midiscover said:

You've never seen that before? lol

trueiopian said:

You make me happy!!

Timmy84 said:

No.... Janet looks scared

midiscover said:

She probably was. On the other hand, she does look like Katherine spit her out.

bboy87 said:

Prince was probably tipsy and mixed MJ up for Janet
Janet's the genius.

midiscover said:

Is that Sha Nay Nay aka Martin Lawrence?

Timmy84 said:

No, it's from a recorded interview w/ Ebony magazine. They played those clips right after his death. It was the last interview he did before his death (a few years before actually). However, he could have been talking about his song, or Prince in general.

Let's also remember that it's a bunch of bullshit to think MJ was up fretting over Prince. Even when that interview took place, which was July 2008, Prince wasn't exactly selling oodles of records (not without having included them in the price of a concert ticket). It doesn't seem logical that MJ would be fretting over Prince getting ideas instead of him.

Also, the gifts of God are without repentance, meaning that once God gives someone a gift, any gift, whether it's an idea for a show, a book idea, a picture to draw, a song to write, or a mouth to feed, He never takes it back. He doesn't renege on gifts. MJ's focus was a bit off, but his alleged fretting over Prince isn't what sent him to the grave.

Timmy84 said:

No, it's from a recorded interview w/ Ebony magazine. They played those clips right after his death. It was the last interview he did before his death (a few years before actually). However, he could have been talking about his song, or Prince in general.

Let's also remember that it's a bunch of bullshit to think MJ was up fretting over Prince. Even when that interview took place, which was July 2008, Prince wasn't exactly selling oodles of records (not without having included them in the price of a concert ticket). It doesn't seem logical that MJ would be fretting over Prince getting ideas instead of him.

Revolution said:

If I remember correctly, it was a joke Michael made to Kenny



@ people on the Org thinking Michael was obsessed with Prince or vice versa. I took it as 2 icons who had a friendly competition over the years. They had alot of respect for each other

bboy87 said:

Exactly. If Mike ever said that, it sounds more like a joke to me.

If he was still trying to rival Prince then he's crazier than I thought because Prince hasn't been successful in the mainstream in years.

thebumpsquad said:

Also, the gifts of God are without repentance, meaning that once God gives someone a gift, any gift, whether it's an idea for a show, a book idea, a picture to draw, a song to write, or a mouth to feed, He never takes it back. He doesn't renege on gifts. MJ's focus was a bit off, but his alleged fretting over Prince isn't what sent him to the grave.

Timmy84 said:

No.... Janet looks scared

Timmy84 said:

No, it's from a recorded interview w/ Ebony magazine. They played those clips right after his death. It was the last interview he did before his death (a few years before actually). However, he could have been talking about his song, or Prince in general.

Let's also remember that it's a bunch of bullshit to think MJ was up fretting over Prince. Even when that interview took place, which was July 2008, Prince wasn't exactly selling oodles of records (not without having included them in the price of a concert ticket). It doesn't seem logical that MJ would be fretting over Prince getting ideas instead of him.

Also, the gifts of God are without repentance, meaning that once God gives someone a gift, any gift, whether it's an idea for a show, a book idea, a picture to draw, a song to write, or a mouth to feed, He never takes it back. He doesn't renege on gifts. MJ's focus was a bit off, but his alleged fretting over Prince isn't what sent him to the grave.

i am a fan of both artist but how can they compare?

Thriller ruined Jacksons ability
to grow as a musician.
In my opinion Michael did his best
when he was in the Jacksons band.
Blues Away sounds more mature and sophisticated
then most of Michaels solo work
Michael was amazing singer but how could he do
a better artistic show then Prince?

Jacksons tour were always the same since Victory.
The same setlist,same choreography since 1984 Victory tour,
with only one thing changing,more and more his emotions
were fake and more playback in the concerts.

