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Discuss Everything and Anything MJ

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Reply #1 posted 03/04/11 10:10pm

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Vision is now certified 5x platinum in the US biggrin

"We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world."
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Reply #2 posted 03/04/11 10:26pm

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Brad Pitt wearing MJ

Brad Pitt loves MJ too XD

My friend got me THIS IS IT DVD for me and I'm just amazed.

He's so cute and sweet and childlike....even when he was 50!!!

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Reply #3 posted 03/04/11 11:03pm

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He has toured, performed and recorded with some of the best artists of our age. He is an accomplished musician, songwriter and producer with a career spanning 32 years. His unique and powerful drum technique has earned him respect and acclaim worldwide, but at heart he is humble, caring and spiritual, with a warm and funny sense of humor. He is Jonathan Moffett, and I had the pleasure in talking to him recently in an exclusive in-depth interview about his career, and his professional and personal relationship with Michael Jackson.

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Valmai: Jonathan, I’d like to ask you a few questions about Michael now. You worked with him for many years after he became a solo artist. What was it like to tour with him? Are there any experiences you are able to share perhaps, that were funny or poignant or that stand out above all the rest?

Jonathan: I have to say that working with Michael was amazing, absolutely amazing! That’s no overuse of the term and the word because he was such a genius; beyond the word genius a lot of times. Michael was a true genius. His gifts and his talents, his dancing and singing just denoted that he was a genius, you know? Everybody all over the world was in love with him. His sound and his moves, his image, his nature, I mean, he was just truly, truly gifted and blessed.

Working with him, and watching and learning from him, from a genius, lifts your abilities up, your vision, your view, your capabilities and possibilities. It was brilliant for me having the opportunity to work with Michael. I learned a tremendous amount from him; working with him on how to do things the right way, on perfection, on the meticulous, on dynamic’s and on being bigger than life. That was one term he always loved to use, “It’s gotta be bigger than life, and to make such an impression on people they will never forget it for the rest of their lives.” So working with Michael was just phenomenal.

To watch him dance at each concert was like me looking for a new planet; a new galaxy and discovering it because every time you think you know all of his moves, as I mentioned earlier, he does something that just dazzles you. And I’m back there; I’m supposed to be working, but I’m back there screaming and shouting, “Go Michael!” I’m like the fan on the other side of stage, but it was so amazing when he did something so totally, totally stunning. Every night I looked forward to that.

And his voice was just so remarkable and emotional and passionate, way beyond most people. There are very few singers who have such great passion and emotion, Stevie being one of them, but there’s a very, very limited amount of artists that can evoke such emotion. That, coupled with the dance, coupled with the imagery and his vision that he brings into concert, it’s just unparalleled. And the greatest of technology in his shows, his vision and creativity as you see in This Is It, how to put together a show and how to make things beyond belief so to speak, Michael had that. I learned a great deal from him and working with him was one of the greatest treasures. It was one of the greatest experiences of my life and career to work with the absolute best in the world. It was just amazing. I learned a lot in putting together a show and performances and theatrics and stuff.

But, one of the special moments can be found on one DVD. I think it’s on You Tube. We were in Germany filming for a live broadcast, and during the middle of the show he’s talking a little bit in the middle of the stage between songs. This little bug comes on stage, a love bug or some kind beetle bug. It’s on the floor and he sees it. He gets so concerned about this little bug and says, “Wait, wait, wait, there’s a bug on stage.” And people started laughing. He said, “Security, Security...Come get the bug.”

So people started cracking up and laughing, but he wouldn’t let the show go on because he was afraid he was going to step on the bug. And people started clapping because he had that kind of concern. Something as simple as that, as caring and emotional as that was a great moment, and a glimpse into his life as to whom he was. He stops a big production, a big machine of a production to protect this little bug so it didn’t get hurt with the dancers all over the stage. So that was a very special moment I think; something as simple as that, but very dynamic that he would have that much concern for the smallest life was very special. That’s one thing that stood out in mind as part of the show. His performance speaks for itself, but outside the performance, it shows the human being that he was.

