Michael Jackson interview Easter Sunday morning!!

Here is some more information regarding the up and coming interview with, Michael. There is also a list included within the article of all the radio stations which will broadcast the interview :)

March 25, 2005 10:39 AM US Eastern Timezone

``King of Pop'' Michael Jackson Grants Exclusive Interview to the Reverend Jesse Jackson; Interview to Be Broadcast Live on Easter Sunday Starting at 8 a.m. Eastern


CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 2005--On Easter Sunday, the Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., will conduct a live interview with the "King of Pop" Michael Jackson on "Keep Hope Aliveâ„¢ with Reverend Jesse Jackson", the nationally syndicated radio talk show originating from Chicago's WGRB-AM 1390.


This compelling conversation -- beginning at 8 a.m. eastern -- will be heard on the 28 radio affiliates carrying the weekly talk show (see list below) and will be Webcast at www.KeepHopeAliveRadio.com.

The Rev. Jackson will discuss Michael Jackson's journey from "Gary to Greatness" and grant the "King of Pop" the opportunity to share the story of his life -- as only he can tell it.

Radio stations broadcasting "Keep Hope Aliveâ„¢ with Reverend Jesse Jackson" include:


WGRB-AM 1390, Chicago WAVZ-AM 1300, New Haven, CT
WWPR-FM 105.1, New York WCKY-AM 1530, Cincinnati
WDAS-FM 105.3, Philadelphia WTPG-AM 1230, Columbus, OH
KMEL-FM 106.1, San Francisco KSJL-AM 810, San Antonio, TX
WWRC-AM 1260, Washington DC WKUS-FM 105.3, Nofolk-Va. Beach-Newport
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WMXD-FM 92.3, Detroit KRMP-AM 1140, Oklahoma City
WXDX-AM 1310, Detroit KGTO-AM 1050, Tulsa
KPRC-AM 950, Houston-Galveston WOWE-FM 98.9, Flint, MI
WBTP-FM 95.7, Tampa-St. WPHR-FM 106.9, Syracuse, NY
Petersburg-Clearwater
WINZ-AM 940, Miami-Ft. WXXM-FM 92.1, Madison, WI
Lauderdale-Hollywood
KKZN-AM 760, Denver-Boulder WJNI-FM 106.3, Charleston, SC
KATZ-AM 1600, St. Louis KKRX-AM 1050, Lawton, OK
KPOJ-AM 620, Portland, OR WJIZ-FM 96.3, Albany, GA
KLSD-AM 1360, San Diego WWVA-AM 1170, Wheeling WV


"Keep Hope Aliveâ„¢ with Rev. Jesse Jackson" debuted April 4, 2004, exclusively on the Clear Channel Radio network, originating from Chicago's WGRB-AM. The live call-in show airs every Sunday from 8 to 9 a.m. eastern time and has hosted such luminaries as Democratic National Committee Chairman, former Vermont Governor Howard Dean; former Democratic Presidential nominee, Senator John Kerry; U.S. Congresspersons John Conyers (D-MI), Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-Il), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Charles Rangel (D-NY); Dr. Bill Cosby; best-selling authors, Arianna Huffington, Mark Crispin Miller, and Greg Palast; MSNBC commentator and NATION Editor-in-Chief, Kristina van den Heuvel; nationally-renowned academics Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Dr. Ronald Walters, Dr. Michele Goodwin, Harvard Law School Professor Charles Ogletree; ESPN's Greg Anthony and ABC/Chicago's Jim Rose; former White House Press Secretary Joe Lockhart; SISTER TO SISTER magazine Founder and Editor, Jamie Foster Brown; and the NCAA's Wally Renfro

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For all those who live outside the US, here is a time zone convertor so you can reasure yourself that you can tune in at the right time.

I can't wait untill this afternoon. Hearing, Michael will be amazing and because he is directing the interview at easter will make it even more magical... :tooexcite
 

-MyAngelMJ-

New member
I am just listening to it. I am in Alaska and the it starts here at 4 AM. I stayed up all night for this. The program just started.. Ccan't wait to listen to Michael
- Keerthi
 

dangerous

New member
it was sooooo nice to hear his voice. I loved the cun-certs, and gi-tar. lmao. It was soo cute when he said he used to dance to the beat of the washing mahcine. :lol:
 

Annieruok7

New member
Started at 7am here...
Damn I am so sleepy, but I taped it, and MJ sounded really good...
I'm all worried and he's cool so far, and really careful

What a sweetie pie!
God Bless you Michael
We all love you!

Annie
 

truthtotell

New member
Michael talks about conspiracies, but didn't/couldn't go into specifics! Boy, THAT sounds really interesting!!!

Disappointed he blames some of his legal problems on his blackness. He implied he had been persecuted like other great blacks. Thank god he didn't name O.J. or Kobe Bryant!

I'm white and I don't believe this for a minute. He's been mocked and persecuted because he's "different" - period!
 

truthtotell

New member
Michael talked about coughing up blood!!!

He's still in a LOT of pain!

I'm really worried about him!!


Please God, help Michael!


