Timmy84 said:

Oh yeah Randy's upset about the Oprah shit too. He tweeted about it a few hours ago.

I'm so glad the true MJ fans have some idea of what is going on here with The Jackson Fam/Randy

because it would sadden me to think, even they believed a lot of this BS that is being created

for the sake of....MONEY. As for the mass public believing Michael was a druggie and this that

and the other...some things never change. I'm glad at least the true fans finally have a tad

bit of clarity of how things are going, "behind the scenes."

Unholyalliance said:

dag said:

I am sorry, I don´t understand this. Does it mean that Mike contributed so much that it could be said that he wrote it or that he didn´t contribute enough to be credited as the author?

My bad. I meant that he had advised her, but not enough to snag any songwriting credits.

Thanks.

Glad to see that the kids weren't interviewed.

tajjackson3 Oprah did not interview MJ's kids. Rumors get started and people run with them. We should know better than to trust rumor sites.
19 minutes ago

then angry reaction tweets from the late superstar's brother, Randy Jackson, should be.

"I found out Oprah was at our family home, my stomach ached and it still hasn't gone away," the second-youngest Jackson sibling revealed. "I had no prior knowledge this was going to happen. It was deliberately kept from me because they knew I would have tried to stop it."

Randy believes the entire family, especially Michael's three children, should be in an Oprah-free zone due to the host's past attitude toward his brother.

"I know how Oprah feels about my brother and family," the singer wrote. "I also know that he would not have wanted this. In fact, she is the last person on earth he would want around his children. I can never forget when she had the show on pedophilia during the jury deliberation process in my brother's Santa Maria case. That was no coincidence."

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ali23 said:

You know someone who Id really like to see interviewed?

Tom Sneddon,not by Oprah nesscarily,but,by someone PRO-Michael,like maybe Aphrodite.

But I would want it to get a big audience,like that of the Oprah show.

I want an interviewer who could stop him in his tracks everytime he tried to spew some B.S.

I want Janet Arviso(and her lying ass kids) interviewed aswell.

I would like for the world to see what Mike had to put up with.

SherryJackson said:

ali23 said:

You know someone who Id really like to see interviewed?

Tom Sneddon,not by Oprah nesscarily,but,by someone PRO-Michael,like maybe Aphrodite.

But I would want it to get a big audience,like that of the Oprah show.

I want an interviewer who could stop him in his tracks everytime he tried to spew some B.S.

I want Janet Arviso(and her lying ass kids) interviewed aswell.

I would like for the world to see what Mike had to put up with.

mookie said:

Randy's tweets

in fact, she is the last person on earth he would want around his children
2 minutes ago via web

Reply Retweet
I know how Oprah feels about my brother and family. i also know that he would not have wanted this.
3 minutes ago via web

i had no prior knowledge this was going to happen. it was deliberately kept from me because they knew i would have tried to stop it
6 minutes ago via web

i found out Oprah was at our family home, my stomach ached and it still hasn't gone away
8 minutes ago via web

but i don't always agree with the choices they make. this is 1 of those times
12 minutes ago via web

1rst let me say that i love my mother and father. i am humbly grateful to have them as my parents
14 minutes ago via web

i know every 1 wants to know my position on the Oprah interview
17 minutes ago via web

i will continue to do my best with my family. all i need is your love and support. i will never give up
1 minute ago

Let our anger be the fuel that ignites our desire for truth, and keeps us unified on the road to justice for him.
1 minute ago

i'm sorry for the delay. just trying to hold myself together
1 minute ago

can you imagine how i feel. i'm angry 2
1 minute ago

i know there are a lot of you out there upset and angry over this. i don't blame you
2 minutes ago

that was no coincidence
5 minutes ago

i can never forget when she had the show on pedophilia during the jury deliberation process in my brother's santa maria case.
5 minutes ago

But how could Randy NOT have known about this interview? Doesnt he live with his mother and MJ3 in the Encino home?

mookie said:

Glad to see that the kids weren't interviewed.

tajjackson3 Oprah did not interview MJ's kids. Rumors get started and people run with them. We should know better than to trust rumor sites.
19 minutes ago

Well I certainly hope this is the truth, however I still think that the "source" who said O interviewed MJ3 came from someone within the Jackson family. So either someone planted this false rumor on purpose in order to drum up publicity for the interview, or Oprah really did in fact interview the kids and Taj is wrong...and seeing as how Randy supposedly didnt even know about the Oprah interview taking place, who knows? This is turning into a circus already...

