Michael Jackson is dead

[Phoenix Dark]

it was a joke Malek 

I've ever heard MJ on classic rock radio, but I wouldn't be surprised if some stations do play him. I can imagine Beat It being on rock radio rotations in the 80s I guess

[ManaByte]

The LAPD is looking for Jackson's doctor. They say he may have injected MJ with a fatal dose of Demerol right before he died.

[Flannel Boy]

I've ever heard MJ on classic rock radio, but I wouldn't be surprised if some stations do play him. I can imagine Beat It being on rock radio rotations in the 80s I guess

I've never heard Jackson on classic rock stations either, but I'd imagine "Beat It" would have received plenty of play on modern rock stations at the time because of its great guitar riff. Hell, I've heard Fall Out Boy's lousy cover on a few rock stations. This hardly supports Himuro's point though; Jackson was no Jackie Robinson.

[Tauntaun]

I am not!  Just because I play Blanka in street fighter and do nothing but hunker down and electrocute....

 

[Phoenix Dark]

Plus stations were playing black music long before Jackson; Motown in general heavily contributed to the bridging between urban and mainstream radio. MTV on the other hand, wasn't playing black artists.

[The Fake Shemp]

I think when people say Michael Jackson broke the color barrier, it is because he literally broke the color barrier - never before had we seen anyone outside an Eddie Murphy sketch turn white before our eyes.

[ManaByte]

He was the reverse Soul Man.

[The Fake Shemp]

My friend just texted me:

"DUE TO THE FACT THAT MJ IS 99% PLASTIC, HE WILL BE MELTED DOWN INTO LEGO BLOCKS SO LITTLE KIDS CAN PLAY WITH HIM"

[ManaByte]

http://news-briefs.ew.com/2009/06/bruno.html

'Bruno' filmmakers remove Michael Jackson-related scene
Jun 26, 2009, 01:40 PM | by Entertainment Weekly

Categories: Movies, Music, News

After Michael Jackson's death was reported yesterday, actor Sacha Baron Cohen and the makers of his new shockfest Bruno scrambled to delete a scene featuring Michael's sister LaToya just before the film's premiere at Mann's Chinese Theater, in Los Angeles. An inside source tells EW the cut was made in the projection room just an hour before the screening was scheduled to begin. The sudden cut made for a slightly jumpy stretch, but the filmmakers narrowly avoided what would have been some uncomfortable, buzz-killing silence at the premiere. No one connected to the film would comment on the deletion of the scene, but it is hard to imagine that it will be restored to the movie before Bruno opens on July 10. 

The scene, which had previously been seen by journalists, found Baron Cohen's Bruno -- a wildly gay, fame-seeking Austrian fashionista -- snagging an interview with LaToya. Ms. Jackson, who did not appear to be in on the joke, gamely tried to answer Bruno's questions even as he interrogated her about her brother Michael and tried surreptitiously to find Michael's number on her cellphone. The scene ended, as most things in Bruno's world do, with a moment of raw, funny discomfort. Universal pictures has yet to announce whether the scene will be cut from the film permanently.

Before the screening at Mann's Chinese, journalists on the red carpet were told they could not ask any questions about Michael Jackson (which is ironic given that Baron Cohen has built a career on blindsiding people with his camera and mic). The actor, who worked the red carpet only in character, made a grand arrival atop a tank. The vehicle was covered with mirrors, like a disco ball, and Bruno, naturally, was straddling the canon.

[Beezy]

Where were you fans, when he was still alive and pedoing?

You're a fucking idiot, you know that? How is it a problem that people are playing his music they day after he died?

[Beezy]

So you're saying that unless you disagree that he might have been a pedo, you're a fake fan? Seriously?

[Flannel Boy]

1) Fake fans are annoying.
2) Blasting MJ music inside a pub to lure people inside beacuse "It's MJ music! And he died yesterday! Let's have a drink in that pub!" is even more annoying.

Why do bar owners have to be fans of the music they play in their bars?
Aren't all bar owners trying to attract customers?

[duckman2000]

So you're saying that unless you disagree that he might have been a pedo, you're a fake fan? Seriously?

The 'pedoing' thing was a joke man. I added it in the last second.

Why do bar owners have to be fans of the music they play in their bars?
Aren't all bar owners trying to attract customers?

Precisely. That is what annoys me. Making business on somebody's death. Such is life yadda, yadda but the same bar owners would never, ever run a MJ track if he wouldn't have died.

Isn't that sort of a core problem with bars in general? Dude who is alright with poisoning people for money is also alright with exploiting the death of celebrity for business, new news. On the other hand, you could also see it as the bar owner trying to satisfy his customers by playing the songs of a much liked artist following the artist's death.

[Flannel Boy]

Precisely. That is what annoys me. Making business on somebody's death. Such is life yadda, yadda but the same bar owners would never, ever run a MJ track if he wouldn't have died.

