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(Michael) Jackson is feeling the effects of fame's fickle nature
The Boston Globe ^ | 10/20/04 | Renee Graham

Posted on 10/20/2004 11:37:39 AM PDT by raccoonradio

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He's bad, so bad, you know it.
1 posted on 10/20/2004 11:37:41 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: raccoonradio

While I have no love for Eminem, his videos are actually kinda funny.


2 posted on 10/20/2004 11:39:09 AM PDT by RockinRight (Bush's rallies look like World Series games. Kerry's rallies look like Little League games.)
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To: raccoonradio

"Tito, give me some tissue."


3 posted on 10/20/2004 11:40:13 AM PDT by dfwgator (It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
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To: raccoonradio

BET only stands up for free speech when they agree with it...

hipocrits.


4 posted on 10/20/2004 11:40:24 AM PDT by Nyboe
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To: raccoonradio

heres a thought michael, stop giving eminem so much material.


5 posted on 10/20/2004 11:44:29 AM PDT by beansox
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To: raccoonradio

Want to see the video? Go to http://launch.yahoo.com/ and click on Rap Videos. This song is #1 most viewed by a large margin.


6 posted on 10/20/2004 11:45:49 AM PDT by ikka
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To: raccoonradio

> Jackson is feeling the effects of fame's fickle nature

And Bill "it's all about the O" Reilly
is next in line for this lesson.


7 posted on 10/20/2004 11:51:01 AM PDT by Boundless (Was your voter registration sabotaged by ACORN? Don't find out Nov. 2. Vote early.)
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To: beansox

>>an unwillingness to "disparage Michael's character..."

They don't need to disparage it. Michael's doing a pretty good job of it himself.

>>So important was Jackson to MTV that it named its Video Vanguard award, given to artists who have made outstanding contributions to the music-video medium, in his honor. In recent years, however, whether because of Jackson's lack of cool or just his general creepiness, the network has stripped his name from the award.

My how the mighty have fallen

Jackson's albums aren't selling these days (he charges
racism--huh? he's whiter than I am...though it could
be changes in taste, lack of talent, or fans
abandoning him because now they see what he's really all
about.


8 posted on 10/20/2004 12:00:13 PM PDT by raccoonradio
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Why is Eminem on Black Entertainment Television anyways?


9 posted on 10/20/2004 12:01:44 PM PDT by Lunatic Fringe (http://www.drunkenbuffoonery.com/mboards/)
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To: raccoonradio

. . booted and squashed on a dance floor -- a not-so-subtle reference . .
Hard-hitting analysis . . .
LET THE NOSES FLY WHERE THEY MAY!


10 posted on 10/20/2004 12:06:59 PM PDT by alcuin (getridofthateffinlooselipssinkshipsgesture)
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To: ikka

Musically, the video for Lonestar's "Mr Mom" was more to my taste but both that video and the Eminem one are
equally funny :)


11 posted on 10/20/2004 12:11:00 PM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: Lunatic Fringe

Allegedly, he's a rap artist.

It's interesting that Michael Jackson helped to make MTV popular; I think when they first started they didn't
want to run his videos but once they did (feeling he was
more pop than R&B) they became huge successes and MTV and
MJ both rose to great financial success (and MTV wouldn't
be running rap at all if not for the fact that one of
its execs' sons was very interested in rap and the music
channel decided to take a chance on it. "Yo! MTV Raps"
and rap videos in general proved to be successful, also.


12 posted on 10/20/2004 12:14:45 PM PDT by raccoonradio
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this can all be cleared up if MJ would just LEAVE THE CHILDREN ALONE! its real simple.


13 posted on 10/20/2004 12:17:10 PM PDT by beansox
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If he's conviced, will BET remove their MJ videos?


14 posted on 10/20/2004 12:18:36 PM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: raccoonradio

convicted, I mean...yuck, my typing!


15 posted on 10/20/2004 12:19:03 PM PDT by raccoonradio
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But neither MTV nor VH1 has any intention of pulling the video. In fact, between 7 and 9 a.m. Monday, the channels aired Eminem's video at least three times.

I remember when Jacko had one of his mega-tours in the 1980's (it may have been the Thriller tour) he laid down all kinds of "conditions" that had to be met before he would deign to appear in a city. One was that the local newspaper had to run ads for the concert gratis. And some did, too, although there was much grumbling about it.

(steely)

16 posted on 10/20/2004 12:19:34 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Fortunately, fhe Bill of Rights doesn't include the word 'is'.)
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Martha Stewarts in prison but Jackson is'nt ?...
How'd that happen ?
17 posted on 10/20/2004 12:23:16 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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To: raccoonradio

Love the Mr Mom video! Haven't seen Eminem's yet and couldn't get it to play from Launch. I imagine I will catch it someday.


18 posted on 10/20/2004 12:28:19 PM PDT by ozaukeemom (From one of my 13 yr old's friends"If Kerry is the question, the answer is Stupid")
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To: hosepipe

One is white and a woman...the other is Martha Stewart


19 posted on 10/20/2004 12:28:51 PM PDT by hattend (I'm on the Mark Steyn Ping List! I'm somebody!)
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To: raccoonradio

why is MJ on bet in the first place. hasnt he done everything physically possible to erase all the "african american" in him anyway?
LOL!


20 posted on 10/20/2004 12:28:53 PM PDT by beansox
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