The collection:
182 porn magazines, 1700 pornographic images on just one of the four hard drives in his bedroom, 8 DVDs, 28 Naturist Magazines, Dozens of Photos of Naked Women (some reported to be famous), an article on the G spot and one on the Second G-Spot.
MJ in a Playboy shirt aged 12:
2.During an Interview In 1970, Aged 12:
@ 6:48
MJ: (gets up and browses through magazines on a table, picks one up and goes to sit back down)
Jermaine: Michael, please. No, he got the Playboy. He got the Playboy. (tries to snatch it away from him)
MJ: (fighting his brother off) No, sit down. (to interviewer): Now, I would like to tell you all the people on (Inaudible) (flicking through it)
Brother: (Inaudible)
Michael: …The Playboy magazine.
Jermaine: Michael, they filming you.
MJ: (looking like he’s been caught, looks up at camera and smiles)
(Continues interview flicking through magazine) @ 8:57
MJ: (flicking through the magazine) This is a big butt.
3.First Date with Tatum, Playboy Mansion, March 1977
Michael, “The next day she invited me to join her at Hugh Hefner’s house to watch Roots on videotape. She got sort of bored, so we went outside and got into the jacuzzi. We weren’t naked as people have said. We both had on bathing suits, just enjoying ourselves. And that’s it.”
4.
Ola Ray, Playboy Centerfold 1980
Stars in his video for Thriller in 1983, Ola says: “He seemed taken by the fact I was a Playboy model.”
Hoefflin takes Michael to the Playboy Mansion, 1984
5.Hoefflin, Michael, Hugh Hefner
Dr Hoefflin also said he took the singer to the Playboy mansion, adding: “I know Michael Jackson was not gay. The truth is he lusted after beautiful women.
“I knew he was not gay because in all the time that I knew him that we were best friends – and I was his confidante and doctor – I never had any information that he was anything but straight.
“We would also spend time together over the years going through books and magazines. Michael would always look at magazines of pretty girls, never boys.
“And finally, I know factually he had sexually relationships with women.”
Dr Hoefflin, 63, said: “Michael loved beautiful women.
“After Thriller came out he asked me to take him to the Playboy mansion to see the stunning girls.
“I was friends with Hugh Heffner, made those arrangments and was with him when he decribed how beautiful and desirable all the women were.
“All the time I was ever with him – whether it was on tour or off tour – he would always comment to me and others about pretty girls he would see.”
6.Getting Playboy Star Jessica Hahn To Sign His Playboy Of Her, 1987
KING: Did Michael Jackson call you at the “Playboy” Mansion?
HAHN: Oh, yes.
KING: What for?
HAHN: We were in a — we were sitting at the “Playboy” Mansion. Dr. Hoflin (ph) was his surgeon and mine. I’ve since had a new surgeon.
KING: For plastic surgery?
HAHN: Yes. But he decided to call Michael Jackson. That was when he had Bubbles and Michael Jackson asked me to sign a “Playboy” and he said, “Jess, listen to me. I know it’s going to be rough,” because I was new to this. He goes, “I know it’s going to be hard on you, but just understand one thing: It’s all going to be OK. They are going to come like scavengers. The press is going to come after you, but it’s going to be OK. And by the way, will you sign a “Playboy.”" I said, “I’d be more than happy to.”
I was — and I’ve got to be honest. I am happy he is out.
KING: You were rooting for him.
HAHN: I am rooting for him because I feel like I’ve been blackmailed and I feel like that many times, people attack the well, you know, well-to-do people and they see an opportunity.
7.Michael Lovesmith, former fellow Motown recording artist:
“Don’t believe the nonsense about Michael being gay and stuff. When there were girls around he’d talk about them to the guys and run around pinching their asses and then run away. He was a real funky street dude, know what I mean?”
