JUNE 5TH RE-RELEASE OF THE #1 SINGLE, "I JUST CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU" INCLUDES PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED DEMO TRACK | The Official Michael Jackson Site (http://www.michaeljackson.com/us/news/june-5th-re-release-1-single-i-just-can%E2%80%99t-stop-loving-you-includes-previously-unreleased-demo-t)
- JUNE 5TH RE-RELEASE OF THE #1 SINGLE, "I JUST CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU" INCLUDES PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED DEMO TRACK (http://www.michaeljackson.com/us/news/june-5th-re-release-1-single-i-just-can%E2%80%99t-stop-loving-you-includes-previously-unreleased-demo-t) "Don't Be Messin' 'Round" is available for the first time on the re-release of "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" the first of five consecutive #1 singles from MJ's landmark album BAD which celebrates it's 25th anniversary with the release of BAD 25 on September 18th. MORE INFO (http://www.michaeljackson.com/us/news/june-5th-re-release-1-single-i-just-can%E2%80%99t-stop-loving-you-includes-previously-unreleased-demo-t) | LISTEN (http://www.michaeljackson.com/us/news/june-5th-re-release-1-single-i-just-can%E2%80%99t-stop-loving-you-includes-previously-unreleased-demo-t)
Michael Jackson News JUNE 5TH RE-RELEASE OF THE #1 SINGLE, "I JUST CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU" INCLUDES PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED DEMO TRACK (https://www.michaeljackson.com/sites/mjackson/files/MJ%20-%20I%20Just%20Cant%20Stop%20-%20CD%20Single%20Cover_0.jpg) (https://www.michaeljackson.com/sites/mjackson/files/MJ%20-%20I%20Just%20Cant%20Stop%20-%20CD%20Single%20Cover_0.jpg)JUNE 5TH RE-RELEASE OF THE #1 SINGLE, "I JUST CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU" INCLUDES PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED DEMO TRACK | The Official Michael Jackson Site (http://www.michaeljackson.com/us/news/june-5th-re-release-1-single-i-just-can%E2%80%99t-stop-loving-you-includes-previously-unreleased-demo-t)
Buy the single Here (http://www.smarturl.it/cantstoploving)
On Tuesday, June 5th The Estate of Michael Jackson and SONY Music Entertainment will re-release the first #1 single from BAD, "I Just Can't Stop Loving You", with a previously unreleased bonus demo track from the BAD sessions titled, "Don't Be Messin' 'Round". This special single re-release will not be released digitally; it is only available on CD at Wal-Mart.com, Wal-Mart stores in the U.S. and at other locations worldwide.
"Don't Be Messin' Round" was re-discovered in MJ's personal vault during the research process for BAD 25, the 25th anniversary edition of BAD available September 18th. Listen to a preview clip below.
Are you ready for a feeling time
are you ready for a good treat
now there’s so much entertainment
are you yeah ..in to me
Chorus:
So don’t be messin’ around, don’t be messin around
don’t be messin’ around hey hey hey
don’t be messin’ around, don’t be messin’ around
don’t be messin’ around hey
If I started now in the deep
thinking said this feeling is your life
I’ll be so proud if you let the only one
that we love before a little while
Chorus:
Don’t be messin’ around, don’t be messin around
don’t be messin’ around hey hey hey
so don’t be messin’ around, don’t be messin’ around
don’t be messin’ around hey
oho yeah yeah,
oho yeah, oho yeah, oho yeah
Now just started think of pumpin
to the beat I said let’s movin up late
she said to keep your mind
there’s won’t be no romance
no no mess around with me I..
Chorus:
Don’t be messin’ around, don’t be messin around
don’t be messin’ around hey hey hey
so don’t be messin’ around, don’t be messin’ around
don’t be messin’ around hey hey
Michael Jackson's BAD 25th Anniversary Edition Already has its First #1 Single (http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/6/prweb9605251.htm)
Michael Jackson's BAD 25th Anniversary Edition Already has its First #1 Single
The Estate of Michael Jackson along with Epic/Legacy Recordings announce: “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” / "Don't Be Messin' 'Round (demo)” CD Single Debuts at #1 on the Billboard Hot Singles Sales Chart.
MJ BAD 25 cover/release date 9/18/12
(PRWEB) June 14, 2012
On June 5, the original first single from Michael Jackson’s landmark album BAD, "I Just Can't Stop Loving You," was re-released as a CD Single with a never-before released bonus track called "Don't Be Messin' 'Round (demo)." In its first week this Wal-Mart exclusive CD single was scooped up by fans, giving Michael a #1 debut on the Billboard Hot Singles Sales chart in a top five that includes Carly Rae Jepsen, Calvin Harris, Justin Bieber and Coldplay/Rihanna.
“I Just Can't Stop Loving You” was written and composed by Michael Jackson and performed as a duet with Siedah Garrett. The song became the first of five consecutive number-one Billboard Hot 100 hits from Jackson's BAD album. It also reached number one on the Billboard R&B and adult contemporary charts. “Don’t Be Messin’ Around” is a previously unreleased demo from the singer’s vaults which was recorded during the BAD sessions.
