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thats the one i was waiting for, i hope latoya does not do anything with the other unrealised MJ songs, (sorry but i dont like latoya...at ALL)A new song!
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Michael Jackson’s Daughter ‘Struggling to Cope With Dad’s Death’
Aug 13 2009. Posted by Adam
Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris is struggling to come to terms with the death of her superstar dad, it has been claimed.
While Jackson’s two sons — Michael, 12, and Blanket, seven — were pictured shopping with their dad’s rumoured fourth son Omer last week, 11-year-old Paris has barely left her grandmother Katherine’s side.
“Paris is struggling the most since Michael’s death,” a source told Britain’s Now magazine. “She was her daddy’s girl. He was her best friend and he was so proud of her. She’s really heartbroken and she misses him so much.
“She keeps having dreams that he’s still alive, then when she wakes up and realizes he’s dead, she starts sobbing. It’s horrible. Prince Michael has been great — he’s rising to the occasion and trying to be strong, but he’s suffering too.”
http://www.showbizspy.com/article/1...ghter-struggling-to-cope-with-dads-death.html
Aug 13 2009. Posted by Adam
Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris is struggling to come to terms with the death of her superstar dad, it has been claimed.
While Jackson’s two sons — Michael, 12, and Blanket, seven — were pictured shopping with their dad’s rumoured fourth son Omer last week, 11-year-old Paris has barely left her grandmother Katherine’s side.
“Paris is struggling the most since Michael’s death,” a source told Britain’s Now magazine. “She was her daddy’s girl. He was her best friend and he was so proud of her. She’s really heartbroken and she misses him so much.
“She keeps having dreams that he’s still alive, then when she wakes up and realizes he’s dead, she starts sobbing. It’s horrible. Prince Michael has been great — he’s rising to the occasion and trying to be strong, but he’s suffering too.”
http://www.showbizspy.com/article/1...ghter-struggling-to-cope-with-dads-death.html
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Gordy does Moonwalk
16:46 | Thursday August 13, 2009
By Jess Linington
Motown founder Berry Gordy is to write the introduction for the new edition of Michael Jackson’s autobiography, Moonwalk.
Gordy, who launched the singer’s career, will discuss why Michael rose to fame so quickly, his first impressions following the Jackson 5’s audition and why Jackson was the “greatest entertainer that ever lived.”
As the founder of Motown, Gordy was instrumental in propelling the careers of Diana Ross & the Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and countless others.
Moonwalk, Jackson’s one and only autobiography, was first published in 1988, with the new edition published on October 22.
http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1038419&c=1
16:46 | Thursday August 13, 2009
By Jess Linington
Motown founder Berry Gordy is to write the introduction for the new edition of Michael Jackson’s autobiography, Moonwalk.
Gordy, who launched the singer’s career, will discuss why Michael rose to fame so quickly, his first impressions following the Jackson 5’s audition and why Jackson was the “greatest entertainer that ever lived.”
As the founder of Motown, Gordy was instrumental in propelling the careers of Diana Ross & the Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and countless others.
Moonwalk, Jackson’s one and only autobiography, was first published in 1988, with the new edition published on October 22.
http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1038419&c=1
Michael Jackson’s Daughter ‘Struggling to Cope With Dad’s Death’
Aug 13 2009. Posted by Adam
Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris is struggling to come to terms with the death of her superstar dad, it has been claimed.
While Jackson’s two sons — Michael, 12, and Blanket, seven — were pictured shopping with their dad’s rumoured fourth son Omer last week, 11-year-old Paris has barely left her grandmother Katherine’s side.
“Paris is struggling the most since Michael’s death,” a source told Britain’s Now magazine. “She was her daddy’s girl. He was her best friend and he was so proud of her. She’s really heartbroken and she misses him so much.
“She keeps having dreams that he’s still alive, then when she wakes up and realizes he’s dead, she starts sobbing. It’s horrible. Prince Michael has been great — he’s rising to the occasion and trying to be strong, but he’s suffering too.”
http://www.showbizspy.com/article/1...ghter-struggling-to-cope-with-dads-death.html
Poor little girl. I just really admire her since she tried to hold a speach at the funeral. I think that was really brave. I have never done that but she did in front of 10.000 people and 1,8 billion viewers. I hope she will be ok.
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Who is Smilay Cyprus? Outside the US nobody knows her....:fortuneteller:
Read this - http://www.examiner.com/x-16686-Man...esley--Michael-Jackson--A-legacy-for-the-ages
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Michael Jackson’s Daughter ‘Struggling to Cope With Dad’s Death’
Aug 13 2009. Posted by Adam
Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris is struggling to come to terms with the death of her superstar dad, it has been claimed.
While Jackson’s two sons — Michael, 12, and Blanket, seven — were pictured shopping with their dad’s rumoured fourth son Omer last week, 11-year-old Paris has barely left her grandmother Katherine’s side.
“Paris is struggling the most since Michael’s death,” a source told Britain’s Now magazine. “She was her daddy’s girl. He was her best friend and he was so proud of her. She’s really heartbroken and she misses him so much.
“She keeps having dreams that he’s still alive, then when she wakes up and realizes he’s dead, she starts sobbing. It’s horrible. Prince Michael has been great — he’s rising to the occasion and trying to be strong, but he’s suffering too.”
http://www.showbizspy.com/article/1...ghter-struggling-to-cope-with-dads-death.html
OOOhh, this made me cry... :'(
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Re: Daily News - August 12, 2009
Most people dont even know Give In To Me tbf. Ill definately agree with Sweet Child O Mine, one of my favourite songs.
Most people dont even know Give In To Me tbf. Ill definately agree with Sweet Child O Mine, one of my favourite songs.
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A Marxist appreciation of Michael Jackson
Thursday, August 13, 2009
By: Eugene Puryear
King of pop a tragic cultural and historical figure
“Adios al Rey de Pop” read the online headline of El País the day following Michael Jackson’s death. Jackson’s international acclaim—underscored by the vigils that took place in nearly every country on the planet and a viral video of 1,500 Filipino prisoners re-enacting the “Thriller” video—is well documented. He sold over 750 million albums in his lifetime, including “Thriller,” the world’s bestselling album of all time. Pop, short for popular music, is a heterogeneous genre, but basically rests on the ability of the artist, producer and record label to create a product that can appeal to the widest possible number of people. By any definition, Jackson conquered and defined the genre.
