Michael Jackson Included in 'We Are the World' Remake

Lionel Richie says the late King of Pop's duet with his singer sister Janet Jackson is 'all put together with fabulous choreography.'


Michael Jackson's voice will be heard on "We Are the World" remake which is recorded to celebrate its 25th anniversary of the original song and benefit Haitian relief effort. Confirming that matter are Lionel Richie and Quincy Jones.


The singer who passed away in June last year will not only be featured on the hook but also make a cameo on its accompanying music video. The late King of Pop will appear posthumously in a split-screen with his sister Janet Jackson joining him. The idea of putting him in the project comes from Michael's mother Katherine Jackson and Janet herself.


"To have Michael's presence singing his part is the best gift we could ever get," Lionel told Access Hollywood. "His original image and him seeing his part." On Michael's duet with Janet, he said, "It was all put together with fabulous choreography. It's magical."


The all-star revamped track is going to feature Celine Dion, Justin Bieber, Jonas Brothers, Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Snoop Dogg and Lil Wayne among others. Its music video is in the middle of editing process by Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis who gets help from Haitian students. It's filmed in 3-D and will be premiered during NBC's coverage of the opening ceremony of the Vancouver Winter Olympics Friday, February 12.


Source: aceshowbiz.com

A voz de Michael Jackson poderá ser ouvida na nova versão de We Are the World, que foi gravada em comemoração ao 25º aniversário da canção original e em benefício das vítimas do Haiti.

Lionel Richie e Quincy Jones, produtores das duas versões, confirmaram a informação.

Jackson, que morreu em junho de 2009, não só terá a voz no single como fará uma participação especial no vídeo da canção, graças à tecnologia.

A ideia de colocar Michael no projeto partiu de sua mãe, Katherine Jackson, e de sua irmã, Janet Jackson.

“Ter Michael apresentando a parte que cantou na canção original foi o melhor presente que poderíamos ter,” disse Lionel ao Acess Hollywood.

“A imagem dele no vídeo ao lado de Janet, então, ficou fabulosa.”

Do novo single participam também Celine Dion, Justin Bieber,Jonas Brothers, Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Snoop Dogg e Lil Wayne.

A estreia do vídeo será realizada na rede NBC durante a transmissão da cerimônia de abertura dos Jogos Olímpicos de Inverno em Vancouver na sexta-feira, 12 de fevereiro.

Source: tvibopenews.wordpress.com

On Stage: Legacy Edition 2-Disc CD Revisits Elvis’ Historic Return to Public Concerts in Las Vegas

It was at the International Hotel in Las Vegas where – after eight years of non-stop movie making that left no room for live performance tours – Elvis and his manager Colonel Tom Parker finally staged his triumphant return to public concerts in 1969. As if making up for lost time, Elvis unleashed a torrent of pent-up energy at the International, picking up where his black-leather NBC-TV “comeback” special of December 1968 left off. 

The International Hotel premiere took place over the course of four memorable weeks in July-August 1969; Elvis returned to the International for another four weeks in January-February 1970. A handful of the 12 songs from the 1969 shows were released in November that year as Elvis In Person at the International Hotel, better known as disc one of the double-LP From Memphis To Vegas – From Vegas to Memphis. The next year, ten songs from the ’70 shows were released in June as the album On Stage (inexplicably including two songs from the previous year).

Now four decades later, those two albums – with multiple bonus tracks on each – have been coupled together for the first time. ON STAGE: LEGACY EDITION pays tribute to Elvis in one of the most outstanding performance periods in his career.

The specially-designed double-CD package, encased in the distinctive Legacy Edition mylar slipcase, will be available at all physical and digital retail outlets starting March 23rd through RCA/Legacy, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.

ON STAGE: LEGACY EDITION is the latest entry in a full slate of Elvis Presley catalog titles that will be released on RCA/Legacy throughout the year. On December 8th, RCA/Legacy officially kicked off the birthday year with ELVIS 75: GOOD ROCKIN’ TONIGHT, the first four-CD deluxe box set to ever provide the definitive overview of his entire recording career. The 100 songs – a broad collection of hit singles, deep album tracks, live performances, and rarities – range from the first demo acetate that Elvis made at the Memphis Recording Service of Sun Records in 1953 (“My Happiness”), to a sampling of Sun Records sides produced by Sam Phillips in 1954-55 (“That’s All Right,” “Blue Moon Of Kentucky,” “Good Rockin’ Tonight,” and more), through 21 and a half years of RCA tracks, from 1956 to 1977. On January 5th, ELVIS 75 was released, a single CD collection of 25 tracks from 1954 to 1972, culled from the box set.

ON STAGE: LEGACY EDITION contains a full-color booklet with numerous photos and a new 3,000-word liner notes essay by Ken Sharp that provides the essential backstory. Sharp’s recent book, Elvis: Vegas ’69 (Follow That Dream Books, 2009), draws on exclusive interviews with the people who were there, including Elvis’ TCB bandmates, the Sweet Inspirations, the Imperials, celebrities in attendance, International Hotel personnel including hotel president Alex Shoofey, international media, and many others.