On September 18th, the Estate of Michael Jackson along with Epic/Legacy Recordings will release BAD 25, which includes three CDs, two collectible booklets, and features the first-ever authorized DVD release of a concert from the record breaking BAD tour, the concert at Wembley Stadium on July 16, 1988 attended by Princess Diana, Prince Charles and a sold-out crowd of 72,000 fans.
More details on this and other exciting projects relating to BAD’s 25th anniversary will be announced soon.
Michael Jackson fans are some bad mother ........ shut yo mouf, lol.
I am so happy that it debuted at # 1. Twitter was on a roll getting the word out. I salute them for all the hard work.
Did you see the snippet of the Spike Lee MJ documentary? Good choice - keep them coming!!aawww!(http://smileys.sur-la-toile.com/repository/Amour/0007.gif) I want mooore!! (http://smileys.sur-la-toile.com/repository/Amour/0007.gif)Where's the rest??
"I'll snap my fingers....then BAM"
Bad25 - MJ Finger Snaps
Bad 25 New Documentary (Snippet) by Spike Lee - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jf_EhlOXKU)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jf_EhlOXKU[/youtube]
AWARD WINNING FILMMAKER SPIKE LEE IMMERSED IN MICHAEL JACKSON DOCUMENTARY | The Official Michael Jackson Site (http://www.michaeljackson.com/us/node/1269031?cid=lg:tmj&utm_medium=post&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=mj)
The award winning filmmaker Spike Lee has collaborated with The Estate of Michael Jackson and Sony Music on an in-depth behind the scenes film project featuring over 40 interviews conducted personally by Spike Lee with Michael's confidants, choreographers, musicians and other collaborators who collectively unveil the the story of the "Bad" project. Click here for an exclusive first peak AWARD WINNING FILMMAKER SPIKE LEE IMMERSED IN MICHAEL JACKSON DOCUMENTARY | The Official Michael Jackson Site (http://myplay.me/tmj)
Are you ready for a feeling time
are you ready for a good treat
now there’s so much entertainment
are you yeah ..in to me
Spike Lee comments, “I’m more than just a huge fan of Michael Jackson, and having the chance to actually know him and work with him, I deeply care about his legacy
Btw: isn´t this interesting....QuoteSpike Lee comments, “I’m more than just a huge fan of Michael Jackson, and having the chance to actually know him and work with him, I deeply care about his legacy
(http://i1230.photobucket.com/albums/ee491/showemhowfunky/Sorta1.jpg)
write him a dear john letter
write him a dear john letter
Now it is out for everybody to see.
(http://rlv.zcache.com/dear_john_hat-p148714213563486730enxqz_400.jpg)
He was also in the video of MJ almost buying Marvel studio.
It's apparently John McClain at 2:45.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdN9vRKUf0Y[/youtube]
Thank you for posting it.
I can't say I'd sit down and listen to that and to be honest Speed Demon is not a track I particularly like. :icon_redface: Maybe more appealing to younger peeps.
I think it was performed due to it was the fav song of Lady Di, when Michael greeted Lady Di he told her I will not perform Dirty Diana in respect to you and Diana was quick to say: Oh no please it's my favorite song!
Thank you for posting it.
I can't say I'd sit down and listen to that and to be honest Speed Demon is not a track I particularly like. :icon_redface: Maybe more appealing to younger peeps.
Yes, you are absolutley right, but remember Michael has Fans of all Ages. And it would be really boring
when they would only sell the old tracks. At least I wouldn't need them because I have them already and
why should I buy the same stuff twice?
Much Peace and Love to you.
Thank you for posting it.
I can't say I'd sit down and listen to that and to be honest Speed Demon is not a track I particularly like. :icon_redface: Maybe more appealing to younger peeps.
Yes, you are absolutley right, but remember Michael has Fans of all Ages. And it would be really boring
when they would only sell the old tracks. At least I wouldn't need them because I have them already and
why should I buy the same stuff twice?
Much Peace and Love to you.
Of course! I am not suggesting they only release tracks that might appeal to me personally! :LolLolLolLol:
It was just a quick personal opinion on the track. Hope I haven't offended. I can't like everything!
With the blood that Ron Wyatt found on the mercy seat of the true ark, the identity is impossible to counterfeit. Normal humans have 46 chromosomes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromosome). However, the blood of Jesus from the ark has only 24 chromosomes (23 “X” from Mary, and 1 “Y” from God). This is very strong scientific evidence of the virgin birth (see Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-38; 3:23).
It's alive:suspect:
It saw me go from bullied teen with no allies to lead in the school musicals full of confidence and a purpose in life. It gave me a hero to look up to. Someone strange, marching to the beat of his own drum and someone proud not to fit into the mould.Yes!! :Michael_Jackson_dancing_smile
Australian press launched a pretty aggressive negative campaign about Michael back then, informing locals that he would be performing behind a plastic screen to avoid catching germs from Australians.How could anybody have believed this ridiculousness? :icon_evil:
The 25th Anniversary of Michael Jackson's Bad.
de Darren Hayes la 12 august 2012 la 04:46 ·
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I was asked to give a quote or two regarding the 25th anniversary of Michael Jackson's 'Bad' album. If you know anything about me you'd know this is virtually impossible. I have years of good things to say about this album and so I decided instead to write a blog about the record, from which I'll let someone else try to snip out a few relevant sentences!
