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[ivy]

Pepsi cans will be released in Mexico

Pepsi Mexico announced through its fb page today we're gonna get the cans on August! :woohoo: :shout:

As you can see, the cans have 3 different designs. The Smooth Criminal one, the second seems from Bad live and the third one seems from Rock With You.

:wild: :woohoo: :shout:

 

[AMG]

I Just Can't Stop Loving You
Replica of the original 7" vinyl of this single with the original B-side "Baby
Be Mine"

 

[MsMo]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Just Completed The Final Interview For My Documentary On 25th Anniversary Of MJ's Bad With Stevie W. <a href="http://t.co/yzdIZLdi" title="http://yfrog.com/h7bn3axkj">yfrog.com/h7bn3axkj</a></p>&mdash; Spike Lee (@SpikeLee) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpikeLee/status/220375059057999872" data-datetime="2012-07-04T04:34:43+00:00">July 4, 2012</a></blockquote>

 

[ivy]

(thanks to mkgenie for the heads up and international fans with the information help)

Turkey is the third country to get special edition Pepsi MJ Cans. The cans are the regular 330 ml size and has the same design as the US and China cans. However the cans have a notice about a local contest on them as well. Pepsi Turkey promotion runs between June 22nd and July 15th.

Pepsi is also running a TV ad to announce the competition in Turkey as well as introduce the Bad 25 anniversary release.

The ad mentions a contest with a chance to win a trip to the celebration of MJ's music in New York for 25th Anniversary of Bad album. Earlier translations wrongly stated it was a "festival", however the correct translation is just "celebration".

The contest requires people either to send special codes that can be found on Pepsi items or send a video of themselves dancing like Michael Jackson

The voice over in the ad says

"To honor the 25th anniversary of Michael Jackson's Bad album, Pepsi drinkers are going to New York. Send your Pepsi passcode to 7516 (screen says with your name and address information) or if you say "I can dance like Michael Jackson" upload your video to Pepsi (Turkey) facebook page and win a chance to attend the Michael Jackson music celebration in New York"

The end of the ad shows Bad 25 album cover with the notice "In stores 18.9.2012". the twitter hashtag #popunkralimichaeljackson (Pop'un Krali Michael Jackson) is Turkish translation of "King of Pop Michael Jackson"

The rules state that the trip is 4 days, 3 nights and between August 28 and August 31st. Assuming August 28 and August 31 is the travel dates, logically it leaves the concert to be either on August 29 or August 30th.

Turkish fans also report that a major retailer chain is giving free MJ Pepsi t-shirt with purchase of multiple Pepsi products. The t-shirt seems to be darker in color than the China version although it might be just a light difference.

 

[ivy]

Pepsi launched the Cans in Romania as well

hello,
today, Pepsi Romania launched three Pepsi BAD 25 cans especially for Romanian market.
Here are some pictures:

 

[ivy]

Spike Lee ?@SpikeLee
We Are Finally Finished Shooting BAD 25 Today.My Documentary On The 25th Anniversary Of MJ's BAD.YO! http://yfrog.com/h3rtyxpj

 

[MsMo]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>"@<a href="https://twitter.com/MJsBestOfJoy">MJsBestOfJoy</a>: @<a href="https://twitter.com/Spikelee">Spikelee</a> HEY YO SPIKE- WHEN THE MJ DOC GONNA COME OUT? Will it be on BIG screen or DVD?!" Both.</p>&mdash; Spike Lee (@SpikeLee) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpikeLee/status/224673668930879490" data-datetime="2012-07-16T01:15:51+00:00">July 16, 2012</a></blockquote>
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[MsMo]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>"@<a href="https://twitter.com/MJsBestOfJoy">MJsBestOfJoy</a>: @<a href="https://twitter.com/Spikelee">Spikelee</a> HEY YO SPIKE- WHEN THE MJ DOC GONNA COME OUT? Will it be on BIG screen or DVD?!" Both.</p>&mdash; Spike Lee (@SpikeLee) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpikeLee/status/224673668930879490" data-datetime="2012-07-16T01:15:51+00:00">July 16, 2012</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>"@<a href="https://twitter.com/russliedman">russliedman</a>: @<a href="https://twitter.com/SpikeLee">SpikeLee</a> hey spike...is the mj doc gnna b a theatrical realease or is it gnna b on cable/reg tv?????" Maybe ALL.</p>&mdash; Spike Lee (@SpikeLee) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpikeLee/status/224680975764946946" data-datetime="2012-07-16T01:44:53+00:00">July 16, 2012</a></blockquote>
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[ivy]

