blackguitaristz said:

MJ had Thriller in 82' Prince wasn't getting the attention MJ was. I can see 84-85, but not 81'-83'. Those were the Micheal mania years. If I had a dime for every Beat It jacket knockoff I saw...LOL! You remember the ghetto Beat It jackets that didn't have as many zippers and the Thriller jackets that were as thin as windbreakers? People who came to school in those joints got clowned! LOL! Still, I think any jealousy would have been more towards the attention he wasn't getting. He probably did have a little jealousy of Prince's musical skills, but MJ image has always been solid in the originality category.

Welcome to the org, raveon3tnek. Now prepare for the onslaught that will surely follow. Some orgers will be quick to point out that Prince fans think the world revolves around Prince and that Prince has his own influences as well, so leave these guys alone. And some might say it a little less diplomatically than that.

BlaqueKnight said:

Yes i do actually considering they can be sued for false claims. He is indeed self procclaimed if you dont believe that fine, you can live in a magical peter pan land with mj too

jayaredee said:

No offense dude, but you're completely deluded if you think that the press doesn't get away with lying, manipulating, embellishing or slanting the "news" all the time. The news is owned by corporations who are out to make money purely and simply, sometimes at the expense of journalistic integrity and truth. You think you're getting anything other than right-wing propaganda when you watch Fox News? Or that you're getting completely reliable information from Newsweek? The media is not always trustworthy

I don't think anyone can top this cat!

blackguitaristz said

In a book about MJ, someone who had worked for Mike for years talked about how jealous Mike was of P's success during Purple Rain. How P had this big movie and women flipping out over him when P was just as feminine as Mike was.This bothered Mike. MJ would not watch the American Music Awards in 85 cuz he knew P would clean up on the awards. No one was could mention P's name in Mike's pressence during that time. In 81-85, that was P's years as far as moving up in the industry as a star. P was getting a lot of attention. During this time, Mike simply didn't like it and didn't know how to compete with it.

BlaqueKnight said

MJ had Thriller in 82' Prince wasn't getting the attention MJ was. I can see 84-85, but not 81'-83'. Those were the Micheal mania years.

jacktheimprovident said:

jack, I do believe that I saw that term in his promotional materials in the early 90's. And when he was called that, he did not run from it. I believe it was a product of his and/or his team's invention.

Maybe Eddie Murphy at times.....check "put ur mouth on me" and "bubble hill" etc.....

Michael Jackson has tried his damndest to look like Prince for years. The skin, the hair, everything. On his "You Are Not Alone" video, he looked just like Prince from the back....with the hair and the black lace shirt.

He's had a Prince complex for years. He even named, not one, but two of his sons Prince.

I'm going to hide now from the MJ fanatics.

magnificentsynthesizer667 said:

I used to love him...where is Georgio these days??? Time to go down memory lane and listen to....

Tina Cherry
Lover's Lane
Sex Appeal
[Edited 9/29/04 15:18pm]

thesexofit said:

I don't think anyone can top this cat!

Sananda (TTD) sounds NOTHING like Prince. People who are really into his music already know that lyrically they are so different it ain't even funny. Contentwise, musically there's no resemblence either. What they have in common is both of them are light-skinned black males with a "pretty boy" image who do a mixture of rock and funk. Actually, Sananda does a mixture of rock & soul. Now I see why TTD left the states. People probably wouldn't let him be himself here.

raveon2tnek said:

I dont think any of them wanna be Prince they all have individual talents..Most of them are inspired by Prince except Michael Jackson he's in a league of his own.
[Edited 9/29/04 21:27pm]

magnificentsynthesizer667 said:

Georgio??..I never heard of this dude...What are the names of some of the songs he made?

Cloudbuster said:

No. 1 albums?

When did he release his last album? And it may have went to #1 (i dunno if it did) it still flopped and went to hell, while Musicology did so well and is so much better.

Musicology has yet to reach double platinum in the US, even with Prince cheating the system. Michael managed double platinum without cheating and with virtually no promotion. Invincible hit no.1. Musicology didn't. I guess Michael's time isn't over quite as much as you would like it to be. Worldwide sales for Musicology are somewhere between two and three million, this achieved after being on the market for six months. Invincible sold four million in three days. But Invincible was a flop, right? And Musicolgy being a better album is all a matter of opinion.

True apparantly that Michael Jackson thought Prince was his biggest threat during the Purple Rain days, but Mj is no Prince wannabe!

check: Prince:- album per year
MJ:- album roughly every 4-5 yrs

Prince:- wrote and produced 4 many other people
MJ:- a few but not even a 1/4 of the amount Prince has done!

Prince:- feminine clothes (in 80's), always surrounded by girls etc.....
mj:- wanted to be macho 4 "Bad", whilst Prince a year later did "lovesexy" cover!


Anyway, the list continues.....


Songs that may sound a bit alike:- their r not any.....that is y both these artists r so damn good!

Michael wanted to just be Michael and still be accepted (check Martin Bashir documentary a few yr's back), which is what is great about Michael.....Prince at times has deliberately copied other fads like the whole "npg" thing but 99% of the time, Prince and Mike do what the fuck they like, no matter how eccentric!
[Edited 9/30/04 4:27am]

MJ:- a few but not even a 1/4 of the amount Prince has done!