Familiares Y Fans Defienden A Michael Jackson (ingles)
HOLA A TOD@S NAVEGANDO POR INTERNET HE ENCONTRADO ESTE POST EN EL KING OF POP DISCUSSION QUE A SU VEZ ESTA SACADO DE THE JOURNAL NEWS.
Family, fans defend pop star Jackson.
By STACY BROWN
THE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: July 11, 2002)
A defiant Michael Jackson yesterday continued his now days-long verbal assault against Sony Chairman Tommy Mottola, saying the music establishment will "never turn the fans against me."
"They have called me a freak and everything else, but you know I'm not a freak," Jackson told The Journal News yesterday in a telephone interview. "I've made millions for Sony and this is the thanks I get."
And this time, the singer's family, friends — and fans — were there to back him.
"The house of Sony was built by Michael Jackson and (former Sony chairman) Walter Yentnikoff, and it all started with Michael's 'Off The Wall' album,' " one of Jackson's older brothers, Jermaine Jackson, said yesterday.
Michael Jackson's tirade against Mottola, who once lived with then-wife Mariah Carey in a $20 million Bedford mansion, began on Saturday when he called Mottola a racist and described him as "very, very, very devilish."
Jackson maintains that major record labels conspire to cheat black artists and that the industry and media systematically tried to tear him down as soon as he began to gain power. Jackson, long a worldwide pop phenomenon, has gone on to outsell Elvis Presley and the Beatles. Jackson also appeared Tuesday at the Music Industry Initiative Summit in Harlem organized by the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network.
Westchester music fans, who yesterday weighed in on the controversy, were decidedly pro-Jackson. "I don't agree with Michael all of sudden wanting to act black, but Michael has done a lot for Sony, MTV and the music business, so this is no way to treat him," said Austin McDaniel, as he watched, at a Mount Vernon barber shop, news coverage of Sharpton's summit.
Jackie Jackson, who played guitar for the Jackson Five and is the oldest member of the Jackson family, said that while this is a feud between Michael Jackson and Mottola, he stands firmly behind his brother.
"Michael has his reasons for speaking out like this," Jackie Jackson said yesterday. "He never speaks out, so obviously there is a good reason for it, and he knows what he's doing."
A secretary for Mottola yesterday said there would be no response to Jackson's attack. "Mr. Mottola will not talk about anything pertaining to Michael Jackson," the secretary said.
Phone calls to Sony/ATV Publishing President Richard Rowe were not returned. Sony and Michael Jackson co-own ATV publishing, which contains the vast majority of the Beatles' most successful hits.
Despite being signed in 1990 to a deal with Sony Music that was valued at $1 billion, Jackson says Mottola and Sony have tried to sabotage his career. Though the singer and the label have been at odds for nearly two years, it was Jackson's latest album that rendered the relationship irreconcilable.
Released last year, "Invincible" sold two million copies in the United States and another four million worldwide, according to Billboard Magazine. But Jackson's concerns were that Sony executives, who say they spent $25 million promoting the album, released just two singles off the disc. The first single "You Rock My World," peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts last year, and "Butterflies" flamed out at No. 13. Neither single was shipped to U.S. stores for retail sale, a move that further angered Jackson and his family.
"Michael saved the music industry when he made 'Thriller,' " Jermaine Jackson said. "They just sabotaged him. Sony says they spent all of this money — well, where did they spend it? They have the audacity to do this to him.
"Look what he's done for them. Look what he's done for MTV. They are trying to do my brother the same way they did George Michael, Meatloaf and Mariah Carey. Sony tried to destroy them."
Pete Barker, who said that while he isn't specifically a Jackson fan, he thought Mottola was trying to make an example out of Jackson.
"I won't buy the black and white issue, but Michael is the biggest artist in the universe with the biggest contract, and I think Sony could be reasoning that if they can stop him, they'd be able to do whatever they want to any other artist," Barker said.
Ryan Leonard of Eastchester said Jackson should be shown more respect from Sony. "I went to his concerts last year and no other singer could have pulled it off the way he did," Leonard said. "He hadn't been heard from in a while and comes back, sells out Madison Square Garden twice and puts on a show for the ages. Who else could do that?"
