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Thanks. I did not make it myself. I found it on the Prince.org forum. I don't know who made it.@respect77 Your siggy is AMAZING!!!!! Love it. You make it yourself?
I have no problem with it if it originates from Michael's camp, however all these stories are from the early 90s, while we have articles calling him the King of Pop as far back as 1984. We don't know (at least I don't) if those too were suggested by Michael's camp, or, on the contrary, those initial articles gave him the idea to pick up that title and use it as a marketing tool later on.morinen;3789446 said:The fact that the “King Of Pop” title originated from Michael’s camp was confirmed by multiple accounts over the years. There is really no point in arguing with it. 1. From the Rolling Stone article "Michael Jackson's dangerous mind" (1992): "Which explains the November 11th, 1991, memo, typed on MTV Networks letterhead, that was circulated among the MTV staff the week before "Black or White" was first shown. The memo directed all on-air personnel to refer to Jackson as "the King of Pop" at least twice a week over the next two weeks. It also thanked staff members for their cooperation, adding that "Fox and BET are already doing this." "The fact is that a lot of people have changed their names recently," says Tom Freston, chairman and CEO of MTV Networks, in defense of the company's actions. "M.C. Hammer is now Hammer, and Michael Jackson is 'the King of Pop.' Who are we to stand in front of the wheels of progress? Whatever they want to call themselves, we try and oblige." So MTV and the others dubbed him "the King of Pop" and showed his video, and the world went crazy." 2. Taiwanese music promoter remembers Dangerous tour: "He remembered that Michael especially requested the 'King of Pop' title had to be included on the promotional posters, clearly showing that Michael was very confident that he was definitely the 'King of Pop'!" http://mjmemoriestaiwan.blogspot.com/2010/12/music-promoter-in-taiwan-remembers.html 3. Larry Stessel, an executive at Epic Records remembers (from the book “I Want My MTV"): "Michael called me one day and said, "I want to have a nickname, like 'The Boss' or 'The King.'" I said, "Well, Bruce Springsteen is 'The Boss,' and Elvis Presley is 'The King.' You can't be the King because you'll never live it down. The press will rip you apart." But Michael would not let this go. He hired his own personal publicist, Bob Jones. And one day, Bob issued a press release announcing that Michael Jackson was the King of Pop. Michael went rogue on us." http://www.buzzfeed.com/perpetua/why-michael-jackson-is-called-the-king-of-pop 4. John Branca confirmed this in the Immortal documentary. 5. Finally, Bob Jones in his book revealed that Elizabeth Taylor's speech in which she called Michael "The king of pop, rock and soul" was written by him. Which, no matter how uncredible you deem Bob Jones, fits all of the above. And it's not the kind of fact that you would randomly make up. That said, I really don't understand why everyone - both fans and media - make such a fuss about it. Fans insisting on Michael's version that he presented to Oprah (which is naive, really), and media inserting "self-proclaimed" at every opportunity and recycling this snide over and over again. I'm sure many of the big titles not only in the music industry, but in history overall were self-asserted. And in Michael’s case – he totally deserved a title, even bigger than “KOP”. Should he have waited for the media to confer it on him? Excuse me, but the only thing he could get from them was “Wa**o Ja**o”. So he went on and took what was his due. If anything, I admire his boldness and his strive to carve his image in history. All this sneer and battles will die down in 30 years. And the title will remain.
Exactly.The media has called pretty much every Justin, Robbie and Adam the new king of pop, but nobody actually calls them that because everybody knows the king of pop is Michael.
There were about 4 or 5 articles in different papers which mentioned it before 1989, but none from any of the magazines he did interviews with, like JET, Ebony, etcI have no problem with it if it originates from Michael's camp, however all these stories are from the early 90s, while we have articles calling him the King of Pop as far back as 1984. We don't know (at least I don't) if those too were suggested by Michael's camp, or, on the contrary, those initial articles gave him the idea to pick up that title and use it as a marketing tool later on.
I have no problem with it if it originates from Michael's camp, however all these stories are from the early 90s, while we have articles calling him the King of Pop as far back as 1984. We don't know (at least I don't) if those too were suggested by Michael's camp, or, on the contrary, those initial articles gave him the idea to pick up that title and use it as a marketing tool later on.
I don't care who gave Michael the name. He deserved it after working so hard his whole life. However, what bothers me is when haters and Elvis fans say "He was only self-proclaimed" as if to say that he doesn't rightfully deserve the title.
With all due respect to Elvis (very talented, nonetheless), his King of Rock and Roll title is a real head scratcher to me...
Ultimately, it doesn't matter if Michael was trying to push the title or not. If so, it was smart marketing savvy on his part, anyway. Fact remains he WAS the King of Pop. It was widely accepted by the general public. It's not like it was an unjustified title.
Not was The King Of Pop. He IS The King Of Pop
I stand fairly corrected![]()
U can say that again! All I can say about that is if it wasn't Elvis it would have been another white guy they would have given that title to regardless. I don't think I have to say why, that is if some know their history!-_-
If Michael asked MTV to address him as The King of Pop Cool in my book... It just makes Michael even more brilliant to me.