Stop feigning moral outrage. Newspapers, book publishers, movie producers, record companies, radio stations, television stations, web sites will all make money off of his death.

And?

[Flannel Boy]

Precisely. That is what annoys me. Making business on somebody's death. Such is life yadda, yadda but the same bar owners would never, ever run a MJ track if he wouldn't have died.

Stop feigning moral outrage. Newspapers, book publishers, movie producers, record companies, radio stations, television stations, web sites will all make money off of his death.

And?

And I disagree with that kind of business running. That's all. No moral outrage here just smh-ing.

And why do you disagree? Try to answer without using cliches.

[Flannel Boy]

Yeah, I'm sure he would hate the fact that people in bars all around the world are listening to his music.

[The Fake Shemp]

It was a sad day when the owner of Poland's premiere Michael Jackson-themed restaurant and bar was chided by Borys for playing music after the musician's death. :'(

[ManaByte]

Can someone kill Perez Hilton now? He posted that Jackson was lying and making himself look sick.

[Veidt]

ugh. Disgusting.

[Flannel Boy]

It was a sad day when the owner of Poland's premiere Michael Jackson-themed restaurant and bar was chided by Borys for playing music after the musician's death. :'(

I wouldn't want to enter that restaurant's "little boy's room."

[Cheebs]

So you're saying that unless you disagree that he might have been a pedo, you're a fake fan? Seriously?

The 'pedoing' thing was a joke man. I added it in the last second.

Why do bar owners have to be fans of the music they play in their bars?
Aren't all bar owners trying to attract customers?

Precisely. That is what annoys me. Making business on somebody's death. Such is life yadda, yadda but the same bar owners would never, ever run a MJ track if he wouldn't have died.

Everyone will be trying to make business on it. Who do you think will be on the cover of People, Us, Time, Newsweek...etc next week?

[ManaByte]

They've set up an amusement park-style line at his star on the walk of fame. CNN.com is showing video of people standing in line to see the star.

[Guybrush Threepwood]

in other news, look at the prices of michael jackson's moonwalker on ebay and amazon

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=m38&_nkw=michael+jackson%27s+moonwalker&_sacat=See-All-Categories

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000035XJX/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used

smh

[demi]

wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww time to go scavange some record stores

[TakingBackSunday]

So what happens to the Beatles music?

[ManaByte]

So what happens to the Beatles music?

Willed back to McCartney apparently.

[The Fake Shemp]

It's all going to McCartney, apparently.

[TakingBackSunday]

Well that's some good news out of all of this then.  At least Michael did the right thing in that regard...even though Paul would've died first anyway.

[CurseoftheGods]

Should have left it to Ringo.

[Phoenix Dark]

http://washingtonindependent.com/48941/john-roberts-vs-michael-jackson
 

Also for the lols
http://forums.projectcovo.com/showthread.php?t=1990891

I've made a few posts in there but it's pretty hopeless

[Flannel Boy]

I still don't believe this. Micheal's share of the catalog is worth at least half a billion dollars. It's not something you just give away to an old acquaintance from 30 years ago.

[TakingBackSunday]

I still don't believe this. Micheal's share of the catalog is worth at least half a billion dollars. It's not something you just give away to an old acquaintance from 30 years ago.

Unless said acquaintance is arguably the rightful owner of it?

[ManaByte]

http://washingtonindependent.com/48941/john-roberts-vs-michael-jackson
 

Also for the lols
http://forums.projectcovo.com/showthread.php?t=1990891

I've made a few posts in there but it's pretty hopeless

It's like the black GAF.

[ManaByte]

I still don't believe this. Micheal's share of the catalog is worth at least half a billion dollars. It's not something you just give away to an old acquaintance from 30 years ago.

Unless said acquaintance is arguably the rightful owner of it?

That and the fact that McCartney tried to bid on the songs when Michael did, but Michael outbid him.

[ManaByte]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6584011.ece

[Diunx]

End of an era.

[Flannel Boy]

I still don't believe this. Micheal's share of the catalog is worth at least half a billion dollars. It's not something you just give away to an old acquaintance from 30 years ago.

Unless said acquaintance is arguably the rightful owner of it?

Jackson's share of the catalog generates $60 million dollars a year. It seems like a father would rather give it to his children than to a billionaire who could have purchased it as early as the late 60s.

Of course, I'd rather have Macca in control of the catalog. I'd imagine he'd okay fewer television commercials using covers of "We can Work it Out."

edit: If the Times claim that he's $400 million in debt is correct, he's not going to give his share of Beatles catalog away.

[Robo]

I imagine he'd okay MORE.  McCartney is an asshat.

[Guybrush Threepwood]

edit: If the Times claim that he's $400 million in debt is correct, he's not going to give his share of Beatles catalog away.

If you mean that his kids will have to pay the debt, isn't that not true? I remember reading that credit card companies can try to collect a parent's debt from the children but they don't actually have to pay.

Or maybe that was just bs.

