First review of new Michael Jackson single
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/enterta...l-jackson-single/story-e6frf96o-1225951132012
HERE is what we know about the "new" Michael Jackson song Breaking News.
It was recorded in New Jersey three years ago with a no-name producer.
And if ***** hadn’t died it would have no doubt stayed unreleased.
Breaking News sounds like an out-take from 1991’s dated swingbeat album Dangerous.
There’s already debate - started by the media-shy Jackson family - about whether it’s even ***** singing.
Certainly bits sound like him, and bits could easily be a sound-a-like considering the vague confirmation the song was "recently brought to completion".
It’s kind of weird hearing Jackson - if it is him - singing about himself in the third person and talking about reporters wanting to "write my obituary".
On the scheme of weird things ***** did, it barely cracks the Top 100.
But ***** gets the last hee-hee with the accidentally ironic opening line "Everyone wanting a piece of Michael Jackson" christening the first of seven planned posthumous albums on Sony.
Jackson’s record label Epic, former producer Teddy Riley and manager Frank DiLeo have issued statements insisting it is Jackson’s voice on the entirety of unearthed track Breaking News.
Riley suggested any distinctions between what his fans are used to hearing from Jackson and the vocals on Breaking News might be due to the fact “they were all done by Michael in different places and different climates".
DiLeo insists he spoke to Jackson during the recording sessions at producer Eddie Cascio’s home when the pop star and his children stayed there.
Jackson’s children Prince and Paris questioned the legitimacy of the single yesterday, claiming they had been present when their father recorded them and the version released this week on his website was a fake.
"I have no doubt that the voice we are hearing on those songs belongs to Michael Jackson,” DiLeo states.
“I spoke to Michael by telephone at the Cascio's home studio several times while he was recording with them, and he was excited and enthused by the music and the experience.
“While listening to the tracks, especially the ones not heard by the general public, you can hear that he was having a great time!”