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Thread started 10/28/17 10:41am

MotownSubdivis
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The Jacksons: Legacy; is it worth it?

Just realized that the Jacksons 50th anniversary book came out a few weeks ago.

Has anybody picked it up yet? How is it?
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Reply #1 posted 10/29/17 2:36am

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Reply #2 posted 10/29/17 8:40am

alphastreet

Who knows? At this point anything jackson other than janet is milk money. Probably better off staying true to the existing books than investing in a watered down compilation of rewriting the narrative for the masses

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Reply #3 posted 10/29/17 5:16pm

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alphastreet said:

Who knows? At this point anything jackson other than janet is milk money. Probably better off staying true to the existing books than investing in a watered down compilation of rewriting the narrative for the masses

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yeahthat I checked it out at my local library......some of the photos are amazing, but the narrative is very sugar coated....everyone loves one another blah blah blah

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Reply #4 posted 10/29/17 5:51pm

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Goddess4Real said:



alphastreet said:


Who knows? At this point anything jackson other than janet is milk money. Probably better off staying true to the existing books than investing in a watered down compilation of rewriting the narrative for the masses



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yeahthat I checked it out at my local library.....some of the photos are amazing, but the narrative is very sugar coated....everyone loves one another blah blah blah



Exactly, it's bullshit and the rare photos can be accessed anytime online smile save your money I would. Better to buy Jackson family values, it tells the truth and is positive & objective when it comes to mj
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Reply #5 posted 10/29/17 6:33pm

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alphastreet said:

Goddess4Real said:

yeahthat I checked it out at my local library......some of the photos are amazing, but the narrative is very sugar coated....everyone loves one another blah blah blah

Exactly, it's bullshit and the rare photos can be accessed anytime online smile save your money I would. Better to buy Jackson family values, it tells the truth and is positive & objective when it comes to mj

I just want to read something that is fair and balanced......that's all. For the last 8 years these type books are either hatchet jobs or puff pieces. I know some will buy it for the photos alone.......but the narrative shrug

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Reply #6 posted 10/29/17 6:58pm

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The only new books worth buying were man in the music, remember the time, and I guess in the studio with mj, though I felt weird buying the last one cause I know what a sacred experience composing was for mj and not so sure if he would have wanted that released though I was interested in how he did it anyway.

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alphastreet said:

The only new books worth buying were man in the music, remember the time, and I guess in the studio with mj, though I felt weird buying the last one cause I know what a sacred experience composing was for mj and not so sure if he would have wanted that released though I was interested in how he did it anyway.

That was a great book and very informative about him in the studio. Not alot of books on that for many artists.

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Reply #8 posted 10/30/17 7:52pm

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This is not a biography it's a picture book.
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Reply #9 posted 10/30/17 8:31pm

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alphastreet said:

The only new books worth buying were man in the music, remember the time, and I guess in the studio with mj, though I felt weird buying the last one cause I know what a sacred experience composing was for mj and not so sure if he would have wanted that released though I was interested in how he did it anyway.

That was a great book and very informative about him in the studio. Not alot of books on that for many artists.

I agree with you, I was too sad to enjoy it 100% at the time I bought it, would love to revisit it again soon smile

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Reply #10 posted 10/30/17 8:32pm

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LittleBLUECorvette said:

This is not a biography it's a picture book.

lol more like rare pictures being an incentive for subscribing to bullshit....for the fans

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Reply #11 posted 10/31/17 5:58am

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Well I checked it out at Barnes and Noble yesterday and while the pictures are nice, I was expecting more like something to actually read.

Pretty underwhelming for a 50th anniversary book.
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Reply #12 posted 11/19/17 5:20pm

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You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #14 posted 12/04/17 1:26am

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Doesn't one of the J Randy Taraborelli books cover the early J5 and J5 period. Think it's the second pressing, haven't got the first one but I imagine it covers more. The latter editions much of it is omitted. I think a detailed J5 book with reflections from the brothers would be great. Along with comments from Stevie, Smokey etc. I was going to make a new topic but thought I'd ask here. The J5 audition tape for Motown, was Berry there to see it and signed them on the spot or did Suzanne DePasse send him the tape and he made the decision then. In the Jacksons TV show in the early 90s IIRC Berry was at the audition but maybe that was done for affect.
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