Spike Lee was at an event at Soho Apple Store and talked about Bad 25 Documentary. Melanie from MJ fans of NY was there. This is what she said (or tweeted to be correct at @Mellie4Justice)

The Estate called Spike asked him to do doc

Bad25 is going to be beyond ALL of expectations....Michael genius is frontnand center

Spike spoke abt his friend, Michael...with great love and respect

Spike met Judith Hill at a MJ event a year ago...and asked her to songs for his new movie Red Hook Summer

No decision yet on a theatrical release or TV broadcast but there will be a DVD later this year

Bad25 will reveal some secrets behind MJ's lyrics

spike's son Jackson was there and told the audience abt the MJ influenced lyrics in jay Z song

Some of the video in Bad25 was filmed by Michael, himself acting as a cameraman

 

[ivy]

More fan comments that attended the event

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Wow the BAD25 documentary is AMAZING!</p>&#8212; Jarod (@_StalinsTomb) <a href="https://twitter.com/_StalinsTomb/status/225012021488402432" data-datetime="2012-07-16T23:40:21+00:00">July 16, 2012</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Wow the footage he got is really really rare and special. Damn this is the BEST documentary i've ever witnessed.</p>&#8212; Jarod (@_StalinsTomb) <a href="https://twitter.com/_StalinsTomb/status/225014464414617601" data-datetime="2012-07-16T23:50:03+00:00">July 16, 2012</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-in-reply-to="225014428662374400"><p>@<a href="https://twitter.com/CristaltheGreat">CristaltheGreat</a> he hasnt given us a date but everyone is in for a treat. Im standing here in chills.</p>&#8212; Jarod (@_StalinsTomb) <a href="https://twitter.com/_StalinsTomb/status/225015206617677825" data-datetime="2012-07-16T23:53:00+00:00">July 16, 2012</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-in-reply-to="225015737968889856"><p>@<a href="https://twitter.com/MorinenMJ">MorinenMJ</a> lol dont wanna spoil it. Just know u will be blown away.</p>&#8212; Jarod (@_StalinsTomb) <a href="https://twitter.com/_StalinsTomb/status/225017782155231232" data-datetime="2012-07-17T00:03:14+00:00">July 17, 2012</a></blockquote>
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[ivy]

Pepsi Promotion in Turkey

Pepsi event in Jamaica, they had a MJ booth in a concert which allowed people to play MJ Experience

 

[ivy]

Pepsi will have special bottles in Austria

Austria

 

[MsMo]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Really excited about the <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%2523Bad25">#Bad25</a> doc. I was down in Brooklyn yesterday with Spike Lee and John Branca. Final touches being worked on.</p>&mdash; Joe Vogel (@JoeVogel1) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeVogel1/status/226754137444974592" data-datetime="2012-07-21T19:02:53+00:00">July 21, 2012</a></blockquote>
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[MJ5]

Overview of all the different Bottle-Designs (AUSTRIA)

 

[MsMo]

Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson Bad 25 Tracklisting Revealed

OFFICIAL TRACK LIST OF BAD 25TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION IS UNVEILED
HIGHLY ANTICIPATED PROJECT TO BE RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 17

New York, NY - Epic/Legacy Recordings in collaboration with the Estate of Michael Jackson today announced the highly anticipated track listing for the September 17th release of Michael Jackson BAD25 that celebrates the legendary album and record breaking BAD tour. Featured in the deluxe package, are three CDs, two collectible booklets, and the first ever authorized DVD release of a concert from the record breaking BAD World Tour - the July 16, 1988 sold out Wembley Stadium show in London.

Filled with previously re-mastered versions of iconic hits and un-released recordings from the King Of Pop, the BAD25 anniversary deluxe edition CDs and DVD will include the following:

CD one features re-mastered versions of Michael's biggest hits on the original BAD album, including, "Smooth Criminal," "Man In The Mirror," "Bad," "Another Part of Me," "The Way You Make Me Feel," and "Dirty Diana" arranged in the same sequence as they appeared on the original album released 25 years ago. "Leave Me Alone" was added to the album as a bonus track following its initial release and has been included on the disc.