TRACKLIST
DISC 1
Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough
Rock With You
She’s Out Of My Life *
Billie Jean
Beat It
Thriller
Bad
The Way You Make Me Feel
Man In The Mirror
Dirty Diana
Smooth Criminal
Another Part Of Me
Speed Demon
Come Together
Leave Me Alone
Liberian Girl

DISC 2
Black Or White
Remember The Time
In The Closet
Jam
Heal The World
Give In To Me
Who Is It
Will You Be There
Gone Too Soon
Scream
Childhood
You Are Not Alone
Earth Song
They Don’t Care About Us
Stranger In Moscow
Blood On The Dance Floor
Ghosts *
You Rock My World *
Cry*

BONUS DISC
Blame It On The Boogie (The Jacksons)*
Enjoy Yourself (The Jacksons)*
Can You Feel It (The Jacksons)*
Say Say Say (Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson)
They Don’t Care About Us (Prison Version)*
Why (3T featuring Michael Jackson)*
One More Chance *
Total Running time: approx 4 ½ hours
*PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

ORDER: Michael Jackson Store Link

http://www.sonymusicdigit...520jackson

Vanilli said:

I understand why some MJ fans are up in arms about all this stuff concerning the

writing of "Man In The Mirror" and hope at some point, what Michael actually contributed

as far as ideas can be talked about in depth. However let me share a story.

I remember back in like 1999 or 2000, a few people from my high school were waiting for

a class to start or something, and I was talking with my friend. My friend went to run to the bathroom and from across the hall I heard their conversation. It was about, "Man In The Mirror."

One of them said, "You know, all jokes aside about Michael and the mirror, and the surgeries, "Man In The Mirror" is a really powerful and life-changing song, with a great message. And he totally recorded that song from his heart on that song."

The reason I bring this up is because...

I think this whole business about who wrote it is kinda moot point. The people who admire Michael

will respect his talent, no matter if he wrote it or not. The people who look to knock him will always

have the cop out of, "Well he didn't write it." At the end of the day, Siedah wrote the song, with Michael's help, but would it have sold and inspired all those people it did, and continues to do had

Michael not recorded it? Hell no. It is a MICHAEL JACKSON song.

Along those same lines, at the end of the day, the average listener will consider that song

a "Michael Jackson classic" and that is how it should be.

At the end of the day, the only people who really care are fans, stans, haters, & industry. The finished product is most important. You never see someone in the club going "Oh damn that song is hot. Who wrote it?" I just wanted some clarification on the issue since there are contradictory stories out there. If this matters to someone then fine. If it doesn't, then that's okay too.

I just think that this story helps to paint a picture of how he worked in the studio. It shows that he was an active participant in the recording of his materials rather than some puppet who let Quincy Jones write all of his material, which is a rather popular, albeit wrong, opinion

Unholyalliance said:

Vanilli said:

I understand why some MJ fans are up in arms about all this stuff concerning the

writing of "Man In The Mirror" and hope at some point, what Michael actually contributed

as far as ideas can be talked about in depth. However let me share a story.

I remember back in like 1999 or 2000, a few people from my high school were waiting for

a class to start or something, and I was talking with my friend. My friend went to run to the bathroom and from across the hall I heard their conversation. It was about, "Man In The Mirror."

One of them said, "You know, all jokes aside about Michael and the mirror, and the surgeries, "Man In The Mirror" is a really powerful and life-changing song, with a great message. And he totally recorded that song from his heart on that song."

The reason I bring this up is because...

