Michael Jackson dead

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Forostar

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Pretty insane, at this point a lot of sites report his death but CNN (amongst others) didn't confirm it yet.

Looks like a lot of media want to bring the news before he dies.   :S

Anyway, he was rushed into hospital, having suffered a cardiac arrest. It was said he didn't breath when he arrived.
This really looks bad.
 
Re: Michael Jackson (almost) dead (?)

...Since 'bad' era his life seems an endless tragedy to me -when he started lifting his face -a really sad life
 
Re: Michael Jackson (almost) dead (?)

I had read that he had CPR performed on him, and he was breathing when the ambulance took him to the hospital... but not much since then.
 
Re: Michael Jackson (almost) dead (?)

Yeah...Charlie Gibson just came on and confrimed it. Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcette and Michael Jackson. 3rd one this week. It always comes in three's. I would have thought the third one would have been Patrick Swayze.
 
I changed the thread title, since it's now confirmed.

And ... damn. I was at the right age to grow up with his music. His songs from Off The Wall are some of my earliest memories. I was 12 when Thriller came out and I've always loved that album. Didn't like much he did after that.

Yeah, he was a pedophile freak, but once upon a time he made great music, so I guess I'm almost sad. Almost.
 
So he died ....... I'd like to make my little tribute while playing Beat it on YouTube (almost every second a comment!!) Man, this is still such a cool clip and strong track! Fantastic music.

SMX, I guess there's hardly anything else we have in common so much.

I admit that (esp. since I got into hardrock/metal) I didn't play his music for many years, but I've never forgotten his impact, and I never will. I grew up with him. He was the first artist I got into. He made the first music (Beat It) I recorded myself from the radio.

I had heard some music before, but Jackson made me aware of the excitement music can contain and evoke. (As a solo artist), he certainly was the biggest name in music, his fanbase unrivaled. Let's not forget that he was a brilliant performer, a legendary genius. I also liked the stuff he did with his brothers, the Jackson 5, (later called) The Jacksons. I think I still have an old record of Goin' Places laying around.

Well, he died one month before his comeback would start. A sad day.


Elvis has left the building. Michael has left all the other buildings.
 
Thanks for thriller, smooth criminal, beat it, bad, and a lot of other great stuff. I'm not much of a pop fan but I really like Jacko's stuff.
An influential media giant has left this world. May he rest in peace.
 
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Wow, that shocked me. I've always had much pity for the man, a soul wrecked by so much hatred directed at him. And yet a great artist. I listened to his stuff a lot during my childhood. I wouldn't say I actually grew up with him, but when I was about 10 to 11, his music played an important role in my life.

RIP
 
Sad day for a tragic man. At the moment, it all seems pretty surreal so I'm not sure what to make of it. Shocked is a word that has been banded about a lot.

And yes, I have owned Michael Jackson albums in the past as well.

Quetzalcoatlus said:
....when he started lifting his face....
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My wife said today that he was a handsome man, shame he just didn't know it himself.
 
Well.

What to say here?  I think that we should simply note that Michael Jackson was to the 80s as the Beatles were to the 60s.  He will greatly be missed.
 
Yesterday on Bol.com (Holland's biggest internet online book, CD, and filmstore) only 9 Michael jackson CD's were sold. Today they sell one every 10 seconds. Also Sony Netherlands sold their complete supply (10.000 CD's) this morning and will need a couple of days to fill the record stores again.
 
LooseCannon said:
Well.

What to say here?  I think that we should simply note that Michael Jackson was to the 80s as the Beatles were to the 60s.  He will greatly be missed.
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Speaking of which, he had buy the copyright for Beatles songs during the 80s

Bad was the album more close to my memories -and Billie Jean my Jacko favourite
 
Holy fleurking schnit, I forgot about that! Who owns the Beatles' songs now? :o That's about to become a gold mine, with the Beatles remasters and Rock Band games coming in a few months.
 
Jackson had put up a stake in the Beetles Catalog to Sony Records as collateral to finance production for the Invincible album and subsuquent world tour. He had'nt paid back the loan to Sony before he died. There were rumors and accusations during his 2004 criminal trial that Sony had sabotaged the Marketing and promotional stuff before the release date so that Invincible would'nt sell enough albums to repay the loan so that Sony could call in the loan and be able to take possesion of the Beetles catalog and make a fortune, more than they would off of Invincible. I heard last night that Paul McCartney was heavily interested in reaquiring his own catalog. He was the one who told Jackson about the lucrative copyrighting industry during the filming and recording of the song "Say,Say,Say." Michael then went ahead and purchased the Beetles catalog before Mccartney had the chance to. This understandably lead to a bitter fued between the two. Man, I am getting old because it only seemed like yesterday.
 
Gifted artist, i think.

He kind of reminds me Citizen Kane: a man who simply could have everything of the world, but the only thing he wanted, he couldn't have anymore: his own childhood innocence.
 
Rotam said:
Gifted artist, i think.

He kind of reminds me Citizen Kane: a man who simply could have everything of the world, but the only thing he wanted, he couldn't have anymore: his own childhood innocence.
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Wow, that's a strong statement - and I agree!
 
I think you put it very accurately Rotam...he worked all of his childhood (well most of it) in the music business. I can't say I was a fan, but he had a tragic life and he was a very talented artist who worked hard for his fame. RIP.
 
Derek Smalls said:
Jackson had put up a stake in the Beetles Catalog to Sony Records as collateral to finance production for the Invincible album and subsuquent world tour. He had'nt paid back the loan to Sony before he died. [etc...]
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Sorry, wrong. I did some research on the matter...

Jackson bought ATV Music Publishing in 1985 for about $47 million. This company had owned Northern Songs (the Lennon/McCartney catalog) since 1968.

MJ did not "steal" the Beatles songs from McCartney; McCartney chose not to bid for ATV, since he thought the price was too high. At the time, McCartney was worth about $500 million and could have easily outbid Jackson. He chose not to, and all his whining over the years has been out of place. Jackson has rightly said: "You had your chance and chose not to buy. Now shut up."

In 1995, Sony offered MJ $90 million for a 50% stake. MJ took the deal - he figured that he still owned half the company (thus half the Beatles) and he turned a $43 million profit. Part of the deal was a name change for the company, which is now called Sony/ATV Music Publishing.

MJ has stated that the Beatles songs "are not for sale, have never been for sale, and will never be for sale". The idea that he'd use them as collateral is not only wrong, it's preposterous.

MJ's 50% stake is now owned by his estate, and we don't yet know what that means - we don't even know if he left a will. Sony/ATV is valued somewhere between $1 billion and $1.5 billion. The Beatles songs alone generate $80 million per year in revenue (soon to be much, much more with the Rock Band game).

Incidentally, MJ owned much more than just the Beatles. Sony/ATV is the world's 3rd biggest music publisher. Just as one example, MJ also owned the Eminem catalog.
 
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