Jackson’s unprecedented popularity in itself makes him more than an entertainer. He is a cultural and historical figure that Marxists must examine and understand. He touched many a raw nerve in U.S. society in his lifetime. His alleged experience with child abuse, his seeming rejection of his physical Black heritage, and his own battles in court exposed fault lines that continue to resonate powerfully.
Born into a working-class family
Michael Jackson was born the seventh of nine children to Joseph and Katherine Jackson, in Gary, Ind., the “Magic City of Steel.” Joe Jackson had been part of a failed singing group and worked for U.S. Steel. He was determined his children would pick up where he left off and enjoy a standard of living he had never been able to achieve.
While many often lament (rightfully) the decline of industrial working-class jobs—because they offered comparatively better wages and benefits than today’s service-dominated economy—we often forget the long hours and oppressive conditions tied to these jobs. Black workers were relegated to the most dangerous jobs such as those in the coke plant, where one false move with the coal shovel or at the ultra-hot blast furnaces meant severe injury or death.
Joe Jackson is now notorious for being “hard” and strictly regimenting his children’s lives so they constantly honed their musical skills. Michael was clearly the star of the Jackson 5, which began playing in local Gary venues, although the youngest in the group. Fate smiled on the Jacksons when they were introduced to Motown founder Berry Gordy. Motown was then the premier Black business in the United States and one of the world’s most successful record companies.
Gordy, a former Detroit autoworker, founded the company in 1959 and through the 1960s built his small label into an industry powerhouse. Motown’s success was predicated on its ability to translate the soulful music of the northern ghettos—rhythm and blues—to white audiences. Motown became the ultimate “crossover” or pop label.
This development did not arise out of thin air. Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington gained national prominence in the 1920s. Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and others likewise reached wide audiences of whites and Blacks. However, this crossover appeal was limited by racism. Like many other Black-led cultural art forms, jazz was associated with crime, particularly drug use and “illicit” sex.
In the 1950s, Chuck Berry, a blues and country musician by trade, broke many barriers as an originator of rock-and-roll guitar. But the genre became a true crossover sensation due to Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis, who drew heavily from Black artists like Little Richard, Fats Domino and others. The Memphis-based Sun Records repackaged the music with white faces—not giving due credit or payment to its originators—but white parents and religious leaders all across the country still derided it as “jungle music.”
Impact of Civil Rights Movement
By the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Civil Rights Movement had convulsed the country in a debate over the future of Jim Crow. The movement not only challenged formal segregation in the South but profoundly affected social relations nationwide, opening a wider debate about racism. As the Black freedom struggle bravely challenged the “common sense” of segregation, it called into question the sanctity of established authority as a whole, including the stultifying cultural and social norms associated with McCarthyism.
Berry Gordy was positioned both historically and geographically to take advantage of the new moment. He had a two-fold approach: first, to assemble all the best singing talent and producers in Detroit; and second, to avoid any sort of open political or social controversy. Feel-good, romantic lyrics and excellent instrumentation created friendly hits like “Dancing in the Street” (Martha and the Vandellas) and “Love I Can See” (The Temptations).
Gordy was able to take the magnetic soulfulness of Black rhythm-and-blues artists like Jackie Wilson or James Brown, and strip it of its open sexual or political themes. He put his artists through rigorous classes and trainings of all sorts to help them become “gentlemen and ladies” and polish their appearances for the Ed Sullivan Show, American Bandstand and AM radio (dominant in music until the 1970s).
This is the world Michael Jackson was swept up into in 1968. At 10 years old, Jackson became the central star in one of Motown’s soon-to-be signature groups. Not only was he out touring and recording from an early age, he was forced to lie about his age (younger was cuter for the Tiger Beat crowd) and force-fed answers to political questions from the media. Michael Jackson’s childhood was almost totally stage-managed and presented as the lovable cute center of a lovable family-friendly singing group.
The Jackson 5 quickly became a stalwart of the Motown hit machine running off a series of hits inspiring cartoons, coloring books, lunch boxes and every other conceivable commodity. The Jackson 5 had two television specials, numerous top-five and number- one hits on the Billboard charts.
As the center of the group, Michael Jackson came to loom large over the group as a whole. He had his first number-one solo hit in 1972 with “Ben.” However, as the 1970s progressed, the Jackson 5’s star faded. In 1975, the newly christened “Jacksons” moved to CBS records for a much better deal financially. They continued to record hits, but the Jackson 5 phenomenon had passed.
From child star to ’king of pop’
Michael, like so many other performers, had become accustomed to the constant adulation and was hard hit by these changes. His pubescent years, an already difficult period for most children, were subject to extreme scrutiny. Fans complained about his changing voice, and he began to despair about the changes brought by puberty. He was highly concerned with his appearance, particularly acne and what he viewed as a too wide nose.
The ranks of child stars are filled with hard luck stories of individuals who could not adjust to the pressures of adult stardom. Child stars are marketed for their lovable cuteness and innocence—a fetishized version of childhood—and as they change, they are chewed apart and often discarded as unmarketable. The rapid fall from stardom is emotionally devastating for adults, and is often even harder for young people who have no independent network of friends and family to fall back on.
Michael Jackson, however, was not discarded; although he had tremendous anxiety during this period, he was given a chance to return to the stage as a solo artist. Hooking up with producer Quincy Jones, he put out “Off the Wall” in 1979. “Off the Wall” and its title single drew from the disco craze and his R&B roots to produce an electric party record. Catapulted back into the public eye, Jackson recorded four number-one hits on the Billboard charts—the first album to ever accomplish that.
A perfectionist and workaholic, Jackson was unsatisfied and felt the album should have done better. The obviously racist music industry continued to snub Jackson despite his commercial success; he won a number of awards in the “Black music” category of Billboard.
‘Thriller’ changed music history
As they say in hip hop, Jackson went “back to the lab” and the concoction he brewed up in 1982, “Thriller,” changed music history and is perhaps the most iconic album in music history. Almost nothing needs to be said about “Thriller,” the highest selling album of all time. Jackson’s “Thriller” video, which was a mini-movie, was such a sensation that he became the first Black artist to receive regular rotation on the new MTV (Music Television), which had been an almost totally white rock-oriented channel.
The year following “Thriller,” Jackson appeared as the headliner of the 25th anniversary celebration of Motown, viewed by 47 million Americans. Jackson was the biggest star in attendance and he stole the show. Always an accomplished dancer, at Motown 25 Jackson debuted the “Moonwalk,” a move he had seen performed by street-corner dancers. While the move is almost a cliché now, at the time it astonished and amazed even the other Motown stars in attendance that night.
