Sunday, June 28, 2009

Really?

Today I saw this Top 25 Downloads list at Amazon.com:

1. Man In The Mirror by Michael Jackson
2. Boom Boom Pow by Black Eyed Peas
3. Thriller by Michael Jackson
4. The Way You Make Me Feel by Michael Jackson
5. Billie Jean (Single Version) by Michael Jackson
6. Beat It (Single Version) by Michael Jackson
7. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) by Michael Jackson
8. Poker Face by Lady GaGa
9. Smooth Criminal (Radio Edit) by Michael Jackson
10. Black Or White by Michael Jackson
11. Rock With You (Single Version) by Michael Jackson
12. I Gotta Feeling by Black Eyed Peas
13. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Eno… by Michael Jackson
14. New Divide by Linkin Park
15. Bad by Michael Jackson
16. We Are The World by U.S.A. For Africa
17. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' by Michael Jackson
18. Remember The Time by Michael Jackson
19. Dirty Diana by Michael Jackson
20. Human Nature by Michael Jackson
21. Second Chance by Shinedown
22. The Climb by Miley Cyrus
23. Just Dance by Lady GaGa
24. LoveGame by Lady GaGa
25. Off The Wall by Michael Jackson


That 17 of that 25 songs are Michael Jackson songs is no surprise. That "Man in the Mirror" is the most downloaded is. Is it the Jackson song that people liked but never bought? Or is that the song with the most conventionally growthful message, so that buying it was a way of imposing a simple meaning on Jackson's life and art? Or do people simply like that song better I ever imagined?

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