First Time Seeing Michael Jackson Moonwalk Live
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When he said “it’s like he’s gliding on ice”...who got excited knowing what they were about to witness!!! 👍🏽
I remember seeing this performance on TV. We used to try the moonwalk in the shower after swim team practice.
🤘🤘 TRUTH!!!🤘🤘
Lol!!!
Yah I actually said “just press play yoooooooo”
I remember being 11-12 years old and waiting to see this!!!!!! It was freakin amazing!!
Dude…Michael Jackson practiced like crazy, he wanted everything to be perfect. He was super talented, but couple that with all the work he put in is why he is what he is.
agree. he put in a lot of work to become great. its not just talent. anyone that wants to be great at what they do MUST work hard for it...
He gave a whole new meaning of the word "perfectionist"!
I always wished he'd incorporated more of his tap skills into his is performances, but the man had TALENT and he put the work in. He earned it all.
Yes he practiced many hours a day. He was a perfectionist and his dancing proved that.
Saw this live on television in the ‘80’s. It is still one of the greatest performances I’ve ever scene! We all talked about it in school. MJ went to another level after this performance.
Yes! I was in the 7th grade when we saw this. You are right.. the next day at school, this was all we talked about all day,
Same! If I had to describe the reaction to this performance to today’s generation, I would say it was the equivalent of a “break the internet” moment.
Everybody was talking about this for the next few days. I was lucky enough to record it on my VCR. I learned how to do the 'walk' by watching over and over again. Yes, I can still do it.
I still remember watching this on tv in my mom’s kitchen…no option to rewind to see it again! It was all over the news the next day
Yes! Everyone was talking about it for days at school, we were all trying to figure out how to do the moonwalk for weeks afterward. All us cousins at the weekend family gatherings practicing how to do the moonwalk
The day after this performance aired the entire world was talking about. It can't really be over emphasized how much this impacted everyone no matter what you normally were into and all the moves you see now grew out of this. It was an amazing thing to have watched live.
I remember that.
@@aprilcitygirltocountrywife7440 Yes!! 13 yr old me, sitting on the living room floor, watching the Motown 25th Anniversary special with my parents, me bebopping along to all the tunes. And then THIS happened. I will never, ever forget what it was like to watch this performance live and to see what looked to be....magic? Special effects? What? We didn't know but it was AMAZING, and like others have mentioned, it was the only thing that the entire country was talking about the next day. Remember, at that time there were only 3 major TV networks and PBS here in the US, and MJ's performance was one of the main news stories for at least the next week after the show aired.
I remember watching it live. There was no way to pause or rewind like today. When he moonwalked, we were all like "what did I just see?!?!". We weren't sure what the hell we'd actually seen until he did it again! It was legitimately thrilling.
You guys don't EVEN know how huge this was. I was 13 years old. We ALL watched this when it aired, and the next day and for weeks, months, we all were trying to learn how to moonwalk. ICONIC. Sweet memories.
Fact! We were all trying to figure out how he did this. Every kid in America at least!
Yes! I was 12 and I remember it like it was yesterday! Omg! This was HUGE back then. The Jacksons reunited and MIchael singing Billie Jean for the first time LIVE just awesome!
Yep...everyone trying to get their feet to snap just right. It was an awesome time to be growing up.
In 8th grade at least 20% of boys started wearing one glove.
@@kathies989 not only américain’s kids. In France too 😂
Michael would just casually introduce some of the most iconic dance moves of all time, and then just move on like he didn’t blow everyone’s mind.
Actually, Jeffrey Daniel introduced ''The Backslide''... ua-cam.com/video/iG2YB9pp484/v-deo.html
Right!! The smoothest dude of all time..
@@MrKarat65 Absolutely a must watch...!!!!
ua-cam.com/video/sorYvJHI-Yo/v-deo.html
@@kennyphillips6281 Yes it is... gotta teach the youngins.
I just turned 50 and I remember watching this live in middle school. You could almost hear all the jaws dropping across the country. There will never be another like him!
I'm 59 years old, I watched this spectacle live, imagine how much WE were blown away.
Oh guys, he rehearsed relentlessly and was a perfectionist and that made his talent shine more than anyone else could ever do
I was thinking the same thing about his endless rehearsals looking for perfection. I was as close as I could get to our TV that night. I always heard that he wasn't happy with the performance because he wanted to nail that tippy toe stand longer than he did. It could be just rumor.Beyond iconic!
Yes the young people need to know the incredible work ethic he had... OLD SCHOOL!!
Truth!
Yep, he didn't just randomly decide to do that. He planned it and practiced for hours.
