angel345 said:

Ive heard the same things.
Michael has had reconstructive surgery for the last couple of years.
He has been looking better lately.
Good 4 him.
Now,when I say you,2elijah, are giving Prince too much power,
I mean by your implications.
As if MJ saw Prince's growing popluarity
and ran off to the surgent.
Michael could just compare album sales and sleep soundly if that was the case.
I love Prince and he is fine
but MJ does have that thing.
I mean,the man looks nothing like he used to
but people still go nuts and
Im not going to even lie,I cried
when I got a ticket for his "This is It" concert.
but anyway...bria is aight.
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zoetruluv said:

Nope not putting him up on a pedestal, but telling of my own experience around a certain period of both artists' career and how the media handled it, and I'll just leave it at that.

As far as MJ, my childhood friend's father who was a detective, was in charge of the Jackson 5 security team, anytime they came to NYC and performed at MSG. My friend, her sister and cousin had the luxury of meeting MJ's brothers and hanging out in their hotel room, and being backstage as well. The Jacksons of course always had chaperones with them, and family members/friends of the Jacksons were also at the hotel where they stayed as well, but MJ was not allowed to be in the room with fans or any other fans while they were there fof that matter.

He was kept separate "all the time" from fans. It seems the parents didn't mind if Jermaine, Jackie, Tito and Randy were around fans, but they highly, protected MJ and from what my friend and her sister used to come back and tell me, the parents and everyone around MJ treated MJ like a "baby". After all, he was the star of the group. That's a fact. I even have a pic of Jermaine and randy pillow fighting in the hotel room, with my friend's cousin sitting in a chair across the room chilling with them. My childhood friend gave some pics to me and my sisters as souvenirs, and that pic is in one of my photo albums somewhere. I was told, there was always chaperones with Jacksons in the hotel rooms to make sure they "behaved". Anyway, that's all I have to say on this topic. Nice chattin' with ya.
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zoetruluv said:

You've got tickets? Great, and enjoy the concert. I'm wondering though how MJ popped up in this conversation Well, back to Bria. Don't know much about her except she's Prince's girl, and she has an album out.

angel345 said:

mj is more interesting.
and yesssss,
i got a ticket.
and everybody is mad at me,lol.

zoetruluv said:

All of Prince's "women" are fine in their own way.

She ridiculously hot - there is no denying that. She absolutely kills Tamar in that department. Mani cant quite get her either. Mayte at her best gives her a run for the money. I still say Nona Gaye is ahead of overrated Prince babes like Carmen Electra and Jill Jones so she is in there with Bria. I alwaus have to go ol skool though. Vanity was badder than all of them - Apollonia, Susan, Kim Basinger, Sheena Eason - even Sheila E. and the Madhouse chick. Ingrid Chavez is cute and sounds as sexy as any of them just reading poetry to music,
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