Idol Headlines for 06/26/09

I went to iTunes this morning. I was curious to see if MJ was charting. Woah. Not unusual after a star passes, but that is quite impressive.

I have been listening to some of the later albums today to check them out but I just don’t think the songs are as good as in the early albums.

I went to play some MJ from my iTunes and realized I didn’t have nearly enough, so I bought the Essential Michael Jackson album. It’s actually a good deal with 38 songs for 16.99, including some Jackson 5 thrown in there.

It was interesting to me that Man in the Mirror was the highest single on the charts when I checked this morning. Like Kris, I think a lot of people found inspiration in that song.

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The more I read about Michael Johns’s album, the closer I’m coming to buying it.

Here’s another video interview from the Idol press thing yesterday. Kris gets asked about his pecs!

http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/06/american-idol-tour-preview-radar-talks-top-10

Another great DC article. Oklahoma has been great to him. Another month before David Cook satiates me

Re: Michael Jackson. Was never a huge fan, but he is certainly iconic, and I loved the MTV vids from the 80′s. The Jackson 5 was also a staple of my childhood. Always sad when anyone dies so young.

I was reminded of a piece on CNN, or some news show I saw several years ago, which included clips of his childhood. My then 9 year old son was watching it with me. He knew who MJ was, and a little bit about him. This was shortly after the baby dangling incident, I think. After the piece was over, I looked at my son, who had a really strange look on his face. He looked at me at and said, “Michael Jackson is Black?!”. (Don’t mean ANY offense, just thought my kid was funny).

Congrats to David Cook

According to Billboard,

“David Cook completes a feat previously achieved by only two solo males [in terms of Adult Top 40 charts]

Cook collects his third top 10, as “Come Back to Me” lifts 11-10. His introductory single “Time of My Life,” last year’s “American Idol” victory song, reached No. 7, and “Light On” peaked at No. 4. All three songs appear on Cook’s self-titled debut album, which bowed at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 in December and has sold 1,174,000 copies to date, according to Nielsen SoundScan.”

The other two were John Mayer and Rob Thomas, also from their debut albums.

Billboard.com

He looked at me at and said, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Michael Jackson is Black?!à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ . (Donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t mean ANY offense, just thought my kid was funny).

That is weird, my seven-year old daughter said the same thing last night when we were watching the news coverage of his death. I told her how great he was and that my sister & I had been big fans in the 80′s. He will be missed.

And it’s not just in US, Michael Jackson’s music dominates other Itunes stores.
I ended up buying an album…

Hereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s another video interview from the Idol press thing yesterday. Kris gets asked about his pecs!

http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/06/american-idol-tour-preview-radar-talks-top-10

LOL And the reporter and Adam try on each others’ jackets. They each look better in their own.

Access Hollywood tour interviews:

Adam, Megan, Matt and Anoop:
http://www.accesshollywood.com/dish-of-salt-american-idol-tour-rehearsal-part-i_video_1130210

Kris, Allison, Danny, Michael, Lil and Scott
http://www.accesshollywood.com/dish-of-salt-american-idol-tour-rehearsal-part-ii_video_1130193

Hereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s another video interview from the Idol press thing yesterday. Kris gets asked about his pecs!

girlygirl – Thanks so much! That was a real treat! Adam is too funny. And – yes, Kris has great pecs!

It is really lovely, in a way, to see such an extreme (even by the day-after-death standards) outpouring of love for his music.

Edited because BeckyMD is a smart person and actually posted links.

Cook collects his third top 10, as à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Come Back to Meà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  lifts 11-10.

Good for David! I’ve always liked this song — much more than Light On — and am glad to see him doing well with it.

I’m still, even after his tragic death, not into Michael Jackson music. It’s just nothing that moves me in its original state. My first recollection of a Jackson 5 song (yup I’m old) was being 12 or 13 in my friend’s swimming pool and shaking our titties (in disdain) to ABC123 or whatever that song is. I was listening to Cream, Jefferson Airplane, Janis and Jimi (and other similar musicians) back then. By the time his solo work came out, I was so very far removed from pop and actually mainstream music that it had absolutely no impact on me. It’s amazing for me to see the outpouring of love for a dead man who was so very troubled in life. If only he could have glommed onto the love while he was still here, I doubt he’d be dead now. I guess it’s sad to see that it takes death for people’s feelings to come out…such a sad thing.

I went to iTunes this morning. I was curious to see if MJ was charting. Woah. Not unusual after a star passes, but that is quite impressive.

