‘I ain’t scared of your brother, I ain’t scared of no sheets…’ my favourite line in this song. Michael Jackson, most popular artist on the Planet, at the peak of his powers, directly challenging the KKK on a catchy, global number one pop song. Unreal. #MJForever

Such an iconic artist, and his videos are equally creative, just like his songs.

Michael Jackson is greatest dancer & singer also music artist in the history of mankind forever, way too much talent in a single human being. I'm always in awe truly The King Of Music Forever!👊🏽🙌🏽👑💝💫💯(THERE ARE MANY MEANINGS HERE ....: anger, frustration, rebellion, a scream at the injustices of the world, a liberating wanted to send a great and very powerful message ....he tried to do it all his life ....Thank you so much Michael btw this isn’t the Full Short Film it’s longer than this and includes his “Panther Dance” sequence Btw this was during his peak he mastered his craft at the point during the Dangerous Era Please React to Michael Jackson “Who Is It” it also has a Music Video)

@litrux2324

Жыл бұрын

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This is perhaps Michael's most iconic video. It has an important message and was, as all of his music videos, groundbreaking. The morphing is so well done. I mean this is 1991! My absolute favorite song by Micheal is "Stranger in Moscow". It's an underrated gem.

I also believe we will never again see a single entertainer with a life time of extreme talent & extreme success. Can you honestly see anyone else ever selling worldwide over 100 million copies of one album alone? He will be remembered throughout history.

'I'm not gonna spend my life being a colour'... i just love that line. And the video is really top notch. These morphing effects in the early nineties? they were really hard to do at that time. When this album came out i was just 12 years old and had a friend who was a big MJ fan and he really convinced me to be a fan as well. I really liked that song and others from the Dangerous album first, before discovering his previous works and actually finding out that my parents still owned the Thriller album on LP. In the end 'Bad' was and is my favourite album though. But it has to be the version that also contains the song 'Leave me alone' which i knew from the MJ movie Moonwalker.

@mattvideoeditor

Жыл бұрын

That morph effect is still hard to create to this day. Not because you need complex software, but because you have to plan it, cast it, light it and film it the right way. At least before AI Video explodes further, which will happen before the end of 2023. But it stands the test of time and will remain provoking the WOW effect because the whole piece is very well crafted.

@Snyper1405

4 ай бұрын

​@@mattvideoeditorMichael was the first to implement this into his short film/music video The Goat 🤩🙌🏽✨️💫💖💞🌠🐐👑

You're right about the instrumental. Michael created the guitar riff by humming it, although he didn't have a specific instrument in mind. It was a good choice in the studio to make it guitar, it fits that instrument well.

Michael was one of the original beatboxer; alot of his beats are made from his own beatboxing ; he talks about and does it in interviews if you watch them ; dude was one of a kind

The face morphing at the end there, was very cutting edge at the time!

Michael Jackson always showed us why WE named him King of Pop. Many have tried to pass him but they can't .

Think I was in my freshman year of highschool when this video first came out. If I remember correctly it debuted on five different networks at the same time. The hype for this video was off the charts. I will liken it to a major movie release. Still one of, if not my favorite mj video of all time.

The ‘rap’ is actually by the producer, Bill Bottrel, he recorded it with the intention of letting Michael hear it then have someone else do it properly… but Michael liked Bill doing it and just used that! Genius

I always remember the day this launched. Was a big thing in the UK to watch Top of the pops on Thursday nights and we all were anticipating it’s launch. The full version was played (this is short and not the full ‘short film’ and it cause d a bit of controversy to say the least lol

@itsjustnaima

2 жыл бұрын

It only caused controversy because people can’t deal with somebody who’s telling the truth.^^

This was super cool, Mj was a force to be reckoned with (RIP), you should definitely check out Blame it on the boogie next is super funk-disco based but it is soo much fun, so itd be awesome for you to check that out.

Michael Jackson was a true artist in every sense of the word. Just phenomenal!!