Just watch “The Making of Thriller”, a feature that came with the Thriller video… I always thought he “just made it up as he went along”, but boy, was I wrong.
He rehearsed over and over, and could do the same exact move time after time. Truly an incredible dancer, but more than that a hard-working and professional performer.
You could tell he worked great with the professional dancers who worked on his videos. To me, that’s the most impressive part of his skill: he made it look totally improvised, while being completely repeatable. Brilliant.
We were all mesmerized. Yet he cried afterward because he felt he could’ve done better. Yet years later he got a whole different generation jumping out of their seat on UA-cam. THE GREATEST EVER.
It pains me so many who are talented are so hard on themselves plus I think this was due the abuse he got from his Father in the past
He was upset because at the end when he stood on his toes, he was unable to stay there long enough. He always thought he could have done it better
@@catherinesvbialosh7260 his dad was sooooooo hard on them, so in turn he was hard on himself
He was the GOAT! No one comes close! Legend!! RIP
Yes he did cry. Said so in an interview himself. He wanted to stay on his toes for 5 seconds. It wasn't until the next day, I believe it was Fred Astaire called him about his performance. Only then did he realize that it wasn't as bad as he thought and maybe he did to okay. Heartbreaking really, as was most of his life even as wonderful as we all thought he was. He was so focused on one little thing that didn't go as perfect as he wanted, but whole world was blown away.
Michael was a huge star before this performance. Since he was 8. After this performance. He was the biggest star the world had even seen. You can not explain how big he was. You had to live it. He truly changed everything in music, videos, concerts. Entertainment.
This was news headlines around the world. Still one of the most iconic moments in television history
This performance shot Michael into a new stratosphere of stardom. Most amazing performance, unforgettable!
That's when they knew money could be made and the rest it history
I remember watching that! And it was the performance that took him to the NEXT level! It NEVER gets old!
Fact.
He was just the kid from Jackson 5 trying it out on his own before that.
This made them the old timer brothers of Michael Jackson.
@@bradrichards8122 not really. His previous album Off The Wall won him at least a couple of Grammys. Thriller shot him to join Elvis and The Beatles as top tier icons but still highly popular as a solo artist before Thriller.
Yes. We had the Beatles and Elvis and then came Michael Jackson.
I remember watching this live. Hard to believe this was 39 years ago. The best live performance I have ever seen. It changed the world. It was the world before Michael Jackson Motown 25, and the world after Michael Jackson Motown 25.
Wow that’s literally my age! 🤣
Me too! As the Twins said, iconic!
I remember that day!! "What is that?". Rotflmao!!! Such young ',uns!!
I remember watching this live on TV as well - He was a great entertainer... but calling this a live performance isn't really completely right since it was lip synced, as were most of his live shows. He was a master in the studio and a master performer on stage - but he rarely sang live.
He is lip syncing here though. He has better performances were he does all this, but sings live
Michael Jackson was a genius; he was a complete entertainment package; he never disappoints
grew up in the 80's and was a huge MJ fan. Parents planned a trip the same week MJ was performing at Honolulu stadium in the early 90's. I didn't know but they secretly got me and my brother tickets. It was awesome seeing him live.
You had great parents!
Are any of your friends' parents cooler than yours? - Probably not - 😎
That is awesome, I too was a huge MJ fan (who wasnt in the 80s lol) 1984 my parents took my sister and I to see MJ and the Jackson 5 on the Victory tour in Toronto @ the CNE. Ill never forget that night even though i was only 6 yrs old lol Thriller released in 1982 and was still running the billboard charts in 1984.
@@digismoke you are very lucky to have been there
Jelly Sons! 🥺💚
MJ was a once in an eternity performer. Never was one like him before he was born or after he died. There will never be another. Not only did he turn the music world upside down, he also got fashion going too.
Music in general has peaked. We've seen the best the ones that come after will struggle to reach the level of our generation
@@PHILPOP2 If Humanity ever reaches another peak in music, it probably won't be recognizable to us - maybe a few people will appreciate it, just like most of us can't appreciate classical music. Classical hits were popular enough to stick around, but most people including myself hardly vibe to it
Basically what I'm saying is that them people in Europe saw that as the peak, and its legacy stuck around even when people stopped trying to imitate it. We won't be around to see anything that comes close to being as popular as MJ, or any other truly historic peak
Yes. I always found it strange that he, Prince and Madonna were born the same year....all waiting to entertain the world.
@@Bibiznatch not strange, meant 2 be
The legendary Michael Jackson. Still hard to believe he’s gone but yet he lives on. RIP ❤️
Forever the greatest. Imitated but never duplicated 🙏🏻🕊
🥲
Yeah good riddance to the pedophile
@@kokeloke7397 no smoke IMO
@@kokeloke7397 good riddance to investigative journalism is more like it. Those accusations are such BS.
