MERCHANT AND IVORY
Thank you for a wonderful article on one of rock’s least-recognized and most deserving artists” (“The Tiger Behind the Lily,” by Elysa Gardner, June 18).
Indeed, I found it both fitting and ironic that stories on Michael Jackson, the self-proclaimed “King of Pop,” and Natalie Merchant graced the front and back of a single page.
Yes, while Mr. Jackson seems to embody all of the dogmatic and corrosive potentialities of universal fame, Natalie Merchant seems the perfect counterbalance, proof that the musical scene is not devoid of thoughtful, intelligent and socially conscious songwriters.
BRANDY PRICE
Paramount
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I totally concur with Chris Willman’s fair, insightful and excellent review of Michael Jackson’s latest opus (“Hits and Missives,” June 18). What colossal arrogance! Jackson has no one to blame but himself for his problems.
The album is aptly titled. Michael Jackson is history, in the past, in the present and in the future. There is no need for Book II.
KAREN E. JONES
Los Angeles
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