Valmai: Yes, and I’ve seen that video; I’ve seen it on You Tube

Jonathan: Yeah, it was a magic moment

Valmai: Oh, yes, very. Jonathan do you feel that Michael helped you to become a better musician?

Jonathan: Of course, yes, absolutely! Working with and observing from behind, I had the best seat in the house. Observing from behind the greatness and magnitude of the performance, and watching how he delivers dynamics and excitement in his performance, you learn a lot in the process of putting a show together. Like on This Is It, everybody could see how he puts it together, and I’ve been in behind the scenes watching that for thirty years and learning from him. So now I have great confidence when I do my shows.

I’m doing tribute shows for Michael now and people really enjoy it. They feel like it’s a “Michael” show. It’s a one man show; just me, slides and his voice and music from his tour and songs. A lot of comments were that they felt like it was a "Michael show." I didn’t have all the big production. It’s just my giant, giant drum set, and I perform just like we were on tour, as if it was a concert with Michael. That and learning how to put together the right slide at the right time, right moments, and from working with Michael, made that show work. If I had the budget that Michael had, I feel that I could carry on the legacy and the tradition and the class that Michael foresaw because I learned a lot from him; watching how he does it and being around him

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Valmai: Michael was a master at synchronizing his dancers and musicians so that they flowed together in a seamless and perfect harmony. Can you give us a glimpse into his creative genius? Is there a story that you could tell us that we don’t already know?

Jonathan: Well, that question is a testimony and demonstration to how much he knows his music. To direct everybody, to know when something is missing, one single note in a chord, he knows it. He points it out, “Something’s wrong with that chord. What’s wrong with that chord? There’s a note missing.” Then he will actually hum the note; sing it out aloud, “daaaaaaaaa”…“Where’s that note? That note’s supposed to be there.” I’ve seen him time and time and time again do that. The same thing with the guitar parts. He’ll describe it; he knows that, he knows everything.

When we didn’t have percussions, we’d have the percussion parts in the computer that we would play to, and if a certain rhythm or pattern, (we had so many rhythms and patterns overlapping each other) if a certain element wasn’t there, he felt it. He feels everything, and his emotions tell him there’s something missing. He’ll think about this and he knows exactly what part is not there, what rhythm is not happening that doesn’t make the machine run smoothly. It’s like an engine. If one of the valves is out it stutters, it splutters you know, and he can feel that it’s not running smoothly. Michael knows all his music like that, and when all the valves are timed and running right and firing properly, Michael knows when it’s right because he feels it emotionally. He has the knowledge of how the music was put together. So I think that’s remarkable and it really answers that question. His band is so tight because he knows when something is missing.

We do all the homework and learn it; we’re supposed to learn it and come to rehearsal. That’s what we are getting paid for, and I make sure, that’s why Michael likes me there because he knows I do that with no excuses. He just trusts me totally because I have the same mentality. It’s got to be perfect, it’s got to be right, it’s got to be what the artist wants because that’s what I am getting paid to do. He never checked me once to make it right for him so he can get his best show. I gotta get my best show just so he can get his best show. He’s counting on me, and the whole show is counting on me. How can I let them down? I can’t. That’s my mentality, there’s no way.

So he trusts that everybody will be that way, and that’s why he hires you; the people that are capable of delivering that. If you’re with him on stage or in rehearsals, it’s because he trusts that you’re on the same level for focus and concentration and desire to be your best. Now sometimes some people fall short, you know, get a little lazy or don’t learn anything right or don’t perform it right, that’s when, like in the movie, he got on the keyboard player. He was the Music Director and Michael had to kind of teach him again. So sometimes that happens unfortunately, but for the most part we all get there and we do what we’re supposed to do. Michael refines it. He’s the chef so he’s putting more seasoning in here and there, “Change this and change that. Play that with maybe a little more attitude right here.” He refines it and mixes all the ingredients together. It’s a recipe, and he makes sure it’s a good dish to serve to the public so that they enjoy the meal of music.