Upon Jackson’s death, world-famous dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov noted not only his signature moves, but his glide-like movements while performing. As a dancer alone, Jackson has left an indelible imprint on modern hip hop and popular culture.
Private anxieties about self-image
The other side of Jackson’s skyrocketing fame as a singer and dancer was his private anxieties about self-image. After “Thriller,” Jackson recorded the album “Bad.” The album cover shocked many fans; Jackson, who had always had light brown skin, appeared almost totally white, with long straight hair and an obvious nose job.
Jackson had suffered an injury in 1979 that led to his first nose job. Jackson claimed he had been diagnosed with lupus and the skin disease vitiligo, which made him sensitive to the sun and required him to bleach his skin. The truth will probably never be known, but Jackson’s appearance attracted quite a bit of tabloid attention.
Jackson’s apparent physical changes were compounded by a musical transformation, as “Bad” included heavy rock influences. At the urging of Jones, who always had an ear out for the newest trends, Jackson used the title track to try to reinvent himself with a grittier look, as opposed to the friendly next-door neighbor star.
While Jackson’s skin disease may have been real, looking back it’s obvious that his life was totally shaped by pop music. He was obsessed with his appearance and with achieving maximum acceptability. It seems fair to assume that his experience of losing many fans as a teenager made him obsess with his appearance. He hoped the mainstream would never again reject him; and because “mainstream” at least implies “white,” he pursued what he felt would be the ideal “popular” image.
Jackson and celebrity political trend
During this period, Jackson also set the tone for today’s generalized, and generally annoying, celebrity political trend. As the powerful social movements of the 1960s receded, the overtly political themes of mainstream music faded as well. In 1985, Jackson and Lionel Richie produced the song “We Are the World,” aimed at promoting famine relief. The song, which gathered a broad spectrum of luminaries from the entertainment field, was the first major foray of artists into world issues in quite some time. But unlike the 1960s, the song’s message and spirit was politically sanitized—a sort of “non-political” politics. It was politics that could be totally embraced by corporate America, the driver of pop music, and in fact utilized to improve imperialism’s image during the cold war.
There is a clear line from Jackson's to Bono’s “humanitarian” efforts, which align with the “non-governmental” efforts of imperialist politicians like Tony Blair. Jackson cannot be personally blamed for this legacy, but his undefined humanism did boost a brand of international activism, such as today’s Save Darfur movement, which focuses on poorly explained “humanitarian crises” that obscure the predatory role of the U.S. and European governments.
“Bad” sold millions of copies but did not approach the commercial success of “Thriller.” This tremendously depressed Jackson who had unrealistic expectations of emerging an even bigger star than before. His last truly successful album came out in 1991 with “Dangerous.” While Jackson appeared physically whiter than ever, his music came back “Blacker,” in that it drew more heavily from his R&B roots.
Ending his relationship with Jones, Jackson collaborated most notably with Teddy Riley. Riley was the creator of New Jack Swing, which revolutionized R&B by bringing it closer together with hip hop.
“Remember the Time,” a major hit off the “Dangerous” album clearly exhibits this trend; his soulful ad-libs during the last minute of the song have since become iconic.
A fascination with eternal youth
In 1993, Jackson was hit with his first child sexual abuse charges. Jackson settled the case—which of course made him guilty in the eyes of many. As someone who had virtually no childhood himself, he appeared to develop a fascination with eternal youth. He built an estate called “Neverland,” where he had all sorts of child-oriented activities and invited hundreds of children, including many victims of terminal illnesses, to come and play at the ranch. Jackson was confronted with another child abuse charge in 2005—and was acquitted on all charges. It is worth noting that the fathers of the accusers in both cases were upset that Jackson would not help them advance their own careers.
This has become the defining mark to tarnish Jackson’s career. There is no evidence he ever abused any children—only unsubstantiated assertions. Nevertheless, Jackson became progressively more “strange” during the 1990s, as an almost total recluse who appeared in public only in costume and engaged in a series of marriages that appeared farcical. Although never convicted of any crime, in the “public eye”—which is itself a perception crafted by the corporate media—he became associated with criminality. Drawing on typical homophobic and sexist tropes, he was portrayed as a sexual deviant, whose fascination with children was equated with perverse activity.
Summing up his life
Looking back, Jackson’s life is largely a tragic story, despite his wealth and popularity. Pushed into the big- business machine of pop music, Jackson craved the love of millions of fans, and did whatever he could to make himself more palatable to them. Although his music resonated powerfully and personally with people the world over, he remained paradoxically detached from the world around him. He seemed totally unaware that most of his fans liked him as he was, and he underwent plastic surgeries and other treatments to match the view of what society deems beautiful: white skin, straight hair and a thin body.
Rather than condemn him, it is worth considering how entertainment under capitalism promotes ridiculous self-images and lowest-common-denominator entertainment. This is what trapped Michael Jackson in a self-destructive pattern, which ultimately destroyed him. However it has not destroyed his legacy. Adios al Rey de Pop.
http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2/2124320048?page=NewsArticle&id=12707&news_iv_ctrl=1261
Thursday, August 13, 2009
By: Eugene Puryear
King of pop a tragic cultural and historical figure
“Adios al Rey de Pop” read the online headline of El País the day following Michael Jackson’s death. Jackson’s international acclaim—underscored by the vigils that took place in nearly every country on the planet and a viral video of 1,500 Filipino prisoners re-enacting the “Thriller” video—is well documented. He sold over 750 million albums in his lifetime, including “Thriller,” the world’s bestselling album of all time. Pop, short for popular music, is a heterogeneous genre, but basically rests on the ability of the artist, producer and record label to create a product that can appeal to the widest possible number of people. By any definition, Jackson conquered and defined the genre.
Jackson’s unprecedented popularity in itself makes him more than an entertainer. He is a cultural and historical figure that Marxists must examine and understand. He touched many a raw nerve in U.S. society in his lifetime. His alleged experience with child abuse, his seeming rejection of his physical Black heritage, and his own battles in court exposed fault lines that continue to resonate powerfully.
Born into a working-class family
Michael Jackson was born the seventh of nine children to Joseph and Katherine Jackson, in Gary, Ind., the “Magic City of Steel.” Joe Jackson had been part of a failed singing group and worked for U.S. Steel. He was determined his children would pick up where he left off and enjoy a standard of living he had never been able to achieve.
