Riverpoet31 said:

this doesn't surprise me one bit at all. You see the majority of people that bitch, moan, talk shit and hate on MJ are white...American and males. White American males. I noticed this and seen it time and time again. Majority of the rumours have been started by white people...skin bleaching, whether or not his kids are his biological kids etc.You see the majority of the media in the US is white and that's why the news on him when he was alive was soooo bad. I noitced this when he first died, BET was honoring his talent and music while other white channels were just talking about the controversary. White America can get over it. No use to call me a racist because I am white. White America needs to realize that they are celebrating him as an incredible entertainer, singer,music artist, dancer and humanitrian not his personal life. So I know you are bitter about all the positive attention Michael is receiving but really you need to move on.
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BoOTyLiCioUs said:

Are you 5 years old?

who are all of these other great artists we're missing out on by obsessing over mj

Riverpoet31 said:

What the?

Ellie said:

Oh no! Why did someone have to make a gif with THIS move?! LOL! Aww man....

Bohemian67 said:

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Riverpoet31 said:

Um.."afro american"?....lol...I haven't heard that one in years....BTW, there are some things I do agree with you about, and some things I don't....But I think the way u go about it is sometimes a little rude, homie....
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dearmother said:

Exactly, please Riverpoet post the name and lyrics of these wonderful artists that you're keeping up your sleeve. We wanna know know about them! The youtube link too so we can see and hear.

sad .. truly .. cant deal with it ..

Dancing is terrible, vocals are fine, I didn't expect any more or less though.

He's not really "dancing" though. He's just sort of feeling the music. I can't understand why people are picking the shit out of this tiny rehearsal clip. Wait until the film and the DVD comes out and then you'll probably get a better glimpse of the bigger picture. Even then though, he probably wouldn't be going all out, seeing as he was a fantastic dancer in 1991 but the Dangerous tour rehearsals, he wasn't dancing all that much, just singing live.

Riverpoet31 said:

I'm not Black, American or gay but what does that have to do with the price of cheese? I think it's a big pity you bring colour into the equation. Music is colour blind and we are all human beings, albeit sometimes I wonder....

The MJ fans are not whining. We are protecting Michael's legacy against people who wish to talk him down at every opportunity they get. People who taint his talent with foul, disgusting language and idiotic thought. "Michael couldn't dance, Michael couldn't sing..." etc etc. I suppose sometimes "ignorance really is bliss." May I ask how can you say we're ignoring all other great artists? How do you know, what you base your facts on?

Your river is not poetic Riverpoet.

Superstition said:

Cuz Michael doesn't dance that way, even in the Dangerous rehearsals.

Bohemian67 said:

new artists suck theyre seriously all spoiled one-hit wonders. there's no longevity to any of it

what i love about mj is he's this great transitional figure, he came back from when singers had to bust their asses to get to the top.

Riverpoet31 said:

RIGHT

ART

CAUSE IT ONLY ART IF SINGER ALL SAD

GROW BEARD AND PLAY MINOR KEY

OTHERWISE IT JUST POP HUH

purplesweat said:

So? As I said, he's not really dancing here, he just did one crazy-looking move. He's probably done things like it or other crazy little moves throughout his years of rehearsing. They say he even moves in the studio when recording.

POOK said:

WaterInYourBath said:

I catch myself doing this on a daily basis

Here's the second half to this ad...

oh lawd.


you guys DO realize that all of these performances/rehearsals were edited during post-processing, because it was going to be released anyway for his "comeback" thing? it was to make him look good.

that's not to say he wasn't actually good, but you never know, given that it WAS in fact edited prior to the release.

Well aware, but these are still live vocals, edited or not.

Superstition said:

the video is no indication of whether or not he could still actually sing at all if the vocals have been edited.

just because they're live doesn't mean they haven't been gone over with a fine toothed comb to make them sound just so, to appease the masses who don't want to see that their hero has gone straight to shit.


also, i'm sick of people who only like mj because he's dead. seriously, i know SO MANY PEOPLE who were fucking complaining about him the day he died, and once they found out he was gone, they were all "FUCK I LOVED HIM SO MUCH!!!111one"

BenaimanBawkah said:

get over it

get over what? the fact that people are pretending they love mj because it makes them look hip, cool and in the now? no thanks, i'll hold onto my anger over that.

and i'll still stand by what i said: it's not an indication of whether he can sing or not if it's been edited.

BenaimanBawkah said:

uhh bro. i've been a fan of michael for years. every since i was little. can't be mad at me. I kno it's annoying but bitching about it isn't gonna make it go away.

BoOTyLiCioUs said:

no, i get that. and i'm not saying that you're an offender in this. i just needed to voice my opinion on that, because i've seen far too many people lately, whom i know despised the man, suddenly turn into lifelong fans.

BenaimanBawkah said:

right...it's annoying. r u a fan of mj?

BoOTyLiCioUs said:

to a certain extent, i am. i don't love everything he's done, but i do enjoy quite a few of his songs.

don't really get the hype over thriller, either. bad was much better in terms of listenability, imo.

BenaimanBawkah said: