And Justice For Michael Jackson
French pop dance duo Justice sent out advance promo copies of their Prince style
symbol album this week and revealed that they're passionate fans of both Britney
Spears and Michael Jackson.
"Her vocal was the best acapella we ever heard. She is not a faker," they insisted
on remixing Britney Spears. "It is not by chance she is a big pop star."
The former graphic designer duo also boasted about 'waking up one morning as
musicians' and revealed that new (ultra-cheesy) single D.A.N.C.E. was directly
inspired by the paedophile related trials and tribulations of Michael Jackson.
"Us, we were so sure he was innocent, we wrote the song," Gaspard explained. "We
wrote the lyrics as tribute to him."
Their fawning support of the fading global superstar contrasted markedly with the
attitude of fellow 80s popster Boy George who last year criticized Jackson as he
described being arrested by New York cops after they found cocaine in his flat.
"At one point I was taken to Bellevue hospital and I cut my foot and I was chained
to a bed at the hospital," George told Australia's Herald Sun.
"It was like what have I done? Michael Jackson is roaming the streets, O.J. Simpson
killed his wife, let's get real here," he added.
Gary Numan collaborator Ade Fenton also appeared less than sympathetic earlier this
year when he chatted to Skrufff about being taunted in London for wearing heavy
black eye makeup.
"I don't get seriously hassled by cavemen anymore but I did get a really, really
bizarre insult the other day," Ade recalled. 'john teshing hell, it's Michael Jackson'
was the comment thrown this time. Unbelievable," he mused.
Roger Sanchez, who worked with Jackson in the 90s was also muted referring to him as
'an anomaly' in a recent interview with Skrufff in December.
"He's an incredibly talented person that I'm just not sure whether he can recover
from the position he's in. I have a sneaking suspicion it's going to be a bit
difficult for him to come back," the S Man mused.
"Everything is so transitory nowadays, I don't think he's as relevant as he used to
be. He's gotten relegated to this freak hall of fame which is a shame because he's
such a talented individual and he's made some amazing music. But unfortunately,
sometimes things take the course that they do and people lose touch," said Roger.
http://www.myspace.com/etjusticepourtous (Justice's new album + is out June 11 on Ed
Banger Records)
http://www.releaseyourself.com (Roger Sanchez: Release Yourself Volume 6 is out
shortly)
http://www.myspace.com/adefenton (Ade Fenton's Artificial Perfect (featuring Gary
Numan) is out now)