“It was his first live show in eight years and it was a big challenge coming back,” master guitarist and TCB bandleader James Burton told Sharp. “He’d been doing movies for so long and was very insecure about how his fans would accept him. Elvis came up to me right before the show and said, ‘James, I’m so nervous, I don’t know if I can do this.’ I said, ‘Elvis, when you walk out there and the curtain goes up, after the first two or three songs it’ll be like sitting at home in your living room.’”

The 1969 shows (represented on disc two) found Elvis asserting his dominion over the formative songs of his career, including ’50s hits “Blue Suede Shoes,” “All Shook Up,” “Hound Dog,” “Heartbreak Hotel,” a medley of “Jailhouse Rock/Don’t Be Cruel,” and a medley of “Mystery Train” with Rufus Thomas’ “Tiger Man.” Early ’60s hits include “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” and “Can’t Help Falling In Love.” There were covers of early rock and blues standards from Chuck Berry (“Johnny B. Goode”), Willie Dixon (“My Babe”), Jimmy Reed (“Baby, What You Want Me To Do”), Lowell Fulsom (“Reconsider Baby”), and Ray Charles (“I Got A Woman,” “I Can’t Stop Loving You”). Contemporary material was limited to “In The Ghetto” and “Suspicious Minds” (both from the Memphis sessions earlier that year), Willie Nelson’s “Funny How Time Slips Away” (a year before Elvis recorded it in 1970), and a surprising cover of the Bee Gees’ “Words” from 1968.

Six months later, the repertoire of the 1970 shows (represented on disc one) was entirely different – except for Elvis’ red hot version of the blues staple, “See See Rider” (the opening number) and Little Richard’s “Long Tall Sally,” now the material was all from the contemporary song book. This included two songs from the ’69 Memphis sessions, “Don’t Cry Daddy” and “Kentucky Rain.” The emphasis was on ballads, including updates of the Everly Brothers’ 1960 hit, “Let It Be Me,” and Ray Peterson’s 1959 “The Wonder Of You” (which Elvis chose to issue as a rare live single, and it rose to the Top 10; included here is a bonus afternoon rehearsal version of the song).

“Eschewing the rockier edge of the ’69 shows,” Sharp writes, “Elvis broadened his artistic swath, lending evocative interpretations of contemporary material like ‘Sweet Caroline’ by Neil Diamond, ‘Proud Mary’ by CCR and Joe South’s ‘Walk A Mile In My Shoes.’” Elvis also applied his personal stamp to Engelbert Humperdink’s “Release Me” and Tony Joe White’s “Polk Salad Annie.” As mentioned, two songs were brought over from the International Hotel recordings of the year before, Del Shannon’s “Runaway” and the Beatles’ “Yesterday.” Four decades later, the impact of these live tracks confirms the fact that Elvis was as much a part of the current pop music scene as any performer of his time.

ON STAGE: LEGACY EDITION is one element of dozens surrounding the 75th birthday anniversary year. The celebration kicked off with four days of fanfare centered at Graceland from January 7-10th.. In addition to the annual birthday proclamation ceremony on the front lawn of Graceland, events included exhibits, parties, dances, and panel discussions. Also, a Friday night tribute at the FedEx Forum by NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies, wearing blue suede shoes for the occasion; a Saturday night pops concert by the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, with guest TCB Band members Ronnie Tutt, James Burton and Glen D. Hardin; and a Sunday morning gospel concert by Elvis’ Imperials at Graceland Plaza.

ON STAGE: LEGACY EDITION by ELVIS PRESLEY

(RCA/Legacy 88697 63213 2)

Disc One – Selections: 1. See See Rider • 2. Release Me • 3. Sweet Caroline • 4. Runaway • 5. The Wonder Of You • 6. Polk Salad Annie • 7. Yesterday • 8. Proud Mary • 9. Walk A Mile In My Shoes • 10. Let It Be Me • Bonus songs: 11. Don’t Cry Daddy • 12. Kentucky Rain • 13. Long Tall Sally • 14. The Wonder Of You (Hot 100 #9). (Tracks 1-10 originally issued June 1970, as On Stage, RCA 4362.)

Notes:

• All tracks 1-13 recorded at dinner shows and midnight shows at the International Hotel, Las Vegas, February 16-19, 1970, except tracks 4 and 7, recorded August 25, 1969.

• Track 14 recorded at afternoon rehearsal, February 18, 1970.

