Michael Jackson tributes

Hello,

The tributes to Michael Jackson are starting. Madonna, on the first stop of her Sticky and Sweet tour, did a tribute to Michael Jackson. She had a MJ impersonator dancing all of Jackson's signature moves, including the moonwalk. The song playing in the background was "Wanna Be Starting Something". Then Madonna said, "Michael Jackson, long live the king."

There's also a video circulating of Steve Martin parodying Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" video from 1984. It's pretty spot on and funny. The man was a one of a kind genius and his influence will be felt for a long time. Jackson's legacy is only going to continue to grow over time, it's already huge. 1.6 million people applied through a ticket lottery for the about 8700 seats for his public tribute. People is now the latest magazine with a Michael Jackson cover. I subscribe to both EW and Rolling Stone but have yet to receive their Michael Jackson issues. I'm also hoping to pick "Moonwalk" up today. It's a book about Michael Jackson from 1988.

I've been listening to a lot of Michael Jackson lately. One of the things is disc 2 of his "History" CD. This CD has a lot of solid songs on it. Some of the many great songs on "History" Disc 2 are his remake of the Beatles "Come Together", his version is much more funky of course. Other great songs: "D.S.", "History", "Money", "2 Bad", "Scream" (with his sister Janet), "Stranger In Moscow", "Tabloid Junkie", "They Don't Care About Us" (a pretty cool video as well), and "You Are Not Alone".

Also ew.com is currently running a feature about 18 past MTV VJs. Included is Pauly Shore, Daisy Fuentes, the loopy Nina Blackwood and Mark Goodman. That's cool and all but where is Martha Quinn, J.J. Jackson and Kurt Loder? Jackson apparently has now passed away. R.I.P. J.J. Also in one survey Quinn was voted the best MTV VJ of all-time.

Also to answer your question, is themusicaddict only listening to Michael Jackson songs now? The answer is no and to show that here is the latest addition of Songs that are Rockin' my iPod. Of course there are Michael Jackson songs on here as well. 1) "Take Me As I Am"- Sugarland. Yet another great song from Sugarland. 2) "Rockin' the Suburbs"- Ben Folds (Ben is "rockin' the suburbs just like Micahel Jackson did, except for that he was talented" In the strangest combinations of bands Folds also names Jon Bon Jovi and Quiet Riot. 3) "Daisy"- Halfway To Hazard 4) "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong"- The Spin Doctors 5) "Duke of Earl"- Gene Chandler 6) "21 Guns"- Green Day This is a great, great song. 7) "Mack The Knife"- Bobby Darin 8) "Before He Cheats"- Carrie Underwood 9) "Dirty Diana"- Michael Jackson 10) "Walking In L.A."- Missing Persons 11) "All My Friends Say"- Luke Bryan 12) "Patience"- Guns N' Roses 13) "Me Plus One"- Annie 14) "The Last Day of Our Acquaintance" (Live)- Sinead O'Connor. 15) "All At Once"- Whitney Houston (themusicaddict will also be very sad when Whitney dies. Be prepared for several blogs about her when she dies.) 16) "Who's That Girl"- Madonna 17) "These Days"- Rascal Flatts 18) "Music"- Madonna 19) "Pride (In The Name of Love)"- U2 20) "Sugarfoot"- Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears. (One of the best songs that have come along in the last several years.) 20) "Hot Stuff"- Donna Summer 21) "Peter Gunn Theme"- Sarah Vaughn 22) "Off The Wall"- Michael Jackson 23) "Clumsy"- Fergie

Have a great week, themusicaddict