Both. I am not sure that Mike is on everyone's mind. At least I didn't feel it this way, but it's true that i don't listen to radio nor watch TV, so I am not sure if anyone remembered him, but it besides airing that Bashit documentary, I didn't notice anything else. Even one of my collegue asked me the following day if it was his anniversary yesterday that he was surprised not to see him anywhere. I would love to believe that it was due to my presentation. "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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I'm sure he was played since it was the week of, like on the radio, and people subconsciously realized that and remembered YANA. | |
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Why does it say on Bryan Lorens myspace that he was involved in these songs?
Minimoog synth-bass and programs drums/percussion on "Black Or White", and programs drums/percussion on "Who Is It" from Michael Jackson's Dangerous Lp.
I know he worked with Mike during 89-90 but I thought the songs he was involved with were Men in black, Work that body, To Satisfy You? It's very strange that Mike didnt give cred on Black or white & Money , if he worked on those songs... hmm....
It's also interesting to read that they made many songs together, it seems as if MJ didnt like the direction tho.
" The endless parade of high-profile people I met, just because I was with him when they showed up. From Michael Milken to Eddie Murphy, Steve Wynne, and Little Richard. I did the arrangement on the song he wrote for the Sigfried and Roy show in Los Vagas. The list goes on. I still have the Fedora I took off his head while he was annoyingly poking at a plate of food I was eating at the studio one day, making him recoil because he had ‘hat-hair’(lol). I remember clearly the day he brought Bubbles(the chimp) to the studio, and Bubbles hit me(open-hand) in my chest(that s$%t hurt!). I wanted nothing to do with the chimp after that. Michael said it meant he liked me. He could not have been more amused. We shared laughter about things that only we knew. We could be in a room full of people, and either one of us could make the other laugh about something that would have others thinking ‘what’s so funny?’ It really made me feel special when Michael told me how talented he thought I was, knowing what the whole world thought of him. Likewise it was a special feeling working with him. We recorded some twenty-plus tracks together. Sadly, many of these we never finished. But when we did do vocals, beyond his lead work it was always a pleasure to listen to this man lay background harmonies. His voice was truly unique. Really pure tone, and great intonation. On The Simpson's song ‘Do The Bartman’, the background vocals in the bridge are just me(contrary to what the press believed at that time). But, the harmonies in the chorus are performed by the two of us. We are each, singing each part harmony. We did them simultaniously. It was a quick, and painless process. I mixed the record, and I promise you all the vocals are equal gain. That’s two people, and it’s tight! It was really cool for me, as I’d never so easily before doubled with someone doing background vocals. He did the backing chorus voices on ‘To Satisfy You’ from my ‘Music From The New World’ CD because I’d written it for him, for 'Dangerous'. When it was decided he wasn’t going to use it, I told him I wanted to keep his vocals and put it on my record. He said, ‘Of course’. We actually did the finishing work on ‘Superfly Sister’ from ‘Blood On The Dance Floor’ a few years after I’d already done the track, as this was a song that I started writing during the ‘Dangerous’ sessions. Which made me feel it was always possible that we might revist some of the other music we’d started all that time ago. This was not unusual for Michael, as in the case of ‘They Don’t Care About Us’ from the ‘History’ album. This was a song that he’d started even before I joined him for 'Dangerous'. One of the first things I heard was this song, but it got bumped at that time. ‘Earth Song’ was also started during 'Dangerous'. 'Dangerous' was a rough period for me as well. As we’d recorded so much music and none of it was used for that project, and much else occured that I won’t go into here. But, I will say that I spent a great deal of enjoyable time with Michael and made some great music with him as well. There are some songs that even in there unfinished format, you can hear their potential. And over the next few months I will be posting some of those that have enough content to hear that potential. When we began working, it was my hope to return to a form of feeling that you got from the 'Off The Wall' or even the 'Thriller' Lp. Where there was a very organic feeling about the content. ‘Work That Body’, is complete with Michael repeating(at my behest) the rap from The Jackson Five’s ‘ABC’. He DID NOT want to do this(lol), but realized the toungue-in-cheek fun contained in it. I produced this track, and am performing all of the music. There are no sequencers on it, as I do not generally use them in the course of my work. The two of us wrote the lyric and melody. Ironically, I’d intended a while ago to post this and other songs that we’d done together because somehow, they’d been leaked to the internet. I would occasionally get email here at Myspace and otherwise asking if I had done this work. Well, to finally and officially answer that question: yes. A bunch of these are my songs, produced by me and co-written with Michael. It is sad that this would be the occasion to finally get to this, but I suppose people who love Michael would especially now like to hear work of his that was unreleased. There is also some amount of catharsis for me in this process. I am proud to have produced and written for Michael. I am also proud to have called him my peer, and my friend. We shared a friendship that he had with very few people. It was very special to me. I am deeply saddened by his sudden, and untimely passing. My best wishes and sympathy go out to his children and all of the Jackson family. It goes without saying, he will be missed. R.I.P., big bruh... "
[Edited 7/2/12 10:59am] [Edited 7/2/12 11:07am] When the power of love overcomes the love of power,the world will know peace -Jimi Hendrix | |
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Forgot how good this was, and he sounds really hot and sweet at once! [Edited 7/2/12 22:45pm] | |
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So when do you think Sony is going to give away the bad 25 tracklist? | |
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My guess would be at the beginning of September. They will probably keep it on lockdown as long as they can. | |
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i was just watching this is it, when i realized something. Michael infact does do the moonwalk, at the end of smooth criminal when they are dancing him and the background dancers moonwalk, but it is not shown from the side, but rather from the front.. with that being said, im posotive there is footage from billie jean with the moonwalk. | |
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Lately, I've been thinking of the celebrity MJ imitator's out there and how I found myself disliking them because of it, where as otherwise, I don't take issue with them as artists/performers. I'll name two: Chris Brown and Usher. I'll start with Usher. I thought that Usher was entertaining enough. I'd listen to his music and I liked watching him perform until I started to notice that his moves were taking on an MJ slant. I mean nothing is original, but his performance, to me, seemed less creative and more like he was copying MJ's style and not making it his own and I decidedly became turned off by him and disgusted in a way.
