8/17/95 Michael Jackson Simulchat live in the MTV Arena
MTVixen : Welcome to the preshow, while we gear up for the
Michael Jackson Simulchat.
MTVixen : The Simulchat will begin in 1/2 hour, here in the MTV
Arena.
MTVixen : It is a historic online event, being that it takes
place on AOL, Prodigy, & Compuserve, & the WWW.
MTVixen : It will also be broadcast on MTV, so turn on the tube
in 1/2 hour.
MTVixen : Hey, don't leave! Michael Jackson will be here soon!
MTVixen : If you just want to hang until he joins us, we'll be
sending lots of Michael-isms your way till then.
MTVixen : And MTV VJ Bill Bellamy will be joining us at 9:45
(ET). So chill for a while!
MTVixen : In the next few minutes, I will provide some trivia &
facts about Michael Jackson. Pay Attention!
MTVixen : There will be a quiz!
MTVixen : Check out the Michael Jackson Museum of History on
the World Wide Web at
MTVixen : www.sony.com/Music/MichaelJackson/.
MTVixen : In 1989, MTV presented Michael with the MTV Video
Vanguard Award for
MTVixen : "Thriller - The Greatest Video in the History of the
World."
MTVixen : "BAD" was the first album in history to generate five
#1 singles.
MTVixen : In 1990, Sony (CBS) named Michael Jackson the Top
Selling Artist of the Decade.
MTVixen : Michael will perform at the MTV Video Music Awards on September 7.
MTVixen : Michael's simulchat is the first in which all three
commercial online services--
MTVixen : Prodigy, America Online and CompuServe--participate
simultaneously.
MTVixen : Michael starred in the first music video with "Rock
With You."
MTVixen : Bad achieved the #1 chart position in a record
breaking 25 countries.
MTVixen : In 1989, The "Bad" Tour grossed of $125 million, a
new world record.
MTVixen : Michael received Official White House Recognition as
MTVixen : Artist of the Decade by President George Bush in
1990.
MTVixen : Check out Michael's family tree on the World Wide Web
at www.sony.com/Music/MichaelJackson/.
MTVixen : Michael was the first artist to earn #1 Pop singles
in the '70s, '80s, and '90s.
MTVixen : Michael was the first artist to have four consecutive
albums
MTVixen : yield four consecutive Top 40 singles each.
MTVixen : Michael's "THRILLER" sold more than 40 million
copies worldwide.
MTVixen : "DANGEROUS" sold more copies in its first ten months
then "THRILLER."
MTVixen : "Moonwalk," Michael's first book,
MTVixen : soared to the top of bestseller lists in the United
States and Great Britain.
MTVixen : The worldwide premiere of the short film, "Black or
White,"
MTVixen : was seen by an estimated 50 million viewers in the US
alone.
MTVixen : In 1991, "Black or White" jumped to #3 on the
Billboard Hot 100 chart,
MTVixen : the highest jump in a two week period since the
Beatles' "Let it Be".
MTVixen : Check out Michael's visit to Africa on the World Wide
Web at www.sony.com/Music/MichaelJackson/.
MTVixen : "Scream" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #5,
MTVixen : making it the highest debut in the chart's 37-year
history.
MTVixen : Michael and Janet Jackson's "Scream" was Billboard's
highest debut
MTVixen : since the Beatles' "Let It Be".
MTVixen : In 1993, Michael sang "We Are The World" at
President Clinton's
MTVixen : inaugural gala in Washington, D.C.
MTVixen : Michael donated the profits of the song "Heal the
World" to the Heal The World Foundation.
MTVixen : Representing Heal The World, Michael and Lisa Marie
MTVixen : welcomed 46 children from 17 countries to a World
Children's Congress,
MTVixen : 3 days of seminars and workshops held at their
Neverland Valley Ranch.
MTVixen : Michael created Heal LA, a spin-off of Heal The
World, to provide aid to riot-damaged areas of LA.
MTVixen : Michael performed "Jam,","Heal The World," "Beat It,"
and "Billie Jean"
MTVixen : during halftime at Superbowl XXVII,
MTVixen : and was joined by an international cast of children.
