I GOT IT!! | FIRST Time Listening To ALIEN ANT FARM - Smooth Criminal (REACTION!!) 

when Michael Jackson himself says he likes your cover better than his you know you've done well

I wanna party with that bassist. This video amazes me every time i see it.

AAF sent this video to Michael Jackson for approval before they released it. He liked it all but the kid dancing with the mask on. So they remade the part with the kid dancing without the mask and sent it back to him. He ended up liking the mask better.

That's a tribute song. One of the best in any genre of music. Also, so much of Michael's signature stuff was inserted into the clip. dancing, the yell with grabbing himself, moonwalking, the lean, high-pitched cries, the Thriller...

AAF were huge pop fans, and fans of MJ. They just happened to play a harder style of music. This was a total tribute to MJ, as I'm sure others have said. Great cover.

Took my son to see Papa Roach and AAF was the opening act. It blew me away. I grew up during the Jackson 5 and MJ's solo career. AAF honored Michael so much for their cover. If you ever seen MJ's videos, you might notice all of the nods during this video to the King of Pop.

Listen to In Bloom by Nirvana, Crazy Train and Bark at the moon by Ozzy Osborne, Faint by Linkin Park, and Everlong by Foo Fighters.

Actual this band was big Micheal Jackson fan. They absolutely loved him and his songs and played them. After their band started to grow its fan base they realized that (after doing Smooth Criminal cover) there fan base loved Micheal too.

I call this one a tribute more than a cover. It's so good and pays homage. Love it. They are rock. :)

I am a fan of weird cross genre covers. Rock songs done as country songs, metal songs done as bluegrass, alternative rock done as post modern jazz. It's all fun, it's all good

Thought he reached for a bottle of jack lol for a second lol

Practically every bit of this video is a tribute to MJ. There is a MJ reference in every scene...some subtle, some blatant, some a mix of both. Dunno how many times I've watched this one, but it seems I spot something new every time (caught the drummer with a glove on towards the end this time, dunno how I missed it before, lol).

Yup, this is a cover of Michael Jackson If you really look, you'll see a ton of references to Michael Jackson, such as the drummer wearing a white glove on his right hand and a number of other things

Watching him come to the realization that it was a Michael Jackson cover was hilarious.

Very rarely do you find a cover better and cooler than the original. Here's that rare moment. 😎

They grew up on Michael Jackson like anyone who was born in the 70’s or 80’s ,MJ holds a special place in my heart because I was named after him for the wishes of my oldest sister who died 3 months before I was born

They paid great homage to mj on this one. Between not really changing the song and putting so many mj references in the video. I’m sure mj was proud of this

If I remember reading correctly, Michael Jackson actually got ahold of them and thoroughly enjoyed this version.

Basically it was a love letter from the band to Michael Jackson celebrating his music. If you're familiar with the Michael Jackson videos there are so many references to those in this it's awesome.

Such a good cover! Love watching your reactions!

This was my FAVORITE song back in the day in early 2000s! Back when lol linkin park and system of a down were at their highest peak career wise! It's seriously SO underrated. And MJ actually gave them the green light to remix his smooth criminal song! So they had the King of Pop's blessing! 🙏

It's a cover song, and a damn good one at that. That's how covers work. It's not cheating. lol They pay homage to MJ all throughout the video as well.

This are my first listen to this group aswell so LFR jojo thanks for the introduction 👍🏻

Listen to "Run to the Hill by Iron Maiden" great range of vocals

They did a song called These Days, in the video they crashed the BET award red carpet, it's worth a watch.

I am curious if you caught all the M Jackson visual references throughout the video? I assume you did?? The lighted sidewalk, the pet monkey, facemask, silver glove chair, forward lean, crotch grab, the scream, wolf head, up blowing smoke, and on and on.

Brain Stew/Jaded by Green Day, or literally anything by Green Day (pre-2010s)

Long story but worth it. When Attack of the Clones came out my father in law flew in from NY to take us. The scene where Anakin gets thrown from beast on Naboo and Padme asks "Annie are you ok?" My FIL leans over and sings this song in my ear. I lost it. 20 yrs later I cannot hear this song without thinking about it. Love from Knoxville TN

This is a jam I grew up with lol. This song prompted me to buy the album this came with - and was not disappointed.

Awesome song glad you got turned on to it!!!

Bro u gotta listen to the scorpions, listen to rock h like a hurricane or no one like you. Both equally great, listen to both back to back cos they are so f-ing GOOD!

“Oh that was quick”. Had me rolling

I love how when they walk on the sidewalk it glows just like the stuff micheal touches in billie jean

You have a better break down of this cover than most grown people. Respect man.

Good reaction. Sucks we'll never have more MJ music. They didn't turn it into a rock song, it was already a rock song ;)

This is my favourite song of all time, maybe the era it came out in, I dunno but out every song I will ever hear in my life THIS is my most favourite one of all time

It's make me feel so old when songs have reaction videos by kids that weren't even born or were too young to remember when it first came out like this literally feels like 2 minutes ago to me 😭

Yes!! One of my favorites!! That bass player is a funny guy but damn good on the bass. They have some killer songs.

I gotta say, seeing all these people just find this cover kinda makes me feel old due to it being EVERYWHERE when it came out.