CD two offers fans a rare listen to thirteen additional tracks, 6 of which are previously unreleased demo recordings created at Michael's personal studio built at his then-home on Hayvenhurst Avenue in Encino, California. Also included are all three bonus tracks from the 2001 expanded edition of BAD, the previously un-released French version of Michael performing the classic, "I Just Can't Stop Loving You," a high power version of "Speed Demon" remixed by Nero and the brand new remix of "Bad" worked on as an electrifying collaboration between Pitbull and Dutch DJ Afrojack.

Recordings included in this package reflect the songs and spirit of Michael Jackson's artistry during BAD's recording sessions and have been selected to show the different stages of how Michael's songwriting and recording genius took shape. Some tracks are so complete that any other artist but Michael Jackson - who worked tirelessly to make sure his songs reflected his vision - might consider them finished tracks. Others are less complete but offer insight into Michael's creative process in its various stages. Included is the demo, "Al Capone," an early incarnation of what ultimately became "Smooth Criminal," "Don't Be Messin' Around," an example of a more complete demo, and a song initially titled, "Song Groove." That song later became known as "Abortion Papers" which according to Michael's own records, he spent considerable time in weighing how best to thoughtfully address something that was, and remains, a very personal and sensitive issue.

A true highlight of the package is CD three and the DVD - the never seen before live concert on DVD and its accompanying music CD of Michael's legendary July 16, 1988 concert at Wembley Stadium. The concert is not a compilation of performances, but rather one complete show, exactly as Michael performed it for Prince Charles, Princess Diana and the 72,000 fans who were in the audience for that night's sold out show. This show was one of the seven record-breaking nights played at the venue attended by more than half a million people - three times that many people tried to purchase tickets. The DVD was sourced from Michael Jackson's personal VHS copy of the performance as shown on the JumboTrons during the concert. This footage was only recently unearthed and is the only known copy of the show to exist. The visuals have now been restored and the audio quality enhanced so that fans can share in the excitement of that famous night in 5.1 surround sound taken from the original multitrack recordings made that night.

In addition to the complete Wembley Show, the DVD will also contain "The Way You Make Me Feel" from Michael's July 15th performance at Wembley Stadium. This is the only song not performed on July 16th due to the late start of that night's show. Also included are the thrilling early performances of "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" and "Bad" from the Yokohama Stadium performance in September of 1987 during the first leg of the BAD World Tour.


BAD25 - COMPLETE TRACKLISTING:

DELUXE BOX TRACK LISTING

CD ONE - Original Album
1. Bad
2. The Way You Make Me Feel
3. Speed Demon
4. Liberian Girl
5. Just Good Friends
6. Another Part Of Me
7. Man In The Mirror
8. I Just Can't Stop Lovin' You
9. Dirty Diana
10. Smooth Criminal
11. Leave Me Alone

CD TWO - Bonus Tracks, Unreleased Tracks, Demos, Remixes

1. Don't Be Messin' Around
2. I'm So Blue
3. Song Groove (A/K/A Abortion Papers)
4. Free
5. Price Of Fame
6. Al Capone
7. Streetwalker
8. Fly Away
9. Todo Mi Amor Eres Tu (I Just Can't Stop Loving You, Spanish Version)
10. Je Ne Veux Pas La Fin De Nous (I Just Can't Stop Loving You, French Version)
11. Bad (REMIX BY AFROJACK FEATURING PITBULL - DJ BUDDHA EDIT)
12. Speed Demon (REMIX BY NERO)
13. Bad (REMIX BY AFROJACK - CLUB MIX)

CD THREE - CD Live at Wembley Stadium July 16, 1988

1. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
2. This Place Hotel
3. Another Part Of Me
4. I Just Can't Stop Loving You
5. She's Out Of My Life
6. I Want You Back / The Love You Save / I'll Be There
7. Rock With You
8. Human Nature
9. Smooth Criminal
10. Dirty Diana
11. Thriller
12. Working Day And Night
13. Beat It
14. Billie Jean
15. Bad
16. Man In The Mirror