By any standard this is unusual. He had ~150 songs in the Top 1000 songs at the last count (4 in Top 10), 7 albums in Top 10 album, they are still climbing up the chart and it is even a full day yet. The iTunes chart is going to be the most unusual one ever for the next couple of days. In Amazon 15 of the Top 15 albums are his. Don’t think this has ever happened before.

You know, the sad thing is, I don’t think anything but his death could resurrect this kind of interest and admiration in MJ. He had just become too strange and there was too much scandal. It’s hard for me to imagine him actually being able to overcome that in life.

Until I heard Billie Jean in the 5th grade, my music listening was isolated to country music–all I was exposed to in my texas, conservative upbringing. But Billie Jean blew my mind. And after that, I went on to discover other pop artists but then everything else too, from alternative to folk to punk to techno and so on. So I trace my evolution as a music lover back to that moment when I heard Billie Jean. But even I turned away from MJ over the past decade or so.

I’m glad I can remember MJ from the 80s. He seemed like a totally different person then in my mind–it’s almost like that MJ died a long time ago.

That’s great for Cook. The more I listen to his album and his recordings from Idol, the more I like him. Unfortunately I was very busy for season 7, so I had a slow start on his work.

And I most certainly would have been in the MJ album buying crowd yesterday…. if I didn’t already have all his albums. Such a wonderful entertainer, he will most certainly be missed.

Michael Slezak from EW revealed some more producers Adam is working with on his album. some are new, and some we already knew. Link

Excerpt

A source close to the singer revealed exclusively to EW.com that Lambert recently met with acclaimed producer Linda Perry (Christina Aguilera, Pink, James Blunt); had writing sessions with Idol judge and in-demand songwriter Kara DioGuardi and Grammy nominated Sam Sparro (“Black and Gold”); and hit the studio with One Republic’s Ryan Tedder, the white-hot tunesmith behind Leona Lewis’ “Bleeding Love,” Beyonce’s “Halo,” and Jordin Sparks’ latest single “Battlefield.” It was previously reported that Lambert laid down some tracks with Lady Gaga producer RedOne.

It was interesting to me that Man in the Mirror was the highest single on the charts when I checked this morning. Like Kris, I think a lot of people found inspiration in that song.

Honestly, I think it’s just a really great song. Incidentally, when I was 17, I got my very first speeding ticket while that song was playing. Ever since, I can’t hear it without having a flashback of blue police lights in my rear view mirror.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m glad I can remember MJ from the 80s. He seemed like a totally different person then in my mindà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s almost like that MJ died a long time ago.

I think that’s true for a whole of people. He became one really f*cked up dude. But I don’t think with the childhood he had (or lack thereof) the guy ever stood a chance of being normal. The things I find grotesque about him don’t negate the fact that I really dig a lot of his music though.

To this day, I firmly believe that Thriller was one of the best albums of all time. And, without a doubt the greatest Pop album ever.

A source close to the singer revealed exclusively to EW.com that Lambert recently met with acclaimed producer Linda Perry (Christina Aguilera, Pink, James Blunt); had writing sessions with Idol judge and in-demand songwriter Kara DioGuardi and Grammy nominated Sam Sparro (à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ Black and Goldà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ); and hit the studio with One Republicà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Ryan Tedder, the white-hot tunesmith behind Leona Lewisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Bleeding Love,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Beyonceà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Halo,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  and Jordin Sparksà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ latest single à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Battlefield.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  It was previously reported that Lambert laid down some tracks with Lady Gaga producer RedOne.

Damn, Adam!

Ya’ know, as we watch MJ’s music fly off the virtual shelves in a buying frenzy, I can only hope that Michael was smart enough to leave someone other than his leeching parents in charge of his kids’ inheritance.

Adam, Megan, Matt and Anoop:
http://www.accesshollywood.com/dish-of-salt-american-idol-tour-rehearsal-part-i_video_1130210

OMG!!!!!!!thank you so much!

Adam was SO sexy in that clip!
the look he gave the camera when he said “keep wondering” !!!!!

OMG! I just died and went to heaven!!!!!!!!!

Michael Slezak from EW revealed some more producers Adam is working with on his album. some are new, and some we already knew.

Still not sure how I feel about Kara working with him, but I know they have a great relationship and mutual respect for each other, which is always important.

Ryan Tedder almost seems like a better fit for Kris, but I can imagine him helping out on the more love-ballady numbers on Adam’s album. Otherwise, that list looks HOT!

And re Michael and his troubles, I was not a fan of his recently due to all the controversy and weirdness, but you can never deny what an amazing contribution he made to music, dance, and pop. Hearing all his tunes again this morning, I’m reminded of just how amazingly talented he was.

Yaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ know, as we watch MJà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s music fly off the virtual shelves in a buying frenzy, I can only hope that Michael was smart enough to leave someone other than his leeching parents in charge of his kidsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ inheritance.

I was thinking along those lines too, SpenserJ — just not as colorfully as you.

unique28v Jun 26th, 2009 at 11:21 am

Michael Slezak from EW revealed some more producers Adam is working with on his album. some are new, and some we already knew. Link

I’ve been compiling a list of Adam collaborators and this is what I have so far:

UPDATED LIST OF ADAM PRODUCER/SONGWRITER COLLABORATORS (June 25, 2009)

Ferras (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferras )
Lauren Christy ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_christy) (part of the writing team called “The Matrix”)
Desmond Child (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Child)
The Sophomores ( http://www.myspace.com/glacierhiking )
- Jared Scharff (also plays guitar for the “Saturday Night Live Band”)
- Ross Golan – http://www.myspace.com/rossgolanandmolehead (also of “Glacier Hiking”)
RedOne ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RedOne )
David Hodges ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hodges )
Mitch Allan ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Allan )
Kara DioGuardi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara_DioGuardi )
Alisan Porter ( http://www.myspace.com/thealisanporterproject )
Ely Rise – http://www.myspace.com/elythecreep (wrote “Movin’ On” for Elliot Yamin)
Greg Wells (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Wells )
Ryan Tedder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Tedder )
Sam Sparro ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Sparro )
Linda Perry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Perry)
Aimee Mayo ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimee_Mayo) (she’s a country music writer who’s been Tweeting Adam begging for him to write with her)
Jesse Rogg (Modus Vivendi Music – http://www.myspace.com/modusvivendimusic)

Yaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ know, as we watch MJà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s music fly off the virtual shelves in a buying frenzy, I can only hope that Michael was smart enough to leave someone other than his leeching parents in charge of his kidsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ inheritance.

Maybe he asked Paul McCartney to take care of that……………………

I mean it’s only fair.

The Michael Jackson had a huge impact on the internet yesterday:

Jackson dies, almost takes Internet with him (CNN)

CNN reported a fivefold rise in traffic and visitors in just over an hour, receiving 20 million page views in the hour the story broke.

Twitter crashed as users saw multiple “fail whales” — the illustrations the site uses as error messages — user FoieGrasie posting, “Irony: The protesters in Iran using twitter as com are unable to get online because of all the posts of ‘Michael Jackson RIP.’ Well done.” The site’s status blog said that Twitter had had to temporarily disable its search results, saved searches and trend topics.

I know that I did a search for Michael Jackson News yesterday, and Google flagged it as a potential cyber-attack (likely due to the volume of people doing the same request). I had to enter one of those wiggly words to get the results.

Micheal Jackson. I can’t say I’m a huge fan, but he was hugely talented and iconic. It’s unfortunate that in recent times he’s become a figure of fun and speculation. Watching all the media coverage going back on his life, I feel so sad. It feels like such a sad life… I hope all the AI contestants will find a way to reconcile fame/fortune with true happiness.

Relating this back to AI, nothing will beat Cookie’s performance of Billie Jean for me. Micheal was the genius who gave birth to the original words and melody. Chris Cornell was the genius who stripped down that song to uncover the anger and pain under it’s pop-dance facade. And David had the smarts (to pick that Cornell version and run with it) as well as the vocal chops to pull off that incendiary live performance full of soul and angst (this should be familiar to the Cookie fandom. Hee). My view of Idol changed with that performance. It wasn’t just this cheesy show anymore.

Besides BJ, Wanna Be Starting Something is my other favourite. It’s such a hot dance track. I hate all the remakes / stuff that the newer artists borrow cut and paste from this track (Akon / Rihanna etc). Maybe I’m crazy but I do think it’s got potential for another crazy-cool rock rearrangement or a rock-rap fusion – yeah, even with the mamse mamsa mamakusa!

Well by all accounts there may not be an inheritance to leech – hopefully MJ set up trusts for the kids because I believe creditors cannot touch those assets. The figure I just read was $400 million in debt. Maybe McCartney can buy back that Beatles catalogue?

I have a question. I have this narrow view that there is one producer per record. I keep seeing mentions of multiple producers working with Adam. Is that unusual? Will only one get credit for producing the album? Or does each track usually get its own producer, and I just didn’t know?

I suspect and hope that this list of potential collaborators for Adam is just that, potential collaborators and/or a lot of hype or producers using Adam for their own hype factor, because what is that saying about too many chefs and not enough cooks?