It was like magic, seeing MJ's moonwalk for the first time... we knew we had witnessed history!
everyone wanna say how fantastic he was on his dance moves but I like to throw how how good an kindhearted person he was to the fans/people in general and the kids he helped
I remember watching this live!!! BEFORE THIS, NOBODY HAD EVER SEEN THE MOONWALK!!! WE WERE TOTALLY AMAZED!! IT WAS LIKE WATCHING MAGIC!! BLESS MJ!!
Then the kids all tried it - thought they could do it...(myself included) lol.
Nope.
Wrong.
You must be very young because every one in my generation and older has seen the moonwalk invented by Bill Bojangles Robinson in 1943. It was Bill Baileys signature exit after every performance and he called it The Backslide for over 30 years.
@@oldschool72I love you for calling me, "young"!!! YES!!!
I WAS/AM SO YOUNG!!!! 😲
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😂😂😂
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Um. But.
Did u watch the video??????
Crazy to dance & sing!
That's why most lip sinc...
To do both seems beyond HUMAN.
He did it, tho...
@@oldschool72 in 1943?
I doubt u are that old.
BUT OKAY
1943...what are YOU?
80-yrs old?
Okay.
Based upon previous commentary, I doubt it!
That's okay, too
Maybe MJ did not invent it. (?)
He surely demonstrated it; did he not?
(Gosh).
TFUM?????
Just to tell you, cartiovascular exercise needs to be motion that is repetatively done.
Vascular exercise goes in two ways...
One is really good; one not-so-good.
That's why many ppl suffer heart attacks while shoveling their driveways. ...
JS
My take:
History made!
A timeless masterpiece!
Extraordinary talent.
Little did the audience know they were about to witness the most legendary moment in music history! People forget that it wasn't just a normal audience, they were celebrities. Celebrities were literally screaming for him. 1983!!! 🤣🤣
Tim & Fred when watching his videos, don't take your eyes off, you will certainly miss a magical moment!!! 😁
Couldn’t agree more. I was blown away watching that performance.
Maryln (Sis) 🙂, the screaming, crying & passing out were amazing. I thought, Wow, all this money to get in & you missed it because you had to be carried out. But just to see him was a 🎁
@@susanann8741 I think everyone was glued to their tvs. That was the talk for the next few days, Motown 25th Anniversary special! To see this all over again certainly brings back memories!
@@sharians-bluesky Yeah, talking about a waste of money! 😀We know those tickets probably cost a week's salary and that was for the nose bleed section! Just breathing the same air he was at the same time would have been enough for most! 😂😂
I'll never forget this performance. And it's just as exciting nearly 40 years on. It's fun to see this witnessed by young eyes for the first time.
Well, I lived in the Bronx when this special came on. I had already seen kids in my neighborhood moonwalking and popping & locking. This brought it to the entire world. This truly catapulted MJ from the great soul, disco and R&B legend to Pop fame. Within weeks, everyone was moonwalking, getting jherri curls, rocking Ferrari glasses and wearing one glove. I don't think we'll ever see someone with that kind of cultural impact again.
I saw this live. The crowd dropped to the floor. When he Moon walked we all went to the moon with him 🙌🏾 No body will be like MJ. No one ☝️
You’re soooo lucky to witness that part of history up front and center.
Lucky you!!
You are an eye witness to history.
I remember watching this Motown celebration live. Right before this performance he did a medley with his brothers and when he said "I like doing the old songs but I also like....the new songs."" Everybody in my house erupted because we knew he was going to tear it up!! Truly an iconic moment on television. Even the great Fred Astaire called Michael and complemented him on it. Amaz ing!!
I watched this live too...legendary!
I agree and loved Fred Astaire big time…So for a Legend calling another Legend the best dancer of our time was so exciting to be alive at that moment we all saw it on live TV…The very next day in school everyone was trying his moves ❤️❤️
I remember this too, and because of this performance, music took off in a different direction. It was stunning to witness, and to this day it continues to thrill me. MJ’s influence on dance also changed the landscape, his choreography in Thriller still shows up in various iterations today. That man was so talented.
I remember watching this program, Motown 25, that night in 1983 (I was only 19...geez) We were so blown away and everyone was talking about MJ dancing the next day. We didn't even know it was called the moonwalk. And if course we all tried to imitate him and failed miserably..🤣🤣🤣
I was 19 as well. This catapulted him into the stratosphere. 💛
@@GoldenLady1007 turned 18 in May and danced at the beer bar, beer drinking age was 18 then.