While many often lament (rightfully) the decline of industrial working-class jobs—because they offered comparatively better wages and benefits than today’s service-dominated economy—we often forget the long hours and oppressive conditions tied to these jobs. Black workers were relegated to the most dangerous jobs such as those in the coke plant, where one false move with the coal shovel or at the ultra-hot blast furnaces meant severe injury or death.
Joe Jackson is now notorious for being “hard” and strictly regimenting his children’s lives so they constantly honed their musical skills. Michael was clearly the star of the Jackson 5, which began playing in local Gary venues, although the youngest in the group. Fate smiled on the Jacksons when they were introduced to Motown founder Berry Gordy. Motown was then the premier Black business in the United States and one of the world’s most successful record companies.
Gordy, a former Detroit autoworker, founded the company in 1959 and through the 1960s built his small label into an industry powerhouse. Motown’s success was predicated on its ability to translate the soulful music of the northern ghettos—rhythm and blues—to white audiences. Motown became the ultimate “crossover” or pop label.
This development did not arise out of thin air. Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington gained national prominence in the 1920s. Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and others likewise reached wide audiences of whites and Blacks. However, this crossover appeal was limited by racism. Like many other Black-led cultural art forms, jazz was associated with crime, particularly drug use and “illicit” sex.
In the 1950s, Chuck Berry, a blues and country musician by trade, broke many barriers as an originator of rock-and-roll guitar. But the genre became a true crossover sensation due to Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis, who drew heavily from Black artists like Little Richard, Fats Domino and others. The Memphis-based Sun Records repackaged the music with white faces—not giving due credit or payment to its originators—but white parents and religious leaders all across the country still derided it as “jungle music.”
Impact of Civil Rights Movement
By the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Civil Rights Movement had convulsed the country in a debate over the future of Jim Crow. The movement not only challenged formal segregation in the South but profoundly affected social relations nationwide, opening a wider debate about racism. As the Black freedom struggle bravely challenged the “common sense” of segregation, it called into question the sanctity of established authority as a whole, including the stultifying cultural and social norms associated with McCarthyism.
Berry Gordy was positioned both historically and geographically to take advantage of the new moment. He had a two-fold approach: first, to assemble all the best singing talent and producers in Detroit; and second, to avoid any sort of open political or social controversy. Feel-good, romantic lyrics and excellent instrumentation created friendly hits like “Dancing in the Street” (Martha and the Vandellas) and “Love I Can See” (The Temptations).
Gordy was able to take the magnetic soulfulness of Black rhythm-and-blues artists like Jackie Wilson or James Brown, and strip it of its open sexual or political themes. He put his artists through rigorous classes and trainings of all sorts to help them become “gentlemen and ladies” and polish their appearances for the Ed Sullivan Show, American Bandstand and AM radio (dominant in music until the 1970s).
This is the world Michael Jackson was swept up into in 1968. At 10 years old, Jackson became the central star in one of Motown’s soon-to-be signature groups. Not only was he out touring and recording from an early age, he was forced to lie about his age (younger was cuter for the Tiger Beat crowd) and force-fed answers to political questions from the media. Michael Jackson’s childhood was almost totally stage-managed and presented as the lovable cute center of a lovable family-friendly singing group.
The Jackson 5 quickly became a stalwart of the Motown hit machine running off a series of hits inspiring cartoons, coloring books, lunch boxes and every other conceivable commodity. The Jackson 5 had two television specials, numerous top-five and number- one hits on the Billboard charts.
As the center of the group, Michael Jackson came to loom large over the group as a whole. He had his first number-one solo hit in 1972 with “Ben.” However, as the 1970s progressed, the Jackson 5’s star faded. In 1975, the newly christened “Jacksons” moved to CBS records for a much better deal financially. They continued to record hits, but the Jackson 5 phenomenon had passed.
From child star to ’king of pop’
Michael, like so many other performers, had become accustomed to the constant adulation and was hard hit by these changes. His pubescent years, an already difficult period for most children, were subject to extreme scrutiny. Fans complained about his changing voice, and he began to despair about the changes brought by puberty. He was highly concerned with his appearance, particularly acne and what he viewed as a too wide nose.
The ranks of child stars are filled with hard luck stories of individuals who could not adjust to the pressures of adult stardom. Child stars are marketed for their lovable cuteness and innocence—a fetishized version of childhood—and as they change, they are chewed apart and often discarded as unmarketable. The rapid fall from stardom is emotionally devastating for adults, and is often even harder for young people who have no independent network of friends and family to fall back on.
Michael Jackson, however, was not discarded; although he had tremendous anxiety during this period, he was given a chance to return to the stage as a solo artist. Hooking up with producer Quincy Jones, he put out “Off the Wall” in 1979. “Off the Wall” and its title single drew from the disco craze and his R&B roots to produce an electric party record. Catapulted back into the public eye, Jackson recorded four number-one hits on the Billboard charts—the first album to ever accomplish that.
A perfectionist and workaholic, Jackson was unsatisfied and felt the album should have done better. The obviously racist music industry continued to snub Jackson despite his commercial success; he won a number of awards in the “Black music” category of Billboard.
‘Thriller’ changed music history
As they say in hip hop, Jackson went “back to the lab” and the concoction he brewed up in 1982, “Thriller,” changed music history and is perhaps the most iconic album in music history. Almost nothing needs to be said about “Thriller,” the highest selling album of all time. Jackson’s “Thriller” video, which was a mini-movie, was such a sensation that he became the first Black artist to receive regular rotation on the new MTV (Music Television), which had been an almost totally white rock-oriented channel.
The year following “Thriller,” Jackson appeared as the headliner of the 25th anniversary celebration of Motown, viewed by 47 million Americans. Jackson was the biggest star in attendance and he stole the show. Always an accomplished dancer, at Motown 25 Jackson debuted the “Moonwalk,” a move he had seen performed by street-corner dancers. While the move is almost a cliché now, at the time it astonished and amazed even the other Motown stars in attendance that night.
Upon Jackson’s death, world-famous dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov noted not only his signature moves, but his glide-like movements while performing. As a dancer alone, Jackson has left an indelible imprint on modern hip hop and popular culture.
Private anxieties about self-image
The other side of Jackson’s skyrocketing fame as a singer and dancer was his private anxieties about self-image. After “Thriller,” Jackson recorded the album “Bad.” The album cover shocked many fans; Jackson, who had always had light brown skin, appeared almost totally white, with long straight hair and an obvious nose job.