My sweet sweet Applehead...you always deliver great stories and Michael "tidbits"....Thank you thank you thank you!!!! It is soooooo good to see you again my friend...I missed you so much!!!!
:bearhug: Sending LOVE to you and yours ...always!!
@BTC...You are one lucky Lady that you got to see the film already!! Thanks for the report, can't wait to see it!! LOVE you too sister! :bearhug:
:bearhug:s and LOVE to everyone!!
Michael...LOVE you so much Brother!! :bearhug:
Bad is without doubt my favourite Michael Jackson album of all time. It evokes such strong and bittersweet associations for me. While on one hand it was an astounding musical hurricane of smash hit singles and dazzling visuals - it also occupied that awkward space of being the album that had to follow up the biggest selling album of all time; an expectation I don't think even Michael himself could ever escape. It's a shame because the album WAS a phenomenal success. It spawned 5 Billboard Number One singles (a world record) and went on to sell in excess of 35 million copies - it ranks as the 5th greatest seller of all time. Still, it seemed to this fan that at the time, Bad was unfairly judged simply for not being Thriller. The irony is, I'm so glad it wasn't.
I didn't own Thriller at the time. Shock! Horror! But it's true. It was a matter of economics - we couldn't afford it. By the time I saved up enough money to buy Thriller, the massive moonwalking Grammy Award winning world dominating wave of 3 years had finally passed. So I waited patiently for the 'next' album.
By the time Bad started gearing up to crack open the sky - I was the prime age to appreciate music. The year was 1987 and I was 15 years old. On August 31 that year there was a massive pre-release hype for the entire project and the premiere of the music video was no exception. It was a prime time television event - 'Michael Jackson : The Magic Returns' and featured the full 17 minute Martin Scorcese directed video for the single 'Bad': Michael's 'sequel' to Thriller - the most successful music video of all time. No pressure! Granted, we'd already been treated to the ballad 'I Just Can't Stop Loving You' - but that was not really the big first single. It was like a teaser. Almost a way to take the pressure off. In the business we'd call that a 'soft release'. No, the real event was the first big pop song and the accompanying music video for 'Bad'. So the pressure was there! I even applied some as a fan.
What would it sound like? What would he look like? Most importantly - would I love it as I adored Thriller?
The answer was a big massive YES! Musically - the title track Bad, was FUN. It was up and energetic and I did not see the funk or soul coming. I did not expect Michael to look the way he did. I loved his androgyny and his new slick black leather and buckles image. His hair. His makeup. He was a proper pop star. A hero.
I was also being bullied quite badly at high school during that time so you can imagine the impact Michael's video for 'Bad' had. His character was taunted and what did he do? He only shot up into the air and dropped down as a super hero in black leather and buckles. Then he danced up a storm and sang like an angel spitting out rhetoric and confidence.
When I finally got the album, listening to it was a religious experience. I still remember the paper stock of the album cover, the smell of the ink - the incredible liner notes and of course that amazing Matthew Rolston inner sleeve photo spread with Michael in black sunglasses and turtleneck and through a distorted lens as he contorted for the camera.
The sounds - well they were surreal. The percussion and aggressive vocals of 'The Way You Make Me Feel' in sharp contrast to the honey sweet harmonies of the backing vocals. The insanity of 'Speed Demon' - the joy of Stevie Wonder Duet 'Just Good Friends' and of course that goose bump inducing global anthem 'Man in the Mirror'. It has the violence of 'Dirty Diana' and finally the jewel of Bad's crown : Smooth Criminal. Forget Billie Jean, keep Thriller. I wanted to see a music video for this adrenaline rush of a song! As a collected works - the songs were a million miles away form the brilliant Thriller. Where Thriller was sparse and conservative in its punches, Bad was a techincolour of sound. Brooding, angry or sexy. Nothing on there sounding like a repeat of where he'd been before.
The rest of the campaign unfolded with equal amounts of mystery shock and awe. Who could have seen 'sexy Michael' on the horizon? But there he was in the video for 'The Way You Make Me Feel' converting even my rock loving sister into a fan. This previously harmless elfin like child man was suddenly the confident lead in his own West Side Story musical - puffing his chest and chasing the pretty lady down the street. Every music video was an event. MTV had just come to Australian television (albeit a 2 hour show 3 times a week late at night!). But I sat there for every single video premiere at midnight - fumbling with the controls for the VCR to record them so I could watch them over and over again. Studying the dance moves and obsessing over the details. Then there was the tour. Long standing fans of mine would know about the transformative experience I had seeing Michael live for the first time. Brisbane Entertainment centre - November 25 and 28 1987. Famously and rather embarrassingly, the Australian press launched a pretty aggressive negative campaign about Michael back then, informing locals that he would be performing behind a plastic screen to avoid catching germs from Australians. Ridiculous. But it worked: ticket sales virtually halted. MJ was supposed to play in stadiums but due to the poor ticket sales in my home town he was downgraded to arenas. Instead of one night in a 40 thousand seat stadium he played 2 nights at a 9 thousand seater. It's unfathomable now to imagine the King of Pop couldn't sell a concert ticket - but in that moment in time, that was the reality in my home town.
