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R.I.P. Joe Jackson (The Jackson 5)

Read More The Jackson Five The Jackson Five's "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" is quite cute. I believe they only released one Christmas album (in 1970), but the album's.… ....

Joe Jackson, the patriarch of the Jackson family (not to be confused with English songwriter Joe Jackson), has died at the age of 89, according to tmz.com.

Joe Jackson was the mastermind behind The Jackson 5, launching them to a music career... but not without an iron fist. Although his abusive parenting style does not look good on Joe, he said that his style kept made his kids successful, particularly the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, and his sister Janet Jackson.

Joe Jackson was inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame as a member of the class of 2014.

Below are more deaths for the month of June - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2018.

June (47)

[27 Jun 2018] Joe Jackson (American band manager for Jackson 5), 89, pancreatic cancer

[26 Jun 2018] Fedor Frešo (Slovak rock and jazz bassist), 71, heart failure

[26 Jun 2018] Bo Nilsson (Swedish composer), 81

[24 Jun 2018] Xiomara Alfaro (Cuban opera singer), 88

[24 Jun 2018] George Cameron (American musician for The Left Banke),70, cancer

[23 Jun 2018] Violeta Rivas (Argentine singer and actress), 80

[22 Jun 2018] Geoffrey Oryema (Ugandan musician), 65

[22 Jun 2018] Vinnie Paul (American drummer for Pantera),54

[20 Jun 2018] David Bianco (American record producer, engineer and mixer for Tom Petty, Teenage Fanclub),63, stroke

[20 Jun 2018] Hacer Tülü (Turkish singer), 40, shot

[19 Jun 2018] Efrén Echeverría (Paraguayan musician, composer, and record collector), 86

[19 Jun 2018] Ángel Medardo Luzuriaga (Ecuadorian Andean cumbia musician), 82

[19 Jun 2018] Bansi Quinteros (Spanish keyboardist for GMS), 41, blood cancer

[19 Jun 2018] Lowrell Simon (American soul singer-songwriter), 75

[18 Jun 2018] Barry McDaniel (American opera singer), 87

[18 Jun 2018] Billy Sammeth (American talent manager for Dolly Parton and Cher), 66, pancreatic cancer

[18 Jun 2018] Jimmy Wopo (American rapper), 21, murdered

[18 Jun 2018] XXXTentacion (American rapper), 20, murdered

[17 Jun 2018] Rebecca Parris (American jazz singer), 66

[15 Jun 2018] Matt Murphy (American guitarist for The Blues Brothers), 88

[15 Jun 2018] Nick Knox (American drummer for The Cramps), 60

[15 Jun 2018] Enoch zu Guttenberg (German conductor), 71

[13 Jun 2018] D. J. Fontana (American Hall of Fame rock drummer for Elvis Presley), 87

[12 Jun 2018] Jarosław Kozidrak (Polish guitarist, keyboardist and composer), 63

[12 Jun 2018] Jon Hiseman (English drummer for Colosseum), 73, brain cancer

[12 Jun 2018] Wayne Dockery (American jazz double bassist), 76

[12 Jun 2018] Helena Dunicz-Niwińska (Polish violinist, translator and author), 102

[11 Jun 2018] Maria Butaciu (Romanian folk singer), 78

[11 Jun 2018] Bonaldo Giaiotti (Italian operatic bass), 85

[11 Jun 2018] Yvette Horner (French accordionist), 95

[10 Jun 2018] Neal E. Boyd (American singer for America's Got Talent), 42, heart and kidney failure and liver disease

[10 Jun 2018] Ras Kimono (Nigerian reggae musician), 60

[09 Jun 2018] Lorraine Gordon (American jazz club owner for Village Vanguard), 95, stroke

[08 Jun 2018] Danny Kirwan (British Hall of Fame guitarist for Fleetwood Mac), 68

[08 Jun 2018] Gino Santercole (Italian singer and songwriter), 77, heart attack

[07 Jun 2018] Stefan Weber (Austrian singer), 71

[06 Jun 2018] Jimmy Gonzalez (American Tejano singer for Mazz), 67, diabetes

[06 Jun 2018] Teddy Johnson (English singer for Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson), 97

[06 Jun 2018] Ralph Santolla (American metal guitarist for Deicide), 51, heart attack

