I'm randomly searching for old Michael songs on the U.S Copyright website, and I came across "Sunset Driver" being created in 1982. I thought that song was a Destiny/Off The Wall outtake?

for the ladies!! and some guys

ViintageJunkiie said:

I love Sunset Driver! Woot!!
I thought it was older than that as well maybe it was written before that,but wasn't copyrighted till '82..??

ViintageJunkiie said:

Sometimes demos aren't registered until after they're made.

mimi07 said:

yea i'm gonna quote that pic.

Superstition said:

yea when you create it's a process at certain times so i can see it being copyrighted a few yrs later

ViintageJunkiie said:

keep searching though it's cool finding out when they actually were copyrighted
gives an ideal of when

Superstition said:

Type of Work: Music
Registration Number / Date: PA0001293548 / 2005-02-14
Title: Sunset driver.
Appears in: The ultimate collection. Epic E5K 92600, c2004. 4 compact discs & video disc (DVD)
Publisher Number: Epic E5K 92600
Performer: Performed by Michael Jackson.
Copyright Claimant: Mijac Music
Date of Creation: 1982
Date of Publication: 2004-11-16
Authorship on Application: words & music: Michael J. Jackson.



It wasn't registered until 2004 which is around the same time The Ultimate Collection was coming out. Michael probably got the date of creation mixed up.

mimi07 said:

nice picture

yeah, when she wasn't a bitter b**ch, maybe she's changed in the last couple of months. i hope she still feels like shit tho
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TMZ
http://www.tmz.com/2009/1...com_inline
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http://www.eonline.com/ub..._tune.html

All is well once again in Michael Jackson Litigation Land—but things were looking dicey for a minute.

Crooner Paul Anka, who perhaps most famously penned the lyrics to the Frank Sinatra standard "My Way," says that Jackson's estate has apologized to him for releasing the single "This Is It" without properly acknowledging Anka as a cowriter on the tune.

After publicly griping and threatening legal action if the matter of compensation wasn't taken care of, Anka said Monday afternoon that estate administrator John McClain called him up make amends.

"I said, 'It's fine if it's an honest mistake. These things happen,' " Anka told the New York Times. McClain told him, he said, that the estate had presented Sony with 50 songs and "This Is It" was the most distinctive—for good reason, so it turned out.

In a statement, the Jackson estate said it in no way meant to put one over on the prolific singer-songwriter.

"The song was picked because the lyrics were appropriate because of the name Michael gave his tour," McClane and coadministrator John Branca said. "We are thrilled to present this song in Michael's voice for the first time, and that Michael's fans have responded in unprecedented numbers. The song was co-written by the legendary Paul Anka."

McClain had plucked the piano-and-vocals track from the vault and built an arrangement around it, not realizing that it strongly resembled the Safire song "I Never Heard," which was credited to cowriters Jackson and Anka in the 1980s.

Anka says that he and the soon-to-be King of Pop wrote the song in 1983 as a duet for Anka's album Walk a Fine Line, but that Jackson took the tapes back shortly after the song was first recorded.

He had to threaten to sue to get the masters back, Anka said, along with documentation proving that he holds the copyright to the music and lyrics.

"They have a major, major problem on their hands," Anka said earlier today, before he received the conciliatory phone call which, incidentally, resulted in a promise that he will get 50 percent of the proceeds from sales of "This Is It."

Just a pic. Too cute!

dag said:

people are already making websites and stuff for the kids...

bboy87 said:

Okay, so please take my excuse.
The office is more credible than Anka.

ViintageJunkiie said:

Okay, if This Is It is MJ's original version, what did Anka change for I Never Heard.?

graecophilos said:

We haven't heard MJ's solo version he wrote by himself, so we don't know. 9 times out of 10, Anka changed the lyrics, just like Quincy and James changed Michaels lyrics to his original version of "PYT".

Prince's tribute to MJ in Paris....



Shake Your Body Down(to the ground) The Jacksons "Music Video"

Prince version in Paris....5.57min....done on live show 12/10/09

http://www.rtl.fr/fiche/5...amais.html

Nice
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Someone is selling
1. Starlight (5.11)

2. Slapstick (2.44)

3. Billie Jean (Demo) (5.53)

4. Baby Be Mine (Demo) (4.16)

5. Startin’ Somethin’ (Demo) (5.30)


on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eB...3DWatching

mimi07 said:

You know this is a great example of what a great parent Michael was..

We miss you mike

bboy87 said:

I bought the book. His commentary actually isn't judgmental at all. As someone who studies mental health and therapy, the Rabbi was doing what he could given his profession, and how fragile Michael was.

In an unrelated note my friend, check out the new trailer if you haven't seen it already. It features more of Michael's "Human Nature" performance then the first clip that made the rounds. You can hear Michael singing in his falsetto towards the end. Simply beautiful. Check it out here:
http://www.youtube.com/wa...v9YAgkdtNY

LondonStyle said:

Nice!

Has anyone ever seen a picture of Mike and Karen without her being all over him?
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mimi07 said:

ah thanks, I saw that on TV and have been looking for it again with no luck. makes me wanna friggen cry

bboy87 said:

Can we all MJ.org together and buy it? We can each all get copies of the songs.

LondonStyle said:

I find Mike extremely sexy in this clip. I really like his choreography with his brothers in both this song and also Heartbreak Hotel on the Victory Tour. They weren't anything elaborate but I find them really hot

And what Prince did was really nice
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bboy87 said:

Hmmm...

dag said:

I think she was in love with Michael. Well, I don't know for sure but it appears that way.