The tour book was extraordinary. It featured photographs of Michael in a mysterious white pin striped suit with a white Fedora. Had I missed something? What video was this from? I had to wait a year to find out (see the end of this story!).
I've written numerous accounts of this night but suffice to say I ended up almost front row by complete accident (my cheap seat field tickets for the stadium randomly exchanged for floor seats right near the stage) and the performance changed my life: it made me know what I wanted to do for the rest of mine. It was a spectacular show, and I managed to buy tickets to the 2nd show as well - where I saw both Stevie Wonder perform a duet with Michael but also the debut of choreographer and local Brisbane resident Wade Robson as he made his debut on stage at 5 years of age, dancing with Michael during the encore.
During the course of the promo period for Bad, I had all the 12 inch singles on vinyl. For the record, Man In The Mirror was my favourite artwork - this incredible black and white portrait of Michael with silver ink and black. The boots from Dirty Diana were also fawned over and I may have worn a pair just like them complete with a Triumph motorcycle buckle belt to my high school prom that year ;).
Bad filled up 2 years of my life at high school. It saw me go from bullied teen with no allies to lead in the school musicals full of confidence and a purpose in life. It gave me a hero to look up to. Someone strange, marching to the beat of his own drum and someone proud not to fit into the mould.
By the time Bad promo finished up - and the magic felt like it was about to drain out of my world, I saw an ad in a movie magazine that stopped me in my tracks. 'Moonwalker' - starring Michael Jackson.
There he was in that white pin striped suit in a movie poster reminiscent of a George Lucas or Steven Spielberg film. What did it all mean? I had to wait until the movie was released. Luckily because I worked part time in a record store - I managed to score tickets to a press screening and I marked the date on my calendar. Soon enough the mystery of the white suit was revealed - it was the outfit Michael famously wore in the music video for Smooth Criminal and I embarrassingly and proudly wore a replica version of it to the screening myself. I felt a bit of a fool catching a bus in the middle of a humid Australian summer day - in full white suit complete with suspenders and blue socks! I was one of two people dressed up. The other, the now 6 year old Wade Robson. He was in a perfect replica of the white gangster suit complete with identical dance moves. I said hello to him after the screening. No one else realised who he was but I said to him 'Are you the little boy who danced with Michael Jackson at the concert?'. He looked up with his big wide brown eyes and smiled knowingly, 'Yes'. He and his family would eventually be moved to the U.S with Michael's assistance, and under Michael's mentoring, Wayde would grow up to be a choreographer for Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears. But back then, in 1988 he was still a baby. I said goodbye to him, and to the Bad era and caught the bus home with my own white fedora in my hand. Wayde was off to Neverland and I was off on a journey that would put me on stage at that same arena in my home town just 10 years later.
It was the best bus ride of my life.
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The original cover for Bad - before the pesky record company forced MJ to change it. I still prefer it.
OMG what a wonderful and emotional life experience,isn't it :-* ?
The 25th Anniversary of Michael Jackson's Bad.
de Darren Hayes la 12 august 2012 la 04:46 ·
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I was asked to give a quote or two regarding the 25th anniversary of Michael Jackson's 'Bad' album. If you know anything about me you'd know this is virtually impossible. I have years of good things to say about this album and so I decided instead to write a blog about the record, from which I'll let someone else try to snip out a few relevant sentences!
My sweet sweet Applehead...you always deliver great stories and Michael "tidbits"....Thank you thank you thank you!!!! It is soooooo good to see you again my friend...I missed you so much!!!!
:bearhug: Sending LOVE to you and yours ...always!!
@BTC...You are one lucky Lady that you got to see the film already!! Thanks for the report, can't wait to see it!! LOVE you too sister! :bearhug:
:bearhug:s and LOVE to everyone!!
Michael...LOVE you so much Brother!! :bearhug:
Bad is without doubt my favourite Michael Jackson album of all time. It evokes such strong and bittersweet associations for me. While on one hand it was an astounding musical hurricane of smash hit singles and dazzling visuals - it also occupied that awkward space of being the album that had to follow up the biggest selling album of all time; an expectation I don't think even Michael himself could ever escape. It's a shame because the album WAS a phenomenal success. It spawned 5 Billboard Number One singles (a world record) and went on to sell in excess of 35 million copies - it ranks as the 5th greatest seller of all time. Still, it seemed to this fan that at the time, Bad was unfairly judged simply for not being Thriller. The irony is, I'm so glad it wasn't.
I didn't own Thriller at the time. Shock! Horror! But it's true. It was a matter of economics - we couldn't afford it. By the time I saved up enough money to buy Thriller, the massive moonwalking Grammy Award winning world dominating wave of 3 years had finally passed. So I waited patiently for the 'next' album.
By the time Bad started gearing up to crack open the sky - I was the prime age to appreciate music. The year was 1987 and I was 15 years old. On August 31 that year there was a massive pre-release hype for the entire project and the premiere of the music video was no exception. It was a prime time television event - 'Michael Jackson : The Magic Returns' and featured the full 17 minute Martin Scorcese directed video for the single 'Bad': Michael's 'sequel' to Thriller - the most successful music video of all time. No pressure! Granted, we'd already been treated to the ballad 'I Just Can't Stop Loving You' - but that was not really the big first single. It was like a teaser. Almost a way to take the pressure off. In the business we'd call that a 'soft release'. No, the real event was the first big pop song and the accompanying music video for 'Bad'. So the pressure was there! I even applied some as a fan.
