Let me preface this by saying that, yes, I enjoy a good Michael Jackson song every once in a while. I’m not a fanatic, but if “The way you make me feel,” “Man in the Mirror” or “PYT” comes on, I have been known to crank it up a little.
So this past weekend was crazy. Both Billy and Kevin went out of town on vacation and I had my first taste of the editorial side of the paper. I was in charge for three solid days! Other than firing Gordon Anderson a couple of times, though, everything went surprisingly well.
To treat myself on Saturday night, after all the pages were “put to bed,” I joined Gordon and a few other friends at the Cat’s Cradle in Chapel Hill, where we watched “Who’s Bad?” — a Michael Jackson cover band, perform while celebrating the birthday of our other friend, Ryan “Bobby Power” Rockwell (of Sanford).
We’re not gay. Not that there is anything wrong with that. We’re just some dudes that thought it would be fun to watch a Michael Jackson cover band. And it was. Ryan and I acted out the whole video on “The Way You Make Me Feel.”
For a cover band, these guys were great. Gordon, a self-described music snob, said countless times during the night that they were too good to be playing someone else’s music. And he was right. The lead singer/impersonator sure didn’t have Michael’s moves, but hey. It can’t be perfect — isn’t the real Michael in jail or something?
Here’s a sample of what we watched. It’s a pretty low-quality video, but it’ll do:
