You Rock My World
NME, September 2001
MURDOC: I’ve taken to having everyone call me The King recently but now Jacko’s back I’d better concede that I’m only the pretender to the crown. I’ll now only answer to the name “The Artist Formerly Known as The King”, this is the last formal proclamation of my rule and is active immediately.
2D: But Michael’s the prince of pop, Murdoc. I think you’re getting confused.
MURDOC: I’m confused? I don’t think so! If he’s the prince then who’s Prince then eh? Idiot. Anyway here’s my review of Michael Jackson’s “You Rock My World”; It’s shit. This is beside the point though because Jacko, like Jeremy Paxman, is no longer just himself he’s signifies something far greater. I shat my pants waiting to see the Thriller video and I was just as excited seeing the new Brando, Tucker, Madison and Jackson production. That man’s a dancer, second only to me, and what a stroke of genius hiding his face under a hat! If the music’s a bit turdy so what? As long as he grunts and whoops and shuffles enough we all love it. You know where you stand with Jacko and that’s not too close because he doesn’t like it and that’s just how we, funnily enough, do like it. Hail Jacko. Long live the king.
2D: The Prince.
MURDOC: Shut it.
2D: But Michael’s the prince of pop, Murdoc. I think you’re getting confused.
MURDOC: I’m confused? I don’t think so! If he’s the prince then who’s Prince then eh? Idiot. Anyway here’s my review of Michael Jackson’s “You Rock My World”; It’s shit. This is beside the point though because Jacko, like Jeremy Paxman, is no longer just himself he’s signifies something far greater. I shat my pants waiting to see the Thriller video and I was just as excited seeing the new Brando, Tucker, Madison and Jackson production. That man’s a dancer, second only to me, and what a stroke of genius hiding his face under a hat! If the music’s a bit turdy so what? As long as he grunts and whoops and shuffles enough we all love it. You know where you stand with Jacko and that’s not too close because he doesn’t like it and that’s just how we, funnily enough, do like it. Hail Jacko. Long live the king.
2D: The Prince.
MURDOC: Shut it.