IndyMuse my perception is that, depending on the genre of music, most artists work with one producer or one team of producers. In more dance oriented and urban music, there is a greater tendency to work with more producers.

However to me the downside of working with many producers, even if you want to explore different genres of music on one album, is a lack of cohesiveness, you can end up with an album that is all over the place, and not in a good way, unless you have one supervising producer who does the final mix.

I feel bad for the peeps in Iran because Twitter almost crashed, they are now talking about executions for “rioters”.

I’ve been so emotional about the MJ news since yesterday. But it makes me feel good that his music is dominating on iTunes and Amazon. I admit I got some of his stuff on iTunes last night. As crazy as his personal life was, the genius he showed through his music, and his videos, and dancing and incredible performing skills will live on forever.

Yeah, that’s part of what I’m trying to figure out. Does he end up with one at the end?

I was thinking along those lines too, SpenserJ à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  just not as colorfully as you.

Apparently colorful runs in the family as my brother with the really sick sense of humor has been texting me nasty MJ pedophile jokes all morning. At least we can both take comfort in the fact that we’ll have company in hell.

Maybe he asked Paul McCartney to take care of thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

I mean ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s only fair.

Tee Hee

You can definitely have several producers…sometimes (often?) there is one exec producer who oversees the album as a whole.

Whatever else is said about MJ, I don’t think people can deny he had a huge impact on this current generation of music. Just look at how many of even the Idols cite him as an influence, regardless of their genre.

Kris just twittered that he and Adam are in studio at Ryan Seacrest’s show…not sure if they will be on air or if they are prepping for their AT40 hosting duties coming up in a couple of weeks

eta: ok, they were interviewed: link

In addition to the AI tribute show being rebroadcast on Monday, SIRIUS XM Radio to Pay Tribute to Michael Jackson with Special Programming Across its Music Channels

and

VH1 Classic to Celebrate Historic Music Legacy of Michael Jackson Beginning Saturday, June 27

Lavender1960 and Michelle, thanks for the replies. That clarifies it.

Oohhh, in the Access Hollywood interview link posted above, Adam is totally wearing a Lady GaGa-style lightning bolt necklace.

Hint, mebbe, or just a nod to RedOne, or a total red herring? I dunno, but my little fantard brain immediately went there. If he’s hanging with Haus of GaGa, I hope he’s got sense enough to stay away from the Perez.

Kelly to perform on “So You Think You Can Dance” next week.

Fox.com/blogs

Here’s a nice little mention of David Cook’s concert tonight in the Denver Post:
http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_12682674

I love what they had to say in such a short piece.

Well by all accounts there may not be an inheritance to leech – hopefully MJ set up trusts for the kids because I believe creditors cannot touch those assets. The figure I just read was $400 million in debt. Maybe McCartney can buy back that Beatles catalogue?

It is entirely possible that MJ will make more money in royalties within the next 72 hours than he has in the past decade. I think what Michael’s kids need to do right now is get on the phone with Priscilla Presley and get the inside scoop on how to turn a debt-ridden estate into a fortune.

Heard a little Michael Jackson tidbit, don’t know if it has validity or not….

Michael has left the “rights” to the Beatle catalogue back to Paul McCartney. Now, if this is true, I would hope that Paul would do the “right” thing and give to the Jackson children the monetary equivilant of what the catalogue would be worth. But, I would hope it would be set up as a ‘Trust’ for the kids with no-one else having any rights and that the money wouldn’t come to them, say, until they are 21. This is just how my mind works.

Yaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ know, as we watch MJà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s music fly off the virtual shelves in a buying frenzy, I can only hope that Michael was smart enough to leave someone other than his leeching parents in charge of his kidsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ inheritance.

I hope so too, but since they are still minors I bet his mother (Katherine) gets them. As long as she keeps them away from Joe……

Cook’s rise to stardom has seemed a little more natural, and a little less, well, Seacrest.

Yeah, I love this quote from the Denver Post.

TMZ is reporting that MJ got daily shots of Demerol from a doctor that lived with him at his home and they are looking to question him. They think it may have been an overdose.

Just Jared has a story/& pictures of Cook visiting Fuse yesterday

http://justjared.buzznet.com/2009/06/26/david-cook-no-1-countdown/

Hereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s another video interview from the Idol press thing yesterday. Kris gets asked about his pecs!

Kris should do a Matthew McConaughey and not to pass up any opportunity to be shirtless.

:lol_wp:

TMZ is reporting that MJ got daily shots of Demerol from a doctor that lived with him at his home and they are looking to question him. They think it may have been an overdose.

