I lost some respect for Michael Jackson.

I lost some respect for Michael Jackson. Mar 7, 2018 7:48:43 GMT

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Post by someguy on Mar 7, 2018 7:48:43 GMT

Mar 7, 2018 7:42:09 GMT Eva Yojimbo said:

Mar 7, 2018 1:17:35 GMT movielover said:

He was most definitely a jerk.

It was actually his friend (at the time) Paul McCartney who told him what a profitable investment buying song publishing rights were.

Then when it came time to bid on the rights to the Beatles songs, Michael Jackson screwed McCartney over by outbidding him and grabbed the Beatles songs for himself.

Jackson then allowed Nike to use the song Revolution for a damn shoe commercial.

Here's McCartney telling the story:

While I disagree with Jackson for buying the rights when Paul clearly didn't want him to, I've never understood while some people have such a huge bug up their ass about using songs in commercials.