OMG, why does this song make me cry now? I miss him so much. Not a day goes by that I don't think about him. My heart will forever be broken. As the years go by, it doesn't even get better.
I miss Michael so much. This you-tube clip kills me. I saw him sing this song live in the LA Forum. It was a staggering performance. Grown men around me were broken down in tears. This was not a song about a rat. It was one of the most moving vocal performances ever. It could have been opera in Italian. I could have been in Spanish. This was about one of the greatest singers that ever lived. He could move mountains. Miss you forever Michael.
how can anyone sing with so much passion? Only Michael could. He said when he was little that when he sang a song he really meant it. And he always did that.
26 years ago, I begged my mum for some extra pocket money to buy the Thriller album (my very first album). I also remember the excitement of placing the needle on that record for the first time and been blown away by his music. I must have danced for days back then. I was also very lucky to see him live at Wembley Stadium in the early nineties with his BAD concert. Thanks Michael for the good memories and your magical music. RIP from England
I LOOOOVE U MICHAEL! U R THE KING OF MUSIC PERIOD!!!! THE WORLD LOST THE BEST PERFORMER THAT EVER LIVED... I LOST A FAMILY MEMBER I NEVER GOT 2 MEET! R.I.P. BIG CUZZIN! ;...(
One of the millions of reasons why he was a King of Pop is that he always sang with all his soul. You could feel every single word yourself. Today even if the singer is good, he just ''performs'' a song.
Life is so fragile. I'm sad Michael had to leave us. An enormous superstar, brilliant talented soul, gifted in so many ways, he set the bar so high. There are very few in his league. I only wish he didn't have to suffer so much as a child.
i feel like the end of the song really correlates with his personal loneliness. no one really understood him, or tried to, until it was too late. "Ben, most people would turn you away I don't listen to a word they say They don't see you as I do I wish they would try to I'm sure they'd think again If they had a friend like Ben" From us to you, Michael. RIP.
Q triste haber perdido a este personaje...! Descansa en Paz amigo..Siempre serass el Rey del Pop! y nunca nadie prodra quitarte el puesto q ganaste con todo tu esfuerzo...! Desde Venezuela...te Exrtañeremos mucho! I Remeber the Time...!
omg he was amazing live... just sounds too perfect to not be live, but you can tell it is...! truly amazing! Wished he would have done all of his performances live! :-) so amazing!
Wow esquibelle you were luckly to see him live. I wish i had the chance I love Michael alot he was and will always be the best. I love you forever Michael and i miss you so much you are always in my heart. Rest In Peace
Dios, TREMENDO TALENTO DE HOMBRE, no me canso de escuchar esta canción, la evolución de niño a joven no mermó en absoluto su magnífica voz y su calidad interpretativa. Dudo mucho que algún artista, del pasado o por venir, pueda contar con esta cualidad de ser extraordinario cantante infantil y luego dar el salto a un joven con voz privilegiada y conservarla de adulto. WOW
He's so expressive and full of feeling in the moment, so real. That's an incredible gift to give to listeners. At 2:20 look at how he moves the microphone sinuously downwards and then moves his head to echo that movement.
Sos tan dulce Michael, tan hermoso, tan completo. Es hermoso sentirte cantar, es un bálsamo verte sonreir, es un milagro respirarte en el aire y saber que no te has ido, que bailas la luna, caminas el aire y nos tomas de la mano cuando decaemos o nos llena la calma. Imposible no amarte, hombre de luz
@esquibelle im 37 and i watched this and it made me cry..and then i read your commnent...im a bass player and i wonder if i had not got off the wall at 6 years old how my life would have turned out...to have lived long enough to recall thriller motown 25...how he shocked the world set records...im proud to be able to say i saw the history happening..it hurt to see his decline....and when he died i was in tears..i had litterally played his stuff the night before it happend..he changed my life.
you are right no training he his gifted and he his such an angel to everyone,me too MJ is my wallpaper in my computer i love staring he's picture all time
This is the Michael Jackson I love. What a gorgeous man! Wish he'd stayed like this. But it all was not his fould. Very very sad. I hope he now he can be happy. RIP.
Maybe he couldn't reach the wonderful high tones he sang when he was a kid, but I think MJ puts more passion and anger in here, wich makes the song so expresive - and it gives that MJ style from 80s and 90s :) - Greetings from Spain, and R.I.P. the King of Pop
This song makes sense for a child to sing it. He sang it best when he was a child and then Billy Gilman really made it his own in the Michael Jackson tribute concert.
@Pigroota you can say that the bad things ruined his psyche, and his childhood... but without the hardness of his father, Michael would never have escaped this much through music, and never becomed such a legend... It is sad that he needed to give up happieness, so that we can gain it from his beautiful music!...
Ur kidding! I thought the 'Ben' @ 3:12 was strong! I got excited sitting here hearing that note, and i put my arm up like he did! He sounded very comfortable with his voice range. Unmatchable!!
My mom named my brother Ben after this song, then couldn't stop laughing years later when she saw the movie and realized that she named my brother after a rat, ha ha, LOL!
OMG, why does this song make me cry now? I miss him so much. Not a day goes by that I don't think about him. My heart will forever be broken. As the years go by, it doesn't even get better.
I´m crying when I watch this Video, I hope he´s got the peace he needed. Never ever I will forget him!!!!!
I miss Michael so much.
This you-tube clip kills me.
I saw him sing this song live in the LA Forum. It was a staggering performance.
Grown men around me were broken down in tears.
This was not a song about a rat. It was one of the most moving vocal performances ever. It could have been opera in Italian. I could have been in Spanish.
This was about one of the greatest singers that ever lived.
He could move mountains.
Miss you forever Michael.
how can anyone sing with so much passion? Only Michael could. He said when he was little that when he sang a song he really meant it. And he always did that.
26 years ago, I begged my mum for some extra pocket money to buy the Thriller album (my very first album). I also remember the excitement of placing the needle on that record for the first time and been blown away by his music. I must have danced for days back then. I was also very lucky to see him live at Wembley Stadium in the early nineties with his BAD concert. Thanks Michael for the good memories and your magical music. RIP from England
Gosh..i just born by this time..:D his voice is getting mature..unique n just great..
R.I.P Michael Jackson The King of Pop & Awesome Music We'll all miss you big time Michael Jackson =,)
i feel like i lost someone in my family.
he touches a million heart all over the world.
a one and only superstar
I LOOOOVE U MICHAEL! U R THE KING OF MUSIC PERIOD!!!! THE WORLD LOST THE BEST PERFORMER THAT EVER LIVED... I LOST A FAMILY MEMBER I NEVER GOT 2 MEET! R.I.P. BIG CUZZIN! ;...(
this piece will stay my favorite of michael´s for ever!!!
R.I.P. and be happy - at last
One of the millions of reasons why he was a King of Pop is that he always sang with all his soul. You could feel every single word yourself. Today even if the singer is good, he just ''performs'' a song.
Man the more I watch this the more I see that on that night that boy song his heart out
Life is so fragile. I'm sad Michael had to leave us. An enormous superstar, brilliant talented soul, gifted in so many ways, he set the bar so high. There are very few in his league. I only wish he didn't have to suffer so much as a child.
descansa en paz MICHAEL
tu siempre estaras en el corazon de la gente
que escucha tus canciones
GRANDE MICHAELiiii
i feel like the end of the song really correlates with his personal loneliness. no one really understood him, or tried to, until it was too late. "Ben, most people would turn you away
I don't listen to a word they say
They don't see you as I do
I wish they would try to
I'm sure they'd think again
If they had a friend like Ben"
From us to you, Michael. RIP.
Q triste haber perdido a este personaje...! Descansa en Paz amigo..Siempre serass el Rey del Pop! y nunca nadie prodra quitarte el puesto q ganaste con todo tu esfuerzo...! Desde Venezuela...te Exrtañeremos mucho! I Remeber the Time...!
omg he was amazing live... just sounds too perfect to not be live, but you can tell it is...! truly amazing! Wished he would have done all of his performances live! :-) so amazing!
youre body migth be burried and evry one thinks ure dead but a legend never dies rest in peace mj;)
Wow esquibelle you were luckly to see him live. I wish i had the chance I love Michael alot he was and will always be the best. I love you forever Michael and i miss you so much you are always in my heart. Rest In Peace
I like the innocence of his sound when he was young before all the emotion got into the way...
beautiful i am sure all in heaven love it when he sings this
Michael sing's like an angel...
Tank you, Michael.
Dios, TREMENDO TALENTO DE HOMBRE, no me canso de escuchar esta canción, la evolución de niño a joven no mermó en absoluto su magnífica voz y su calidad interpretativa. Dudo mucho que algún artista, del pasado o por venir, pueda contar con esta cualidad de ser extraordinario cantante infantil y luego dar el salto a un joven con voz privilegiada y conservarla de adulto. WOW
"you got a friend in me"
we luv u MJ
great song..........great mj...........
God, he is so so so beautiful.
Michael you are really tne best singer ever...your voice always moves me. Love you
He's so expressive and full of feeling in the moment, so real. That's an incredible gift to give to listeners. At 2:20 look at how he moves the microphone sinuously downwards and then moves his head to echo that movement.
que belleza, verlo ahi en vivo,, se nota que la grabacion es amater y de un fan,, que hermoso,,
Aw its cool to hear him older and singing it
I love this video!! thank you very much!!
RIP MJ...
Sos tan dulce Michael, tan hermoso, tan completo. Es hermoso sentirte cantar, es un bálsamo verte sonreir, es un milagro respirarte en el aire y saber que no te has ido, que bailas la luna, caminas el aire y nos tomas de la mano cuando decaemos o nos llena la calma.
Imposible no amarte, hombre de luz
Wonderful Michael! I miss you.
I can't believe he's dead - he was so charismatic. His shyness was very charming.
I miss you so much, MJ
:(
Greetings from Kosova and R. I.P King of Pop
i Agree that this is the best version of Ben
Chamoneee!!
Michael had a good voice .Also i love the song Ben . i love you Michael R.I.P
@esquibelle im 37 and i watched this and it made me cry..and then i read your commnent...im a bass player and i wonder if i had not got off the wall at 6 years old how my life would have turned out...to have lived long enough to recall thriller motown 25...how he shocked the world set records...im proud to be able to say i saw the history happening..it hurt to see his decline....and when he died i was in tears..i had litterally played his stuff the night before it happend..he changed my life.
you are right no training he his gifted and he his such an angel to everyone,me too MJ is my wallpaper in my computer i love staring he's picture all time
Simply the best artist...
Michael, you're just beautiful.
ESTE VIDEO ES UN TESORO GRACIAS POR COMPARTIRLO.
What a FANTASTIC song. MJ means every word 1000% in this song. God-like.
beautiful. RIP MJ
I love this song
Miss you so much...
He sang like Whoaa! Beautiful!
Perfection!!!! Love it when he gets all sweaty...
RIP....I'll miss you:(
I will love you forever Michael!
I love you MJ!
I miss my T & T & J & A too...
This is the Michael Jackson I love. What a gorgeous man! Wish he'd stayed like this. But it all was not his fould. Very very sad. I hope he now he can be happy. RIP.
TE AMO MICHAEL !!! DEUS TE PROTEJA!!!!
AMAZING!!! TANKS FOR SHARE!!
It's a great.
R.I.P from Australia..:(
Ronnie Tutt on drums, James Burton on guitar, Elvis on backing vocals etc,, He studied the greats, admitted it, and I realise he was also a great.
beatiful
i love you MJ
This is the best version of him singing this song my opinion
Maybe he couldn't reach the wonderful high tones he sang when he was a kid, but I think MJ puts more passion and anger in here, wich makes the song so expresive - and it gives that MJ style from 80s and 90s :) -
Greetings from Spain, and R.I.P. the King of Pop
Jesus... Jesus... Jesus... Somebody fixes this... This treasure deserves it!
i think this is the best performance of BEN..
This song makes sense for a child to sing it. He sang it best when he was a child and then Billy Gilman really made it his own in the Michael Jackson tribute concert.
Vai fazer falta!!!Mas quem é rei nunca perde a majestade!!!
LOVE YOU
ESTE VIDEO ES UN TESORO Y UN HERMOSO RECUERDO DE LO LINDO QUE CANTABA MIKE EN VIVO.
Long Lives the king
very very goog. thebest Michael Jakson
he improvised it so much! i like it more when he sang it younger... but this is also nice man!!
rip still cant believe it
R.I.P...:(
The one and only
15 people don't have a friend like Ben. Hell, they don't have a friend period.
i love michael jackson so much!!!
the angel of music!!!!!!!!!
Yes, you're right!
Its Wonderfull!!! Michael Jackson was a master!! He was a handsome man!!! He was a sex young!!! He was a one!!!!
perfect :)
@Pigroota you can say that the bad things ruined his psyche, and his childhood...
but without the hardness of his father, Michael would never have escaped this much through music, and never becomed such a legend... It is sad that he needed to give up happieness, so that we can gain it from his beautiful music!...
Ur kidding! I thought the 'Ben' @ 3:12 was strong! I got excited sitting here hearing that note, and i put my arm up like he did! He sounded very comfortable with his voice range. Unmatchable!!
thanks for vid, from a MJ fan
yeah!!!!
This is my favorite performance of Ben! And it's so hard to find the full version! This is quite a gem :)
Mike still sings like that.
I LOVe MJ.
My mom named my brother Ben after this song, then couldn't stop laughing years later when she saw the movie and realized that she named my brother after a rat, ha ha, LOL!
i was born 2 years later
I love you Michael, if there was a way that you could read this than I would want you to know that I loved you!
Oi
I like!!!!!!!
agree...
cómo se puede querer tanto quién ni siquiera conociste en persona?
llorar...
Many vids are playback music, this one is very good live singing.
3:12-3:28 my fave part....ily MJ!
lucky u got 2 c him live...
BADASS
@videowizdude this was in 1981 this was probably the best they could go.
yes, but obviously this song remembered him that kind of friend
RIP