Being a kid inthe 80s.....all you wanted to be was Michael Jackson

@MrLegs22

3 жыл бұрын

So you there ?

@carltonfromupstairs6023

3 жыл бұрын

Or Jordan

@fukase861

3 жыл бұрын

ikr their era is so much fun than now :/

@therealsoulproduct

3 жыл бұрын

I actually wanted to be Prince. But I couldn't deny the impact MJ had on the youth in the 80's.

@torpedoboy4

3 жыл бұрын

His charisma and talent was pretty undeniable back then. I was 8 when Thriller dropped, and it was ALL anyone could talk about!

Im gonna build a time machine and go back to the 80’s to see and experience this fantastic time of Michael Jackson who wants to join me ?

@user-hr6rp4ko1p

3 жыл бұрын

let’s go rn

@blissfire7882

3 жыл бұрын

frederick ifill Me!

@isaiahlevi5287

3 жыл бұрын

I’ll join

@kaylenejantjes8113

3 жыл бұрын

Save me a seat please!

@joslyncarter4813

3 жыл бұрын

MMMEEEEEEE!!!!🙋‍♀️

Michael Jackson was the first man with Swag

@hopeadams9397

3 жыл бұрын

Swag is Billie eilish and Justin Bieber trying to talk with bad grammar

@dailyhunter3683

3 жыл бұрын

@@hopeadams9397 Ouch!

@notsunnydaysahead

3 жыл бұрын

Daily Hunter lol ik ik i Jus got a Billy Alish poster so you already know I felt that

@Jaheartsjonas

3 жыл бұрын

@@notsunnydaysahead you got a poster of her but you don't even know how to spell her name?

@sabagisara

3 жыл бұрын

We might never see this type of phenomenon again

OMG, I was a teenager back then and it was just INSANE!!! That's when Michael's popularity was at its PEAK and he RULED the MTV Generation. There wasn't anybody BIGGER than Michael in pop music at that time. It was an AMAZING, UNFORGETTABLE time! I LOVE YOU, Mike!!

@thethrashpanda

Жыл бұрын

He rules ALL generations

@ArthurMorgna

Жыл бұрын

No one will be bigger than Michael ever

@CalypsoDarling

Жыл бұрын

There’s still no one bigger than him lol. He sits with the greats of history. Da Vinci, Buddha, Cleopatra, people argue he’s bigger than Jesus! PLEASE This video doesn’t really present that well though.

@vashtikelly6837

7 ай бұрын

agree

One word: Legend. When was the last time we had people and youngsters desperately trying to mimic off the style of an artist like that? This might never happen again in our era.

@nyronf

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed. You know that you are on an unprecedented scale when you have GROWN. ASS. MEN crying and passing out at your concerts! MJ was one of a kind.

@reach831

3 жыл бұрын

Today’s society could never. People on social media would start arguing between whether you’re a bandwagon or a hater

@pixie77531

2 жыл бұрын

people dont worship celebs anymore thats why

@paulgabel8261

2 жыл бұрын

@@pixie77531 The fact that I've been harassed by Jonnhy Depp-Amber Heard articles/videos everywhere online for the past 3 weeks says otherwise.

Black boys had MJ to imitate. Now all they have is rapper's

@dwainwilson6741

3 жыл бұрын

LMAO Damn Straight!!!

@charlesb6251

3 жыл бұрын

It’s sad lol Michael was a good role model for young blacks, he had class

@maratnahimana

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah they had a long lineage of African Americans with the James Brown & Lionel Richie etc. .

@x-tremeios8380

3 жыл бұрын

MJ WAS BLACK THE ONLY THING YALL CAN’T TAKE FROM THAT

@joebidens2533

3 жыл бұрын

Rappers who beef each other period, including murders!

I wish I could time travel to witness this hysteria.

@nancyj8877

3 жыл бұрын

It was incredible

@torpedoboy4

3 жыл бұрын

It was the best atmosphere!

@csf7773

3 жыл бұрын

You can't even begin to fathom it, times are way different now.

@csf7773

3 жыл бұрын

You can't even begin to fathom it, times are way different now.