What would it sound like? What would he look like? Most importantly - would I love it as I adored Thriller?
The answer was a big massive YES! Musically - the title track Bad, was FUN. It was up and energetic and I did not see the funk or soul coming. I did not expect Michael to look the way he did. I loved his androgyny and his new slick black leather and buckles image. His hair. His makeup. He was a proper pop star. A hero.
I was also being bullied quite badly at high school during that time so you can imagine the impact Michael's video for 'Bad' had. His character was taunted and what did he do? He only shot up into the air and dropped down as a super hero in black leather and buckles. Then he danced up a storm and sang like an angel spitting out rhetoric and confidence.
When I finally got the album, listening to it was a religious experience. I still remember the paper stock of the album cover, the smell of the ink - the incredible liner notes and of course that amazing Matthew Rolston inner sleeve photo spread with Michael in black sunglasses and turtleneck and through a distorted lens as he contorted for the camera.
The sounds - well they were surreal. The percussion and aggressive vocals of 'The Way You Make Me Feel' in sharp contrast to the honey sweet harmonies of the backing vocals. The insanity of 'Speed Demon' - the joy of Stevie Wonder Duet 'Just Good Friends' and of course that goose bump inducing global anthem 'Man in the Mirror'. It has the violence of 'Dirty Diana' and finally the jewel of Bad's crown : Smooth Criminal. Forget Billie Jean, keep Thriller. I wanted to see a music video for this adrenaline rush of a song! As a collected works - the songs were a million miles away form the brilliant Thriller. Where Thriller was sparse and conservative in its punches, Bad was a techincolour of sound. Brooding, angry or sexy. Nothing on there sounding like a repeat of where he'd been before.
The rest of the campaign unfolded with equal amounts of mystery shock and awe. Who could have seen 'sexy Michael' on the horizon? But there he was in the video for 'The Way You Make Me Feel' converting even my rock loving sister into a fan. This previously harmless elfin like child man was suddenly the confident lead in his own West Side Story musical - puffing his chest and chasing the pretty lady down the street. Every music video was an event. MTV had just come to Australian television (albeit a 2 hour show 3 times a week late at night!). But I sat there for every single video premiere at midnight - fumbling with the controls for the VCR to record them so I could watch them over and over again. Studying the dance moves and obsessing over the details. Then there was the tour. Long standing fans of mine would know about the transformative experience I had seeing Michael live for the first time. Brisbane Entertainment centre - November 25 and 28 1987. Famously and rather embarrassingly, the Australian press launched a pretty aggressive negative campaign about Michael back then, informing locals that he would be performing behind a plastic screen to avoid catching germs from Australians. Ridiculous. But it worked: ticket sales virtually halted. MJ was supposed to play in stadiums but due to the poor ticket sales in my home town he was downgraded to arenas. Instead of one night in a 40 thousand seat stadium he played 2 nights at a 9 thousand seater. It's unfathomable now to imagine the King of Pop couldn't sell a concert ticket - but in that moment in time, that was the reality in my home town.
The tour book was extraordinary. It featured photographs of Michael in a mysterious white pin striped suit with a white Fedora. Had I missed something? What video was this from? I had to wait a year to find out (see the end of this story!).
I've written numerous accounts of this night but suffice to say I ended up almost front row by complete accident (my cheap seat field tickets for the stadium randomly exchanged for floor seats right near the stage) and the performance changed my life: it made me know what I wanted to do for the rest of mine. It was a spectacular show, and I managed to buy tickets to the 2nd show as well - where I saw both Stevie Wonder perform a duet with Michael but also the debut of choreographer and local Brisbane resident Wade Robson as he made his debut on stage at 5 years of age, dancing with Michael during the encore.
During the course of the promo period for Bad, I had all the 12 inch singles on vinyl. For the record, Man In The Mirror was my favourite artwork - this incredible black and white portrait of Michael with silver ink and black. The boots from Dirty Diana were also fawned over and I may have worn a pair just like them complete with a Triumph motorcycle buckle belt to my high school prom that year ;).
Bad filled up 2 years of my life at high school. It saw me go from bullied teen with no allies to lead in the school musicals full of confidence and a purpose in life. It gave me a hero to look up to. Someone strange, marching to the beat of his own drum and someone proud not to fit into the mould.
By the time Bad promo finished up - and the magic felt like it was about to drain out of my world, I saw an ad in a movie magazine that stopped me in my tracks. 'Moonwalker' - starring Michael Jackson.
