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"Thriller 25": The Funk Of 40,000 Years
If you listen to pop radio in 2008, you’ve gotta be a Michael Jackson fan. Why? Because if the popular songs of the day don’t sound like Prince, they sound like Michael. Aside from mentioning outright thieves of his look and his sound like Usher, Justin Timberlake and Ne-Yo, everyone from Britney and Beyonce to Jay-Z (“American Gangster has more MJ shout outs than any record I’d ever had) and Fall Out Boy (the rock […]
Grammys 2008: Really?!? Herbie Hancock?!?!
So, I braved the NYC elements (it’s 17 degrees over there), hopped on a plane West, checked into my hotel and cleared up some work so I could be back in my hotel room to view the 50th Annual Grammy Awards in their entirety. Considering I shut it off before it even finished, color me a little underwhelmed by a show (and a voting committee) that has gotten better than they were, but still leads […]
Hangin’ Tough…Again!!
I am a child of the late Eighties and early Nineties. It’s when I became a teenager and really started to develop my musical taste. Somewhere in between getting caught up in the golden age of hip-hop and digging bands like R.E.M., Nirvana and Pearl Jam, I also developed a soft spot for the pop music of the day. So a perusal of my record collection will unveil names like C&C Music Factory, Rick Astley […]