That is not simply true alot of people were tweeting because of the prospect of a new MJ album, even IF what you said was correct does that not defeat the purpose of your argument, cause it clearly shows people still showing interest in MJ?
Yes, they were discussing the entire prospect. Some people questioned how a dead man could be making an album; others criticized Sony for profiting off a dead man; others still made tiresome pedophile jokes. I looked through the Twitter feed myself the day of the announcement, and I distinctly remember being shocked at how few people I saw who were actually anticipating the album in a positive way. Not to say that no one was, but there was a larger amount of skeptical/uninterested people than enthusiasts.
nope, i didn't say that at all, what i said was that the contemporization of the song was not good enough and that was why the song didn't perform so well. It's not only in the US, i haven't heard the song over here in sweden as well. So are you gonna make the postulation that people no longer are interested in him here just because that one song didn't meet expectations?
You are saying that the contemporized version "isn't good enough," and I truthfully don't think you have jurisdiction to make that statement as if it were fact. There is nothing to suggest that the general public thought the remix wasn't of quality, just as there is nothing to suggest that the original version would have fared better on the charts. As I've been stating, the single flopped because people are quickly losing whatever interest remains in Michael Jackson products. That's why XSCAPE sold so much less than MICHAEL did in its opening week despite a much stronger promotional effort.
Lol, so what are you saying, that people from Europe was the only ones that bought tickets to This Is It?? It was an international headline all over the world not only in europe and it spiked the interest of many people and the anouncement was made in the US anyways so what's your point here?
My point is that you're making the argument that Michael is popular enough in the United States to be a smash success completely on his own merits, which is untrue. If he was, he would have staged his comeback in America. But he didn't; he fled to Europe, where he's still considered a megasuperstar. And no, I'm not suggesting that no one in the United States bought tickets. I'm simply making the observation that if he was as big as you think he was/is, he would have traveled here.
Additional note: there were a ton of leaked discussions that Michael would travel to Kuala Lumpur, Asia, Africa, Australia with this tour...but I never saw one for the United States.
I don't understand your reasoning, you stated it yourself, One performance (Big performance by another artist on an award show), 3 Music videos actually, A jeep commercial. That IS more promo and more coverage than APWNN got, so what is your argument here?
Firstly, did you just point out that the performance was big because another artist was involved? Because your entire argument was just thrown out the window -- that's the point I've been making. If Michael truly was strong enough to do this on his own, we wouldn't have needed Usher to dance at the iHeart Awards or Justin to perform on another mix of the song.
Secondly, as far as I'm concerned, Love Never Felt So Good has one music video. The solo version is just an alternate cut of the duet and got no attention whatsoever, and the secondary "MJ x Love Never Felt So Good" was made to tide fans over until the actual video came out and might as well not exist.
Well duh the man is DEAD! and has been for 6 years, you can't honestly expect an dead artist to be the head of the talks for straight 6 years comeon.
When did I say that? Here is my argument:
Michael Jackson has been dead for five years. In those five years, he has seen a significant number of projects and attention, so much so that the general public is getting annoyed. It's an overabundance of Michael Jackson, to put it as simply as I possibly can. At least in the United States, people are losing interest -- that's why sales numbers are falling. After the Sony contract expires, the Estate should refrain from releasing anything for at least five years. As much as I would hate it, that would give the people time to miss Michael Jackson properly. We haven't had the time to miss him because every year he's popping up here and there. Want a success? Give it time.
This argument, once again, is absolute bull. Give it up, everyone. I'm not saying I'm right, nor am I saying you're right. I'm saying, it's getting tiresome.
I must say I do not agree with this. Most people I have talked to like the Timbaland production the most.
I would love to hear a MJ solo version with Timbaland production. - It would be great! - Even without JT.
I do agree however that JT was a HUGE factor to the succes of LNFSG. - Even though the Timbaland production is better IMO - I do not think the solo MJ Timbaland version would have gained that much succes as the duet did.
JT helped sales A LOT no doubt about it. - And what's the problem with that? MJ's dead and can not promote himself. - To get one of the hottest names in the world in to make the song a duet was genius. - Great promotion for the entire Xscape project!
Well of course that's all opinions -- I won't stand here and act like my personal opinion is the overarching general consensus (as some people have). But that's what I've been saying! It's not a bad thing that he was a significant factor, I'm just making the point that he was.