Chris Brown wa a cute kid to me and I liked his passion. And I liked his dancing. I felt that he was one to watch and I was excited that maybe, one day, with much hard work, he could prove to be as good a showman as Michael. I didn't believe this of his singing, but of his skills as a performance/artist. But then Chris Brown began to grow up and everytime I saw him perform I started to feel that he was blatantly copying Mike. Did he think he was as good as Mike? Was he trying to be Michael? Now, I feel differently. Both of these artists were showing Michael love when he was here walking the earth. Usher was trying to do Michael when it wasn't so popular to show Michael love. Chris Brown came out and he wasn't scared to pay homage to Michael when it counted, when Michael was here to know about it. The same with Ginuine, Chris Tucker and Al B. Sure! I'm sure there are many others; Justin Timberlake, Justin Bieber. All of these guys have been trying to do Michael and instead of getting mad, I should be glad. I now look at it as they are showing respect and keeping Michael's memory alive, showing how great he was, and really just paying him the biggest compliment. They won't be as good but I don't think I'll say "why don't they do their own thing" anymore. The truth is, is that MJ is going to continue to be imitated until someone comes along with all the talent that he had and does what he did, get it right by making it their own. [Edited 7/3/12 21:13pm] | |
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Makes me wanna do this:
[img:$uid]http://i49.tinypic.com/admbnd.gif[/img:$uid] "I took another bubble bath, with my pants on. All the fighting stopped. Next time I’ll do it sooner.”
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Here's me wearing one of Michael Jackson's personal "Thriller" jackets. He had 5 that were created for the video. Three of them were worn in the making of the video, but this is one of the ones not worn for it. However, he did wear it - just not in the video.
Turns out he was much smaller than I am!
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how'd you get ahold of that? not sure I beleive this. anyway, of course he was smaller, he was said to weigh 105 in those days. | |
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You know it's a slow news day when....lol
Has anyone else felt their fandom is different from before the death compared to after? I don't mean less of a fan or not a fan, but just feeling....different, like almost empty? | |
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Rodeo!
Of course, now he needs to step up his game and do the yellow-assless pants outfit from Prince's MTV performance of Get Off. | |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/entert...W_story_1.html | |
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Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson: "He has been a friend of ours for a long while," explained Mercury, who visited King of Pop Michael Jackson at his mock-Tudor, pre-Neverland mansion on Hayvenhurst Avenue in Encino, Calif. "He used to come and see our shows all the time, and that is how the friendship grew ... just think, I could have been on Thriller. Think of the royalties I've missed out on!" The two had worked together as well. As the book details, in Mercury's words, "We had three tracks in the can ['There Must Be More to Life Than This,' which later appeared on Mercury's first solo album; 'Victory,' which was featured on The Jackson 5's 1984 comeback album Victory; and 'State of Shock, which became a Jackson duet with Mick Jagger], but unfortunately they were never finished. They were great songs, but the problem was time -- as we were both very busy at that period [1983]. We never seemed to be in the same country long enough to actually finish anything completely. Michael even called me to ask if I could complete ['State of Shock'], but I couldn't because I had commitments with Queen. Mick Jagger took over instead. It was a shame, but ultimately a song is a song. As long as the friendship is there, that's what matters." Mercury subsequently fell out with Jackson because the U.S. star objected to Mercury taking too much cocaine in his living room. MJ L.O.V.E: https://www.facebook.com/...689&type=2 / YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/us...nderSilent | |
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Cocaine? I thought Michael distanced himself from Mercury because he was gay and Mike didn't want to fuel any more gay talk than he already did. I don't know if I read that somewhere or just made an assumption, I just thought it was strange how he cut Freddie off after being close to him, I also see Mercury in Michaels stage performance, particularly when he holds his fist out, that was a freddie thing. | |
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NEW YORK (AP) — Spike Lee worked with Michael Jackson and considered him a friend, but the director says even he learned a lot combing through footage of the icon for a planned documentaryabout the singer's "Bad" album. Lee calls it a "treasure chest of findings."