DVD - DVD Live at Wembley Stadium July 16, 1988

1. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
2. This Place Hotel
3. Another Part Of Me
4. I Just Can't Stop Loving You
5. She's Out Of My Life
6. I Want You Back / The Love You Save / I'll Be There
7. Rock With You
8. Human Nature
9. Smooth Criminal
10. Dirty Diana
11. Thriller
12. Bad Groove (the Band Jam section)
13. Working Day And Night
14. Beat It
15. Billie Jean
16. Bad
17. Man In The Mirror (Encore)

And Bonus Tracks Include:

1. The Way You Make Me Feel (Performed at Wembley the previous night, July 15, 1988)
2. I Just Can't Stop Loving You/Bad (Performed at Yokohama Stadium, September, 1987)

MORE INFORMATION:

http://bad25.michaeljackson.com

 

[MsMo]

Spike Lee Talks about Michael Jackson & More

You&#8217;ve done a lot of TV.
I&#8217;ve done a lot of documentaries for HBO and I&#8217;m doing another documentary called &#8220;Bad 25&#8221; which is about the making of Michael Jackson&#8217;s Bad album and we&#8217;re going to finish it for the film festival.

And they&#8217;re giving you a lifetime achievement award.
A nice watch.

How does it feel to be receiving a lifetime achievement award at 55?
[long pause] Better than when I&#8217;m dead [laughs heartily].

Speaking of &#8220;Bad 25,&#8221; I noticed some irony. You have this 1986 NY Times profile framed in your offices and in it you give Michael shit for dating Brooke Shields and Elizabeth Taylor and never having a black woman on his arm.

I&#8217;ve always loved Michael. I mean, all the stuff he did never affected my appreciation for his music and that&#8217;s what the film&#8217;s about, his music, the Bad album. [Michael Jackons's estate] wanted to do Bad, they&#8217;re going to do all three eventually
So the great thing about it if the estate comes I have access to Michael&#8217;s&#8230;they&#8217;re opening up all of his archives, there&#8217;s stuff in this film that no one&#8217;s ever seen before, ever, ever.
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Is that going to hit theaters in the U.S.?
Well they&#8217;re still trying to work it out how it&#8217;s going to be seen.

It&#8217;s a landmark album, you&#8217;ve got the Scorsese video [he directed the video for &#8220;Bad&#8221;].
Yeah, we filmed Scorsese watching the video, he hadn&#8217;t seen it in 20 years.

You shot at least one of his videos.
Two. I did two versions of &#8220;They Don&#8217;t Care About Us,&#8221; we shot one in Brazil and one here. Then &#8220;This is it.&#8221; Not the documentary but the video.

Looking back on your body of work, how do you see it? What are your favorites? What doesn&#8217;t work for you?
The only thing that makes me wince is &#8220;She&#8217;s Gotta Have It.&#8221;

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[CherubimII]

First Look: Spike Lee's Michael Jackson Documentary 'Bad 25'

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplayli...ad-25-20120814
News by Oliver Lyttelton
August 14, 2012 12:26 PM
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While he's still hoping to get his "Brooklyn Loves MJ" project off the ground, as he told us last week, Spike Lee's been able to scratch his Michael Jackson itch; hot on the heels of the release of "Red Hook Summer," he'll unveil "Bad 25," a new documentary about the creation of the pop star's seminal record, at the Venice Film Festival (where he'll also get a lifetime achievement award) in a few short weeks. And it was announced this week that Lee will also be bringing the film to the Toronto International Film Festival.

Given the high quality of Lee's documentary work so far (you can read our take on these projects in our retrospective of the director's work from last week), we're expecting this to be a cut above the usual music documentary, and some first-look images from the film, which reveal participants like Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker, Kanye West, Sheryl Crow, ?uestlove and Mariah Carey, suggests that this should shed some interesting light on the 25th anniversary of "Bad." We'll be bringing you our verdict on the film in a few weeks, but in the meantime, check out the images and an official synopsis below.
Spike Lee pays tribute to Michael Jackson's Bad on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the epochal album, offering behind-the-scenes footage of Jackson recording the album and interviews with confidants, musicians, choreographers, and such music-world superstars as Kanye West, Sheryl Crow, Cee Lo Green and Mariah Carey
Bad 25 features captivating behind-the-scenes footage of the recording sessions for several of Bad’s biggest songs ("The Way You Make Me Feel" being among the most memorable). There are also revealing interviews with a number of fellow artists who worked with Jackson — such as Sheryl Crow, with whom Jackson shared the duet "I Just Can’t Stop Loving You" on stage during the Bad world tour — and those who were inspired by him, including Kanye West, Cee Lo Green and Mariah Carey. Lee offers us a more intimate side of Jackson, one rarely glimpsed amidst the glitter and circus-like atmosphere that surrounded the notoriously private superstar, especially as his personal life (and appearance) became a scandal-rag mainstay in the years that followed Bad. As the landmark album takes shape before our eyes, we see Jackson’s dedication to his craft, his talent for inspired collaboration, and his sly sense of humour — as well as some hints of the toll that his relentless work ethic had on his psyche..

