Comments on: ‘Rolling Stone’ Magazine Pays Tribute To Michael Jackson

By: fefe4u

fefe4u — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:56:33 +0000

Adam Lambert was asked to contributed for many reasons A) As someone already said he sang “Black or White” on AI and it was praised as one of the best reditions of the original the panel has ever heard. While Adam was being critiqued he mouthed that he loved Michael Jackson – a tribute to the late, great MJ. B) Adam is an up and coming superstar, and RS has an exlusive contract with him. They get that Adam is going to be hugh, based on fanbase and RS mags sold when Adam was on the cover C) Adam is current and today, not that the other fabs are not relevant they certainly are, but Adam is today, and everyone knows Adam Lambert!!!!

By: javajunko

javajunko — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:22:13 +0000

why would they use Adam Lambert??? There are people with way more credit in the music world to use than him? Has anyone heard from Diana Ross yet??

By: bopeep

bopeep — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:33:35 +0000

what the hell! adam lambert deserves all the praises he gets but asking him to contibute anything about michael jackson is plainly stupid & rubbish!!! he doesnt even know him personally let alone performed with the same stage with him geez!

By: karen

karen — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:38:38 +0000

oops.. my friend just told me that it was MJ week and all contestants sang MJ and songs from Jackson 5.

By: karen

karen — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:28:11 +0000

If i didn’t remember wrongly, that week was on the Motown theme and there were afew contestants who sang songs that were not MJ’s.

Adam Lambert performed Black or White during AI and t’was the best of the nite: http://www.imeem.com/blue-rose.....sic-video/

go watch! :)

By: It's Trent, Bitch!

It's Trent, Bitch! — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:48:00 +0000

@Josh — Isn’t Ghosts the mini-movie/video that Stephen King was talking about in the EW mag tribute issue? http://www.pinkisthenewblog.co.....l-jackson/

By: It's Trent, Bitch!

It's Trent, Bitch! — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:45:02 +0000

@liz — Sheryl Crow was MJ’s backup singer during the Bad Tour. She would duet with him on his song “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You”

By: Blair

Blair — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:40:21 +0000

I for one would be interested to see Adam Lamberts contribution, but i am very biased as i love Adam Lambert i think his cover of MJs black or white was amazing!

By: Jacintos

Jacintos — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:37:10 +0000

Yes every Idol contestant did an MJ song that week, but Adam Lambert’s is arguably the best and most popular. I can only remember a couple other songs that were performed that night, but Adam’s rendition of “Black or White” stands out majorly. It was, in my opinion, one of his best performances of the entire season. So it doesn’t surprise me to see that he was chosen.

By: liz

liz — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:23:32 +0000

sheryl was a back up singer on one of michael’s tours

By: Sassy K

Sassy K — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:12:38 +0000

Ugh. Adam Lambert? Seriously? It’s a little insulting. And can anyone explain Sheryl Crow to me? That seems a little random.

By: Bebe

Bebe — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:48:00 +0000

Yes, they all did an MJ song… I don’t understand the RS love for Adam Lambert. It makes me lose a little respect for them, to be honest. It would be one thing if they waited until after/just before his album (which I actually expect to be quite good) but I don’t think what he did on AI deserved a RS cover and now this essay. He just sang other people’s songs! And his look is nothing special – it has Hot Topic written all over it.

By: dana j

dana j — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:45:53 +0000

@ Josh: it’s 40 minutes long?! damn I don’t remember it being that long but then again all his videos were epic. I wonder if they’ll release the videos on DVD. if they do it’ll be like 8 DVDs with videos on them because they’re like mini movies all to themselves.

By: Wendel

Wendel — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:20:42 +0000

Wow, a “tribute” to Michael with four different covers that any truly respectful fan will have to buy. How nice of the selfless Rolling Stone.
I wonder how many of Rolling Stones “essays” will be written by the special children who “knew him best.”
It would only see fair (if not right).

By: It's Trent, Bitch!

It's Trent, Bitch! — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:18:28 +0000

@Josh — I thought all of the AI contestants did an MJ song … or am I wrong?

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:12:20 +0000

its because adam did a michael jackson song on American Idol, a flimsy reason but they have been asking everyone to write a tribute. btw have you seen Ghosts? Michael Jackson’s 40 min music video from the 90′s. Its creepy in ways not even intended.