See, not to be
mean, but this is exactly what we mean by '
whitewashing'
MJ is hated on mostly because of his efforts to intergrate the music biz. Will Cornell or anyone from Idol ever achieve his crossover appeal?
On the addition of a poll:
This was, sh
ould have been a great story all around! But instead we see the racist media couldn't resist! They had to
'spin it' in an attempt to diminish the contribution of yet another African-American artist. In stark contrast, the reverse being, that it's considered 'sacrilege' to re-record work by a white artist, let alone own a catalogue full of 'em.
So this how they pay MJ back for his licensing them to use, but not own the songs...jealousy & greed!
This is why I felt American idol couldn't be trusted to promote or do business with MJ. Never forget that they are owned by murdock (owner of fox news). When I first heard about the performance I was concerned about all of the above! I did have hopes that idol wouldn't pull any ish. tmz is bad enough on it's own, but it's also connected to fox...they worked together in attempting to spin this.
American idol had the chance to follow behind Dick Clark by basking in the diversity of truly great American Music & being the voice of a whole new generation. Too bad, since they want to deal in halfs, oh well.-_-
I believe... has it been confirmed that MJ cashes in either way?
No prob, continue to pray for MJ's continued success & enjoy all the daily acknowledgements sent MJ's way... both direct &
indirect. His own version being used by desperate housewives is also $big new$.