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[ivy]

Walmart has an exclusive 2 CD version with a tshirt (L)

Bad 25th Anniversary (Walmart Exclusive) (2CD + T-Shirt)

http://www.walmart.com/ip/21586694

 

[ivy]

http://www.amazon.com/Remix-Afrojac...-5&keywords=Michael Jackson&tag=vglnkc4179-20

 

[ivy]

Target has an Exclusive 2 CD version with a bonus DVD of original Bad album videos

http://www.target.com/p/michael-jackson-bad-25th-anniversary-cd-dvd-only-at-target/-/A-14211724

$17.99 online price
Michael Jackson Bad 25th Anniversary CD/DVD - Only at Target

Exclusive Content: Bonus DVD including the following videos
Bad
The Way You Make Me Feel
Speed Demon
Liberian Girl
Another Part of Me
Man In The Mirror
Dirty Diana
Smooth Criminal
Leave Me Alone
This version will include the national 2 disc + the bonus DVD

 

[ivy]

Enter For A Chance To Celebrate Michael Jackson&#8217;s BAD Anniversary At NYC Event

Pull out your black leather jackets and get ready to moonwalk for the 25th anniversary of Michael Jackson&#8216;s BAD album. VH1 is sending a few lucky fans to the Pepsi Billboard Summer Beats Celebrates BAD25 & Michael Jackson, King of Pop event in NYC to take photos for VH1. On August 29 at New York City&#8217;s Gotham Hall you have the chance to groove to A-list performers who are all coming together for one reason: to celebrate the King. Are you so excited you&#8217;re singing &#8220;You know I&#8217;m bad, I&#8217;m bad, you know it&#8221; yet?

To enter to win it&#8217;s as simple as tagging your summer photos on Instagram and Twitter with #playnow. Easy breezy. Once you&#8217;ve tagged your photos with the hashtag you&#8217;re automatically entered in the contest. If you&#8217;re the lucky chosen fans you will win flight accommodations to NYC, exclusive access to take pictures from the event for VH1 and the opportunity to star in a VH1 News Hit. There&#8217;s no better way to celebrate MJ&#8217;s 25th BAD anniversary. So get to tagging those photos with #playnow. To learn more visit www.vh1livefornow.com.

 

[Butterfly]

 

[ivy]

Take a listen to the high quality version of the Nero remix of Speed Demon here: http://www.dancemixusa.com/2012/08/22/michael-jackson-speed-demon-nero-mix/

 

[ChrisC]

HMV.com are packaging their Bad 25 products with an exclusive 1-track CD single of Bad [Remix By Afrojack Featuring Pitbull - The Derry Mix].

http://hmv.com/hmvweb/directQuery.d...lag=false&rid=139580F237C6&Ntk=Products&Nty=1

 

[Bernard]

running times revealed

CD1
01. Michael Jackson - Bad - (2012 Remaster) 04:07
02. Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel - (2012 Remaster) 04:58
03. Michael Jackson - Speed Demon - (2012 Remaster) 04:01
04. Michael Jackson - Liberian Girl - (2012 Remaster) 03:53
05. Michael Jackson - Just Good Friends - (2012 Remaster) 04:05
06. Michael Jackson - Another Part Of Me - (2012 Remaster) 03:54
07. Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror - (2012 Remaster) 05:18
08. Michael Jackson - I Just Can't Stop Loving You - (2012 Remaster) 04:11
09. Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana - (2012 Remaster) 04:41
10. Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal - (2012 Remaster) 04:11
11. Michael Jackson - Leave Me Alone - (2012 Remaster) 04:40

