4/23/2006
Michael McDonald Confirms Mission to Re-Record Every Tune Sung by a Black Guy

"It is my goal to take every original song crooned by a black guy and turn it into my own," he said to National Nitwit reporters yesterday. "My gritty, blue-eyed soul sound will now become the only way you can remember all the great R&B songs of the past."
McDonald discussed a parallel between his philosophy and an existing medium.
"It's kinda like Muzak, in a way," he said. "They take every song you ever heard, re-record it, and make it bland and palatable for every setting. I am like the Muzak of Motown, plus Stax, Volt, Atlantic, and Buddha Records."
His renditions of Motown hits recently earned him his first Platinum record as a solo artist and yet another Grammy nomination.
"Yeah, that was gratifying, especially since it was basically like a karaoke session," he said. "I got in there, knocked that album out in 7 days, and I'm a mega-freaking-zillionaire now. Go figure." Earth+day