Still in a post Halloween mode, I have become somewhat obsessed with watching the full length versions of Michael Jackson’s videos. ‘Thriller’ was the obvious starting point, but once you pop people…. you can’t stop.
So much to look at, so much that is completely mind boggling. Tracking the change from normal-ish looking guy in say 1980’s ‘Rock with You’ video….

to then ummm this…

Well what can you really say?
I hadn’t watched these vids in ages, but it really is quite horrific.
Why someone didn’t step in and tell him to stop renovating is beyond comprehension.

Oh Mickey you’re so blind:

Kanye is apparently ‘helping’ him with his new album due for release next year. As well as will.i.am of Black Eyed Peas. It is worrying I think.
It’s not like his lyrics got any better post 1991 - when he penned ‘Black or White’. Which has a number of weird moments, least of all Bill Bottrell’s rap - and that’s saying something.

My fave bits…

I took my baby
On a saturday bang (!!!)

I am tired of this devil
I am tired of this stuff
I am tired of this business
Sew when the
Going gets rough (like with a Janomie?)

I aint scared of
Your brother
I aint scared of no sheets
I aint scare of nobody
Girl when the
Goin gets mean (sheets petrify me too)

(l. t. b. rap performance)
Protection
For gangs, clubs
And nations
Causing grief in
Human relations
Its a turf war
On a global scale
Id rather hear both sides
Of the tale
See, its not about races
Just places
Faces
Where your blood
Comes from
Is where your space is
Ive seen the bright
Get duller
Im not going to spend
My life being a color

How ironic.