Jackson had suffered an injury in 1979 that led to his first nose job. Jackson claimed he had been diagnosed with lupus and the skin disease vitiligo, which made him sensitive to the sun and required him to bleach his skin. The truth will probably never be known, but Jackson’s appearance attracted quite a bit of tabloid attention.
Jackson’s apparent physical changes were compounded by a musical transformation, as “Bad” included heavy rock influences. At the urging of Jones, who always had an ear out for the newest trends, Jackson used the title track to try to reinvent himself with a grittier look, as opposed to the friendly next-door neighbor star.
While Jackson’s skin disease may have been real, looking back it’s obvious that his life was totally shaped by pop music. He was obsessed with his appearance and with achieving maximum acceptability. It seems fair to assume that his experience of losing many fans as a teenager made him obsess with his appearance. He hoped the mainstream would never again reject him; and because “mainstream” at least implies “white,” he pursued what he felt would be the ideal “popular” image.
Jackson and celebrity political trend
During this period, Jackson also set the tone for today’s generalized, and generally annoying, celebrity political trend. As the powerful social movements of the 1960s receded, the overtly political themes of mainstream music faded as well. In 1985, Jackson and Lionel Richie produced the song “We Are the World,” aimed at promoting famine relief. The song, which gathered a broad spectrum of luminaries from the entertainment field, was the first major foray of artists into world issues in quite some time. But unlike the 1960s, the song’s message and spirit was politically sanitized—a sort of “non-political” politics. It was politics that could be totally embraced by corporate America, the driver of pop music, and in fact utilized to improve imperialism’s image during the cold war.
There is a clear line from Jackson's to Bono’s “humanitarian” efforts, which align with the “non-governmental” efforts of imperialist politicians like Tony Blair. Jackson cannot be personally blamed for this legacy, but his undefined humanism did boost a brand of international activism, such as today’s Save Darfur movement, which focuses on poorly explained “humanitarian crises” that obscure the predatory role of the U.S. and European governments.
“Bad” sold millions of copies but did not approach the commercial success of “Thriller.” This tremendously depressed Jackson who had unrealistic expectations of emerging an even bigger star than before. His last truly successful album came out in 1991 with “Dangerous.” While Jackson appeared physically whiter than ever, his music came back “Blacker,” in that it drew more heavily from his R&B roots.
Ending his relationship with Jones, Jackson collaborated most notably with Teddy Riley. Riley was the creator of New Jack Swing, which revolutionized R&B by bringing it closer together with hip hop.
“Remember the Time,” a major hit off the “Dangerous” album clearly exhibits this trend; his soulful ad-libs during the last minute of the song have since become iconic.
A fascination with eternal youth
In 1993, Jackson was hit with his first child sexual abuse charges. Jackson settled the case—which of course made him guilty in the eyes of many. As someone who had virtually no childhood himself, he appeared to develop a fascination with eternal youth. He built an estate called “Neverland,” where he had all sorts of child-oriented activities and invited hundreds of children, including many victims of terminal illnesses, to come and play at the ranch. Jackson was confronted with another child abuse charge in 2005—and was acquitted on all charges. It is worth noting that the fathers of the accusers in both cases were upset that Jackson would not help them advance their own careers.
This has become the defining mark to tarnish Jackson’s career. There is no evidence he ever abused any children—only unsubstantiated assertions. Nevertheless, Jackson became progressively more “strange” during the 1990s, as an almost total recluse who appeared in public only in costume and engaged in a series of marriages that appeared farcical. Although never convicted of any crime, in the “public eye”—which is itself a perception crafted by the corporate media—he became associated with criminality. Drawing on typical homophobic and sexist tropes, he was portrayed as a sexual deviant, whose fascination with children was equated with perverse activity.
Summing up his life
Looking back, Jackson’s life is largely a tragic story, despite his wealth and popularity. Pushed into the big- business machine of pop music, Jackson craved the love of millions of fans, and did whatever he could to make himself more palatable to them. Although his music resonated powerfully and personally with people the world over, he remained paradoxically detached from the world around him. He seemed totally unaware that most of his fans liked him as he was, and he underwent plastic surgeries and other treatments to match the view of what society deems beautiful: white skin, straight hair and a thin body.
Rather than condemn him, it is worth considering how entertainment under capitalism promotes ridiculous self-images and lowest-common-denominator entertainment. This is what trapped Michael Jackson in a self-destructive pattern, which ultimately destroyed him. However it has not destroyed his legacy. Adios al Rey de Pop.
http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2/2124320048?page=NewsArticle&id=12707&news_iv_ctrl=1261
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Re: Daily News - August 12, 2009
I think that must mean he left 60 recordings Sony has rights to...
I think that must mean he left 60 recordings Sony has rights to...
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A soundtrack to his rehersals, madness really :no: It all seems just a bit wrong.
Michael we need you back man.
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Michael Jackson’s Daughter ‘Struggling to Cope With Dad’s Death’
Aug 13 2009. Posted by Adam
Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris is struggling to come to terms with the death of her superstar dad, it has been claimed.
While Jackson’s two sons — Michael, 12, and Blanket, seven — were pictured shopping with their dad’s rumoured fourth son Omer last week, 11-year-old Paris has barely left her grandmother Katherine’s side.
“Paris is struggling the most since Michael’s death,” a source told Britain’s Now magazine. “She was her daddy’s girl. He was her best friend and he was so proud of her. She’s really heartbroken and she misses him so much.
“She keeps having dreams that he’s still alive, then when she wakes up and realizes he’s dead, she starts sobbing. It’s horrible. Prince Michael has been great — he’s rising to the occasion and trying to be strong, but he’s suffering too.”
http://www.showbizspy.com/article/1...ghter-struggling-to-cope-with-dads-death.html
Again who is the third son? :tease:
Paris is clearlt daddy's girl. It's so horrible to think how those children are getting on with all this circus
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Two months away... sad its under these circumstances, but I'm looking forward to the film and the soundtrack.
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La Toya Jackson: "We're Doing the Best That We Can"
With so much focus on the state of the investigation into Michael Jackson's death (still expanding), his autopsy (delayed indefinitely) and burial (not yet interred), the spotlight has slowly moved away from the Jackson family.
Which is not to discount the yeoman work of whoever helped muzzle Papa Joe.
But La Toya Jackson told E! News today the family is continuing to quietly work through their grief.