There he was in that white pin striped suit in a movie poster reminiscent of a George Lucas or Steven Spielberg film. What did it all mean? I had to wait until the movie was released. Luckily because I worked part time in a record store - I managed to score tickets to a press screening and I marked the date on my calendar. Soon enough the mystery of the white suit was revealed - it was the outfit Michael famously wore in the music video for Smooth Criminal and I embarrassingly and proudly wore a replica version of it to the screening myself. I felt a bit of a fool catching a bus in the middle of a humid Australian summer day - in full white suit complete with suspenders and blue socks! I was one of two people dressed up. The other, the now 6 year old Wade Robson. He was in a perfect replica of the white gangster suit complete with identical dance moves. I said hello to him after the screening. No one else realised who he was but I said to him 'Are you the little boy who danced with Michael Jackson at the concert?'. He looked up with his big wide brown eyes and smiled knowingly, 'Yes'. He and his family would eventually be moved to the U.S with Michael's assistance, and under Michael's mentoring, Wayde would grow up to be a choreographer for Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears. But back then, in 1988 he was still a baby. I said goodbye to him, and to the Bad era and caught the bus home with my own white fedora in my hand. Wayde was off to Neverland and I was off on a journey that would put me on stage at that same arena in my home town just 10 years later.
It was the best bus ride of my life.
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The original cover for Bad - before the pesky record company forced MJ to change it. I still prefer it.
OMG what a wonderful and emotional life experience,isn't it :-* ?
A little teaser for you girls from the DVD. Dirty Diana :michael_jackson-1135: :icon_lol: !!!!!(http://smileys.sur-la-toile.com/repository/Amour/emoticones-msn-amoureux-baiser-confus.gif)
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So agreed! How intensely yet simply he communicates!:icon_e_wink:
The silence from all the Jackson family on Twitter about Bad25 is deafening, plus nothing for a long
time from TMZ - rather odd/strange??
My copy arrived yesterday!
EDIT: Watched the dvd last night - amazing energy! I'd never seen MJ performing Bad before - pretty cool.
(Enjoyment spoiled by someone in the room asking 'Where did it all go wrong?' and proceeding to talk about cosmetic surgery, drugs and being broke, then that person leaving the room, not wanting to share it with the crazy woman who casts doubt over these 'well known facts'. :icon_e_sad: ) :icon_e_confused: :icon_question:
A little teaser for you girls from the DVD. Dirty Diana :michael_jackson-1135: :icon_lol: !!!!!(http://smileys.sur-la-toile.com/repository/Amour/emoticones-msn-amoureux-baiser-confus.gif)
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_laor1kbOMU1qcsr0lo1_r3_500.gif)
That's one of the hottest, most original and artistic stage moves ever ! (http://smileys.sur-la-toile.com/repository/Amour/coeur-neon-lumineux.gif)
Mike using the mike as a double metaphor to symbolize , through a ballet-like dance move, 2 objects of his passion and LOVE: the music and the woman. it's short but so EXPRESSIVE! Just PURRRfect! GENIUS!
And Dirty DIANA is a VERY fav of mine!!
Thanks for posting this @AppleHead :bearhug:(http://smileys.sur-la-toile.com/repository/Amour/coeurs-couleurs.gif)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S40XeotCyOg&feature=share[/youtube]
My copy arrived yesterday!
EDIT: Watched the dvd last night - amazing energy! I'd never seen MJ performing Bad before - pretty cool.
(Enjoyment spoiled by someone in the room asking 'Where did it all go wrong?' and proceeding to talk about cosmetic surgery, drugs and being broke, then that person leaving the room, not wanting to share it with the crazy woman who casts doubt over these 'well known facts'. :icon_e_sad: ) :icon_e_confused: :icon_question:
Curls what do you mean by that ? About what person are you talking about? It's about someone from the DVD or about someone in the room with you? Strange,cause I really don't understand what this Bad25 DVD has to do with cosmetic surgery,drugs,sudden death and his personal life,cause I thought it's about the personality not the person,lol :icon_e_confused: :animal0017: !!!!
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I just LOVE this guy!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vRZuW01g4Q&feature=g-all-lik[/youtube]
Love, love, loving 'Price of Fame'! Can't get enough of its totally amazing rhythm and what about when MJ sings 'my father never lies'? I tried to copy it and sounded like a horse neighing!! :icon_lol: Anyone recognise the bit I mean?
Love, love, loving 'Price of Fame'! Can't get enough of its totally amazing rhythm and what about when MJ sings 'my father never lies'? I tried to copy it and sounded like a horse neighing!! :icon_lol: Anyone recognise the bit I mean?
I love Price of Fame too Curls, I am listening to it right now and Michael's voice sounds very deep very adult (different from the Bad oldest songs' voice) what brings me to the theory said by some of you that some of the songs included in Bad 25 are very recent.
I know this has been posted but take a look again to its lyrics:
//"I want a face no one can recognize, in disguise"
"I’d like to take some time and get away, then they’ll say"
"Is that boy still alive?"//
Is this hoax that getaway Michael is talking about in this song? I think so.
Love, love, loving 'Price of Fame'! Can't get enough of its totally amazing rhythm and what about when MJ sings 'my father never lies'? I tried to copy it and sounded like a horse neighing!! :icon_lol: Anyone recognise the bit I mean?
I love Price of Fame too Curls, I am listening to it right now and Michael's voice sounds very deep very adult (different from the Bad oldest songs' voice) what brings me to the theory said by some of you that some of the songs included in Bad 25 are very recent.
I know this has been posted but take a look again to its lyrics:
//"I want a face no one can recognize, in disguise"
"I’d like to take some time and get away, then they’ll say"
"Is that boy still alive?"//
Is this hoax that getaway Michael is talking about in this song? I think so.
