The gang members did not dance. They were in the background. The real trained dancers performed the choreography at the end including the choreographer, Michael Peters, in the white jacket and dancer/actors Michael DeLorenzo and Stoney Jackson.
I liked your reaction! I can tell your a younger man! Glad to see you appreciate MJ! I'd advise you to watch more and learn more from him! You won't regret it! Again! Nice to see the joy on your face! Keep it up man! 😊
Oh, man, he was awesome with those moves. So cool seeing you react to this the first time. You're not alone wanting to do those moves. Woo-hoo! Cheers 🍺
Great reaction and great giggles from me, re your dance moves, but you are a great sport, and funny! Michael Jackson was 5 years older than me, so he was the best entertainment in the WORLD for so much of my life. I miss him being in the world SO MUCH! Keep those MJ reaction videos coming, there are generations of people who just love him and love his videos, concerts, award show performances, etc!
🔥 Michael Jackson - *Thriller (Official Video - Shortened Version)* 🔥 Michael Jackson - *Bad (Shortened Version)* 🔥 Michael Jackson - *Black Or White (Official Video - Shortened Version)* 🔥 Michael Jackson - *The Way You Make Me Feel (Official Video)* 🔥 Michael Jackson - *Billie Jean (Motown 25) (Remastered 4K)* 🔥 Michael Jackson - *Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' (Audio)* 🔥 Michael Jackson - *Smooth Criminal (Official Video)*
I was 10 yrs old and got to watch this being done. One of the dancers Peter Tramm was a friend of the family and he took me there to see this. I have the coolest picture of MJ going into his trailer. something i will always treasure.
In the 80s there were two kinds of music videos. Michael Jackson videos. And videos by everybody else. And I do mean this literally. This is because there was a very small team of people, responsible for thinking up video’s for literally everybody. And they tended to run out of original ideas very fast. Michael Jackson meanwhile had his own team. Just for him. So he got a lot of original ideas.
You really need to do Human nature 1988 Wembley. People also tend to forget just how important this song was for the massive sales of Thriller. With this song MJ now appealed and crossed over to a new rock fanbase. There are literally thousands of metal fans that have a soft spot for MJ cos of his crossover appeal. Oh and yes 3:24 is tooooo iconic.
If you didn’t grow up in the 80s/90s - I’m not sure you will EVER grasp the mind blowing reality of this video! MTV was the lifeblood! We LIVED for these music videos - it was our souls!
The mention of there being real gang members is true. To give the scenes an authentic look they hired guys off the streets of LA as the background but the dancers were specifically hired separately. The story goes it took about a week to film all the separate shots. Behind the scenes the real gang members were ragging on the dancers but as the week went by they came to respect just how hard those dancers worked doing it over and over to get all the parts just right.
The world's best musician and dancer Michael Jackson. His style of dancing and singing music never seems childish. He always sang music in deep voice, so his songs are hit and catchy. Moreover he always wrote teachable music. He was the only person in the world who performed dance-music together in front of live audience. May her soul rest in peace™🇧🇩🎵🎧🇧🇩
Thats old school knife fighting. They would tie one hand from each fighter to the hand of the other fighter so that no one would chicken out or run then fight. usually the first to draw blood won.
When Weird Al Yankovic does a parody of someone's song, it's a huge compliment. Check out the hilarious "Eat It" By Al. To wit:🎶...You'd better listen, better do what you're told You haven't even touched your tuna casserole You better chow down or it's gonna get cold So eat it I don't care if you're full Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it Open up your mouth, and feed it Have some more yogourt, have some more spam It doesn't matter if it's fresh or canned Just eat it!...🎶
The two "gangs" in this video were 2 actual rival gangs in L.A.; the Crips and the Bloods. The cast featured around 80 genuine gang members, 18 professional dancers and 4 break dancers. The chances for these gang members to break out into violence was a real concern. But it never happened. After all, this was MICHAEL!! They were all well-behaved, and together they made one of the most iconic music videos of all time.
lol you have to check out the video for the Weird Al parody of this song called Eat It while this version is still fresh in your head to fully appreciate the genius in Weird Al's parodies.
Great reaction, I haven’t seen this video in years; I just came across your channel last night and I watched a few of your George Carlin reactions and I loved them, I subscribed right away
You are so cute and funny! But I'm glad you can appreciate the fantastic dancer that Michael was. The guy in the white jacket was the choreographer for this video and "Thriller."
If People don't know billie jean , Beat it Or thriller ❤ Then they don't know Michael Jackson they don't know pop music they don't know the dance ! They don't know his 80s rule ! The king of pop one n only not any one Michael Jackson ❤
Trully my best MJ song of all time . Also the most bad ass video ever made . In MJ videos Thriller remains my best music video of all time . Beat its music video comes in at second place for me . But over all Beat it best song .
Kid you’re breaking my heart, i’m a child of the 80s and it’s making me sad that you haven’t seen this till this point in your youth. Do your self a big favor and have you and your friends 80s get together and watch Michael Jackson, queen and movies from the 80s. Trust me, this stuff will help you self empower you. Other than that great video kid.
In 1983 Michael Jackson astounded the audience during Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever to commemorate Motown's 25th year with his moonwalk during a performance of Billie Jean. The next day an 84 year old Fred Astaire called Michael Jackson to say “You’re a hell of a mover. Man, you really put them on their asses last night.” Live performances are even more impressive since they don't benefit from editing.
Honestly, i've kind of had Michael Jackson overload, so i haven't listened much. but watching this vid to see your reaction to a legendary classic showed me again how virtuosic he was as an entertainer. and holy crap i had to rewind the warehouse dancefight because wow. i was blown away. okay thanks bud 👍
The fact that these are real gangsters MJ looked for is amazing.
And that he took the time to organize them and teach them to dance is wild.👏
The gang members did not dance. They were in the background. The real trained dancers performed the choreography at the end including the choreographer, Michael Peters, in the white jacket and dancer/actors Michael DeLorenzo and Stoney Jackson.
There was 80 members of the actual rival LA gangs, the grips and the bloods in the video.
Michael Jackson was phenomenal.
and he is still phenomenal
@marlisamiller I love you
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@@mahmoudabdlla3032 he's not, he's dead. However, his music, dancing, videos and legend live on, let's be realistic here
NO BODY can dance like Michael could.
James Brown ring a bell that is who MJ took a lot of his moves from
Or Sing Like Him!👑
@user-qv2ur2bw3z and yet the student surpassed his teacher 🔥💯👑
@@Snyper1405 They couldn't fathom the pawwwaah of the daaakk saiiiid, yo. Sith fo' tha winnnn (if winning means losing, you Sith Fawkes...)
@CrimSang420 dude, what the hell are you talking about?? Seriously!!
King of Pop, Michael, now and forver.
I cannot believe this was 40 years ago. Seems like yesterday watching this on MTV in 1983. The video is so dated but the song remains fresh 👏
I saw Michael Jackson on television for the first time on Saturday night January 30, 1970. I knew then that he was gonna be special for a long time.
Wow! You are showing your age, lol.
Bro he was not just special....he was damn Extra ordinary elements inside him !
Uncle your +50 is the same as my dad's age 😮
damn it's absolutely addicting to watch him dance. Incredible
Eddie Van Halen played the guitar solo.... iconic video
Steve Lukather played rhythm
Eddie said he did this song for a 12 pack of beer.
There is nobody in planet who didnt immitate Mj's dance in his/her life..
Michael was a freak, in a good way. So so mega talented!
Silas, if you like this, you should react to Michael Jackson performing Billie Jean at the 25th Anniversary of Motown in 1983.
Yes!!
That's when Jackson introduced "the moonwalk" to the world.
You should play eat it by weird al.thats a rip.this is Eddie van Halen on guitar. Wow.😊
I prefer his Munich Billie jean tbh
I love Michael Jackson ❤
Forever
I liked your reaction! I can tell your a younger man! Glad to see you appreciate MJ! I'd advise you to watch more and learn more from him! You won't regret it! Again! Nice to see the joy on your face! Keep it up man! 😊
Oh, man, he was awesome with those moves. So cool seeing you react to this the first time. You're not alone wanting to do those moves. Woo-hoo!
Cheers 🍺
Michael Jackson was a great singer and writer, but he was a genius dancer and choreographer.
I've heard this song a million times but i'd never seen the video before. It has a very Jets vs Sharks feel to it.
Exactly!
Great reaction and great giggles from me, re your dance moves, but you are a great sport, and funny! Michael Jackson was 5 years older than me, so he was the best entertainment in the WORLD for so much of my life. I miss him being in the world SO MUCH! Keep those MJ reaction videos coming, there are generations of people who just love him and love his videos, concerts, award show performances, etc!
