Video: the Jackson 5 - I'll be there and Feelin' Alright

As mentioned in the spring, Mark Kozelek’s latest Sun Kil Moon album, Admiral Fell Promises, comes bundled with I’ll Be There (if purchased directly from Caldo Verde Records ) , a limited-edition EP of mostly covers that includes renditions of songs by Stereolab, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, and a title track by the Jackson 5. Hearing Kozelek, who’s in his early 40s, sing this understated take on the lead vocal made famous by a then 12-year-old Michael Jackson [...]

Wow. Where do I start? Well, as many of you know I a big pop fan. I am a pop aficionado and I take it seriously.  It's not just a nice-song-on-the-radio for me. I truly consider myself to be a student pop music and culture. Many, along the line, have considered this to be naff and some frown upon on it as a hobby. They think that pop is irrelevant. And I couldn't disagree more. I firmly believe that arts and culture is the only method this world can be saved. It's not a good economy, it's not morals and [...]