King of pop many songs he released such as BEN when he was very boy the best songs are TORTURE, THE EARTH SONG

you're right about some of the themes explored here being based on his own experiences. well he was of course a black artist in a white dominated music industry (that owes so much to black people). i believe the channel the detail has a video on mj's experiences with racism. speaking of which, in case you didn't know, there is a much darker, more aggressive second half to the black or white music video called "panther dance" - highly recommend watching that and then checking out this analysis video that explains the various symbolisms. (im not able to post the link to the video here so just search "panther dance symbolism" and click the first result - you wont regret it!) it's truly mind-blowing and you'll realise just how much depth there was to Michael jackson and he wasn't just a hit-making pop star.

To me, this is the most creative and produced video I've ever seen in my life. Besides, his best MV....he is a legend.

Iconic song you should react to "They don't care about us" one of his most powerful songs

I liked the morphing of the people in the end. It shows how similar we all are. Each one shared some facial feature connecting them even though they were different ethnicities.

That video was a huge deal at that time, everybody was fascinated with the effects and this song was everywhere for months, ah I forgot that young Tyra Banks was on that video :) originally that was more in the end, it show Michael Jackson dancing on an empty street ( no music ) and he start to scream and with a baseball bat he started to break cars and windows until the end he turned into a black panther and it ends with a white and black baby hold a snow globe of Earth ( was very polemic at that time, some places refused to show that bit of the clip )

This and "SCREAM" are my favorites from Michael Jackson. This one is also one of my favorites to play on the bass. MJ's music was a gift to the world.

This is the shorter version of the video. It was very controversial back in the day because of the scenes after the song ends. Great song and the video is perfect with all those effects. My generation was very lucky for having Michael Jackson as part of our soundtrack.

It made my day seeing you having this much fun with the song 🖤

Uhhhh,MJ....the best of all time,what more can we say? You should check out You are not Alone by MJ,if you haven't reacted to it yet,it is his most emotional song! Also,a suggestion! I don't know if you have reacted to them in the past,but you should react to Coldplay!! They are the best band of all time! If you want,you should start with Viva la Vida,and A Sky Full of Stars!

🤘🔥🤘 Loved your reaction. Even though I was a Metalhead throughout the '80s and early '90s, I loved Michael Jackson. Still do. If I remember correctly, Slash of Guns n Roses, played guitar on this song. The video premiered in November of 1991 on BET, Fox, MTV and VH1 in 28 countries to half a billion people. It was definitely the talk of the town during the holidays.

It's wonderful to see you digging the music. 🥰

I remember when everybody was waiting to watch this.!! Literally HALF A BILLION people watched it live, 6 different major channels MTV, VH1, BET, FOX, BBC, etc.. ( NOBODY WILL EVER TOP THAT.)... It was dark out around dinner time when Myself,(8 years old) my Mom(R.I.P.) & my Brother watched... It was like the whole world stopped working, talking, damn probably even stopped fighting just to watch this masterpiece... I'M BLESSED TO WITNESS THIS & MOONWALKER with Joe Pesci or most people remember the Short version(SMOOTH CRIMINAL)!!! If I'm not mistaken I think they did Thriller, Speed Demon, etc... like this too I think!?🤔 MJ TRIED TO BRING THE WORLD TOGETHER...!!! MJ=🐐 🥇🌎🫱🏿‍🫲🏼

you got it, the difference with Michael and other amazing artists is that he basically didn't force music. it came from inside of him, or as he liked to say it came from a higher place like he was the messenger of the music. he put all the beats on tape by beatboxing and he sung the melodies before recording. he only added lyrics after the music was written. and dancing was obviously in his dna so of course his beats always make you wanna get up and move😄

This is one of the most important videos of michael jackson, and this video and triller are the most amazing videos made by MJ

That awesome riff.........got to love Slash's guitar. Michael choice the perfect guitarist for this project.

also i love your analyses of mj's music! i was super impressed and just had to subscribe! can't wait to see you explore more of his work :))

"Black or White" is one of the best examples of Pop/Rock crossover music. The guitar riffs on this song are by Slash of the Gun-N-Roses band.

The morphology he used at the end of make to female black to white was the first time that technology was ever used. Michael was ahead of everyone regarding using new technology before anyone else in the world.

Anton, you were jamming. I love it!!

You remind me of how I truly enjoyed this music video when I was watching this as a kid. All the head bopping and moving around but still focused on the video. It was pure joy.

