Invincible 25th Anniversary

MJ about the performance of YRMW in 2001.
I'm just wondering why I've never seen this before...
In this video he is on the drugs again... So I'm sure he is lying again. You can see apathy on his face. He was just too polite to tell the truth...
 
He seems not, or barely, on drugs here compared to the shows.. And what truth should he have told exactly..?
I mean he obviously was exhausted during MGS. He wasn't happy... When I look at Michael at these pics, I want to cry... He didn't deserve all that pain he suffered. Still he acted like everything is okay, but you can see that he wasn't okay. So telling that it was fun wasn't truth
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Am I Invincible 'cause you ignore me?

They Don't Care About Invincible
 
I mean he obviously was exhausted during MGS. He wasn't happy... When I look at Michael at these pics, I want to cry... He didn't deserve all that pain he suffered. Still he acted like everything is okay, but you can see that he wasn't okay. So telling that it was fun wasn't truth
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Michael was locked into complicated family politics and record label politics at this time. The album and era didn‘t pan out the way he had hoped. He was treated horribly during the making of Rock My World as well. Perhaps he was simply doing the best he could to get through things. He was definitely despondent around this time and in low spirits compared to other eras.
 
Michael Jackson’s 30th Anniversary Performances in 2001
September 09, 2024
This week in 2001, two “Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration” shows were performed at Madison Square Garden with superstar guests including Usher, Missy Elliot, Gladys Knight, Ray Charles and Whitney Houston.
 
Michael Jackson’s “Cry” Short Film Puts Unity and Nature on Display
September 26, 2024

Michael’s short film for “Cry” from the ‘Invincible’ album conveys the song’s message of unity and harmony, showing people of different ages and ethnic backgrounds holding hands across natural landmarks in the Western U.S. Comment if you know these locations. Watch now:
 
in case you didn't know it yet:
Michael Jackson’s “Invincible” Released on This Date in 2001 is A Fan Favorite
October 30, 2024
“Invincible” was released on this date in 2001 and the 16-track set continues to receive love, as it’s one of the most discussed Michael Jackson albums in the fan forums. Fan favorites are “Unbreakable”, “Heaven Can Wait”, “Whatever Happens” and “Speechless” – What’s your top song? Listen now: https://michaeljackson.lnk.to/invincible
 
in case you didn't know it yet:

oh, I just came over here to post this :D

"Invincible " was released 23 years ago today. The King Of Pops"s last studio album ever currently #90 on the US APPLE 200 Pop Albums Charts for October 30, 2024 ... "

 
Butterflies is now officially one of Michael's most romantic songs:
Michael Jackson’s “Love Songs” Is a Playlist to Celebrate Our Loved Ones This Holiday Season
December 16, 2024
Get closer to your partner this holiday season with the “Michael Jackson: Love Songs” playlist on Spotify. Featuring some of his most romantic tunes including “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You”, “Butterflies”, “The Lady in My Life”, “Baby Be Mine” and more.
 
Original album remastered
Bonus disc full of outtakes (Shout, Blue Gangster, A Place with No Name, We've Had Enough, The Way You Love Me, Fall Again, Escape, Get Your Weight Off Me, Maybe We Can Do It, What More Can I Give, etc) in HQ (and the most recent version MJ worked on)
Bonus disc of 30th anniversary concert, United We Stand, and the music videos to "You Rock My World" and "Cry", all remastered
Also footage of MJ recording the songs in the studio remastered
 
Deceitful eyes, she's got those come get me thighs She only knows how low that she can go
Her only goal is just to take control And I can't believe that I can't tell her no
There is a section in The Michael Jackson Tapes (conversations between August 2000 and April 2001) that might explain Michael's affinity for songs about devious women like Heartbreaker:
MJ: It is hard because the women today can do a good job of faking it. I mean a real good job. They are smooth. Look in the Bible. Women have taken the most powerful men down to nothing because of what is between their legs. Samson, nobody could cut his hair, and he had sex with Delilah.
 
There is a section in The Michael Jackson Tapes (conversations between August 2000 and April 2001) that might explain Michael's affinity for songs about devious women like Heartbreaker:
Note that 6 guys (in total) contributed to the lyrics of the 'Heartbreaker' song.
 
One of them was none other than Michael Jackson.
But in terms of lyrics, Michael Jackson demanded and took many undue credits on the 'Invincible' album (with the exception of 'The Lost Children' and 'Speechless').
 
What might have inspired Michael to create Unbreakable:
No force of nature can break
Your will to self motivate
HIStory
He really thought (They thought they really had control of me) he really had control of me (Take me, shake me, nobody's gonna break me)
This Time Around
 
it seems even Snoop Dogg was a big fan of Invincible and the song 2000 Watts.
Intro inspired by 2000 Watts (even the same sound at 0:08-0:09):
produced by Teddy Riley (there are 4-5 more on the 2008 album with Teddy)
 
But in terms of lyrics, Michael Jackson demanded and took many undue credits on the 'Invincible' album (with the exception of 'The Lost Children' and 'Speechless').

Not just lyrics. He has a credit for Whatever Happens and the leaked demo for that shows that MJ had nothing to do with that as a writer. Quite shameful, really.

It leaves you wondering if he really wrote much for Invincible at all - apart from Speechless and Lost Children.
 
Not just lyrics. He has a credit for Whatever Happens and the leaked demo for that shows that MJ had nothing to do with that as a writer. Quite shameful, really.

It leaves you wondering if he really wrote much for Invincible at all - apart from Speechless and Lost Children.
What you can say with certainty is that he could identify with the songs he recorded and probably liked them as much as if he had written them all by himself.
Even as a child, Michael made every song he covered better. It was the same with Invincible.
 
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