:crystalball:
 

classicaldj

New member
SUM UP!

His father driving a station wagon with a U-Haul

a warm-up act for EXPO; became a hot act and EXPO wasn't the same again

Jessie was wonderful to the Jackson family

Victory Tour; MJ was full grown; they all had prayer together in Kansas City; Thriller had won more Grammys in the history of music; very hard to do anything; press sleeping in your bushes, hiding in your trees; world was really going wild at that time; Dodger's Stadium eight sold out shows; all his dreams came true

Jessie: Life isn't a straight line; your either in a storm or going into a storm; test what you are really made of;

The lowest point that's he's going through is right now what he's going through, the pain, he knows in his heart that he's innocent

He's handling it by using ppl that has had to handle it in the past. He's talking to Mandela. Watching some documentary on PBS. All these stories gives him strength. He came at the tail of the civil rights movement. He's a 70's child.

How does his spirit handle seeing the accusers come in to court. He believes in Jehovah God, he's a warrior, he's still a human being, he prays alot.

MJ broke= Michael said that he's not broke. One of the their many schemes to embarrass him and drag him through the mud.

Sony catalogue= Beatles music, Little Richards, Sly and the Family, so many Elvis song, alot of conspiracy going on about it as we speak!

He was coming out of the shower, and he fell. He's very fragile, he bruised his lung very badly, still in very much pain; going to court everday in alot of pain. The doctor said that it can be very dangerous. He's spitting out blood. There is no faking of this at all. There was a scan done. It's bright, bright red, a huge gash over his forehead. They're treating it, he has medicine for it.

MJ cried at court----he was in pain, he was sitting there hurting; he could do nothing but sit there and cry because the pain was so great; had nothing to do with what was going inside the court but personal pain.

what do you want ppl to know??? To be strong for him, pray for him, his children and his family, don't believe what they here, just because it's throught print doesn't it make it as gospel, feeding frenzy because of his celebrity. They turn this into money, biggest rating, celebrity is something that he has to go through; he'll be vindicated, he believes in God.

Appearance with children----will there be anything that he'll do different. There is alot of conspiracy going on...is conspiracy connected to the trial, the catalogue, etc. MJ said it's very delicate and he can't talk about it, he's under gag order.

Expect next from MJ: he's a person of the arts, he loves the arts very much, he's a musician, a writer, a composer, a producer. He loves arts very much.

He knows who he is inside and outside. He'll continue to go on with his dreams in life.

Dreams now= film, great plans for Africa, ppl flying out to see him since he's been going on with now

Next immediate project= Tsunami song

Planning a resort in Africa, hotels, etc.

He loves Africa, him and his children will fly there; he spends alot of his vacation there and his money

They never show the beaches, the urban, the beautifulness of Africa.

The world is jealous of Africa. alot of the Bible took place in Africa; Egypt is Africa;

His final message is that he loves all his fans; he's completely, completely innocent; it's about CONSPIRACY!
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Here is another summary

Summary (not verbatim, note from note, word from word)

Jesse asked if he remembered when they first met at Jessie's office

MJ said they were wearing bellbottoms

His mom made the clothes

MJ said that Jessie had a big afro at the time! Jessie said "don't remind them"

Talking about the shows they did when they were little

MJ fave artists: Diana Ross, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, Sammy Davis Jr.

Moves from Jackie Wilson and all these great entertainers

Susanne dePasse was the manager at the time and godmother to the J5; very instrumental in their careers; still a friend; haven't seen her in awhle though

MJ around 8-9 greatest memory was his father and his band coming around and playing music; dancing around to the beat of the washing machine; the beats of a marching band

All these great artists were friends of his; and he got to see all these artists from the wings; they were show stoppers

to always thank God for your talents and ability; always humbled for what was given up above

stopped going to school formerly when he was very young; 4th or 5th grade; was tutored the rest of his life; 3 hours of schooling, concerts, traveling, recording the next J5 then a Michael Jackson album; always busy; talking about looking outside at the park across the street and wishing he could go over there and play; working hard all the time

Didn't have a childhood; try to compensate for the loss, later on trying to catch up. that's why you see a theme park; he has Neverland for the ill children and disadvantaged children that can come and enjoy it.

Did Tito and Jermaine give him some experience of childhood by being the little brother. MJ talks about that they had some fun, but it was always work, and fans everywhere

Jackie and Tito won the pillow fights.

Greatest influence to write music: the Factory, Hollier, DeHolland---they're amazing, love the Beatles music, show tunes music, love melody, Irish, English, African music, melodies. Africa music was the beginning

Never studied dancing; came natural, couldn't tie him down; if someone plays music, he automatically starts dancing to the beat; talking about Fred Astaire; FA said that he'll be a very special star;

Moonwalk came from black children in the ghettos. He said he can't take the credit for it.

He watched the Soul Train. He waited for the dancing line. He was mesmerized by studying the rythms

He's never been a great eater, great admirer of food, thanks God for giving man the gift of food. Said his parents has always had a problem with him with his weight. He said his health is perfect, that he's not starving. He has God's medicince, instead of man's chemicals.

