carlcranshaw said:

I've never seen this before (not that I was looking for it)

Nice clip. This is why they don't need to wait around for each other. Just get to work.

It upsets me that they didn't do any more performances following that album's release.

carlcranshaw said:

Not bad! See, if they continued to just perform and make music they wouldn't have so much hassle getting back in the studio. I think they want nothing less than a hit or sold out show.

Right if the fucking Osmonds did it why couldn't they? People stop thinking of Donny when the Osmonds continued, I don't know why they were too scared to do it without Michael. They can do it now but they rather do a reality show, I don't get that.

trueiopian said:

i know they just MIGHT be able to get away with it

bboy87 said:

:hi5:

daPrettyman said:

i'm guessing 2004

Timmy84 said:

I think they're scared to do it without Michael because Michael was basically the "voice" of the group. He was on pretty much EVERY song and people are used to that.

ViintageJunkiie said:

That's true. I guess you can also say he was the heart and soul of the group.

Timmy84 said:

Basically. I really want them to pull it together. I have faith in them

ViintageJunkiie said:

The whole family (excluding Janet) depends on Michael.

trueiopian said:

i don't think rebbie does and tito has been doing his solo gigs for years. marlon seems to be doing his business stuff and jackie doesn't seem like the type to use his lil bro. i don't know why people just assume the whole family can't provide for themselves.

bboy87 said:

That pic on the sleeve in destiny, with them at the board, has a lot more meaning for now after watching this series. Tito and that big shit-eating grin on his face. I used to always be like why is he so happy? He was in there running thangs. Telling them when they sounded like The Supremes, I suppose.

ViintageJunkiie said:

i do too

mimi07 said:

I think everyone has their own source of income, however, it may not be as much as MJ was giving them. I know Rebbie has a business, correct? I think the only one that seems to depend on him is Mother and Jermaine (I know, I've been throwing shots at J-Fab all day)

mimi07 said:

True. I've never given much thought to the rumors that he was financially supporting everyone. I can honestly say that I just wantd them to keep doing music and being out there. It just felt weird not having the Jacksons around.

mimi07 said:

I'm sure they can provide for themselves. It just seems like the brothers, Joe, Katherine and Latoya depended on Michael talent wise, PR and possibly financially. Not that I believed the rumors that all the brothers were broke.

ViintageJunkiie said:

Financially?

J-Fab is getting his. Collecting those coins for his worldwide hit "Lets Get Serious".

trueiopian said:

mimi07 said:

It's 2005.

I can tell

midiscover said:

whatever i was guessing by michael's hair latoya's outfit i knew it's either 04/05

ViintageJunkiie said:

midiscover said:

Janet's hat?

midiscover said:

You can tell it's after the Damita Jo era.

I was enjoying the show in the beginning, the way they covered the aftermath of the death of their sibling, the whole "healing process" was good to see. I wish the show would've stayed on that, moving on as a family, but now the show is about this phantom show and songs they producing and all the back and forth drama between the brothers, it's not just Jermaine either, it's all of them...now I'm just done with the show.

I'm a huge J5/Jacksons fan, been down since 83, but to be very painfully honest, The Jackson 5 as we remember them doesn't exist anymore not just because the passing of Michael, I feel that the Jacksons should have reinvented themselves a long time ago.

Years back there was this tv show called the Family Honors, and I saw Jermaine and Tito perform together, it wasn't the Jackson 5 but it was the Jackson Band. That's the direction that they should've continued on. No they weren't going to sell out stadiums like Michael and Janet, but they wouldn't gotten some respect because at the end of the day, it's the music that counts. Last night's episode, I saw Jermaine and Tito jam with the band, and along with Randy on keys, I can clearly see that, a more mature r&b, jazz, rock, pop band. But Jackie and Marlon wants the old Jacksons with the pyro, the dancesteps and the space/rhinestone suits, etc. That was exciting but sadly it won't be the same without Michael.

thatruth said:

Exactly. It seems like they waited until Michaels death to wanna make a comeback. Now I'm aware that they were working on the show before he passed, they should have been trying to reinvent themselves years ago. It's gonna be a problem because it's such short notice. They don't have time to find their "style" musically.

mimi07 said:

Well, you guessed wrong

and @ trueiopian
Yea, I can tell from the hat and Janet's whole look but it's from the end of the Damita Jo era when she got her baby hair game proper up

ViintageJunkiie said:

Oop! beat me to it

kibbles said:

marlon did mention randy when he and jackie were going over the dance steps