The TIL (Today I Learned) categorie on Reddit is a place of constant mind blowing facts like this one: According to Daryl Hall….Jackson approached him and admitted to lifting the bass line for “Billie Jean” from a Hall and Oates song, apparently referring to I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do). Hall says that he told Jackson [...]
I’m pretty sure we’ve posted about Runaway before. It’s Kanye West’s visual accompaniment to his last album. As a big fan of his music, I really dig this short movie. Don’t worry, you’re not supposed to “get” anything. It’s just beautiful images that hopefully make you feel something as they work with the music. Kanye directs and acts in [...]
When Michael Jackson wrote Billie Jean he knew it was a hit. Quincy Jones, the moron/genius, didn’t like the song. He wanted to cut it from the album. Can you believe that? Billie Jean!?! Quincy Jones wanted to cut, what for me is, the most iconic MJ song ever off of Thriller! Luckily for us [...]
As more and more details of the Michael Jackson world crop up, it’s interesting to hear about the state of his finances. It seems that Michael was spending a lot more then he was making and yet even with his mounting debt he didn’t sell out some of his most valuable possessions. Mainly the rights [...]
Besides the great songs, Michael Jackson was a performer, if not, THE performer to see. He was an entertainer who knew how to amaze. He was a magician who captivated the world with the moonwalk. You couldn’t take your eyes away. He had your attention. In today’s world where the live show is so important, [...]
Like much of the world, I’ve been tuned into Michael Jackson as of late. As per the suggestion of JL, we thought we could do a week of Michael Jackson posts in respect to his passing. I recently watched the made for TV “Life with Michael Jackson” bio where a reporter gets an exclusive insight [...]
Sometimes the amount of talent I find in the world is staggering. Hearing amazing new music on a weekly basis makes me very happy I am alive at this point in time. But still, much of that amazing music goes unnoticed by the masses. Why is that? Often at NRP we write about how great [...]
Over the past year, while doing research for The New Rockstar Philosophy book, we’ve had a chance to speak with some very talented and knowledgeable people. One of the standard questions I’ve asked is; in our internet age “will there be a band as successful as The Beatles?” A band that the majority of the [...]
What Green Day and Michael Jackson Have in Common
I went to see Green Day last night. I got free tickets and wanted to be 14 again. I haven’t heard much of the new stuff or even much in the last little while. I wanted to go hear Dookie and remember what it was like seeing them 10+ years ago. Besides the Nickleback-esque pyro [...]