I am fairly certain that MJ had a longstanding addiction to painkillers. So, overdose as a cause of death would not surprise me at all. In fact, it was my first thought when I heard he had a heart attack.

I hope so too, but since they are still minors I bet his mother (Katherine) gets them. As long as she keeps them away from Joeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Katherine is merely Joe’s puppet. If the kids go to her, they will most certainly be under Joe’s control. I say give them to Jermaine – he seems normal. Or maybe Tito. I always liked Tito. Definitely checked off the Good Guardians for any minor child list should be: Latoya, Janet and the parents. Those 4 are all crazier than Michael.

UPDATE: *On US POP Itunes, Jackson now holds something like 9/10 top albums, 21/25 top albums, and 22/25 top videos.

This is a takeover like none other in history. And I don’t think it will ever be repeated.

And btw, I believe that the genius will outlive the “crazy” rep. Of course, what genius isn’t borderline nuts?

Michelle-Thanks for posting the interview link. That was all kinds of cute. I have to admit I really cracked up at the female caller that spoke to Kris and the way she gushed over him reminded me over the LA Times vid where Allison was interviewing him. :laugh_tb:

Not sure Macca would have the resources to do it because he said he couldn’t afford to buy the catalogue back in previous interviews, how much did Mills take him for? I was reading an interview and Macca said, beyond the fact MJ outbid him in the first place, the dispute between him and MJ revoled around the fact that Macca asked MJ for a pay raise on his song writing royalties since MJ was making out like a bandit at the time and MJ said no sorry it’s business you understand.

I can only imagine what the current market value of that catalogue is – I am not sure MJ can gift that catalogue to Macca – he has a $200 million loan against it according to all the media reports.It would be better to sell that catalogue to the highest bidder. Beside he doesn’t own the whole catalogue outright does he, isn’t it in partnership with Sony Publishing? [Yes apparently they own it jointly.]

I guess that is the only positive thing here, the royalties and sale of assets in the next little while will hopefully take care of most if not all of the debts. Good advice on giving Priscilla a call.

Of course I just ran into an item, there are people on the grassy knoll, thinking MJ staged a well timed exit. He and Elvis are going to be sighted at Burger King now I guess.

And btw, I believe that the genius will outlive the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“crazyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  rep. Of course, what genius isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t borderline nuts?

Yes. For sure.

Whoever posted the radio interview from Ryan Seacrest’s radio show with Kris and Adam from today thank you. it was really cute!! lol

Borderline nuts or just awful human beings. Picasso was no picnic. Van Gogh- nuts. Beethoven – bitter awful man.

Borderline nuts or just awful human beings. Picasso was no picnic. Van Gogh- nuts. Beethoven – bitter awful man.

What about Einstein? John Nash? Etc, etc… Genius and the crazies go hand in hand (in hand in hand… depending on how many personalities are in play. )

And truthfully, who among us in not a little bit nuts — some simply hide it better than others. LOL

edit: I’ve had enough of you. You’re gone

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b131309_adam_lambert_fires_back_hi_fi_recordings.html

Holy shit, Hi Fi is really annoying. I knew that they wanted to just get Adam to make any statement just so that they can answer back and drum up more publicity.

Michael has left the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“rightsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  to the Beatle catalogue back to Paul McCartney.

That sounds like one of those crazy rumors that spring up out of nowhere. That catalog was the biggest piece of collateral Michael had. Of course, he would leave it to his children–his controlling stake in it anyway, because Sony ATV controls part of it. Michael owed them a lot of money, so who knows what will happen.

I hope the kids go to Jermaine – he seems the most normal out of all of them.

Who’s betting that Michael Jackson’s image/etc. will be managed (or whatever it’s called) by CKX/19? Elvis Presley’s image is managed by his wife and CKX/19, and they seem to do a good job with it.

WOW at the iTunes charts. Next week’s Billboard charts, songs and albums, airplay and sales– all across the board, are gonna show lots and lots of MJ. I’ve heard rock stations and Christian stations play MJ non-stop. Records will be shattered, as well they should be.

I liked the part in the interview with Ryan where they were talking about the curfew and Adam and Kris were joking whether they ever tried to sneak out.

And the callers — much love for both guys!! Sweet

I’m hoping to hear the American Top 40 show that Kris & Adam are co-hosting. They play off each other so well, that could be a fun broadcast!

That sounds like one of those crazy rumors that spring up out of nowhere. That catalog was the biggest piece of collateral Michael had. Of course, he would leave it to his childrenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’his controlling stake in it anyway, because Sony ATV controls part of it. Michael owed them a lot of money, so who knows what will happen.