Valmai: But I think that was part of his genius. With Michael, he just seemed to know everything about every element of the music. And like you said, he felt it inside. I think that’s what set him apart from a lot of other artists.

Jonathan: Everything is emotion; everything is emotion and feelings. You know, to see things with emotions is just like having a different vision; an emotional vision. I’m that way so that’s why I understand him. I’m exactly that way. I can work with him with ease and it’s easy for me. He and I are cut from the same cloth. He knew it and I know it, so you know, I just thought there was a magic between us. It was something that he felt that’s why he wanted me there. I feel fortunate and blessed to have been able to function on that level and to please somebody like him. I’m all about wanting to please the person and make them want me back, and that second gig and the call backs are more important than the first one. The first one you’re trying to prove to yourself. The second one is proving that you did prove yourself and they want you. So they mean more than the first time you work with somebody.

Valmai: And you were very, very blessed. You really were.

Jonathan: I know, I know. I don’t take it for granted. I will always cherish it and I’m very grateful.
Valmai: Jonathan, people speak of an energy around Michael; a light. Did you ever feel that?

Jonathan: All the time, every time I am around him. That’s why you know you are in the presence of greatness. That’s why you know you’re in the presence of somebody special. Just count the number of fans and people and the multitude that love him around the world. He’s one man loved by... CNN said that over one billion people mourned Michael from all the remote areas of the world, as well as all the known areas. What other human being can draw that much sympathy and that much hurt from their loss. Michael had something special, a radiance, and when you were in his presence the whole room changed.

People would say, "Michael’s coming," and everybody got nervous. As soon as you had the vision of him, even just knowing he was coming, you felt something, like a tingle happening. Just to watch him walk through the door, it’s like all the molecules in the air stop and you can pinch them with your finger; pick them up. It’s like you could see the smallest speck; you could see the molecules in the air when Michael walked in the room. He changed them; the molecular structure of the air. And that’s the equation of what happens when Michael enters, and everybody in the room felt it and knew it. Then their attitudes and personalities would change. They would perk up their attention, but they would always say, “There’s something with him. When he came in I got nervous. I felt something!” And I would hear that over and over again and I would say, “I know, I know. I’ve been feeling it for thirty years.”

And he was just so pleasant; just something with his imagery. Everybody radiates from a different frequency, and Michael had the highest level of energy I think without being from another world. His gift and his humanity of spirit were just so powerful and great and deep. He was a different human being from most of us; from all of us. He did affect everybody that came around him, from leaders of the world to normal folk, from children to people, grandmothers. Every single person that’s been around him said they felt something, that I remember seeing or talking to.

And that’s why people cry. People absolutely cry. I would sit on stage and watch them pass bodies, like back in the medieval days when people died of the plague. You would see them lift bodies, arms dangling and legs, heads swinging, and there was like an ocean of people with their arms up passing bodies to the front, to the gate. There would be a line-up there of emergency vehicles... five, ten of them lined up. There were stretchers and triages back there. One by one, people were passing them forward; sometimes a multitude of bodies moving across the crowd being passed to the rescue people. They would give them smelling salts and try to revive them. Some people were just totally gone, unconscious, you know, like totally no life in them, and that’s just from being in that stadium with Michael. I just got to just sit back there and marvel at it. It was just the most powerful thing to see, and that’s just from that one man in the center of the stage. He made even men pass out; women and men. That’s a power and Michael knew it. He knew he was gifted with something special, a purpose; uniting the world and uniting people.

Valmai: In the movie This Is It, you talk of Michael being a gift of God, sent to teach us to love; how to love and how to be. What did you learn from him that you remember every day now?

Jonathan: That every body’s a human being. Beyond the classification and categories, we are a human race. Michael treated everyone the same no matter what race, religion, and creed. You would see him all over the world on television; with all nations, all people, friends, foe’s, enemies alike, he was always the same. He didn’t stop his love of people or children especially. He would go to one of our worst enemies, the Nation, and he would love the children there and visit them at the hospitals.

