NaughtyKitty said:

I saw this picture yesterday. :love:He was wearing the white socks already back in the day.

^ He just looks so lovable and hugable in that pic

WHO'S JUST GOT THE THANK YOU TEXT FROM MJ ....GOING TO ITUNES TO CHECK IT OUT

LondonStyle said:

What?

dag said:[quote]

Timmy84 said:

He's the lead guitarist and songwriter for The Who, lol.

Timmy84 said:

alright. I know the band, but not its members.

dag said:

I was like "how could you NOT know Pete Townshend?" I knew of THE WHO and its band mates since I was like ten! Pete, Roger Daltrey, Keith Moon, John Entwistle...

"Talkin' 'bout my g-generation..."

Timmy84 said:

See, don´t forget there was communism over here for 40 years. No stuff from the "west" got here. We got to listen to some of the songs on the radio, but you knew nothing about the artists. Unless you cared to find out more, you did not get flooded by the information they way you do today. I do remember the band, but never liked it enough to be bothered to find out anything about them.

Anyway, I am still an expert on music compared to some people I know, really. I met people my age (30 years old) who never heard of Prince or Joe Cocker for example
How old are you, BTW? I think about 20, but i am not sure.

dag said:

24

Will Michael Jackson pay off debts with O2 gigs?
Adjust the sliders on our O2 calculator to find out how many shows he would have to perform to get back in the black

http://www.timesonline.co...04178a.swf

Just how many shows would Michael Jackson have to play at the O2 to pay off his considerable debts?

That's the question that came to mind last week when the King of Pop began adding shows on an almost daily basis to the initial run of 10 nights.

As you can see, we make it about 160 - give or take: enough that he'd have to be doing his moonwalk well into next Spring, at any rate.

How did we make our calculations?

We started with the The O2, who told us that for Jackson's gigs, the venue's capacity will be 17,000, and that a fair assumption of the 'average ticket price' would be £70. (The 'official' tickets range from £50-75, though there's been some talk of a more exclusive category.)

So: for each night we can work out ticket revenue. How much would Jackson take away?

According to Rob Hallett, president for international touring at AEG Live, a promoter, a big artist like ‘MJ’ can expect to take home around 45-50 per cent of gross takings.

Assuming additional, merchandising revenues of £10 per ticket - “It tends to swing between £5 at the low end and £15 for a band like Iron Maiden with lots of ‘rocker’ fans who want T-shirts,” said Hallett – that means a run of 50 shows would earn Jackson about £30 million.

Estimating Jackson’s debts was trickier.

Four years ago, Jackson was forced to use his 50 per cent stake in the Beatles catalogue as collateral for about $270 million in loans he had taken out to fund his lavish lifestyle. (He had sold the other 50 per cent to Sony, the record label, in 1995 for as much as £150 million – also to shore up his finances.)

Also, in November last year, he was forced to sell his 2,500-acre ‘Neverland’ ranch, after defaulting on a $24.5 million mortgage.

Based on these and other reported estimates, we’ve assumed debts of at least £100 million. (It’s possible they’re much higher. Equally, it’s worth bearing mind that according to some estimates, Jackson’s 50 per cent stake in the Beatles back catalogue is worth as much as $500 million.)

In any event, these assumptions became the basis for The Times’ ‘Michael Jackson O2 Calculator’ – built in collaboration with Business Smart - which we hope you enjoy.

http://entertainment.time...923570.ece
[Edited 3/17/09 12:21pm]

dag said:

Look how medicated he looked in the 60 minutes intervew. I know its was around the time of the allegations, but he just looked high from the way he looked.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...p0ZqoEPmZw

NaughtyKitty said:

great pic.

Stars Line Up To Appear On Jacko Album


By Leanne, Wednesday 18th March 2009 04.08pm (139 views)


Word on the street is that Justin Timberlake, Rihanna, Kanye West, Ne-Yo and Will.I.Am are lined up to appear on Michael Jackson's first album since 2001's 'Invincible'.

AEG Live's Randy Philips certainly seems to think this is more than idle speculation, saying: "Michael has got some new music and he is looking for a new way of disseminating his material to his fans".

http://www.glasswerk.co.u...acko+Album
[Edited 3/19/09 7:18am]

NaughtyKitty said:

NaughtyKitty said:

Let's hope Justin and Rihanna will appear on the album, I don't care about Kanye, Ne-yo and Will.I.Am.

Ronnuz said:

I don't care for anyone of them. I still say that Will.i.Am doesn't fit to Mike, I know he always works with some other star, but why not someone like Santana? And not some current star.

NaughtyKitty said:

I hope there aren't too many cooks in the kitchen. I believe that he should narrow it down to size, and pick someone with a good ear for music and writes well.

angel345 said:

well, he should work with just one or two producers.

graecophilos said:

Don't believe everything you read, I highly doubt that mj worked with Justin Timberlake and Rihanna...the other three yes.

Yeah Neyo, Will I AM, and Kanye are more believable.

suga10 said:

I see Akon is not in the article, lol...

Timmy84 said:

"hold my hand" and that was it

Many of the rumored collaborations with other artists proved to be false,everyone should wait until they see the tracklist and credits, im sure there will be names of other people we never heard that MJ is working with.

seeingvoices12 said:

Hold My Hand and Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008


I like the new music for WBSS 2008, but it's Akon's vocals that ruin it

If they had put the instrumental version of it, I know some fan would've made a remix with Michael's vocals from the album version or demo, and it would've sounded great

bboy87 said:

WBSS 2008 demo was in million times better than the final product, the bridge is just horrible, akon ruined the bridge, he should have just shut up, the bridge on the demo with just only music was better.

AS for "hold my hand", I never liked the song,thank god it got leaked and everything relating to the song collapsed

Oh shit, if kanye west has anything to do with this album I'm not even going to buy it. Ok so thats not true but I am definitley going to cry!

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seeingvoices12 said:

graecophilos said:

Mike has worked with Santana on Invincible - check out "Whatever Happens".

Swa

Swa said:

They should do more.

seeingvoices12 said:[quote]

graecophilos said:

Unfortunately I think when JT works with other artists he infuses too much of his style into their work - how many reworkings of the beats to Cry Me A River can he pass around, or how many "FutureSex/LoveSounds" soundalike songs (see Ciara Love Sex Magic and try not to think about "Sexy Ladies").

I think Justin is talented, but he seems to dish the same for other artists.

Swa