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It's the quickest resolution in Hollywood history -- Paul Anka says the
special administrators of Michael Jackson's estate gave him a 50% cut of
"This Is It" ... after he said Michael "stole" the original recordings
from his studio back in the 80s.

Paul also said John McClain told him, "Now we know why the song was so
good ... it wasn't the type of Michael Jackson song that he could write."

Anka said he was humbled by the compliment.

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It's the quickest resolution in Hollywood history -- Paul Anka says the
special administrators of Michael Jackson's estate gave him a 50% cut of
"This Is It" ... after he said Michael "stole" the original recordings
from his studio back in the 80s.

Paul also said John McClain told him, "Now we know why the song was so
good ... it wasn't the type of Michael Jackson song that he could write."

Anka said he was humbled by the compliment.

Fujikawa Yamamoto wrote:
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It's the quickest resolution in Hollywood history -- Paul Anka says the
special administrators of Michael Jackson's estate gave him a 50% cut of
"This Is It" ... after he said Michael "stole" the original recordings
from his studio back in the 80s.

Paul also said John McClain told him, "Now we know why the song was so
good ... it wasn't the type of Michael Jackson song that he could write."

Anka said he was humbled by the compliment.

MJ got nailed for plagiarism in the past. It's a lot easier to get away
with when the person you steal from is a nobody, but even MJ should've
known you don't rip off established performers and get off scot-free.

Okay, f'loons, tell us what a genius he is for ripping off Paul Anka.

Paul. Anka.

Mr. "You're Havin' My Baby" Anka.

Of all people to steal from, for chrissakes. And then to be told that
Anka's song was better than what MJ tended to write. Oof. Now _that's_ a
snap.

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It's the quickest resolution in Hollywood history -- Paul Anka says the
special administrators of Michael Jackson's estate gave him a 50% cut of
"This Is It" ... after he said Michael "stole" the original recordings
from his studio back in the 80s.

Paul also said John McClain told him, "Now we know why the song was so
good ... it wasn't the type of Michael Jackson song that he could write."

Anka said he was humbled by the compliment.

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It's the quickest resolution in Hollywood history -- Paul Anka says the
special administrators of Michael Jackson's estate gave him a 50% cut of
"This Is It" ... after he said Michael "stole" the original recordings
from his studio back in the 80s.

Paul also said John McClain told him, "Now we know why the song was so
good ... it wasn't the type of Michael Jackson song that he could write."

Anka said he was humbled by the compliment.

Well "stolen" isn't quite the right word. It turns out that Anka and
Jackson collaborated in 1983 and had a falling out and never published
anything. Anka got the master tapes. I'm guessing the Jacksons recently
dug up old copies and are now trying to make a buck out of it.

The stupidity lies in trying to market the song as new material and imply
that it was recorded just recently. They would have made a hell of a lot
more money by saying it was "NEWLY DISCOVERED SONG RECORDED OVER A QUARTER
CENTURY AGO!!!" or something like that. That would generate huge buzz and
oodles of cash.

The stupidity lies in trying to market the song as new material and imply
that it was recorded just recently. They would have made a hell of a lot
more money by saying it was "NEWLY DISCOVERED SONG RECORDED OVER A
QUARTER CENTURY AGO!!!" or something like that. That would generate huge
buzz and oodles of cash.

That wouldn't work. There's the 1991 Safire version that
many recognized right away. There's also the early-1980s
style, the lameness that didn't qualify it for any post-1983
Jackson album.

Without Quincy Jones, he'd be a fancy street dancer.

The stupidity lies in trying to market the song as new material and
imply that it was recorded just recently. They would have made a hell of
a lot more money by saying it was "NEWLY DISCOVERED SONG RECORDED OVER A
QUARTER CENTURY AGO!!!" or something like that. That would generate huge
buzz and oodles of cash.

That wouldn't work. There's the 1991 Safire version that
many recognized right away. There's also the early-1980s
style, the lameness that didn't qualify it for any post-1983
Jackson album.

Recognizing that it's the same as the Safire version doesn't matter since
the lame Jackson vocals pre-date it by a decade (with the brothers' vocals
thrown in for giggles).

I didnt mean to say they should have tricked buyers. I meant that they
obviously knew it wasn't a recent recording made just before he croaked as
they had implied. The fact that this drivel was made during his cash-cow
years would make it more sought after by die-hard fans, more so than
anything recently made.

Their marketing was deceptive and their efforts to promote the song as new
ironically lost them sales.

Without Quincy Jones, he'd be a fancy street dancer.

ITA.

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It's the quickest resolution in Hollywood history -- Paul Anka says the
special administrators of Michael Jackson's estate gave him a 50% cut of
"This Is It" ... after he said Michael "stole" the original recordings
from his studio back in the 80s.

Paul also said John McClain told him, "Now we know why the song was so
good ... it wasn't the type of Michael Jackson song that he could write."