"We're doing the best that we can," she said while working at AIDS Project Los Angeles, a long-favored cause of the King of Pop.
"Everyone has just been going through what they're going through at the moment. It's a very trying time for all of us."
As for her newfound goodwill—in addition to volunteering at APLA, all proceeds from her new single, "Home," will be donated to the organization—she credits Michael's influence.
"It means a lot to me because, as you all know, my brother has given to so many organizations, and this is one of the organizations he's been giving to for over 10 years."
http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/b139278_la_toya_jackson_were_doing_best_we_can.html
With so much focus on the state of the investigation into Michael Jackson's death (still expanding), his autopsy (delayed indefinitely) and burial (not yet interred), the spotlight has slowly moved away from the Jackson family.
Which is not to discount the yeoman work of whoever helped muzzle Papa Joe.
But La Toya Jackson told E! News today the family is continuing to quietly work through their grief.
"We're doing the best that we can," she said while working at AIDS Project Los Angeles, a long-favored cause of the King of Pop.
"Everyone has just been going through what they're going through at the moment. It's a very trying time for all of us."
As for her newfound goodwill—in addition to volunteering at APLA, all proceeds from her new single, "Home," will be donated to the organization—she credits Michael's influence.
"It means a lot to me because, as you all know, my brother has given to so many organizations, and this is one of the organizations he's been giving to for over 10 years."
http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/b139278_la_toya_jackson_were_doing_best_we_can.html
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Exactly what I was going to say!! Wonder what Branca's plan is when it comes to the archive songs??
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gEMELPDCj0OjfORBYnw5u7kq9MaQD9A29S881
NJ man says Jackson memorabilia stolen in Nevada
By OSKAR GARCIA and KEN RITTER (AP) – 1 hour ago
LAS VEGAS — A New Jersey businessman is alleging that part of his collection of Michael Jackson memorabilia was stolen from a Nevada storage facility and auctioned without his knowledge.
Henry Vaccaro filed a police report July 31 saying his rented storage space was burglarized and valuable Jackson items were missing, North Las Vegas police said Thursday. The auction was staged on July 26, about one month after the pop star died in a rented Beverly Hills mansion.
Vaccaro of Asbury Park, N.J., told investigators he last saw the items in storage at Southern Nevada Movers in North Las Vegas more than two years ago — on May 30, 2007, police Sgt. Tim Bedwell said.
Vaccaro also reported memorabilia unrelated to Jackson was missing. He put the value of the missing items at about $1 million.
Vaccaro told The Associated Press the missing items included lyrics, notebooks and costumes first obtained years ago.
He said he had agreed to give some of the items back to Jackson's estate, but would not say what the items were.
He discovered the theft on July 19, he said.
"Everything that was sold is stolen merchandise," the 69-year-old Vaccaro said.
Mario Trabado, owner of Clark County Public Auction, said he had auctioned Jackson items bought legally less than a month earlier from a private collector. He declined to identify the collector but said it was not Vaccaro.
Most of the items sold were connected with the Jackson family, not the King of Pop himself, Trabado said.
The items included a 31-page Jackson family photo album from the 1980s, which fetched $1,000, and a personal notebook that contained doodles, Bible quotations and other notes written by Michael Jackson. The notebook sold for $3,500.
Trabado said the 277 lots sold for about $37,000 — a loss for the auction house after he accounted for promotion costs.
"It wasn't a very good deal for us at all," Trabado said.
Trabado said the collector from whom he bought the items told him he obtained them in a storage auction held because a customer of the facility had unpaid bills.
A man who answered the phone at Southern Nevada Movers declined to identify himself and said the company knew about Vaccaro's allegations but had no comment.
Bedwell wouldn't say whether Vaccaro's storage fees had been paid, explaining it was part of the investigation. The police spokesman said other investigative agencies would be involved in the case but declined to identify them.
Federal authorities in Las Vegas said they were not investigating.
Vaccaro, the singer and others have wrestled over the items for years since Vaccaro was first awarded them when a business venture with the Jacksons turned sour and went to bankruptcy court.
Michael Jackson sued Vaccaro for $10 million and alleged that Vaccaro did not have rights to some of the items belonged to him, but a federal judge in California tossed the case out in 2006.
Vaccaro said the items left in storage went unsold following a May 2007 auction of Jackson family and Michael Jackson memorabilia conducted by New York-based Guernsey's at the Hard Rock hotel-casino in Las Vegas.
Michael Jackson and his sister, Janet Jackson, initially sought to prevent that auction but dropped their opposition as part of a confidential settlement.
The seller, Universal Express Inc., of Boca Raton, Fla., later estimated the sales netted more than $1.5 million.
Vaccaro said he reacquired ownership of the items in a settlement with a federal receiver handling Universal Express affairs, who was responsible for paying the storage rent since last year.
"I had nothing to do with paying the rent," he said.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hLXl1VkSwKqUy5lbBfqd2XJbh9egD9A21PQO0
Berry Gordy to write intro for Jackson memoir
(AP) – 10 hours ago
NEW YORK — Motown founder Berry Gordy will write the introduction to a reissue of Michael Jackson's memoir, "Moonwalk."
A statement released by publisher Harmony Books says Gordy, whose label also featured superstars such as Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye, will offer memories of Jackson as a child star and of the group formed with his brothers, the Jackson 5.
The Jackson 5 broke through 40 years ago with the No. 1 smash "I Want You Back," and had several other hits before fading in the mid-1970s. Michael Jackson, who died June 25, eventually left Motown and made his record-breaking "Thriller" album for Sony.
Jackson's memoir, originally published in 1988, comes out again in October.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jNoNvLoG6A29tKgToiRcBI39WFgQD9A20CF80
Michael Jackson's glittery glove up for auction
By SANDY COHEN (AP) – 11 hours ago
LOS ANGELES — The glittery glove that Michael Jackson wore when he unveiled his moonwalk on TV in 1983 is hitting the auction block.
This one isn't like his other glittery gloves, which were made for the right hand and adorned with hand-sewn crystals. This left-handed glove, which accompanied Jackson's fedora and dance moves on Motown's 25th-anniversary TV special, is a modified, store-bought glove covered with a mesh of rhinestones.
The glove, which Darren Julien of Julien's Auctions called "the Holy Grail of Michael Jackson memorabilia," will be featured alongside other one-of-a-kind items — such as an early Madonna demo tape and unreleased Jimi Hendrix lyrics — at the Nov. 21 "Music Icons" auction at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City's Times Square.