@MelaniaRose

3 жыл бұрын

I remember it clearly. No one will ever match it.

I am so glad I grew up during those times. We took it very serious!!!

@kerryn6714

3 жыл бұрын

Yes we did! The only person who got their face seen more (in my country that is) was Princess Diana. It’s hard to explain to millennials what it was like back then before social media & smartphones! We relied on TV & magazines for all our Micheal news! I’m so grateful I was a young teenager during the Off The Wall/Thriller era ✌️💛🌻😍

@SeanWarren

3 жыл бұрын

@@kerryn6714 That is true....we relied on those magazines!!!

@kerryn6714

3 жыл бұрын

Sean Warren Lol, I had so many but I was only allowed one poster on my bedroom wall & I chose the Prince poster from the Purple Rain LP!

@lyhmedia5225

3 жыл бұрын

That time was phenomena....MAAAN, there needs to be movie on this....the adulation this one fellow received was SUPREME...

@torpedoboy4

3 жыл бұрын

Dude, right?! It was awesome

"hOw DoEs It FeEl to be as famous as Michael Jackson"

@niallhughes2697

3 жыл бұрын

Who the fuck is he?

@hoeteadotjpg

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao joke of the year goes to

@hoeteadotjpg

3 жыл бұрын

Mai gawd I don't even know his name☹️

This is Power.

Those Michael Jackson look alikes look more like his brothers Randy and Marlon Jackson LOL

@jegeriufanen4415

3 жыл бұрын

king lord that Casanova guy looks like if MJ just got his wisdom teeth pulled and is all swollen

@shannonallaround9490

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

I wish I could time travel and bring a 25yr old Michael Jackson to 2020....

@melissaanthony2028

3 жыл бұрын

I’d be so happy

@cortezpalmer9358

3 жыл бұрын

That would be awesome 😭😭

@michaeljackson1219

3 жыл бұрын

Ahhhh yesss take me into 2020 SHAMONEE HEE HEE

@shannonallaround9490

3 жыл бұрын

OMG he would TAKE OVER MUSIC YET AGAIN JUST LIKE HE DID IN THE 80s!!!

@michaelbaby3322

3 жыл бұрын

True

I remember all this shit 😂😂😂 especially rocking the Jerry curl and leather jackets 😂😂😂

@shannonallaround9490

3 жыл бұрын

I wanted a Thriller jacket but my mom couldn’t afford it! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

He was so cool, everyone wanted to be him. He was electrifying and entertaining, and polite and kind.

Wish I was born to experience this

@aubreylindsey1206

3 жыл бұрын

Same But Sadly, I Was Born 2006 But The King Of Pop Died When I Was 3.

83 to 85: There was nothing like it. I collected posters, badges etc. It was an amazing feeling being a witness to the whirlwind.

Yes I was in Jr. High when an MJ look alike came to our school (this was during the Beat It Billie Jean Era) the look alike barely got on stage and the kids in the auditorium bum rushed the stage the poor guy had to run 10 kids got injured the principal was so mad he came on stage and said he was very disappointed that we behaved like animals. I kid you not even a look alike could go anywhere without being mobbed Micheal Jackson mania was real back then.Those were some crazy times. LOL😬😆

@thedetail.

3 жыл бұрын

Love this story!

@fephoenix9208

3 жыл бұрын

@@thedetail. Thanks I just love this channel! I love how this channel presents the back stories on MJ. I've been an MJ fan since I was 7 years old .

@fephoenix9208

3 жыл бұрын

@@eph_loves_80s74 Actually I didn't intimidate or attempt to rush on to the stage to get to the MJ impersonator I was in the crowd trying to avoid being stampeded even as a teenager at the time I thought it was stupid thing to do.

@fephoenix9208

3 жыл бұрын

@@eph_loves_80s74 Nope I was never an imitator of any celebrity back in 1985 I was just a fan.

@anikadiamond007

3 жыл бұрын

People even went crazy over impersonator.

The idolization went overboard in my opinion. People started to forget he was human too

Casanova looks just like Michael! Crazy

Wow when all the impersonators were black. He truly was a black icon and a hero to us all.

I love this channel so much. I literally just watched the first video on this page two months ago and it really got be obsessed with Michael Jackson. My whole life I knew who he was bc obviously how big he was. But I never studied him like I do now this page is very interesting

@TheCensere

3 жыл бұрын

Me as well. They do the ups and downs and not just make Michael one dimensional. Almost Like MJ is a course to study.

@chideraobi5572

3 жыл бұрын

That's actually very true. I knew MJ was big and all that but I started to study him more because of this channel

@vminajj1267

3 жыл бұрын

Chidera Obi yesss. I remember one time in my elementary school we actually had to LEARN about Michael Jackson. We had a spelling bee and one of the bonus questions was like who made the song thriller. That was the easiest question I had that day 🤣

@thedetail.

3 жыл бұрын

Wow thank you! Love this channel is sparking this love and interest in MJ ✨

@XX-ts4ys

3 жыл бұрын

the detail. Thank you so much for these videos

The impact he had on the world is actually surreal

Nowadays we have too many bad era Michael Jackson lookalikes We need more off the wall and thriller lookalikes

@charliered420

15 күн бұрын

Michael Trapson is the number one Thriller lookalike that I can think of, that we have today.

Beautiful era! Also shoutouts to Michael Trapson!

@MichaelJacksonBillieJeanVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah he looks like michael Thriller era

Michael mania was everywhere....

When you look like Michael Jackson, there is no moving on. You just get stuck in the shadow

I just love Michael Jackson. No One ever is going to be like him. They can try but is never going to BE 💯 Top. Ah ah MJ is MJ love him Forever. Best artist ever Forever.♥️😍💐🎶🎤🎵💙💜💛🧡❤️💚😘😘😘

@cynthiafernandezhaliday9448

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, but the imitations are great compliment! 👋💖👍

I'm grateful to have been able to experience the 80s in general, never mind the amazing glitz and glamour of that era... Usually and especially music artists, grab the attention of a particular age group during the beginning of their careers. Michael Jackson was not the usual music artist... He grabbed the attention of children, teenagers, college aged and even parents during the 80s... And everybody had Michael Jackson paraphernalia... From, notebooks, posters, record and cassette collections, to trending clothing styles such as the red leather jackets and pants and the white glove, and outward appearances like the lookalikes in this video... Just hearing his songs played on the radio made women scream in excitement! Magazine covers, television appearances, and concerts, were the must sees. Michael Jackson took the 80s by storm! And it was the best storm to ever hit my childhood in the 70s and 80s...

In July 1984, guys between ages 7 and 26 dressed up as Michael Jackson for the tour.

Funny part about this is. This is still going on!!! 🐐 🐐 his legacy will never die

I was born in 1984 and the earliest memories I have is of me dancing like Michael Jackson and being a Michael Jackson fanatic.

there can only be one

0:28 Best looking impersonator there

its so crazy that like 1 percent of michaels fame went to these guys and they STILL had alot of fans, thats CRAZY TO ME

I seen a Michael Jackson concert on tv I think it was Germany and I seen grown men crying

Personally I don't like Michael Jackson impersonators. Nothing they do will fill the void we feel by Michael being gone

@mariafiorellino7335

3 жыл бұрын

Michael is always the only one. No other existe 🙏👑💎

@tim_ee_tree_uh_

3 жыл бұрын

@@mariafiorellino7335 exactly

@2kdemiks816

3 жыл бұрын

i mean, i’m sure they’re nice people so it’s not that they’re unlikable, and imitation is the highest form of flattery. But damn dedicating your life to another man is not that good in my opinion, practicing michael’s humanitarian beliefs and etc. would be my ideal tribute artist, they should tribute michael but not in the sense of trying to literally be him

@michaelfan90

3 жыл бұрын

Facts.