And these are some of the kids that might grow up and decide to attack America, or whoever. Michael didn’t see that. He saw the child, the human being, the blessing of life from God. He would give them the gift of money and might even buy a kidney for the same people out of his hard earned money, and he wouldn’t think anything at all about it.

Whatever it cost; buying machinery for the hospitals all over the world, people have benefited from Michael’s gift of life, from the machines that keep these people alive at the hospitals. The kidney for a child, the transplants that Michael paid for out of his own pocket and asking for nothing, most people didn’t know about it until after he passed away or how much he really did. He asked for no publicity. He wasn’t in the newspaper. A foreign newspaper the next day didn’t credit him. That was one of his criteria; nobody knew. He didn’t want it to get publicity because he did it out of his heart.

People say Michael was broke and he was in debt for 300-400 million, but now it’s come out that Michael was one of the greatest, if not the greatest philanthropist that ever lived, and he had given away over 300 something million dollars of his own money he worked for. If he had that 300 something million dollars, I guess he wouldn’t be broke would he? No, I doubt it.

Valmai: No, he wouldn’t.

Jonathan: It’s the same amount as what they say he was in debt for. Out of his kindness and generosity and love for people that he didn’t even know and that didn’t really know him, he gave away to help, and then of course he had money problems?

I’m that way; I was raised that way too. I see the transparency; people might as well have skin I can see through because I see the heart, the spirit. That’s another way Michael and I were related also. We recognize the same things in each other. We both love children.

They’re the closest we will ever get to God, especially in a newborn infant. That’s the closest we will get to seeing God and being with God. So Michael was the same way; we related to each other in that way. We knew without even speaking of it. We knew we had like minds that recognized one another without even saying the words.

One of the things I learned is that I’m doing the right thing. I’m living the right way by being open-spirited. Michael proved that it does work, that it can work and it can make a difference. It can bring a multitude of people together because he did it. He proved it unselfishly. So I learned it’s possible because Michael proved it.

Valmai: Do you think Michael used his music as a way to get his message out there?

Jonathan: Of course. It’s evident in his music and songs; a lot of his songs. I mean, he made some shake your booty music too, but a lot of his important music is his message music, and people appreciated it in such a way they didn’t feel like they were being preached too. They wanted to hear it; the music about concern, about love and togetherness. A lot of times people shun away from that music because we feel like we’re being preached too, like we’re at church. We don’t want to hear that. Michael had such a way and such a nature that people wanted to hear it and loved hearing it. It didn’t sound like a sermon or preaching. They were curious and they wanted to become that; they wanted to see that vision he put forth.

He was a prophet in a way you know, in his music; a modern day prophet. Like I said, he was sent by God to enlighten, much like the prophets of old times. A lot of people don’t recognize it because he’s different in that he’s an entertainer, and he was sent in that form of being an entertainer, so a lot of people overlooked the prophecy he was teaching. His teachings of love and concern; you can hear about his concern with "Earth Song," and other songs he preached concern for the planet and people, for humanity, for one another. I think he’s a wonderful human being. I think he’s a lesson for everybody to learn and model after in that light; the light of concern and caring for one another. Sure would be a better world if everybody did.

Valmai: I know, it would, wouldn’t it? That’s why I think it’s so important to continue the legacy that he left for us.

Jonathan: Exactly! I agree.

Valmai: What do you want a generation 100 years from now to know about Michael?
Jonathan: That he was a man of power; of positive power that brought people together in the time that he lived. He brought people from all walks of life, all Nationalities and like I said, friends and foes alike. He was healing in the spirit because he healed a lot of people with his music and with his spirit. Being in his presence when he visited the hospitals, the children would be miraculously healed, I was told. Michael should be remembered for being one of the most positive human and unselfish human beings that ever lived. He just happened to be a singer and dancer too.

Valmai: So Jonathan, what are your plans for the future? Do have any tours coming up? Are you working on anything at present? Any albums?

