This'll be interesting, to say the least.

SoulAlive said:

the words, 'according to jermaine', should tell you all you need to know about the veracity of this story.

how many times in the last 15 years of mj's life did he state that mj was going to get back together with his brothers on a tour? exactly how many times did it happen?

nuff said.

I doubt Janet would do that shit , word is she's pissed at jermaine.

babybugz said:

She's pissed at him about what?

JabarR74 said:

Inventing she would be touring with her siblings.

HIStory repeats itself. Now with Janet.

What goes around comes around.

It's sad that Jermaine has to keep lying to the public,just to get people interested in a Jacksons reunion tour He used to say that Michael would be participating but now that Michael is dead,he has to use his sister Janet as a tool.He can't accept the fact that people just don't care about their tour!


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[Edited 2/25/10 13:08pm]

SoulAlive said:

i sometimes feel badly for him, but then i snap out of it.

ever since the early 90s, jermaine has been trying to get to a place in time before solo mj, before the jacksons, as if a reunion tour with the original group was going to make people forget those years when he wasn't with them. it's kind of like he thinks if he can get people to remember the j5 as it was, he can magically erase those other years and sort of go back in his mind to the place where he had had his greatest success. but you can't go back, you can only go forward.

SoulAlive said:

They were planning something and Janet wanted it to happen, but she said a certain one was holding out.....and we all know who that was


Michael said that he felt his brothers kinda did things just for the money

[Edited 2/26/10 1:14am]

bboy87 said:[quote]

Love this one - La Toya - always the fashion plate.

For those interested, you can read an English translation of Joe's book here

http://www.mjfranceforum....17.45;wap2

bboy87 said:

I actually hope that they go ahead with their tour and schedule dates in large arenas.It's gonna be fun watching the tour flop BIG TIME Who would pay to go see the Jacksons without Michael??

SoulAlive said:

you evil muthafucka

If it was a good show, I'd go, but they shouldn't try to do Michael's solo songs, maybe a medley, but not full out. I have no intention of seeing other people doing his songs now

bboy87 said:

Michael sang lead on damn near ALL of their songs.What are they gonna do,have Marlon take over MJ's parts? No thanks!

SoulAlive said:

I was looking at their discography and looked at the songs Michael DIDN'T sing lead on.....

1976-1984
Men of War
Give It Up
Wondering Who
Wait
One More Chance
We Can Change The World
The Hurt
Body


THAT'S IT

bboy87 said:

I guess they'll have to add those songs to the setlist,huh?

SoulAlive said:

You know I love and support the brothers and all, but I gotta admit, Michael was the driving energy of the group. He sang lead, did the choreography, worked on the stage production, wrote many of the songs.....

I don't mean to sound stan-ish right now , but take a look at footage from those days, especially 1976-1984, all the brothers shined, but that Michael.....WOW, you knew there was something there

bboy87 said:

Exactly! That's why I hope they go through with this tour.They'll finally get the message,once and for all

Here's Rebbie!!!!!

bboy87 said:

Co-lead actually, as well as some from the first Jackson lp. Although I've never been sure why he is credited as co-lead on "Wondering Who" for the hee "hee hee love is gone" ad lib.

bboy87 said:

Why did the guy ghost-wrote an autobiography? Joe really DOES think he is a superstar. I remember his interview with Record in which he said the interview should be about him- not about Michael- and that he is the real superstar of the family. Yup, he REALLY thinks he is a superstar. Someone should tell him that he is just the infamous father of the superstar.

JabarR74 said:

Didn't MJ produced that song

SoulAlive said:

You'll be able to hear crickets chirping in the arena. It'd be like The Pips without Gladys.

uPtoWnNY said:

The problem with this is not only they would have to
do this without the most famous sibling but they got
to quit thinking big venues.(message to Jermaine) It's not 1984 anymore.
These guys would have to play small venues and push
reasonably affordable tickets. Who in the hell are gonna pay
more than 35 dollars to see these guys perform?
Good luck with that.
[Edited 2/26/10 12:38pm]

Jermaine is like Ralph Kramden, one get-rich-quick scheme after another. Is that greasy fool still trying to turn Neverland into an MJ Graceland?

uPtoWnNY said:

Now, he is busy claiming there are other people involved in MJ's death. You know...Murray doesn't have money.

http://channelhopping.ont...on-review/


The Other Michael Jackson Review: Boogie Blame

February 26, 2010 by Emma Rink

THE OTHER MICHAEL JACKSON: Friday 26th February, Channel 4, 7.35pm alert ME

Warning: if you’re not a fan of the song, ‘Blame it on the boogie’, look away now. Seriously.

For everyone else, you’ll want to get off your sofas and dance as soon as this documentary starts with The Jackson Five bursting onto the screen like musical happy pills.

That is until a man called Sam Peter Jackson appears, ending the party. But wait. He has a message. “In 1978 my dad wrote one of all-time classic disco anthems. My dad is Michael Jackson.”

No need to drop fork-onto-plate. For this is the true story of two men of the same name, releasing the same song in the same week, a.k.a, ‘The Battle of the Boogie’.
Contrary to popular/my opinion Michael and Jermaine Jackson weren’t getting their afros trimmed when they were suddenly inspired, grabbing the scissors for a makeshift mic. It was actually Yorkshire-born Michael and his brother Dave who co-wrote the hit.

“I changed ‘bad boogie’ to ‘blame it on the bad boogie’ to, ‘blame it on the boogie”, Dave recalls. We also hear the original demo. But record producer Sylvester Levay wasn’t impressed, that is, until the line, ‘I just can’t control my feet’ was stuck in. As it turned out, nor could Levay.

What is noticeable is how many times they break into a BIOTB sing-a-long. It seems they just can’t get enough of it. Granted, you don’t really mind – each rendition is like audio prozac.

No self-respecting documentary about the past goes without black and white re-enactment footage. As the older Michael recalls meeting the young Michael in a London hotel, you can only imagine the dodgy (and rather pointless) footage that it accompanies. Which is almost as dodgy as the anecdote itself.

We also learn how the Jackson Five got hold of the song. Sam Jackson declares, ‘Without my father they might not have got famous’, owing all their success to his father. Which is a little presumptuous (has he not heard, ‘I Want You Back’ ?)

Anyway, the great ‘Battle Of The Boogie’ commenced and needless to say, The Jackson 5 version was just that little bit more catchy. Tony Blackburn isn’t hesitant to say, “It was one of the best things I’ve ever heard.”

By the end of the doc we see the ‘other’ Michael Jackson performing Blame alone into a mic that doesn’t seem on, like a not-quite-right karaoke stint from a man who missed his chance at the big time.

But he only had himself to blame, chimes Pete Waterman. “The song was so good it killed him as an artist.” Sadly, for the MJ we all know and love, one could almost say the same.

bboy87 said:

Why the fuck would I read Joe's book? LOL