bboy87 said:

4 songs? wat the hell there has to be more than that

bboy87 said:

i finished reading that version yesterday. i wan't planning on readin it cause i ain't gonna buy the book but some fan made an comment free version so i read it. it's deep but it leaves me wanting more, like it was incomplete. i heard he gonna make another book cause ya know he had 30+ hours of convo, i just wanna hear MJ speak for myself, i'd rather he just release the tapes then input his 2 cents.

mimi07 said:

If he does, I'm gonna download that one too


Some fan made a PDF version of For The Record and posted it on KOPD and some other sites Not cool because the guys worked really hard on it and paid for the publishing out of the own pockets. I'm really pissed about that....fans ripping off fans

http://www.startribune.co...36847.html

June 25, 2009

Twin Cities musicians: 'He was a world icon'
By Jon Bream, Star Tribune



Minneapolis drummer Michael Bland got off the airplane in St. Louis on Thursday evening to find this text message: "Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett dead."

"I'm having trouble processing this," said Bland, 40, who had declined an invitation to be in Jackson's touring band in 1996. "I figured he'd be here till he was 80. His death is more significant than John Lennon's. He was a world icon."

Speaking by phone moments after he heard the news, Bland said he was dumbfounded. He had recently been in contact with musicians who were set to back Jackson on a 50-concert run in London starting in mid-July.

"All I heard was that he was in shape, and the tour was going to make a lot of money," Bland said.

To a contemporary, the sudden death was a wakeup call.

"I've had so many musician friends die in the last year," said Jellybean Johnson, drummer for '80s hitmakers the Time. "Michael Jackson dying doesn't seem real. But it is reality. The clock is ticking on us all. Forget the nonsense that goes on in this business. Whatever you're going to do, do it now."

Johnson, 52, of Brooklyn Center, who played guitar on Janet Jackson's 1990 No. 1 hit "Black Cat," met her brother briefly in 1995 in the lobby of Flyte Tyme Studios in Edina. Michael and Janet were there to record their first duet, "Scream," with producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.

He had a surgical mask on," Johnson said. "He didn't have a bunch of bodyguards. It was a very short conversation."

Lewis remembered Jackson as "an unassuming, regular guy" until it was time to record. "When he went into the studio to do vocals, he lit up into a different person in a whole other place, a whole other universe. I haven't seen it from anyone since. He was magnificent."

The Jackson 5 played the Twin Cities a few times, but his only solo concerts here were a three-night stand in 1988 at the old Met Center in Bloomington. His dancing was fabulous, his singing heartfelt and his entertainment instincts uncanny. He seemed lost in his own performance, with his eyes mostly closed.

Lewis, Johnson and Bland -- the longtime Prince drummer who now plays with Soul Asylum -- grew up on Jackson's music. Before Bland could read, he could pick out Jackson's records.

For Prince, born the same year as Jackson, Jacko was a friendly rival. Bobby Z, drummer for Prince and the Revolution, remembers watching the 1984 Grammys with his boss when Jackson swept the awards for his album "Thriller."

"We were watching rough cuts of 'Purple Rain,' and we knew that's where Prince wanted to be the next year," Z said Thursday.
Jackson showed up backstage at a couple Prince shows in 1984. The two icons, whose "Thriller" and "Purple Rain" defined the 1980s, never did work together. Later that decade, when both were recording at the same Los Angeles studio, Prince invited Jackson to play ping-pong. Michael, a star since age 8 who had lived a sheltered life, didn't know how.

"You want me to slam it?" Prince asked, according to engineer David Z, who was there. "Michael drops his paddle and holds his hands up in front of his face so the ball won't hit him. Michael walks out with his bodyguard, and Prince starts strutting around like a rooster. 'Did you see that? He played like Helen Keller.'"

But Bland insists the two icons got along fine: "They'd shoot hoops at Paisley Park," Prince's studio/home in Chanhassen. "We used to get packages from MJJ Productions footage of Sly Stone performing in Europe. Prince would pop it in the VCR, and we'd watch it."

Does anyone know the name of the music playing at 1:30? I love it.

mimi07 said:

Who in this family is selling these children's lives like this? Why is Katherine allowing them to do this?

This Is It (the song) snippet!!!!

go to

http://www.sonymusic.co.j...index.html

CLICK:

Grammy should give Michael a Lifetime Achievement Award. I can't believe he never got it when he was alive.

voyevoda said:

The Grammy's should have a award named after MJ,

For the Record:

Can this be posted on the org.