I thought Michael won't perform after the Bam, but it seems that he will, but from behind the curtain!
Love, love, loving 'Price of Fame'! Can't get enough of its totally amazing rhythm and what about when MJ sings 'my father never lies'? I tried to copy it and sounded like a horse neighing!! :icon_lol: Anyone recognise the bit I mean?
I love Price of Fame too Curls, I am listening to it right now and Michael's voice sounds very deep very adult (different from the Bad oldest songs' voice) what brings me to the theory said by some of you that some of the songs included in Bad 25 are very recent.
I know this has been posted but take a look again to its lyrics:
//"I want a face no one can recognize, in disguise"
"I’d like to take some time and get away, then they’ll say"
"Is that boy still alive?"//
Is this hoax that getaway Michael is talking about in this song? I think so.
I thought Michael won't perform after the Bam, but it seems that he will, but from behind the curtain!
I think Michael won't stop writing and making music not only for him but for others performers too including Omer Bhatti but perform on stage is a different story I think if he BAMS he will only perform in special occasions like Music Awards and things like that apart from filming that will be one of his passions.
ps: It seems I am able to predict his future :LolLolLolLol:
You know, on a side note, regarding the new songs on Bad25, has anyone else noticed that the lyrics seem to be nonsense strings of words designed to showcase the relevant hoaxy lyrics? I can't make out many of the lyrics in these 6 new songs but the few I can decipher do not form complete thoughts or sentences. The words that are clear beyond the song titles are those which are hoaxy.
Al Capone is probably the best example of this.
"why did you let him get away"
"no one told her, no one ever showed her"
"no one should be grieving this way"
The rest seems to be either nonsense strings of words or unintelligible.
Price of Fame, the lyrics are incomplete thoughts or parts of a story line which don't connect to each other and then suddenly you have these super-dooper hoaxy phrases buried in the middle.
The other songs are similar, to my ears so far anyway. Anyone else?
write him a dear john letter
that "crying" part just now was kinda awkward.......
that "crying" part just now was kinda awkward.......
Everyone looked genuinely upset...except Branca who didn't look the least bit upset. I laughed so hard at that pitiful tear he tried to pretend into existence.that "crying" part just now was kinda awkward.......
I agree - the silence. I guess to show how everyone is still in disbelief, speechless, then the cry without tears, and Branca wiping away a tear that wasn't there. :suspect:
Interesting sequence... Leave me alone, to Jermaine's announcement, to the silence, followed by Danyel Smith saying about his death 'we should all be ashamed'
If anyone now or in the future has an online source for viewing this documentary, please post a link on this thread.I had to work tonight so I missed it, but I've been watching the German parts available.
If anyone now or in the future has an online source for viewing this documentary, please post a link on this thread.I had to work tonight so I missed it, but I've been watching the German parts available.
At 5:29 they explain about the Annie dummy for smooth criminal.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv_4GROFz8g&feature=related[/youtube]
that "crying" part just now was kinda awkward.......
I agree - the silence. I guess to show how everyone is still in disbelief, speechless, then the cry without tears, and Branca wiping away a tear that wasn't there. :suspect:
Interesting sequence... Leave me alone, to Jermaine's announcement, to the silence, followed by Danyel Smith saying about his death 'we should all be ashamed'
If anyone now or in the future has an online source for viewing this documentary, please post a link on this thread.
Here's another one....
http://www.soulculture.co.uk/culture-2/film-tv/watch-bad-25-spike-lees-michael-jackson-documentary-in-full-tv-catch-up/ (http://www.soulculture.co.uk/culture-2/film-tv/watch-bad-25-spike-lees-michael-jackson-documentary-in-full-tv-catch-up/)
Here's another one....Thanks! Just finished watching it! It was great, except never enough shots of MJ...
http://www.soulculture.co.uk/culture-2/film-tv/watch-bad-25-spike-lees-michael-jackson-documentary-in-full-tv-catch-up/ (http://www.soulculture.co.uk/culture-2/film-tv/watch-bad-25-spike-lees-michael-jackson-documentary-in-full-tv-catch-up/)
That documentary was great...although very edited I think.......however, what in the world was up with showing the CPR dummy and talking about that being "Annie" from Smooth Criminal......I choked so hard, lol. They were talking about how important it is to assess the person before giving CPR and that Michael knew this, etc.....I was stunned really.
Also the clock on the Hayvenhurst home.....did I see 2:26? As in the death time? Things were just strange with this documentary. But, I do think it was really well done. I enjoyed it very much.
Two signs that were hanging at Hayvenhurst:
Those Who Reach, Touch the Stars
and
Follow Your Dreams, Wherever They May Lead
Thanks for the links....I'll watch more over the weekend.....
Blessings
Thanks RK, I may watch it again.That documentary was great...although very edited I think.......however, what in the world was up with showing the CPR dummy and talking about that being "Annie" from Smooth Criminal......I choked so hard, lol. They were talking about how important it is to assess the person before giving CPR and that Michael knew this, etc.....I was stunned really.
Also the clock on the Hayvenhurst home.....did I see 2:26? As in the death time? Things were just strange with this documentary. But, I do think it was really well done. I enjoyed it very much.
