happy to see this getting a little attention. thanks!

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*promote

>> ^Raaagh:
MJ sprites where from the sega(?) game Moonwalker.


I haven't looked, but I'm assuming so

MJ sprites where from the sega(?) game Moonwalker.

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I like how the moonwalk part actually caused an "oohhhh" in the audience - as if they were reacting the to eloquence. This was one of his better ones.

>> ^punk225:
Thought i might as well add this this which is intended as a tribute to MJ.


Wow that's a lot of people walking backwards. Maybe a total of 10m of actual moonwalking... =)

Man not only is that moonwalk incredible, but the bit where he was doing tiny steps and locking up (dunno if you can call that the robot?) was amazing too.

Didn't they show a clip on QI a couple of seasons ago with some old jazz performance from the 40s or 50s and the dude was moonwalking?

Wow 1983. That's way earlier than I thought. Also, Moonwalk tribute: Eternal Moonwalk

>> ^siftbot:
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*rocknroll

Not trying to be a jerk, but "Billie Jean" was listed as one of the "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll" by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

http://www.rockhall.com/exhibithighlights/500-songs-gj/

If that isn't a reason to add it to the channel I don't know what is. MJ brought his voice to 4 songs on that list, 2 on his own and 2 with the Jackson 5.

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>> ^Raaagh:
>> ^osama1234:
So it's clear there's at least some sort of vocal track playing in the background (in the parts where there's his voice saying something, and he is concurrently opening his mouth and saying something else).
But did michael jackson play live or was it all canned?

ugh, for gods sakes.
When he sings with his vocal track, he maxes out the mic so it distorts. Its clearly live. Plus its 1983...HE DOES IT LIVE!


WRONG! I have heard this song at least 2000 times, this was a lip sync. No-one and I mean no-one can mimic exactly a studio performance when singing live. And this vocal was exactly as the studio recording.

Not that there's anything wrong with that, it's almost impossible to sing and dance like that without it affecting your vocals.

>> ^Raaagh:
>> ^osama1234:
So it's clear there's at least some sort of vocal track playing in the background (in the parts where there's his voice saying something, and he is concurrently opening his mouth and saying something else).
But did michael jackson play live or was it all canned?

ugh, for gods sakes.
When he sings with his vocal track, he maxes out the mic so it distorts. Its clearly live. Plus its 1983...HE DOES IT LIVE!


If he is doing it live, it's done pretty well. The live version has been sped up by 1% compared to the original. Heres the live performance synced to the track from the Billy Jean video.

http://rapidshare.com/files/253469581/mjcompare.mp3

>> ^osama1234:
So it's clear there's at least some sort of vocal track playing in the background (in the parts where there's his voice saying something, and he is concurrently opening his mouth and saying something else).
But did michael jackson play live or was it all canned?


ugh, for gods sakes.

When he sings with his vocal track, he maxes out the mic so it distorts. Its clearly live. Plus its 1983...HE DOES IT LIVE!

>> ^lucky760:
Classic... It's funny how many times I tried to moonwalk as a kid and how it seems like it's been forever since then. I'll have to give it a shot. I just hope I don't hurt myself.
Btw, this was 1983, not 1984.
(DailyMotion source in case of dupe.)


Fixed the date. Thanks!

http://www.videosift.com/video/QI-The-Moonwalk

He made it popular, but it wasn't his move.