Sheikhing all over...
Forget Gun and Roses Chinese Democracy ( 14 years in the making!) the album that I really want to hear is the one that Sheikh Abdulla Bin Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa allegedly paid Michael Jackson to record.
Fancying himself as a bit of a songwriter, the Sheikh's plan was to get Jacko to record his demo tapes and turn them into an album. He also said he paid for and built a recording studio for him and Jackson to make records together.
At £4.7 Million it has to be the ultimate vanity project.
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At 18:16 18th Nov 2008, Jim Frae Erskine wrote:I've also heard that apparently Wacko Jacko is making an album of song by Robert Burns as he hs a massive Burns fan. I'm not sure whether I want to hear it or not...
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At 19:07 18th Nov 2008, Glen Miller wrote:It's coming out at the same time as "Cailin Mo Ruin-sa - Paul McCartney Sings The Calum Kennedy Songbook"
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At 19:35 18th Nov 2008, Jim Frae Erskine wrote:David Guest is backing it. So doubtless it will be a sucess then...
Cue tumbleweed sound effect...
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At 19:51 18th Nov 2008, Jim Frae Erskine wrote:Glen - I presume McCartney was not thinking about Heather when he named the project... Do you know any Gaelic?
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At 19:53 18th Nov 2008, janfromrutherglen wrote:JimfraeErskine, I read that also, about Jacko doing a Burns album. The thought instills horror
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At 11:33 19th Nov 2008, AngusSkye wrote:Re glenmiller's post 2 and JFA's 4, it is perhaps not co-incidental that in Gaelic "ruinnseach" translates as a "tall vulgar woman"!
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At 11:50 19th Nov 2008, Scotch Get wrote:Bryan's post reminds me of the Saudi Prince who ran away from home to live in a Californian commune.
He became known as the Hippy Hippy Sheikh.
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At 12:28 19th Nov 2008, frodo feet vegas wrote:I would rather not hear any Michael jackson records ever again. I have views on why not but will not put them in print.
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