Reply With Quoteall I know/care is that I will be buying Elvis things until the day i die.
From a recent Billboard article-4th page:
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/...03990445.story
.....Others aren't convinced that the sales gains will be sustained through the end of the year but agree that they'll last a while. "Usually when an artist dies, the sales surge is over within two weeks, but for John Lennon and Elvis Presley sales went on for a while," says the head of purchasing at a large music account. "I would put Jackson as bigger than Lennon.".....
Notice he does not put Jackson sales at death-bigger that Elvis!
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all I know/care is that I will be buying Elvis things until the day i die.
I don't care who sells or sold more all i care about is Elvis is my own number 1
i love the early mj stuff what a tallented kid? and a sad loss to music
but as i say its what rocks your own boat what you wanna listen to not who sold more
etc that counts
Elvis = massive
M Jackson = Massive
Beatles = Massive
i like em all so can't lose could add a lot more Billy Joel , Roy Orbison, Brian Setzner for example.
Stop being so competative lie back and enjoy the music
ELVIS NO 1 (for me)
Re: Elvis to lose the # 1 spot forever...
No, I actually donīt have much money. I donīt even have a job. Actually youīre right. As long as we all know that Elvis is the best for us, thatīs all that counts. I bet in a few years Michael Jackson will be forgotten. At least the most people will forget him. And Elvis will always have fans, no matter how long heīs dead.Originally Posted by utmom2008
Obviously you have more money to spend than some of the rest of us! I'm not going to lose any sleep over this, numbers can always be juggled. I know how I feel about Elvis and that's what's important to me at the end of the day.
Neither one of them will be forgotten. Elvis will always have his fans and MJ will always have his fans. They were both great in what they were doing. It's just that we love and feel closer to Elvis and we can't be objective. I won't forget neither of them but I will always havd ELVIS in my heart...
Goodbye Rosanne...Your "family" in TCB will always remember you.
That won't happen. Elvis' catalogue is to massive compared to MJ's output. As someone said before on this forum, MJ only made appr. 10 albums. Elvis' output between 1955-1977 is far more extended. Which also is a problem hitting the # 1 spot with a big selling album. I remember Elvis' passing and as other fans I ran to the music stores to buy some Elvis records I didn't have at the moment. Hard choice, dozens off titles in the cataloque (all sold out by the way...). Reflect this to the MJ situation: Thriller/Bad and some other titles, that's all there is. So what happens: everybody buys Thriller and the total off 100 million worldwide is suddenly 110 million worldwide. Elvis sold 10-20 million records the first week after he died, but did it make him hit the # 1 spot ? No. Why ? There were TOO MANY different titles to choose from. The total number was split up between dozens off titles, no chance hitting the charts. RCA totally messed up Elvis' catalogue (we all know that) so the main audience never saw the large sales.
What I also remember from the first month after Elvis passed away (and months and months after that also): newspapers, magazines, tv programs etc: all filled with Elvis pics, news, stories. I simply couldn't keep up with buying all those items. It's a month since MJ passed away. I have 130 different TV stations available and I don't see the guy anymore. It's quiet. The hype is already weakened. Which brings me back to the first 'chapter'. His (MJ) output is to small te be shown constantly. A greatest hits show on MTV is only an hour, that's it. An Elvis greatest hits show would be a lot longer, we all know that.
The 750 million albums sales: this week I found an article somewhere on the internet that this figure comes from a claim some woman had sent to a newspaper years ago. There's no proof for that number anywhere. Check the RIAA site and you'll see the US sales. MJ being at the 18th or 19th spot. And 750 million worldwide ? Yeah, sure.... He needed 10 Thrillers for that and he didn't make them. Thriller sold a lot, Bad sold less and the other titles can almost be forgotten. How can you sell 750 million albums when your biggest seller is only 100 million ? Compared to Elvis and The Beatles, I think a number off 300-400 million is more realistic. Not even # 3 on the list....
And he won't be selling that much more: don't think even the most fanatic fan will buy Thriller again and again and again....
MJ is far overrated: ok, a best selling album off all time, ok the Moonwalk ? And what else ?
There were far more important people in the music business, some who didn't only change the music but the world: Elvis - Beatles. Two revolutions, there never was or will be a third one.
Me, too!
"talk about the good times"
Him sad of all this is what Michael Jackson no can have the duration of Elvis for what this world no endure much times more the planet earth is moribund.
I've been to Graceland and saw the walls and walls of gold records! My fear of Elvis losing to MJackson is never in my mind. I'm sure if MJ does pass Elvis, it won't last long,because every Elvis fan will unite and put Elvis where he shall always be...#1!! Artist of the Century!
i secnd that!Me, too!
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