As the tributes for Amy Winehouse continue to pour in from all angles M.I.A. is (to my knowledge) the first “major” artist to post a track on the matter.
‘27‘ is said to be an unfinished demo from a relatively recent recording session and features the stinging lyrics “All rock stars go to heaven/ You said you’ll be dead at 27“.
I think this is a good time to repost Billy Bragg‘s tweet from last night which was one of the most powerful things I read over this sad weekend:
RT BillyBragg: It’s not age that Hendrix, Jones, Joplin, Morrison, Cobain & Amy have in common – it’s drug abuse, sadly #27club
Within hours (if not minutes) that news of Michael Jackson‘s untimely death broke my inbox started to get hit with tribute tracks. Unfortunately most featured samples of ‘Heal The World‘ and ‘Earth Song‘, two of his tracks I simply can’t stomach (come on guys, there is 20 years of brilliant material to remix!!!)
A few of these homages where spot on however. Top of my list (from the same production team that brought us Turtlenex) comes LA Confident featuring Slick Flair with their ‘Missing Michael‘track.It says it all. I’ve also fished out Ben Gibbard‘s awesome take on ‘Thriller’.
R.I.P MJ
MP3′s:
LA Confident – Missing Michael (Featuring Slick Flair)
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As the tributes for Amy Winehouse continue to pour in from all angles M.I.A. is (to my knowledge) the first “major” artist to post a track on the matter.
