Opinion: Michael Jackson post-mortem release reads as ‘corporate money grab’
His life might be over, but MJ’s still singing.
Kind of.
Ostensibly, humans are the only species who contemplate their own inevitable march toward mortality, and it has become part of the human condition to rail against the temporal finiteness of our existence.
As such, our fascination with resurrecting dead pop stars isn’t a surprise.
First we brought back Tupac as a hologram in 2012; now we’re releasing a posthumous record from the King of Pop.
The new album, titled “Xscape,” is set to be released in May — nearly five years after Michael Jackson’s death — and will feature eight songs that weren’t released when he was alive.
Color me skeptical, but the fact that the tracks weren’t released before he died might suggest they weren’t meant to be — because Jackson didn’t like them, because they’re really just not very good, or for any number of other reasons.
Further, the fact that the tracks weren’t released earlier and instead were timed to drop around the fifth anniversary of his death seems to whisper “corporate money grab.”
Still, whether the album is shameless profiteering of a dead star’s legacy or not, it’s obviously generating some buzz and will likely merit a listen once released. The tracks have been “contemporized” by still-living big name producers to give them “a more current sound,” according to USA Today. There’s potential for these to be the big summer anthems of 2014, and they might even be worth a spot in your iTunes library.
Or not. They could be crap. It was certainly a lazy idea to remix the songs – perhaps the execution will be similarly uninspired. We won’t know either way until May.
Personally, I’m hoping “more current sound” is really just music industry jargon for “dubstep remix.”
Dubstep — or perhaps, brostep — wasn’t a thing when Jackson died in 2009, was it? Is it still a thing now or am I clinging to a fad gone by?
Regardless of how the album turns out, it’s almost guaranteed to be a success: Jackson’s name will sell itself — just ask Cirque du Soleil.
Maybe the acrobats are on to something though: Maybe MJ is immortal.
Or if he’s not, at the very least, greed and lazy ideas are doing a great job at pretending.
Ostensibly, humans are the only species who contemplate their own inevitable march toward mortality, and it has become part of the human condition to rail against the temporal finiteness of our existence.
As such, our fascination with resurrecting dead pop stars isn’t a surprise.
First we brought back Tupac as a hologram in 2012; now we’re releasing a posthumous record from the King of Pop.
The new album, titled “Xscape,” is set to be released in May — nearly five years after Michael Jackson’s death — and will feature eight songs that weren’t released when he was alive.
Color me skeptical, but the fact that the tracks weren’t released before he died might suggest they weren’t meant to be — because Jackson didn’t like them, because they’re really just not very good, or for any number of other reasons.
Further, the fact that the tracks weren’t released earlier and instead were timed to drop around the fifth anniversary of his death seems to whisper “corporate money grab.”
Still, whether the album is shameless profiteering of a dead star’s legacy or not, it’s obviously generating some buzz and will likely merit a listen once released. The tracks have been “contemporized” by still-living big name producers to give them “a more current sound,” according to USA Today. There’s potential for these to be the big summer anthems of 2014, and they might even be worth a spot in your iTunes library.
Or not. They could be crap. It was certainly a lazy idea to remix the songs – perhaps the execution will be similarly uninspired. We won’t know either way until May.
Personally, I’m hoping “more current sound” is really just music industry jargon for “dubstep remix.”
Dubstep — or perhaps, brostep — wasn’t a thing when Jackson died in 2009, was it? Is it still a thing now or am I clinging to a fad gone by?
Regardless of how the album turns out, it’s almost guaranteed to be a success: Jackson’s name will sell itself — just ask Cirque du Soleil.
Maybe the acrobats are on to something though: Maybe MJ is immortal.
Or if he’s not, at the very least, greed and lazy ideas are doing a great job at pretending.
Opinione : la pubblicazione post- mortem di Michael Jackson si legge come ' società arraffa soldi '
La sua vita dovrebbe essere finita , ma MJ sta ancora cantando .
Vagamente.
Apparentemente , gli esseri umani sono l'unica specie che contempla la propria marcia ineluttabile verso la mortalità , ed è diventato parte della condizione umana inveire contro la limitazione temporale della nostra esistenza .
Così , la nostra attrazione nel resuscitare le pop star morte non è una sorpresa .
Prima abbiamo portato indietro Tupac come ologramma nel 2012; ora stiamo pubblicando un album postumo del Re del Pop .
Il nuovo album , intitolato " Xscape ", verrà rilasciato in maggio - quasi cinque anni dopo la morte di Michael Jackson - e conterrà otto canzoni che non sono state pubblicate quando era vivo .
Chiamatemi scettico , ma il fatto che le tracce non sono state rilasciate prima della sua morte potrebbe suggerire che non erano destinate - perché a Jackson non piacevano, perché in realtà semplicemente non sono molto buone, o per qualsiasi altro motivo .
Inoltre, il fatto che le tracce non siano state rilasciate in precedenza e invece sono state programmate per cadere intorno al quinto anniversario della sua morte sembra suggerire "un'associazione arraffa soldi".
Eppure , se l'album sia sciacallaggio spudorato dell' eredità di una stella morta o no , sta ovviamente generando qualche brusio e probabilmente meriterà un ascolto , una volta rilasciato . I brani sono stati " attualizzati " da produttori contemporanei di grande nome per dare loro " un suono più attuale ", secondo USA Today . C'è il potenziale che questi siano il grande suono dell'estate del 2014 , e potrebbero anche valere un posto nella vostra libreria iTunes .
Oppure no . Potrebbero essere merda . E' stata sicuramente un' idea sciatta remixare le canzoni - forse anche l'esecuzione sarà banale. Non lo sapremo in entrambi i casi fino a maggio .
Personalmente, spero che " il sound più attuale " sia in realtà solo gergo del settore musicale per " dubstep remix ".
Dubstep - o forse , brostep - non c'era quando Jackson è morto nel 2009 , vero? C'è ancora o sono aggrappato a una moda passata ?
Indipendentemente da come sarà l'album , è quasi garantito che sarà un successo : il nome di Jackson si venderà - basta chiedere al Cirque du Soleil .
Forse gli acrobati sono arrivati a qualcosa però: Forse MJ è immortale .
Oppure, se non lo è , per lo meno l'avidità e le idee sciatte stanno facendo un ottimo lavoro nel farlo credere .
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