I think this whole business about who wrote it is kinda moot point. The people who admire Michael

will respect his talent, no matter if he wrote it or not. The people who look to knock him will always

have the cop out of, "Well he didn't write it." At the end of the day, Siedah wrote the song, with Michael's help, but would it have sold and inspired all those people it did, and continues to do had

Michael not recorded it? Hell no. It is a MICHAEL JACKSON song.

Along those same lines, at the end of the day, the average listener will consider that song

a "Michael Jackson classic" and that is how it should be.

At the end of the day, the only people who really care are fans, stans, haters, & industry. The finished product is most important. You never see someone in the club going "Oh damn that song is hot. Who wrote it?" I just wanted some clarification on the issue since there are contradictory stories out there. If this matters to someone then fine. If it doesn't, then that's okay too.

I just think that this story helps to paint a picture of how he worked in the studio. It shows that he was an active participant in the recording of his materials rather than some puppet who let Quincy Jones write all of his material, which is a rather popular, albeit wrong, opinion

Believe me, I love that you posted that and that you care about knowing all the nitty-gritty details.

I do too. I want a Michael Jackson con with panels of people talking about this stuff. Put crazy Q

and Siedah, then have another with Teddy and Rodney, and maybe get the Estate in on it and have

Branca and perhaps even DiLeo involved in one. That would be a fascinating day!!!

And yes, I agree. Michael needs all the credit he can get, because people love to just say, he was

Q's puppet. Really then explain Dangerous being the crazy amazing album it was? Yeah shudup!

That was Michael, without Q and it turned out damn good

mookie said:

Glad to see that the kids weren't interviewed.

tajjackson3 Oprah did not interview MJ's kids. Rumors get started and people run with them. We should know better than to trust rumor sites.
19 minutes ago

I didn't even trust that news myself.

Unholyalliance said:

Vanilli said:

I understand why some MJ fans are up in arms about all this stuff concerning the

writing of "Man In The Mirror" and hope at some point, what Michael actually contributed

as far as ideas can be talked about in depth. However let me share a story.

I remember back in like 1999 or 2000, a few people from my high school were waiting for

a class to start or something, and I was talking with my friend. My friend went to run to the bathroom and from across the hall I heard their conversation. It was about, "Man In The Mirror."

One of them said, "You know, all jokes aside about Michael and the mirror, and the surgeries, "Man In The Mirror" is a really powerful and life-changing song, with a great message. And he totally recorded that song from his heart on that song."

The reason I bring this up is because...

I think this whole business about who wrote it is kinda moot point. The people who admire Michael

will respect his talent, no matter if he wrote it or not. The people who look to knock him will always

have the cop out of, "Well he didn't write it." At the end of the day, Siedah wrote the song, with Michael's help, but would it have sold and inspired all those people it did, and continues to do had

Michael not recorded it? Hell no. It is a MICHAEL JACKSON song.

Along those same lines, at the end of the day, the average listener will consider that song

a "Michael Jackson classic" and that is how it should be.

At the end of the day, the only people who really care are fans, stans, haters, & industry. The finished product is most important. You never see someone in the club going "Oh damn that song is hot. Who wrote it?" I just wanted some clarification on the issue since there are contradictory stories out there. If this matters to someone then fine. If it doesn't, then that's okay too.

I just think that this story helps to paint a picture of how he worked in the studio. It shows that he was an active participant in the recording of his materials rather than some puppet who let Quincy Jones write all of his material, which is a rather popular, albeit wrong, opinion

Yeah Michael had input on ALL the songs he worked with when he and Quincy were doing things together.

xxx said:

TRACKLIST
DISC 1
Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough
Rock With You
She’s Out Of My Life *
Billie Jean
Beat It
Thriller
Bad
The Way You Make Me Feel
Man In The Mirror
Dirty Diana
Smooth Criminal
Another Part Of Me
Speed Demon
Come Together
Leave Me Alone
Liberian Girl