8.Tim Whitehead 80s,
“He’s not gay; I really feel certain of that.” said his first cousin Tim whitehead, who has toured with Michael as a roadie, ” Many times a good-looking girl would walk by and Mike would whisper, ‘ Hey, what do you think of her? She’s somethin else, isn’t she?”
9.Frank DiLeo, 1988
“‘Well all I can say is that he gets around with girls a lot more than people think. What people don’t realize is that Michael wants to get married, he likes women and goes on well with them but he doesn’t yet feel like he’s got the time to do it. He’d like to have kids, probably a number of them. He gets on likely well with them, he’s marvelous with mine, but he’s not ready yet. He might have been in showbusiness for more than 20 years but he’s only 29. He doesn’t believe he’s ready right now.”
1O.David Williams, Guitarist, Telegraph Magazine 1992
David Williams, the guitarist “who has contributed to all of Jackson’s records since 1979,” was asked what Michael Jackson is really like. “Michael’s no fabrication,” he says. “He’s totally genuine. And he’s funny, too. Michael is totally normal. We talk about food, women, music, the movies — ordinary things.”
11.Teddy Riley, producer Dangerous & Invincible albums
“Michael Jackson was a woman lover, trust! Dude gets it in. I have only once told a close friend that I just couldn’t believe how he gets it in. He is a real dude. He’s human. He has a child life in him. He deserves to be a baller and a player sometimes.” — Said producer Teddy Riley who worked with Michael on his huge Dangerous and Invincible albums.
12Ahmed Elatab, 1997-2003
“He’s sexual, he likes women. I’ve seen him flirt. Some of those women he says are his nannies, he’s sleeping with. He’s just hiding it from the public.
“He said he’s not gay, that people are jealous and out to get him.”
He referred to his friend as being “smooth”, adding he knew how to talk to women.
13WAMO Pittsburg Radio Station, January 16 1998
“You know something? Mike done changed after he started gettin’ some…” Then he went into a story of how he met MJ once during the Victory Tour in D.C. and he was shy and timid. Then he met him just recently at a gathering with Teddy Riley or someone and MJ was completely different. Open, funny, not shy and most of all checking out the women with Teddy and this DJ and some more guys. Someone asked him what he found most attractive in a lady and he said light eyes and long legs and then pointed out some chick that fit that description and all the guys agreed she was “da bomb.” In the words of this DJ, “Mike is a true brother who has gotten a bad rap and as long as he was in radio he would support the brother.”
14Mark Lester, 2000
‘We’d go out for dinner or a coffee and he would notice women walking past and say, ‘She’s so cute, she’s got a nice tush,’ but then he would be very apologetic.
15.Aaron Carter on ET 2003
Q:What are your thoughts on everything Michael’s been going through and all the accusations now against him?
Aaron: I think it’s stupid, ’cause I know for a fact that he likes girls. (gives a look to the interviewer) Trust me.
Q: Okay, how do you know for a fact that he likes girls?
A: ‘Cause I’ve seen him with girls. I’ve seen him walk up to a girl and get her number and call her up and talk to her and say “Hey baby, what’re you doing?”
Q: You ever see him kiss a girl, hold hands with a girl?
Aaron: Yeah, I’ve seen him kiss a girl before. Oh yeah, I’ve seen him totally make out with a girl before.
Q:Where was that, was that at his ranch or…?
Aaron: Yea, it was at his ranch, yeah.
Q: Do you know who the girl was?
Aaron: Just like a fan or something.
16.Aaron Carter, 2006
Aaron: Actually, I saw Michael take a girl home from his own party, too.
HS: Really?
Aaron: Yeah.
17.Frank Tyson, April 13 2004
Frank Tyson spoke with ‘Celebrity Justice’ by phone for 45 minutes on Monday (April 12), and he revealed stunning, new details about the case against his friend Michael Jackson for child molestation. Tyson, who has been around Jackson since he was 13, told ‘CJ’ that he shared a bed with the singer from time to time, while still a minor. Tyson says he and Jackson would have frequent and graphic sexual conversations in bed, conversations about women, but he says Jackson never laid a hand on him. In fact, Tyson says Jackson is completely straight and there is a woman Jackson has secretly seen for years and Tyson says he arranged liaisons for the two.
18.Eddie Griffin, 2006
“We all know Michael Jackson ain’t fucking no kids… he might be fucking y’all wives.
I had a friend tell me she slept with Michael and she said the thriller is thrilling.
19.Akon 2007,
“It was the craziest thing, because we sat down, we talked about Africa, we talked about my foundation [Konfidence], we talked about the music, we talked about girls. We had a great, incredible time that day,” he continued. “He was extremely funny, he told jokes, and he liked to have fun.”
2OWill.I.Am Feb 14, 2007
Black Eyed Peas collaborator Will.i.am has branded pop superstar Michael Jackson “the smartest dude ever”.
Will.I.Am, who has been working with the Thriller legend on his comeback album, concedes Jackson gave him an education while in the studio – and insists the star still embraces his black roots.
He says, “He’s the smartest dude I ever met. Michael Jackson told me what rock ‘n’ roll meant. He said, ‘Rock ‘n’ roll means having sex. That’s what they used to say in the 1950s.’
21.Anthony Simmons, Night Security Guard 1988-9,
“I can definitively say I was with Michael Jackson from ‘88 to ‘89. I was there primarily at night. I was the chief. And I never saw him do anything inappropriate, questionable, what have you,” says Simmons.
He says Jackson could not have crossed the line. “Michael has had girlfriends and that’s all I can say about that,” says Simmons.
22Bad Tour Security Guard 1987-9,
When we were riding around in a car in Berlin, Michael would look at the women in miniskirts and high heels …”Look at her hips!” and “Look at her ass!” Michael would say.
However, when we passed the girl in question he realized she was a 50 year old woman.
It is needless to say that Michael and I had a good laugh about that. It goes without saying that Michael is pro ass?
23Tatum, Dated 77-79, Paper Life:
His usual subject [on the phone] was sex…. Michael was intensely curious about anything, everything sexual, though in an incredibly sweet & innocent way.
24Brooke, Dated 81-84, Time Magazine
As I grew up and started having boyfriends, I would share with him, and he was like a little kid who talked about the bases – what first base was, what second base was.
25.Madonna, Dated 1991, Schmuley Tapes
MJ: How would you like getting a phone call and she is telling you that she is putting her fingers between her legs. I would say, “Oh Madonna, please.” She said, “What I want you to when I hung up the phone is rub yourself and think of me.” That’s the kind of stuff she says. She does. When I see her she says, “This is the finger I used last night.”
26Skinny Dipping With Jane Fonda, Post Gazette, May 01, 2006
Q.You do talk about swimming with naked Garbo in the book. What a moment. In the DVD you mention you skinny-dipped with Michael Jackson, too?
A. Yeah (laughing). Yes, the book was too long, so I didn’t include that. It was while I was making “On Golden Pond,” he [Michael Jackson] came and stayed with me for a while.
27.Michael visiting Recycled Records Store sometime 2000 onwards
He also bought a bunch of old nude stuff-clipped out pictures from nudist magazines and old shots of posed nude women.
28.Dave Stevens, Storyboard Artist for Thriller and Victory 1983-4
Michael already had a slight reputation for being a unique individual, so I asked Dave if he had any interesting stories, as Dave was spending a lot of time at Michael’s Encino mansion.
Dave Stevens was a very private person. Being such, he respected the privacy of others. He did tell me one detail of Michael’s life, however, I’ve never heard or read elsewhere.
Dave related that Michael’s personal assistant/secretary was the most beautiful woman he had ever met. To Dave’s amazement, in rooms all over the mansion were various full sized body cast/sculptures of her in a staggering array of sexual positions. Dave and I pondered the implications of that for quite some time.