MTVixen : At the 35th Annual Grammy Awards, Janet Jackson
presented
MTVixen : Michael with a Grammy Legend award.
MTVixen : In 1993, Michael received the Lifetime Achievement
Award from
MTVixen : the Guinness World of Records Museum in Hollywood,
CA.
MTVixen : Now it's time for everybody to give a big shout out
to the host of MTV Jams, Bill Bellamy.
MTVixen : Bill and Michael were hanging out a few weeks ago,
and Bill's here to
MTVixen : get us warmed up for the big event.
MTVixen : Hey, Bill, did you ever think you'd be the opening
act for Michael Jackson?
B BeIIamy : Let the games begin
B BeIIamy : Never in a million years
MTVixen : In just a few short minutes, you will be part of a
HIStoric happening
MTVixen : right here on the info superhighway when Michael
Jackson
MTVixen : joins us for the first ever online simulchat.
B BeIIamy : I think this is really exciting. It's the first time
ever, and we party with the KING OF POP
MTVixen : Everybody's always going on about this supposed
information superhighway.
MTVixen : Well, tonight you're gonna see it in action for the
first time. Tech heads, unite!
MTVixen : That's right, Michael Jackson will chat live with
fans on MTV Online
MTVixen : (on American Online), CompuServe, Prodigy and his Web
site all at the same time. That's a first.
B BeIIamy : I want somebody to sing the first cybersong.
MTVixen : Here's another first: turn your TV dial to MTV and
MTVixen : see your Q&A with Michael live on the air.
MTVixen : MTV will broadcast the Michael Jackson simulchat live
while it's happening,
MTVixen : along with special Michael Jackson videos and
programming.
MTVixen : If you happen to be in New York City, you can watch
the simulchat on MTV broadcast from
MTVixen : Sony's jumbo TV screen in Times Square!
MTVixen : Then hang around for a little champagne and watch the
ball drop.
MTVixen : Well, maybe not. But you can bet it'll be festive!
B BeIIamy : I'm drinking already! Just kidding, only juice!
B BeIIamy : I want someone to sing I'll be there, in the right
key.
B BeIIamy : where's the after party?!
MTVixen : Thanks, Bill.
MTVixen : We can't wait to hear more from you during Michael's
simulchat.
MTVixen : Michael will be here in just a minute, so get your
questions tweaked and ready to go.
B BeIIamy : Ladies and Gentlemen, let's put our hands together
for Mr. Michael Jackson!!
Mtvmail : Marlie14: In your interview with Diane Sawyer, you
mentioned moving out of the country. Is this in
Mtvmail : your future plans
Mtvmail : What is the most favorite place in the world you've
traveled to and where would you like to travel to?
Michae1 J : Favorite place would have to be South America and
Africa because I love the place the culture
Mtvmail : and the plight of the children there is very
intersting and I would love to travel
Mtvmail : to see more things and to helpl more people
Mtvmail : What is the favorite song that you have recorded and
do you still have the pet monkey Bubbles
Michae1 J: If I had to pick one song....probably Got To Be
There...Heal The World
Michae1 J: and Bubbles is still alive and is still my pet..he's
bigger. He eats a lot...pizza
Mtvmail : How do you like working with your sister Janet and
also working with your beautiful bride Lisa Marie...
Mtvmail : ...and don't listen to all the BS going around
Michae1 J : The press creates all these negative stories people
will buy their magazines
Michae1 J : and read their columns.
Michae1 J : You must not believe everything you read, it's
Michae1 J : tabloid garbabe. I just want everyone to be aware
Michae1 J : that the media is garbage.
Michae1 J : When working with my sister, I haven't seen her i
Michae1 J : quite some time. She's busy, and I'm busy as well
Michae1 J : and when we get together it's like a reunion.
Michae1 J : We became very emotional on the set, we gave each
Michae1 J : other presents everything.
Michae1 J : We had a lot of fun.
Michae1 J : But everyday on the set she came to me sad because
Michae1 J : of some story that the press create
B BeIIamy : Mike, can we have the MTV beach house at Neverland
Valley?
B BeIIamy : Think of all the fun we could have! Painting your
house a hundred different colors!