Walter "Clyde" Orange, a founding member of the Commodores, has been holding onto the glove since Jackson gave it to him in 1983.
Orange said he got to know Jackson when the Commodores toured with the Jackson 5 in the 1970s. Orange would always ask the young entertainer for an autograph, but Jackson refused, saying Orange was the more famous of the two. The autograph request became a private joke.
They met again in March 1983 when the Motown special was taped. Jackson sang with his brothers, then took the stage alone to wow the world with his moonwalk during his solo performance of "Billie Jean."
Orange found his friend backstage and again requested an autograph. Jackson gave him the glove instead.
After Jackson's June 25 death at age 50, Orange decided the glove was too significant to keep.
"There's a hundred other gloves out there, but this is the one you want. He blew up after that (performance) with 'Billie Jean,'" Orange, 62, said in an interview. "The world should see this. This is the first. That's the song that made him shoot through the roof as a superstar."
Orange said he hopes the glove will find a permanent home at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame or a similar institution. And he's happy that proceeds from the sale will benefit MusiCares, an organization that helps musicians struggling with substance abuse.
"Just for the world to see it, that means the world to me," Orange said.
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http://www.monstersandcritics.com/p...earns-100-million-dollars-since-death-Roundup
Michael Jackson estate earns 100 million dollars since death (Roundup
Los Angeles - Michael Jackson's estate has earned 100 million dollars since his death with a film contract and advertising contracts, and is expected to earn another 100 million by the end of the year, The New York Times reported Thursday.
A good portion of those earnings will likely be used to pay the hundreds of millions in debts the King of [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]Pop[/COLOR][/COLOR] reportedly left behind after his June 25 death. A clear picture of his net worth and his debts has not yet been tallied.
Jackson lawyer and co-executor of the estate John Branca estimated that the pop star could earn 50 to 100 million per year. Elvis Presley brought in 55 million dollars last year alone.
Jackson's mother and three children are to receive about 40 per cent of his estate, with another 20 per cent going to charity.
Also Thursday, it was announced that the glove worn by the late King of Pop Michael Jackson during his famous Moonwalk TV gala performance is to go up for bids.
Julien's Auctions said the auction on November 21 at New York's Hard Rock Cafe will start with a minimum estimate of 40,000 to 60,000 dollars. The glove's current owner, Walter Clyde Orange, a founding member of the Commodores band, is apparently selling it.
Other items from [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]music[/COLOR][/COLOR] greats Elvis Presley, Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix and the Beatles will also go on the block.
Jackson wore the famous glittering glove on his left hand as he took the stage at a Motown Gala in 1983. That was the event where he introduced his legendary Moonwalk dance step to the [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]song[/COLOR][/COLOR] Billie Jean.
After his performance, Orange asked Jackson for an autograph. Instead, the singer gave him the glove.
NJ man says Jackson memorabilia stolen in Nevada
By OSKAR GARCIA and KEN RITTER (AP) – 1 hour ago
LAS VEGAS — A New Jersey businessman is alleging that part of his collection of Michael Jackson memorabilia was stolen from a Nevada storage facility and auctioned without his knowledge.
Henry Vaccaro filed a police report July 31 saying his rented storage space was burglarized and valuable Jackson items were missing, North Las Vegas police said Thursday. The auction was staged on July 26, about one month after the pop star died in a rented Beverly Hills mansion.
Vaccaro of Asbury Park, N.J., told investigators he last saw the items in storage at Southern Nevada Movers in North Las Vegas more than two years ago — on May 30, 2007, police Sgt. Tim Bedwell said.
Vaccaro also reported memorabilia unrelated to Jackson was missing. He put the value of the missing items at about $1 million.
Vaccaro told The Associated Press the missing items included lyrics, notebooks and costumes first obtained years ago.
He said he had agreed to give some of the items back to Jackson's estate, but would not say what the items were.
He discovered the theft on July 19, he said.
"Everything that was sold is stolen merchandise," the 69-year-old Vaccaro said.
Mario Trabado, owner of Clark County Public Auction, said he had auctioned Jackson items bought legally less than a month earlier from a private collector. He declined to identify the collector but said it was not Vaccaro.
Most of the items sold were connected with the Jackson family, not the King of Pop himself, Trabado said.
The items included a 31-page Jackson family photo album from the 1980s, which fetched $1,000, and a personal notebook that contained doodles, Bible quotations and other notes written by Michael Jackson. The notebook sold for $3,500.
Trabado said the 277 lots sold for about $37,000 — a loss for the auction house after he accounted for promotion costs.
"It wasn't a very good deal for us at all," Trabado said.
Trabado said the collector from whom he bought the items told him he obtained them in a storage auction held because a customer of the facility had unpaid bills.
A man who answered the phone at Southern Nevada Movers declined to identify himself and said the company knew about Vaccaro's allegations but had no comment.
Bedwell wouldn't say whether Vaccaro's storage fees had been paid, explaining it was part of the investigation. The police spokesman said other investigative agencies would be involved in the case but declined to identify them.
Federal authorities in Las Vegas said they were not investigating.
Vaccaro, the singer and others have wrestled over the items for years since Vaccaro was first awarded them when a business venture with the Jacksons turned sour and went to bankruptcy court.
Michael Jackson sued Vaccaro for $10 million and alleged that Vaccaro did not have rights to some of the items belonged to him, but a federal judge in California tossed the case out in 2006.
Vaccaro said the items left in storage went unsold following a May 2007 auction of Jackson family and Michael Jackson memorabilia conducted by New York-based Guernsey's at the Hard Rock hotel-casino in Las Vegas.
Michael Jackson and his sister, Janet Jackson, initially sought to prevent that auction but dropped their opposition as part of a confidential settlement.
The seller, Universal Express Inc., of Boca Raton, Fla., later estimated the sales netted more than $1.5 million.
Vaccaro said he reacquired ownership of the items in a settlement with a federal receiver handling Universal Express affairs, who was responsible for paying the storage rent since last year.
"I had nothing to do with paying the rent," he said.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hLXl1VkSwKqUy5lbBfqd2XJbh9egD9A21PQO0
Berry Gordy to write intro for Jackson memoir
(AP) – 10 hours ago
NEW YORK — Motown founder Berry Gordy will write the introduction to a reissue of Michael Jackson's memoir, "Moonwalk."
