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I'm spectating at MJJC and while reading the thread about BN I found this and thought you guys would like to read it. It was written by MJJC member ebergen a few hours ago.

Last night, after dinner with friends here in LA, I got into my car, and knowing that it was midnight somewhere, I went to MichaelJackson.com on my iPhone, plugged it into the car, and drove up the 405 listening to "Breaking News" through the speakers in my car. I listened to it once, and was frozen in my seat. It was horrifying. I tried to listen to it a second time, but I just couldn't. It was not only an awful song, but NOT Michael.

I know Michael's voice better than I know the back of my own hand. If Michael sneezed, I would know it was him. I know every last record of his, be it official, unreleased, bootleg, acapella, whatever. Michael's voice, even on a crappy song, makes you smile, makes you move, makes you feel something. It was his greatest gift. Even songs like Heartbreaker, Got The Hots, The Lost Children, songs that I don't think are great "songs", when he sang them, you were convinced it was the greatest thing you ever heard. For god's sake, even on songs like Shout, 2000 Watts, and Privacy, where his voice is morphed, you can still tell it's Michael.

The lead vocal on Breaking News is not Michael Jackson. Yes, there are lots of MJ vocal-isms, but many people are good at that. Jason Malachi is probably the best that I've heard, but our brains can convince us of what we want to hear. If you play "Let Me Let Go" for an MJ fan and tell them this is some guy who sounds like MJ, they will say "wow, he's really good." But, if you play the same song for the same fan and tell them this is MJ, they will say "well, no, it's a really good impersonator."

I'm surprised that the powers that be couldn't hear the difference when they got these tapes. Listen to his live vocals on This Is It, where even him half-singing "I Want You Back" sounds like the real MJ, and that's barely singing. No amount of vocal processing, distortion or production can change the way you pronounce a word, esp. your own name. 2000 Watts has more production on it than anything, but it still sounds like Michael.

Take a listen to the leaked clip of "Do You Know Where Your Children Are" and in 17 seconds your body will feel something. It will move, smile and make you wanna dance. That's Michael.

Great quote.

And btw, the vast majority are proclaiming the track NOT MJ, and Sony as trying to pass off a fake on them. They are angry and in despair. Most say they canceled their pre-orders for the album. Boycotts are being threatened. Majority say they will download individual tracks if proved to be MJ only, and the best part... the very best part? Some are asking questions like this:

I'm starting to understand the purpose in this.  :D

[Makazradon]

I dunno if it's fake entirely... it definitely sounds, at least the beat and instrumentation, very MJ-like. Otherwise I basically agree with the post.

[Tumic Shason]

WOW!
I like how this person expressed themselves, and yes it is very true what they said, any MJ fan can recognize his voice, it just has this angelic tone to it where it captures the attention of your ears and continues on!
In my opinion it is not Michael singing this song, ALSO  in my opinion TMZs poll is fake, TMZ is helping Sony out, so they have to  change the percentage of the poll from NO being the highest to YES! because the whole world knows if anything that is involved with Michael Jackson the fans will buy, I almost  pre-ordered the cd, thank you to my mother for stopping me..LOL, and you also get a copy of VISION with it as well, which is material we have already seen!
I THINK the fans should boycott on this situation because it is wrong how they are using Mister Michael Jackson for money, TELL ME A TIME, PLACE,WEBSITE,EMAIL,ADDRESS..ETC! AND I WILL FOR SURE BE THERE without out a doubt!
Just because you are hungry for money it does not mean you try to ruin anothers legacy! IN THIS CASE Michael Jackson!

Love...Tumic!