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10-12-2009, 01:03 AM
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| MJ's new single - This is it.
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10-12-2009, 02:32 AM
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Moving to VOT so this gets more eyes on it  | |
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10-12-2009, 02:43 AM
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wow he sounds the same as decades ago
song is cool seems too long though
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10-12-2009, 02:52 AM
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^ you think 3:46 is long for a song??
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10-12-2009, 03:33 AM
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for this song
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10-12-2009, 04:33 AM
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10-12-2009, 08:48 AM
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pretty good
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10-12-2009, 08:55 AM
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good song
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10-12-2009, 09:08 AM
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me like
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10-12-2009, 10:46 AM
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#10 | | Say! Say! Say!
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"This Is It" is the first single from Michael Jackson's first posthumous album, This Is It, which accompanies the upcoming Sony Pictures motion picture release Michael Jackson's This Is It. As of yet, it is the only new song on the album.[1]
Though the exact date of recording is unknown, some sources suggest that it was a rejected recording from Dangerous[2] whilst some say it was from the Off the Wall sessions in 1978-79.[3] According to a MTV news article, the song was supposedly written in 1980, making the second of the above assumptions more likely.[4]
The song was originally co-written with Paul Anka and was included as the song "I Never Heard" on the 1991 album I Wasn’t Born Yesterday by Sa-Fire. This version has partially different lyrics.
The song features backing vocals from Michael's brothers, The Jacksons,[5] though it is unclear whether these vocals were recorded at the same time as the rest of the song, or if they were added after Michael's death.
The song premiered worldwide on October 12, 2009, at midnight on MichaelJackson.com[6], where it continues to be available for free listening.
Co-producer of the album, John McClain comments: "This song only defines, once again, what the world already knows - that Michael is one of God's greatest gifts".[7]
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10-12-2009, 01:54 PM
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good song, i like
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10-12-2009, 02:02 PM
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don't like it.
not saying that it's bad just isn't my stlye... best song was smooth criminal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WjOn5TNjBM
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10-12-2009, 02:32 PM
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i likey
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10-12-2009, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by StylinRed for this song | Quote:
Originally Posted by TOS'd ^ you think 3:46 is long for a song?? | Quote:
Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp | the song doesnt change up, its basically the same tone/pitch words throughout
so it should be more like 2mins
you'll be sure to see a lot of remixes to come featuring other artists etc which will add whats missing
not to say the song sucks... its nice like ive said
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10-12-2009, 04:00 PM
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i like the song
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10-13-2009, 01:29 AM
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#16 | | The RS Freebie guru
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Turns out this isn't exactly "new" and this isn't exactly MJ's... http://www.reuters.com/article/compa...15390020091013 Quote:
LOS ANGELES, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Michael Jackson didn't do it his way after all.
Hours after the pop singer's first posthumous single "This Is It" was released amid great hype on Monday, it emerged that the tune had been recorded 18 years ago by an obscure Puerto Rican singer.
Moreover the co-author of that tune, "My Way" songwriter Paul Anka, threatened to sue Jackson's estate for proper credit and his share of royalties.
The administrators of the estate quickly acknowledged Anka's claims and granted him 50 percent of the copyright, a potentially massive payday for the 68-year-old Canadian crooner. And an equally massive loss for the estate.
"They realize it's a mistake, they realize it's my song, they realize it's my production of his vocal in my studio and I am getting 50 percent of the whole project, actually, which is fair," Anka said in a video posted on the TMZ gossip Web site.
The song dates back to 1983, when it was known as "I Never Heard" -- a co-write between Jackson and Anka -- and intended for inclusion on an Anka album. But the pair fell out, Jackson took the master tapes and Anka got them back.
The song was eventually released in 1991 after Anka placed it with an unknown Latin singer named Sa-Fire.
Both "I Never Heard" and "This Is It" share the same vocal and piano line, although the latter track boasts new overdubs from Jackson's brothers.
But "This Is It" had been promoted as a new Jackson recording, one of a multitude of unreleased recordings likely to come out in the next few years.
It was released online around the world nearly four months after the singer died in Los Angeles of a prescription drug overdose at the age of 50.
Fans will be able to buy it when a two-disc album hits the shelves in two weeks to coincide with the Oct. 28 worldwide release of the Jackson rehearsal-footage movie "This is It."
LYRICS FIT THE BILL
"The song was picked because the lyrics were appropriate because of the name Michael gave his tour," said a spokesman for Jackson's estate. "We are thrilled to present this song in Michael's voice for the first time, and that Michael's fans have responded in unprecedented numbers. The song was co-written by the legendary Paul Anka."
A spokeswoman for Sony Music declined to comment. One of the estate's two administrators, John McClain, worked with Jackson at the Sony Corp (6758.T) (SNE.N) unit. The other executor is music attorney John Branca.
McClain, who is also a co-producer of the "This is It" album, had said in a statement earlier on Monday that the song "only defines, once again, what the world already knows -- that Michael is one of God's greatest gifts."
Some critics begged to differ. Jon Pareles, the chief pop critic of The New York Times, said in a blog it "won't be on anyone's list of best Michael Jackson songs, even if it's a long list" and hoped there was something better in the Michael Jackson vaults of album outtakes.
The "This Is It" movie is based on rehearsal video shot in Los Angeles in the weeks before Jackson's planned 50 comeback concerts in London. It was the subject of a $60 million deal between Jackson's estate and closely held concert promoter AEG Live and Sony's Sony Pictures unit.
Sales of Jackson's records spiked after his death and the release of the movie and album will add to the value of the "Thriller" singer's estate, estimated at around $400 million.
Sony Music said the first disc of the album will feature some of Jackson's greatest hits plus two versions of the "new" single.
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10-13-2009, 02:38 AM
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I never get it. If they think the song was good enough to sell now, why not before?
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10-13-2009, 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by AzNightmare I never get it. If they think the song was good enough to sell now, why not before? | maybe they didn't think it was the right time to release something like this while he was still alive, with all the bad publicity and weirdness he was going through... it would just get lost in the mess. now that he's dead, they are trying to cash in with whatever unreleased stuff they can dig up i guess  | |
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10-13-2009, 09:55 AM
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Because people love buying songs from people that are dead.
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10-13-2009, 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by InvisibleSoul Because people love buying songs from people that are dead. | MJ made the most money after his death. LOL.
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10-13-2009, 02:04 PM
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#21 | | Banned (ABWS)?
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^ No, that would be Tupac.
How many CDs did that guy have after his death? 5?
Actually, it will be 6, because one more CD is coming out in 2010.
And note: Tupac only had 5 CDs while he was alive.
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10-13-2009, 03:17 PM
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MJ will have a ton of CD's coming out. He recorded 100 plus songs for some of his albums but most did make the cut. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0nxWz_6oyA
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10-13-2009, 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Manic! | Yup, he left a shit load of unreleased songs to his kids.
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