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John Mayer didn’t want to be compared to Michael Jackson
John Mayer decided against tackling vocals at the Michael Jackson memorial at Los Angeles’ Staples Center on Tuesday
as he didn’t want to be compared to Michael.
“The decision not to sing cam from knowing what’s best for me. I think it’s a mine field to try in any way to replicate vocally what Michael Jackson has done.” John said. “And in a way, it was sort of respectfully leaving an absence, you know, sort of the presence of his absence.”
John, 31, was amazed to be asked to attend the memorial – which also saw performances from Mariah Carey, Usher and Michael’s brother Jermaine Jackson – as he had never met the ‘Billie Jean’ singer. He explained: “The first thing I said was a question, ‘Does this really come from the family?’ I think that was essential to me to be able to process the honor. It took me about 48 hours to strike the balance in how I was going to approach being invited to this unbelievable event without actually having the proximity to Michael Jackson, personally. I’d never met him.”
In case you missed it, here’s the video of John Mayer performing an instrumental version of the Michael Jackson song Human Nature:
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