But Bland insists the two icons got along fine: "They'd shoot hoops at Paisley Park," Prince's studio/home in Chanhassen. "We used to get packages from MJJ Productions footage of Sly Stone performing in Europe. Prince would pop it in the VCR, and we'd watch it."

It makes sense now that I heard the "This Is It" snippet. There's this song in the early 90s that Michael wrote with Paul Anka I believe called "I Never Heard" ended up on album by Safire I believe in 1990 or 1991, I'm sure Jay knows what I'm saying. This is Michael's demo version of that song. There's a line in there called "this is it" and they used that as the title now. That's how new we're gonna get it for now.

ofcourse Michael sounds much better singing it.

I said that when I heard it on YouTube (I'll post it when I find the link) "1990s vocals with 2009 production, lol"

Timmy84 said:

damn, I ripped the audio just in time

is it removed?

theyll prolly kick this one soon too?

NMuzakNSoul said:

Nah, it's been on there for awhile


It's interesting to see his versions of songs he wrote/produced for other people
Love Never Felt So Good: Johnny Mathis' version is cool and Michael's version is awesome too

This Is It and I Never Heard: both great


Now I want to hear his version of The Brothers Johnson track "This Had To Be" which was written as "You Not Me" and I want to hear it now!

bboy87 said:

I'm saying!

I like Mike's version better of "love never felt so good". sorry johnny. lol. "i never heard" has some stevie instrumentation with the breakdown and i'm a sucker for that.

bboy87 said:

I just LOVE Michael's version of "Love Never Felt So Good."

Timmy84 said:

DANG I fell asleep. didn't get to hear it.

Since I didn't get a chance to hear the "This Is Ut" snippet, please tell me it's the original 1980 version (w/ original vocals) & not some revamped 2008 version

nvm: i found it! Make sure you click the "This Is It" banner.

http://www.sonymusic.co.j...index.html

Nice song, I'm torn on his vocals tho. A few parts sound give me "Destiny" era tease, while other parts give me a 1989-1993 tease
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ViintageJunkiie said:

I would like 2 know myself??

tangerine7 said:

I posted a link .. refer to my post above yours

ViintageJunkiie said:

Thanks. i'm going to try that again i saw it on mjjc but couldnt hear nothing
I got it playing. Thanks ViintageJunkiie
uhmmm This sounds older,but I don't know goes to replay
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tangerine7 said:

WELCOME! Yeah when they posted the link, it was straight to the music player. I guess you have to go to the main page THEN click the banner to get to the music player to make the song play.

ViintageJunkiie said:

yep. The page was loading slow. you're right that's it.. people on twitter are all over that page gotta make it slow

have any of you heard this.... completely


This is it
Here I stand
In the light of the world
Love is grand
And this love
I can feel
And I know
Yes, for sure
It is real

And it seems as though
I've seen your face a thousand times
And you know
That you've seen my face before
And you said that you don't want me
To come around
But many times
I'm gonna do it to this love

Ooh, yeah
I never heard a single word about you
Falling in love wasn't my plan
I never thought that I would be your lover
Come on, please, baby
I'm trustin'

This is it
Here I stand
With you I've got the world in my hands
And this love
That I feel
Yes, I know
That's for sure
This is real

In my dreams I've seen your face a thousand times
But I know
Never felt this way before
I look at you
And I can't believe the love I found
And I know
That I can never want for more

I never heard a single word about you
Falling in love wasn't my plan
I never thought that I would be your lover
Come on, baby
I'm trustin'

This is it
(This is it)
Here I am
(Here I am)
I'm in love
And I'm at your command
(Your command)
This love
That I feel
(That I feel)
Never thought it could feel so real

I can feel you turn the key
That free my broken heart
Now I'm not afraid to love
Against some odds
And you're everything I know
That I can want and more
But I really didn't know it until now
No, no

I never heard a single word about you
Falling in love wasn't my plan
I never thought that I would be your lover
Come on, baby
I'm trustin'

Oh, yeah
I never heard a single
(Word about you)
Falling in love wasn't my plan
I never thought that I could be your lover
Come on, my baby
I'm trustin'

Oh, yeah
I never heard a single
(Word about you)
Oh, no
Come on, my baby
I'm trustin'
Yeah, yeah
I'm trustin'
Yeah, yeah, yeah
You see, you see
I never heard, I never heard
I never heard, I never heard
About you

tangerine7 said:

Never heard the whole thing, but we shall hear it tomorrow

ViintageJunkiie said:

Yep at midnight.
Youtube still has it up,but it's restricted in the USA ppl in other countries can play it on youtube
This video is not available in your country due to copyright restrictions.

tangerine7 said:

Really? Send me a link to it please