Yeah, I’m not sure about the validity of that particular rumor either. Especially because that catalogue is quite literally loan collateral. There’s far too much debt attached to it for him to just give it away. I would believe that he might write into his will the opportunity for McCartney to make the first offer on it at the time of sale. Or maybe a first right of refusal, i.e. if Paul matches any offer made on the catalogue, he has the first opportunity to buy it.

WOW at the iTunes charts.

It is an interesting, historical phenomenon to watch in the digital music age – the death of an icon and the instant retail reaction. I’ll be interested to see the actual numbers. When Elvis died – there was simply no way to pump out the vinyl and 8 tracks fast enough.

Hi Fi claims that it has a signed recording contract with Adam dated Feb. 12, 2008.

This, if true, could be bad. And I’d be surprised if they are lying outright.

Much as I don’t have a clue who is the “right” guardian for the kids, I just hope they all go to just one family. TMZ is saying (speculating?) that Debbie Rowe, the mother of 2 of his children, wants to have custody of them. I really hope she doesn’t get them, she just always rubbed me the wrong way.

Hi Fi claims that it has a signed recording contract with Adam dated Feb. 12, 2008.

This, if true, could be bad. And Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d be surprised if they are lying outright.

Not bad or unusual at all, so long as he was no longer under it at the point in the show when he’s required to have no recording contract. To say nothing of the fact that, since HiFi claims to have bought the recordings from Wilshire, seems to me any recording contract would have been with Wilshire.

Another “whatever” moment amid a now totally “whatever” story for me.

Yeah, it depends on whether that supposed contract was still i effect when Adam first went on Idol.

WOW at the iTunes charts. Next weekà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Billboard charts, songs and albums, airplay and salesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ all across the board, are gonna show lots and lots of MJ.

I don’t think Billboard would show the MJ singles in the chart, not sure about albums. Currently he has something like 70 songs in the Top 200 on iTunes (a third!), ~200 songs in Top 1000 after a quick count. Wow is indeed the word.

SpenserJ, reports have it that HMV and Tower are being mobbed worldwide. They’re fielding thousands upon thousands of calls to check on physical stock, both in Europe and Asia. So, the “vinyl is moving out the door.

Elvis, James Brown, Sammy Davis, Jr, Frank Sinatra…Michael Jackson.

Wow. Lisa Marie Presley posted a blog on her myspace that is chilling. Very sad and honest. Long but definitely worth the read.

http://www.etonline.com/news/2009/06/75799/index.html

widz
Jun 26th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
I hope the kids go to Jermaine – he seems the most normal out of all of them.

I hope that they go to MJs sister Reba or Jermaine. Reba is not in show business and seems normal. Jermaine runs a close second.

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think Billboard would show the MJ singles in the chart, not sure about albums.

Not sure, but I thought there are catalog charts for for albums, and recurrent charts for old singles? Also, he should be taking over the Digital Tracks charts, right?

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Wow. Lisa Marie Presley posted a blog on her myspace that is chilling. Very sad and honest. Long but definitely worth the read.

http://www.etonline.com/news/2009/06/75799/index.html
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That was sobering. Ugh. Very sad.

Michael Jackson’s songs will all chart on the Digital Songs and Digital Tracks charts, but anything that had previously charted on the Hot 100 would not be able to reenter that chart, except as a recurrent. Ditto the albums – some may be eligible for the BB 200, but most would be considered catalog titles and would only appear on the Comprehensive album chart. Still, the consumer response is absolutely staggering and I do expect a lot of sales records to be broken.

ETA: MJ’s songs are also inundating the radio airwaves, but again since most of those songs are not current they won’t appear on the primary format charts, even though they are certainly impacting spins for everything else in rotation. The Quickcuts this morning were already completely whacked, and bullets and spincreases are going to look really wonky for awhile until some of the Jackson-centric programming washes out of the system.

Ditto the albums – some may be eligible for the BB 200, but most would be considered catalog titles and would only appear on the Comprehensive album chart.

So what are the rules for Billboard 200 and hot 100? I’m sure I read it before (probably many times) but forgot about it – these charts just seem needlessly complicated.

That Lisa Marie statement was quite chilling – and why does this story keep playing itself out – celebrities who are enabled by synchophants and parasites in self destructive behaviour.

Houston- Thanks for posting that Lisa Marie statement. It is interesting how so many people around him, including himself, seemed to forsee his future, yet there was nothing they could do about it.

It is interesting too how his death took away any bad feelings toward him, so she could finally appreciate him more.

It is also interesting how she feels it has such a similar feeling to when her father died.

