Comments on: Janet Jackson: “To You, Michael Is An Icon; To Us, He Is Family” http://idolator.com/5248072/janet-jackson-to-you-michael-is-an-icon-to-us-he-is-family Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sun, 27 May 2012 01:59:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chris Molanphy http://idolator.com/5248072/janet-jackson-to-you-michael-is-an-icon-to-us-he-is-family/comment-page-1#comment-950962 Chris Molanphy Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:40:21 +0000 http://idolator.com/?p=5248072#comment-950962 That was lovely and tasteful. Also, big ups to Foxx and Ne-Yo for "I'll Be There" -- <i>especially</i> for singing it Michael-in-1970-style, on-melody, with a relative minimum of melisma. (Aside: if the past week's events lead radio to drift back toward the J5 and away from the absurdly overwrought Mariah–Trey Lorenz version, which represents the height of mid-'90s melisma absurdity for me, I will be a very happy man.) That was lovely and tasteful. Also, big ups to Foxx and Ne-Yo for “I’ll Be There” — especially for singing it Michael-in-1970-style, on-melody, with a relative minimum of melisma.

(Aside: if the past week’s events lead radio to drift back toward the J5 and away from the absurdly overwrought Mariah–Trey Lorenz version, which represents the height of mid-’90s melisma absurdity for me, I will be a very happy man.)

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