Before we ran off to live in a field for a few days we forgot to mention that this humble music blog was about to appear in a national newspaper. That's right, Musick's name has been emblazoned across the chest of a page 3 stunner in The Sun! Of course it hasn't, we're far too highbrow for that. Instead we made an appearance in The Guardian Guide on Saturday, having helped them out with a little something something on La Toya Jackson and her magnum opus, 'He's My Brother'. You need proof, we've got it:
Fame at last. Now, if only we knew someone who worked at The Guardian who could make this a regular thing...
Not only did we whore ourselves out to a national paper (well, a TV guide that comes with a national paper), we also discovered that we're in fact the 49th Best Music Blog according to the BT Digital Music Awards. Amazing. See the full list here.
As the dust begins to settle following the death of Michael Jackson, it's time to reflect on his career and what he's achieved. No, wait, sorry, I read that wrong, it's actually time to make ambulance chasing documentaries and release tribute singles. Like us, you probably sat open-mouthed during the memorial service last week. Some of it was genuinely moving, some of it slightly odd (John Mayer!?!), but in general it wasn't really weird enough. This was MICHAEL JACKSON, where were all the aged stars? Where was Diana Ross? Where was Bubbles? Yeah, yeah, he's too old now and too violent, but still, it's what MJ would have wanted.
What we should have witnessed was this lost gem performed live by La Toya Jackson. 'He's My Brother' isn't a new song, but is lyrically so perfect it would surely have brought the house down. "Bad or Thriller, he's still the man in the mirror"; "He's not bad"; "On stage he's electric, when he dances it's just like magic"; "When I'm alone and I need him, he's with me like lightning".
There's some kind of genius at work there.
Unfortunately, it's not the official Jackson family tribute single. Oh no, that honour lies with 'Home' a song La Toya first composed for her 2002 Startin' Over album. Yep, it's not a new song either, but, hey, the sentiment fits right?
