Anthony DeCurtis, Rolling Stone & Dear Michael...

In interviul de mai jos, in care, in mare parte este vorba despre Invincible, (si este poate unul dintre putinele interviuri in care Michael este intrebat de placerea de a scrie muzica, colaboratori, arta si nu "who did I go out last night, why...") apare un nume: Anthony DeCurtis. De pe wikipedia, am inteles ca este un critic de muzica, sau mai degraba reviewer, a scris the reviews pentru albumele mai multor artisti, a publicat cateva carti, a castigat cateva premii, printre care un Grammy, si acum face parte din comisia Independent Music Awards.

Bineinteles ca din iunie 2009, avand in vedere ca a sustinut un interviu cu Michael, i-a fost ceruta parerea asupra regelui. Si iata, ca, am gasit pe un anume site, PBS.org, unde la un interviu cu Jeffrey Brown, Anthony DeCurtis si Garth Trinidad, au vorbit despre cariera, inca din perioada The Jackson 5, pana in prezent si de marea influenta asupra muzicii populare dar si asupra posturilor muzicale precum MTV.

Pe site se gaseste si transcriptul.
Avand in vedere ca Anthony DeCurtis lucreaza pentru Rolling Stone, in iulie anul trecut, acestia au publicat o editie speciala, cu, despre si pentru Michael Jackson. In acel numar, care este pe langa omagial, si investigator, deoarece are un "capitol" care se numeste What Went Wrong, si intalnim si un titlu mult prea telenovelist, dupa parerea mea: Michael Jackson's Journey: from Pop to Pain. In orice caz, aici, il regasim pe Anthony DeCurtis si alti reviewers, care vorbesc despre ce inseamna Michael Jackson.

He invented pop as we knew it.

First, as the boy-child singer of the Jackson 5, soaring in the fast songs and piercing in the ballads. If he'd never done anything beyond that, he still would be mourned and remembered today. But then he became the megastar of Off the Wall and Thriller, expanding disco, Motown, rock excess and Hollywood glitz into a new style of pop, making music that was universal on a level nobody imagined possible. His voice had that sad, lonely, vulnerable twitch, just as his songs felt haunted by something otherworldly and beautiful. Anyone could hear how weird and wounded he was, yet he turned his private agonies into intensely emotional, exuberant music. Given the circumstances of his childhood, it's no surprise Michael Jackson was tortured; the surprise is that he was able to turn his torture into music that made the whole world dance.

We examine this remarkable life and legacy in a special commemorative issue — from the Jackson 5's first recording session in Detroit in 1968 to his tragic slide in recent years.

In acest remembering ii intalnim si pe cei care au recenzuit albumele lui MJ, dar la asta revenim alta data. Acum, pentru cei care nu au chef sau timp sa citeasca interviul sau chat-ul de mai jos, avem video: