2010 Grammys—Part 2

I realized not too long ago that when I previously talked about the Grammys, I left out the most important part, the children’s speeches. Let’s start with Prince’s speech first.

Prince:
“Thank you, thank you. We are proud to be here to accept this award on behalf of our father, Michael Jackson. First of all we would like to thank God for watching over us for the past 7 months and our Grandma and Grandpa for their love and support. We would also...We would also like to thank your fan...the fans. Our father loved you so much, because you were always there for him. Our father was always concerned about the planet and humanity. Through all his hard work and dedication, he has helped through many charities and donated to all of them. We would also like t...Through all his songs, his message was simple: love. We will continue to spread his message and help the world. Thank you. We love you, Daddy.”

Notice he says “We would also like to thank your fans”, before he quickly tries to correct it. Did he practice this speech talking to his father? That would be the only way he would accidently say your instead of the. If he had practiced with other family members, he would not have practiced with the word your, because he wasn’t thanking their fans he was thanking his father’s.

Paris:
“Dad...Daddy was supposed to be here... Daddy was gonna perform this year, but he couldn’t perform last year. Thank you, we love you, Daddy.”

Now some people take that to mean that Michael was going to end the hoax at the Grammys by performing, but was somehow unable to make it. I don’t believe that, but what I find extremely interesting is that the Grammys took place on January 31, but Michael Jackson had a concert planned for January 29 as well as February 1. Hypothetically, let’s say he tried to make the flight to LA and back in between his concert schedule. That would mean he would leave London on January 30th probably. He would then perform at the Grammys. I would assume that he would perform during the part that was televised live. This was from 5-8:30pm LA time. Let’s just say he opened it at 5 PM, and then left the Staple Center and drove to LAX. This would take approximately 30 minutes. Then, he immediately got on the plane and headed for London. Flight time is 11 hours 30 minutes. He would arrive in London at 5 AM Los Angeles time which would be 1 PM London time. It takes about an hour without traffic to drive from either Gatwick Airport or Heathrow Airport to the O2, so he would arrive at the arena at approximately 2 PM London time if everything goes perfectly. I don’t know when the concert was set to start, but it still is cutting it kind of close to me. Even if he tried, I would think that he would be exhausted from jet lag and the long flights.































(Pictures of drive time)

If anyone knows when the concert was supposed to start on February 1, 2010, I would love to know.

2010 Grammys

Last night I watched the Grammys, and probably like most of you, I caught the fact that Michael Jackson was not mentioned along with the stars that passed away in 2009. Diana Jean did a great job summing this up in her blog, so there is no use for me to do the same. Here is her blog:
http://dianajeann.blogspot.com/2010/02/michael-was-not-in-in-memoriam-segment.html

Something else I noticed during the Grammys though was that the lyrics to Earth Song did not exactly match to the original. I’m not saying that it was meant to be a clue or that it ties into the hoax. I don’t really think so. Celebrities are human just like us. They make mistakes too. But I just wanted to point it out since I know that someone else is going to later, and they are going to make a big deal about something so minor.

Original Lyrics:
I used to dream
I used to glance beyond the stars
Now I don't know where we are
Although I know we've drifted far

Smokey Robinson:
I used to dream
I used to glance among the stars
Now I don’t know where we are
All I know is we’ve drifted far


Original Lyrics:
Can't you hear them cry
(What about us)
Where did we go wrong
(ooo, ooo)

Jennifer Hudson:
Can’t you hear them cry
(What about us)
What is wrong with us.
(ooo, ooo)

Each difference is very minor, so minor that it doesn’t even change the meaning of the song. They probably just messed up the lyrics. They are on stage in front of thousands of people so of course they are going to get nervous and mess up.

I have also heard people comparing other performances to Michael Jackson and This Is It. Now, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but let’s be realistic, not everything has to do with a hoax or Michael Jackson. It is a coincidence that the themes are similar or that the names are the same, not everything is meant to be a clue. I agree that the first thing I thought when I saw Beyoncé and her backup dancers was “They don’t really care about us”, but I didn’t seriously believe that we were supposed to make a connection, it just happened to be the first that popped into my head. On the reverse, say we were supposed to make the connection, what do you think the people at the Grammys said to Beyoncé, “You can’t perform unless your dancers look like Michael Jackson’s soldiers”? It just seems a little far-fetched to me.

The only thing I really and truly thought was strange was the fact that he was not mentioned with the others that passed on. That’s twice now if you count the fact that he is not mentioned on TMZ’s website.

Believe what you want to. Maybe the lyrics contain a hidden meaning, and maybe Beyoncé is giving us clues along with P!nk and other artists, but I seriously doubt it.