What about Van Halen vs. David Lee Roth/ Van Halen vs. Sammy Hagar?

the Revolution vs the NPG
Usher vs Timberfake
Suge Knight vs Puff Daddy
Captain vs Tenille

To all of you people who say Prince vs. MJ was a media created thing, have you ever thought of the possibility that the two themselves might as well have contributed to it? I'm sure they're not stupid, both got heaps of publicity through the "rivalry", and we all know what publicity does to the sales... Clever, I'd say.

lilgish said:

OF COURSE IT IS...

Classic SHIT...





As a dancer/entertainer/singer/greatvideomaker Mike didn't have any rival and still has no rival...

As a composer/producer/singer/musician, Prince didn't have any rival, and still has no rival...

Nothing to say...

krayzie said:

Why is he blonde, Caucasian, and dressed in pink?

squiddyren said:

Is that suppose to be michael?
i thought that was Rick Springfield

Rewind 1995, in the UK. Blur vs Oasis. Fucking hilarious and being just a kid at the time I lapped it all up!

gooch said:

exactly. the media fed people that shit.

squiddyren said:

Yeah, I had no idea what was going on in that picutre and that that was supposed to be Michael. Yeah, his skin is white but he don't look anything like that!

VinnyM27 said:

Give it a couple years.

Wow, this thread had a second life.

for continuous hit singles how about the king of pop vs the queen of pop (michael jackson vs madonna) or for a more bitter media orientated rivalry robbie williams/blur versus oasis

kinaldo said:

Too much admiration amongst both. Madonna’s done Billie Jean interludes in the middle of her songs on stage, how many artists would do that? She woulda banged his silly ass to. Kit Culkin says that she got nude in front of him.

Does Simon Cowell like Robbie Williams? That would be a real battle of twits.

squiddyren said:

That's what happens when a spotlight hits jheri curl juice.

Huh? Could u elaborate on that?

Anyway, MJ never really spoke highly of her (criticised her singing and dancing ability) and Madonna snubbed him for Warren Beatty when they attended the Oscars together. Also, MJ was pretty jealous when Madonna won some award for 80's artist of the decade, or something like that. I think there's a mutual respect between them, but that don't mean no rivalry.



I haven't got a clue about either of the two I just threw Robbie's name out there for arguments sake

kinaldo said:

MJ told Mac's father the Madonna got naked in front of him?????




When? Certainly not publicly????



She wanted to get some ass. Her and Mike had been on terms before that anyway.



Hearsay! and if Mike did get jealous then he's a fool. The man has more awards then he can count.



I don't see it. The fans don't clash. Mike was definitely concerned when P showed up on the scene.

lilgish said:

There's no way Madonna would strip for MJ, no way. Unless she viewed sleeping with him a challenge or something...

Everything I said above came from various Madonna biograghies I've semi-read(whenever I see a new Madonna book in a bookstore I check the index for MJ and Prince)

As for the merits of their rivalry, given that they were the two biggest selling stars of the 80s, that they both produced primarily pop music and pop hits, and both put on similarly extravagant stadium sell out concerts...surely there must be some rivalry?

Prince was much more diverse, and Purple Rain aside, much less of a commercial force to be considered by MJ a rival.

Some of their fans clash!

kinaldo said:

What the hell was warren beatty? He was definitely a challenge..

lilgish said:

I'm sure he was