29.Shmuley, 2000/1
MJ: You know if I meet some girl somewhere and I think she’s beautiful, which I see a lot of them, that’s great. I mean, I’ll go on a date or something. Nothing wrong with that.
SB: If a woman walks round with all her cleavage showing….
MJ:Frank loves it.
(Michael gestured to Frank Cascio, who was sitting right next to us. We all laughed.)
MJ: Of course you want to look.
30.I vividly remember Don Minnis-my childhood best friend and partner in crime- and myself sneaking our way into a Jackson 5 sound check in 1973 at Oklahoma City's
Myriad Convention Center. I was a faithful reader of a fan mags back then, and
one of them suggested the way to meet your favorite recording artist in your
hometown was to go to the local concert hall around noon the day of the show and
try to catch them rehearsing.
After dodging all kinds of facility personnel and at one point even sealing a glass wall, Minnis and I nervously
found ourselves sitting front row center no less, gazing at a set of red drums
sporting the now infamous J5 logo. Technicians and roadies were still busy
assembling and testing musical equipments when the Jacksons casually strolled
unto the platform.
We couldn't believe it!
A sound check can be a fan's delight for there you can observe nuances usually reserved for
insiders.
Tito routinely strumming through a rendition of ''Hallelujah Day'' with a cigarette dangling from his mouth.
Jackie and Marlon nearly colliding while rehearsing choreographs for ''Looking Through The
Window''
a sly Jermaine spotting strangers and strapping on his bass guitar over a bulky winter coat.
Michael adjusting his microphone stand and cordially flirting with two of my blushing female classmates, who
obviously found their way into this joint a lot easier than Minnis and I .
http://www.the-michael-jackson-archives.com/blackbeat84.html
The collection:
182 porn magazines, 1700 pornographic images on just one of the four hard drives in his bedroom, 8 DVDs, 28 Naturist Magazines, Dozens of Photos of Naked Women (some reported to be famous), an article on the G spot and one on the Second G-Spot.
MJ in a Playboy shirt aged 12:
2.During an Interview In 1970, Aged 12:
@ 6:48
MJ: (gets up and browses through magazines on a table, picks one up and goes to sit back down)
Jermaine: Michael, please. No, he got the Playboy. He got the Playboy. (tries to snatch it away from him)
MJ: (fighting his brother off) No, sit down. (to interviewer): Now, I would like to tell you all the people on (Inaudible) (flicking through it)
Brother: (Inaudible)
Michael: …The Playboy magazine.
Jermaine: Michael, they filming you.
MJ: (looking like he’s been caught, looks up at camera and smiles)
(Continues interview flicking through magazine) @ 8:57
MJ: (flicking through the magazine) This is a big butt.
3.First Date with Tatum, Playboy Mansion, March 1977
Michael, “The next day she invited me to join her at Hugh Hefner’s house to watch Roots on videotape. She got sort of bored, so we went outside and got into the jacuzzi. We weren’t naked as people have said. We both had on bathing suits, just enjoying ourselves. And that’s it.”
4.
Ola Ray, Playboy Centerfold 1980
Stars in his video for Thriller in 1983, Ola says: “He seemed taken by the fact I was a Playboy model.”
Hoefflin takes Michael to the Playboy Mansion, 1984
5.Hoefflin, Michael, Hugh Hefner
Dr Hoefflin also said he took the singer to the Playboy mansion, adding: “I know Michael Jackson was not gay. The truth is he lusted after beautiful women.
“I knew he was not gay because in all the time that I knew him that we were best friends – and I was his confidante and doctor – I never had any information that he was anything but straight.
“We would also spend time together over the years going through books and magazines. Michael would always look at magazines of pretty girls, never boys.
“And finally, I know factually he had sexually relationships with women.”
Dr Hoefflin, 63, said: “Michael loved beautiful women.
“After Thriller came out he asked me to take him to the Playboy mansion to see the stunning girls.
“I was friends with Hugh Heffner, made those arrangments and was with him when he decribed how beautiful and desirable all the women were.