MTVixen : Michael performed "Jam,","Heal The World," "Beat It,"
and "Billie Jean"
MTVixen : during halftime at Superbowl XXVII,
MTVixen : and was joined by an international cast of children.
Mtvmail : EvenBeevu : Do you come up with the ideas for all of
your videos?
Michae1 J:A lot of them I do come up with a lot of the
concepts do come up from me
Michae1 J : Afer seeing Thriller I knew I wanted to do a short
film
Michae1 J : I knew I wanted to transform myself in Thriller.
Michae1 J : I had so much fun running thru Griffith Park late at
night.
MTVixen : In 1989, MTV presented Michael with the MTV Video
Vanguard Award for
MTVixen : "Thriller - The Greatest Video in the History of the
World."
Mtvmail : What inspired you to write Beat It?
Michae1 J : Beat It is another concept I came up with.
Michae1 J : Pretty much following the lyrics.
Michae1 J : The only thing I kept pressing is I wanted real gang
members so it didn't come off saccharine.
Michae1 J : I think it came across.
Mtvmail : Pelon: What has been your proudest musical
acheivement?
Michae1 J : One of them...it's really a difficult question to
Michae1 J : answer. I'm not woman, but writing a song is like
Michae1 J : conceiving a child.
Michae1 J : Some of my favorite, "We ARe The World" is one
Michae1 J : of my favorite things I've done. It reached
Michae1 J : and touched a lot of people. I'll never forget
Michae1 J : oe day I was driving down the street in my car.
Michae1 J : My secretary said pull over and turn on your radio.
Michae1 J : Every station in the world played it at the same
time.
Michae1 J : I was so happy I had tears.
B BeIIamy : Mike, when can we see you on tour again? We miss
you. :(
Mtvmail : Farfl: When will we see more of the old style videos
with moving images?
Michae1 J : Well those type of short films are my favorite as
well cause i'ts not just a video
Michae1 J : It's a short story, a begining a middle and an end.
Michae1 J : But to do those take us up to 4, 5 6 7, months
sometimes.
Michae1 J : We are going back to that fashion of short film
Michae1 J : making, definitely.
Michae1 J : That was my original dream.
Michae1 J : My nephews are here, they wanted to sit in and
listen.
B BeIIamy : Mike, what do you think will be the next single off
this album? I like "This time around"
Mtvmail : You seem to be interested in many cultures, have you
studied the north, I live in an Eskimo village.
Mtvmail : Inupat in Alaska, life is different here. If you ever
visited here the people might inspire you
Michae1 J : Yes, I travel for inspiration. I would love to come
to Alaska someday.
Michae1 J : I've flown over Alaska, I'd love to come someday.
Michae1 J : Maybe if you extend an invitation.
B BeIIamy : Mike, you're known for your performances, what can we
look forward to for the MTV Music Video awards?
Mtvmail : Frogbelly: In your song CHILDHOOD you've never really
known the joys of youth, what is the one thing
Mtvmail : you missed the most?
Michae1 J : Probably the simple little things that kids do
Michae1 J : like having a fried over or going to the park or
Michae1 J : even trick or treat, or Christmas, or a birthday.
Michae1 J : When we were little we didn't have any of those
things.
Michae1 J : To this day, I haven't celebrated my birthday yet.
MTVixen : Did you know Michael's birthday is only 12 days
away?!
B BeIIamy : Happy Birthday Michael! ;)
Mtvmail : Diva: Michael, I love HIStory and think it's the best
yet. When are you going to release the
Mtvmail : videos as a complete set?
Michae1 J : This Christmas I think we're going to release a
complete set of the shorts in one volume.
Michae1 J : That would include "Scream" and some others.
Mtvmail : Applehead: It's one of Apple head's friends, guess
which one...hint Family Matters...what is your
favorite song on HIStory? Tell Lisa Marie and Janet I said hi
Michae1 J : My favorite song is probably "Childhood" "Earth
Song". But nice to hear from you Brighton,
Michae1 J : hope I get to see you soon. Tell all my other
relatives I said hello.
B BeIIamy : Mike, I have to tell you that "Stranger in Moscow" is
the bomb!!!
