Comments on: ‘The Michael Jackson Tapes’

By: lucky

lucky — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:09:55 +0000

The author is a modern Judas, looking sociologically not religiously

By: lucky

lucky — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:09:04 +0000

Judas

By: PixiesBassline

PixiesBassline — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:02:51 +0000

@J to tha Da: I didn’t think she sounded self absorbed… to me it sounded like she identified with him because of things they had in common but that she felt he had a rougher time in life, which she felt bad for. It’s all perception.

By: robin

robin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:16:30 +0000

MJ was so un-sexual i can’t imagine that his obsession with kids was anything more than a yearning for a childhood he never had. he wanted them around to live vicariously through them. i admire michael for trying to maintain an innocence in a ‘sinful’ world. the combination of his severe need for therapy and narcissism made it so that he was probably impossible to treat. he would never be humble enough to overcome his past. i’m afraid that his early death was a path carved out by his father for the very beginning, and no amount of fame, therapy, or love could change the outcome.

By: CitizenX

CitizenX — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:53:36 +0000

Oh. Well THAT

Was Madge giving HER last word.
I loved it more than Janet’s performance.
.. and I love me sum Janet

By: J to tha Da

J to tha Da — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:45:18 +0000

I can believe M was jealous because of her self absorbed “tribute” she gave to him at the VMAs.

By: CitizenX

CitizenX — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:52:36 +0000

I finally finished the series and I am GLAD that the audio was released. It gives Michael the Last Word.

As a gen-xer and a HUGE Michael Jackson fan to the point I went back and bought Jackson 5 and Off The Wall, I read EVERYTHING about Michael I could get my hands on. This included the numerous biographies. Many of them repeated the same stories but they were consistent and eerily coincide with these tapes.
By that time
I understood the mannequins.
I understood the children.

I hate Shmuley Boteach for leaving doubt
when questioned about Michael’s intentions.
Shame on him.

(stepping off soapbox)

By: CitizenX

CitizenX — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:18:32 +0000

I don’t doubt that M was jealous of him and she probably told Michael that back in the day when they were hanging out and she got to know him.
M is a marketing genius.
She made sure she was seen in public with him when her career was just beginning but on the upswing.
Maybe she found herself actually liking him and opened up and mentioned she loves that his fans faint and cry.

I can see that. Totally.

By: jessicagiovanna

jessicagiovanna — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:36:27 +0000

@Pixies…. I see your point.

By: PixiesBassline

PixiesBassline — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:36:01 +0000

Okay… the dude hung out with mannequins…. That makes it hard for me to believe that it was anything more than his OWN PERCEPTION that “M” was jealous of him. She seems more like she was having fun with the idea of these 2 big stars hanging out together…. It’s not like she got any extra fame for being around him… He wasn’t anything to help fuel her career. She did fine (and still does) on her own. I can’t imagine that she would have actually been jealous of him. I think it’s sad that she spoke so lovingly of him and emphasized how ‘human’ he was… and then THIS comes out. That’s just mean.
It makes me think of a mean suicide letter… saying things that are morphed by someone’s mental problems… saying things about people, after you’re dead, that they have to live the rest of thier lives- knowing you felt THAT way about them, and then there’s no way for them to clear it up or make it better.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:43:02 +0000

Michael’s obsession with children creeped me out. And I am not going to change my opinion now that he is dead.

By: CitizenX

CitizenX — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:40:50 +0000

Thanks Trent for the great linkage.
I had missed this!

By: Michele

Michele — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:39:16 +0000

I have always believed that he was guilty and now Im coming to terms with the fact that it doesn’t really matter whether or not he was guilty it’s not my place to judge him nor is it anyone else’s place to judge him. His soul has moved on and it is in God’s capable hands. So whether you believe in his innocence or guilt he’s just a person and I think we should let him, and his family, rest and have their peace with it.

By: hmm

hmm — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:35:29 +0000

wow this site sure posts a lot about MJ

By: JackieMay

JackieMay — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:21:43 +0000

I’m not a true believer since my Mom passed when I was 15 yrs old. However, I think that even with permission, these should not have been made public. If MJ truly wanted them to be public…he would have done so himself. Why has it taken so long for the Rabbi to bring them to light? And…where are his ethics?

By: A

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:19:27 +0000

Wow…. Rabbi Schmuley is a real backstabber.
If MJ wanted the tapes released, then why did he sever all relations with Rabbi Schmuley?

By: Jay

Jay — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:47:23 +0000

Well… now we know that Brooke Shields was absolutely genuine in her speech at the memorial about the time they spent together…

By: Z

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:38:38 +0000

Any money made should be put into a trust fund for his children that is out of the reach of greedy, grasping “well meaning” relations.

They are gonna need that money…shrinks aren’t cheap!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:29:39 +0000

In a way I can understand this. Watching that memorial and the subsequent speeches on MJ, I found myself uncomfortable with the way people positioned themselves to talk about him. It was obvious they had not seen him or talked to him in so many years. Some of his family was still using him in death when he became big news again. If I was a friend of MJ, I might be tempted to release those tapes to reveal the bullshiz and shut some people up (or embarrass them- looking at you Madonna and Joe Jackson). But then again it doesn’t fix anything now.

By: debho

debho — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:09:03 +0000

Okay, what am I missing here? Why was MJ talking to a rabbi? He wasn’t Jewish was he? And why would he ask a rabbi to divulge this information? I”m sorry, but I’m missing the plot.