Greatest highpoints--- 80's Off The Wall, important point because he got to write his own music, talking about QUincy; setting mental goals as an artist; wasn't happy how OTW was accepted. OTW=10 million; he set his heart on making Thriller to be better; he said he would see graffitti on the walls in Encino that "Disco sucks, disco that" He said that disco just wanted ppl to dance

Thriller is the biggest selling album of this time. It's a pinnacle

Pull celebrities together to create We Are The World. Q called and asked him to write a song about what was going on in Africa at the time. Q said let Lionel Richie to help him. Lionel would come over and help him. Lionel and MJ been friends with years. MJ wasn't happy with what they all did, so he went in the studio by himself to recreate it.

Break....


back on....

His father driving a station wagon with a U-Haul

a warm-up act for EXPO; became a hot act and EXPO wasn't the same again

Jessie was wonderful to the Jackson family

Victory Tour; MJ was full grown; they all had prayer together in Kansas City; Thriller had won more Grammys in the history of music; very hard to do anything; press sleeping in your bushes, hiding in your trees; world was really going wild at that time; Dodger's Stadium eight sold out shows; all his dreams came true

Jessie: Life isn't a straight line; your either in a storm or going into a storm; test what you are really made of;

The lowest point that's he's going through is right now what he's going through, the pain, he knows in his heart that he's innocent

He's handling it by using ppl that has had to handle it in the past. He's talking to Mandela. Watching some documentary on PBS. All these stories gives him strength. He came at the tail of the civil rights movement. He's a 70's child.

How does his spirit handle seeing the accusers come in to court. He believes in Jehovah God, he's a warrior, he's still a human being, he prays alot.

MJ broke= Michael said that he's not broke. One of the their many schemes to embarrass him and drag him through the mud.

Sony catalogue= Beatles music, Little Richards, Sly and the Family, so many Elvis song, alot of conspiracy going on about it as we speak!

He was coming out of the shower, and he fell. He's very fragile, he bruised his lung very badly, still in very much pain; going to court everday in alot of pain. The doctor said that it can be very dangerous. He's spitting out blood. There is no faking of this at all. There was a scan done. It's bright, bright red, a huge gash over his forehead. They're treating it, he has medicine for it.

MJ cried at court----he was in pain, he was sitting there hurting; he could do nothing but sit there and cry because the pain was so great; had nothing to do with what was going inside the court but personal pain.

what do you want ppl to know??? To be strong for him, pray for him, his children and his family, don't believe what they here, just because it's throught print doesn't it make it as gospel, feeding frenzy because of his celebrity. They turn this into money, biggest rating, celebrity is something that he has to go through; he'll be vindicated, he believes in God.

Appearance with children----will there be anything that he'll do different. There is alot of conspiracy going on...is conspiracy connected to the trial, the catalogue, etc. MJ said it's very delicate and he can't talk about it, he's under gag order.

Expect next from MJ: he's a person of the arts, he loves the arts very much, he's a musician, a writer, a composer, a producer. He loves arts very much.

He knows who he is inside and outside. He'll continue to go on with his dreams in life.

Dreams now= film, great plans for Africa, ppl flying out to see him since he's been going on with now

Next immediate project= Tsunami song

Planning a resort in Africa, hotels, etc.

He loves Africa, him and his children will fly there; he spends alot of his vacation there and his money

They never show the beaches, the urban, the beautifulness of Africa.

The world is jealous of Africa. alot of the Bible took place in Africa; Egypt is Africa;

His final message is that he loves all his fans; he's completely, completely innocent; it's about CONSPIRACY!
***************
 
For those who missed the interview I will give you a breif account of the main topics discussed.

Michael was really enthusiastic about the various issue's and aspects of his life. Michael came across as very strong and in control of the situation he is currently faced with.

The first half of the interview was a breif account of the many enduring reflection's of his past. He talked about some of the many performers who inspired him through their dance, charisma and their abilty to write dynamic songs.

He discussed his absence of childhood during the time of the Jackson 5 and but only now he is trying to compensate for the loss of his youth by creating neverland. He also emphasized that neverland wasn't originated for only his own pesonal use but was a creation where disadvantaged children from inner cities could excape their everyday life and enjoy the landscape of the countyside, and the ammenities which were purposely built for the enjoyment of children.

He talked about how some of his bother gave him some experience of childhood by having pillow fights :laugh (Jackie and Tito always won).

Rev Jess Jackson asked him about the development of his dancing skills. Michael explained that it came natural and that when music was played he would automatically begin to dance. He said that he would love to take credit for the moonwalk but it originally came from black children in the ghetto's, he said that they have incredible rythm.

Michael also talked breifly about his eating habits as Rev Jess Jackson asked about his continuous ability to stay slim. Michael explained that he is heathly and is eating efficiently with the appropriate quantities.

Leading up to the break, Michael discussed the creation of we are the world and it's aim to help the sick and deprieved in Africa.

Second half will be posted shortly.. :)
 
Oh.. I never realised that other members posted their account of the interview. Sorry. I quess I won't have to bother writing the concluding part of my account.
 
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