Jonathan: Yeah, I’m working with the group Cameo, the funk band. Cameo has been around since 1977-’78. I’ve been with them since ’82 off and on. They let me go for someone like Madonna or Michael; they let me go do that. They say they don’t want to stop me from making that big money, but my chair is always there. “When you come back let us know.

When you come back you’ll be right back in.” So, since Michael passed I’ve been back with them. I left them to do This Is It with Michael, and then afterwards I needed a little time off you know, because it was too much; I couldn’t work right away. So, when I was ready I called them up and they took me right back in. I’ve been back with them since November of 2009, and still working with them.

I’ve been working with Jermaine Jackson; he wanted to do a tribute show to Michael. I work on my own one-man tribute show, like I mentioned, and I work with promoters now who try to book me around the country and hopefully around the world you know, to continue the legacy and the music. I’m Michael’s drummer so I want to continue playing with Michael, the music, the tracks and talking about him, and let people know the magic he and I had together; the caring he had and to keep sharing his music. It’s not like having him there, but with the images and playing to his voice, playing to his tracks, it’s almost like that. It’s the next best thing, you know, not like playing with a cover band or a look-a-like, I would never do that, and I wouldn’t want to do that. This is like playing with Michael; his image is there, his voice is there and all the fans say they felt Michael in the room. This is as close as I can get to that now, and I love doing it because I always loved playing his songs, his music, and hearing his voice and playing with him. So I’m doing that as well as Cameo.

There’s something huge on the horizon I can’t talk about right now, but it’s forth-coming. I just can’t talk about it right now. It’s gonna be unbelievable and I’ve been talking with some people about it. So that’s happening. I’ve got my own music; I have a lot of music much like Michael’s. Like I said, we are very like-spirited, like-minded. I have message music and I’m working on an album, somewhat like Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On; a message album that’s very commercial, but still songs based on the topic of life and humanity, much like Michael’s songs of that nature. It’s in the works now, and I have songs fully or partially written, and I have lots of other music. I have two hundred songs in the works at one stage or another, so I’m trying to get my music finished and ready for release this or next year.

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Valmai: The book sounds incredible. You will have to let me know when it’s published because I really want to own a copy of it. Jonathan, I am so grateful you did this interview; I’m so excited about it and it’s been wonderful talking to you. You have given me such an insight into Michael just hearing you talk; it’s just been wonderful, it really has, and I want to thank you very much.

Jonathan: You’re so welcome, so welcome. It’s great talking about things. I want the world to remember him.

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I decided to pop on "Moonwalker" today and I got to thinking...Does anyone know what show(s) those were during the "Man in the Mirror" performance? I know those shows had to be professionally recorded! I'd kill to have them in that DVD quality! And the quality of the clips from Victory tour are just...orgasmic! lol

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ViintageJunkiie said:

I decided to pop on "Moonwalker" today and I got to thinking...Does anyone know what show(s) those were during the "Man in the Mirror" performance? I know those shows had to be professionally recorded! I'd kill to have them in that DVD quality! And the quality of the clips from Victory tour are just...orgasmic! lol

I don't know which specific shows they were from but I think that most, if not all the shows were professionally filmed. I'm not 100% on that though so maybe bboy can offer more insight.

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This sample clips is taken from a DVD sermon entitled, The Crucifixion of Michael Jackson. Minister Farrakhan mentions the lyrics to History & They Don't Care About Us.

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Dangerous Tour

In the same year, Batten was called back to work on Jackson’s Dangerous Tour, giving her a perfect platform to market her solo work.

Despite widespread debate about his appearance and wellbeing, Batten says Jackson seemed like ‘the same Michael’, if slightly more fatigued.

“I noticed that he was busier and I remember that one time he came to rehearsals and just apologized for not having been there the last few days. He said, ‘I was just showered with meetings’ and he just repeated it with emotion, ‘meeting after meeting after meeting’.”

