Diese (unter Fans) legendäre Gerichtsverhandlung von 1993, als irgendjemand Michael verklagte, er habe das Lied Dangerous (und einige andere) von ihm geklaut... Die Verhandlung dient auch als Basis für eine UNMENGE an Spekulationen über unveröffentlichte Songs von Michael.
Was folgt ist ein Ausschnitt des Interviews als Transcript.
Wenn jemand das ganze Transcript oder gar die ganze Deposition als Video hat - ich wäre euch ewig dankbar, wenn ihr es posten würdet. ![]()
Hier jedenfalls ein Ausschnitt.
Quelle: seeing voices von MJNO
ZitatAlles anzeigenA: “Do you use, is that song independently created by you?”
MJ: “All the…”
A: “Do you understand my question?”
MJ: “Absolutely...”
A: “ok...”
MJ: “… songs that I take credit for, on my albums, that say written by Michael Jackson, are written by Michael Jackson.”
A: “And Michael Jackson alone, right?”
MJ: *laugh* “Michael Jackson alone, I wouldn’t cheat anybody out of credit.”
A: “I’m not suggesting that you cheated anything out of anybody, sir.”
MJ: “I’m an honest person.”
A: “I’m just asking you a question……uh….I’m going to ask you a question…uh give you a list of uh…songs….and I’m going to ask you some questions about each one of them.”
MJ: *nodding* “ok….”
A: “Have you ever heard of a song called ‘She’s Not A Girl?”
MJ: “Yes.”
A: “Who wrote it?”
MJ: “I wrote it.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Pardon?”
A: “Was it recorded and released?”
MJ: “It was recorded but never released……………………….its uh……its…..*scratching cheek*….a demo……..” *sniff*
A: “Pardon?”
MJ: “It’s a demo that I did…..I think at the Encino house…”
A: “Do you know what year?”
MJ: “No.”
A: “How about the song called ‘You Aint Gonna Change Nothin’?”
MJ: “I wrote that.” *nodding*
A: “Was that released?”
MJ: “No.” *wiping corner of mouth with finger*
A: “How about ‘Lucy Is In Love With Linus’?”
MJ: “I wrote that.” *licking corner of mouth*
A: “Released?”
MJ: “……Never released.”
A: “’Who’s The Girl With Her Hair Down’?”
MJ: “I wrote that.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “Lonely Man?”
MJ: “I wrote that.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “Going To Rio?”
MJ: “Going where?”
A: “Going To Rio.”
MJ: “Going To Rio, I wrote that.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “Do you recall when you wrote it?”
MJ: “No, but it was…. before uh…. Thriller, before Off The Wall……”
A: “Tomboy.”
MJ: *starts bobbin’ his head to some beat, I’m assuming to the beat of ‘Tomboy’* “I wrote that.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “Know when you wrote it?”
MJ: “I wrote Tomboy for…….the Bad album…..that was after Thriller……so….I don’t know the dates.”
A: “Buffalo Bill?”
MJ: “Buffalo Bill was written after….I wrote….uh….Billie Jean….so that was written after….the Thriller album…*nodding*…yes.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released”
A: “Al Capone?”
MJ: “Al Capone was written after the Thriller album…never released…I wrote that.”
A: “Michael McCeller?”
MJ: “…………………Michael McCeller?”
A: “Yes.”
MJ: *smile*
*guy laughs*
MJ: “How do you know about Michael McCeller? *laugh* I wrote Michael McCeller…..”
A: “You wrote it?”
MJ: “Yes.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.” *laugh*
A: “Thank You For Life?”
MJ: “Thank You For Life’….I wrote that.”
A: “Do you know when?”
MJ: “’Thank You For Life’ was written………boy…….way before Off The Wall…………………..I don’t know the date but it had to be around………if I could guess…..would you like for me to guess?”
A: “No, we don’t want you to guess.”
MJ: “Well…*shrug*…I can’t say then.”
A: “Was it ever released?”
MJ: “Never released.” *sniff*
A: “Much Too Soon?”
MJ: “………….I wrote ‘Much Too Soon’.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.” *drinking water*
A: “What A Lonely Way To Go?”
MJ: “…I wrote…that one.”
A: “Do you know when?”
MJ: ……….*humming some tune*….. “Before Off The Wall.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: *sigh* *getting bored* “Never released.”
A: “Who Do You Know?”
MJ: “I wrote ‘Who Do You Know’.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: You Are A Liar?”
MJ: “I wrote…’You Are A Liar’.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “Cry?”
MJ: “I wrote ‘Cry’
”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “Make A Wish?”
MJ: …….I can’t recall that one….Just give me a minute……..I can’t recall that one.”
A: “Crack Kills?”
MJ: “ I wrote that one.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “Free?”
MJ: ….I wrote that one.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “Fly Away?”
MJ: “I wrote that one.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “Children’s Hour… *he pronounced it like are*…Would that be ‘Children’s Hour?’” *pronounces it right*
MJ: *smiles* I wrote that one.”
A: “Is that one released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “Baby Smiles?”
MJ: “I wrote that one.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “A Baby Smiles?”
MJ: “I wrote that one…same one.”
