Am I the only one who liked last night’s Grammy nod to MJ?

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First and foremost, off topic, want to give congrats to Moonstreet for becoming a moderator of the Michael Jackson subreddit. Take good care of it please, I have faith you’ll do great with it and make Michael proud.

Back on topic, during the Quincy Jones tribute at the Grammy’s, we got Stevie Wonder (with a call out to MJ) doing a bit of We Are the World with the LA children’s choir.

I thought that the was the most MJ we’d get. But than Janelle Monáe did Don’t Stop 'Til You Get Enough in full on MJ impersonator attire. Like Elvis, he’s so legendary that she didn’t even need to say whose she’s emulating. While the performance is decent (though not great), the energy and the excitement from the crowd is what made it for me. You can see it on their faces, especially with the biggest stars like Beyoncé and Taylor Swift, that their childhoods were flashing in front of their eyes.

I just wanted to say this because I come on both here and the reddit page and I see many fans bitching, but I wanted to share why this put a smile on my face. Yes I know Janelle did a mock up of the balcony incident, but she’s always been a troll like that. Also if you look it up, she’s very clearly a fan.

I’m just happy that such an unabashed MJ tribute was performed in the most mainstream music event of the year (solidifying that MJ has shook off all the bad press from Dan Greed’s Lying Neverland), with all the celeb musicians in the crowd looking like they were having the time of their lives. In both cases, it felt like they were all acknowledging that no matter what, MJ is Pop’s one and only King. I think that’s something we should all be happy and grateful for. But to each their own.
 
I agree. MJ has gone and no one will be able to recreate that magic again. But we need to create a safe space for those who want to honour MJs music in their own way. We also need to realise that while we are are fans of the man and the music, others may only be a fan of the music. I'm glad that MJs music did not go unnoticed.
 
I liked it too! I mean after 2019, the fact that they played not one but TWO songs written by Michael should make us happy, shouldn't it? For one moment it felt like we were back in 2009 with all the tributes and the love! The media tried so hard to cancel him, but the world said "Nope!" and it's wonderful to see!
 
Didn't Janelle spoof Michael dangling Blanket over the balcony recently? Seeing that Don't Stop was fully written and produced by. Michael, I do feel like she should've performed something else that had Quincy more hands on...like PYT or something.

Siedah should've been there to perform or even Myles.
 
No you're not. It was pretty decent and nice to see something MJ up there. I really feel like some fans go out of their way to get angry about this stuff for no reason.
 
I wasn’t a big fan of Janelle’s performance (I normally adore her, but I don’t know if DSTYGE was the best choice for her voice), but I’m not gonna get mad that we got a full-blown MJ tribute that the entire room responded positively to. I’ll take a less than perfect performance any day of the week, if it means his music keeps playing.
 
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No uh uh I cannot lie I can honestly say I have no idea what she was doing?
Gotta call her out on this one, ooooh lawd fix it!!!
I cringed seeing the hair do and the voice so so off key most of the time!
She could never sing as high as Michael and she actually believed she could pull this tribute off!
With a song she cannot sing, she should have chose one that she would have killed it, she should have for real!!
Wrong Lane, Wrong Genre, Wrong Vibe!
There are too many AWARD shows that have FAILED to do a Michael Jackson Tribute properly!
No more excuses, half stepping and thrown together at last second blame games!
It is starting to look like ON PURSPOSE when you get it wrong again and again year after year!!
Naw nope I am sorry but I have lost respect for Janelle now if I never heard her before and this was the 1st time hearing her I would never have been her fan 100%..
She added herself to the list of wrong again jammon now Janelle!!!
 
There was a recent TV special with Grammy greatest moments. Jimmy jam was the co-host along with Oprah's best mooch (Gayle king). Not a single mention of MJ. Not an image of his 1988 performance. They showed a brief clip of the earth song tribute performed after his death but without uttering his name. Not surprised but still disappointed.
 
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