Copycat said:

Now that's what I'm talmbout

so i was watching "we r the world" vid on youtude and noticed sheila e and got to thinking....we all know what princes deal was or so they say --- i still think it was shyness that stopped him from attending --- but where was madonna, boy george, george michale (wham)?

Timmy84 said:

yeah, right on Timothy!

Cinnamon234 said:

you literally broke? Don't you ave your money

1817 said:

Boy George and George Michael were on "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and I guess they didn't wanna be on a song that was rivaling their song. As for Madonna, I think she was working on the music video for "Material Girl" when they did the song.

Oh and neither of them were on the American Music Awards (save from Prince).

So, most of these magz will be released tomorrow right??

Timmy84 said:

well said, Timmy.

Thing is, Boy and George were on the Live Band project. WATW is only the US plagiate of Live Band (although I prefer WATW)

graecophilos said:

hell, i'm gonna go into overdraft once I've paid my rent if I buy these mags.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

It could, lol.

@Grae, yeah that's basically the point, it would've kind of seemed odd for them to do that because they were part of another charity pop group.

Cinnie said:

I think these magz will sell out rather quickly.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

I'm just talking about the ones I actually SEE hit the newsstand... I'm not trying to collect 'em.
But yeah, I better not delay.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Basically.

BSK3478 said:

nevermind
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LittleBLUECorvette said:

Only the Time mag special edition is confirmed for June 29.

If anyone is having trouble posting on this thread because it is too long, you should....

go to "My org"
click on "forums" on the left hand side
and under "Change Forum Preferences" uncheck the box that is next to "Full recap on reply"

it should speed things up a bit if the
page is loading really slow

thekidsgirl said:

Thanks! I was having trouble too but thought it was my computer on its way out. Much easier now.

JackieBlue said:

I'm glad I could help...someone mentioned that problem on another thread

Timmy84 said:

http://www.washingtonpost...00666.html

thekidsgirl said:

I don't know why I was so SLOW to do this. Thanks!

You make forum posting a little safer. Now I don't have to always wait for the script to stop loading up YouTube videos whenever I wanna post.

Copycat said:

One of my fav. pictures of MJ

PurpleCharm said:

I live in the Detroit area. I would love to go down to the Motown Museum tonight but Id rather watch the BET Awards LIVE. There will be masses of people there and parking might be difficult. Im sure some of it will be on the late news tonight, they may even break into programming.

For all of you that dont know, Michael Jackson holds a very very special place in the hearts of Detroiters. We consider him and his family our own. Its always been that way.

Cinnie said:

WHAT? I only spent around 400/month - including the rent.

No need to spent more than 100 Euros or Canadian $$$ on food, clothes etc.

the rest gets saved, I've got almost as much money in thousand than my age.
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Cinnie said:

Timmy84 said:

also, the project was called USA for Africa.

Where all the partcipanties American?

bboy87 said:

believe me, it grows on you

errant said:

man, don't get used to it. I rarel drink, the last time is exactly three months ago.. alcohol makes stupid and old.

Timmy84 said:

the timing is just bad

graecophilos said:

Mostly. But I still can't understand for the LIFE of me why DAN AYKROYD was there!

Timmy84 said:

it's the same thing that happened in 1997 when Princess Diana died and then Mother Theresa a week later. Diana still got and gets most of the press. Some might argue that Mother Theresa deserved to get more attention because of her virtuous acts. On the other hand, some might argue that it's understandable that Diana got more attention because she was someone who was part of the popular culture on a daily basis for 20 years and the average man (and woman) on the street had a more personal connection to them, no matter how tenuous.

As for Reagan's death getting more coverage than Ray, well all I can say is thank God, because if it had been the other way around, I'd seriously fear for the priorities of the media and the public. Ray Charles was a singer. Ronald Reagan, whatever you might think of him, was the leader of the free world for 8 years and his death is a bigger deal than any of them and had more lasting impact on the world in probably any 1 month of his presidency than any singer's entire career ever will. I fully suspect that if Jimmy Carter or George H.W. Bush were to die this week, Michael Jackson's death would be pushed to the entertainment pages of all the newspapers, as it should be.

As for the coverage of Michael vs. Ray and James, I remember those two getting quite a few tributes and a lot of media coverage. But it goes back to the Diana vs. Theresa thing. Michael Jackson had an impact, and a more personal one, on more people alive in the world TODAY than Ray Charles and James Brown combined. While their contributions to the world of music may be more profound than Michaels, Michael reached a greater audience around the world, and one that is right now interested in paying him tribute and remembering him. I'm not sure what purpose is served by thinking "it's not fair that Michael is getting all this attention and praise when others didn't." He was the most famous man in the world for the last 25+ years. There is going to be a lot of interest.