Jackson’s heavy schedule dictated that he was ‘limited in his rehearsal time’, meaning that much of the set list was simply carried over from the Bad Tour. This was ‘kind of disappointing’ says Batten, because ‘we all wanted to play the new stuff’. One of the few new tracks - Remember The Time - was cut from the show after a wardrobe malfunction.

“They had Egyptian costumes and the male dancers had these skirt kind of things. The first time we did it one of the dancers’ costumes fell off,” she cackles. “That was a little disturbing to Michael.”

The wardrobe malfunctions weren’t limited to rehearsals, either. On tour Batten would appear every night wearing an enormous fibre-optic headdress. “At the end of Beat It everybody would run out on the stage,” she remembers. “Invariably, I would be running at full force and somebody would step on my fibre-optic cable - it would pretty much knock my head off. That was kind of a drag.”

At the end of each show, Jackson would exit the stage on a jet pack, floating over the audience’s heads.

“He wanted to come out with the biggest show on earth,” says Batten. “He wanted it to be like Christmas for people. His imagination was like a creative tornado. He would come up with his wildest dreams and then hire people to carry it out. It was really amazing to be a part of that.”

That's kinda funny if that's the real reason the song was cut. I remember seeing that rehearsal footage of it and wondering why they never ended performing it on the actual tour.

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Reply #9 posted 03/05/11 8:10am

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TonyVanDam said:

This sample clips is taken from a DVD sermon entitled, The Crucifixion of Michael Jackson. Minister Farrakhan mentions the lyrics to History & They Don't Care About Us.

I don't care what anybody says, Louis Farrakhan is a genius.

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Reply #10 posted 03/05/11 9:30am

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I don't know how to post this video, but it's hilarious. Babies doing Thriller. lol

http://comedy.video.yahoo.com/?v=8765363


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"When Michael Jackson is just singing and dancing, you just think this is an astonishing talent. And he has had this astounding talent all his life, but we want him to be floored as well. We really don´t like the idea that he could have it all."
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Reply #11 posted 03/05/11 11:46am

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smoothcriminal12 said:

I don't care what anybody says, Louis Farrakhan is a genius.

He's also a bigot who is openly supporting the dictatorship of Libya and making homophobic, ignorant statements against the LGBT community.

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Reply #12 posted 03/05/11 11:55am

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Militant said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

I don't care what anybody says, Louis Farrakhan is a genius.

He's also a bigot who is openly supporting the dictatorship of Libya and making homophobic, ignorant statements against the LGBT community.

And he's a fake civil rights leader on top of that.

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Reply #13 posted 03/05/11 12:06pm

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my issue with farrakhan at this point (besides the homophobia) is that he's supporting a cult like scientology, and propping up l. ron hubbard- a man who said he was above the law. how can you state to be a man of GOD then prop up hubbard?

i love the interview michael did with lisa marie, and he was asked if he was a scientologist, and he was like 'HAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIL NAW! i believe in a higher power.'

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Reply #14 posted 03/05/11 1:27pm

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Very impressive.

PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever
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Live Your Life How U Wanna Live It
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MJJstudent said:

my issue with farrakhan at this point (besides the homophobia) is that he's supporting a cult like scientology, and propping up l. ron hubbard- a man who said he was above the law. how can you state to be a man of GOD then prop up hubbard?

i love the interview michael did with lisa marie, and he was asked if he was a scientologist, and he was like 'HAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIL NAW! i believe in a higher power.'

Yup. Scientology is a cult, a fake belief system built upon hilarious bullshit stories about space overlords, "thetans" and mystical space volcanos.

The fact that Farrakhan supports that shit just proves even further what a moron he is.

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smoothcriminal12 said:

I don't care what anybody says, Louis Farrakhan is a genius.

Indeed. nod

"You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup...Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend." - Bruce Lee
"Water can nourish me, but water can also carry me. Water has magic laws." - JCVD
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Reply #17 posted 03/05/11 3:41pm

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^ A genius of lunacy.

