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(Micky Mouse (left) and Michael Jackson)

Right, the world is still going crazy over Michael Jackson so I'm going to jump on this sinking ship which seems like it's going on floating on forever. I'm going to tell you my dear journal reader all about my Micheal Jackson (what he means just to me, not everyone else). To start with I'm going to say nothing about the circus since his death, but all I'll say is I never brought his music when he was alive because the money would go to support a life style that was just, well... what one word could possibly sum up what his life turned into when he was alive? or what is now referred to as his final years?

I think you know what I'm talking about even if you are a really big fan. There are a lot of “What If's” flying around him but I put this to you dear journal reader: What if he continued making music like other big names from the 80's eg: U2, Madonna, Prince, Depeche Mode, Kylie Minogue, R.E.M., Metallica etc (maybe they're not as big as in their hey day but have continued to make new music). Of course some other big names have just faded away never to comeback. Michael was doing a comeback but if Jackson continued making music and releasing an album every couple of years (even if it was great, good, bad or even just ugly music) it would have been a positive “The Music” to all the negative “The Press”. Some fans didn't really care they just wanted him anyway he was coming, or should I use the word going now.

Micheal Jackson has passed away which I really wish he could “Rest In Peace” but it seems he can't, or wouldn't because of who he was when he was alive. I'm not going to buy his music now because it's really turned into just a monster money making machine for a lot of other people. Where or who is it all going to now? Or do I really want to know anyway. Now it seems “The Record Company” is releasing, or reissuing anything they can get their hands on and it will go to number 1. Which is I guess what happens but you are the customer and don't have to buy it like everyone else seem to be.

I would love to have a copy my favorite album of his which is Off the Wall. Which to me is the Micheal Jackson classic album even if other albums are higher sales, or whatever. The music press has been mixed up. Mojo magazine had a write up about “remember him this way” focus on his early 80's which was nice, I guess. Q magazine had a horror photo cover feature and NME and Rolling Stone and many others had theirs too but I have to say again I didn't buy any of them because you don't have too encourage this as well.

I want to tell a funny story now to lighten things up a bit. Recenlty I got Adam Ant's auto bio book which was full of surprises and a great read but I think you have to be a fan to read it. I would rated the book at 4 and ½ out of 5. He was my first music hero, I paint that white stripe on my face every time he was on Countdown (an Aussie TV show). The first album I bought was Adam and the Ants' Kings of the Wild Frontier even if it was payed for by my Mother and was supposed to be my Father's birthday present. Maybe I should write a journal about him but for now I wanted to tell the story about when Micheal Jackson called up Adam Ant one night in the 80's. It was at 4 am in the morning Adam's phone starts ringing, wakes-up and finds on the receiver an American accent which says,
“Hello? Hello? Is that Adam Ant?”
At that point Adam thinks it's his band member Terry Lee making another prank phone call again and says,
“Stop pissing about, Terry. I'm trying to sleep.”
but the voice said,
“No, it's not Terry, It's Michael. Is that Adam Ant?”
At that point he hangs up after saying,
“Very funny, Terry, now f*** Off!”
The telephone started to ring again and Ant anwers again with the same voice saying,
“Hi, no, really it's me Micheal Jackson and I just want to ask you...”
Adam cutting him off and shouting at Terry to stop this or he'll come over and “F*** hit you” and “Piss off” which I have to say that sounds such an English punk rock thing. He rolled over but again the phone rings he grabbed the receiver and screams
“Terry, That's IT!!!”
but it's a different voice with an American accent, this time it was deeper, slower and calmer,
“Hi, is that Adam Ant?”
“Oh, oh, yes, this is Adam, Who are you?”
“I'm Quincy Jones, calling from L.A. Sorry, we probably woke you up, but I'm here with Micheal Jackson and he'd like to speak with you. Is that OK?”
In the book Adam wrote “F*** me, I thought”, which is lucky he didn't say that too but he just agreed.
“Hi, Adam, it's really Micheal, sorry I woke you.”
After just telling the king of pop to piss and F*** off he apologized
“Oh, no, sorry to have been so rude to you.” Anyway after saying sorry to each other again and bit of small talk, Micheal got to the point.
“I really like your jacket. Can you tell me where you got it?”
“Huh? My jacket?” says Adam, trying to think and saying something about somewhere that supplied costumes for movies. Saying the same jacket was worn by David Hemming in The Charge Of The Brigade film. Then Jackson asked what the suppliers name was and even how to spell it correctly. Then Micheal finshed with,
“Great, thanks. Let's meet up next time you're in America, Bye.”
That was it, the line went dead. If you look at the time line or make one yourself the next Michael Jackson album was Thriller and remember a red jacket he wore, or should I not have to spell that out for you?