CD2
01. Michael Jackson - Don't Be Messin' 'Round 04:18
02. Michael Jackson - I'm So Blue 04:06
03. Michael Jackson - Song Groove (A/K/A Abortion Papers) 04:25
04. Michael Jackson - Free 04:24
05. Michael Jackson - Price Of Fame 04:32
06. Michael Jackson - Al Capone 03:33
07. Michael Jackson - Streetwalker 05:52
08. Michael Jackson - Fly Away 03:26
09. Michael Jackson - Todo Mi Amor Eres Tu (I Just Can't Stop Loving You) - (Album Version) 04:04
10. Michael Jackson - Je Ne Veux Pas La Fin De Nous (I Just Can't Stop Loving You) - (French Version) 04:07
11. Michael Jackson featuring Pitb - Bad (Remix By Afrojack Featuring Pitbull- DJ Buddha Edit) 04:24
12. Michael Jackson - Speed Demon (Remix by Nero) 04:08
13. Michael Jackson - Bad (Remix By Afrojack - Club Mix) 07:31

CD3
01. Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988) 05:18
02. Michael Jackson - This Place Hotel - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988) 04:56
03. Michael Jackson - Another Part Of Me - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988) 04:03
04. Michael Jackson - I Just Can't Stop Loving You - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988) 04:23
05. Michael Jackson - She's Out Of My Life - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988) 03:16
06. Michael Jackson - I Want You Back / The Love You Save / I'll Be There - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988) 05:06
07. Michael Jackson - Rock With You - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988) 04:05
08. Michael Jackson - Human Nature - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988) 04:29
09. Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988) 04:41
10. Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988) 05:01
11. Michael Jackson - Thriller - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988) 04:28
12. Michael Jackson - Working Day And Night - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988) 05:55
13. Michael Jackson - Beat It - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988) 05:44
14. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988) 05:39
15. Michael Jackson - Bad - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988) 04:28
16. Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988) 06:22

DVD
01.Michael Jackson - Show Open 01:46
02.Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988 (Stereo)) 06:32
03.Michael Jackson - This Place Hotel - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988 (Stereo)) 04:43
04.Michael Jackson - Another Part Of Me - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988 (Stereo)) 04:24
05.Michael Jackson - I Just Can't Stop Loving You - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988 (Stereo)) 04:55
06.Michael Jackson - She's Out Of My Life - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988 (Stereo)) 03:53
07.Michael Jackson - I Want You Back/The Love You Save/I'll Be There - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988 (Stereo)) 07:17
08.Michael Jackson - Rock With You - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988 (Stereo)) 04:23
09.Michael Jackson - Human Nature - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988 (Stereo)) 05:12
10.Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988 (Stereo)) 06:24
11.Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988 (Stereo)) 06:24
12.Michael Jackson - Thriller - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988 (Stereo)) 05:29
13.Michael Jackson - Bad Groove (the Band Jam section) - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988 (Stereo)) 13:55
14.Michael Jackson - Working Day And Night - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988 (Stereo)) 07:59
15.Michael Jackson - Beat It - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988 (Stereo)) 06:45
16.Michael Jackson - Billie Jean - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988 (Stereo)) 08:36
17.Michael Jackson - Bad - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988 (Stereo)) 10:06
18.Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror - (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988 (Stereo)) 09:24
19.Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel - (Live At Wembley July 15, 1988 (Stereo)) 05:22
20.Michael Jackson - I Just Can't Stop Loving You/Bad - (Live at Yokohama Stadium, September, 1987 (Stereo)) 11:23

http://www.sonymusic.de/Michael-Jac...ary-Deluxe-3-Cd-1-Dvd/P/2663165/B/88725400952

 

[PoP]

Bad 25 is now available for pre-order on iTunes.

This is a US region of iTunes
http://itunes.apple.com/us/preorder/bad-25th-anniversary-deluxe/id552114868?a=b

 

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ABC to air Spike Lee Doc on Michael Jackson's "Bad"

12:54 PM By Verne Gay

Photo credit: Getty Images


Interesting program note: ABC will air a Spike Lee documentary on Michael Jackson's epochal "Bad" &#8212; which turns 25 Aug. 31. Not a lot of detail here yet &#8212; notably airdate, length, etc. &#8212; but the network indicates this should hit the air on Thanksgiving. Lee has presented this already at some film festivals in Toronto and Venice.