“All the time I was ever with him – whether it was on tour or off tour – he would always comment to me and others about pretty girls he would see.”
6.Getting Playboy Star Jessica Hahn To Sign His Playboy Of Her, 1987
KING: Did Michael Jackson call you at the “Playboy” Mansion?
HAHN: Oh, yes.
KING: What for?
HAHN: We were in a — we were sitting at the “Playboy” Mansion. Dr. Hoflin (ph) was his surgeon and mine. I’ve since had a new surgeon.
KING: For plastic surgery?
HAHN: Yes. But he decided to call Michael Jackson. That was when he had Bubbles and Michael Jackson asked me to sign a “Playboy” and he said, “Jess, listen to me. I know it’s going to be rough,” because I was new to this. He goes, “I know it’s going to be hard on you, but just understand one thing: It’s all going to be OK. They are going to come like scavengers. The press is going to come after you, but it’s going to be OK. And by the way, will you sign a “Playboy.”" I said, “I’d be more than happy to.”
I was — and I’ve got to be honest. I am happy he is out.
KING: You were rooting for him.
HAHN: I am rooting for him because I feel like I’ve been blackmailed and I feel like that many times, people attack the well, you know, well-to-do people and they see an opportunity.
7.Michael Lovesmith, former fellow Motown recording artist:
“Don’t believe the nonsense about Michael being gay and stuff. When there were girls around he’d talk about them to the guys and run around pinching their asses and then run away. He was a real funky street dude, know what I mean?”
8.Tim Whitehead 80s,
“He’s not gay; I really feel certain of that.” said his first cousin Tim whitehead, who has toured with Michael as a roadie, ” Many times a good-looking girl would walk by and Mike would whisper, ‘ Hey, what do you think of her? She’s somethin else, isn’t she?”
9.Frank DiLeo, 1988
“‘Well all I can say is that he gets around with girls a lot more than people think. What people don’t realize is that Michael wants to get married, he likes women and goes on well with them but he doesn’t yet feel like he’s got the time to do it. He’d like to have kids, probably a number of them. He gets on likely well with them, he’s marvelous with mine, but he’s not ready yet. He might have been in showbusiness for more than 20 years but he’s only 29. He doesn’t believe he’s ready right now.”
1O.David Williams, Guitarist, Telegraph Magazine 1992
David Williams, the guitarist “who has contributed to all of Jackson’s records since 1979,” was asked what Michael Jackson is really like. “Michael’s no fabrication,” he says. “He’s totally genuine. And he’s funny, too. Michael is totally normal. We talk about food, women, music, the movies — ordinary things.”
11.Teddy Riley, producer Dangerous & Invincible albums
“Michael Jackson was a woman lover, trust! Dude gets it in. I have only once told a close friend that I just couldn’t believe how he gets it in. He is a real dude. He’s human. He has a child life in him. He deserves to be a baller and a player sometimes.” — Said producer Teddy Riley who worked with Michael on his huge Dangerous and Invincible albums.
12Ahmed Elatab, 1997-2003
“He’s sexual, he likes women. I’ve seen him flirt. Some of those women he says are his nannies, he’s sleeping with. He’s just hiding it from the public.
“He said he’s not gay, that people are jealous and out to get him.”
He referred to his friend as being “smooth”, adding he knew how to talk to women.
13WAMO Pittsburg Radio Station, January 16 1998
“You know something? Mike done changed after he started gettin’ some…” Then he went into a story of how he met MJ once during the Victory Tour in D.C. and he was shy and timid. Then he met him just recently at a gathering with Teddy Riley or someone and MJ was completely different. Open, funny, not shy and most of all checking out the women with Teddy and this DJ and some more guys. Someone asked him what he found most attractive in a lady and he said light eyes and long legs and then pointed out some chick that fit that description and all the guys agreed she was “da bomb.” In the words of this DJ, “Mike is a true brother who has gotten a bad rap and as long as he was in radio he would support the brother.”
