Originally Posted By Mr X Should've read post 113 before I posted. I had no idea his catalogue was worth so much (guess it makes sense though). I wondered what sort of collateral he had that allowed him to get into so much debt though...now I know.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder His body is now at the LA County Coroner's Office, which is located in East LA, a rather unglamorous place to end up. The coroner doesn't know what to do with the body, since the plastic recycling bins aren't picked up until next Wednesday.
Originally Posted By barboy ///When you've practiced in the field of law that I do in the Los Angeles area as long as I have you learn a few things. Jackson should have died in jail./// When you say 'should have'...... do you mean that (1)he deserved to be locked up because he was a bonafide child abuser or do you mean that (2)he was lucky in that most faced with similar allegations would have been convicted even if they committed no sexual crimes? (I'm having a hard time phrasing this question properly so if it's awkward I'll try to rephrase it.) And if you mean (1)then are you harboring juicy 'insider info.' ----info. that really proves his guilt---that the general public/media doesn't know about?
Originally Posted By barboy ///when I heard of him dieing all I could think of was the ruined lives of all the children he molested as opposed to the music./// Unless you have proof maybe it's best not to launch such outrageous and defamatory conclusions. Phrasing unfavorable things as fact when they most certainly are not is irresponsible and unfair to his family, friends and legacy as a human and entertainer don't you think?
Originally Posted By dlkozy >>>"I had no idea his catalogue was worth so much (guess it makes sense though)."<<< According to CNN he has borrowed against the value of his catalogue many times over.
Originally Posted By Mr F >Well, now the King of Pop is a dead corpse, just like in his Thriller Video, how ironic.< <<And this is just an incredibly cheap, moronic statement. There is nothing intelligent or clever about this, Mr F. A person who meant a lot to a lot of people had died, and you're contributing nothing but a cheap shot. I know he had a lot of troubles, and perhaps "mentally unbalanced" isn't so far off the mark. But he was an amazing musical talent, and his music and his performances were very important to many. To talk about him being a dead corpse is just rude, thoughtless, and infantile.>> I don't see how I'm taking a Cheap shot at him, I actually admired him as a Kid. It's a FACT that he played a Dead corpse in his "THRILLER" Music Video, and I was just commenting on how ironic it was that now he's dead. I wasn't being disrespectful, I has just mentioning a FACT.
Originally Posted By barboy Mr F, for what it's worth I thought you meant no disrespect earlier and were just trying to make a joke or some fitting or ironic connection.... but I guess others interpreted it differently than the way I did.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< It's a FACT that he played a Dead corpse in his "THRILLER" Music Video, and I was just commenting on how ironic it was that now he's dead >>> Did you expect him to live forever? That's no more ironic than any actor that's played a corpse and then at a later point in life died.
Originally Posted By Mr F <<< It's a FACT that he played a Dead corpse in his "THRILLER" Music Video, and I was just commenting on how ironic it was that now he's dead >>> <<Did you expect him to live forever? That's no more ironic than any actor that's played a corpse and then at a later point in life died.>> No, but Not Too many Popstars have played Dead Corpses in their Music Videos, and then died. In fact, I can't even think of any living popstars today who has played a dead corpse.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "So does Paul McCartney get the rights to the Beatles songs back?" No. He and John Lennon never had them in the first place. When they wrote all those Beatle songs through 1967 or so, a publishing firm named Northern Songs, Ltd. owned the rights through EMI/Parlophone Records in England. After that Maclen Music, a combination of McCartney/Lennon, owned all the songs written from that point. McCartney, around 1984 or so, upon a request for advice from Jackson, told Jackson he should invest his money back into something he knows, such as music. McCartney owns the rights to such music as all of Buddy Holly's songs, musicals such as Grease, Oklahoma, Annie, South Pacific, etc. He bought them when the original copyright expired. When the original copyright expired on all the Beatle songs owned by Northern Songs, Jackson outbid McCartney for what McCartney described as his "babies". Later, when pressed for cash, he sold half his interest to Sony/ATV, which still owns their portion. That's why you hear the occasional Beatle song pop up in a commercial. Jackson needed the money, and Sony has no scruples. The Beatle catalog now becomes a prime asset in Jackson's estate along with Jackson's own catalog, and could be what helps Jackson's estate earn more money after his death than it did during life, getting his estate out of a sure bankruptcy and into profitability, just like Elvis. Given that, he might always own the Beatles.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder I gave a very simplified version. Here's a more detailed one. <a href="http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/jackson.asp" target="_blank">http://www.snopes.com/music/ar...kson.asp</a>
Originally Posted By Mr X ***McCartney, around 1984 or so, upon a request for advice from Jackson, told Jackson he should invest his money back into something he knows, such as music.*** Talk about biting the hand that feeds you!
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder When I wrote 132 I was writing from memory. This link is pretty good. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Songs" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N...rn_Songs</a>
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Not to get too far OT, but this gives one an idea of what McCartney does own. It's surprising to some.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Arrgghhh. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPL_Communications" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M...ications</a>
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Now, of course, if you do a web search, you'll find that the London Daily Mirror reported prior to Jackson's death he was leaving the Beatle songs to McCartney in his will. So who the hell knows?
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones "The coroner doesn't know what to do with the body, since the plastic recycling bins aren't picked up until next Wednesday." SingleParkPassholder, you have the best user name here and some of the best posts, even if you scolded me earlier.
