[kj] Michael Jackson dead

[Darren A. Peace]

>From Popbitch:


 

"A friend of mine was in Los Angeles 79 thru 87.

   Michael Jackson had had a huge hit with Off The

   Wall, and was recording the follow up.

 

   "The sessions were arranged for a very late start,

   and, after a night on the town, my mate popped

   around to the studio to see the producer.

 

   "He got into the control room to find that

   everyone's attention was fixed on the glass

   window. On the other side, Quincy Jones was kicking

   a pile of rags on the floor while shouting

   "Silent, you motherfucker! I said NO SQUEAKS!"

 

   "It turned out the pile of rags was a gibbering

   Michael Jackson. They were recording a new song

   called Billie Jean, and Michael had decided

   to fill every gap with his trademark whoops,

   clicks and squeaks. Quincy, however, had decided

   that the track would be a pared down.

 

   "After several hours of trying to get the

   singer to do what he wanted, and having consumed

   large quantities of ragedust, Jones had finally

   snapped and attacked the poor freak. Needless

   to say, after the outburst, MJ sang the song

   how he was told to, and the rest is history."

 

Darren

Hungerford, UK

 

From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of Janean
Sent: 26 June 2009 8:11 PM
To: 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'
Subject: Re: [kj] Michael Jackson dead

 

I knew he wouldn't do any of those 50 dates!  But I didn't think the reason
would be that he'd died.  Weird.

 

I didn't hear about it until this morning.  I had a dream last night that I
was doing the moonwalk - and that's not exactly a common theme in my dreams.
Spooky.  Ooooo..

 

I also thought he was simply an easy target - a fucked up oddball tortured
by himself and his own skin.  Will we ever know for sure?  

 

Billie Jean is still a fucking great slice of pop, no matter what.

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