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ricaddic wrote:

Bighouse wrote:It's sad really. I was hoping he could somehow redeem his life and career.

I don't know if he played any guitar or bass, but he did record with Sir Paul McCartney.

"Ebony and Ivory"....good song though a bit cheezy.

"The Girl is Mine"....not so good imo.

Ebony and ivory wasent Micheal Jackson, that was Macca and Stevie Wonder. The girl is mine and SAY SAY SAY was Macca and Micheal.

DOH! Thanks! My bad! Guess that's why I like "Ebony and Ivory" better than the other two. "Innervisions" is one of my favorite albums.

I'm stunned.

A true 20th century icon. The biggest star/entertainer in music since the Beatles. The most famous person in the world for the last 25 years. A musical legacy that shapes where contemporary music is today, because of his crossover factor. Thriller made MTV and the music video.

Like most true genuis, flawed, but his musical contribution is there with the true greats.

its one of these Lennon/ Elvis days where you will remember hearing the news.

winston wrote:In retrospect he was a great talent who led a very troubled life. I was sorry to hear this sad news.

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winston wrote:In retrospect he was a great talent who led a very troubled life. I was sorry to hear this sad news.

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winston wrote:In retrospect he was a great talent who led a very troubled life. I was sorry to hear this sad news.

+3 and I hope he has finally found the peace he seemed to be looking for

Scastles wrote:

8mileshigher wrote:What about the song rights catalogue ?? Did MJ still own that huge share of the Lennon-McCartney song rights or had ownership totally passed to Sony/ATV Music or some other conglomerate, when MJ was having his financial crisises a few years back ??

Had not Sir Paul always felt that MJ had pulled a fast-one on him, by out-bidding Sir Paul himself for the L-M catalogue ?

Not sure, but had heard much of MJ's ownership had fallen into the hands of Sony/ATV.

I just saw a crawler on the bottom of my news channel screen that said that MJ left all the rights to the Beatles' songs to Paul McCartney! So, I know there was some bad blood between them when he bought the rights- hopefully this will heal that rift...though too late.

Totally shocked by the news, I'd heard rumours of his ill health but this was very unexpected. RIP

I just saw a crawler on the bottom of my news channel screen that said that MJ left all the rights to the Beatles' songs to Paul McCartney! So, I know there was some bad blood between them when he bought the rights- hopefully this will heal that rift...though too late.

That would totally restore my faith in humankind!

shamustwin wrote:That would totally restore my faith in humankind!

Not mine, unfortunately.

I'd call it a partial restoration.

Even if that's true about the Beatles songs, which I hope it is, I'm not sure it would be that clean and easy.

I think I remember hearing Mr. Jackson mounted up some serious debt in his later years.

Danotron wrote:Even if that's true about the Beatles songs, which I hope it is, I'm not sure it would be that clean and easy.

I think I remember hearing Mr. Jackson mounted up some serious debt in his later years.

Real serious. He leveraged everything, including some of his own material. It will be a long legal process before someone winds up owning Jackson's stake in the Beatles catalog.

jingle_jangle wrote:I'd call it a partial restoration.

Like you know anything about restorations. Wait. Never mind.

do a search on ebay for Michael Jackson vinyl