Michael Jackson rushed to hospital

DaemonSeid · #1 06-26-2009, 07:49 AM

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Kind of related, but iTunes has an MJ icon on their homepage, and 6 of the top album downloads are from Michael Jackson. Apparently, the top 10 at Amazon is all MJ too--not sure if that's downloads or actual CDs.

What's going to happen to all of those people who had tickets to see him this summer?

Those tickets just became collectors items...again...peep ebay...heh

Ok....

I am predicting that within 25 years he may surpass Elvis as one of the richest deceased artists.

I think in part because he owned rights to the Beetles collection.

Just think about this, for starters, there is a Beetles Rock Band coming out soon.

How much does his estate stand to make from their cut of the profits from that game?

How much of his unreleased recordings will be 'found' within the next 10 years?

deepimpact2 · #2 06-26-2009, 07:56 AM

(Sigh) According to some media reports, Michael allegedly left the portion of the Beatles catalog that he owned to Paul McCartney in his will in order to repair the rift between them over it.

I hope not. I was hoping Paul would NEVER get his hands on it again. Especially since he was acting like such a jerk about it. Dude, Michael outbid you fair and square. Move the hell on!

DaemonSeid · #3 06-26-2009, 08:02 AM

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(Sigh) According to some media reports, Michael allegedly left the portion of the Beatles catalog that he owned to Paul McCartney in his will in order to repair the rift between them over it.

I hope not. I was hoping Paul would NEVER get his hands on it again. Especially since he was acting like such a jerk about it. Dude, Michael outbid you fair and square. Move the hell on!

what Snopes had to say on this issue. YMMV

The Straight Dope covered this also

DrPhil · #4 06-26-2009, 08:56 AM

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(Sigh) According to some media reports, Michael allegedly left the portion of the Beatles catalog that he owned to Paul McCartney in his will in order to repair the rift between them over it.

I hope not. I was hoping Paul would NEVER get his hands on it again. Especially since he was acting like such a jerk about it. Dude, Michael outbid you fair and square. Move the hell on!

I always thought that McCartney should own a larger portion than Jackson did, since he was a Beatles. Maybe he did.

deepimpact2 · #5 06-26-2009, 09:38 AM

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I always thought that McCartney should own a larger portion than Jackson did, since he was a Beatles. Maybe he did.

Well then he should have gotten whatever he needed in order to purchase it. There are artists who don't own their own catalogs. It is just the nature of the business.

DrPhil · #6 06-26-2009, 09:56 AM

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Well then he should have gotten whatever he needed in order to purchase it. There are artists who don't own their own catalogs. It is just the nature of the business.

Uh huh, there is some etiquette that goes with the business, which is why there was a bit of drama in that.

Munchkin03 · #7 06-26-2009, 08:03 AM

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I think in part because he owned rights to the Beetles collection.

Just think about this, for starters, there is a Beetles Rock Band coming out soon.

How much does his estate stand to make from their cut of the profits from that game?

How much of his unreleased recordings will be 'found' within the next 10 years?

So much of what he owned in ATV Music was so heavily mortgaged. He offered to sell it a few times. I think we'll see the extent to which he was leveraged and enabled momentarily.

Paul and Yoko had ample opportunities to purchase the catalogue, but MJ just outbid them. Even Yoko said that it was better to have someone not related to the Beatles to own the songs. I don't know how I feel about it. We're going to learn a lot soon.

DrPhil · #8 06-26-2009, 10:00 AM

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Paul and Yoko had ample opportunities to purchase the catalogue, but MJ just outbid them. Even Yoko said that it was better to have someone not related to the Beatles to own the songs. I don't know how I feel about it. We're going to learn a lot soon.

Perhaps someone not related, but not necessarily Michael Jackson. LOL.

Outbid is outbid, but his outbidding never sat well with me.

33girl · #9 06-26-2009, 10:12 AM

I know I'll get flamed for this, but I think it's all a big ole Velvet Goldmine style hoax. He's probably on Marlon Brando's Tahitian island.

DrPhil · #10 06-26-2009, 10:14 AM

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I know I'll get flamed for this, but I think it's all a big ole Velvet Goldmine style hoax. He's probably on Marlon Brando's Tahitian island.

That crossed my mind yesterday when TMZ was the only source that claimed he had passed and CNN took so darn long. I think he's really deceased, though.

I will NOT do him like they did Elvis and TuPac. No No No. LOL.

33girl · #11 06-26-2009, 10:16 AM

I was clicking thru the little news items on my cable, and UCLA Med Center - where he died - is the same place that leaked Farrah's records to the media. That just set off all kinds of red flags for me.

deepimpact2 · #12 06-26-2009, 10:34 AM

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That crossed my mind yesterday when TMZ was the only source that claimed he had passed and CNN took so darn long. I think he's really deceased, though.

I will NOT do him like they did Elvis and TuPac. No No No. LOL.

No, I'm not going that route either. I believe Elvis is dead and unfortunately Michael is dead. However, I DO believe that Tupac is still alive. In fact CNN reported seeing him in Beverly Hills a few years ago. But then, allegedly they had to take the story down because of issues surrounding his death. The story from CNN was that his death was faked because he had to enter the witness protection program after ratting out a major crime figure shortly before the time when he "died."

DaemonSeid · #13 06-26-2009, 10:38 AM

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No, I'm not going that route either. I believe Elvis is dead and unfortunately Michael is dead. However, I DO believe that Tupac is still alive. In fact CNN reported seeing him in Beverly Hills a few years ago. But then, allegedly they had to take the story down because of issues surrounding his death. The story from CNN was that his death was faked because he had to enter the witness protection program after ratting out a major crime figure shortly before the time when he "died."

I'm sorry... did you say Shug Knight???

DrPhil · #14 06-26-2009, 10:43 AM

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However, I DO believe that Tupac is still alive.

LOL. I'm not holding my breath on this one.

Grab your glocks when you see Tupac
Call the cops when you see Tupac, Uhh
Who shot me,
But, your punks didn't finish
Now, you 'bout to feel the wrath of a menace
*blank*, I hit 'em up

Munchkin03 · #15 06-26-2009, 10:21 AM

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Perhaps someone not related, but not necessarily Michael Jackson. LOL.

Outbid is outbid, but his outbidding never sat well with me.

Have you ever heard Paul's story about how he was the one who encouraged MJ to buy songs? Paul invokes a squeaky voice. It's hilarious.

I think Paul should have the songs too.