babybugz said:

Here's another one to make your head go nuts, there's another man claiming to be Michael's grown-ass son.

Timmy84 said:

Yeah I heard that too ..too much ..I'll be happy when this die down to be honest but I don't believe it will

babybugz said:

This is MICHAEL JACKSON we're talking about, of course not. That's only wishful thinking it would cease.

Timmy84 said:

I think the injection marks were a result of his "self-medicating" with Propofol.
But the private stash of drugs found on the rented property in LA and at Neverland in 2003 are quite telling...and alarming.
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Copycat said:

Oh OK, yeah they are telling...

Timmy84 said:

Not this year but a year or two they will go back to not liking him like they been doing

babybugz said:

Right.

Has this been mentioned.. BET airing MJ documentary of his Music At 10 PM eastern tonight.

And imagine if MJ is alive and comes out say you juts got Punk'd.

Then TMZ is gonna look like the biggest idiots on the face of the Earth.
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suga10 said:

As if they aren't already.

mimi07, I did not wish anybody to offend, however so many admirers MJ can think.
Here more full references. Speech about doctor Tohme Tohme.
http://today.msnbc.msn.co...0#32537060
http://www.radaronline.co...is-advisor
Record where itself MJ speaks about that, that is afraid of the doctor Tohme Tohme.

tangerine7 said:

I heard.I know sat they having a Marathon of him on different networks if he was alive I'll gladly watch it it's weird now lol

babybugz said:

yea. i understand I'm just saying if anyone would like to view it it's on tonight.

tangerine7 said:

Oh no I get you I saw it on my t.v guide

mimi07 said:

sharp and confident

Evvy said:

that was the good days something happen in his later years

babybugz said:

WE KNOW. you don't need to go on and on about like many of the prince fans on here.

BoOTyLiCioUs said:

I'm a MJ fan and a Prince fan...And I can tell you that it's not just "Prince" fans who feel that way....

murph said:

THE FACT THAT PEOPLE, NOT JUST PRINCE FANS GO ON AND ON ABOUT IT. THE MAN IS DEAD. MOVE ON. THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO BRING HIM BACK TO HIS ORIGINAL LOOKS. LET IT GO.
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BoOTyLiCioUs said:

I'll say it again (without the caps...)....The hardest thing in the world of the pop culture landscape is being a Michael Jackson fan...It was like that when he was alive and it will be that way years after his tragic death....Telling people that they need to move on from the way MJ used to look during the days most folks first became his fan is silly....Most folks identify more with the MJ of their formative years (J5, Off the Wall, Thriller...)...And for them his tragic death hit home in ways it may not have for fans who grew up with Mike over the last 15 years...

Trust me...start a MJ thread on any other artists' website from Madonna to Radiohead to Jay-Z to just about anyone else and you will find the same kind of remarks about MJ mixed with positive viewpoints...But mostly it will be negative...That's just the reality of the situation...MJ was a larger than life cat...As such viewpoints will always be divided about him...In other words, it's not just Prince fans...

i've been a Michael Jackson fan for over 25 years and that's not counting I always heard his music & J5 from the time I was born. I was born in the late 70's


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murph said:

i was very upset when michael died as well as a lot of people my generation were. i'm an eighties baby. we all grew up with michael..whether if you were born in the 1950s to the early 1990s. his career spans 4 decades remember? i became a fan in the early nineties and i thought he was cute then. I don't know why people get some hung up on his looks. no one goes on and on about cher's plastic surguries when she has had more than Michael! MOVE ON. His looks do not deter the fact that he was a legend and the greatest entertainer of all time. maybe it's a generational thing but i've noticed the older generation who seems to love to poke fun at mj and go on and on about his looks. It's like you guys are still obessed with pop culture when it isn't even relevent anymore.
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BoOTyLiCioUs said:

Trust me...if you grew up as a fan of the J5 or MJ's Off The Wall period or was a young fan during Thriller mania, then it's hard to say "I don't know why people get hung up on his looks..." Your physical image of the man totally changed by the late '80s..This is not Cher simply getting a boob, tummy tucks and face jobs that make her look ridiculous...This is something else...And there's no sense going into specifics because as a MJ fan myself I have been able to separate this from the man....But it's still tough for me at times....

You are talking about the biggest entertainer to ever walk this earth...And because of that, MJ's personal issues were taken to another level...It's not that older fans love to poke fun of MJ...It's just that their memories of him totally conflict with the image that was connected to a time whem the scandals didn't tower over the music or his exceptional talent...

Like I said, that's the price that comes with being a Michael Jackson fan....
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murph said:

Well, not meaning 2 change the subject. However it's now official MJ's No. 1s is now 2009's top selling CD in the U.S.

