Leicester Square , London , June 15, 2002
Anyway, I first let me say, I really don’t like to talk that much. I really don’t. I prefer performing than talking.
Let me just say this… The tradition of great performers… the tradition of great performers from — I really want you to know what I say! — from Sammy Davis Junior, to James Brown, to Jackie Wilson, to Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly. The story is usually the same though. These guys worked really hard at their craft, for the story ends the same. They are usually broken, torn and usually just sad, because the companies take advantage of them, they really do.
And… Sony…Sony… Being the artist that I am, at Sony I’ve generated several billion dollars for Sony, several billon. They really thought that my mind is always on music and dancing. It usually is, but they never thought that this performer — myself — would out think them.
So, we can’t let them get away with what they’re trying to do, because now I’m a free agent… I just owe Sony one more album. It’s just a box set, really, with two new songs which I’ve written ages ago. Because for every album that I record, I write — literally, I’m telling you the truth — I write at least 120 songs every album I do. So I can do the box set, just giving them any two songs.
So I’m leaving Sony, a free agent,… owning half of Sony! I own half of Sony’s Publishing. I’m leaving them, and they’re very angry at me, because I just did good business, you know.
So the way they get revenge is to try and destroy my album! But I’ve always said, you know, art — good art — never dies. …Thank you.
And Tommy Mottola is a devil!
I’m not supposed to say what I’m going to say right now, but I have let you know this. Please don’t videotape what I am going to say, ok? Turn that off please. Do it, do it, I don’t mind! Tape it!
Mariah Carey, after divorcing Tommy, came to me crying. Crying. She was crying so badly I had to hold her. She said to me, “This is an evil man, and Michael, this man follows me.” He taps her phones, and he’s very, very evil. She doesn’t trust him. He’s a horrible human being. And we have to continue our drive until he is terminated. We can’t allow him to do this to great artists, we just can’t.
I just wanted to let you know, I appreciate everything you’ve done, you’ve been amazing.
You’re so loyal! Diana, everybody, Waldo, all the people here! I love you all. You’ve been amazing, I love you!
But still, but still, I promise you, the best is yet to come!
Let me just say this… The tradition of great performers… the tradition of great performers from — I really want you to know what I say! — from Sammy Davis Junior, to James Brown, to Jackie Wilson, to Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly. The story is usually the same though. These guys worked really hard at their craft, for the story ends the same. They are usually broken, torn and usually just sad, because the companies take advantage of them, they really do.
And… Sony…Sony… Being the artist that I am, at Sony I’ve generated several billion dollars for Sony, several billon. They really thought that my mind is always on music and dancing. It usually is, but they never thought that this performer — myself — would out think them.
So, we can’t let them get away with what they’re trying to do, because now I’m a free agent… I just owe Sony one more album. It’s just a box set, really, with two new songs which I’ve written ages ago. Because for every album that I record, I write — literally, I’m telling you the truth — I write at least 120 songs every album I do. So I can do the box set, just giving them any two songs.
So I’m leaving Sony, a free agent,… owning half of Sony! I own half of Sony’s Publishing. I’m leaving them, and they’re very angry at me, because I just did good business, you know.
So the way they get revenge is to try and destroy my album! But I’ve always said, you know, art — good art — never dies. …Thank you.
And Tommy Mottola is a devil!
I’m not supposed to say what I’m going to say right now, but I have let you know this. Please don’t videotape what I am going to say, ok? Turn that off please. Do it, do it, I don’t mind! Tape it!
Mariah Carey, after divorcing Tommy, came to me crying. Crying. She was crying so badly I had to hold her. She said to me, “This is an evil man, and Michael, this man follows me.” He taps her phones, and he’s very, very evil. She doesn’t trust him. He’s a horrible human being. And we have to continue our drive until he is terminated. We can’t allow him to do this to great artists, we just can’t.
I just wanted to let you know, I appreciate everything you’ve done, you’ve been amazing.
You’re so loyal! Diana, everybody, Waldo, all the people here! I love you all. You’ve been amazing, I love you!
But still, but still, I promise you, the best is yet to come!
Killer Thriller Party in London 2002年 6月15日
MJ與歌迷走上英國倫敦街頭，抗議SONY當時的總裁 Tommy Mottola是一個種族主義者。當Tommy Mottola知道他不會與唱片公司續約時有意毀滅這張專輯。
Thousands of fans turned to demonstrate at the Sony Head offce in London to voice their anger over Sony's treatment of Michael Jackson and his Invincible album .
MJ不僅是一位極其成功的藝術家，而且還擁有白人樂壇最寶貴的遺產--披頭四樂隊全部的歌曲版權，擁有貓王的許多歌曲的版權，擁有歐美眾多著名歌手數不清的歌曲的版權，他擁有全球第二大音樂公司SONY的全部歌曲的50%的版權。
可以想像，白人，特別是白人種族主義者，對此是多麼的眼紅，妒忌，仇視。MJ還是一名善舉無數的慈善家，在全球擁有億萬計的追隨者，很多歌迷喜歡他的人格，勝過他的音樂。
MJ曾站在世界的頂點，無人能夠改變。然後，1993年案件發生了。媒體復仇般追逐著他。因為他超越了音樂的界限，做了很多被認為只該是白人藝人做的事。
MJ買了ATV/Northern版權，卻難以置信地被描述為一個偷竊了Beatles歌曲的人。但這些歌曲是擁有者是主動賣出來的，人們也再清楚不過那些歌曲是他們寫的。但卻有無數的黑人藝人創作的作品被偷竊，包括貓王Elvis Presley在內，這些黑人藝術家不但拿不到錢，連名分都拿不到。而MJ拿到BEATLES的歌曲版權，卻被媒體不斷的重複誅伐，除了是種族主義驅使，已經找不到其他詞語來描述。
所以當MJ這個最親切、態度和藹，最不會說人壞話髒話的人，公開站出來叫SONY前總裁Tommy Mottola是種族主義者的時候，我們可以知道有事發生了。而TM確實是種族主義。他只是利用黑人賺錢，最後Mottola的結果是下臺。
媒體卻把MJ描繪出一個機會主義者，說他是因為INVINCIBLE專輯銷售不好，才出來突然發現了“黑人所遭受的不公平”，媒體的普遍策略就是首先去質疑黑人藝人或少數民族藝人“為自己族人做過什麼”，好像這是一個道德義務。而白人則從不用被這個問題所質疑。
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