shaun, ur random ass...lol
his career can be ruined...he signed a contract. if he bails, they can hold him to this, he cannot perform again until he fullfills it. he will owe them the money they're out b/c of this, it's not cut and dry.
u don't perform shows or promise to perform shows then stop halfway. an artist doing this like a tour for an album is different. u can cancel shows if they're not selling well. ur record lable is backing u and u have multiple sponsors that are paying for the tour.
this is different....this is a contract that, if broken for frivolous reasons, can be financially devastating for michael. i don't get the feeling mj is doing this for his health. i was in court, he's got debt. we all know that.
mind u, they say that so long as u hav eassets, u can't be poor, but if he sells atv and accuf rose, what does he have? he just now got the masters to his own work (25 yrs or older)and trust when i say the royalties aren't that much when things are broken down.
mj ain't got girraffe money like he used to. if he did, he wouldn't need to do these shows.
his career can be ruined, the loyalties of his fans may not budge but career wise, it couldbe catastrophic.
but didn't u read the words from the fans who were affected by him moving shows around? if just a re-schedule can spark tempers and emotions as strong as that, imagine a straight up cancellation.
now im not saying he's gonna but if fans go off like that, it's gonnabe that and worse if something major happens. after everything he's been through, this is what could ruin his fan base the most. isn't that pathetic?
and tehre's two types of rich....cash rich meaning u have liquid cash or those who are rich but don't have it in hand or at the bank...they have to liquidate their assets to get cash.
these shows are the best and worse things to ever happen to him. the best thing to do is to embrace this relationship w/ aeg for as long as it's healthy and thenmove on using the platform they've provided to take his business and career to an all new and higher level.
well...i once again agree to disagree. u can't even agree wit those financiers ur on board with. they say MJ's a billion dollar business. and u say he don't have giraffe money anymore. and they can't agree wit themselves. they say he's a billion dollar business, while sayin he's in trouble at the same time. so u can't agree wit someone u agree wit, who can't agree wit themselves.
sorry. i can't ride wit ya.
there is something suspect to focusing on MJ and saying that he is the only one who seems to be lacking somewhere, as compared to celine dion and other artists, financially.(especially since MJ was able to take 12 years off and those other artists had to perform during that time, and u just went on about MJ 'having to perform'. let's take those two things into consideration. 12 years,
12 lonnggggg frigging years. that's more than a decade, and more than five times the regeneration of the fanbase, to be waiting to perform again, the way and length of time, celine and all the other artists had to perform. how do u reconcile those two things?) and it cannot be dismissed, that this is the pattern of the media, too.(as i think of the lyrics to 'tabloid junkie') this notation just cannot be dismissed.
no...i don't know he's in debt. cus he's not.
i have confidence in MJ. he's not frivolous.
this is someone who didn't let his emotions get in the way, when he fired his father and left his good friend, Berry Gordy. am i supposed to believe he deteriorated over time, busineswise? he's Mr. business. and i don't care if i'm alone on that.(although i have a feeling i am not). like i said. he don't have to do the shows. he chose to do them. he ain't poor. u say u were in court. were u in court with him?(as in, behind the scenes, in the darkest places, seeing the things only Michael, himself would know?)
see ya on the other side. lol. and we'll see if i have to eat crow.
but i won't have to.
oh..and by the way, he's giving the money to his kids' trust. he doesn't need the money.
i don't agree with arxter on a lot of things. but one thing i do agree with him on is, too many people think they know MJ's business. but they don't. they just don't. but common sense says that if everything u said is true, MJ couldn't afford to go without performing for twelve years like he did. it just defies financial physics.
and u can't argue with longevity.
if everything u say is true, we wouldn't be here discussing this upcoming residency. MJ would already be on the street.
i've heard this negative assessment of MJ(like what ur saying) on repeat, ever since i've been on MJNO. he just shouldn't be in business, if people talkin like u, were right. but he is. and it doesn't help that u echo the media's words. i simply don't agree with one word of ur negative financial assessment of MJ. at all. he's got more than giraffe money.
so...i'm leavin this. i can't continue goin back and forth with a mod, anyway. but that doesn't mean my confidence in MJ is unwarranted.
i just believe that u r painting his longevity to be a big liar.
longevity don't lie.