If Adam is still under contract with Hi Fi, then why didn’t they take 19 to court over it when they signed Adam? Adam would be under their control, and wouldn’t have been able to sign another contract with another company unless he was left go.

http://www.popeater.com/music/article/david-archuleta-devastated-by-michael/545845

David Archuleta ‘Devastated’ by Michael Jackson’s Death

Just as Michael Jackson shot to fame at a young age, David Archuleta is in the beginning stages of his career while only a teenager. And like countless other peers and fans, the singer is already feeling the loss of the King of Pop.

“Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m really devastated to see the loss of such an amazing and inspiring artist,” Archuleta tells PopEater. “Michael Jackson has been one of the most influential artists to me and so many other people around the world.”

The ‘American Idol’ singer urges others to remember Jackson for his prolific contributions to the pop world. Archuleta says to PopEater, “While Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m really sad to hear that he has passed, I hope that the people will now appreciate the amazing work he did and not focus on the hardships he faced.”

Archuleta says to PopEater, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“While Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m really sad to hear that he has passed, I hope that the people will now appreciate the amazing work he did and not focus on the hardships he faced.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

Beautifully said…. I hope they do too David.

The story about MJ and McCartney was reported a while back by the British tabloid The Daily Mirror. And they said their source was an “insider”.

Don’t the mothers of the children have custody?

We just got our next Rolling Stone today. (JBs on cover.) RS reported when this was published, that he had postponed 4 of his concerts already. (I wasn’t aware of this, other may have been.)

Also, one of my husband’s company’s customer’s friend (wow that’s far removed isn’t it…) went to a rehearsal and said he looked like a skeleton.

After reading Lisa Marie Presley’s it just seems the inevitable has happened, maybe. That was sobering as someone said above.

What are the odds David Cook performs “Billie Jean” at his show tonight?

Short interview with David Cook up on this radio site:
http://www.plj.com/PhotoWall.asp?id=54401

Donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t the mothers of the children have custody?

I think the “mothers” were just business deals. The marriage to that Rowe woman was a complete sham. I’ve never really seen anything to indicate that she functions as a mother to those kids at all.

And I think the mother of the youngest was nothing more than a surrogate.

It’s interesting to note how very deep Michael’s self-hatred of his own appearance was. (Which is odd in and of itself because he was a perfectly fine looking human being before any of his surgeries). From what we’ve seen of Michael’s 3 children, it appears they are all white. So, I don’t even think he used his own sperm in the lab-creation of his kids. That’s how much he hated his own genetics. Truly sad.

Which is odd in and of itself because he was a perfectly fine looking human being before any of his surgeries

He was *really* cute when he was younger. If you go all the way back to the “She’s Out of My Life” little clip that I saw (was it a “video” at that point?) he was so, so adorable. Putting that picture up beside what he looked like lately is unnerving.

wellhesback Jun 26th, 2009 at 5:41 pm

Short interview with David Cook up on this radio site:
http://www.plj.com/PhotoWall.asp?id=54401

Thanks for that. Short but sweet. It sounds like DC, Kris and Adam may all be on the stage together for GMA? That’s going to be an event not to be missed!

My husband really liked Ryan Star when we saw DC in concert. He just recently saw that he’s going to be opening for Collective Soul in our area. Pretty cool! I wonder if he’s actually tour with them…

Beautifully saidà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦. I hope they do too David.

Pretty soon I’m going to actually start believing all of those people who claim little Archie is wise beyond his years

lol 2 page interview of David A from Bankrate.. lol wut?

http://www.bankrate.com/finance/fame-fortune/fame-fortune-david-archuleta-1.aspx

alot of talk about his first album and stuff and then him being frugal LOL

interesting read.

Article from a financial site with DA.

Bankrate: With all this fame happening so fast, have your parents talked to you about how to be smart with your money?

David Archuleta: Oh, yeah. I’ve always been cautious with money anyway. I hate spending money. It’s really interesting to see the business side. … I’ve performed a lot and I always loved singing, but seeing the business side of the entertainment world is really interesting. There’s a lot that goes into it, a lot of people involved in making sure you do the right things with your money and don’t spend too much, because a lot of people go bankrupt with these kinds of things. People think you’re rich if you’re well known, but (you’re) not really. There’s a lot of money that was put into this project. I guess in becoming really successful, writing comes into play with credits and stuff. It’s really important to be smart with the way you spend your money.

Bankrate: So what is the most important lesson you’ve learned about being smart with your money?