Disc Two – Selections: 1. Blue Suede Shoes • 2. Johnny B. Goode • 3. All Shook Up • 4. Are You Lonesome Tonight? • 5. Hound Dog • 6. I Can’t Stop Loving You • 7. My Babe • 8. Medley: Mystery Train/Tiger Man • 9. Words • 10. In The Ghetto • 11. Suspicious Minds • 12. Can’t Help Falling In Love • Bonus tracks: 13. I Got A Woman • 14. Medley: Jailhouse Rock/Don’t Be Cruel • 15. Heartbreak Hotel • 16. Baby, What You Want Me To Do • 17. Reconsider Baby • 18. Funny How Time Slips Away. (Tracks 1-12 originally issued November 1969, as Elvis In Person at the International Hotel, i.e. disc 1 of original double-LP From Memphis To Vegas – From Vegas to Memphis, RCA 6020; re-issued November 1970 as single-LP Elvis In Person, RCA 4428)

Notes:

• All tracks 1-18 recorded at dinner shows and midnight shows at the International Hotel, Las Vegas, August 23-26, 1969.

• Tracks 13-16 originally issued 2003, on Elvis In Person (Follow That Dream Music, 88697 40721 2)

• Track 17-18 originally issued 1971, on Collectors Gold (RCA 3114).

Source: elvis.com

ELVIS Lead Me Guide Me - Bosom Of Abraham (Best Picture & Sound Quality)

Michael Jackson - For All Time

Michael Jackson: Espírito do cantor teria falado com ex-mulher

Lisa Marie Presley teria entrado em contato com astro pop em sessão espírita

Lisa Marie Presley pode ter entrado em contato com o ex-marido, Michael Jackson, durante uma sessão espírita. De acordo com o tablóide inglês "The Sun", que teve acesso a história, uma amiga próxima ao astro pop contou que ele pediu perdão à filha de Elvis Presley.

Karen Faye revelou que ela e Lisa Marie contactaram Michael Jackson na semana passada. "Ele parece estar em uma missão para alcançar as pessoas em sua vida e ser perdoado. Michel passou um tempo explicando seus defeitos e querendo que a gente o perdoasse. Ele estava inquieto", disse Faye.

Para ela, o astro pop, que morreu em junho do ano passado, parecia muito arrependido por seu passado. "Ele parecia mais jovial que Lisa. O espiritualista virou para mim e disse que Michael estava falando: 'você cuidou bem de mim e eu sinto muito se te machuquei'. Ele disse que deveria ter me ouvido mais. Isso me bateu direto no coração."

Karen, que era maquiadora de Jackson, insistiu que o médium não fazia idéia de que ela tivesse alguma relação com o cantor. "Nada foi definido. Seria necessário um processo para podermos fazer as pazes. Falamos sobre a dinâmica interna de sua família, seus níveis de dor e sua incapacidade emocional", concluiu.

Segundo a maquiadora, Michael Jackson não comentou sobre as acusações de homícidio culposo contra seu médico, Conrad Murray. O cantor e Lisa Marie Preston se casaram em 1994 e se separaram 18 meses depois.


Source: revistaquem.globo.com

Michael Jackson's 'Unsettled' Spirit Apologizes To Lisa Marie Presley

Michael Jackson has spoken out from beyond the grave to Lisa Marie Presley in a spooky séance, according to the King Of Pop's former make-up artist. Beautician Karen Faye and Jackson's ex-wife Presley allegedly made contact with the singer, who died in June, with the help of a medium last week.

Faye insists the Thriller icon's spirit seemed to be "unsettled" and expressed remorse for any wrongdoing.

Faye says, "He seemed to be on a mission to reach out to people in his life and be forgiven. Michael spent his time explaining his faults and wanting us to forgive him. He seemed unsettled. He seemed more jovial with Lisa. The psychic turned to me and said Michael is telling me, 'You took such good care of me, and I am so sorry I hurt you so much.' He said he should have listened to me more. It hit me straight in the heart."

The 53 year old insists the psychic had "no idea" of her relationship with Jackson, adding, "There were definite, deep insights that would have been difficult (for a psychic) to make up. It was detailed about the inner dynamics of his family and his levels of pain and emotional inability."

Elvis Presley's daughter wed Jackson in 1994 but they split just 18 months later. 

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Source: starpulse.com

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Samsung apresenta HD externo em homenagem a Michael Jackson

Disco tem Michael Jackson na carcaça | Foto: Divulgação

Rio - As homenagens a Michael Jackson, mesmo após quase sete meses da morte do cantor, não param. A Samsung, por exemplo, resolveu lançar um disco rígido externo especial para lembrar o Rei do Pop. O Samsung S2 Portable tem uma imagem do artista estampada na carcaça e vem com o documentário 'This Is It' - que mostra os bastidores do ensaios de MJ.

Na parte técnica, o disco rígido  tem capacidade de armazenamento de 500 GB, suporte para USB 2.0 e usa criptografia AES-128 ou AES-256. Ele começa a ser vendido na Europa no dia 22 deste mês, quando chega a versão em DVD e Blu-ray de 'This Is It'. O preço sugerido pela Samsung é de 70 libras (cerca de  R$ 200).

Source: odia.terra.com.br