I was blown away when I saw that performance too back in 83… he had truly reached his peak. So handsome then too!
I was 24 years old and I was sitting on the floor right in front of the television 📺 and my mouth was open and my eyes 👀 were popping out of my head 😳 😊😁
I remember as well I was 17
I remember seeing this live. I was screaming through the house. It was cool seeing your reactions to this legendary performance.
I LOVE the reactions----they always bring back great memories!
I remember, too. Such an epic, classic, legendary performance. Miss you, MJ...one of the TRUE G.O.A.T.s! 💖✊🏽✊🏽
I remember being 7 years old watching this for the first time on tv with my dad and we also said 😱😱. Unforgettable moment. I heard he cried backstage right after this performance because he wasn’t satisfied with how how he did 😳
he didn't like that the first round of him balancing on his toes he failed to remain in that power as long as he had wanted. he redeemed his "fail" later in the set but he hated himself for that one tiny fumble. he said it wasn't until a little kid came running up to him telling him how amazing he was that he started to feel proud
You just witnessed some history here. An entire nation went CRAZY seeing this! Everyone and their dog were trying to moonwalk after this.
I don't think is an entire nation, is the entire universe, especially Earth. All living creatures were trying to moonwalk after this. He is the universe folks. He is the 10G network himself where we are using 5G network as people living in rural areas don't even know The Beatles, Elvis Presley or even Freddie Mercury, or bad things happens like 911, but they all know Michael Jackson!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@ethanang3527 please accept my sincerest apologies for my understatement. 😁
Even the GOAT of dancing Fred Astaire, acknowledged MJ's dancing and this performance.
@@ethanang3527 Wow. I am humbled, sir. 😉
Just imagine if there was social media back then
I gotta tell you, seeing people of your generation appreciate the performer that MJ is so awesome! And to see your reaction to MJs moonwalk was everything! I was a teenager when this happened and I had the same reaction you did when I first saw it. I couldn't believe what I just saw him do. Unfortunately, there was no DVR and I couldn't rewind it again and again. But the moment was imprinted in my mind forever.
Forever!
I was only 6 but I remember that moment. The next day it was all anyone could talk about, how did he do it? My friend thought they greased the stage, some people thought it was done by rewinding the tape, it was hard for some people to accept that much talent
Almost 40 frigging years ago! A group of us were watching this live. We SCREAMED when he did the moonwalk!! Then we all tried doing it. Glad y'all like it, too!🥰
I love how Michael mastered standing mostly in one spot, but using small but intricate movements with entire body to create a flowing movement. Other dances are more grandiose, but in "Billie Jean," it's mainly his feet, hips, even ankles. Pulling his elbow down, leaning with his shoulders. He's not jumping around and taking huge sweeping steps, but it's athletic and exact as heck. He used the Moonwalk sparingly-- like an exclamation point! You spend the rest of the performance thinking, "What did I just see?!" and hoping he'll do it again. It's so fast all you can do is be agog, but you have NO idea how he pulled that off! Genius. It feels more like a magic show than a concert, he's that good.
There will NEVER be another performer that can even come close to being the performer that MJ was. Period. I said what I said! 👏
Dimash Kudaibergen
@@joygernautm6641 I have no idea what you are saying but No.
@@joygernautm6641 lol who dat hahaha
@@jamielynn5641 Selena for me couldve become close to MJs height if she wasnt murdered. she was one of top Latin stars from Texas. all of her songs she put out were in Spanish but towards the end of her career she was producing songs in English for her first English album. the few songs she produced in English were top notch and she could moved around the stage like MJ did
I remember watching on television when this happened and it blew everyone’s mind. That was the first time anyone saw the moonwalk. The next day everyone was trying to moonwalk. 🔥
It was an old vaudeville move that had been forgotten until MJ rediscovered it and made famous again.
@@scvcebc You're right.. I saw it once in a movie from the 30's or 40's I believe.. MJ did it the best though!
Also, the 3rd member of the group called Shalimar (Jodi Whatley, Howard Hewett, and the other guy) used to do it on Soul Train. . .think he did it before MJ.
@@scvcebc Have u seen Bill Bailey Original Moonwalk 1955, it's very good.
@@MK-fc2hn Have u seen Bill Bailey 1955 or RONNIE HAWKINS 1959 do it.Both good especially Bill B tap dancing before doing the Moonwalk. All the best.
Man...this performance is legendary!! The first time he was seen doing the moonwalk live on TV...also, he campaigned to do this song. I think the story goes that because it was a Motown 25 Years celebration, they didn't want anyone to do any new songs, just old songs, that made Motown what it was...but Mike was like, " naa, it's Billy Jean or nothing" (pretty much)...Once they saw him practice/rehearse it, well, the rest is history...
