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Babyface and George Benson paid tribute to MJ at their show tonight Babyface asked everybody to stand up and applaud the "greatest entertainer ever" and then dedicated "when can i see you" to mj. after babyface left the stage, the sound system blared I want you back==the crowd broke into an impromptu jam/sing along. it was really sweet/nice
George Benson also dedicated a song to mj Ledisi didn't even acknowledge his passing. ![]() [Edited 6/25/09 22:27pm] | |
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Did she have to? | |
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I said the same thing, Fury. Maybe it's weird because 'Face and George did it so maybe Ledisi didn't want to, doesn't mean she's heartless, right? | |
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Maybe she would have gotten emotional mentioning Mike. PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever ----- Live Your Life How U Wanna Live It | |
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LittleBLUECorvette said: Maybe she would have gotten emotional mentioning Mike.
Thank you, I mean people have different ways of handling situations like this. Some musicians will play people's songs in their honor after their death, some others will carry on with their shows. She'll probably twitter about it tho. | |
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Timmy84 said: LittleBLUECorvette said: Maybe she would have gotten emotional mentioning Mike.
Thank you, I mean people have different ways of handling situations like this. Some musicians will play people's songs in their honor after their death, some others will carry on with their shows. She'll probably twitter about it tho. her set was maybe 1/2 hour after the news broke. not saying she had to do a song, but damn..acknowledge the legend. taking 10 seconds out of your set to say something nice wouldn't kill you. maybe she could have taken out the part of her set where she kept telling everybody how to pronounce her name correctly. ole girl just seemed more about getting her 30 minutes than doing the right thing and paying respects..just my opinion | |
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Fury said: Timmy84 said: Thank you, I mean people have different ways of handling situations like this. Some musicians will play people's songs in their honor after their death, some others will carry on with their shows. She'll probably twitter about it tho. her set was maybe 1/2 hour after the news broke. not saying she had to do a song, but damn..acknowledge the legend. taking 10 seconds out of your set to say something nice wouldn't kill you. maybe she could have taken out the part of her set where she kept telling everybody how to pronounce her name correctly. ole girl just seemed more about getting her 30 minutes than doing the right thing and paying respects..just my opinion Maybe she didn't hear about it, who knows? We just don't know, we can make our own assumptions. It's just that in my opinion I don't think she was doing that in spite. We just don't know, you know? | |
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There are soo many celebrities reacting to his passing, lots of twittering(?) going on in the entertainment community. I think almost everybody has commented on his passing because he inspired soo many generations of artists throughout the world. It's really nice to see Babyface and George Benson paying homage to him during their shows.
Man, I just can't believe that he's gone. He was such a huge part of music history for so many generations of people throughout the world. I'm going to be crying for the next three days like I did when Luther passed away. ![]() I just remember playing the 'Thriller' and 'We Are The World' vinyls when I was 7 years old and being amazed by this man. I feel in love with 'The Wiz' because of him; and, then I saw him do the Moonwalk on 'Motown 25' and that was the moment that I understood what a legend/icon really was. I'm sad that I never got to see him perform live. I am happy that I did get to see him a few years ago when me and my friend went to Universal Studios Orlando one day on a whim. He was just walking from shop to shop with his bodyguards minding his own business, except for the crowd of people following after him totally amazed and fascinated to be seeing Michael Jackson walking around a theme park (we were two of those flabbergasted people ![]() My prayers to his family and fans. He was a prime example of greatness personified. Michael, you will be greatly missed. ![]() Prince Rogers Nelson
Sunrise: June 7, 1958 Sunset: April 21, 2016 ~My Heart Loudly Weeps "My Creativity Is My Life." ~ Prince Life is merely a dress rehearsal for eternity. | |
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Timmy84 said: Fury said: her set was maybe 1/2 hour after the news broke. not saying she had to do a song, but damn..acknowledge the legend. taking 10 seconds out of your set to say something nice wouldn't kill you. maybe she could have taken out the part of her set where she kept telling everybody how to pronounce her name correctly. ole girl just seemed more about getting her 30 minutes than doing the right thing and paying respects..just my opinion Maybe she didn't hear about it, who knows? We just don't know, we can make our own assumptions. It's just that in my opinion I don't think she was doing that in spite. We just don't know, you know? the whole pavillion was talking about it. not saying she was spiteful, but dang-it just seemed like 'face and george embraced the bad news and kind of brought their own story to it and the crowd appreciated it. ![]() | |
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oh, and george benson sounds like shit live ![]() his version of greatest love of all sounded like sexual chocolate from coming to america ![]() | |
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Fury said: oh, and george benson sounds like shit live
![]() his version of greatest love of all sounded like sexual chocolate from coming to america ![]() ![]() ![]() Prince Rogers Nelson
Sunrise: June 7, 1958 Sunset: April 21, 2016 ~My Heart Loudly Weeps "My Creativity Is My Life." ~ Prince Life is merely a dress rehearsal for eternity. | |
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Fury said: Timmy84 said: Maybe she didn't hear about it, who knows? We just don't know, we can make our own assumptions. It's just that in my opinion I don't think she was doing that in spite. We just don't know, you know? the whole pavillion was talking about it. not saying she was spiteful, but dang-it just seemed like 'face and george embraced the bad news and kind of brought their own story to it and the crowd appreciated it. ![]() Yeah I got you. I was just saying, lol. ![]() | |
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Timmy84 said: Fury said: the whole pavillion was talking about it. not saying she was spiteful, but dang-it just seemed like 'face and george embraced the bad news and kind of brought their own story to it and the crowd appreciated it. ![]() Yeah I got you. I was just saying, lol. ![]() upon further review...he didn't even sound this good. GUITAR SKILLZ-- A++ SINGING-- F- | |
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Fury said: Timmy84 said: Yeah I got you. I was just saying, lol. ![]() upon further review...he didn't even sound this good. GUITAR SKILLZ-- A++ SINGING-- F- "SEXUAL CHOCOLATE! ![]() ![]() | |
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I don't know if it was already mentioned, but Elton John sang "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me" in tribute, and Donna Summer planned to dedicate a song to him at a show this evening. "Funkyslsistah… you ain't funky at all, you just a little ol' prude"!
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funkyslsistah said: I don't know if it was already mentioned, but Elton John sang "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me" in tribute, and Donna Summer planned to dedicate a song to him at a show this evening.
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That was nice "And When The Groove Is Dead And Gone, You Know That Love Survives, So We Can Rock Forever" RIP MJ ![]() "Baby, that was much too fast"...Goodnight dear sweet Prince. I'll love you always ![]() | |
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I'm gonna pull out the 'Off The Wall' CD and play it all weekend long. | |
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If you take a look at the people who paid tribute to MJ, it was people who were old enough to know the impact that he had on music. Face and Donna, had even worked with MJ, in the past. Allot of these young pups don't realize the impact that their forefathers have had on their craft. They will get there. "Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth" | |
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Great nods by Face & George !
Fury said: oh, and george benson sounds like shit live
![]() his version of greatest love of all sounded like sexual chocolate from coming to america ![]() That's too bad to read and hopefully it was an off night for him because imo he shouldn't deserve to go in history as an artists with fading skills when performing live. I'll always cherish an awesome energetic show of him which i visited in the early 90's. Besides that, his early to mid-70's performances when he mixed more instrumental jazz in his set are worth to check too. "Weekend in L.A." is another great live-recording, and i once found a live boot-cd from around 1979/1980, with on some tracks a full string-orchestra playing great arrangements. [Edited 6/26/09 9:39am] | |
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