Anyway the other funny thing I wanted to share with you is my favorite Jackson cover song by the great and totally mad Crispin Hellion Glover of one of Jackson's greatest songs Ben. Maybe the audio track of Glover doing Ben is fine but to get the full insanity of it all here is the youtube clip too, judge for yourself. This is the video clip to go with his film called "Willard" which I have yet to see but love this and laugh every time I watch it.


I hope you enjoy my little stories and writing about Micheal Jackson. It's not even been six months since his passing away but hopefully one day the world will all calm down and maybe one day I will get Off The Wall album too. What do you think yourself about all of the above or whatever you think about him.

Thank you for reading or just looking, bye-bye.

Put your music player on shuffle
Post the first 40 songs that come up. You can repeat artists if you want. If you have any repeats, skip to the next track.

1. The Killers - Romeo And Juliet
2. Owl City - The Saltwater Room
3. HIM - Heartache Every Moment
4. Queen - Friends Will Be Friends
5. The Killers - This River Is Wild
6. Kingdom Come - Do You Like It?
7. Pet Shop Boys - Young Offender
8. Pet Shop Boys - Where The Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off You)
9. U2 - All I Want Is You
10. Dashboard Confessional - Stolen
11. Van Halen - Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love [Live]
12. Nine Inch Nails - Demon Seed
13. Pet Shop Boys - Beautiful People
14. Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love
15. INXS - Calling All Nations
16. The Killers - Shadowplay
17. Idiot Pilot - Retina and the Sky
18. The Killers - Bling (Confessions of a King) [Live]
19. Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain
20. Def Leppard - Armageddon It
21. Rainbow - Since You've Been Gone
22. Van Halen - Jump [Live]
23. U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love)
24. Lostprophets - 4:AM Forever
25. The Killers - Jenny Was a Friend of Mine [live]
26. HIM - Poison Girl
27. Mr. Big - To Be With You
28. Panic at the Disco - London Beckoned Songs About Money Written by Machines
29. My Chemical Romance - Skylines and Turnstiles
30. Nickelback - Side Of A Bullet
31. Bright Eyes - Hot Knives
32. Def Leppard - Animal
33. Enigma - Sadeness (Part I)
34. Nine Inch Nails - Corona Radiata
35. The Killers - Losing Touch
36. The Killers - Spaceman
37. Enrique Iglesias - Be With You
38. Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper [Long Version]
39. The Killers - Mr. Brightside
40. Depeche Mode - Breathe

#. QUESTION
ANSWER

1. Which song do you prefer, #1 or #40?
#1 - It's The Killers!
2. Have you ever listened to #12 continuously on repeat?
Nope
3. What album is #26 from?
And Love Said No
4. What do you think about the artist who did #15?
Great! I love INXS
5. Is #19 one of your favorite songs?
Not really
6. Who does #38 remind you of?
Going for long walks when it's about to rain
7. Does #20 have better lyrics or music?
Hmm... tough one. I'd say lyrics...
8. Do any of your friends like #3?
A couple...
9. Is #33 from a movie soundtrack?
Not that I know of
10. Is #18 overplayed on the radio?
Unfortunately, no
11. What does #21 remind you of?
My Dad
12. Which song do you prefer, #5 or #22?
#5 - The Killers :D
13. What album is #17 from?
Transformers Soundtrack
14. When did you first hear #39?
My favourite song! On the radio a very, very long time ago
15. When did you first hear #7?
July
16. What genre is #8?
Dance
17. Do any of your friends like #14?
A few
18. What color does #4 remind you of?
again - Dad!!
19. Have you ever blasted #11 on your stereo?
Yup
20. What genre is #37?
Err... Pop?
21. Can you play #13 on any instrument?
I could try
22. What is your favorite lyric from #30?
something like: finger on the trigger loaded bullet
23. What is your favorite lyric from #23?
one man betrayed with a kiss
24. Would you recommend #24 to your friends?
Yeah
25. Is #2 a good song to dance to?
Not really
26. Do you ever hear #16 on the radio?
I might do if I listened to the radio
27. Is #32 more of a “nighttime” or “daytime” song?
Day
28. Does #36 have any special meaning to you?
Definitely...
29. Do any of your friends like #31?
I doubt they've ever heard of Bright Eyes
30. Is #25 a fast or slow song?
Both
31. Is #35 a happy or sad song?
Both
32. What is one of your favorite lyrics from #9?
I like the October bit at the end... "what do i care" or something
33. Is #34 better to listen to alone or with friends?
Alone in a dark room.
34. When did you first hear #27?
Last year
35. Name 3 other songs by the artist who did #29:
The Sharpest Lives, The End, Dead!
36. Do you know all the words to #6?
No
37. Does #28 have better lyrics or music?
Music probably
38. What album is #10 from?
No idea

I decided to make myself a playlist of some of my favourite singles/tracks that have come out this year... and this is what i've come up with.

