Even in this case Michael eventually did not take Jermaine's producers. He did not record any of their songs and they went back to work on Jermaine's album which they released as planned and which flopped big time.
He did record Slave To The Rhythm.
respect77;4132206 said:I don't know, to me it's not that serious. I am pretty sure Prince laughed with his friends in private at MJ's expense as well, or he made critical remarks of him or something. Only no one writes a book about that, I guess.
Actually, Prince did not too nice MJ references in public, in his songs. Such as:
(From his song Life O The Party)
Also some believe My Name is Prince contains MJ references. Eg.:
The second is debatable, the first quote is pretty clearly a reference to MJ. Or what about how the childish ways he behaved with MJ when they personally met?
(From the book Per Nilsen Dance Music Sex Romance: Prince: The First Decade)
Another account of the same story has Prince tell his friends in the studio after MJ left that "he played like Helen Keller". So it's not like these light hearted remarks and mockings did not go the other way around as well. But to me it's not that serious.
What "others" think about this so called "obsession" of MJ with Prince is nothing but ignorance. If you call these things by MJ an "obsession" with Prince then let's call that (Prince's behaviour around MJ, remarks, his song lyrics about MJ etc.) the other way around as well, alright? To me it was just playful rivalry that they BOTH played on.
Oh and if anything, that James Brown concert shows that MJ was not afraid of or threatened by Prince. If he was he would not have made James call him up on stage right after him. It's not like Prince necessarily had to embarrass himself while up there. That was entirely his own doing.
SheilaMJFan4Ever;4132321 said:The soundtrack was the best thing about the movie, lol!
How lucky we are that people do not judge and analyze every little step we make, every little stupid remark we ever make, every little petty thing we do and even what we laugh about in private with our friends. Apparently MJ did not have this luxury.
Thank you Duran-this is the kind of info I was looking for. I couldn't imagine Michael just sizing up two guys in his library and deciding that they were Prince Fans, and therefore showed funny clips of Prince.Prince was signed to Arista briefly in the late 1990s for one album. Prince went back to his name around this time after being "Symbol" or "The Artist" for several years. Clive Davis oversaw a Santana Supernatural type album with guest artists called Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic. Not long after this Clive was fired, and was replaced with L.A. Reid. It was rumored that Reid stopped promotion on Prince's album after Clive had spent a lot of money on Prince. On another note, L.A. & Babyface's label LaFace was under Arista. Remember that story about TLC (who were on LaFace) bringing some girls up to Clive's office and pulling out a gun on him. It's in their biopic too that was on VH1. I don't know if it counts, but Reid and Babyface were in a band called The Deele which had a synth funk sound kind of like The Time, at least on the earlier albums. The Deele is mainly known today for the ballad Two Occasions.
Speaking of TLC, Left Eye is a co-writer of Word To The Badd, and she and T-Boz sing background on it and another song on Jermaine's album. This was before their own album came out. TLC also has a song called Somethin' Wicked This Way Comes where Andre 3000 from OutKast has a rap with a line that says Mike was a sellout. Mike's name isn't mentioned, but you can tell who he's talking about from clues like "tippy tippy toes" and "who's bad?". The song itself isn't about Mike though.
When did this movie come out? 1986? I just watched the trailer-that looks like Kirsten Scott Thomas in it-I've never seen it, but guess I'll take your word for it that it's bad. I wonder why she was in it?And let's be honest. Under The Cherry Moon IS ridiculous.
Here's some pictures of the group and a clip of their debut single from 1983.Thank you Duran-this is the kind of info I was looking for. I couldn't imagine Michael just sizing up two guys in his library and deciding that they were Prince Fans, and therefore showed funny clips of Prince.
Here's a 2013 interview where she talks about PrinceI just watched the trailer-that looks like Kirsten Scott Thomas in it-I've never seen it, but guess I'll take your word for it that it's bad. I wonder why she was in it?
Themidwestcowboy;4132363 said:Can someone tell me when STTR and 2300 Jackson street was recorded?
OnirMJ;4132373 said:2300 Jackson Street (song) was recorded in 1988. 2300 Jackson Street (album) was recorded 1988–89. Source: Wikipedia
Slave To The Rhythm was recorded in 1990 according to Damein Sheilds' book Xscape Origins.
Oh okey I meant the video but cool. I always thought STTR and 2300 Jackson street (video) were recorded in the same year.
Actually Babyface met the Jackson 5 in the mid-1970s when he was doing a report for his school newspaper. Babyface was on a local radio station doing an interview years ago and mentioned this. I think the interview was maybe the late 1980s or in the 1990s, don't remember exactly. He wasn't in the business at the time, just a student. I don't know if there's anything online about it. But I can check though.They were not. The video was shot in March 1989. (Source: Wikipedia)
Jackson first met LA Reid & Babyface in 1990 (at BMI Michael Jackson Award on 8 May 1990, in Beverly Hills).
I would hope that my friends and people around me are sincere enough to tell me when they think i'm out of line or when I act petty. At the end of the day I just don't believe in laughing at another persons expense.
. I hope you're right, but this is Wendy Williams we're talking about. You know how she can be when it comes to Michael.He was on Kelly and Michael today-no dirt on anybody. He talked about Mariah Carey (I guess he produced her Emanicpation of Mimi album) and it was a great thing for them-a comeback for both.
He said she had just gone through "Glitter" and he had just been FIRED. And laughed. It was just real short-
Michael part around 27:35 and 39:50
First part is about the MJ clowning prince stuff from his book
The other part is when he was asked about who's his top 5 artist he said "It's Prince man, Prince is nr 1." And then the host asked before Michael? and he thought about it a bit and said "as a musician.." Then he said it's a debate, and tomorrow i'm gonna say it's Michael and then i go back and forth with that one. Definitely Michael & Prince"
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Why should he do that? The Deele sounded more like Prince's music than Mike's. Anyway, he's promoting his book, not the record label.Even if he had to lie. That should be his job. I don't care if he prefers Prince but he should not have said that as a president of Epic Records!
Anyway, he's promoting his book, not the record label.