@eshakhoshnu3301

3 жыл бұрын

But I like the fact that they do it because they love him as well

I had my Jheri curl just like Michaels in the thriller music video I had a whole lot of Michael merchandise in 1984 I’m talking about the 1984 MJ doll, the record player, t shirts, thriller & beat it jackets, collector cards, cassette players & glasses this video brings back to a time when only black people could look like Michael Jackson I miss 1984

@therealzdeal5630

3 жыл бұрын

Ephraim Nana Antwi it was either the Billie Jean tuxedo or the thriller jacket so I chose the thriller Jacket instead I forgot to add that I also had the glove

@therealzdeal5630

3 жыл бұрын

Ephraim Nana Antwi lol I can’t believe you even doubt someone not doing that

@GalaxyGirl08

7 ай бұрын

Good times

MJ in his prime thriller - beat it early 80's before the plastic surgery. No artist movie star or performer will ever come close to that phenomenon.

@semiribrahim8956

3 жыл бұрын

He had plastic surgery even during this time...

@mikkelloll3931

3 жыл бұрын

@@semiribrahim8956 no he didn’t

@semiribrahim8956

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikkelloll3931 yes he did

@swapnilmjsp417

2 жыл бұрын

@@semiribrahim8956 after that he didn't do any. He just lost weight and aged. Also hair and colour change had a huge effect

@GalaxyGirl08

7 ай бұрын

@@swapnilmjsp417he had multiple rhinoplasty and a chin dimple implant

I wish Micheal was 25 years old in 2021... I think that things would have been easier for him

Mannnnn, I remember the TV show Silver Spoons doing an episode on MJ lookalikes

Shoutouts to Michael TRAPSON! He is really good. Every MJ's fan should know him. Shamone!

@kerryn6714

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve never heard of him. Who is he?

@lil18thletterking77

3 жыл бұрын

@Axel - Roblox 😂😂 his face is weird huh?

@marcosxvinicius

3 жыл бұрын

@Axel - Roblox ok man, i respect you. I think he is funny and talented.

@marcosxvinicius

3 жыл бұрын

@@kerryn6714 An impressionator. Do funny stuff for KZread

Yoooo, it Michael Trapson at 1:44 💀

@elijahvaughn8596

2 жыл бұрын

Lmfao

So I was Michael Jackson for Halloween a year or 2 before he passed away. I was stopped every few blocks in Manhattan because someone wanted to take a picture with me. I was just pretending to me Michael Jackson and I was overwhelmed and at that point I was just like what it would actually be like to be him. The man couldn't even step out of his house.

@naimagalion4616

Жыл бұрын

his life must have been wonderful and tragic at the same time. Poor Michael

It was amazing growing up in the 80s and being a part of Michael-mania ❤❤❤ No one can even come close to the amount of hysteria Michael caused. Makes me miss him even more. We lost an amazing performer and a beautiful soul 💔

Back when only black ppl could be Michael Jackson😂

I love 80s MJ look alikes, you don't get many 80s era NO tribute artists these days. Michael Trapson is the best one.

MJ👑✨ is the 🐐. I remembered all this stuff like yesterday, where did the years go? 80's is the best decade, I don't care what anyone thinks.

@csf7773

3 жыл бұрын

I think at least 90% of everyone agrees with you!

Massive! Wow Look a likes were getting famous. But non of them had "it" like Michael had because like Quincy said Michael had like 20 years of experience when Thriller came out. READY!

@adehela13

3 жыл бұрын

And thats the crazy part

He was gigantic, especially thru ‘82-‘85. You really had to be there to understand what I’m saying. I remember we all wanted to b MJ. I would try to moonwalk in my 2nd grade special ed. class. 😂

I read in a book that Michael was so big in 84 that all radio stations agreed to have a "No Michael Jackson Day" because he was so huge.

@thedetail.

3 жыл бұрын

So interesting I saw in my research that towards the end of 1984 there was a heavy backlash against ‘Michael-Mania’

@bolder2009

3 жыл бұрын

@@thedetail. That gives context to what James Baldwin said about MJ and his fame. James was prophetic.

It so sad I didn't live in the 80's....! 😭😭😬

I remember I seen a fake Michael Jackson in the local flea market back in the late 80’s lol. I thought it was him, until my parents said it actually wasn’t him lol

Lol they had E’Cas on already featured before he claimed his looks were natural. It’s him in the Pepsi commercial and the earlier clips from the 80s contest where all the look alike s were in the same venue, he’s the one with the black and red military shirt, the one with the big red lapel.