I'm a 60 year old woman now, and I remember watching this on TV, and it was the first (and only) time I actually felt myself going crazy watching a performer. It was insane. That song was, by far, the most iconic song of my lifetime.
I remember we could drink beer at a bar at 18 years old in 1983, when Billie Jean came on everyone in the bar got on the dance floor. It didn't matter if they were young or old. Everyone was on the floor and a lot of the guys tried to do that moonwalk, wasn't a contest but everyone was into Michael Jackson.
One Of The Reasons I Wish I Was Born Earlier Whenever I Read Or Hear Of Simple Stories Like This I Just Realised How Much I Missed Out On In Terms Of Having Interaction With Others Before Social Media Killed Our Interaction Skills.
@@neomotsamai9290 Lay the computer, phone, tablet, and everything else down. Go interact, go by yourself if you have to. There are still a lot of live shows and events taking place even in the midst of Covid. Good Luck.
Went to a fundraiser a couple if years ago. The DJ played all kinds of songs from different decades..dance floor was half empty..he puts on Billie Jean and that dance floor got crowded quick!!..I said to my self, "Well Michael, you're still packing the dance floor".. His music will go on forever!!
1983-84, just about everyone under the age of 25 had at least one MJ record.
@@GMAMEC Plenty of people over 25 too, I still remember seeing old ladies in the audience when I went to see the Bad concert in Wembley lmao.
Yes, it was Legendary! No one had ever seen anything like that before. Miss him terribly. He was the GOAT.
Jeffrey Daniel taught it to MJ, who renamed it the Moonwalk. It was initially called the Backslide. But I gotta tell you, no one did it like MJ. I'm not a huge fan, but he had so much talent, I'll give him that. And Billie Jean is a fav of mine.
The moonwalk is not an MJ original. The entertainment legends throughout history who originated this move and many, many other dance moves originated decades ago inspired MJ.
This video still gets me emotional. I watched it live and actually cried. I’m 59 so of course grew up loving The Jackson Five and Michael Jackson. I had a crush from an early age. But what will never be replicated today..was when Michael Jackson had a new video that was coming out..it was big news! The world waited with baited breath. No one since has had that power, or frankly that love.
Y'all's reaction to the moonwalk was exactly like we all felt the first time we saw it; it was amazing! I went to one of his concerts in the mid-1980s and even from a remote corner of a stadium, watching him on stage was mesmerizing. A truly great entertainer!
Yup. Only we didn't have video remind to replay it over and over lol. It was an amazing performance to warch, so iconic
Nope, you can't make this up. Loved your reactions on his moonwalk! MJ legendary!!
Baby listen, the moon walk had just became a popular dance that everybody was trying to learn. Nobody was expecting Michael Jackson to hit it. The way they was screaming for him at the music awards is the way people was screamed in their livingrooms.....
I remember this as a kid, it was a great show in general BUT, when Michael jot that stage you could feel the energy through the tv. You can see it too, that audience who are artists themselves were rocking with him.
This was a Motown celebration event so most of them knew him as a child. And when he hit the Moonwalk, I was mesmerized, just in awe of what I saw. Stevie Wonder once said, "God gives ppl many talents, but he gave Micheal IT". Whatever "IT" is, he gave it to Michael.
He sure did!!
I remember watching this live. He stunned everyone. It’s still incredible to watch.
1983! Love Michael! Thanks guys for taken me back.... Oh yeah we all flipped! Miss the hell out of MJ... RIP King... Michael was the Man!!!! Anything he touched turned to Gold. King of Pop!!
MJ was so insanely talented. He's a piece of the entire 80's experience that is a testament to how iconic the period was.
I wish I could take people back there to feel the vibe.
And what a fabulous vibe it was...I STILL get butterflies in my stomach all these years later....such a gifted performer!
I still miss him
I said the same thing to another reactor, Lex. It would be really awesome to have a time machine to take these young people who genuinely appreciate the art back in time to see these reactions in real time. I really love watching others fall in love with music of the past. Unfortunately, when you drive a Honda CR-V 88mph, the only thing you might get is a ticket. 😂
For those who don't understand, watch "Back to the Future". You won't regret it!
I had all the Jackson 5 albums growing up in the 70s the MJ solo starting in the 80s when I graduated high-school and started going to the clubs. They'll never be another. I was home recovering from a surgery when he died, I was depressed for about 2 weeks, I kid you not. Both me and my sister
Imagine being alive when this happened. Only a few tv channels back then. No internet. No smart phones. Had to wait to the next day to talk about it and stuff. What a time to be alive!
