The King of Pop is living on through his posthumous single, dual disc set and film, all featured around the song, �This Is It.�
On Monday, Michael Jackson�s first posthumous single, �This Is It,� was released on his Web site. The single is a mid-tempo ballad that is reminiscent of earlier an work, �Man in the Mirror.�
The song starts off with Jackson counting off, �One, two, three, four� and from there on the singer�s smooth voice is accompanied by systematic snaps, light guitar and the harmonies of the Jackson brothers. The single has been met with much anticipation by fans.
�I�m a die-hard Michael Jackson fan and I�m excited that he is has a new single coming out,� said Danielle Flynn, a sophomore Spanish major. �It should be good.�
�This Is It� is the debut single of a dual disc set that will be released Oct. 27, the day before �This Is It� the movie is released. Disc�one will contain re-mastering of some of Jackson�s classic hits and disc two will consist of unreleased demo versions of Jackson�s popular singles and a spoken poem entitled �Planet Earth.�
Some students have adapted a more cynical view on Jackson�s posthumous releases.
�I find it surprising that Michael Jackson can still release new material because he�s dead,� said Angela Wu, a freshman biochemistry major.
The film �This Is It� will only be playing for two weeks beginning on Oct. 28. In order to keep up with demand, tickets went on sale Sept. 27.
�This Is It� provides Jackson fans with a behind-the-scenes look at the performer as he develops, creates and rehearses for his sold-out concerts that would have taken place beginning this summer in London’s O2 Arena. Filmed from April to June, the movie contains over�100 hours of behind-the-scenes footage such as Jackson rehearsing a number of his songs for the show.
While the release of new material is enough to keep die-hard Jackson fans satisfied, it is not necessarily enough to garner him new ones.
�I was never a Michael Jackson fan before he died and I doubt that I will be now,� said Zacharia Nakib, a freshman open-option major.
Even though the movie �This Is It� is likely the last time the singer will be seen on video, do not expect it to be the last that you hear of the legend. There�are reportedly still over 100 demos and unreleased tracks in the Jackson vault.
Contact CU Independent Staff Writer Kenna Egbune at Ikenna.egbune@colorado.edu.