14Mark Lester, 2000
‘We’d go out for dinner or a coffee and he would notice women walking past and say, ‘She’s so cute, she’s got a nice tush,’ but then he would be very apologetic.
15.Aaron Carter on ET 2003
Q:What are your thoughts on everything Michael’s been going through and all the accusations now against him?
Aaron: I think it’s stupid, ’cause I know for a fact that he likes girls. (gives a look to the interviewer) Trust me.
Q: Okay, how do you know for a fact that he likes girls?
A: ‘Cause I’ve seen him with girls. I’ve seen him walk up to a girl and get her number and call her up and talk to her and say “Hey baby, what’re you doing?”
Q: You ever see him kiss a girl, hold hands with a girl?
Aaron: Yeah, I’ve seen him kiss a girl before. Oh yeah, I’ve seen him totally make out with a girl before.
Q:Where was that, was that at his ranch or…?
Aaron: Yea, it was at his ranch, yeah.
Q: Do you know who the girl was?
Aaron: Just like a fan or something.
16.Aaron Carter, 2006
Aaron: Actually, I saw Michael take a girl home from his own party, too.
HS: Really?
Aaron: Yeah.
17.Frank Tyson, April 13 2004
Frank Tyson spoke with ‘Celebrity Justice’ by phone for 45 minutes on Monday (April 12), and he revealed stunning, new details about the case against his friend Michael Jackson for child molestation. Tyson, who has been around Jackson since he was 13, told ‘CJ’ that he shared a bed with the singer from time to time, while still a minor. Tyson says he and Jackson would have frequent and graphic sexual conversations in bed, conversations about women, but he says Jackson never laid a hand on him. In fact, Tyson says Jackson is completely straight and there is a woman Jackson has secretly seen for years and Tyson says he arranged liaisons for the two.
18.Eddie Griffin, 2006
“We all know Michael Jackson ain’t fucking no kids… he might be fucking y’all wives.
I had a friend tell me she slept with Michael and she said the thriller is thrilling.
19.Akon 2007,
“It was the craziest thing, because we sat down, we talked about Africa, we talked about my foundation [Konfidence], we talked about the music, we talked about girls. We had a great, incredible time that day,” he continued. “He was extremely funny, he told jokes, and he liked to have fun.”
2OWill.I.Am Feb 14, 2007
Black Eyed Peas collaborator Will.i.am has branded pop superstar Michael Jackson “the smartest dude ever”.
Will.I.Am, who has been working with the Thriller legend on his comeback album, concedes Jackson gave him an education while in the studio – and insists the star still embraces his black roots.
He says, “He’s the smartest dude I ever met. Michael Jackson told me what rock ‘n’ roll meant. He said, ‘Rock ‘n’ roll means having sex. That’s what they used to say in the 1950s.’
21.Anthony Simmons, Night Security Guard 1988-9,
“I can definitively say I was with Michael Jackson from ‘88 to ‘89. I was there primarily at night. I was the chief. And I never saw him do anything inappropriate, questionable, what have you,” says Simmons.
He says Jackson could not have crossed the line. “Michael has had girlfriends and that’s all I can say about that,” says Simmons.
22Bad Tour Security Guard 1987-9,
When we were riding around in a car in Berlin, Michael would look at the women in miniskirts and high heels …”Look at her hips!” and “Look at her ass!” Michael would say.
However, when we passed the girl in question he realized she was a 50 year old woman.
It is needless to say that Michael and I had a good laugh about that. It goes without saying that Michael is pro ass?
23Tatum, Dated 77-79, Paper Life:
His usual subject [on the phone] was sex…. Michael was intensely curious about anything, everything sexual, though in an incredibly sweet & innocent way.
24Brooke, Dated 81-84, Time Magazine
As I grew up and started having boyfriends, I would share with him, and he was like a little kid who talked about the bases – what first base was, what second base was.