Send an e-mail to Stacy Brown: sbrown@thejournalnews.com
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HOLA A TOD@S NAVEGANDO POR INTERNET HE ENCONTRADO ESTE POST EN EL KING OF POP DISCUSSION QUE A SU VEZ ESTA SACADO DE THE JOURNAL NEWS.
Family, fans defend pop star Jackson.
By STACY BROWN
THE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: July 11, 2002)
A defiant Michael Jackson yesterday continued his now days-long verbal assault against Sony Chairman Tommy Mottola, saying the music establishment will "never turn the fans against me."
"They have called me a freak and everything else, but you know I'm not a freak," Jackson told The Journal News yesterday in a telephone interview. "I've made millions for Sony and this is the thanks I get."
And this time, the singer's family, friends — and fans — were there to back him.
"The house of Sony was built by Michael Jackson and (former Sony chairman) Walter Yentnikoff, and it all started with Michael's 'Off The Wall' album,' " one of Jackson's older brothers, Jermaine Jackson, said yesterday.
Michael Jackson's tirade against Mottola, who once lived with then-wife Mariah Carey in a $20 million Bedford mansion, began on Saturday when he called Mottola a racist and described him as "very, very, very devilish."
Jackson maintains that major record labels conspire to cheat black artists and that the industry and media systematically tried to tear him down as soon as he began to gain power. Jackson, long a worldwide pop phenomenon, has gone on to outsell Elvis Presley and the Beatles. Jackson also appeared Tuesday at the Music Industry Initiative Summit in Harlem organized by the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network.
Westchester music fans, who yesterday weighed in on the controversy, were decidedly pro-Jackson. "I don't agree with Michael all of sudden wanting to act black, but Michael has done a lot for Sony, MTV and the music business, so this is no way to treat him," said Austin McDaniel, as he watched, at a Mount Vernon barber shop, news coverage of Sharpton's summit.
Jackie Jackson, who played guitar for the Jackson Five and is the oldest member of the Jackson family, said that while this is a feud between Michael Jackson and Mottola, he stands firmly behind his brother.
"Michael has his reasons for speaking out like this," Jackie Jackson said yesterday. "He never speaks out, so obviously there is a good reason for it, and he knows what he's doing."
A secretary for Mottola yesterday said there would be no response to Jackson's attack. "Mr. Mottola will not talk about anything pertaining to Michael Jackson," the secretary said.
Phone calls to Sony/ATV Publishing President Richard Rowe were not returned. Sony and Michael Jackson co-own ATV publishing, which contains the vast majority of the Beatles' most successful hits.
Despite being signed in 1990 to a deal with Sony Music that was valued at $1 billion, Jackson says Mottola and Sony have tried to sabotage his career. Though the singer and the label have been at odds for nearly two years, it was Jackson's latest album that rendered the relationship irreconcilable.
Released last year, "Invincible" sold two million copies in the United States and another four million worldwide, according to Billboard Magazine. But Jackson's concerns were that Sony executives, who say they spent $25 million promoting the album, released just two singles off the disc. The first single "You Rock My World," peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts last year, and "Butterflies" flamed out at No. 13. Neither single was shipped to U.S. stores for retail sale, a move that further angered Jackson and his family.
"Michael saved the music industry when he made 'Thriller,' " Jermaine Jackson said. "They just sabotaged him. Sony says they spent all of this money — well, where did they spend it? They have the audacity to do this to him.
"Look what he's done for them. Look what he's done for MTV. They are trying to do my brother the same way they did George Michael, Meatloaf and Mariah Carey. Sony tried to destroy them."
Pete Barker, who said that while he isn't specifically a Jackson fan, he thought Mottola was trying to make an example out of Jackson.
"I won't buy the black and white issue, but Michael is the biggest artist in the universe with the biggest contract, and I think Sony could be reasoning that if they can stop him, they'd be able to do whatever they want to any other artist," Barker said.
Ryan Leonard of Eastchester said Jackson should be shown more respect from Sony. "I went to his concerts last year and no other singer could have pulled it off the way he did," Leonard said. "He hadn't been heard from in a while and comes back, sells out Madison Square Garden twice and puts on a show for the ages. Who else could do that?"
Send an e-mail to Stacy Brown: sbrown@thejournalnews.com
www.thejournalnews.com/ne...ckson.html
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