DISC 2
Black Or White
Remember The Time
In The Closet
Jam
Heal The World
Give In To Me
Who Is It
Will You Be There
Gone Too Soon
Scream
Childhood
You Are Not Alone
Earth Song
They Don’t Care About Us
Stranger In Moscow
Blood On The Dance Floor
Ghosts *
You Rock My World *
Cry*

BONUS DISC
Blame It On The Boogie (The Jacksons)*
Enjoy Yourself (The Jacksons)*
Can You Feel It (The Jacksons)*
Say Say Say (Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson)
They Don’t Care About Us (Prison Version)*
Why (3T featuring Michael Jackson)*
One More Chance *
Total Running time: approx 4 ½ hours
*PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

Shame it's not the full version of Ghost

And glad to see it is the full length version of Smooth Criminal and not the fast forward version.

^^ Man in the Mirror - it's good to see that MJ contributed arrangement/lyrics to the track but that he was gracious enough to see that it was SG/GB song and didn't do what many artists do and that is "change a word, claim a third" - that is when others write a song for them, they might say oh change this word to baby, or add a la la here or there and then they get a song writing credit.

Man in the Mirror is a powerful song both for the actual composition, but also for the arrangement and delivery of the song which when compared to the demo is all MJ.

Vote for Michael as the true King!

http://thisorthat.com/who...e-of-king?

Man In The Mirror could not be Man In The Mirror without Michael Jackson. It doesn't matter whether or not he wrote it.

Swa said:

^^ Man in the Mirror - it's good to see that MJ contributed arrangement/lyrics to the track but that he was gracious enough to see that it was SG/GB song and didn't do what many artists do and that is "change a word, claim a third" - that is when others write a song for them, they might say oh change this word to baby, or add a la la here or there and then they get a song writing credit.

Man in the Mirror is a powerful song both for the actual composition, but also for the arrangement and delivery of the song which when compared to the demo is all MJ.

The song is essentially Michael's and Michael's only. Bottom line.

I want that DVD set only for the 3rd disc.

It's okay ya'll...according to Beyonce's song-writing standards, MJ DID actually write "Man In The Mirror" after all.

Whether or not it's true, I can totally picture Joe Jackson acting this way with Oprah. If he aint chasing Michael's dough, he may as well chase after the richest woman in the world.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Oprah Winfrey's personal space was violated during her visit to the Jackson house last week -- and TMZ has learned the culprit was none other than Papa Joe himself.

Sources close to the Big O tell TMZ Joe was all over the talk show queen when she came over to conduct a sit-down interview with the family at their Encino home.

We're told Joe was tailing Oprah all over the house -- almost like a second shadow -- so Oprah's assistant stepped in and asked the guy to back off.

Joe obliged, we're told -- and kept a polite distance for the rest of the visit.

http://www.tmz.com/2010/1...interview/

Diana Ross' son Evan Ross spoke about MJ in an interview recently.

ESSENCE.com: One of your inspirations is Michael Jackson. What's your favorite memory of Michael?
ROSS: You know Michael -- even in the last few years, the last year and the last months of his life -- we were very close. He was like a brother to me. For me, think the best moments were when he would tell me stories about how my mom used to take him on trips and things like that. It was the only time he really had where he wasn't working on music. He would talk about these vacations and things he had with mom and how amazing they were. He felt she was like his second mom. He always felt like that -- even in the later years. He was somebody who was so caring that he cared more about other people more than himself. I just feel like it's important for people to really know that.

http://www.essence.com/en...z129S94PKE

So...are we still getting a NEW ALBUM in November also? or is Vision replacing the new album?

