Yesssss INDEED! 😍😍 I had 2 play it back like 3x's in the very beg, like WHAAA ???!! Ya'll betta COME THRU with this choreography, YASSS!☺☺😍 Insane the amount of talent Michael was blessed with from such a young age (may my King rest in the heavens but never b forgotten and 4ever b loved❤🌻❤) and with the Jacksons boys together they were nothing 2 b played with! Loved it!🤩😍😍
When did you voice change, mine changed before I started high school in 1974. Michael Jackson was two years older than me, so his adult voice probably start kicking in 1972. Remember Jackie who was always a young adult when the group became big has a high tenor voice. Michael sang falsetto on much of his music for the rest of his life.
This is the song that officially broke them away from the bubblegum sound. They were emancipated as a mature group and not just cute kids singing “ABC” “Mama’s Pearl” etc. Their best years at Motown IMO is from ‘73-‘75 when they got funkier and had a more mature sound.
Those cute kids had number one hits with those songs as u listed they were emancipated at an early age especially from a marketing and promotion standpoint they saved a record company and it's only bubble gum because u stupid u said it . What a dumb comment
From their Best Motown Album . . . with songs produced by Norman Withfield among others. Purchased this amazing alum, my senior year in High School. Helped me get through some very challenging times . . . Thanks Jackson Five for enriching my life. Maybe if some the young people today had uplifting entertainment like the J5, they wouldn't be so DEPRESSED all the time!
Man Randy Jackson is something else. He could play the hell out of them drums. Him bouncing and hitting them drums without messing up his rhythm takes timing and skill.
+Child Of Africa I agree with you, even though this is playback. They were not really playing. But every time they played real I noticed that on Randy.
Mikao Kavako i don't know why artists didn't actually perform the song and did lipsyncing. Maybe they were worried about them not sounding good live or something.
Child Of Africa sometimes it's a decision of the Artists, and other times it's a decision of the TV Channel. Certain tv shows (still in 2016) are not capacited of the conditions needed to assure excelence. I personally don't like it. I can understand it, but I don't like it.
+Child Of Africa One reason the artists lip-synced or pantomimed to the studio recordings is because the purpose was to promote "the record" not to showcase their talent through live performance. There are other reasons unknown. However, "a Motown Artist" would probably not be worried about not sounding good live because Barry would not allow them to the do live performances if they were not ready. Artist Development was key at Motown.
The Jackson 5 were a cohesive, collective unit. And yes Michael (sometimes Jermaine) were the lead singers BUT it was their older brother Jackie who choreographed their moves.
Impeccable choreography, lead vocals, harmony, and showmanship.... saw the guys four times over the years: Aug 1974, in St Louis, Kiel Auditorium (I was a kid, couldn't believe I was actually watching them... my sister surprised us with the tickets), Summer 1984 (Victory Tour) in Jacksonville & Miami, and Aug 2014, in Orlando (The Gaylord Hotel), Tom Joyner's Labor Day Family Reunion, (needless to say, w/o Michael, but they gave him a heartfelt tribute).... we were right by the stage (a couple of sets from Bernadette Stanis (Thelma Evans of "Good Times")... and, I step up to fist-bump Jermaine.... then, some lady flew through the air (like Wonder Woman)... knocked me out of the way (she was pretty good size, too)... and, he fist-bumped her instead.... but, I each time I saw them... enjoyed them immensely !
@@SupremeNerd LOVE ALWAYS JUDGE! And RIGHTSEOULSY thereof. LOVE IS RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT. And BIBLE never banned it: John 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. Matthew 7:2 - For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. John 15:13 - Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. The whole BIBLE is loving, because it RIGHTEOUSLY judging us and calling us all to REPENTANCE.
EVERYBODY!! Even my daddy!! Their first television appearance was the Ed Sullivan Show, my daddy let us watch the big TV in the living room to watch, he even stayed in to watch with us! Said, Bonanza and Gunsmoke was reruns anyway!!! Rest Peacefully Daddy💝💋💖💔💔😢
They have always been an incredible group. Michael a child prodigy and adult genius. Spent his whole life bringing joy to the world through his music. Thanks MJ❤
The guy in the background playing the drums is my cousin Jo Jo a few years ago about 10 years ago his girlfriend murdered him and Janet Jackson pay for the funeral
David are you forreal brotha??? Sadden for your loss man he was good....why did she take a talented brothas life mann??? Im so hurt after reading that...wow.
dakliq420 Um.....no! As much as I liked the Tempts from way back, their choreography - even though they were definately in unison, was not as exuberant and youthful as the J5. And no one else had a MJ. Actually, on some songs like Glass House forn the 80's, they looked slower - like the middle-aged guys they were, except for the younger Damon Harris.