Mtvmail : Mr Potter: Do you ever wish you could play small
rooms with intimate audiences rather than mega
Mtvmail : productions?
Michae1 J : Yes,
Michae1 J : I think that is the mark of a real true performer
Michae1 J : to be able to reach any audience around the world,
any culture,
Michae1 J : not just the multitudes of people who play off each
other's energy.
Michae1 J : If you can directly relate with a small group, a
Michae1 J : kind of magic happens.
Michae1 J : I started out in thos kind of venues.
Michae1 J : This Christmas I'm doing HBO special that is intimate
like that.
Michae1 J : It will allow me a chance to do something I really
love.
Mtvmail : Samclarke: A story in the UK press claims a quickie
divorce on the way... is it true?
Michae1 J : Never believe the tabloid garbage.
Michae1 J : Dont' waste your time or money.
Michae1 J : No it's not true.
Michae1 J : If you hear it from my lips then you can believe it.
Mtvmail : What is your process fromm going from a creating a
human rhthym on your voice-box to the album version
Mtvmail : such as Tabloid Junkie
Michae1 J : The processes creating a vocal rhythm to a click
track which is a sound, a beat,
Michae1 J : is pretty much in rhythm. And you're doing these mouth
Michae1 J : sounds to that beat.
Michae1 J : These sounds can be looped according to how you
sample it in the computer again and again.
Michae1 J : This is your foundation for the entire track
,everything
Michae1 J : plays off this.
Michae1 J : It's the rhythm, like the beatbox rhythm.
Michae1 J : Every song I've written since I was very little I've
done that way. I still do it that way.
Mtvmail : Smufetty: I love you and have enjoyed your music
since icould hear and see..just one question:
Mtvmail : how can you keep going when the media makes
everything so hard?
Michae1 J : THank you for your compliment, I appreciate it.I
believe in my work, like I said, I have great
Michae1 J : confidence in my dreams.
Michae1 J : When I have a great idea I have an iron will,
Michae1 J : Even though the media creates such negative stories
they do it just to sell more papers.
Michae1 J : If you look throughout history, and I'm not trying
to put my name with the names of the past
Michae1 J : it's been pretty much the same.
Michae1 J : Ghandi, Christ and I'm not saying I'm Christ, I don't
want to hear the press saying that.
Michae1 J : Some of the worst attentions had to do with ignorance
on the part of the people because of
Michae1 J : the press. If it happened to them, it can happen to
me.
Mtvmail : DanielStein:If you could meet someone dead or alive
and talk with them for an hour who would it be and
Mtvmail : why. P.S. Rock on with your bad self!
Michae1 J : It would probably be Michelangelo
Michae1 J : because I think he is a phenomenal artist and I love
arrt
Michae1 J : I think I understand what he was trying to say and do
Michae1 J : even though he got criticized.
Michae1 J : He was a true artist to the point of true artistry.
Michae1 J : I would love to just sit down and have a talk.
Mtvmail : Tristine: Who is your best friend?
Michae1 J : My best friend...it's pretty much the same as I've
said all the time, the children of the world.
Michae1 J : They just want you for your love and nothing else,
and I love that.
Mtvmail : AllenMeg: What was it that inspired you to become
involved with helping as many children as you do? I
Mtvmail : think what you do for children is just wonderful. You
are just what they need when times are so tough
Michae1 J : WellI truly care.about children and about the future
Michae1 J : for our children. I'm a little frightened at what the
future will bring.
Michae1 J : I will do everything I can i my power to help them.
Michae1 J : When I go on tour I visit as many hospitals as I do
concert.s
Michae1 J : At my ranch at Neverland we have Make A Wish
Foundation, Dream Street, children with cancer,
Michae1 J : children with AIDS. I've always done this.
Michae1 J : I do it because I love them and I truly care.
Michae1 J : I've never been a person to say I'm gonna have my own
family and this is our group and I'm gonna be
Michae1 J : territorial/
Michae1 J : The whole world is my family,
Mtvmail : It is rumored that you're doing another book? Are you
doing another book? If so, what will it contain
Michae1 J : I wrote a book after Moonwalker called Dancing The
Dream.
