LiveToTell86 said:

haha, you know us Madonna fans are used to getting the songs re-invented every time...

MJ never did this, most musicians don't do this.

I don't blame him for not rearrarging his old songs, you could not make them electro-house songs anyway, I blame him for using the same medleys and the same stupid stunts. I just hate this Body Nation shit. The industrial sounds etc...
Since Dangerous, MJ's fast songs were so rough, he just shouted and breathed rather than singing like on the early fast songs.

Timmy84 said:

MJ must have been aware that they would show his dead body. As long as he wears make up and his beloved wig everything's fine man.

graecophilos said:

Wasn't he nearly 6ft tall?

I'm 5'3.4 and fluctuate between 117- 120lbs as my weight. I've been married to 6ft tall men, and sorry but 120 lbs is not a healthy weight for someone at that height. My last date was 5'9 and 129 lbs and it was painfully thin...there is nothing good about a person of that height at 55 or 60kg (121-132 lbs). It's ridiculous. People forget that the camera adds 10 lbs to you. Chances are whatever weight Jackson was in 92/93 wasn't chubby at all. He was the normal body weight for a man his size and age who had lived. Chubby my ass...

And like everyone else said, Iw as at least hoping we would have gotten a different vocal arrangement in his songs for the tour. One thing I noticed about Michael was, he used the same formula for all his tours. Only difference in arrangements I ever noticed was the rhythms he used for WBSS during his tour runs. Other than that, everything seems the same. Watching that rehearsal, I can bet the next song was going to be a snippet of "In The Closet"

novabrkr said:

MJ was against lip syncing at rehearsals. The AEG people confirmed that he wasn't doing that in these rehearsals either.

His vocal coach came on CNN. He said MJ was singing through the entire rehearsal.

Hmm, I guess the pictures and the video proved that he wasn't gonna change much anyways. It's sad he didn't know how to progress further in his stage act. It takes away from the talent he obviously had but his post-J5 career always included spectacles.

His vocal coach came on CNN. He said MJ was singing through the entire rehearsal.

His vocal coach came on CNN. He said MJ was singing through the entire rehearsal.

suga10 said:

but that doesn't mean his mike was turned on.

And like everyone else said, Iw as at least hoping we would have gotten a different vocal arrangement in his songs for the tour. One thing I noticed about Michael was, he used the same formula for all his tours. Only difference in arrangements I ever noticed was the rhythms he used for WBSS during his tour runs. Other than that, everything seems the same. Watching that rehearsal, I can bet the next song was going to be a snippet of "In The Closet"

Does anyone know if the Quincy interview is real?

Like fuck it is. I'm going to quote a post my friend made today on this:

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I’m sick of this, MJ didn’t whine; if ppl are gonna ask him the same questions in interviews for 30 years, they’re gonna get the same answers. It’s not like he was holding weekly press conferences to moan about his childhood. The press was banging on about it as much as he was, actually more. Look at any of the tribute mags/articles, I bet they have more analysis of his lost childhood than they do quotes from him about it. Half the mags have a pic of him as a kid on the front, and what effect is that meant to have? Because ppl see it and feel sorry for the kid who went through so much and ended up that way, and want to read about how terrible his life was. They totally milk it more than he ever did. Ppl want to know the gruesome details about exactly how abusive MJ’s childhood was, they love that stuff. MJ didn’t write all those ‘Jacko’s dad beat him’ headlines, if the editors didn’t know the public would eat that stuff up they wouldn’t report it. His friends and commentators are ALWAYS talking about it and the effect it had on him, and the reality of being a child star, more than he ever did. ‘I cannot recreate that part of my life, nor would I change any part of my life’ he said at the 1993 MTV awards. He realised what he’d sacrificed and what he’d received in return, and was grateful, and used his knowledge to make countless children’s experiences better. He did ‘get on with his life, man’, he used his experience in a positive way, for his art (as an indirect influence, he directly mentioned it in 1 song out of how many??), and for children’s charities, and raising awareness, and letting thousands of terminally ill children visit Neverland. What’s wrong with all that? Who the fuck cares if he went on a ferris wheel? He didn’t let his experience impede his work, instead it spurred him on, it’s not like he had a traumatic couple of years as a child star and spent the next 40 sitting at home crying, eating donuts, and feeling sorry for himself. He got on with his life enough to become the biggest star on the planet and Quincy needs to get the fuck over himself. And that book sounds hideous and completely counter-productive, if ppl are trying to cope with childhood traumas they should get some cognitive behavioural therapy and read Phillip Larkin’s poem:

They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another's throats.

Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don't have any kids yourself.

We already knew it would be the same show and that 90% of it would be mimed. That's the way it's been ever since 1997. He did shows in 1999 that followed the same template too. 2001, same thing. That's why I was just shaking my head when people were acting like we didn't know what the show would be like. Of course we knew! No song Michael has introduced into his set has ever been reinvented in any way throughout his adult life.
[Edited 7/2/09 13:47pm]

His vocal coach came on CNN. He said MJ was singing through the entire rehearsal.

sorry if this was already posted

$25 Charge to Attend Michael Jackson Memorial

Michael Jackson’s official memorial service has been scheduled for Tuesday July 7th at Staples Center in LA. But this isn’t a freebie!

If you wish to attend, you’ll have to shell out $25.

Family, friends, and VIPs at the memorial will sit on the main floor, while the general public will sit in the stands. So it’ll be exactly like a Laker game! Celebrities on the floor, regular people up top!

The memorial service will feature music, guest speakers, and video screens inside and out of Staples Center.

According to Radar Elizabeth Taylor and Diana Ross are expected to attend.

Vendors will sell Michael’s “This Is It” tour T-shirts outside of the venue as well. The service will be held between 10AM and Noon July 7th.

http://www.hollyscoop.com...20773.aspx

midnightmover said:

Because it was really hard to imagine they wouldn't even make at least a slight attempt to make the show not to seem as some 80s nostalgia acts. But yeah, seems it's true fans paid only for seeing MJ on stage again and they wouldn't have cared less about the actual performances etc.

Also, I do remember some people here being definite about MJ trying out something new now, less lipsynching, saying HIStory was temporary vocal problems and so on...

trueiopian said:

I´d love to know that, too. It´s weird. If it is true then as someone said it is sad he did not say these things when Mike was alive.

BTW, that rehearsal´s great. Mike looked great. I would love to see the rest of the rehearsals to see if it would be the same as the History tour, cause this piece is the same except for that tiny bit of Why you wanna trip on me. I think this wasn´t there.

Ugh they are charging people, what the hell? I know Michael wouldn't like that. Say whatever you want, but no one was nicer to their fans than Michael. That is not something he'd like. Who is doing this? Joe? Wouldn't suprise me if that was the case.

MSNBC just stated that Debbie wants custody of the 2 kids, the circus begins!!!!

lazycrockett said:

Oh my!