Losing faith here, MJ on Now 78 =(

[BudzMJJ]

Wow, the Estate obviously paid so much attention to the things MJ wanted aye..... NOT. cos out of 77 Now compilations, MJ adult solo tracks on them total 0, but now he is gone, HMH is on one. Personally, i have always felt that now albums compile all the crappest songs of the months in one place, so we know which songs to avoid. i am actually ashamed that mj is on one, its not right. He is and always will be above Now albums in my book!

[claudiadoina]

Well, nothing good to expect from The Estate, you should have known by now.

I was always very proud that Michael's songs weren't on any compilation.

[KingMikeJ]

Well now that Michael isn't here to promote his songs, they will get to a wider audience due to these Now albums.

[Prince Of Pop]

Actually "Billie Jean" is on the Now That's What I Call The 80s cd, and that was released way before his death

[MJ_Jordan]

I can see your point, i'm not a fan of the NOW albums either. But i suppose its spreading HMH to a wider audience??

[MJ~And~Me]

Its a different kind of pop but now he is gone its a tribute for Michael but also that song was in the charts

[BudzMJJ]

Actually "Billie Jean" is on the Now That's What I Call The 80s cd, and that was released way before his death

Fair enuf, i didn't know that. But i was reffering more to the annual ones they release, ie. the numbered ones and the yearly one.

Well, nothing good to expect from The Estate, you should have known by now.

I was always very proud that Michael's songs weren't on any compilation.

Yeah, i know, but i'm still a little optimistic that they will start to do some good. Nieve i know, lol.

And yeah, me too, i hate compilation albums. they are a waste of money as most ppl will only like half the album max. It bugs me the amount of those kinda albums Motown put out, something like 200 a year or something, and over half of em feature MJ or the J5.

[bobmoo79]

To be honest I considered it be a bad move keeping MJs songs of the NOW albums in the 90s and early 00s. They're a good way to spread your message to people who may not hear you another way. This was especially true for MJ who didn't get much airplay at that period of time.

[analogue]

I used to love The Now Albums. The last one i got was in 2001 and then after that i stopped

[claudiadoina]

And yeah, me too, i hate compilation albums. they are a waste of money as most ppl will only like half the album max. It bugs me the amount of those kinda albums Motown put out, something like 200 a year or something, and over half of em feature MJ or the J5.

With Motown is another story.
Michael and J5 were the most valuable asset for them (Michael should be the same for Sony, though).They squeezed everything from them and I guess they still are.

[IvoryKeys]

The only thing i'm surprised about in this thread is the fact there is a Now 78?!?!?! Last time I checked they were somewhere in the 30's. Guess I was way off!

And besides, the Now compilations didn't start coming out til the late 90's, well after BOTDF. So I'm not surprised any of his songs made the cut.

[love is magical]

The only thing i'm surprised about in this thread is the fact there is a Now 78?!?!?! Last time I checked they were somewhere in the 30's. Guess I was way off!

And besides, the Now compilations didn't start coming out til the late 90's, well after BOTDF. So I'm not surprised any of his songs made the cut.

I don't know if it's true. But, one of the reasons we don't see Michael's songs included in compliation is because the royalty Michael got was and is among the highest in industry (i.e. more expensive to include Michael's songs).

[BudzMJJ]

^^yeah, Motown (and sony i guess) treated the Jackson 5 and MJ like commodities. But then that's how the music industry at the mainstream level works. Sad, but its never gonna change =( That's why i favour Metal and the underground music scene.

[BudzMJJ]

The only thing i'm surprised about in this thread is the fact there is a Now 78?!?!?! Last time I checked they were somewhere in the 30's. Guess I was way off!

And besides, the Now compilations didn't start coming out til the late 90's, well after BOTDF. So I'm not surprised any of his songs made the cut.

the first now compilation came out in 83, WAAAAY before the 90's.

[Hess]

I think what was special about MJ was that even though he was the biggest and greatest star in the world - he never wanted his songs of all these Absolut Music, Now, etc. hits compilation albums.