The King of PoopMichael Jackson, who begins his This is It concert run at the O2 arena in London apparently thinks he is bigger than the Beatles and Elvis. I am told that the alleged King of (kiddie) Poop will perform one song (I wasn’t told which one) that will compare his achievements with Elvis and the Beatles and will show how Michael is on top. The performance allegedly ends with the statement “King of Rock, Pop, and Soul” flashing on the screen.
If all this is true, Michael Jackson is even more of a joke than people ever though he was. Not only did he weasel his way out of two child molestation cases, but his comebacks have been laughable. Back in 1995, Michael Jackson began a Nazi like campaign complete with statues of himself that sailed all over the world. His attempts to top the charts failed miserably, although he was able to get a number one single – You Are Not Alone – by deep discounting the single to ninety-nince cents, one third the cost of regular singles.
In 2001, Michael held a concert dedication to himself at Madison Square Garden in New York City, complete with several special guests to boost his credibility. The television ratings for the concert were very high, but the reviews were brutal. His album Invincible, released around the same time, was an international bomb.
If Michael Jackson is the “musical genius” he and his fans claim he is, then why can’t he just sit down, write his own songs (without relying on several hip producers), play his own instruments, and launch an album without the desperate amount of self-produced hype he usually puts forward? Don’t get me wrong: Michael Jackson was an entertainment phenomenon during the 1980s. However, his relevance and success has considerably dwindled since the early nineties. Elvis Presley may have died and the Beatles may have split up, but both acts can still be mentioned without laughing. Mentioning Michael Jackson’s name these days not only brings laughs, but gasps of disgust as well.
According to the RIAA, the Beatles are the best-selling music artists in the United States, with 178 million certified units. They have received ten Grammy Awards, an Academy Award for Best Original Song Score and fifteen Ivor Novello Awards. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll and Roll Hall of
Fame in 1988 .
They have received ten Grammy Awards, an Academy Award for Best Original Score and fifteen
Ivor Novello Awards. Collectively ncluded in Time magazine’s compilation of the twentieth century’s 100 most influential people, they are the best-selling band in history, with estimated sales of over 600 million records worldwide. In 2004, Rolling Stone
ranked the Beatles as the greatest artist of all time.
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Because he is BETTER than the beatles!
Well, my opinion is that Michael Jackson didn’t think he was better than the Beatles, he was a big fan of them, he made the well-known cover of Come Together for his album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
and there is also the rumor around him trying to record a cover of Strawberry Fields Forever, he considered himself king of pop but he did not call himself king of rock so I think I do not agree with you being that Michael J. did not have too many Rock hits.
He could not be bigger than Elvis but of course he had a career that in addition to long was very polemic and full of success, his accusations of pedophilia totally ruined his career and his image so much that from the Dangerous album his songs already have a touch more dark and polemic (remember HIStory and his songs Tabloid Junkie, DS or Invincible with Privacy), we could discuss if he was innocent of his charges but I prefer to keep that for later and say that Michael Jackson unlike what many people who do not inform Where they should be informed, he was totally innocent, no matter what Leaving Neverland’s argument or many of his alleged witnesses always gave you an “No” answer and why
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