The details, via ABC's release:
The Estate of Michael Jackson and Legacy/Epic Records, carefully culling The Estate&#8217;s archives for rare and never-before-seen footage for the film which focuses on the creative forces that pushed Jackson to make the &#8220;BAD&#8221; album and launch the BAD Worldwide Tour. &#8220;BAD25&#8221; marks the first ever in-depth, behind-the-scenes film project to chronicle a Michael Jackson album and tour, and was filmed in advance of the 25th anniversary celebration of the iconic album, the record-breaking world tour and the groundbreaking short films that changed music history. The album&#8217;s 25th Anniversary will be celebrated on September 18, 2012 with the Legacy/Epic Records release of deluxe 25th Anniversary editions of the album. The documentary features numerous interviews conducted personally by Spike Lee, including Jackson&#8217;s confidants, choreographers, musicians and collaborators, such as Oscar-winning film director Martin Scorsese, Joe Pytka .&#8194;.&#8194;.

And this from the filmmaker:
Lee offers us a more intimate side of Jackson, one rarely glimpsed amidst the glitter and circus-like atmosphere that surrounded the notoriously private superstar, especially as his personal life (and appearance) became a scandal-rag mainstay in the years that followed Bad. As the landmark album takes shape before our eyes, we see Jackson&#8217;s dedication to his craft, his talent for inspired collaboration, and his sly sense of humor &#8212; as well as some hints of the toll that his relentless work ethic had on his psyche...


Source
http://www.newsday.com/entertainmen...ke-lee-doc-on-michael-jackson-s-bad-1.3932512

 

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Bad 25: Venice Review
6:09 AM PDT 8/31/2012 by David Rooney

The Bottom Line
Even those of us who developed a Michael Jackson allergy during the saturation attention
that followed his death will find rich rewards in Spike Lee's terrific documentary tribute.


Spike Lee captures a specific pinnacle in Michael Jackson's career and a precise period in American popular music culture with his comprehensive recap of the making, marketing and legacy of the 1987 album, 'Bad.'


VENICE &#8211; Michael Jackson continues to be bigger dead than alive. It might have seemed that Kenny Ortega had his legacy covered with the 2009 documentary This Is It, but Spike Lee goes one better with Bad 25, an obsessively detailed quarter-century anniversary tribute to the 1987 album that capped the three-prong commercial tsunami Jackson began with &#8220;Off the Wall&#8221; and &#8220;Thriller.&#8221;

The film is a sensational snapshot of the peak of the music video as art form, as well as the intricately layered process by which superior pop is crafted. More poignantly, it serves to remove the veil of late-period craziness and allegations and restore the reputation of Jackson as a multi-hyphenate musician of peerless discipline, professionalism and perfectionism &#8211; not to mention a pioneering influence in dance and fashion. Following its Venice and Toronto bows, Bad 25 is scheduled to air on ABC at Thanksgiving.

Lee directed Jackson&#8217;s 1996 music video for &#8220;They Don&#8217;t Care About Us.&#8221; Despite conducting the interviews personally, he keeps himself out of the picture here aside from one or two audio snippets. But it&#8217;s clear that his connection to this material runs deep, revealing itself, for example, in his exhaustive attention to the making of Martin Scorsese&#8217;s short film for the album&#8217;s title track. No less fascinating is his recap of the multiple choreographic influences that went into the video for &#8220;Smooth Criminal,&#8221; ranging from Fred Astaire in The Band Wagon to Soul Train to Bugs Bunny to Buster Keaton. The wealth of primo talking-heads fodder makes this of interest far beyond Jackson fans to anyone curious about the production and marketing of popular music.

The director&#8217;s appetite for trivia is contagious. Who remembered that Wesley Snipes made his acting debut in the &#8220;Bad&#8221; video? Or that the arcane refrain &#8220;Shamone!&#8221; was Jackson&#8217;s homage to Mavis Staples? Or that the line &#8220;Annie, are you OK?&#8221; was inspired by the standard name given to CPR demonstration dummies?

It&#8217;s obvious that Lee is having as much fun as the audience sitting in with Scorsese and editor Thelma Schoonmaker as they look back over their work on the Bad short 25 years on. Writer Richard Price, who scripted the film for Scorsese, is &#8211; forgive me &#8211; priceless, discussing how an asthmatic Italian and an asthmatic Jew were enlisted by Jackson to make a video &#8220;to show the brothers that he&#8217;s down with them.&#8221; But Lee also gives serious consideration to the ways in which Jackson reaffirmed his connection to the black community.