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Timmy84 said:

^ A genius of lunacy.

disbelief

"You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup...Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend." - Bruce Lee
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Reply #19 posted 03/05/11 4:13pm

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Timmy84 said:

^ A genius of lunacy.

rolleyes That's your opinion dude for sure. lol ..he spoke the truth through that video confused the truth that no one wants to hear...

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Reply #20 posted 03/05/11 4:44pm

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seeingvoices12 said:

Timmy84 said:

^ A genius of lunacy.

rolleyes That's your opinion dude for sure. lol ..he spoke the truth through that video confused the truth that no one wants to hear...

Yeah the same truthful man who 27 years before about called Michael the f-word for what he was doing in his career. confused

That's like Joe Solmonese calling Lady Gaga "a person who stereotypes gays, lesbians and bisexuals" and then 20 years later calling her a martyr in case something happened to Gaga. Not that I think Gaga is really doing that much but some think so lol

Truth is I didn't need Farrakhan telling me that mess. Michael said it his damn self. lol

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Reply #21 posted 03/05/11 4:55pm

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Timmy84 said:

seeingvoices12 said:

rolleyes That's your opinion dude for sure. lol ..he spoke the truth through that video confused the truth that no one wants to hear...

Yeah the same truthful man who 27 years before about called Michael the f-word for what he was doing in his career. confused

That's like Joe Solmonese calling Lady Gaga "a person who stereotypes gays, lesbians and bisexuals" and then 20 years later calling her a martyr in case something happened to Gaga. Not that I think Gaga is really doing that much but some think so lol

Truth is I didn't need Farrakhan telling me that mess. Michael said it his damn self. lol

Exactly Timmy. Some fans have short memories.

Farrakhan is two-faced and shady as fuck. He snaked out and killed Malcolm, he's intolerant and hateful and people wanna call him a genius?

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Reply #22 posted 03/05/11 5:05pm

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Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~Berthold Auerbach
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Reply #23 posted 03/05/11 5:06pm

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My dad was once apart of the Nation of Islam. I remember at the time he used to sprout out a lot of hateful messages. Many I didn't agree with. I don't mind trying to gather those who are interested in order to make a stronger people, but at the same time I can not agree with those who must belittle others in order to make themselves feel better. It should not have to be that way and that goes not only for Farrakahn, but many others who follow that same ideology. I also can't agree with those who support cults, like scientology or even the SAME man who called MJ a sissy. Even if MJ had spoken to him afterwards it should not have even come to that. As a leader and speaker I think you need to take responsibility and educate yourself before shouting out bullshit to your followers.

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Reply #24 posted 03/05/11 5:22pm

Timmy84

I was more excited about this video than I was about "Black or White":

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Reply #25 posted 03/05/11 5:33pm

SherryJackson

Oy, dag...remember those *cough* code words I posted a while back? My friend told me she got them from a forum called Lipstick Alley...apparently a very healthy MJ fan community resides there and they talk about everything MJ all the time. I however, can't really vouch for authenticity. Some of what they post on there sounds like it's coming out of their ass. shrug

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Reply #26 posted 03/05/11 5:36pm

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Timmy84 said:

I was more excited about this video than I was about "Black or White":

This the first video premier I remember of MJs.

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Reply #27 posted 03/05/11 5:58pm

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Vision is now certified 5x platinum in the US biggrin

awesome news!

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Reply #28 posted 03/05/11 6:09pm

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I don't care what anybody says, Louis Farrakhan is a genius.

He's also a bigot who is openly supporting the dictatorship of Libya and making homophobic, ignorant statements against the LGBT community.

I could care less. There are many things that he is right about, and I agree with him when it comes to some topics. His issues with homosexuals is his problem, not mine. And he is definitely not a bigot.

Farrakhan is two-faced and shady as fuck. He snaked out and killed Malcolm, he's intolerant and hateful and people wanna call him a genius?

Farrakhan is not intolerant and hateful. Not even close. Some people just can't handle the truth.

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Reply #29 posted 03/05/11 6:10pm

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Timmy84 said:

I was more excited about this video than I was about "Black or White":

What was the hype like when BOW came out?

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