General MJ musings thread

Yesterday there was a court hearing and Taj didn't even bother to show up or even pay attention to the proceedings. Dan Reed all the way from England was there. Not saying this was some crucial hearing, but the total indifference of Taj through this whole proceeding, his laziness to ever lift his butt and go to court during this case doesn't bode well for him.

Instead he was again busy with petty stan shit on Twitter, this time on behalf of the Jacksons vs. Michael. Correcting Retro News on this:



And now blocking people for "disrespecting" his family, ie. telling him it's petty to complain about that considering that no one remembers that commercial because of the Jacksons, but because of MJ. I'm pretty sure Pepsi wasn't interested in the Jacksons when they signed them, they were interested in Michael. MJ was generous to his brothers to go on the Victory Tour at the time instead of having a Thriller tour, so Taj needs to be more humble about it.






This family is completely delusional about their status. They think that MJ's status is also theirs and time and time again they show they can't stand when it's MJ alone in the spotlight. That's why I predict if Taj's documentary will ever be done (and that's a big if) it's going to end up being some Jackson family fluff piece rather than about MJ and the allegations.

The comments are right.









Oh, I forgot about this.



Taj might not like these kind of comments but it's his fault that it got to this point. This is fully legit criticism now.



Last time, about half a year ago he promised more transparency about his doc. I knew that it would happen and of course, it did not.

Fans are so over him.









He managed to lose all that goodwill and support this fandom had for him with all that gaslighting about the documentary. Him getting offended for all the wrong reasons, like that people are here for Michael and not the whole family, doesn't help.

I'm amazed he still has the brass cheek to be seen on Twitter these days.

Only when there's some really serious issue to fight off. Like someone calling the 1984 Pepsi commercial an MJ commercial...

It's clear to me that Michael didn't let his family and relatives to fend for themselves enough. He could help and give money whoever he pleased to but he made them dependant of him, extremely entitled and delusional about what's the family's real place in history and what Michael accomplished on his own merits and hard work. Another clear thing to me is that there wouldn't have been Jackson 5 and The Jacksons without Michael, his astonishing amount of talent for such a young age got them out of Gary.

Taj has no right to get mad at fans if they mention the documentary he promised to do since they funded it or if the fans tell him uncomfortable truths he's not willing to accept. The only ones with the right to be mad are the fans who have given him money that has been more likely used to fund his fatherhood. All he seems to do is rant about unimportant and petty stuff on Twitter.

I've been having singing lessons for a few years now with a rock/metal vocalist called Aliki Katriou. You can look her up online, she's one of the leading teachers for metal distortion around and a fantastic teacher. We were nerding out the other day, talking about singers and their use of distortion. We were pretty much in agreement that most singers place it in their songs randomly without a great deal of thought as to the emotion or what they are trying to convey with the message of the song. She then pipes up and says "there's only one singer I can think of where almost everything is a deliberate decision and not just random and that's Michael Jackson."

She went on to say how his technique and craft were second to none and evidence of a tremendous amount of discipline and practise to become that technically proficient. It's really made me listen to him in a new way as a singer. I went away and listened to some songs that I've heard a billion times before and was hearing things I'd never even picked up on before. He doesn't just step in front of the mic and whatever comes out comes out, every utterance has an intention, each vowel is considered, every use of distortion is deliberately placed to illicit maximum excitement for the listener. He does things that no other singer thinks to do.

It was a joy to geek out with someone who really knows what they're talking about and finally be able to put my finger on what it was that made MJ such an incredible singer. Bare in mind, her speciality is in screaming metal vocals, so her appreciation of MJ as a vocalist is completely out of her usual wheelhouse.