Despite acknowledging the album&#8217;s flaws &#8211; everyone, including Stevie Wonder, agrees that his duet with Jackson, &#8220;Just Good Friends,&#8221; was a dud &#8211; the film is not guiltless of hagiography. But the fandom of interviewees like Mariah Carey, Justin Bieber, Cee Lo Green, Chris Brown and Sheryl Crow, who performed as a big-haired backup singer on the Bad Tour, is generally disarming. (Perhaps the exception is Kanye West, who seems too self-regarding to really serve someone else&#8217;s tribute.)

Arguably, Lee&#8217;s one significant misstep is to lurch abruptly &#8211; at the end of a meticulous track-by-track reconstruction of the album&#8217;s recording and the shooting of its many music videos &#8211; to footage of Jermaine Jackson announcing his brother&#8217;s death. Lee then strings together a series of &#8220;Where were you when you heard he&#8217;d died?&#8221; responses, holding the camera on the subjects as they tear up. This feels manipulative and heavy-handed compared to the stimulating social context and illuminating insights that distinguish the doc and pinpoint it at a key moment in Jackson&#8217;s career.

But that&#8217;s just nitpicking. As forcibly inserted as they are, the memorials do serve to usher in a stirring assessment of &#8220;The Man in the Mirror&#8221; as a master class in how to build the perfect anthemic pop song. Input here comes from co-writers Glen Ballard and Siedah Garrett, as well as producer Quincy Jones and choirmaster Andrae Crouch, among others. The knockout closing footage of Jackson performing the song in a 1988 Wembley Stadium concert, accompanied by 72,000 screaming fans, is the film&#8217;s emotional high point.

It&#8217;s to Lee&#8217;s credit that he doesn&#8217;t just go for the famous faces. Instead he digs into every aspect of the music by talking with engineers, arrangers, session musicians, vocal coaches, video actors, dancer-choreographers, recording industry execs, managers, lawyers, biographers and music journalists. Particularly humorous is plain-speaking Joe Pytka, who directed the &#8220;Dirty Diana&#8221; and &#8220;The Way You Make Me Feel&#8221; videos. But invaluable contributions come from a wide variety of sources.

The film doesn&#8217;t shy away from the negatives. It covers the inescapable hype that accompanied the album release; the &#8220;Wacko Jacko&#8221; stigma; the specter of racism; the animosity toward Jackson in some circles for his stratospheric success; and the perceived encroachment on sacred terrain when he purchased the Beatles catalogue. Significant time is spent on the goldfish-bowl vulnerability of being in the spotlight since childhood, reflected in the song &#8220;Leave Me Alone,&#8221; with its &#8220;Gulliver&#8217;s Travel&#8221;-style, tabloid-nightmare photo-animation video.

Mostly, however, Lee keeps the focus on the extraordinary professional achievement that the album still represents, capturing Jackson at the apex of his quest for full creative independence. Beyond its value as a deep-probe portrait of the artist, this is a superb account of the music business and an indispensable pop-cultural time capsule.



Venue: Venice Film Festival (Out of Competition)

Production companies: Optimum Productions, Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks, Optimum Productions

With:
Mariah Carey, Kanye West, Sheryl Crow, Stevie Wonder, Antonio L.A. Reid, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Walter Yetnikoff, Larry Stessel, John Robinson, Ollie Brown, Martin Scorsese, Thelma Schoonmaker, Cee Lo Green, Joe Pytka, ?uestlove, John Branca, Joe Vogel, Richard Price, Siedah Garrett, Glen Ballard, Ruben Blades, Steve Stevens, Tatiana Thumbtzen, Will Vinton, Jeffrey Daniel

Director-producer:
Spike Lee

Executive producers:
John Branca, John McClain, Antonio L.A. Reid

Director of photography:
Kerwin DeVonish

Editor:
Barry Brown

No rating, 129 minutes

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/bad-25-venice-review-367157

 

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People on twitter is reporting that Pepsi Twist has special Bad 25 caps

Bought Pepsi Twist and got this cap to commemorate BAD 25 Anniversary....AWESOME!!!! instagr.am/p/PEF_FEjxCW/