mandatory mj

Wow, yesterday I took about five hits below the belt. First, Seeds frontman Sky Saxon takes a bow. Then, the beautiful Farah Fawcet lost her battle with cancer. Can’t say I was all TOO saddened by these, but I can be a sympathetic guy. In the middle of work yesterday, everything (literally EVERYTHING) was put on pause to talk about MJ’s heart attack. Within ten minutes, his death was already confirmed. No matter your opinion on Michael’s personal lifestyle, his impact on the music universe cannot be debated. From a childhood star at 11 to an icon at 50 whos name will forever be engraved in a generation. This is a playlist of some of my favorite MJ tunes. It may not encompass his career, but I find it only fitting to show respect to someone that has affected something [music] that I love so much. RIP MJ. For great articles on the subject: Pitchfork, New York Times, Rolling Stone, and Dallas Morning News

Michael Jackson – Dirty Diana
Jackson 5 – I Want You Back
Michael Jackson – P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
Michael Jackson – Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough
Michael Jackson – Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin
Michael Jackson – The Way You Make Me Feel
Michael Jackson – Beat It
Michael Jackson – Smooth Criminal
Michael Jackson – Man In The Mirror
Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
Michael Jackson – Bad
Michael Jackson – Thriller

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This entry was written by nate, posted on June 26, 2009 at 8:17 am, filed under mixtape and tagged michael jackson, MJ. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.