Week Ending Aug. 23, 2009: Over 50 And Still On Top
Posted Wed Aug 26, 2009 12:18pm PDT by Paul Grein in Chart Watch

In a lot of fields, workers over the age of 50 are not in great demand. That's not the case for top recording stars. This is the second week in a row that an artist over 50 has topped The Billboard 200. Reba McEntire, 54, debuts in the top spot with Keep On Loving You. She displaces George Strait, 57, who debuted on top last week with Twang. McEntire is the second oldest woman ever to have a #1 album on this chart. Barbra Streisand was 55 when she achieved the feat in November 1997 with Higher Ground.

McEntire and Strait aren't the only artists over 50 to have topped the chart this year. In February, Bruce Springsteen, 59, debuted at #1 with Working On A Dream. (And of course Michael Jackson, who was 50 when he died, had the best-selling album in the country for six weeks with Number Ones.) Two other artists in their 50s have peaked at #2 this year. R&B star Charlie Wilson, 56, hit the runner-up spot in February with Uncle Charlie. Prince, then 50, scored in April with Lotus Flow3r/MPLSoUND/Elix3r.

This year's charts have even been receptive to artists over the age of (gasp) 60. Robert Plant, then 60, returned to #2 in February with Raising Sand, his Grammy-winning collaboration with Alison Krauss. Bob Dylan, 68, debuted at #1 in May with Together Through Life. Last week, Neil Diamond, also 68, opened at #2 with his latest, Hot August Night/NYC. All of this bodes well for Barbra Streisand, 67. The diva's latest, Love Is The Answer, is due Sept. 29.

What's going on here? Today's fans are staying connected to pop music and their favorite artists far longer than fans used to. Also, "record buyers" of a certain age are among the CD's most loyal customers. They grew up with LPs and enjoy the tactile experience a CD provides (holding it, looking at the artwork, and reading the liner notes). Plus, older fans may be less inclined to illegally download, for two reasons: Cost isn't as much of an issue as with younger fans and they may be more apt to think it's wrong. (I want to thank my over-50 friends for clueing me into the psychology of the older buyer. Otherwise, how would I know?)

This is the third week in a row that a country album has debuted in the top spot. Sugarland's Live On The Inside preceded Twang and Keep On Loving You. This is the second time this year that three country albums have topped the big chart in succession. For three weeks in April, the top spot was held by Keith Urban's Defying Gravity, Rascal Flatts' Unstoppable and the Hannah Montana: The Movie soundtrack.

Keep On Loving You also debuts at #1 on Hot Country Albums. It's McEntire's 11th #1 on this chart, dating back to Whoever's In New England in May 1986. McEntire has had more #1 country albums than any other woman in history. Loretta Lynn is in second place, with 10 chart toppers from 1966 to 1976.

McEntire has amassed 10 million-selling albums since Nielsen/SoundScan began tracking sales for Billboard in May 1991. McEntire has sold 28,692,000 albums in this period. This puts her fifth among all female vocalists, after, in order, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Shania Twain and Britney Spears. But McEntire is a true all-around entertainer. She has also found success starring on Broadway and with a long-running sitcom. (I have one last item on McEntire and Strait at the end of the column.)

Bad News: McEntire's album sold 96,000 copies this week, less than one-third as many as her Reba Duets sold in its first week (301,000) when it bowed at #1 in September 2007. The nature of that album made it more of an "event album," but still... This is the 11th week so far this year that the best-selling album in the U.S. has failed to sell even 100,000 copies. There were 11 weeks in all of 2007 and 2008 combined where the best-selling album failed to reach the 100,000 sales threshold. I'm all for setting new records, but not this kind.

Eight weeks ago, on the last year-to-date chart published before Michael Jackson's death, his 2003 compilation Number Ones was listed at #134, with 2009 sales of 117,000 copies. This week, the album moves into the top spot, with sales so far this year of 1,619,000. It dislodges Taylor Swift's Fearless, which has sold 1,608,000 so far this year.

Number Ones sold 68,000 copies this week and would have held at #2 if catalog albums were eligible to compete on The Billboard 200. The Essential Michael Jackson sold 35,000 and would have slipped from #5 to #9. This is the ninth straight week that Jackson has had two of the 10 best-selling albums in the U.S.

http://new.music.yahoo.co...ll-on-top/

well i guess this proves mike brought ppl together with his music. ^^^^^

Smittyrock70 said:

I totally agree with this statement...

"Also, "record buyers" of a certain age are among the CD's most loyal customers. They grew up with LPs and enjoy the tactile experience a CD provides (holding it, looking at the artwork, and reading the liner notes)"

I love reading the liner notes,and all that.
[Edited 8/27/09 22:55pm]

1.6 million? that's how much 'living' people r selling nowadays?...