Dave Dawkins You can't tell me David Ruffin can't hold a candle to Michael. Let's put I Wish It Would Rain vs Who's Loving Who and let's see who stand up. Plus the Tempts were smooth as hell,I didn't say they were better,but they definitely rival them.
dakliq420 All due respect goes to the icons of yesterday. I grew up with them & imitated them. David Ruffin was a great singer and while with the Tempts, they danced - or, did choreographed routines. Ruffin's solo career was about crooning, not dancing. Individually....MJ outdanced everybody. He influenced generations with his moves. C'mon man. That's not even close!
Stuart Perry MJ was influenced by those greats, & he took it to another level....one that won't be seen again. Where else is there to go? Unless somebody learns to become invisible & reappear, he's set the ceiling way up there.
The base is what really carried this jam. That is so unique at the time during those years. The instrumentals track was ahead of its time on this song. I became disappointed during the 80s because black jam music and creativity went down hill big time when rap started to take over. The bands substituted good ole live musical instruments for a duo turntable scratching sounds and stupid lips and mouth sounds like donkeys and jackasses trying to do instrumentals with their mouths. Thank God that Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, Kool and the Gang continued with traditional black music and R&B along with all of the black female singers because that Rap Hip Hop music in the 80s and 90s was just a cold slap in the face to black talent and creativity I couldn't take it anymore. I started listening to New Wave music where people still played real instruments such as Duran Duran, The Clash, B52s, The Cars, Sting, Billy Idol and a taste for Rock And Roll like Journey, Def Leopard, Eddie Van Helen and so on. At least it sounded good and everyone played their own instruments instead of using someone else music playing in the background. Never thought the day would come when I would start liking Rock&Roll and New Wave music at the time due to black music going down hill to a primitive state using other peoples background music and scratch duo turntable music mixing crap. But it helped Michael Jackson big time becoming the greatest entertainer of all time and largest record sells ever because he stayed the course and kept it clean and people who took music seriously turned and crossed over to him along with the black female divas and the white audience who kept it clean.
The 2 different voices you all hear are that of Michael and Jermaine both are singing the 2 part lead vocals in this song... LOOK VERY CLOSELY AT THE VIDEO!!!
By this time, the music that the J-5 made was getting more adult-sounding. Compare this song to, say, "I Want You Back", and you'll notice the difference.
William Reed It starts with Michael who was going through a voice transition resulting in the group steadily moving past the "Bubble Gum" type of music into a more mature style.
Right On!!...to Orlando Gaffney!!...you hit it right in the mouth!...Damn!,,it's great to know that my own opinion is verified by others. (if more are out there ,.then speak up now!) Just to add to that comment,..I also believe that poverty also played a role in the downfall of great R & B artist development. Most of those DJs and the like couldn't afford instruments or training due to poor income and other complications of "the 'hood"...so they could only get their hands on tape recorders and samplers in one purchase. Most wanted to "participate" in the music but couldn't play any instruments and it would cost out of reach to attempt to. So,..in order to "be involved" with the glory of being a successful,admired Soul Artist or Group,..one got accepted by "Jammin' " with the records being spun at the clubs & discos by "mixing" the jams. Thus, creating "extended" versions. But,..just making the jams longer for there dancin' customers wasn't enough,..after one spun the record on the turntable,..just standing there while it played still left the DJ out the limelight so....enter "scratchin'"...by leading the crowd on with enticing "intros" to the next upcoming hit tune by forcing it in the mix. (ok,..yeah..some did this to match tempos and such..) Now,..if you are up on Black Music culture then you get my drift. Moving on to "Rap"..this was simple,..can't "sing" then speak in tempo on the beat with the music! Hell,..you've got to get involved and express yourself some kind of way right? You can't sing well or at all nor play an instrument but damn,..you ARE culturally incline to "keep a beat plus have natural rhythm sense...so why not use it and "speak" your "lyrics" in time with the groove! Whala!!....Rap in born and good ethnically attributed Black-American R & B fades away to it's demise. But folks there are STILL young and old Soul Warriors out there striving to revive and keep traditional R & B alive and well!! More power to those fine people!! I'm a Musician,..also one of such Soul Warriors!!...till I exist no more! (but the music & cause shall go on...) v('_' )