Two signs that were hanging at Hayvenhurst:
Those Who Reach, Touch the Stars
and
Follow Your Dreams, Wherever They May Lead
Thanks for the links....I'll watch more over the weekend.....
Blessings
Yes I noticed this too. MJ saying about Hayvenhurst - it starts in this room and spreads to the whole world.
Here are a few things I thought about...
Looked to me MJ was part of this, it was like a reintroduction to MJ the person versus the tabloid media BS. Showing the different sides of Michael the man, genius, leader, inventive… A few mentions I thought might be hoaxy. OR maybe it was to get fans and ppl thinking about it again or questioning things?
• says “no one understands me”
• The movie Third Man was the inspiration for the look of smooth criminal.
• Discussed distinctive Snap of fingers
• While showing the mirror photo, Voice trainer mentions MJs different tones, vocal range, and about a phone call where he spoke in low tone, which said he preferred not to use. (I was thinking about use of doubles or illusion)
• Leave me alone, ahead of its time, collage of images meticulously cut and arranged, about tabloid media… he says ppl don’t know me and believe the media. And the cpr dummy ... strange.
• Next the footage of Jermaine’s announcement, followed by silence, Danyel Smith says ‘we should all be ashamed’ should look at ourselves, the man in the mirror… and that’s the song ppl think of after his death. Branca said ‘Michael took it and made it his own’. Then discussion about make that change… emphasizing the word CHANGE.
• Footage of him singing Another Part of Me … This part of the song…
“We're Sendin' Out
A Major Love
And This Is Our
Message To You
The Planets Are Linin' Up
We're Bringin' Brighter Days
They're All In Line
Waitin' For You
So Look The Truth
You're Just Another Part Of Me . .”
Man in the Mirror, Ending of the film with MJ in the light, arms out just as in 'This is it' film.
Thank you for all of these comments - I watched all but the last few minutes so will definitely watch this again through one of these links.
I was so mesmerized by this documentary that I didn't think anything hoax. At least not until the CPR Dummy came up - then I started thinking about the interview and the journalist that was on TV talking about the CPR Dummy in reference to this song.
Then they showed Jermaine and his announcement and that whipped me back into hoax mode - thanks Mr Lee :) I think the tears once again humanized Michael and showed how well respected he is among his peers.
Overall I think it was an exceptional documentary of the making of BAD but even moreso it was an exceptional behind the scenes look at Michael the man - something that he has been showing us since 6/25/09. The true Michael. And I loved it.
Thank you, Michael, and thank you, Mr Lee. I am hopeful that the documentary reached hearts and minds of those that are misinformed about who you are and I'm hopeful that it changed their perception.
Blessings
Wow Mindseye, thanks for the list!
great observations!
I loved the moment when Kanye West was on saying "Annie are you ok..." and then said "no I don't think she's ok, man". :LolLolLolLol:
If anyone now or in the future has an online source for viewing this documentary, please post a link on this thread.
Here's another one....
http://www.soulculture.co.uk/culture-2/film-tv/watch-bad-25-spike-lees-michael-jackson-documentary-in-full-tv-catch-up/ (http://www.soulculture.co.uk/culture-2/film-tv/watch-bad-25-spike-lees-michael-jackson-documentary-in-full-tv-catch-up/)
has anyone brought the bad 25 deluxe collectors edition? wondering what the headphones in it is like and if anyone else owns this edition?
has anyone brought the bad 25 deluxe collectors edition? wondering what the headphones in it is like and if anyone else owns this edition?
I bought it and the headphones are just little earbuds that say BAD on them.
has anyone brought the bad 25 deluxe collectors edition? wondering what the headphones in it is like and if anyone else owns this edition?
I bought it and the headphones are just little earbuds that say BAD on them.
how the sound quality, and the "sound isolating" effect that it has? i can easily buy this collection but like some reviews and other opinions of people who currently have this.
it would be a nice addition to my MJ collection which include things like MJ frames, cd's, dvds, MJ OPUS, and original papers from 2009 of june 25th. just to name a few things :-) like MJ OPUS, ebay is selling the MJ Deluxe collection at rip of prices of $300 up to a major rip of, of $1000, like i mean MJ site sells them for $200 lol, like wow.
has anyone brought the bad 25 deluxe collectors edition? wondering what the headphones in it is like and if anyone else owns this edition?
I bought it and the headphones are just little earbuds that say BAD on them.
how the sound quality, and the "sound isolating" effect that it has? i can easily buy this collection but like some reviews and other opinions of people who currently have this.
it would be a nice addition to my MJ collection which include things like MJ frames, cd's, dvds, MJ OPUS, and original papers from 2009 of june 25th. just to name a few things :-) like MJ OPUS, ebay is selling the MJ Deluxe collection at rip of prices of $300 up to a major rip of, of $1000, like i mean MJ site sells them for $200 lol, like wow.
I would love to give you my opinion on the quality of the ear buds but I haven't ever used them. They are still sitting in the box (I haven't even worn the t-shirt!) To be honest, they don't seem like very high quality ones (sorry MJ). The case is pretty neat though! I bought it to add to my collection also (which sounds a lot like yours!!)