ME TOO! I will forever regret missing seeing him in concert live!
Good honest review, brother. This guy was/is a legend. EXTREMELY talented!
🔥
Michael Jackson - *Thriller (Official Video - Shortened Version)*
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Michael Jackson - *Bad (Shortened Version)*
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Michael Jackson - *Black Or White (Official Video - Shortened Version)*
🔥
Michael Jackson - *The Way You Make Me Feel (Official Video)*
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Michael Jackson - *Billie Jean (Motown 25) (Remastered 4K)*
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Michael Jackson - *Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' (Audio)*
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Michael Jackson - *Smooth Criminal (Official Video)*
I've always enjoyed Scream with Michael and Janet together as well.
I was 10 yrs old and got to watch this being done. One of the dancers Peter Tramm was a friend of the family and he took me there to see this. I have the coolest picture of MJ going into his trailer. something i will always treasure.
In the 80s there were two kinds of music videos.
Michael Jackson videos. And videos by everybody else.
And I do mean this literally. This is because there was a very small team of people, responsible for thinking up video’s for literally everybody. And they tended to run out of original ideas very fast.
Michael Jackson meanwhile had his own team. Just for him.
So he got a lot of original ideas.
You really need to do Human nature 1988 Wembley. People also tend to forget just how important this song was for the massive sales of Thriller. With this song MJ now appealed and crossed over to a new rock fanbase. There are literally thousands of metal fans that have a soft spot for MJ cos of his crossover appeal. Oh and yes 3:24 is tooooo iconic.
If you didn’t grow up in the 80s/90s - I’m not sure you will EVER grasp the mind blowing reality of this video! MTV was the lifeblood! We LIVED for these music videos - it was our souls!
The mention of there being real gang members is true. To give the scenes an authentic look they hired guys off the streets of LA as the background but the dancers were specifically hired separately.
The story goes it took about a week to film all the separate shots. Behind the scenes the real gang members were ragging on the dancers but as the week went by they came to respect just how hard those dancers worked doing it over and over to get all the parts just right.
The world's best musician and dancer Michael Jackson. His style of dancing and singing music never seems childish. He always sang music in deep voice, so his songs are hit and catchy. Moreover he always wrote teachable music. He was the only person in the world who performed dance-music together in front of live audience. May her soul rest in peace™🇧🇩🎵🎧🇧🇩
No one can dance like Michael
It's kinda strange when someone tells me they don't know Michael Jackson's music
Right impossible
I like Michael Jackson and his songs
I'm happy to see the you g generation reactions to MJ songs. He was the best, his legacy will live on for centuries
Forever and ever ❤️
Thats old school knife fighting. They would tie one hand from each fighter to the hand of the other fighter so that no one would chicken out or run then fight. usually the first to draw blood won.
Love this song, you know the saying "beat your feet" he's telling him to get the hell out of there!!
When Weird Al Yankovic does a parody of someone's song, it's a huge compliment. Check out the hilarious "Eat It" By Al. To wit:🎶...You'd better listen, better do what you're told
You haven't even touched your tuna casserole
You better chow down or it's gonna get cold
So eat it
I don't care if you're full
Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it
Open up your mouth, and feed it
Have some more yogourt, have some more spam
It doesn't matter if it's fresh or canned
Just eat it!...🎶
Michael Jackson Forever
🤣🤣🤣 Bro. you a fool!!! All good. We all used to try those moves back in the day...
The two "gangs" in this video were 2 actual rival gangs in L.A.; the Crips and the Bloods. The cast featured around 80 genuine gang members, 18 professional dancers and 4 break dancers.
The chances for these gang members to break out into violence was a real concern. But it never happened. After all, this was MICHAEL!!
They were all well-behaved, and together they made one of the most iconic music videos of all time.
This was filmed with actual gang members. I remember reading about it (I’m that old!) MJ - sound track to life in the 80’s❤
King of pop 🔥🔥🔥🔥
MJ started the dance battle…let’s just say it
Michael jackson dance number one 2023
It's mandatory now to watch Weird Al's "Eat It"
michael is the one 🔥
lol you have to check out the video for the Weird Al parody of this song called Eat It while this version is still fresh in your head to fully appreciate the genius in Weird Al's parodies.
Now you need to compare Weird Al Yankovic's parody Eat It,
Michael Jackson el más grande siiuuuuuu 🙊❤️
Eddie van Halen played the lead 😊 guitar in this.