A: “Sister Sue?”
MJ: “I wrote that one.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.” *smile*
A: “Little Susie?”
MJ: “I wrote that one.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “Tragedy Of A Tee…cheerleader?”
MJ: “’Tragedy of A Cheerleader’…I wrote that one.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “Get Around?”
MJ: “I wrote that one.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “Little Girls?”
MJ: “……………………………….I can’t recall that one.”
A: “In The Valley?”
MJ: “I wrote that one.”
A: Released?”
MJ: “…..*holds a finger up* can…can you hold on a second?………..the ‘Little Girls’ I do remember. Yes, I wrote that one. Never released.”
A: “And ‘In The Valley’?”
MJ: I wrote that one.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “Red Eye?”
MJ: “I wrote that one.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “I Forgive You?”
MJ: “I wrote that one.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: *drinking water* “Never released.”
A: “Why Shy?”
MJ: “I wrote that one.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “I Have This Love Of Me?”
MJ: “……I wrote that one.”
A: “Was it released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “Llama Lola?”
MJ: “I wrote that one.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “California Grass.”
MJ: I wrote that one.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “Kentucky?”
MJ: “I wrote that one.”
A: “Do you know when you wrote that one?”
MJ: “Gosh……………..*moving head*……70 something but I don’t remember exactly.”
A: “Someone Put Your Hand Down?”
MJ: “I wrote that one.”
A: Released?”
MJ: “That was has an interesting story…. uh……..I wrote the original and then it was changed in which I *scratching lip* co- wrote it with Teddy Riley…..and it was released but….through some type of Pepsi contest….uh…a limited edition of it was released.”
A: “Do you know what year that was?”
MJ: “……..Think it was last year, wasn’t it ? *turns to someone beside him*….I think.”
A: “…..K….’Do You Know Where Your Children Are’?”
MJ: “I wrote that one.”
A: “Was that released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “Bad Girl?”
MJ: “I wrote that one.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “Lonely Bird?”
MJ: “I wrote that one.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “Smooth Criminal?”
MJ: “I wrote that one.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Yes.”
A: “What album?”
MJ: “The Bad album.”
A: “’PYT’, the original version?”
MJ: *laughs* “I wrote that one with uh Greg Philliganes.”
A: “Do you know what year that was?”
MJ: “No.” *moves his hair*
A: “Cheater?”
MJ: *bobbing head* “I wrote that one……I wrote that one….*points* I co-wrote that one.” *drinking water*
A: “Was it released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “People Have To Make Some Kind Of Joke?”
MJ: “I wrote that one.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “Was that co-written?”
MJ: “I don’t think so. *pointing* I’m not positive. It could have been…..co-written with my brother but I’m not positive. I think I wrote that one myself.”
A: “Love Never Felt So Good?”
MJ: “…..I wrote that.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “Did you have a co-writer?”
MJ: “……..Give me a minute to think. *pointing* ……………………………..I’m not positive on that. There could have been a co-writer on that.”
A: “Would it have been Paul Lankin?”
MJ: “Could have been, yes.”
A: “Alright Now?”
MJ: “I wrote that.”
A: “Solely or co-written?”
MJ: “…………….I think I wrote that with my brother.”
A: “Was it ever released?”
MJ: “No”
A: “Scared Of The Moon?”
MJ: “……Yes.”
A: “Scared Of The Moon?”
MJ: “Uh…never been released…co-written.”
A: “With Buzz Cohen?”
MJ: “Yes.”
A: “Neverland’s Landing?”
MJ: “Co-written.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “We Are The Ones?”
MJ: “…I wrote that one.”
A: “Co-written or written solely?”
MJ: “Solely.” *scratches back of head*
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “What Was Your Life?”
MJ: “…’What’s Your Life’?….*scratching back of head* It’s called ‘What’s Your Life’.”
A: “Ok.”
MJ: “………..I wrote that with my brother Jermaine.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “Fantasy?”
MJ: “……*scratching cheek*.. co-written with my brother.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “The Sky Is The Limit?”
MJ: “…..Co-written.”
A: “With whom?”
MJ: “My brother.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “Saved By The Bell?”
MJ: “Co-written with my brother.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “Chicago 1945?”
MJ: “Co-written.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “Make Or Break?”
MJ: “Co-written.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “Turning Me Off?”
MJ: “I wrote that uh….co-written.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “Sunset Driver?”
MJ: “Co-written.”
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “Far Far Away?”
MJ: “I wrote that…” *scratching lip*
A: “Released?”
MJ: “Never released.”
A: “Did you have a co-writer on that one?”
MJ: “Not that I can remember.”
A: “State Of Shock?”
MJ: “Released…co-written.”
A: “Get On The Floor?”
MJ: “Released…co-written” *sniffs* *smiles at someone*
A: “Let me ask you about .’PYT’…well, before I ask you that, of these songs that I’ve just asked you about that have never been released…do you recall…when…how far back they go in terms of time, when you wrote them?”
MJ: “Some of them.”
A: “What would you say is the furthest one that goes…the one that goes back the furthest?”
MJ: “Thank You For Life.”
A: “What year?”