Bob Desmond on Michael:

'This was the first time that I photographed Michael Jackson! Boy was I nervous! This was at the height of his career! And, the Disney publicity department wanted me to shoot black & white, color negative and color slides! I had to put him through all of those different films! Just crazy to ask him to oblige. Michael arrived as if the President of the United States were arriving. He had his entourage and bodyguards, and some friends. It was quite nerve racking. All of that said, once I put the camera up to my eye, it was just another very fast publicity photo shoot. What you don't see in this photo are the THOUSANDS of Michael Jackson fans, down below of the berm that we were shooting on. It was pretty unbelievable. After the shoot, we went to see Captain EO together as a group! After the show loaded with guests, and their 3D eyeglasses were on, our group including Michael slipped into the back of the darkened theater, unnoticed. We sat in the last row of the theater, about a dozen of us! It was one of the coolest moments of my career working for Disney. I actually sat with Michael and watched the show in which he starred in, Captain EO!!! Can you imagine if the guests knew that he was in the audience with them? We left the theater just before the show ended. Nobody in the theater had any idea that we were even there. Michael was a nice guy. He loved Disney World and DIsneyland. I photographed him on 2 other occasions during my tenure as a Senior Photographer with Disney. May he rest in peace. On the technical side, I shot this with a Hasselblad, Plux X film, ASA100, Metz flash."

http://i56.tinypic.com/2cf78yv.jpg

MickyDolenz said:

Stephanie Mills radio interview from September 2010.

Its funny though, and I know I shouldnt take them as gospel, but in those Glenda tapes I dont remember him mentioning her as one of his girlfriends. It was Tatum from around that time that he said he was 'with'.

MyLuv229 said:

Bob Desmond on Michael:

'This was the first time that I photographed Michael Jackson! Boy was I nervous! This was at the height of his career! And, the Disney publicity department wanted me to shoot black & white, color negative and color slides! I had to put him through all of those different films! Just crazy to ask him to oblige. Michael arrived as if the President of the United States were arriving. He had his entourage and bodyguards, and some friends. It was quite nerve racking. All of that said, once I put the camera up to my eye, it was just another very fast publicity photo shoot. What you don't see in this photo are the THOUSANDS of Michael Jackson fans, down below of the berm that we were shooting on. It was pretty unbelievable. After the shoot, we went to see Captain EO together as a group! After the show loaded with guests, and their 3D eyeglasses were on, our group including Michael slipped into the back of the darkened theater, unnoticed. We sat in the last row of the theater, about a dozen of us! It was one of the coolest moments of my career working for Disney. I actually sat with Michael and watched the show in which he starred in, Captain EO!!! Can you imagine if the guests knew that he was in the audience with them? We left the theater just before the show ended. Nobody in the theater had any idea that we were even there. Michael was a nice guy. He loved Disney World and DIsneyland. I photographed him on 2 other occasions during my tenure as a Senior Photographer with Disney. May he rest in peace. On the technical side, I shot this with a Hasselblad, Plux X film, ASA100, Metz flash."

http://i56.tinypic.com/2cf78yv.jpg

Never seen that pic before - very very cool.

they were mad probley cuz at the guy i was wit at the party.

[Edited 10/13/10 21:17pm]

Vanilli said:

So...are we still getting a NEW ALBUM in November also? or is Vision replacing the new album?

It should be coming out, the Michael Jackson Experience, which I got to see in action at the NYCC this past weekend (fucking awesome game), is also going to be released around that time as well. Also, Greg Phillinganes said it was coming out and he had heard some of it. He said that there was this one song where Michael was making some alien like coughing sound or something. ಠ_ಠ

Also, why do any of the Jackson family think that they are going to vindicate Michael through this interview? Did they forget Michael tried that back in 2003 and look where it got him. Even if Oprah is black or whatever, she is still a journalist who is more interested in making money for her corporate sponsors than the well being of this family or anyone else. She is going to look out for numero uno FIRST and foremost. Unless they air it live she and her people still have the power of editing. You would be surprised what some editing can do. This stupidity is killing me.

Michael's kids are going to have to dedicate their entire lives trying to shed a good light on their dad. Well, it's not going to happen until we are all dead. Only then will the gossip and tabloids die out, because no one will be interested in hearing about it anymore. All that will be left is the art, his shrewd sense of business, and, hopefully maybe by some sort of miracle, all of his goodwill. No need to dig everything into a deeper hole than it already is.