This is it?

There has been much debate on whether or not it was really Michael Jackson who gave the speech at the O2 Arena in London. We may never know for sure, but we do know that the announcement was interesting to say the least. All that was said basically was “This is it. This is really it.”, but a few phrases did catch my attention.

I was watching the announcement again, today, and reading his This Is It speech from a news article and I noticed a few things that I had not previously heard. During the announcement one of the first things he says is “These will be my final show, performances in London. This will be it. This is it. When I say this is it, it really means this is it.” He means these are his final shows, right. This was it; there will be no more after these. That is how I took it the first time. But, is that what he really says? Read it word for word. “These will be my final show, performances in London.” By adding the “in London”, it gives the sentence a whole new meaning. They aren’t his final performances anymore. They are his final performances in London. Check out the way he says it. Every word is slow and articulated, until the end when he rushes into the “in London” part.

Maybe it is just me. I could be hearing things that aren’t there. What do you think?

More will be coming from the O2 Announcement. This is where I believe the first clues were given.

Here is a good video of the announcement if you want to watch it again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-am6sHH_wUQ&feature=related

and here is the BBC article
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7925388.stm