If Michael had the balls to go out in Arena and sit down with acoustic guitar and if he strummed it and sing set list like this:

This Place Hotel
I Cant Help it
Blues Away
Blame it on Boogie
Dont stop till u Get Enough
We're almost There

with no Billie Jean or other obligatory stuff ,
then i would think different,but yes he was great
in his own merits but as a musician he could never compare
to Prince never.
Imagine prince still doing same arangments with same
setlist like Purple Rain tour with same costumes,we'll be bored to that.
Prince maybe don't have big statues,pyrotehnics and he don't cry during his songs
like Michael cried everytime during She's Out of my Life but P could go out with only his piano and voice and wake up kind of deeper emotions then Jackson ever did.
so i say
Jackson could have been great great artist but instead of learning a lick or to on any instrument he was too busy hanging out with kids and Liz Taylor...
shame

The way I see it (and bear in mind I'm a HUGE fan of both) is that Michael always saw Prince as his rival. Always. Michael instigated the "rivalry" and fed stories about to the media for PR purposes.

Prince never saw it that way, because he's always been just about the music mostly. Although I love their music equally, Prince has never concerned himself with PR stunts whereas Michael was all about that (giant statue of himself floating down the river anyone? )

I think Michael was very much intimidated by Prince's talent. I mean, if Michael had a musical idea in his head, it might take him a few days, a few engineers and a bunch of session musicians before he got it to where he wanted it, whereas Prince would bang out a hit in a few hours, play everything on it, mix it, boom.

Also Prince was the one every other artist was attempting to copy musically. Everyone from Ready For The World to Phil Collins etc. And of course on top of Prince's own hits you had joints like "Manic Monday" and "Stand Back" getting a lot of play.Let's not forget that Janet and Latoya were big Prince fans and it's been said they would play "1999" and "Controversy" a lot at the Jackson HQ in Encino, and Michael was still living there too.

I think Michael wanted to feel more in control. I hate to say it but I think "We Are The World" was an exercise in egomania as much as it was a charitible thing to do. All those big artists, singing Michael's song. It's no wonder Prince didn't want to be part of it, he was his own man. Same thing with him turning down "Bad". The idea for Prince and Michael to duet on "Bad" was purely done from a PR and hype perspective and not a musical one.

We don't know how serious Michael's tone was, how he meant this statement he said to Kenny at the This Is It rehearsals, but let's remember that even when people say things like this jokingly there's usually some truth behind it.

I've no doubt that he would have liked to beat Prince's record of 21 nights at the O2, but it was never gonna happen. Aside from Prince's alleged hip issues, Prince is a fit, healthy, drug-free man and even he was most likely exhausted at the end of his 12 nights residency. Even before MJ passed I was saying that if the shows did go ahead, there was no way that Michael would be able to do more than 10, at the very most.

All the people around Michael simply saw dollar signs in their eyes. Nobody was concerned about his well-being. It's certainly not implausible to think that perhaps he wanted to cancel the whole thing, and so they killed him.
[Edited 10/15/09 19:32pm]

Timmy84 said:

No, it's from a recorded interview w/ Ebony magazine. They played those clips right after his death. It was the last interview he did before his death (a few years before actually). However, he could have been talking about his song, or Prince in general.

Let's also remember that it's a bunch of bullshit to think MJ was up fretting over Prince. Even when that interview took place, which was July 2008, Prince wasn't exactly selling oodles of records (not without having included them in the price of a concert ticket). It doesn't seem logical that MJ would be fretting over Prince getting ideas instead of him.

Also, the gifts of God are without repentance, meaning that once God gives someone a gift, any gift, whether it's an idea for a show, a book idea, a picture to draw, a song to write, or a mouth to feed, He never takes it back. He doesn't renege on gifts. MJ's focus was a bit off, but his alleged fretting over Prince isn't what sent him to the grave.

ernestsewell said:

Yeah I see what you mean. I meant the way the title is, lol. I think the way MJ said it he was joking or something.

midiscover said:

People seriously need to stop reading into shit and creating boogymen where there are none. I was justt about to remark what a beautiful chil she was with those full doe eyes

FAKE NEWS STORY OF THE WEEK! .....

NEXT WEEK ... Madonna and Blondie the "True" Rivalry .....

Please. Why would MJ be fearful of Prince when he's owned Prince for the most part of his career success wise.