A day late and a dollar short

I had forgotten all about this song until I came across it recently, even though I blogged about it almost 2 years ago. It’s too bad too, because it would have been perfect to bring it back right after Michael Jackson died, but better late than never. So here we have Chris Cornell from Soundgarden / Audioslave covering Billie Jean. Prepare to have your mind blown.

More MJ musings

Obviously since Thursday I’ve been thinking a lot about (and listening to a lot of) Michael Jackson’s music. I started to make a list in my head of my top 5 MJ songs and the list really surprised me.

  1. Smooth Criminal – Total surprise at the top spot, but I really like this song.
  2. Billie Jean – The quintessential MJ song. When you hear that intro, you just have to start bouncing in your seat.
  3. Thriller – Even I thought this would be higher, but I can’t stress enough that these top 3 are separated by only a hair’s breadth.
  4. Somebody’s Watching Me – I know what you’re thinking, that’s not Michael, that’s Rockwell. Come on, if it wasn’t for MJ’s hook, nobody would know this song.
  5. (tie) Dirty Diana – Do people know this one? I don’t know if it was a big hit or not, but I really like it.
  6. (tie) Scream – This Michael / Janet Jackson collaboration didn’t come out until 1995 so many people might have been off the Jacksons by then, but it’s actually a quality song.

All in all, not what I would have guessed to make the top 5, but there it is. Put your favorites in the comments.

In other news it was a relatively eventful weekend. We made some sweet garage sale finds including an art easel and some shelves with baskets for Evie. We spent a lot of time at the beach. Evie rode on a train at the mall and loved it. And finally, we bought some fresh eggs at the farmer’s market.

My uncle has chickens and he swears up and down that home grown eggs are way better than store bought ones. They may have been better; they were certainly good. They didn’t change my life though. The yolks were definitely more appealing, much darker yellow than store eggs.  Considering they cost the same as the organic store eggs, I don’t see any reason why we wouldn’t keep buying them.

RIP Michael Jackson, the King of Pop

I didn’t believe it until I saw it with my own eyes, Michael Jackson is dead.

I don’t even know what to say about that. Obviously there will always be black marks on his record, but you cannot dispute he was an icon.

The especially creepy thing? I already had a Michael Jackson post written when I heard the news! How bizarre is that? It’s like I knew somehow, like I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror. So I present my original post unaltered:

The other day I was searching for videos of Michael Jackson doing the moonwalk, like you do, and I found this awesome dance sequence. Watch until the end, and you will not be disappointed!

Say what you will about Michael Jackson, but that boy can dance.

Anyway, back to the moonwalk. Despite seeing it countless times and by countless imitators, this is still a mind-blowing thing to see. And nobody does it like the King of Pop. So, enjoy the endless moonwalk: