Is this just another manipulation of the 21st century technology or is it Michael Jackson?

Hi guys. I came across this video posted by joy4fools on YouTube and if this has been posted before please accept my appology and ignore it
According to joy4fools, the voice of a man recorded on July 14 2009 was Michael Jackson. It does really sound like him with the accent and everything but I am still sceptical as this is the 21st century where technology can do just about anything and making up a voice to sound like him would be no exception...

It may be nothing but I would love to hear what u guys think

that really sounds like Michael

I agree with u guys and the more I listen to the voice, the more convincing it is that it is indeed Michael.. and when he says that there has to be something big happening in the music industry, and that there has to be a reform..could he have been talking about what he'd do when he comes back by any chance??

and do u guys know how and if it is easy for anyone to get access to voice altering technology (IDK what u'd call it ) - bcoz I wonder if someone who can imitate Michael in terms of his voice and accents could have used it to record this to get attention...

Is this the same guy who left voice messages on that impersonator's (peterpanpyt) phone...who claims he is British...and goes by the name of Dom? I think a lot of discussion has gone on with that...and I think it was concluded that this Dom guy is actually another voice impersonator from the UK. I personally still think it's very suspicious. He sounds so much like Michael, doesn't he?

What I also found suspicious is that this message is starting to pop out everywhere. It's been in that peterpanpyt myspace since July 14. The other day some random person posted in about every forum at MJHD claiming to be MJ and asking to spread the voice that this message was left by him and that he was alive. That's for sure someone taking the piss, but almost at the same time, the same message appears in youtube and in another page -i saw it posted somewhere, but can't remember which other page. Possibly means nothing but I thought I'd say -no stones left unturned, right?

dontmakeitfactual wrote:What I also found suspicious is that this message is starting to pop out everywhere. It's been in that peterpanpyt myspace since July 14. The other day some random person posted in about every forum at MJHD claiming to be MJ and asking to spread the voice that this message was left by him and that he was alive. That's for sure someone taking the piss, but almost at the same time, the same message appears in youtube and in another page -i saw it posted somewhere, but can't remember which other page. Possibly means nothing but I thought I'd say -no stones left unturned, right?

thank u so much for letting me know bcoz I only came across this video today and wasn't aware that somebody has been posting this on other sites I agree with u - the one who claimed to be Michael at MJHD seems to be another tosser who is looking for some attention like so many of those like him/her that have been and gone in the past.. and I guess there are so many people like this one who likes to stir things up who might have had an account on YouTube but I do think that it may not be coincidental that the same messages were posted on numerous sites at almost the exact time

mysticallymagestically wrote:Is this the same guy who left voice messages on that impersonator's (peterpanpyt) phone...who claims he is British...and goes by the name of Dom? I think a lot of discussion has gone on with that...and I think it was concluded that this Dom guy is actually another voice impersonator from the UK. I personally still think it's very suspicious. He sounds so much like Michael, doesn't he?

thank you and I agree with u in that it seems almost impossible to ever doubt that this guy was not Michael. his accent is so identical to Michael's..

Speaks EXACTLY like our Angel!!!!!

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I agree with Grace the voice is not British. The voice sounds like MJ but who can be certain without some type of voice detection of his original voice in comparison to this message he left on an answering machine? It just leaves another piece of the puzzle to be deciphered! Keep the Faith!

Lol. He does sound like Michael, almost scarily like Michael but there are tiny little things in the recording which make me think he's just a very good voice impersonator rather than Michael himself - although it would be awesome if it were MJ.

Did anyone notice the lip-smacking every other line? That is something which actually got on my nerves slightly which is what made it stand out. As far as I know Michael doesn't smack his lips every other line, and the only time I've really noticed it is in the rehearsal footage clip where he's watching the dancers and chewing gum - then he smacks his lips loudly once then goes back to chewing again.
The accent is slightly off in certain places, on the pronounciation of certain words, this struck me as a bit odd because it seems to slip in places before going back to normal.