[Flannel Boy]

I imagine he'd okay MORE.  McCartney is an asshat.

He has part control of the original recordings and has never agreed to license a single song for a commercial (he sued after Nike used "Revolution"). So even if he is an asshat, he doesn't want his songs used to sell shoes.

[Flannel Boy]

edit: If the Times claim that he's $400 million in debt is correct, he's not going to give his share of Beatles catalog away.

If you mean that his kids will have to pay the debt, isn't that not true? I remember reading that credit card companies can try to collect a parent's debt from the children but they don't actually have to pay.

Or maybe that was just bs.

His children don't inherit his debt, but his estate does. His Executor has to settle the estate's debts before the children can inherit anything.

[Phoenix Dark]

*Well on his way,
Head in a cloud,
The man with a thousand voices talking perfectly loud
But nobody ever hear him,
or the sound he appears to make,
and he never seems to notice -*

announcer: do you have hearing problems? then buy this hearing aid!

[demi]

[youtube=560,345]8HbTjFn7KjE[/youtube]

[Diunx]

This has been an horrible decade, Paul Newman, the guy from ben hur, Steve Rogers, Heath Ledger, Sydney Pollack, Batman, The Wasp and now the king of pop

[Phoenix Dark]

the guy from ben hur

smh

[Himu]

It is true that Elvis is only considered a legend to white people.

[ManaByte]

Oh man some of the jokes coming out are 

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=16446091&postcount=397

[TakingBackSunday]

It is true that Elvis is only considered a legend to white people.

That's kind of dumb.  Sure he made a career out of covering black blues artists and singers, but he brought them to the mainstream.  He's a legend period.

[Himu]

Only white folks give a shit about Elvis.

Go talk to a random asian, black, middle eastern, or hispanic person and they will not give a shit about that dude.

Even old folks in my family don't give a shit about Elvis.

The Beatles, Sinatra, Jackson, they have universal appeal.

But Elvis?

[Himu]

Oh man some of the jokes coming out are 

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=16446091&postcount=397

"As a tribute McDonalds are going to create the McJackson burger; 50 year
old meat between 10 year old buns."

[TakingBackSunday]

Only white folks give a shit about Elvis.

Go talk to a random asian, black, middle eastern, or hispanic person and they will not give a shit about that dude.

Even old folks in my family don't give a shit about Elvis.

The Beatles, Sinatra, Jackson, they have universal appeal.

But Elvis?

You think Sinatra has greater appeal than Elvis?  Like, old, Sun Records Elvis?

You're dumber than I thought

[Himu]

I would much rather listen to Sinatra than Elvis.

You're much more of a hipster than I thought. Ridin' Elvis jock while you tryin' to diss Sinatra.

SMH.

[ManaByte]

Ok they're saying it was a heart attack, no drugs:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090626/ap_on_en_mu/us_michael_jackson_heart

[Diunx]

Only white folks give a shit about Elvis.

Go talk to a random asian, black, middle eastern, or hispanic person and they will not give a shit about that dude.

Even old folks in my family don't give a shit about Elvis.

The Beatles, Sinatra, Jackson, they have universal appeal.

But Elvis?

Wth are you talking about? everyone loves elvis, even in this pos island.

They have been saying that it was a heart attack since yesterday.

[The Fake Shemp]

Himuro proving he's uncultured, but what else is new?

The one thing I will say, is growing in the up in the 80s, Halloween (the holiday) and "Thriller" are virtually inseparable for me.  I play it every year - it's my ringtone around the fall holiday nowadays.

[pollo]

It is true that Elvis is only considered a legend to white people.

see Flava Flav and Rev Run's take on "Fight the Power."

General sentiment on Elvis for non-whites.

[ManaByte]

Himuro proving he's uncultured, but what else is new?

The one thing I will say, is growing in the up in the 80s, Halloween (the holiday) and "Thriller" are virtually inseparable for me.  I play it every year - it's my ringtone around the fall holiday nowadays.

Thriller WAS the 80s. It's kinda hard to find someone who grew up in the 80s and didn't have it in one form or another.

[TakingBackSunday]

I would much rather listen to Sinatra than Elvis.

You're much more of a hipster than I thought. Ridin' Elvis jock while you tryin' to diss Sinatra.

SMH.

I love Sinatra, but that doesn't mean that he's pretty much become an ol' fogey phenom nowadays.  Listen to Elvis' complete Sun Sessions album--he was fantastic.  You must not know anything about him.

[Himu]

Himuro proving he's uncultured, but what else is new?

The one thing I will say, is growing in the up in the 80s, Halloween (the holiday) and "Thriller" are virtually inseparable for me.  I play it every year - it's my ringtone around the fall holiday nowadays.

I'm not proving I'm uncultured. I'm talking the truth.

No one but whites give a shit about Elvis.

You should go write more stupid movie scripts before you harp on me being uncultured.

[Himu]

Why are ya'll so sensitive?

Bunch of sissies. Need to learn to roll with it.