor sod?s rotting corpse can now get some peace. But not if the Jackson estate and pesky Brian May get their way.
Musical collaborations happen all the time. Most of them are a poor excuse for one of the artists to leech on to someone more successful than themselves and climb the ladder toward popularity again. Nowadays, people don't do it for the love of the music; instead it's for soundtracks where, if it the song turns out to be a disaster, everyone will have forgotten about it months later.
It's safe to say that some collaborations have been safely locked away where nobody will ever get a chance to hear them. Probably because they're rubbish. One such recording that was made in the eighties ? a time that's renowned for crap music- was between the king of pop Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury.
These days he wouldn't get a look in. We have Gary Lightbody from Snow Patrol for God?s sake.
Nowadays, Queen are fronted by Brian May, a man who is most famous for playing on the roof of the Queen?s house and demonstrating that white people can't pull off an afro. Speaking about the potential release that ironically didn't feature his input the first time, he said:
“The Michael Jackson estate are happy for us to go ahead with the music. But it’s not something that we can rush.”
Well that's good to know isn't it? A song from 1983 is going to be given a technical modern remix thanks to a bunch of old men providing some guitar work. we're positive it's what Michael would have wanted. But why release this now and not when Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury were alive? Surely this stinks of a cash in? According to the floppy haired one, it supposedly isn't. May said:
“I don’t work on things with the aim to make money or for promotional reasons. I work on things with the view ‘to let’s see how it goes. When it is something we feel is worthwhile then it’s nice if we could get it out there.”
We pray that this release doesn't get a release. With Michael Jackson and Queen fans not being mentally stable, this single will only spark off the apocalypse and see them kill off anyone who doesn’t appreciate “the musical genius”.
Thankfully, no release date has been set. But when we get news, we?ll let you know so you can gather supplies and lock yourself in an underground bunker.
Well it says
Well it can’t be any worse than the god forsaken, dear god my ears are bleeding, where are a couple of forks to drive into my ears collaboration between Lou (someone strangle him) Reed and rock band Metallica (“we don’t do music for money”). Seriously I’d rather set myself on fire than hear that collaboration again. Which means this will probably drive me over the edge and I’ll just become violent.
DefinitelyNotLilo says
I love you too, well it.
Devon-sure! says
Collaborations happen because people have no clue who they are hooking up with.