To me this 'Donald' seems like a very good voice impersonator, is he Michael? I don't know. I know he and 'Dom' from peterpanpyt's myspace caused a lot of fuss because people swore they were Michael so it remains to be seen.

As a quick side note - for those saying that it isn't a British accent. There is no such thing as a singular British accent, it just doesn't exist. Take it from someone who is a native, our accents range from one extreme to another with everything in between.
I know I've been told many times that I speak with an 'American' accent when I speak and I've never set foot in the US, and I also know there are areas of Scotland (the posher areas of Scotland) where their accents are almost 'American' sounding it's uncanny.

To me it seems like it may be a Brit putting on an American accent because it slips in places where he hasn't quite mastered it properly, but then we have no proof or confirmation unless someone, an audio/sound engineer can analyse it.

I don't think it's Michael. Sorry guys.

There is just something "off" about it that I can't place my finger on. IDK though, I could be wrong.

I wonder what his MSN and Facebook are?!

I don't like the hedges, they are not MJ's style like those "and um" and that vocab style is just not his. I'm a discourse analyst myself but I can't place my finger on it eighter. it's just my first impression- it is not MJ. in order to know that for a fact, there must be very extensive linguistic research...

dunno_it wrote:I don't like the hedges, they are not MJ's style like those "and um" and that vocab style is just not his. I'm a discourse analyst myself but I can't place my finger on it eighter. it's just my first impression- it is not MJ. in order to know that for a fact, there must be very extensive linguistic research...

Look at his private home videos. He says "uhm" many times. It sounds really familiar to eachother

i think its the same guy from peterpan. infact its the same message. i think it does really sound like mj. and i am from the uk and nobody can tell me that is a british accent.. it is an american accent. that is no way an english accent.

he was online a few minutes ago here but left because ppl couldnt LEAVE HIM ALONE

http://tinychat.com/michaeljackson

This is what Peter posted on myspace as bulletin

Another.Part.Of.Me wrote:As a quick side note - for those saying that it isn't a British accent. There is no such thing as a singular British accent, it just doesn't exist. Take it from someone who is a native, our accents range from one extreme to another with everything in between.
I know I've been told many times that I speak with an 'American' accent when I speak and I've never set foot in the US, and I also know there are areas of Scotland (the posher areas of Scotland) where their accents are almost 'American' sounding it's uncanny.

To me it seems like it may be a Brit putting on an American accent because it slips in places where he hasn't quite mastered it properly, but then we have no proof or confirmation unless someone, an audio/sound engineer can analyse it.

Unfortunatelly, i have to disagree with you! cause I've been studying British accents throughout my academic life and I am sure this is American. native speakers are not usually aware which phonetic features are responsible for their accent. I do agree, however, that there is a wide variety of BE accents, yet they are different from American accents and definitely from this one on all levels, from phonemic (sounds) to suprasegmental (rhythm and intonation). Also there are stylistic and discourse features typical for American Accents. this guy is definitely American, perhaps living in the UK. However the O2 guy's accent seems very interesting linguistically. While generally he sounds American, he has some obvious traces of BE sounds as if he was British and trained to sound American by a phonetician. MJ does not sound like that, not at all. the o2 guy's accent gave him away too well... Hope you don't mind my disagreeing with you!

Pammy wrote:he was online a few minutes ago here but left because ppl couldnt LEAVE HIM ALONE

http://tinychat.com/michaeljackson

This is what Peter posted on myspace as bulletin

Poor guy. Why is some people so cruel.??

But how can he be 100% sure that this is not a hoax??

That's kinda scary, actually... Who's Myspace page was that from again?

