Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” Stolen from Paul Anka

I thought it sounded familiar.  Story goes, Michael and Paul wrote a song together in the 80s called “I Never Heard.”  The demo was recorded at Anka’s studio and then taken to a Hollywood session where Michael grabbed the tapes and later used the track with his voice and changed the title to “This Is It.”
Lawyers have swarmed in, and Anka will be getting his cut.

Way before stumbling upon this pot of gold, Paul Anka wrote the lyrics to a little Sinatra song you might know called “My Way.”

Here’s my friend Paul doing it his way:

Paul’s got old world charm, smooth vocal production and music in his blood.   He’s a dedicated showman who lives music, 125 albums, 900 songs to his credit, and still on tour – out there with the people, giving it to them night after night.

If you need some new material for your next cocktail party, try using this, “What do Paul Anka and Kurt Cobain have in common?”

Here’s your answer:

I salute you Paul.  And Paul, you can pay me back for this plug by covering my bar tab this month, deal?

As for Michael, I respect the spirit of his music, stage presence, footwork. Speaking of footwork, if you look at the following clip there’s no doubt you’ll notice he has clearly been to my show, or at least sent his spies.  After all, stealing is in his history.

Michael clearly had some issues, as do most major talents including myself.  He drank the ‘Cool Aid” of celebrity… It’s tragic his hair caught on fire shooting that Pepsi commercial, and there started the heavy meds… If that hadn’t happened, I imagine things would be cosmically different.  Why weren’t the music, his voice and dancing enough?  Did he really need that Pepsi commercial and those fatal pyrotechnics?

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