Today’s Obligatory Michael Jackson-Related Video

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1. happycrow says:
   June 26, 2009 at 2:40 pm

   Fred Astaire was idolized by none other than Baryshnikov. It’s actually a good mashup, b/c Astaire was also impressed with Jackson’s famous “moonwalk.” I have to admit that my first reaction to his demise had more to do with the tabloid life than to the man’s actual talents — which were immense. Billy Jean still works, 26 years later.

   Not a lot of pop hits can make that claim.
2. D. says:
   June 26, 2009 at 3:11 pm

   Is that Cyd Charisse?

   (That video is amazing. Full circle, of course, since Astaire admired the dancing of Bill “Bojangles” Robinson.)
3. WendyB_09 says:
   June 26, 2009 at 3:18 pm

   Thank you, I’ve always liked that video…
4. Suzanne M says:
   June 26, 2009 at 3:28 pm

   Yes! I love this video. It makes me happy.
5. mymatedave says:
   June 26, 2009 at 3:58 pm

   Thanks for posting this
6. GregLondon says:
   June 26, 2009 at 4:23 pm

   excerpts were taken from The Band Wagon and Daddy Long Legs.

   I wonder what the original movies were like during these clips.
7. Xopher says:
   June 26, 2009 at 8:20 pm

   I guess I’m not impatient, because for me the music began when the video did. “Smooth Criminal” begins at the minute-and-a-half mark, but there’s music throughout.

   Good video. I like it much better than Jackson’s actual video, even though the latter contains some astonishingly virtuosic dancing (and no, I don’t mean the famous lean, which was technology).
8. Rembrant says:
   June 26, 2009 at 9:02 pm

   Alien Ant Farm did a good cover of this song.
   I’m still not sure where the scales will balance, talent vs weird.
9. Alethea Kontis says:
   June 26, 2009 at 9:05 pm

   That was AWESOME.
   Thanks!
10. EarBucket says:
    June 26, 2009 at 10:42 pm

    The lovely Cyd Charisse. How she dances.
11. Brian says:
    June 26, 2009 at 11:20 pm

    I just flipped past “Daddy Long Legs” (I think) on TCM two days ago. Watched the “Bar fight” scene that has the exploding beer, about 30 seconds of the video…
12. Jen says:
    June 27, 2009 at 7:30 am

    D- That is Cyd Charisse in the beginning, and I’m pretty sure that the blonde is Terry Moore, the one who claimed to be secretly married to Howard Hughes.

    Great video.
13. Ruth Ellen says:
    June 27, 2009 at 12:06 pm

    It’s Leslie Caron at the beginning, Cyd Charisse in the bar scene. Shows in the credits.
14. Salome says:
    June 27, 2009 at 12:40 pm

    Wow. That’s beautiful.
15. laurie says:
    June 27, 2009 at 11:58 pm

    The blonde is also Cyd Charisse. This section of The Bandwagon is a spoof on film noir, with Astaire narrating: “She came at me in sections…”

    This is a wonderful edit.
16. Dr Dalim says:
    June 28, 2009 at 6:37 am

    That was amazing! A really good mash up!
    Thanks for posting and sending us (my wife and I) on a You Tube journey though MJ dance mash!
17. Deanna Hoak says:
    June 28, 2009 at 9:18 pm

    So that’s where Jessica Rabbit’s outfit comes from!
18. Carly H says:
    October 27, 2009 at 7:07 pm

    I’m looking forward to seeing this. I’ve seen a couple of celeb reviews and they said that’s it great. I’d hate it if the movie doesn’t do Michael the justice that he deserves.

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