It's odd, because the 1st time,

he said " Please put all rumors to rest that I AM MICHAEL JACKSON"

and then the 2nd time he said "Lay all these rumors to rest that I am Michael Jackson"

Not saying he is of course, because I do not think he sounds like MJ, but thought it was funny how he placed it twice in there incorrectly....
WHEN he should be saying "I AM NOT MICHAEL JACKSON"
LOL

dunno_it wrote:

Another.Part.Of.Me wrote:As a quick side note - for those saying that it isn't a British accent. There is no such thing as a singular British accent, it just doesn't exist. Take it from someone who is a native, our accents range from one extreme to another with everything in between.
I know I've been told many times that I speak with an 'American' accent when I speak and I've never set foot in the US, and I also know there are areas of Scotland (the posher areas of Scotland) where their accents are almost 'American' sounding it's uncanny.

To me it seems like it may be a Brit putting on an American accent because it slips in places where he hasn't quite mastered it properly, but then we have no proof or confirmation unless someone, an audio/sound engineer can analyse it.

Unfortunatelly, i have to disagree with you! cause I've been studying British accents throughout my academic life and I am sure this is American. native speakers are not usually aware which phonetic features are responsible for their accent. I do agree, however, that there is a wide variety of BE accents, yet they are different from American accents and definitely from this one on all levels, from phonemic (sounds) to suprasegmental (rhythm and intonation). Also there are stylistic and discourse features typical for American Accents. this guy is definitely American, perhaps living in the UK. However the O2 guy's accent seems very interesting linguistically. While generally he sounds American, he has some obvious traces of BE sounds as if he was British and trained to sound American by a phonetician. MJ does not sound like that, not at all. the o2 guy's accent gave him away too well... Hope you don't mind my disagreeing with you!

Hey, I don't mind you disagreeing with me lol.
I just get annoyed when people (mostly americans) use the words 'british accent' because there is no such thing. I may have not worded my original post as I would have liked in hindsight, but there is no such thing as a british accent. Our accents range as you move around the country and there really is no such thing as a single typical british accent. Heck, there are people with different accents depending on which part of London they grew up in and that is 1 city - think of it like that across the whole country.

I didn't mean 'Donald' was British, I don't know him so I couldn't say - but I do know that he is NOT Michael Jackson. He's a voice impersonator - good but not that good - because he fluffed it in many places and made some very obvious stand-out mistakes in his pronunciation which lead me to think that he most definitely is not Michael.
O2 guy has serious issues with his accent. He definitely fluffed the american accent, although I wouldn't go as far as to say his accent was 'British', there is definitely something there but I don't think it is entirely an English accent, or it may be something else altogether. There are more accents in the world than typical British or American ones and that may also be a consideration.

He says he is donald from the UK. Doesnt mean he has to have an accent just cus he says he's from there. He is an AMERICAN who lives in the UK so he says he is from the UK.

APOM who is Bristish and has a british accent can live in the USA and say she is from the USA....

It does sound very like Michael.
He's on Facebook?????????????

ishealive wrote:It does sound very like Michael.
He's on Facebook?????????????

I dunno, and this is just my opinion, definitely not fact, but I think he sounds like Michael in the way that people think Jason Malachi sounds like Michael. Close but no dice. While there is a closeness and similarity, it's not the genuine article, but thats my opinion only.

I don't think Michael would openly broadcast having a Myspace and Facebook esp not on a voice message on Myspace.

*************wail************** I'm always late and missed the video! It been taken off lol... Hmmm Now! Whyever do they wanna do that, I wonder?!?! Could it really be Michael? Days earlier.. there is the video on the underground and ambulance thing then someone mentioned about Jimmy's 'something' saying Michael is alive on his talk show... Now this video, tho I've yet to see it.. Could it be Michael is gonna make an appearence? Naw this isn't wistful thinking.. whatever some may say. Just an instinct that's all!

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Its not Michael Jackson. Heres a video of Donald showing how he changes his voice:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hQzM7atWDo

The Little White Bird wrote:Its not Michael Jackson. Heres a video of Donald showing how he changes his voice:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hQzM7atWDo

OK thanks.. for the link tho I did not get to view the video.. I mean the previous one.