@rodmichael1994

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that nose he was rockin was far from natural!lol who did he think we all were ? Dumb apparently and blind….and his eyebrows were made like that lol he plucked them too look like how mj rocked them at the time. Frickin clown… he did resemble him tho but def got surgery..that’s committment…wonder if he blew his head off later in life when he aged and it wasn’t cool to look like and 80s mj anymore…

I graduated in high school in 1981 those were the days!!! Would not trade the disco days of the 70's and into the 80's for nothing, best artist of all time no one has or will come close to what Michael did for the music and dance industry.

Woooww this is really crazy Michael Mania was insane.........I wish I could have seen this back then I really missed this phenomenal time there will never be nothing like this ever again

Always bringing great videos

I wish I was born in that era

Never seen people go crazy over an impersonator

the one at 0:30 actually looked like mike

@calamari.jaksun8914

3 жыл бұрын

Fr

I like how e cassanova says he hasn't done any plastic surgery but you can clearly see that he has.

MJ was so much popular that the only american name that travel around the world was him and the U.S President

@chukwumaeziokwuemejulu3826

2 ай бұрын

He was more popular than the us president

@patatebanine4278

2 ай бұрын

@@chukwumaeziokwuemejulu3826 😂True. At this time, few knew Carter or Rogan so only Jesus, Pope Jean-Paul 2 and MJ was famous

Yey! New video😊

this is awesome. thanks for show it to us

Great Video!!!!! But E. Cassanova & Oprah yuck!!!!! I was 6 yrs old during the thriller era so I remember it.

@jacluv7862

3 жыл бұрын

@@eph_loves_80s74 R u speaking 2 me? What are u talking about? I support MJ not E Cass or Oprah. Oh is ur comment referring 2 Trapson? I don't like E Cass & u don't like Trapson, keep it moving partner!!!!

@jacluv7862

3 жыл бұрын

@@eph_loves_80s74 I do like Trapson but I'm more of an MJ fan so that's more important to me.

@marcelinomkenyanmj7305

3 жыл бұрын

Krista is the best.. I find trapson too tall but he is hella entertaining though

E' casanova lie about having plastic surgery! He had his whole face done.

This is sooo cool!!!!

For me the best impersonator was Wylie draper MAY HE REST IN PEACE But who do you think is the best in 2020,I think it's Michael trapson

@TheCensere

3 жыл бұрын

Wow you are right I remember. And going to have to rewatch Jackson 5 the american dream

@TheCensere

3 жыл бұрын

You right. Did an outstanding job in that series. The Jackson's An American Dream. "Who broke the string off my guitar" "Who left the towel in the pool!" Everytime I see footage of the J5 I just picture Joe like "You better not mess up"

@wandz9780

3 жыл бұрын

Qu3chainz yea he really was,but I think his father created the perfectionist side of Michael tho,but that's still no excuse for being hard on your own son like that tho,calling him ugly SERIOUSLY 😒🤦🏾‍♂️

@dorisfenella

3 жыл бұрын

Rodrigo Teaser or Sac MJ

@TalentedKamarty

3 жыл бұрын

He was an actor but he looked the part for sure and had the dances down 🙌🏾

Thanks for sharing with us Love you... from BKK

I was there 💯!!! Imagine a world where Michael Jackson was mentioned every single day.. on the news.. in every magazine.. all the magazines for teens/kids.. new books weekly.. on tv constantly.. you could buy the bubblegum/stickers in every shop that sold candy and gum.. and posters, buttons and badges.. where on sale everywhere!!! And this is all before discussing that the Thriller album was Everywhere!! And the soundtrack for that entire era.. 83-84 - then imagine MTV/ music videos were still very new.. and Michael Jackson videos were like mini Motion pictures! I.e.- Thriller.. It was Michael mania!!! For Real!!!! Anyone who was really there understands exactly what I mean if I say... “the rolling stone red and white shirt picture “ “The brown leather jacket and blue jeans with a guitar belt poster” and “The yellow vest and bow tie with white pants and shirt poster”!!! If you know... you know! RIP Magical Michael! 💜

This was the only Era where only black people could look like Michael Jackson. If Michael still was brown skin a lot of white MJ impersonators wouldn’t have a job lol

@Arteaga4K

3 жыл бұрын

If we're being forreal, black MJ fans did it the best. Something about other impersonators they couldn't capture right

@I....l....I

3 жыл бұрын

@@Arteaga4K obviously black fans impersonated him best because he was black

@jarrettcone8949

2 жыл бұрын

But that makes him even better

THE Michael Jackson was a good sport to not take that skit personally, and cast Brandon Adams in Moonwalker 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾.