Thank you for this reaction! Too bad it’s not the full version :(

I love this song so much. One of my favorite songs from my number one favorite album of his. (1991's Dangerous) I actually have sung this song multiple times and can perform the rap section and go into the remainder of the singing portion seamlessly.

Because MJ was a natural dancer, the body percussion that he did was often very danceable. A lot of music education requires musicians to take dance classes as part of the instruction to help musicians understand rhythm, timing etc

Wow.. I think this was the first music video i've ever watched as a kid in 1991. I remember feeling it was unique. Honestly, every one of his songs are gems. I recommend - Heal the world, The earth song, Man in the mirror, Stranger in Moscow, In the closet... and the list can go on forever❤‍🔥 Great reaction as always💜

I think Michael saying with all the biases, misunderstandings, war in this world. People need to learn to let go. We live in one world and it doesn’t matter if your black or white. Work to be whole.

I love this song so much. So many cultures coming together to inspire unity

This music video is 30 years old and its visual effects are impressive even for today's standards. Unbelievable.

I love all of the dance styles highlighted in this video. As I recall, at this time in music videos you may have seen street dance, popping, jazz and modern but few artists highlighted dance or art from other parts of the world. I like that it opened the door for artists to explore other dance styles in their work without appropriating. MJ set the standard in videos and I think the incorporation of world dance was another standard set. MJ did face racism growing up. He faced police harassment as a youth and I think he and his brothers had a bomb scare at a few of their concerts. They seemed to focus a lot on bringing people together and ending racism and things that kept people apart

As a kid when this video came out, the morphing blew my mind!

Have you ever done Stranger in Moscow or Earth Song? Those will make you cry. Sooo good. Also they don't care about us. I recommend all three if you haven't.

The king of pop👑 ❤️"who is it" very good too 👌

The iconic the historic masterpiece jenius... ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤still he is no1

It would be great for you to revisit this, but watch the FULL LENGTH version. I'd love to see your take on that!

Heal the world

THE MOTHER reading paper news is also the Mother of jesse pinkman in Braking Bad

omj you have to watch “remember the time”! it’s incredible!

God, this just made my night. Such a freakin great song. 👍

I already know you're going to love this!

Watching him always feels like the first time! “Leave Me Alone” “Speed Demon” and “Dirty Diana” Are all good choices if you haven’t done those already. Any single from the bad album is a good choice,except smooth criminal because you’ve done that one) The bad album is kinda slept on really “Earth song” and “Childhood” important songs in his catalog as well

The morphing done in the video was not actually new as it was used in the movie Willow 3-4 years earlier, but it is still really cool! If you want to see a video with a unique and brand new at the time, created just for the video, watch A-Ha's Take on Me,. It's requested on the discord. It has 1.4 Billion views and is from 1985! The technology in the video is called rotoscoping and was created by a company in San Francisco. It was some crazy number of drawings in the thousands put together somehow. MJ did another song and video in regard to black/white called Ebony and Ivory with Paul McCartney that's really cool. The other really good videos are Thriller and Billie Jean (that song was so popular, and one of my top if not top of his, very catchy). The video was shortened here by several minutes of MJ dancing and jumping on a car and breaking the windshield and such. Too bad this one cut it off.

@Milkers777

2 жыл бұрын

It was innovative for MJ display it in a Music Video also it wasn’t done like this either!✍🏽👑✨🎯💯

@lauraallen55

2 жыл бұрын

@@Milkers777 It was really cool as I said before! It was the same effects used in the movie Willow 3-4 years earlier as I said before. It was accomplished in a different manner from how it was accomplished in the movie. Those who did it for the video referenced what Industrial Light & Magic did for Willow and wanted to do the same thing. I remember reading about it.

@chrism023

2 жыл бұрын

Michael did not do Ebony and Ivory that was Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder but it is still a great song there are 3 songs MJ dueted with Paul Say Say Say, The Girl Is Mine, and my personal favorite of the 3 The Man but Paul did write a song for Michael's Off The Wall album called Girlfriend but Ebony and Ivoty as much as I do love that song MJ had little if anything to do with it as I said before.

@lauraallen55

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrism023 Ha! I really messed that up, didn't I? I knew that, of course, so not sure why my brain went on vacation there. 😆Thanks for the correction!