[05 Jun 2018] Brian Browne (Canadian jazz pianist), 81, lung and tracheal cancer

[04 Jun 2018] Norman Edge (American jazz musician), 84

[04 Jun 2018] Jalal Mansur Nuriddin (American singer-songwriter for The Last Poets), 73, cancer

[04 Jun 2018] Marc Ogeret (French singer), 86

[03 Jun 2018] Robert Brylewski (Polish singer-songwriter for Armia), 57

[03 Jun 2018] Clarence Fountain (American gospel musician for The Blind Boys of Alabama), 88, diabetes

[01 Jun 2018] Eddy Clearwater (American blues singer and guitarist), 83, heart failure

[01 Jun 2018] Sinan Sakić (Serbian turbo-folk singer),61

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The new Jackson Five

Read More Joe Jackson Joe Jackson was sending out his demos before being picked up by A&M Records in 1978. The result was the amazing debut album Look Sharp! (1979), featuring his big hit "Is She Really Going Out with Him?"

JOE JACKSON
joejackson.com

I know, I know, Joe Jackson's album, The Duke, was released in the Summer, but we never got around to reviewing it. As you can guess, The Duke is a tribute album to Duke Ellington. If that wasn't enough, the album includes these wonderful guest artists: Iggy Pop, Sharon Jones, Regina Carter, ?uestlove, Christian McBride, Steve Vai, and many more.

I'm pretty sure you can hear live rendition of The Duke when you see Joe Jackson on tour:

09/18 Glenside, PA Keswick Theatre
09/19 Boston, MA Wilbur Theatre
09/21 New York, NY Town Hall
09/22 New York, NY Town Hall
09/25 Red Bank, NJ Count Basie Theatre
09/27 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan Theater
09/28 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre
09/29 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater
10/02 Seattle, WA Moore Theatre
10/04 Saratoga, CA Lilian Fontaine Garden Theatre
10/05 San Francisco, CA Nob Hill Masonic Center
10/06 Los Angeles, CA Orpheum Theatre

Read More Michael Jackson Michael Jackson's THIS IS IT will offer Jackson fans and music lovers worldwide a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the performer as he developed, created and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts that would have taken place beginning this summer in London's O2 Arena.

MICHAEL JACKSON
michaeljackson.com

Coming tomorrow, September 18th, is Michael Jackson's Bad 25. Yes, it is the 25th Anniversary of Bad, and it's the perfect way of remembering MJ. In many ways, although Off the Wall launched his solo career and Thriller solidified Jackson as the best-selling album of all time… Bad was the album that people remember MJ's distinctive "Bad" style. You must have remembered the black leather and zippers?

Like many of you, I already have Bad (I picked it up on cassette at a flea market), so upgrading to a remastered deluxe edition is a no-brainer. Hardcore fans will likely pick up the the 3 CD/1 DVD boxset, which includes two collectible booklets full of unseen photographs from the Bad era, and DVD of the full concert from Wembley Stadium in London. The DVD is from MJ's personal VHS copy, which is the only known copy of the show.

CD 1 is the remastered album, CD 2 is full of unreleased material/early demos and remixes. CD3 is the audio from the DVD.

If the boxset is too costly, you can pick up the Wembley concert as a standalone DVD release.

Look for Bad 25 tomorrow at most, if not all, music retailers.

SARA JACKSON-HOLMAN
sarajacksonholman.com

Portland-based pianist/singer-songwriter Sara Jackson-Holman's sophomore album, Cardiology, is out now via Expunged Records. The album's first single is called "Come By Fire," which you can see on youtube.

Learning the mistakes and the process for recording the first album, Jackson-Holman had this new perspective about the second album, "For Cardiology, I actually produced full, 30-track demo versions at home for several of the songs on Garageband before bringing the tracks to the studio for final beats, synth sounds, and additional production. I wrote the songs in varied ways - some originated from sitting at the piano, others from humming a melody, and still more from writing a beat first then crafting the rest of the song around it. From my first day in the studio to my last, the recording process spanned seven months."

Current live appearances for Sara Jackson-Holman:
09/28/12 Axe & Fiddle - Cottage Grove, OR
10/04/12 High Dive - Seattle, WA
10/17/12 Old St. Francis Hotel - Bend, OR

BRIEFLY:

TANAY JACKSON facebook.com Tito Jackson's daughter and the niece of megastar Michael Jackson, Tanay Jackson is heading into the family business of music performance. Her latest release is called "Honey," and you can see it on YouTube.