A statement released by publisher Harmony Books says Gordy, whose label also featured superstars such as Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye, will offer memories of Jackson as a child star and of the group formed with his brothers, the Jackson 5.
The Jackson 5 broke through 40 years ago with the No. 1 smash "I Want You Back," and had several other hits before fading in the mid-1970s. Michael Jackson, who died June 25, eventually left Motown and made his record-breaking "Thriller" album for Sony.
Jackson's memoir, originally published in 1988, comes out again in October.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jNoNvLoG6A29tKgToiRcBI39WFgQD9A20CF80
Michael Jackson's glittery glove up for auction
By SANDY COHEN (AP) – 11 hours ago
LOS ANGELES — The glittery glove that Michael Jackson wore when he unveiled his moonwalk on TV in 1983 is hitting the auction block.
This one isn't like his other glittery gloves, which were made for the right hand and adorned with hand-sewn crystals. This left-handed glove, which accompanied Jackson's fedora and dance moves on Motown's 25th-anniversary TV special, is a modified, store-bought glove covered with a mesh of rhinestones.
The glove, which Darren Julien of Julien's Auctions called "the Holy Grail of Michael Jackson memorabilia," will be featured alongside other one-of-a-kind items — such as an early Madonna demo tape and unreleased Jimi Hendrix lyrics — at the Nov. 21 "Music Icons" auction at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City's Times Square.
Walter "Clyde" Orange, a founding member of the Commodores, has been holding onto the glove since Jackson gave it to him in 1983.
Orange said he got to know Jackson when the Commodores toured with the Jackson 5 in the 1970s. Orange would always ask the young entertainer for an autograph, but Jackson refused, saying Orange was the more famous of the two. The autograph request became a private joke.
They met again in March 1983 when the Motown special was taped. Jackson sang with his brothers, then took the stage alone to wow the world with his moonwalk during his solo performance of "Billie Jean."
Orange found his friend backstage and again requested an autograph. Jackson gave him the glove instead.
After Jackson's June 25 death at age 50, Orange decided the glove was too significant to keep.
"There's a hundred other gloves out there, but this is the one you want. He blew up after that (performance) with 'Billie Jean,'" Orange, 62, said in an interview. "The world should see this. This is the first. That's the song that made him shoot through the roof as a superstar."
Orange said he hopes the glove will find a permanent home at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame or a similar institution. And he's happy that proceeds from the sale will benefit MusiCares, an organization that helps musicians struggling with substance abuse.
"Just for the world to see it, that means the world to me," Orange said.
On the Net:
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/p...earns-100-million-dollars-since-death-Roundup
Michael Jackson estate earns 100 million dollars since death (Roundup
Los Angeles - Michael Jackson's estate has earned 100 million dollars since his death with a film contract and advertising contracts, and is expected to earn another 100 million by the end of the year, The New York Times reported Thursday.
A good portion of those earnings will likely be used to pay the hundreds of millions in debts the King of [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]Pop[/COLOR][/COLOR] reportedly left behind after his June 25 death. A clear picture of his net worth and his debts has not yet been tallied.
Jackson lawyer and co-executor of the estate John Branca estimated that the pop star could earn 50 to 100 million per year. Elvis Presley brought in 55 million dollars last year alone.
Jackson's mother and three children are to receive about 40 per cent of his estate, with another 20 per cent going to charity.
Also Thursday, it was announced that the glove worn by the late King of Pop Michael Jackson during his famous Moonwalk TV gala performance is to go up for bids.
Julien's Auctions said the auction on November 21 at New York's Hard Rock Cafe will start with a minimum estimate of 40,000 to 60,000 dollars. The glove's current owner, Walter Clyde Orange, a founding member of the Commodores band, is apparently selling it.
Other items from [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]music[/COLOR][/COLOR] greats Elvis Presley, Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix and the Beatles will also go on the block.
Jackson wore the famous glittering glove on his left hand as he took the stage at a Motown Gala in 1983. That was the event where he introduced his legendary Moonwalk dance step to the [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]song[/COLOR][/COLOR] Billie Jean.
After his performance, Orange asked Jackson for an autograph. Instead, the singer gave him the glove.
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Long live the King. Michael Jackson claims his thrown on the official cover of Michael Jackson: The Remix Suite, a collection of over 20 remixed MJ and Jackson 5 classics from producers including The Neptunes, Polow Da Don, Stargate, Q-Tip, Ryan Leslie, Tricky Stewart, Dallas Austin, and more.
Suite 1 goes to digital retailers on September 1 and the entire five-part collection will be available by October 27. Suite 1 cover below.
http://www.rap-up.com/2009/08/13/album-cover-michael-jackson-the-remix-suite/
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Haha, that is a really mega-cool picture.
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Yep mike is lovin that throne! :lol:
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King of Pop to get off-the-wall monument
14 August 2009 | by Gemma Battenbough
The white glove is off for this design competition to create a monument to Michael Jackson.
What design proposal can top his own unrealized plans to build a giant 50-foot robotic replica of himself in the Las Vegas desert shooting lasers from its eyes?
Live Forever is challenging you to design a memorial to the epic King of Pop. The monument may be located anywhere and be on any scale.
The jury includes Los Angeles Times’ architecture critic, Christopher,?Paul Petrunia Archinect founder and publisher?and Sam Jacob from FAT/ Strange Harvest.
Winners will snap up a bad $500 in cash, along with lots of MJ goodies. And of course will be published in both Archinect and Bustler.
http://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/article/King-of-Pop-to-get-off-the-wall-monument/494436.aspx
14 August 2009 | by Gemma Battenbough
The white glove is off for this design competition to create a monument to Michael Jackson.
What design proposal can top his own unrealized plans to build a giant 50-foot robotic replica of himself in the Las Vegas desert shooting lasers from its eyes?
Live Forever is challenging you to design a memorial to the epic King of Pop. The monument may be located anywhere and be on any scale.
The jury includes Los Angeles Times’ architecture critic, Christopher,?Paul Petrunia Archinect founder and publisher?and Sam Jacob from FAT/ Strange Harvest.
Winners will snap up a bad $500 in cash, along with lots of MJ goodies. And of course will be published in both Archinect and Bustler.
http://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/article/King-of-Pop-to-get-off-the-wall-monument/494436.aspx
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Yep mike is lovin that throne! :lol:
omg I love love this pic ,it's amazing :yes: :wub:
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wow 60 unreleased tracks can you imagine. I wonder what Michael would think of what they are releasing. Im sure they are all amazing.