# Michael Jackson is LOSING the Beatles catalog!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-is-losing-the-beatles-catalog/395343>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 10, 2007, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-is-losing-the-beatles-catalog/395343 "2007-03-10T02:53:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-is-losing-the-beatles-catalog/395343/21 "2007-03-11T05:23:40Z")

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[QUOTE=Martha]  
_The Girl is Mine_. _Ebony and Ivory_ was Stevie Wonder.  
I squirm at the memory of either of those.  
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Dissing Paul McCartney’s collaborative efforts?!?!? Oh, Martha, my dear. Hold your head up you silly girl - look what you’ve done!

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**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-is-losing-the-beatles-catalog/395343/22 "2007-03-11T11:06:55Z")

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Does this mean we’ll hear Beatles songs being used during tampon ads now?

_Giggle_

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-is-losing-the-beatles-catalog/395343/23 "2007-03-12T01:18:54Z")

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[QUOTE=Martha]  
_The Girl is Mine_. _Ebony and Ivory_ was Stevie Wonder.

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:smack:

Actually “Say Say Say” was the one I was thinking of.

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-is-losing-the-beatles-catalog/395343/24 "2007-03-12T01:20:22Z")

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I think by that time, Jackson was beginning to make his shift from ebony to ivory, anyway.

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-is-losing-the-beatles-catalog/395343/25 "2007-03-12T01:20:40Z")

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[QUOTE=Seven]  
Does this mean we’ll hear Beatles songs being used during tampon ads now?

_Giggle_  
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Would you use _Fixing a Hole_ or _Young Blood_?

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**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-is-losing-the-beatles-catalog/395343/26 "2007-03-14T22:02:38Z")

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[QUOTE=Sampiro]  
Would you use _Fixing a Hole_ or _Young Blood_?  
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Perhaps a brand of douche called _Strawberry Fields_?

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**Author:** ![Klytus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Klytus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klytus)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-is-losing-the-beatles-catalog/395343/27 "2007-03-15T21:56:20Z")

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[QUOTE=mobo85]  
I think by that time, Jackson was beginning to make his shift from ebony to ivory, anyway.  
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He shoots and he scores! 😃

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