{"id":2235,"date":"2009-07-06T18:20:53","date_gmt":"2009-07-06T22:20:53","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-07-07T15:12:22","modified_gmt":"2009-07-07T15:12:22","slug":"lip-synching-madonna-threatens-to-pay-ho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/lip-synching-madonna-threatens-to-pay-ho\/","title":{"rendered":"Lip-Synching Madonna Threatens to Pay Homage to Michael Jackson, Instead Opting for Foot-Synching Jackson Imitator While Mr. Mod Ponders an Important Question"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/osKawXaYHf8?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\nRemember when a major artist like <strong>John Lennon<\/strong> could die and the next day a living artist of large standing, like <strong>The Boss<\/strong> or <strong>Neil Young<\/strong>, could quickly learn a Lennon song and perform it live, in tribute to the recently deceased artist? <strong>Beyonce<\/strong> does.<\/p>\n<p>Even <strong>U2<\/strong> made an effort at paying tribute to <strong>Michael Jackson<\/strong> in a recent concert. Skip to about the <strong>1:50 mark<\/strong> to hear Bono launch into a little bit of <strong>Townsman BigSteve<\/strong>&#8216;s nomination for the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/2009\/06\/25\/oh-michael\">Last Decent Michael Jackson Song<\/a><\/em>.<\/p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jWHAUx31HY0?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p><strong>Maddona<\/strong>, who probably hasn&#8217;t sung in public since lord knows when, couldn&#8217;t quite muster the energy to belt out a chorus of &#8220;Wanna Be Starting Something,&#8221; but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5jY56m_sU7RjI8xi0TQdDOb-FWInwD997UPC80\" target=\"_blank\">she brought out a Michael Jackson impersonator to come onstage and dance to the song while it was piped over the PA<\/a>. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A picture of a young Michael Jackson appeared on stage while Madonna was performing &#8220;Holiday,&#8221; then the impersonator came on, wearing a sequined jacket, white T-shirt, white glove and white socks in the Jackson manner.<\/p>\n<p>The music then switched to Jackson&#8217;s song, &#8220;Wanna Be Starting Something,&#8221; and the impersonator worked through Jackson&#8217;s moves, including the famous moonwalk. The impersonator didn&#8217;t sing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Man, that&#8217;s fucking moving!<\/p>\n<p>The funny thing is, prior to the concert, she had the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2009\/07\/03\/madonna-plans-michael-jac_n_225640.html\" target=\"_blank\">balls to pump up this thing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I expected a bit more, but it was tastefully done,&#8221; said Jane Gadhia, 47, who said she thought Madonna would choose to sing a Jackson song.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Following the jump, Mr. Mod ponders an Important Question&#8230;<\/em><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nWe&#8217;re a bunch of knowledgeable, open-minded music fans around here. I keep wondering: <em>Was Michael Jackson&#8217;s solo music was actually that good?<\/em> To my ears, he had maybe 4 or 5 strong solo songs, but massive hits like &#8220;Billie Jean,&#8221; &#8220;Beat It,&#8221; and &#8220;Thriller&#8221; sounded cheesy to me when they came out, and time and death haven&#8217;t changed my opinion of them. Excluding that handful of solid songs, was solo Michael Jackson &#8211; <em>musically<\/em> &#8211; any better than, I don&#8217;t know, <strong>Pat Benetar<\/strong>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember when a major artist like John Lennon could die and the next day a living artist of large standing, like The Boss or Neil Young, could quickly learn a Lennon song and perform it live, in tribute to the recently deceased artist? Beyonce does. Even U2 made an effort at paying tribute to Michael <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/lip-synching-madonna-threatens-to-pay-ho\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[170],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2235"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}