25.Madonna, Dated 1991, Schmuley Tapes
MJ: How would you like getting a phone call and she is telling you that she is putting her fingers between her legs. I would say, “Oh Madonna, please.” She said, “What I want you to when I hung up the phone is rub yourself and think of me.” That’s the kind of stuff she says. She does. When I see her she says, “This is the finger I used last night.”
26Skinny Dipping With Jane Fonda, Post Gazette, May 01, 2006
Q.You do talk about swimming with naked Garbo in the book. What a moment. In the DVD you mention you skinny-dipped with Michael Jackson, too?
A. Yeah (laughing). Yes, the book was too long, so I didn’t include that. It was while I was making “On Golden Pond,” he [Michael Jackson] came and stayed with me for a while.
27.Michael visiting Recycled Records Store sometime 2000 onwards
He also bought a bunch of old nude stuff-clipped out pictures from nudist magazines and old shots of posed nude women.
28.Dave Stevens, Storyboard Artist for Thriller and Victory 1983-4
Michael already had a slight reputation for being a unique individual, so I asked Dave if he had any interesting stories, as Dave was spending a lot of time at Michael’s Encino mansion.
Dave Stevens was a very private person. Being such, he respected the privacy of others. He did tell me one detail of Michael’s life, however, I’ve never heard or read elsewhere.
Dave related that Michael’s personal assistant/secretary was the most beautiful woman he had ever met. To Dave’s amazement, in rooms all over the mansion were various full sized body cast/sculptures of her in a staggering array of sexual positions. Dave and I pondered the implications of that for quite some time.
29.Shmuley, 2000/1
MJ: You know if I meet some girl somewhere and I think she’s beautiful, which I see a lot of them, that’s great. I mean, I’ll go on a date or something. Nothing wrong with that.
SB: If a woman walks round with all her cleavage showing….
MJ:Frank loves it.
(Michael gestured to Frank Cascio, who was sitting right next to us. We all laughed.)
MJ: Of course you want to look.
30.I vividly remember Don Minnis-my childhood best friend and partner in crime- and myself sneaking our way into a Jackson 5 sound check in 1973 at Oklahoma City's
Myriad Convention Center. I was a faithful reader of a fan mags back then, and
one of them suggested the way to meet your favorite recording artist in your
hometown was to go to the local concert hall around noon the day of the show and
try to catch them rehearsing.
After dodging all kinds of facility personnel and at one point even sealing a glass wall, Minnis and I nervously
found ourselves sitting front row center no less, gazing at a set of red drums
sporting the now infamous J5 logo. Technicians and roadies were still busy
assembling and testing musical equipments when the Jacksons casually strolled
unto the platform.
We couldn't believe it!
A sound check can be a fan's delight for there you can observe nuances usually reserved for
insiders.
Tito routinely strumming through a rendition of ''Hallelujah Day'' with a cigarette dangling from his mouth.
Jackie and Marlon nearly colliding while rehearsing choreographs for ''Looking Through The
Window''
a sly Jermaine spotting strangers and strapping on his bass guitar over a bulky winter coat.
Michael adjusting his microphone stand and cordially flirting with two of my blushing female classmates, who
obviously found their way into this joint a lot easier than Minnis and I .
http://www.the-michael-jackson-archives.com/blackbeat84.html
31.
In London At Showing of Starlight Express, March 27th, 1984
During the interval Michael is taken to the hospitality room backstage where he is served soft drinks by a barmaid.
"He asked me what her name was," says Nick, "and when she said 'Caroline' he sang 'Sweet Caroline' to her! I don't think she'll forget that in a hurry.
31.
In London At Showing of Starlight Express, March 27th, 1984
During the interval Michael is taken to the hospitality room backstage where he is served soft drinks by a barmaid.
"He asked me what her name was," says Nick, "and when she said 'Caroline' he sang 'Sweet Caroline' to her! I don't think she'll forget that in a hurry.
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