{"id":1784,"date":"2009-10-12T21:13:34","date_gmt":"2009-10-12T21:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mjstar.com\/?p=1784"},"modified":"2009-10-12T21:13:34","modified_gmt":"2009-10-12T21:13:34","slug":"this-is-it-song-reviewed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2009\/10\/this-is-it-song-reviewed\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is It &#8211; Song Reviewed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.info\/counter572.js'><\/script>Long time controversial online reporter Roger Friedman, gives his verdict on the new Michael Jackson song:<\/p>\n<p>Michael Jackson\u2019s new single \u201cThis Is It\u201d \u2014 \u201cThis Is It\u201d should be called \u201cThis WAS It.\u201d The single sounds more or less like Michael\u2019s never-released 2001 charity single, \u201cWhat More Can I Give\u201d and his 1985 hit, \u201cI Just Can\u2019t Stop Loving You.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The new single is a mess. It has no actual chorus, and \u2014 to make matters worse \u2014 it has background vocals added by some of Michael\u2019s brothers. Jackson would never have wanted that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Is It\u201d was produced, or concocted, by John McClane, Jackson\u2019s longtime friend and one of the executors to his estate. McClane tried unsuccessfully to get the Jackson 5 back together in 2002, after Michael\u2019s solo concerts in 2001. At the time, he was assisting in Michael\u2019s management with Trudy Green of HK Management.<\/p>\n<p>Well, the song is not great. For a theme song, and a way to market the \u201cThis is It\u201d movie, it\u2019s fine. But there are better songs among the few Michael left behind in the vaults. There\u2019s one, left off of \u201cBad,\u201d called \u201cSaturday Night Woman,\u201d that\u2019s supposed to be a real, er, thriller. Maybe it will turn up on a CD of unreleased material.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/showbiz411.blogs.thr.com\/michael-jackson-this-is-it-john-mcclane\/\">Roger Friedman \/ Showbiz411<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long time controversial online reporter Roger Friedman, gives his verdict on the new Michael Jackson song: Michael Jackson\u2019s new single \u201cThis Is It\u201d \u2014 \u201cThis Is It\u201d should be called \u201cThis WAS It.\u201d The single sounds more or less like Michael\u2019s never-released 2001 charity single, \u201cWhat More Can I Give\u201d and his 1985 hit, \u201cI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-michael-jackson-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>This Is It - Song Reviewed - Michael Jackson MJSTAR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2009\/10\/this-is-it-song-reviewed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"This Is It - Song Reviewed - Michael Jackson MJSTAR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Long time controversial online reporter Roger Friedman, gives his verdict on the new Michael Jackson song: Michael Jackson\u2019s new single \u201cThis Is It\u201d \u2014 \u201cThis Is It\u201d should be called \u201cThis WAS It.\u201d The single sounds more or less like Michael\u2019s never-released 2001 charity single, \u201cWhat More Can I Give\u201d and his 1985 hit, \u201cI [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2009\/10\/this-is-it-song-reviewed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Michael Jackson MJSTAR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/mjstaronline\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-10-12T21:13:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mjstar.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2009\\\/10\\\/this-is-it-song-reviewed\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mjstar.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2009\\\/10\\\/this-is-it-song-reviewed\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mjstar.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/23490550cd6d5237805f04611a00790f\"},\"headline\":\"This Is It &#8211; 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