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@johnathonpacino @Dennis_Sobell @historyrock_ None of his albums were at the cutting edge of music. Big selling does not mean cutting edge or great. Some great records in there of course but a lot of forgettable fluff. As for Lennon, and I love the guy, he would occasionally just talk bollocks.

Agreed. He declined after Dangerous album. But from 1979–1991 he had a sustained elite run. A body of great albums, all at the cutting edge of popular music. Constantly evolving his sound & fashion to stay ahead of the times. That’s a generational GOAT run 🐐 — like The Beatles (1963–69), Stevie Wonder (1972–80), Prince (1979–87). You just don’t get that with Elvis. It’s obvious — even cynical John Lennon was sarcastic about it. On Ready Steady Go (1965), previewing new releases, Lennon a guest on the show which previewed Elvis new release… absolutely ripped it to shreds🥶 Said he hated it & Elvis sounded like Bing Crosby — hahaha🤣 Lennon: No filter. Didn’t mess about 😆

Is it really possible that someday someone will surpass this man's levels?

@BDavis1776 @anishmoonka Even he knew he couldn't beat them, always chasing. The Beatles changed the world, Jackson changed his face.

@anishmoonka People like to say the Beatles were on the same level as MJ when Michael literally owned the Beatles

In 1981, Paul McCartney showed his friend Michael Jackson a notebook of songs he had bought from other artists. They were earning him $40 million a year. Four years later, Jackson used that advice to buy 251 Beatles songs for $47.5 million. He now owned Yesterday. Hey Jude. Let It Be. Strawberry Fields. Every hit Lennon and McCartney had ever written. McCartney could have bought them himself but thought the price was too high. Jackson didn't think so. McCartney later said about the deal: "To be someone's friend, and then buy the rug they're standing on." The Beatles had lost their rights decades earlier, when Lennon and McCartney were barely out of their teens. In February 1963, John Lennon and Paul McCartney walked into a small house in Liverpool. John was 22. Paul was 20. A music publisher named Dick James handed them a contract. He told them it would set them up for life. They signed it without a lawyer in the room. They didn't read it. McCartney later called it a "slave contract." The contract created a company called Northern Songs. Northern Songs would own every song Lennon and McCartney wrote together. Dick James and his business partner got 50% of the company. Lennon and McCartney each got 20%. Their manager Brian Epstein got 10%. George Harrison and Ringo Starr weren't part of the deal at all. The Beatles didn't own their own songs. In 1965, Northern Songs went public to help the Beatles save on taxes. Their shares dropped to 15% each. In 1969, Dick James quietly sold his half of the company to a British media giant called ATV without telling the Beatles. Lennon found out from a newspaper headline while on his honeymoon with Yoko Ono. He called Paul in a panic. They tried to outbid ATV. They lost. ATV is what Michael Jackson bought in 1985 for $47.5 million. He then sold half of it to Sony in 1995 for $95 million. Sony bought the other half from his estate in 2016 for $750 million. The catalog was worth more than a billion dollars by then. In 2017, McCartney sued Sony. His lawyers had found a clause buried in an old American copyright law from 1976. It said songwriters could take back the rights to their old songs after 56 years. Sony settled out of court. On October 5, 2018, the rights to "Love Me Do" came back to McCartney. By 2026, every song he ever wrote with Lennon will be his again. A 20-year-old signed a contract in 1963 without reading it. It took 56 years and an obscure American law for him to take it all back.

@DamonCr88673319 😅 Facts are he had young lads over for sleepovers. Yer a fucking weirdo. Like the man himself. Pedo protector.

@SgtPepper_67 How about I tell you to go fuck yourself and that your so-called opinion matters zero since thorough research would show you that he was most likely innocent. Facts over opinions - always. Now you can fuck off, pedo fantasist.

Michael Jackson was charged with 14 counts, tried for 5 months and eventually acquitted of all charges - 100% not guilty. If that's not enough for you to at least consider his innocence, then due process doesn't seem to be your thing, I guess.

@saucegodpo @jemelehill @MagicJohnson 😅 Fucks sake

@jemelehill @MagicJohnson Sounds crazy but MJ in his prime could literally walk into any country, in the middle of any battle field and both sides would immediately stop fighting simply because MJ is standing there. Ain’t nobody firing no bullets that can accidentally hit him.

Yes. He’s the most famous entertainer in history. All of the entertainers you mentioned can sit courtside at a NBA game. Michael Jackson could not. @MagicJohnson told the story of how he invited MJ to a Lakers game and it created so much chaos, they had to stop the game. MJ had to leave because fans were leaving their seats to try to get to him. None of the people you mentioned have that level of fame where they can’t attend public events.

@Eworld777 @jemelehill @MagicJohnson McCartney, at nearly 84, could click his fingers now and have A Listers queueing to be in any video he was making. Stop talking shit.

@jemelehill @MagicJohnson I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: The ‘Liberian Girl’ music videos is the single biggest flex in celebrity history! No other entertainer could ever pull off bringing so many A-list celebrities together like that, for a damn music video, truly god-tier shit

@georgecy44 @Dennis_Sobell @historyrock_ Better looking, better singer and didn't have MTV to help sell his records. The King all day.