(by the way, this is in 'Playlist Order' and not order of preference)

Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM
Hafdis Huld - Kongulo
Air - Sing Sang Sung
Massive Attack - Psyche (Flash Treatment) (feat. Martina-Topley Bird)
Fever Ray - When I Grow Up
Charlotte Gainsbourg - Heaven Can Wait (feat. Beck)
John Parish and Polly Jean Harvey - Black Hearted Love
Bat for Lashes - Daniel
Röyksopp - This Must Be It (feat. Karin Dreijer Andersson of The Knife/Fever Ray)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll
Róisín Murphy - Orally Fixated
Basement Jaxx - Raindrops
Sia - You've Changed
My Robot Friend - Waiting (feat. Alison Moyet)
Felix da Housecat - We All Wanna Be Prince
Space Cowboy - Falling Down
Peaches - I Feel Cream
Marsheaux - So Far
Client - Lullaby
Fischerspooner - We Are Electric
Annie - I Don't Like Your Band
Röyksopp - You Don't Have a Clue (feat. Anneli Drecker)
Depeche Mode - Wrong
The Dead Weather - Treat Me Like Your Mother
Auf der Maur - Out Of Our Minds
Babybird - Like Them
Michael Jackson - This Is It

070807 Bo Kaspers Orkester

080307 Familjen
080307 Kent
080731 Amanda Jenssen
080731 Kent
080731 Lykke Li
080731 Blondie
080806 Keerup

090305 Nina Kinert
090305 Anna Ternheim
090624 Doll And The Kicks
090624 Morrissey
090702 bob hund
090702 Depeche Mode
090702 Fever Ray
090814 Timo Räisänen
090814 Bon Iver
090814 Beirut
090814 Band of Horses
090814 Robyn
090814 Laakso
090814 Glasvegas
090814 Arctic Monkeys
090814 Fever Ray
090815 Patrick Wolf
090815 Jenny Wilson
090815 [ingenting]
090815 Vampire Weekend
090815 Olle Ljungström
090815 Florence Valentin
090815 dead prez
090815 Amadou & Mariam
090815 Basement Jaxx
090815 My Bloody Valentine
090815 Lily Allen
090815 TeddyBears
090822 White Lies
090822 Coldplay
090918 Håkan Hellström
090925 Laleh

Monthly Top Artists

Jul-2008
Depeche Mode (132 plays)
Aug-2008
Kent (545 plays)
Sep-2008
Kent (363 plays)
Oct-2008
Kent (479 plays)
Nov-2008
The Knife (298 plays)
Dec-2008
Morrissey (321 plays)
Jan-2009
Coldplay (555 plays)
Feb-2009
Kent (1546 plays)
Mar-2009
Kent (433 plays)
Apr-2009
Kent (702 plays)
May-2009
Kent (615 plays)
Jun-2009
Muse (704 plays)
Jul-2009
Kent (820 plays)
Aug-2009
Coldplay (455 plays)
Sep-2009
Kent (582 plays)
Oct-2009
Kent (1585 plays)
Nov-2009
Kent (994 plays)

Мой личный рейтинг лучших альбомов 2009 года (на сегодня):

1. Mesh - A Perfect Solution
2. The Mobile Homes - Today is your lucky day
3. Ottodix - Le Notti di Oz
4. Electro Spectre - Watch It All Turn
5. Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe
6. Apoptygma Berzerk - Rocket Science
7. Little Boots - Hands
8. Parralox - State Of Decay
9. Planet Funk - Planet Funk
10. Air - Love 2
11, Röyksopp - Junior
12. Infected Mushroom - LEGEND OF THE BLACK SHAWARMA
13. Dragonette - Fixin To Thrill
14. Tenek - Stateless
15. Noyce™ - Un:Welt
16. Fischerspooner - Entertainment

Monthly Top Tracks

Jul-2008
Depeche Mode : Shake the Disease (21 plays)
Aug-2008
Timo Räisänen : Sixteen (26 plays)
Sep-2008
Markus Krunegård : Hjälp (25 plays)
Oct-2008
The Smiths : There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (64 plays)
Nov-2008
Broder Daniel : No Time for Us (85 plays)
Dec-2008
Morrissey : Irish Blood, English Heart (67 plays)
Jan-2009
Coldplay : Warning Sign (125 plays)
Feb-2009
Kent : Utan dina andetag (46 plays)
Mar-2009
Depeche Mode : Wrong (51 plays)
Apr-2009
Kent : Klåparen (45 plays)
May-2009
The Smiths : A Rush and a Push and the Land is Ours (49 plays)
Jun-2009
The Presets : This Boy's In Love (55 plays)
Jul-2009
Kent : Innan allting tar slut (37 plays)
Aug-2009
Coldplay : The Scientist (52 plays)
Sep-2009
My Chemical Romance : Interlude (76 plays)
Oct-2009
The Smiths : Still Ill (141 plays)
Nov-2009
Kent : Det finns inga ord (159 plays)