Only the solo
Silas you are so cute😎👍, watching you try Michael Jackson's "dance moves"...great song and video he was such a fantastic dancer..
Great reaction, I haven’t seen this video in years; I just came across your channel last night and I watched a few of your George Carlin reactions and I loved them, I subscribed right away
The most genious videoclipe of the all times
(Mike said to stop gangs fights in streets on USA)
MJ’s music videos are the best things aside from the songs itself that he ever did😂
MJ could dance 😊❤❤❤❤❤
And the fact that those are real gang members in this video and no problems on set! They was just happy to be in Michaels video
The GOAT
this is iconic dude
My favorite artist will always be MJ.
1983 was the year of Michael Jackson, RIP to the king of pop.
this is the extreme short version most MJ videos have 10 to 16min the begginingof thid one is really nice looks likea movie
If you do more Michael, I will always “like” and “comment”!
Now that you've seen Beat It, you have to see Eat It by Weird Al. He mimics the video in such a funny way it's great!!
Underrated guitar solo
You are so cute and funny! But I'm glad you can appreciate the fantastic dancer that Michael was. The guy in the white jacket was the choreographer for this video and "Thriller."
saw the music video around befor a month the first time too...
If People don't know billie jean , Beat it Or thriller ❤ Then they don't know Michael Jackson they don't know pop music they don't know the dance ! They don't know his 80s rule ! The king of pop one n only not any one Michael Jackson ❤
Nobody can dance like this.
James Brown
The king of pop!!!❤
Trully my best MJ song of all time . Also the most bad ass video ever made . In MJ videos Thriller remains my best music video of all time . Beat its music video comes in at second place for me . But over all Beat it best song .
I LOVE your shirt, too...
Great reaction! He used actual members of the Crips & Bloods gang members
😂😂 nah respect for going for those dances
Kid you’re breaking my heart, i’m a child of the 80s and it’s making me sad that you haven’t seen this till this point in your youth. Do your self a big favor and have you and your friends 80s get together and watch Michael Jackson, queen and movies from the 80s. Trust me, this stuff will help you self empower you. Other than that great video kid.
Dance battle solves everything. My MJ logic.
The king
Practice you can do. Looks like ya some rhythm..lovelovelove 🌈❤️✌🏻🌸
In 1983 Michael Jackson astounded the audience during Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever to commemorate Motown's 25th year with his moonwalk during a performance of Billie Jean. The next day an 84 year old Fred Astaire called Michael Jackson to say “You’re a hell of a mover. Man, you really put them on their asses last night.” Live performances are even more impressive since they don't benefit from editing.
That is Eddie Van Halen on the guitar solo not credited on the album
Love the Van Halen guitar solo.
And Lukather from Toto on rhythm.
AND EDDIE VAN HALEN ON THOSE GUITAR RIFFS
Next Motown 25 full performance by Jackson 5 and Michael Jackson.
Hey Silas did I see somewhere that you're in Bloomington? That would make us almost neighbors, well in Minnesota terms anyway. I'm in Prior Lake.
They are real gangsters and actual rivals
Reaction Rodrigo Teaser BEAT IT Cover
It was a remake to the movie West Side Story about two gangs
You can't take the specifics of the video too literally. Remember, it's just performance art.
Michael dancing and Eddie Van Halen guitar solo. You can't "Beat It" lol...Yeah, I know, but I couldn't resist.
WOW this a great cover of Weird Al's Eat It
Remember me the film 1979 The Warriors
You're funny😄😄 Thanks for sharing
Eddie Van Halen on guitar RIP ...
Churrr!!!
This video was about gangs. Michael is saying fighting isnt the answer!
"Most of them are smoking cigarettes" dude, in the early 80's, if you were a non-smoker YOU were the minority
now you have to do Weird Al's Eat It video!!
I pretty sure he got the idea for this video from the Broadway show "West Side Sory".
Michael makes everyone want to dance. He rhinks he's going to copy Michael the first time. Lol
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Honestly, i've kind of had Michael Jackson overload, so i haven't listened much. but watching this vid to see your reaction to a legendary classic showed me again how virtuosic he was as an entertainer. and holy crap i had to rewind the warehouse dancefight because wow. i was blown away. okay thanks bud 👍
bro is not even reacting to the solo cause mesmerized by the clip smh
Good video
King!!!
Like this kid. This shit makes feel old tho.