David Archuleta: There are so many things. One thing I was really interested in was the different costs for songs — how much money went to complete a song, and also promotion and advertising and production of songs, (and) how different writers and producers have different rates. I thought it was interesting to see how it differentiates, and how it comes down to management, how there are percentages for all of that, and then the label and everything it’s doing.

http://www.bankrate.com/finance/fame-fortune/fame-fortune-david-archuleta-1.aspx

Pretty soon Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m going to actually start believing all of those people who claim little Archie is wise beyond his years

There is hope for you yet! :wink_wp:

Wow, that Lisa Marie blog was heartbreaking. Definitely gave insight into their relationship, from her perspective, at least. And it makes amazing sense. So incredibly sad.

Oops frog. We must have posted at about the same time.

Interesting article about covers of Michael Jackson’s music

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/music/index.ssf/2009/06/death_wont_stop_michael_jackso.html

My girls and I just got back from our Friday night pool party. I went to talk to the dj and request Thriller and he said that was his top requested song of the night – especially from the teens and tweens… I loved that!

Rhymefest and Mark Ronson did a dedication album for MJ back in 2008. It’s awesome. It’s also free, so I suggest MJ fans check it out. I posted it somewhere here awhile back, when it came out.

Review here:

http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2008/01/michael-jackson.html

Download here:

http://rhymefeststore.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=page&id=1

Downloads as a zip file.

So, at David Cook’s show tonight – “Billie Jean” ws requested but DC felt he couldn’t do it justice without prep so had a moment of silence instead.

I thought it was interesting to see how it differentiates, and how it comes down to management, how there are percentages for all of that, and then the label and everything ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s doing.

I think what Archie’s really saying here is: “Dang, I was shocked to see the number of people who have their hands in my pockets. Every penny I make is split 16 different ways. No one told me that part!”

There is hope for you yet!

LOL thanks

^^^

Busking might be an option Archie. You get to keep the change. lol

I hope that they go to MJs sister Reba or Jermaine. Reba is not in show business and seems normal. Jermaine runs a close second.

Actually I think Janet is pretty normal and would not be at all surprised if she and Jermaine Dupri end up with the kids. Rumor is they are already married.

So what are the rules for Billboard 200 and hot 100? Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m sure I read it before (probably many times) but forgot about it – these charts just seem needlessly complicated.

Sorry Hazehel – there are so many threads floating around I can’t keep track of where I’ve posted.

Albums that have been out for 78 weeks (a year and a half) and that have fallen below #100 on the Billboard 200 chart will be moved to the catalog chart. This should apply to most of MJ’s stuff unless he recently had a compilation or reissue or something that hasn’t been out for more than 18 months.

Songs that have been on the Hot 100 for 20 weeks and fall below #50 are removed to the recurrent chart. Songs that chart on the Hot 100 but then fall-off before meeting recurrency criteria can reenter the main chart, but in order to do so they must be receiving active promotion as a single from the record label. So even if some of MJ’s old songs never charted long enough to be moved to the recurrent chart, they still won’t re-enter the Hot 100 because they aren’t being promoted as singles. A good (Idol-related) example of this chart rule was Jeff Buckley’s Hallelujah, which got a major sales-bump after Jason Castro sang it during S7, but it was not eligible for the Hot 100 because it was not currently receiving label promotion.

So again, the charts where MJ will make his mark this week (and next as well) are: Hot Digital Tracks, Hot Digital Songs, Comprehensive Albums, Catalog Albums, Digital Albums, and Internet Albums.

Yaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ know, as we watch MJà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s music fly off the virtual shelves in a buying frenzy, I can only hope that Michael was smart enough to leave someone other than his leeching parents in charge of his kidsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ inheritance.
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Maybe he asked Paul McCartney to take care of thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦
I mean ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s only fair.

Bahahahahaaa!!!

impqueen
Oohhh, in the Access Hollywood interview link posted above, Adam is totally wearing a Lady GaGa-style lightning bolt necklace.
Hint, mebbe, or just a nod to RedOne, or a total red herring? I dunno, but my little fantard brain immediately went there.

I doubt it (JMO) – I’ve seen Adam wearing that necklace many times over the past few months. I think maybe he just likes the “SHAZAM!” look. (oops, just dated myself there, lol).

SpencerJ
Katherine is merely Joeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s puppet. If the kids go to her, they will most certainly be under Joeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s control. I say give them to Jermaine – he seems normal. Or maybe Tito. I always liked Tito. Definitely checked off the Good Guardians for any minor child list should be: Latoya, Janet and the parents. Those 4 are all crazier than Michael.

Maybe I’m missing something (and I probably am, because until Adam came along I have never paid attention to media reports etc. about celebrities), but don’t Michael Jackson’s children have a *mother(s)* – or did he find the kids in a pumpkin patch?