I lost some respect for Michael Jackson.

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I lost some respect for Michael Jackson. Mar 7, 2018 1:12:23 GMT

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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2018 1:12:23 GMT

I found out a while ago, that he bought the Beatles rights to all their songs so they could use them in advertising.

I'm not sure if the advertising was used in this country or not, but I know for a fact that some of their songs were used in commercials in come countries or other.

Jackson's a jerk imo for doing that.

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I lost some respect for Michael Jackson. Mar 7, 2018 1:17:35 GMT

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Post by movielover on Mar 7, 2018 1:17:35 GMT

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.

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I lost some respect for Michael Jackson. Mar 7, 2018 7:42:09 GMT movielover likes this

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Post by Eva Yojimbo on Mar 7, 2018 7:42:09 GMT

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:

Everything I've seen needs rearranging
And for anyone who thinks it's strange
Then you should be the first to want to make this change
And for everyone who thinks that life is just a game
Do you like the part you're playing?
-- Love (Arthur Lee) - "You Set the Scene"

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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.