According to insiders in the know, Michael has covered a Lewis Taylor track from Lewis's debut album for his new album.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/L...252&sr=1-2

sounds good, hopefully he will get lewis on the track.

Michael Jackson better come on with the come on. He's getting DANGEROUSly close to 50, and soon it's gonna be time for him to just BEAT IT. I know he's probably waiting for the best timing, but his new shit better be BLAZING!!!

LEWISTAYLORFAN has obviously figured out the only way to get any org interest in lower profile artists like LT is to work the name MJ, Madonna, or Janet into the thread title. Coming soon "Janet Disses Mica Paris", "Madonna Loves The Brand New Heavies", "MJ Spotted With Joanna Newsom"

Lewis Taylor actually has a large fan following on this board.

Nonetheless, this thread will get a lot more views because the name MJ is in the title.
[Edited 10/22/07 11:17am]

Cant see it at all, sounds like a lot of rubbish to me.

midnightmover said:

What is your beef?

Lewis Taylor has fans on this site!

I went to see Prince at the 02 and I am a big Prince fan.

LEWISTAYLORFAN said:

Bro, you just missed the whole point. He is not dissing you or Lewis Taylor
The fact is, threads that are NOT about MJ/Madonna/Janet/JT etc do NOT get many views or replies around here. Trust me, I know from experience
[Edited 10/23/07 1:21am]

PDogz said:

So is Prince and Madonna. They are the same age. I wonder if you´d say that about these two as well.

dag said:

If they had just gone through the same series of legal battles that Michael has, with the same hits to his moral character, and had gone as long as Michael has gone since putting out an album, given those things together; then yes, I'd say the same about Prince and Madonna as well.

And don't get it twisted - I love Michael Jackson, thought "Invincible" was amazing! Regardless of what it did in the charts or the politics behind trying to destroy his career. I think Michael Jackson is a recording MONSTER, I'm a fan. But his next project better be HUGE if he intends to keep his music career going. And if it isn't, still can't take away from what he already acomplishied in the past.

That's where 50 becomes an issue. If everything else in your career and life is in order, then the current media consciousness will give you a pass. But it everything else is in shambles, 50 (in The Pepsi Generation) will be the death of you.

PDogz said:

"The Pepsi Generation"? That's so 80's. Who drinks pepsi anyway? Coke so much better.

PDogz said:

-Dangerous
-Beat It

wait he had a song called Blazing?

agentmonday said:

The expression may be old, but the phenomenon still exists.

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Thank you.

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Sorry mate I misunderstood.I thought you were being sarky.

dag said:

The difference is,Prince and Madonna don't really have anything to prove.Prince had an amazingly successful tour a few years ago,and Madonna has had three hugely successful tours in this decade alone.I don't see them in the position of having to "make a comeback",or prove that they're still vital.Michael,on the other hand....

SoulAlive said:

Another difference is that Michael Jackson started in show business over ten years before Prince and Madonna. Sure, he has not toured in a decade, but the fact that he started in the '60s should be taken into account. Let the others keep on "proving" themselves. If Michael Jackson had retired in 1993 when his armagaddon struck, he would have retired after 25 years in show business. Not bad for someone who you think still needs to "prove" himself.

LEWISTAYLORFAN said:

I've googled "Michael Jackson + Lewis Taylor" and the only answer was this: http://prince.org/msg/8/249683
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[Edited 10/25/07 11:25am]

LEWISTAYLORFAN said:

Oh, I was being sarky since this story is clearly bogus. However, I ain't knocking no-one. I understand your motives. As far as white Marvin Gaye wannabees go, LT wipes the floor with, say Robin Thicke. He's got a great sound and is very underrated. The fact is there are now many people (MJ fans mainly) who will now at least be familiar with his name who had probably never heard of him before. Still, the story is lacking in credibiliy.

Rodya24 said:

I can run off a list of at least a hundred performers who started performing way before Mike was even born and are still at it today. That's not to mention child stars like stevie wonder and donny osmond who still perform regularly. The bottom line is you're either an artist or you're not. If you are then you do the work. If not, then you have to be counted as an ex-performer or a part-timer. That's the category Mike falls into. He's effectively been out of the game now for 10 years (Invincible was such a brief, half hearted thing that it doesn't even count as a substantive return to work). Mike was still only in his 30s when he effectively dropped out of the game. Talking about his early stardom is just a red herring. The real story is that Mike's demons and withering ability to sing and dance drained all the passion for music out of him.

midnightmover said:

No offense, but you speak as if you are Michael Jackson himself or know him in person. Sure, if he had the passion to perform he would, but that was not what I was arguing. I was responding to SoulAlive's comments that Michael Jackson still needs to prove himself. What for if he has no passion for his art right now? If he has had decades of phenomenal performances?

Rodya24 said:

No offense, but you don't need to know Michael Jackson personally to see that he can't sing or dance like he used to and his passion for music has obviously faded. You don't have to know him personally to surmise that his personal trials might have diverted him slightly from his art either. As for Mike not needing to prove himself. Well no, not if he's content to be seen by the world as a washed-out freak who threw away his success and ended up as a broken shell of a man. If he's content to be seen that way then no, he has nothing at all to prove.

midnightmover said:

Hey he may be seen as a "washed-out freak who threw away his success and ended up as a broken shell of a man" to most of the world, but I still think he has nothing left to prove. And perhaps he is okay with being seen this way. Like you said, he cannot sing or dance like he used, but it is not like clips of his past performances have all disappeared.