JACKSON BROWNE jacksonbrowne.com I've always liked Jackson Browne, but probably not enough to shell out money. I did enter to win two tickets to see him at the State Theatre in Minneapolis on October 28, but I never win these things. If you want to try for yourself, head to citypages.com

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W♥M053: Britpopcast1

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William Shatner/Joe Jackson - Common People Pulp - Common People (LP Version) Libitina - Gothic People

This is the first of the crappy-named Britpopcast, the idea being that we'll discuss about various Britpop bands from the short-lived movement that was so inspirational to us. Sally, Kristen, and I, we all consider ourselves to be a pretty hardcore Britpop fan, owning, tracking, obsessing over various bands from that time period.

The structure I wanted to keep this: 1. The origin and definition of what Britpop was. 2. It's ultimate demise, our theories on why it went away. 3. Survivors of Britpop, bands that are still around today, including Blur, Radiohead, Oasis, etc. We ended with what song would best sum up what Britpop was. While we had a two-to-one Blur vote, I do think that Kristen's suggestion of "Common People" made a lot of sense.

While I would admit that based on repeated playing of this song, that I've gotten sick of it, it's hard to ignore that the song is a really great song. It's about meeting a rich student, and in typical Jarvis Cocker-reality/vengeful lyrics, tells the student that basically she would never understand what's it is like to be living in poverty like himself, like common people.

The song was king at the time of its release in 1995, and remain to be the band's most popular song. I'm pretty sure the song's been covered a few times, these are two popular ones: William Shatner and Libitina.

The actual show length is about 30 minutes, but I liked all the random topics, that I kept some of them in the first portion. If you like that randomness, stay after the "Common People" and you will be treated to some These Animal Men, Powder, Lush, and Salad. I'm sure none of these bands will be played at Sydney's Britpop Night, as I'm not sure enough people like them.

I'm hoping to have another Britpopcast in a month or so, let me know if you would like to join in on the discussion.

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Joe Jackson

Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out Joe Jackson Further Reading Joe Jackson to release bonus DVD with new album http://weheartmus... The new album "RAIN" Includes CD and bonus DVD UK Release Date: January 28, 2008 US Release Dat...

Joe Jackson was sending out his demos before being picked up by A&M Records in 1978. The result was the amazing debut album Look Sharp! (1979), featuring his big hit "Is She Really Going Out with Him?"

In this article am going to talk about some of my favorite Joe Jackson songs, only because he has a new album coming out in a few weeks. A full review will be done by Ryan later (keep your eyes peeled for that).

"Steppin' Out" is one of Jackson's best-known songs. If you don't think you know this song - trust me: YOU KNOW THIS SONG. It's from his best-selling and critically acclaimed album Night and Day (1982).

He didn't actually cover the Cole Porter's song (see Jason's article: Night and Day), this album is kind of in the tone of Porter's style.

Although this album is more piano-driven, all of Jackson's lyrics are still there: "You dress in pink and blue/Just like a child/And in a yellow taxi turn to me and smile/We'll be there in just a while/If you follow me..."

Embarrassingly enough, for the longest time, I have always thought "Steppin' Out" was a Hall & Oates song - especially with the xylophone.

 

 

Joe Jackson - Look Sharp!

The song, "Look Sharp!", was never released as a single, but I am in love with this wonderful New Wave/Rock sound.

Check out that rebellious punky lyrics:

Okay, what you say
Tell me what they're wearing this year
Go on and laugh at me 'cause you don't see
That I got something going right here
Say I'm just a dreamer
Say I'm just a kid
Well ace, shut your face
Maybe you will see or hear

I gotta say, "wow"! The song is saying to the world, hey you may not see much in me but the new kid in town is going to show you something.

 

 

Joe Jackson - You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)

"You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)": Just the title alone, it really illustrate Jackson's lyric writing for Body & Soul (1984).

I especially love the saxaphone as it carries its long note when Jackson sings "You can't get what you want/Till you know what you want".

 

 

William Shatner/Joe Jackson - Common People

So, obviously, I am a fan of Joe Jackson's 80s releases. To be honest, I haven't heard much from Joe Jackson until he resurfaced on my radar on William Shatner's Has Been (2003). I am sure all W♥M readers already have a copy of this CD. It's certainly one of my favorite cover song, and I am almost certain that Joe Jackson was the driving force behind getting Pulp's song covered.