Michae1 J : It wasn't full of gossip and scandal and all the
trash that
Michae1 J : people write so I don't think people paid much
Michae1 J : attentio to it.
Michae1 J : But it was a lovely book and it came from my heart.
Michae1 J : It was full of pictures and essays and things I've
Michae1 J : written down thru the years.
Michae1 J : But I'm not planning on writing another book any time
soon.
Michae1 J : if you want to hear my feelings and thoughts, it's in
"HIStory"
Michae1 J : It's a musical book.
MTVixen : "BAD" was the first album in history to generate five
#1 singles.
Mtvmail : When and how did you learn to moonwalk...I think it's
sooo coool
Michae1 J : Thank you sooo much.
Michae1 J : I've always loved illusion dancing when you can
pretty much create a step or an illusion with the
Michae1 J : body. THere's a new step that looks like you defy
gravity that I've been working on for along time.
Michae1 J : One of my favorite movers is MArce MArceau.
Michae1 J : But a lot of the steps that I do come from my herat.
Michae1 J : A lot of the steps come from the black community.
Michae1 J : From tap dancing, to the cake walk, to the Charlesto.
Michae1 J : All these dances come from the black community to go
all over the world.
MTVixen : Michael will perform at the MTV Video Music Awards
on September 7.
Mtvmail : JamesBallengy: What advice you you give someone who
is in a similar position with the press? My little
Mtvmail : sister Andre Balinge lost her Miss Virgina crown
Michae1 J : You don't pay attention to it!
Michae1 J : You become strong ,you move ahead.
Michae1 J : I think the best advice I can give is believe in your
dreams, believe in yourself.
Michae1 J : You future is ahead of you, continue to walk tall
Michae1 J : and not pay attention to stupid larva, garbage
Michae1 J : It's ignorance!
Mtvmail : MsMittens: How are you doing and why are you doing
the simulchat tonight?
Michae1 J : I'm fine, I'm doing all right.
Michae1 J : I'm doing the simulchat because I love my fans and
the real people and this is my chance
Michae1 J : to talk to you.
Michae1 J : We live in an amazing age that our forefathers
Michae1 J : only could have dreamed of.
Michae1 J : We're pioneering, and I think it's great.
Michae1 J : Hello Lisa Marie,
Michae1 J : Hello Paul McCartney
Michae1 J : I'd like to say helloto Mrs. Disney
Michae1 J : and hello to all the fans and friends in
Michae1 J : Gary Indiana
Michae1 J : I'm trying to think of a good joke to tell, but I
Michae1 J : dont' know any good jokes.
Michae1 J : To all the fans around the world, know that I
Michae1 J : love you inevery way.
Mtvmail : VanishR29: How do you feel about technology like the
internet and it's effect on society?
Michae1 J : I think it's wonderful.
Michae1 J : I think it's just growing, this is the tip fo the
iceberg.
Michae1 J : In the next year we'll see some amazing growth in
technology.
Michae1 J : I hope I'm aroud to see everything that happens with
it.
Michae1 J : If we continue to serve the world with it in a
positive way and not a negative way, I think
Michae1 J : it's wonderful.
Mtvmail : How involved are you in the other groups on your MJJ
label?
Michae1 J : I'm very much involved, not to the point of always
Michae1 J : being there, but listening to tapes, collaborating
Michae1 J : on the telephone, picking artists recommending
Michae1 J : ideas.
Michae1 J : The new 3T album which I just heard I think is
Michae1 J : going to be a big success.
Michae1 J : I do believe that.
Michae1 J : I want to say hi to Bill Bellamy in LA
Michae1 J : he's a great guy.
Michae1 J : Thank you
Michae1 J : Good night everybody.
Mtvmail : Thank you and goodnight....
Michae1 J : Talk to you soon. Bye!
MTVixen : Well, there you go, something to tell your
grandchildren.
MTVixen : You were here for the first-ever online simulchat to
be broadcast across
MTVixen : online services and on MTV.
MTVixen : So it's time to wrap. Thanks so much to Michael
Jackson for being with us here tonight for a little chunk of
HIStory.
MTVixen : See you next time in the MTV Arena.
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