My favourite MJ song❤

My favorite Michael Jackson single cannot wait to see your reaction Love you

I love any story that starts with "I got high one time..." 😄 ❤

Alot of great music then - You may appreciate: Lisa Fisher "how can I ease the pain" Stephanie Mills "Home" Regina Bells "Make it like it was" Karyn White "Superwoman" and upbeat song "The way you love me" - (You will lose it with just Lisa) I haven't seen Tevin Campbell, (before Justin there was Tevin) En vogue or SWV. Plus Power Rock ballads of the 80's - then have some fun with "The Jets", Debarge, Five star, Mel and Kim. And top off the summer with Lisa Lisa take me home. Good luck to your channel -

Love this video! You are interesting and love your reaction to this one. Great story about bob Marley. Thanks

Please react to Jackson Five- who's loving you, live at Ed Sullivan Show 1969

Only one King Of Pop ❤❤

always a story with michael 😆

More The Corrs reactions, please!

Those were his animals there on Neverland Ranch.

10000 % right ❤❤❤

There wascan extra bit at the end and ge turns into a jaguar

It's funny how you said you might have recognized the red head when the girl before her was a young Tyra Banks lol.

Please react to Jackson Five- I'll be there

Can you react to Michael Jackson tabloid junkie lyrics video next 🙌💖 Btw great reaction ☺️😄

As always great insight and views regarding the song/video which constantly is a delight to watch your initial reaction.. although I mostly enjoy your videos when you feature the great British invasion back then in the 80's and early 90's... artists and groups that u haven't reacted on like Style Council, Go West, Simply Red, Blow Monkeys, ABC, Tears for Fears, Lisa Stanfield, Everything but the Girl, Swing out Sister, Prefab Sprout, Workshy, Julia Fordham, Bananarama, Sade, Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Depeche Mode, Thompson Twins, Human League and so many others...I particularly wish that one day you will be able to feature Style Council's hit song "shout to the top" which is another one of my all time favorite songs and I promise you that it's an amazing treat for u to hear and react on it as well.. anyway keep up the good work and peace out.

Do you remember the time - MJ

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"So, I got high one time last year...." XD lol

Listening to watch you said later about how you don't listen to Bob Marley, I couldn't believe my ears.. If you don't like him, that's fine, buuuut if you haven't heard much of him you definitely need to check out these songs :D Could You Be Loved Three Little Birds One Love Just to name a few! Could you be loved will always be one of my go to songs for feeling good :) Btw, loved your reaction on this. One of Michael's best songs with such an amazing beat! The Way You Make Me Feel is also a banger!

Please next react to Michael Jackson "Thriller" live from Bucharest, Dangerous Tour 1992.. You Should react too Black Or White live version from Dangerous Tour 😍

He’s lost in the music again, but it’s ok, it’s such a great song

Rif stolen from Donna Summers Cold Love, also a great song.

This is Michael Jacksons 2nd biggest hit after 1983s Billie Jean. Like Billie Jean, black or white spent a whooping 7weeks at no1 on the billboard charts.

MJ what can be said that hasn't already been said but uou want suggestions to listen to him I will give you a list of 5 or so songs yo check out if you haven't yet... They Don't Care About Us Keep The Faith On The Line Streetwalker Morphine And lastly try I Can't Help It or (I Can't Take It)Another Day Now most of these songs there us no music video for but they are fantastic songs in any case.

WAS THAT LIL MACAULY CAULK??

Please REACT to Janet Jackson - Black Cat video

you have beautiful piercing blue eyes

Hello..

Lol

I am tired of this devil I am tired of this stuff I am tired of this business Sew when the going gets rough I ain't scared of your brother I ain't scared of no sheets I ain't scared of nobody Girl, when the going gets mean the part that get over our head bc it too fast/unclear

oh that was not even the full video

I think that ELVIS PRESLEY IS THE BEST SINGER OF ALL TIMES not Michael Jackson ELVIS is the only person that had so many songs on Country ,R&B,SOUL,ROCK & ROLL

@darrylmccants7280

Жыл бұрын

You really should take a look at some videos by a guy called Ray Hamilton. Elvis took his style of singing and if you listen without knowing who he is, you’d swear it was Elvis.

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