So, what happened between the two? Michael Jackson ended up insulting Paul McCartney and driving a wedge between them by purchasing the rights to McCartney’s music. According to NPR, McCartney ironically turned Jackson to the idea of purchasing music catalogs, having purchased Buddy Holly’s himself. In response, Jackson told him, “One day, I’ll own your songs.”
In 1985, music company ATV decided to sell the music rights to more than 200 songs by The Beatles. Jackson decided to buy the music for himself for a steep $47.5 million. What rubbed salt in the wound was McCartney hoped to regain the music rights himself one day. McCartney said (via Ultimate Classic Rock), “I think it’s dodgy to do something like that. To be someone’s friend, and then buy the rug they’re standing on.”
According to The Indian Express, McCartney reached out to Jackson about the slight. But the King of Pop claimed that it was “just business.” McCartney claims the singer cut contact after that, and he didn’t try to reach out. “So we kind of drifted apart. It was no big bust up. We kind of drifted apart after that.”
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