OMG, I love it all!

[goodolmike]

A long time ago, my friends and I were really in to a band called The Sea and Cake. My friend Michelle and I even hung out with Archer Prewitt (the guitar player) once, outside of The Casbah, and talked about guitar playing.

And then there's a new band called Broken Social Scene that I'm really getting in to. Turns out they did a 7" together and it's just perfect. It just came in the mail the other day. In a non-record-friendy package, I should add.



Then, I was doing a little research on a couple projects I'm working on, and I stumbled on to this music video:

They Don't Care About Us (Prison Version)

Apparently, Michael Jackson did two videos for this one song. The original version has MJ dancing around the streets of a village with a bunch of children. This version features him in prison. This was around the time of one of the child molestation trials, so I presume the motivation behind this second video was either to distance him from little boys or to show him as a martyr.

The video is surprisingly well directed, and it looks fairly modern. It was a fun surprise for an uber-MJ-fan like me.

Oh, I'm just happy. That's all.

Comments

[delawarecub.livejournal.com]

I love it! I've always loved this song. I like that version MUCH better.

Have you ever seen the "Ghosts" video? It's sorta rare, and the quality sucks. But if you have 15 minutes to spare give it a watch.

[goodolmike.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I saw it for the first time like a year ago.
Apparently it was written by Stephen King.
I liked it; it's super weird. I'm definitely bummed that we won't get any more videos from him.

[grizzlyzone.livejournal.com]

http://www.michaeljackson.com/us/michael-jackson-videos

[manicdogbert.livejournal.com]

a lot of people (including my bandmates) say my band sounds like The Sea and Cake. i've never been into them so i wouldn't really know...

http://www.reverbnation.com/artist/song_details/4248201#!/artist/song_details/4246033

that song is supposed to be an homage...

[titoagogo.livejournal.com]

I remember the 'jew me, sue me' song!

[bobaloo.livejournal.com]

I have never seen that video version! PS, I -adore- Michael, and never gave up on his music.
"They Don't About Us" is easily in my top 10 Michael songs....

We should have a discussion in person next time I'm in San Diego about the "Invicible".

[goodolmike.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's a really cool thing to say. I never gave up on his music either.

Invincible. Oh jeez. :) Yeah, I would love to discuss! I'm looking forward to your next visit.