He had a beautiful smile, great teeth and charm.

it's funny because around this time mj was trying to lay low in order not over saturate the market, but apparently it was out of even his control

50s kids got to witness: Elvis 60s kids got to witness: Beatles 70s kids got to witness: Queen 80s kids got to witness: Michael Jackson And that was the end of great music

@thedetail.

3 жыл бұрын

90s kids got to witness: The Spice Girls

@chasepotter2376

3 жыл бұрын

the detail. Michael was still MASSIVE in the 90s. Dangerous... History... incredible albums with amazing videos to go along with them.

@bigolebot

3 жыл бұрын

@@thedetail. LMFAO!!! What a decline that was tho

@bigolebot

3 жыл бұрын

Yep we were luckym

@chasepotter2376

3 жыл бұрын

But then the 2000s came with hip-hop being huge, and Eminem kicking that off with a bang. He definitely gets placed in the category of the rest of those greats.

4:25 the why the F you lying dude should’ve chimmed in at this part 😂

@majesticpops

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

LOL @ casanova saying he was born with it. He definitely had some stuff done...

Майкл Джексон реально крут 👑 и никто даже рядом не стоит 💋 гениальный феномен ✌

Long live the KING.

Thank you so much for this video! 😍 More I try learn about MJ life, more video like these it's show to me and I don't need search for this. 🤗

The 80s were amazing and mj was the biggest part of that incredible decided

1:04 It looks more like Eazy-E. 🤣🤭

The guy at 0:24 and the guy at 0:28 were pretty good

Yes

I normally don't like MJ impersonators but these ones I can approve!! (Except for maybe E'Cas)

this is so Amazing ❤️❤️😍 still Loving you Michael Jackson our king of Pop ❤️💗💗💗💗❤️❤️

Speechless Legend MJ ✨

E’Casanova hasn’t had any plastic surgery has he? The clip of him at the start of this video begs to differ. Why lie about it?

@christaylor7916

Жыл бұрын

Exactly smh

Today we have Rodrigo Teaser as Michael Jackson cover in Brazil, he is the best cover i saw in my life, i went to a show, you see Michael tottaly in him.

Michael is the greatest

I wish we could see these people again and see if they still look like Michael today.

I was born in 89 unfortunately, glad I lived 20 years of Michaels life but oh how I wish I was born in the late 60s Early 70s. Even with all the cool stuff now and days, back then seemed so much better.

Michael Jackson's Vitiligo gave the white man a chance to have a shot at a being a look alike.😆

@ManOfLeisure761

3 жыл бұрын

But we had the golden era of michael when he was in his prime, when he was at his best.

@bestintheworld8641

3 жыл бұрын

@@ManOfLeisure761 ABSOLUTELY!

The KING of Entertainment!

Wow Michael Jackson king 💜👑💝

at 2:18 is that the kid that played MJ kid version in BAD video (Moonwalker Movie version) 😁.

@TheCensere

3 жыл бұрын

@Razh 80 ahh ok thanks

@genevafashiondiva

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, he was also in Moonwalker!😊

@TheCensere

3 жыл бұрын

@@genevafashiondiva oh yea your right. Michael mania changed his life

@theyellowmaize6409

3 жыл бұрын

Yes he definitely is the child that played little Michael on the Badder short film

@ericmorris5912

3 жыл бұрын

Brandon Adams

Those were truly great times.

Mis respetos a E.Casanova Evans,es increíble el parecido a Michael,no lo conocía

Was just listening to the song Butterfly before this vid for the first time, I'm surprised they sampled it at the end.

RIP King of pop

I like the one in the Motown Outfit on the 1984 Look Alike contest I hope he won too!