Don't have to imagine. I was 19. We were on the phone all evening with family and friends about this performance.
@@GoldenLady1007 I was only 8 and my mom wouldn’t let me use the phone yet. I couldn’t wait to get to school to talk to my friends!
Absolutely. Things are so much more accessible and instant gratification is so expected now that people have forgotten the excitement of anticipation.
I LOVE MJ & it's great to see you two vibing to his performance. The greatest to EVER do it.
Great reaction!! It makes me truly happy to see the younger generation getting into MJ to know he still has the same effect on people after all these years even though the media tried to break the man his art is literally timeless! MJ Forever R.I.P to the greatest entertainer of all time.
I’ll never forget watching that performance on the Motown 25yr anniversary special live on TV, I was in cosmetology school & the next day every student, all of the teachers & the customers were all talking about his performance! People were talking about it on the train, on the bus, on the street, on TV, at every party! He was already legendary but this dance took him to higher levels! Then when the “Thriller” album came out w/that dance routine in the graveyard, he took videos & choreography to higher levels
So true, all of his videos became a mini movie productions. Everybody else tried to copy his video success.
Michael Jackson is the epitome of an entertainer. He's the whole package! He was definitely born to entertain. No one can come close to his talent. That moonwalk move is epic! He made it look totally smooth and effortless! But he practiced & rehearsed his ass off to make it look that way.
His debut performance of his signature Moonwalk was at Motowns 25th anniversary TV special. He performed this to an audience of 47 million. What you saw were celebrities and they were going crazy! I watched this.
Loved seeing y'all's reaction!
Everything Michael did was effortless...such talent, and he is sorely missed.
I remember watching this live on tv. It was simply incredible. The hype before the program was real. Living rooms were screaming and jumping with amazement. Not believing what our eyes just saw. This gives me chills. It was all we talked about at school the next day. Miss MJ so much. He made it look easy, but know he was a perfectionist.
There will never be another artist like MJ, NEVER. His influence on music and dance can never be rivaled. An amazing artist, performer and person. Such a huge loss to not just the music industry but to the world.
Depends how you view him, still a shadow cast over him IMO regardless of talent
@@scottirvine121 just like Kobe Bryant and that was confirmed wasn't. IMO
@@scottirvine121 of course you are entitled to your opinion. I personally do not believe the allegations if that is indeed what you are referring to. Macauley Culkin spent more time with MJ than anyone and he has stated that MJ never did any such thing to him. Why is that? What was different about Macauley to the other kids? Macauley already had money thats what. He didnt see MJ as a source of income.
@@paulliversidge7140 best response I've read..
I was in college when I saw MJ in concert during the BAD Album tour. People got their monies worth. His brothers backed him up. The screams were so loud, I will never ever forget it 🤩😎
Sharian Fields, what an incredible and memorable experience for you!!!
Oh my! I was the same way with Prince a few years back. He was only supposed to do a 2 or 3 concerts in NYC but wound up adding triple the amount, and they were all sold out. No show was exactly the same songs! 😁
His brothers weren’t there during the Bad tour. They did, however, tour together in 1984 during the Victory tour.
@Nathan Veenstra I saw them and I may have my tours mixed up. I was in college longer than I should have been 😅🤣😂! It was more years than I care to count.
I'm sure you guys have probably heard it a million times, but you cannot even begin to imagine how huge Michael Jackson was in the 80's. Keep up the great work gentlemen.
Sometimes I forget how amazing MJ was, then I hear two seconds of one his songs & I break out in goosebumps & am reminded, oh yeah, Icon. Always love these reaction vids.
Imagine being 5 years old and this happens. This was before DVR so you had to sit through everything to get to this point. There was no social media to hear about it before or after. That's what built the excitement of seeing him and then talking about it the next day.
Oh BTW, he wasn't happy with this performance even though it was his first time doing the moonwalk. He was a perfectionist.
Ikr. No rewind. We were grabbed with a second one at the end and flipped the f out. Our social media was the next day at school. Shivered parents didn't watch this severely crippled their kids lol cuz we were all talking about and trying to figure out the moonwalk
@@KSDVLmom exactly. The next day at school was our "water cooler talk."
He probably wasn't happy he had to lip-sync the performance. He did a good job. The audience affirmed him!