"We have footage in this documentary that no one's ever seen, stuff that Michael shot himself, behind-the-scenes stuff," he said in an interview Monday. "We had complete access to the vaults ofMichael Jackson. ... He wrote 60 demos for the 'Bad' record. Only 11 made it. So we got to hear a lot of that stuff, too, so it was just a great experience."
He added: "You don't have to be a Michael Jackson-head to enjoy this."
Lee's documentary, which does not yet have an official title, will be part of a flood of material to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the "Bad" album, Jackson's follow-up to "Thriller" that included hits like the title track, "Smooth Criminal," ''The Way You Make Me Feel" and more. The album is being rereleased Sept.18 with additional tracks, a DVD and other bonus material; Lee's film is due to come out later this year, but no date has been set.
Besides Jackson's artistry, Lee said the documentary will show a more personal side of the late legend.
"He had a great sense of humor, and he was funny — so you'll see a lot of that stuff," he said. Lee interviewed people ranging from Kanye West to Mariah Carey to L.A. Reid to Sheryl Crow, who was Jackson's background singer on the "Bad" tour.
"We really divided it into two things: Artists today who were influenced by Michael, and then people who worked side by side — musicians, songwriters, technicians, engineers, people at the label, who were all committed to Michael, to the follow-up to the biggest record of all time, which still is 'Thriller.'"
Besides the documentary, Lee also plans to hold his now annual birthday tribute to Jackson in Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York, on Aug. 25; Jackson would have turned 54 this year. "This year we're going to focus on the 'Bad' album, we're going to focus on the 25th anniversary, but at the same time we're going to play his full catalog, including the Jackson 5 and the Jacksons," he said. "It's going to be even bigger and better this year." ___ http://news.yahoo.com/spi...17686.html
Sounds like this will be a really good documentary! I'm excited to see unseen footage! Wonder if its the same unreleased footage that Justin Bieber saw?
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Bad 25 New Documentary (Snippet) by Spike Lee
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looks good, cool! | |
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Love this! I cant wait I'm excited about this Spike Lee documentary, because he wants to honor michaels legacy and he's a huge fan as well, so it's def something great! I love the fact that he's included things we havent seen before, finally someone is doing a good MJ documentary! When the power of love overcomes the love of power,the world will know peace -Jimi Hendrix | |
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just wanted to share these lol [img:$uid]http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnvpwkhJKS1qliffqo1_500.gif[/img:$uid] [img:$uid]http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnrtozZAhN1qftymjo1_500.gif[/img:$uid] [img:$uid]http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lngkcbAhXh1qikw5fo1_500.gif[/img:$uid] [img:$uid]http://i50.tinypic.com/20ppz6h.gif[/img:$uid] [img:$uid]http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltkltyQfAV1qm180to1_500.gif[/img:$uid] [img:$uid]http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltyd8pIsuC1r4ohnvo9_400.gif[/img:$uid] [img:$uid]http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpgwibz9X81qikw5fo1_500.gif[/img:$uid] [img:$uid]http://i54.tinypic.com/2h4c6t0.gif[/img:$uid] [img:$uid]http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmn8vgkqwO1qauweoo1_500.gif[/img:$uid] [img:$uid]http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll7f1p93WS1qhbq3j.gif[/img:$uid] [img:$uid]http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmhaci3zU71qcsr0lo1_r1_500.gif[/img:$uid] [img:$uid]http://i47.tinypic.com/2u7573c.jpg[/img:$uid] [img:$uid]http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsm32hQ1uB1qbwnvzo1_500.gif[/img:$uid] [img:$uid]http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt45mbMMgx1qkix5ho1_r2_250.gif[/img:$uid] [img:$uid]http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt45mbMMgx1qkix5ho2_r5_250.gif[/img:$uid] [img:$uid]http://a.imageshack.us/img17/2274/gtfof.gif[/img:$uid] | |
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These are beautiful, just saved them!
I have another caption for that last one....get off the stage! | |
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it looks great and Spike, in my opinion, makes better docus than feature films but I was really hoping he would do a full life bio, not one on the making of an album. He did one on Jim Brown that was brilliant, who knows why he's not doing the same with Michael. Maybe he didn't want to feed into the controversies, I think it's a cop out. I would have like to see him delve into this in a way the american press did not, that is to say, I think Mike was innocent and I want to see his name cleared sometime in my life. | |
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^ i can contact MJ's Estate & Spike Lee about your idea if you like, maybe we can start a petiton and once we have enough signatures send it to the official online team of the estate | |
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Yes please do When the power of love overcomes the love of power,the world will know peace -Jimi Hendrix | |
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GREATEST ENTERTAINER/ARTIST OF ALL TIME AND THAT EVER EXISTED... YALL KNOW WHAT IT IS | |
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well i'm writing the rough draft of the petiton right now and once i'm finished, the peition will be posted hopefully tomorrow. we can spread it around signatures for support of them and then i can send it to the official online team of the estate and spike lee | |
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