Anka said he was humbled by the compliment.

Well "stolen" isn't quite the right word. It turns out that Anka and Jackson
collaborated in 1983 and had a falling out and never published anything.
Anka got the master tapes. I'm guessing the Jacksons recently dug up old
copies and are now trying to make a buck out of it.

The stupidity lies in trying to market the song as new material and imply
that it was recorded just recently. They would have made a hell of a lot
more money by saying it was "NEWLY DISCOVERED SONG RECORDED OVER A QUARTER
CENTURY AGO!!!" or something like that. That would generate huge buzz and
oodles of cash.

Even dead, Jackson is still surrounded by incompetence.

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It's the quickest resolution in Hollywood history -- Paul Anka says the
special administrators of Michael Jackson's estate gave him a 50% cut of
"This Is It" ... after he said Michael "stole" the original recordings
from his studio back in the 80s.

Paul also said John McClain told him, "Now we know why the song was so
good ... it wasn't the type of Michael Jackson song that he could write."

Anka said he was humbled by the compliment.

Well "stolen" isn't quite the right word. It turns out that Anka and Jackson
collaborated in 1983 and had a falling out and never published anything.
Anka got the master tapes. I'm guessing the Jacksons recently dug up old
copies and are now trying to make a buck out of it.

The stupidity lies in trying to market the song as new material and imply
that it was recorded just recently. They would have made a hell of a lot
more money by saying it was "NEWLY DISCOVERED SONG RECORDED OVER A QUARTER
CENTURY AGO!!!" or something like that. That would generate huge buzz and
oodles of cash.

Even dead, Jackson is still surrounded by incompetence.

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It's the quickest resolution in Hollywood history -- Paul Anka says the
special administrators of Michael Jackson's estate gave him a 50% cut of
"This Is It" ... after he said Michael "stole" the original recordings
from his studio back in the 80s.

Paul also said John McClain told him, "Now we know why the song was so
good ... it wasn't the type of Michael Jackson song that he could write."

Anka said he was humbled by the compliment.

Well "stolen" isn't quite the right word. It turns out that Anka and Jackson
collaborated in 1983 and had a falling out and never published anything..
Anka got the master tapes. I'm guessing the Jacksons recently dug up old
copies and are now trying to make a buck out of it.

The stupidity lies in trying to market the song as new material and imply
that it was recorded just recently. They would have made a hell of a lot
more money by saying it was "NEWLY DISCOVERED SONG RECORDED OVER A QUARTER
CENTURY AGO!!!" or something like that. That would generate huge buzz and
oodles of cash.

Even dead, Jackson is still surrounded by incompetence.

I wonder if Micheal was working on another track as the signature
tune for his comeback concerts?

I simply can't imagine Michael had this track planned. Also the
production of this doesn't come half way to what Micheal would
have done at this time. So the question is why didn't studios
make more of an effort to come up with something current?

Some amazing things are possible with todays tech, which means
if they had Michael's vocal track, they could have crafted
something in a more current style, or simply tightened up the
production and not simply lifted track for the words 'This is it'.

The bottom line is that Michael didn't use the track for a reason.

All of which leaves me wondering if anyone of any musical taste
is in control of Michael estate.-

I wonder if Micheal was working on another track as the signature
tune for his comeback concerts?

I simply can't imagine Michael had this track planned. Also the
production of this doesn't come half way to what Micheal would
have done at this time. So the question is why didn't studios
make more of an effort to come up with something current?

Some amazing things are possible with todays tech, which means
if they had Michael's vocal track, they could have crafted
something in a more current style, or simply tightened up the
production and not simply lifted track for the words 'This is it'.

The bottom line is that Michael didn't use the track for a reason.

All of which leaves me wondering if anyone of any musical taste
is in control of Michael estate.

On Oct 14, 2:19 pm, FishFood <d... at (no spam) home.com> wrote:

I wonder if Micheal was working on another track as the signature
tune for his comeback concerts?

I simply can't imagine Michael had this track planned. Also the
production of this doesn't come half way to what Micheal would
have done at this time. So the question is why didn't studios
make more of an effort to come up with something current?

Patience, my friend!

Some amazing things are possible with todays tech, which means
if they had Michael's vocal track, they could have crafted
something in a more current style, or simply tightened up the
production and not simply lifted track for the words 'This is it'.

The bottom line is that Michael didn't use the track for a reason.

All of which leaves me wondering if anyone of any musical taste
is in control of Michael estate.

He's hard to rival.  At least Lennon had Yoko, who had similar
artistic sensibility, you know???

On Oct 14, 10:19 pm, FishFood <d... at (no spam) home.com> wrote:

Wacko hasn't put anything of substance out for nearly 2 decades.

All of which leaves me wondering if anyone of any musical taste
is in control of Michael estate.-

 At least Lennon had Yoko, who had similar
artistic sensibility, you know???