I remember hearing the announcement for his final tour and thinking to myself, "I will pay any amount of money to go see it." So sad that it was never meant to be 😪
Yea me and my family watched it when it originally aired back in the 80s. I was in 8th grade. It was the talk of our school the next day. Hunni as a Gen X'er now at 53, it STILL captures me as it did the first time i saw it at age 14. King of pop MJ is still that dude!!🙌 May he Rip.💖
I remember watching this performance live on the "Motown 25" special (which was a great show by the way) with my family. It's still one of the greatest performances (including the segment with his brothers immediately before this) in television history. We all know that "Thriller" is the biggest selling album of all time. But what I remember about THAT particular performance is that his album, which had not sold 1 million copies yet, sold TWO MILLION COPIES in the seven days following that night. Wow!
Motown 25. I watched it on TV that night in the 80's. He was so amazing as usual
RIP Michael ❤
While this his most legendary performance, here’s a fun fact about it:
After the performance, Michael broke down in tears because he felt that he did terrible because he didn’t moonwalk like wanted to and he didn’t land the iconic toe stand pose.
That right there tells you that he was extremely passionate about what he did.
MJ was the most talented, insightful entertainer of the last 2 generations. NO ONE could sing and dance like he could at the SAME time. Excellent songwriter. A TRUE Uniter, as people of ALL backgrounds and ethnicities attended his shows worldwide.
The world will never see his like again.
Fun fact: I was about 5 or 6 and watched this performance when it aired! This performance was actually at Motown's 25th Anniversary event special. So the people in the audience are actually OTHER ARTISTS, musician, and actors! They were losing their mindsss... completely fanning out! MJ was a celebrity amongst celebrities and there will never be another! ❤🕴🏾
The craziest part was that Mike was not going to perform that night ,he had to be convinced to perform it and I'm glad he did!
Saw Michael live moon walk he was incredible, Montown 25 years anniversary.
Glad I didn't missed it
I was giggling the whole time, thinking, "If they're so impressed now they're gonna lose their minds in a few minutes!" I watched this live on TV and we literally all gasped, just like the audience! But this was way before DVR when you could just rewind. We had to walk around confused and stupefied until we could see it again, and then we were even more stupefied! And we all thought we could do it, too, and not a damn one of us came close.
MJ had his demons, but the man was born to be a star.
Watching Michael Jackson perform is a master class of performance art every note, ever step, every expression perfect
My favorite performance by MJ! I remember watching it when it aired on TV. It was mesmerizing!! I'll never forget it. ❤
I think this was the Motown 25th anniversary special. Even watching from home, I stood and screamed watching him glide across the floor in his iconic Moonwalk. Michael was an entertainer extraordinaire. Just like his idol, Mr. Jackie Wilson, he was magically light on his feet. The singing, dancing and great stage presence he gave was everything you came to see. RIP Michael!
MJ was and will always be the one and only. No one can ever come close to his talent. Ever. RIP Michael. You are greatly missed and forever loved 💖
I remember seeing MJ in an interview once talking about this dancing. He said, the key to dancing is just to do what you feel. You need to feel the music and let it just translate through your body.
he is so humble . because itsn’t so easy I always I tried but never succeeded 😂😂
When this album came out Billie Jean would be playing wherever you went and the whole world reacted like you did while we watched this live on television...legendary, just no words for it!
This was from the Motown Anniversary show; I was a teen then, and my Dad was watching it live with me; we were both blown away; it was all new; never seen before; the consummate performer ❤️
Knowing its been 30 or so years and this performance still leaves mouthes open! 💪🏽💪🏽
I loved your comments on this performance. ❤
In 1987, I saw MJ live in concert when I was a child, and to this day the sound of the live instruments, the electric energy of MJs band and the way MJ danced is still in me. It's hard to explain as I have only several vivid recollections of key moments, but rather, it's the energy and feeling that is what I remember most. I guess it's like what you experience when you watch this Motown 25 performance.
I remember seeing this live and to this day, I still get goosebumps watching him perform.
The most iconic and inspirational artist that ever set foot on earth. A wonderful human being an humanitarian. God, I miss him. Thank you for highlighting his greatness.
I mean...The Beatles are obviously the most iconic BY FAR and its not even a little bit close
really? you think a pedophile is inspirational?
It’s so hard to appreciate how big this was at the time. Every other artist on the stage that night stood in front of a mic and sang. No one moved around the stage and put on a performance like MJ. You could not take your eyes off him. It’s difficult to imagine now because he inspired the way performances were/are done to this day. Also MJ was a self taught tap dancer which is why he was able to get onto his toes like that. Check some of his older videos out on YT. 👍
I remember how legendary this performace was. It shot him into the next level. He was already at the top, this performance just put him in the stratosphere.
Side Note: At first, he wasn't satisfied with his performance to where he went backstage crying because he wanted to stand on his toes longer after that moonwalk!
I saw him say that in an interview
@@joannemarrett7186 Right, I saw him say that in an interview with Oprah!
