dance4me3121 said:

that book and that author is shit

mimi07 said:

they all like dianna ross , strange that jermaine didnt mention marvin , wich is a clear unfluence on him , to me . and no james brown from michael ? or jackie

motownlover said:

u know how motown used to prepare their anwers. they even had EVERYONE except tito lie about their age.
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mimi07 said:

They did, they later performed it on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in '74

mimi07 said:

how? the book mentions prince quite a few times. Mj also heard the song Jack u off and asked his manager How can somebody sing a song like that? isnt it suppose to b private? It also says that Mj saw Prince and madonna as competition and that He didnt like Mick Jaggers voice and that he was upset that he didnt win the Album of the year award at the 88' Grammys

dance4me3121 said:

Anybody who saw Michael's face during the show knew it was obvious he was upset


The author acts like he and Michael were great friends and a fly on the wall for all these so-called conversations when he only interviewed Michael in the 70s

bboy87 said:

I had a crazy experience earlier tonight with that whole scene

bboy87 said:

really i haven't seen it

bboy87 said:

exactly

Timmy84 said:

"Dirty Diana" is not on the CD, so it won't be in the movie. And didn't they say it was some elaborate number, one of the very few new things in the show? Weird that they are not going to show that...

LiveToTell86 said:

but it was gonna be in the show so this could be a pic from rehersals.

tangerine7 said:

dance4me3121 said:I have a old mj book called The Magic and Madness. It says that Mj went to see the Purple Rain movie premier and mj sat in the very back with his shades on the whole time,and he walked out of the theatre 20 minutes before the film ended,and mj said he thought prince was mean lookin. I guess mj gained respect 4 him through the years.[/quote]
Michael didn't attend the Purple Rain Premier. Warners Bros held a screening for folks who worked at the company on the lot of WB in Burbank, Ca. Michael made arrangements with Warners to see the film there but was late to the screening. The studio brass held up running the film UNTILL Michael showed up. He sat in the last row of the theatre all the while keeping his shades on. 10 minutes before the film ended, Michael got up and bailed. This is what was quoted in the book of what Michael thought of the film..."The music is o.k. I guess. But I don't like Prince. He looks mean and I don't like the way he treats women. He reminds me of some of my relatives. And not only that, the guy can't act at all. He's really not very good."
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mimi07 said:

All I KNOW is Orianthi Panagaris is hella cute AND she can play guitar! She has that Santana vibe happening on her solo material and she has also jammed with Prince in the past.

Jackson "This Is It" album to sell at iTunes

Apple on Friday confirmed that Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” music compilation will be available at online shop iTunes a day before the release of the compact disc version.

ViintageJunkiie said:

WHO says it's the reworked version of the original song?

The new song's name has always been I Never Heard. That line is even in the chorus.It was written in 1983.


They just chose this song because the verses start with This Is It.

They probably didn't even hear the other, the real This Is It song.

I don't get why some fans think it's a rewrite of the 1980 song. We got fooled by Sony, because This Is It NEVER was called like that.

... in other news this november in britian there will be a seance on tv to contact michael's spirit. i'm not joking.

Does anybody know if MJ was satisfied with his looks b4 he passed? and whats the story behind the Blood on the dance floor cd? was it originally meant to be like it is or did he record new songs but they didnt get released? cuz the REMIXES sure do suck. i like the other 5 tracks though.

dance4me3121 said:

michael was never satisfied with the way he looked and it's sad cause he was always beautiful.

idk about the cd

mimi07 said:

Randy TaraBORElli is a fucker. In a french documenatry he claimed himself to be a friend of MJ's.

graecophilos said:

yeah he always calls himself a friend. they met like once more than 30 years ago and all of a sudden he's an expert on michael's life.

mimi07 said:

I think they met more than once. Taraborelli worked for Ebony, so he might have met young Michael.

Then there was the infamous - speaking-via-Janet- interview from 1980/81.

But MJ surely DID NOT consider RT a friend, because he was always gossiping MJ.

In the documentzary RT claimed more or less that MJ was a pedophile and that was what broke his neck.
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graecophilos said:

that wasn't RT interviewing michael thru janet in the early 80's. either way he's up there on the shit list

I just found these two videos of him back in 1993 naming off some of his unreleased material. It's kinda sad to look at this, but at the same time it's interesting to see how Michael had the knowledge to know what he wrote and what was in fact released and unreleased:

This is another interesting video of him back in 1993 talking about his vocal techniques and how he wrote songs. There is also a demo of 'The Girl Is Mine' played in Part One of the video. Man I miss him! R.I.P Michael

mimi07 said:

Well, I think out of all the authors out there writing about MJ RT is the most comprehensive. His books are warts and all, but he does have greater insight into the life of MJ than most. I don't think his books are 100% truth, because unless he spent everyday of his life with MJ with a tape recorder in toll, there is no way could know word for word those long drawn out conversations that MJ supposedly had. However, he writes aboout the positive and negative, without necessarily putting a slant on his writings like other authors. In his books he dosen't state as a matter of fact that MJ was gay, pedo or straight like other authors have. Infact he was one of the few authors who has stated that MJ and LMP did indeed have a healthy sex life, even if the marriage was a PR exercise. He writes what he writes and then leaves the reader to decide for themselves what to believe.
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