Michael Jackson Proving That Everything Oldies Can Be New Again

noah | October 13, 2009 1:45 pm

From the Department of Weird Anecdotal Evidence That Makes Me Think Michael Jackson’s Death Really Was The End Of Pop Music: The New York “oldies’ station WCBS-FM just played “This Is It,” the Paul Anka-assisted “new” track from Michael Jackson. I mean, I get that the 1983 pedigree of the original tracks allows the song to fit in to the station’s “’60s-’70s-’80s” tagline, but who else would be able to move playlists in that matter at this point? The Beatles? [WCBS-FM]