I think it's probably better that he didn't stand on his toes longer. The way everyone tried to learn the moonwalk, imagine all the injuries if everyone had tried that, too!
I remember watching this the night it aired with my parents lol we were just blown away by him
At school after this aired all the boys were trying to moon walk 😆
I was 14 yrs old when this aired and we couldn't stop talking about that Moonwalk at school the next day. We were trying to figure out how he did that...lol! He became "Michael Jackson - Pop Star" that night. It was so amazing! Love your reaction to this...it was like reliving/seeing it for the first time. 💕
This was performed at MOTOWN 25… I watched it live on tv in 1983… no way to rewind. I just watched with my jaw dropped and asked my mom, “did you see that?!” I remember where I was that day and the day I found out he passed away. He was a musical and dancing genius. King of Pop
His music, his dance moves and his clothes were flawless.. this is what made him a king. Being the king is what made him a legend. RIP Michael 🕊♥️
MJ single handed made the "moonwalk" a popular part of pop culture with this live performance. We were all doing it in the streets back in the day during 'popping' and 'breaking' battles, but that was only among the brothers in the black neighborhoods, but MJ gave it that 'crossover' appeal like only MJ could. After this performance, everybody around the world was doing the moonwalk. Ah, we so miss you, Michael!
It was a documentary that Michael watch break dancers and study them
Even before the 80's and break dance, Michael was influenced and study dancers and singers like James Brown, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Sammy Davis Jr and other performers.
Look at video 👇🏾
and John Sullet dance moves,
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Facts! We were moonwalking in the streets in Memphis . During performance he did a dance move called the paddy duke twice. We were all freaking out that he was doing those moves live on tv. He made the moonwalk mainstream
I'm thinking I was that little boy on the floor in front of the t.v. when for the first time in my life I saw my Christian momma loose it over a non church performance. That amazed and cemented me as a MJ fan. If you can get my mom to go ballistic over a Pop artist, you gotta be the best there is. Forever history. Nothing compares to this segment of t.v. history. I'm fanning out as I type this!
This performance is the visual definition of an ENTERTAINER!
I remember watching this live and I was AMAZED!!!
Have u seen Bill Bailey Original Moonwalk 1955.
@@alanjay5974 Are you referring to the tap tap dancer?
Hi Yes.he does the Moonwalk at the end of his performance.Ronnie Hawkins does it straight off in different settings.He was a Rock n Roll singer.I am a Music historian.All the best.
I forgot how great his spins were. Lots of professional dancers have taken this move on even in the ballroom world. He was just the BEST!!!!
😍😍😍😍OMG! Isto tudo é muito lindo e incrível 🙌🏿🦋🌹....Justice for Michael 🦋🌹
I remember watching this live when it happened. Jaw dropping!! Who knew we were about to see an historical iconic moment. This was before he was on MTV fyi. Make no mistake, he was a perfectionist and rehearsed non stop like crazy. Over and over again.
MJ was the king! I remember watching this live. It was groundbreaking! Truly an iconic moment in music history.
I remember watching that show when he did that. Amazing performer ❤️
Woah what happened when he did the moonwalk?Would you like to share that experience 😊?
@@Wingzofelzorro I along with 35% of all tv’s were tuned into the Motown 25 special in 1983. This was pre cellphones and internet so tv was the main way to view anything. Michael Jackson was Hugh at the time so all eyes were on him when he performed. It was amazing to see and experience. It was the only thing people talked about for days. The clip still gives me goosebumps.
@@AGoddess18 Woah nice
That's some good music . Those were the best days . Everyone was trying to moonwalk after that.
You guys have to understand his album, Thriller, had come out the year before this and he had basically become a god to us. Literally everything he did turned to gold. While Michael Jackson did not invent the moonwalk dance move, this is the first time he ever performed it live and he did rename it the moonwalk. He was literally such a naturally talented person, he could do almost anything and it was amazing and started a trend. There will never be another Michael Jackson. RIP
Twins I’ll never forget the night this aired for the very first time. It was awesome.
Y’all should check out “Dancing Machine” by The Jacksons. I’ve never seen someone do “the robot” the way Mike did in that video. Mike is the smoothest
Yes love MJ
He made that popular as well!!
James Brown taught him that one, I'm certain.
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I am 49 years old now and I am blessed to say I was there that night at the Motown 25 show and watched this performance live when I was a kid. It was the most amazing thing I have ever seen. There has and never will be a performer like MJ again.
There will never be another like Michael Jackson. Say what you will about his personal life, no one, absolutely no one, ever made or will ever make music, dance, or entertain as well as MJ.❤