How long before Michael Jackson starts selling his songs for commercials and movie soundtracks?

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Let's place bets. I'm saying May 2008.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 19:40 (twenty years ago)

Because this is not going to generate much cash.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 19:42 (twenty years ago)

The follow up being... What/who would be appropriate?

― tolstoy (tolstoy), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 20:01 (twenty years ago)

Maybe not such a big hit at first. "Human Nature" is perfect for the movies.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 20:08 (twenty years ago)

Okay...let's assume that he continues to hemorrhage money...and he has to sell off his entire song catalog...
wouldn't it be sweetly ironic if Paul McCartney got first dibs* and starts pimping the MJ catalog like a crack whore?

* = Realistically, this will never happen. Michael is already deeply in hock to Sony/BMG and they would get first dibs in any auction. Sad, really. Considering these are the same people who perpetrated XCP, multiple lame fileswapper lawsuits (including the Nurses Aide who didn't even own a computer) and the horror that is...well most of the albums they've distrubuted over the last couple of years.

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 20:16 (twenty years ago)

But Sony/BMG has a deep catalog, and have demonstrated many times before that it for sale.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 20:20 (twenty years ago)

It's inevitable that whoever buys MJs back catalogue will pimp it out without mercy.
My comment was that it would be kind of "turnabout is fair play" if McCartney bought it. But we all know that McCartney will never get the chance because Sony/BMG is first (second, third, fourth....) in the queue for buying up parts of said catalogue.

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 20:27 (twenty years ago)

How appropriate that the Catholic church wants Michael Jackson to record music for them.

― Englebert Humperdinck Fan Club President (R. J. Greene), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 20:33 (twenty years ago)

Black or White --> New theme song to "Pardon the Interruption"
Beat it --> Scotties 2-ply white tissues
The Way You Make Me Feel --> Paxil

― electric derby, Tuesday, 7 February 2006 21:15 (twenty years ago)

how long before he opens in vegas? that is the question.

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 21:39 (twenty years ago)

I think Michael Jackson will be ready to sell his songs for commercials long before ad agencies are willing to suggest that their clients associate themselves with Michael Jackson.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 21:43 (twenty years ago)

Wouldn't it be enough for him to sell the Beatles songs he owns?

― Lovelace (Lovelace), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 21:57 (twenty years ago)

This just in...
Gary Glitter has just signed up for the Vatican comp.

― Ron E. Mexico, Tuesday, 7 February 2006 22:34 (twenty years ago)

three years pass...

AEG Live believe they are a week away from announcing Michael Jackson will play 30 dates at the O2 in July

http://twitter.com/MarkBorkowski/statuses/1214670230

― James Mitchell, Monday, 16 February 2009 12:06 (seventeen years ago)

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