@Dennis_Sobell @historyrock_ Sure 🤣🤣

@johnathonpacino @Dennis_Sobell @historyrock_ John was wrong, some of Elvis' post army stuff is fantastic. And you act like Jackson was a force right through till his death. He was finished around Dangerous, yeah, some decent songs here and there but living off vibes, charisma, miming and R Kellys help. 😎

"He never passed Elvis's level" Michael blew past Elvis! Elvis had maybe two/three solid years of great Rock n Roll music from 1956 to 1958 🎸🔥 & then fell off after he went into the army 🎖️📉 From 1960 it was terrible Hollywood travelogue B movie films 🎬😬 & then after that Vegas middle of the road music 🎰🎤 He just doesn't have a sustained body of work at the forefront of rock music & likewise albums ❌📀 John Lennon once famously quipped that Elvis died after he went into the army 🗣️💭 From 1960 to 1977, Elvis lived off "vibes" & "charisma" ✨😎

@sambukadave @NeilLfc_5 @ManUtd Do you think any normal Liverpool fan would only hope for good health for Sir Alex? Do not lump us in with dickheads like this. And maybe less of the 'always the victims' .. you are lowering yourself to his standards.

@NeilLfc_5 @ManUtd This lot wanted us to applaude in the 20th min. Look at the state of them. Imagine being a scouser 🤢 Always the victims it's never your fault. What every club hates you.... Fergie & Utd have boiled some piss haven't we 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭 beautiful

@KamenKongu @GianmarcoSoresi Jeez, the lengths you will go to protect the guy. We'll leave it there. No words really.

@SgtPepper_67 @GianmarcoSoresi He wasn't a stranger to them

I’ve never met a Michael Jackson defender who says they would have been fine letting their kid share a bedroom with him

@KamenKongu @GianmarcoSoresi Well you're just fucking weird, your own kid with a stranger. Absolutely fucking bizarre how you can even entertain it.

@GianmarcoSoresi You mean the bedroom that was the size of a duplex? Where Michael slept on the floor? Alongside a security guard? I loke you Gianmarco but I think you need to do some actual research on the facts of the case.

@MeridianXGlobal @Jacob97106277 @nyuaff @EffectKuleshov None hopefully. And McCartney should be embarrassed he was on The Girl Is Mine, absolute shocker of a song.

@Jacob97106277 @nyuaff @EffectKuleshov 🤣🤣🤣 Hilarious. And which song on Thriller was influenced by the Beatles?

Only in the “# of children molested” category

@MeridianXGlobal @nyuaff @EffectKuleshov Thriller just sold a lot thanks to the age of MTV, bar 4 very good records and videos it's bang average. Several Beatles albums shaped the musical landscape - all in 8 years. And Rubber Soul influenced Pet Sounds 1st so stop talking shit.

@nyuaff @EffectKuleshov The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds influenced the Beatles sound. Their album was nothing like Thriller which was a multi genre album.

@omocheche4life @charlesmore25 How?

@charlesmore25 MJ remains the greatest artist of all time non comes close to him.

@RuckerJael @guardian Doesn't make it a great film. Loads of films have done well despite bad reviews. You lot get so wound up if anyone says anything remotely negative about this guy. Crazy.

I know this has to sting @guardian 🤣

@TheCinesthetic Pixars greatest film. Masterpiece.

Anthony Bourdain called Ratatouille “the best food movie ever made” — praising its attention to detail, like the realistic burns on the chefs’ arms. He said they truly “got it right,” and even received a thank you credit for his early input on the film.

@TheStingisBack Fucking great film, blown away, Gosling and Stone are just great together. Ending got me a bit teary also. Watch it 👍

MOVIES I’VE NEVER SEEN #14 La La Land (2016) Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone I love MGM musicals, so I’m curious. But the reviews saying the leads are “trying their best” have made me hesitate. Is it a gorgeous homage, or an overhyped letdown? Convince me: yes or no—and why?

@TheCinesthetic Train Dreams. So many scenes.

For people who rarely get emotional during movies, what scene or moment genuinely brought you to tears?

@HiddenYorkshire It's not the sound, vinyl just makes me listen to the whole album and yes, whilst extremely costly (got plenty of old vinyl thankfully) it's still my favourite way to listen.

I'm an anti-vinyl hipster. I can say that because I served my time being 14 and obsessed with collecting records and playing them on my mum's Dansette player, only to realise that I was fooling myself. Unless you're playing them on a very good, high-quality turntable and speakers, in the vast majority of cases there is no way vinyl *actually* sounds better than mp3. It's Emperor's New Clothes. A £££ turntable and speaker set? Okay, now we're talking. But let's be real here, most of your vinyl hipsters are using a terribly tinny HMV portable suitcase turntable and convincing themselves that it's somehow more ~authentic~ than Spotify. Just let it go. It's all about performance and aesthetics. You feel cool handling a record and posting about to Insta, but for actual musical quality, I'll stick with a good pair of headphones and my phone.