 

 

Joe Jackson - Invisible Man

Joe Jackson

Which brings me to 2008, Joe Jackson has a new album coming out in a few weeks called Rain. Since the album is already being reviewed, I won't spend too much time on audio portion (although I can tell you it's certainly piano-driven just like Night and Day). I'll be focusing on the DVD portion of Rain.

 

You get about 20 minutes of live concert with three songs ("Invisible Man", "Wasted Time", and "Good Bad Boy") recorded at the Islington Academy in London (24th May 2007). The concert footage is excellent and very professional.

 

 

Joe Jackson's Guide to Berlin

There's some interviews (conducted with Alan Bangs), which I thought seemed awkward.

The best part of the DVD is the Joe's guide to Berlin! This is just great, whoever thought of this idea should get extra points.

I'm only showing you an excerpt of Joe talking about the Wall of Berlin and his insight on the whole thing.

I don't know if the bonus DVD will be available on future pressing of Rain, but looking at the retail price (about $16), it's a very good price for CD/DVD combo. The more common prices I've seen for CD/DVD combos are about $20.

By the way, there is a limited edition (signed and numbered by Jackson) - but it is already sold out.

Expect Jackson to go on tour shortly after the album's release on Ryko Disc in the UK (Jan 28th) and US (Jan 29th). They've already announced the password for his concert presale (the password is Davidian).

 01/11/2008 07:03:03  vu my♥posts www.joejackson.com

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Hey, I just found out that Adina started a blog: Adina Adina Adina.

In one of her entry, she uploaded the interiors of her accordion book, and also an explanation:

For my Media II class last semester. The assignment was to make an electronic book, but also to present it in some form. I chose to do an accordion book, when you ribbon is untied, the box pops open to reveal the accordion pages.

I also wanted to reminder you about press.weheartmusic.com. Here are some new press releases I've just added.

The first one is that Joe Jackson is releasing a new album, Rain, with a DVD:

Joe Jackson, first studio album in four years, “Rain”, released in Europe on January 28th (January 29th in North America), will now be released by Rykodisc as a two-disc set, including a bonus DVD directed and produced by Julie Gardner, the recording engineer who recorded Joe’s last two studio albums. With a running time of over 40 minutes, the DVD will feature recent live performance footage, behind-the-scenes footage and a rare television interview.

Michael previously mentioned DeVotchKa on W♥M. Apparently DeVotchKa signed with Anti-:

Grammy-nominated DeVotchKa, well known for their scoring of the 2006 Oscar-winning film Little Miss Sunshine, capture a grand sense of the dramatic flavor of the U.S southwest and impart it onto both their gallant, artistic take on Eastern European folk music and the most emotive part of the indie rock scene. Images of the serious intensity of a troika being danced in a smoky bar on a Siberian plain and the soaring sweetness of a mariachi serenading a Mexican wedding party are conjured by the band’s lively performances and singer Nick Urata’s evocative voice.

Moby is appearing on The Current TV.

Tune into Current TV's "The Daily Fix" this December to catch the first of two episodes featuring singer/songwriter Moby. Serving as a guest host alongside Douglas Caballero, "The Daily Fix's" resident host, Moby talks about creating the musical score of the recently released film Southland Tales. Directed by Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko), this apocalyptic film features Justin Timberlake, Mandy Moore, The Rock and Sarah Michelle Gellar. The second installment of Moby's co-hosting gig on "The Daily Fix" will feature an interview with the up-and-coming Swedish house band, "The Knife."

And that ends the easiest entry I've ever done. I wanted to end with some potential W♥M Business Cards. I know one of them is way too dark (I'll have to lighten it later), but let me know which one you like best. I'm planning on getting them printed for for anyone that might want them.

whm-card1 copy	whm-card-clouds copy
whm-card-square	whm-card-noise

 11/27/2007 22:50:26  vu my♥posts adinaadinaadina.blogspot.com

William Shatner/Joe Jackson - Common People

William Shatner/Joe Jackson - Common People

William Shatner/Joe Jackson

Best. Cover. Ever.

I will tell you why I love this version - because William Shatner does not sing the song.  He acts it.

The original song was a huge hit for Pulp, and I believe is the Britpop theme (sorry, it's definitely maybe not Oasis).  Oasis, to me, was more cock and roll, not pop.

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