My personal favorite part of this video was the chimp. I remember Bubbles, Michael's chimp he had back in the day.

This drooped 2009, I was 14 and this Cover was everywhere.

Love your reactions

Great review brother!

Have always loved this version! You should also try “Movies”.

Omg it’s crazy, when this came out I remember thinking how unique and quirky the surgical mask was. I forgot all about it when I watched in 2023 and it look completely normal…until I remembered it came out in 2001 lmfao so surreal

Hi, JoJo :) I don't know if you have a Hot Topic store in your local mall, but they play music like this in there... 90s-2000s alternative punk metal. There's a series if albums starting with "Punk Goes" that is filled with covers like this... classic rock, metal, pop, r&b, you name it. And some of them are really good covers.

"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness." Oscar Wilde.

The amount of references to MJs music vids was mind blowing!

The video itself is a total homage to Michaels Jackson and his videos. They take a little element out of Michael Jackson's videos and put it all in this music video

Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.

That's the mark of a good song it can be slotted into different genres with little tweaks.

Have always loved this cover. Loved the original. Still do, both. The MJ easter eggs in the video are fantastic!

Loved it.😄😄❤️

The drummer is a good friend of MJ's drummer. MJ said it's cool. He actually liked their version.

I loved me some AAF back in HS. I think, especially back in the day, this was classified as "Alternative" but the simpler answer is to say "Rock" using the very wide brush that paints with. Keep in mind though, this is a cover of MJ's version, so it could even have a secondary "Pop" label too. If you're interested in more from the band, I would recommend "Movie" and "Summer" from the same album as this. [Athology] as a whole was a really solid set of songs.

This was pure tribute the king.

They did this song justice! This is the one on my playlist!

Props to them. Making MJ proud.

So many references to so many MJ vids and life in this, they truly paid homage with this video and cover.

Alien Ant Farm also sings a song called Movies...its good

How is it you haven't done Aerosmith Walk this Way with RUN DMC?

GUNS N ROSES - DONT DAMN ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Though covers mean respect this was a total homage to Michael and his impact on music.

Please do either “I remember you” or “Youth gone wild” by skid row, I’m gonna do this on every video until you do .-.

Imho, if you’re going to do a fast-paced/rock-vibe cover of a Michael Jackson song, this is how you do it!🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻

David Garrett - ‘smooth criminal’, it will blow your mind🤯

Underrated band. Tons of good music.

The tune bops. from day one. Can't hide it. AAF (Pop, Punk) recognized, that and MJ himself is said to have blessed this treatment. Sidenote: This is literally the ONLY AAF song that i fw, iibh.

Yo. This song was my freshman year of high school. Big feels. 🤙🏻

I'm with you man....

Good job, Tnx!!!

Here's some Australian Rock bands, choose any man, us Aussies have some bangers that are just as good as American stuff Cold Chisel - Khe Sanh or Cheap Wine Ian Moss - Tuckers Daughter Midnight Oil - Beds are Burning or Blue Sky Mine INXS - Need You Tonight or Don't Change Hoodoo Gurus - What's My Scene Paul Kelly - To Her Door Richard Clapton - Girls on the Avenue

There are so many easter eggs and nods to MJ's fan base and videos. In clouding BUBBLES. It is a great remake. MJ like the song so much, he gave them permission before release. Then they wanted to do a video for it. Because of the song, he m let them do what ever they wanted for the video.

Nazareth - Hair of the Dog is a classic song you really need to listen to, the whole album rocks

This video is a homage to the phenomenal Michael Jackson....you can see all the Easter eggs in this video. As others have said, MJ loved the rendition and approved of the video.

Check out Alien Ant Farm's song Courage.. I first discovered it on a snowboarding video game's soundtrack. It's sooooo good!

Little man was in his bag though with them moves

💗 💖 💘 💝 💟 ☮️!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love this SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!! Great reaction too!!!!

Just a different genre paying homage to a legend. RIP MJ

MJ freed Art, for all of humanity. SWYW.

If you liked this, you should check out Fall Out Boy’s cover of MJ’s “Beat It”.

That kid was dancing in front of the Jackson house where Micheal grew up.

Imitation is the greatest form od flattery. 😊

If you like metal, check out In This Moment,'s "Whore", "Big Bad Wolf", "As Above So Below" several others. They are amazing. You may also want to check out Slipknot's "Yen".

Vh1 said the original name of this song wasAl Capone .! Bothversions are awesome ...

This band is still so underrated it's not even funny. They were a crazy good band.

I've only been following you for about a month now but I haven't noticed anyone recommend you react to U2. I think you'd like Sunday, Bloody Sunday.

Michael Jackson really enjoyed this cover, he loved it

I just discovered your channel. Here are my recommendations / wishes for further reacts: Culture Beat - Mr. Vain Snap - Rhythm is a dancer Alanis Morisette - Ironic Marky Mark - Good Vibrations Nena - 99 Red Balloons Shakespeare Sisters - Stay Metallica - Enter Sandman Scorpions - Wind of Change Phil Collins - Another Day in Paradise Scatman John - Scatman and if you also want to like electronical music: U96 - Das Boot Robert Miles - Children Greetings from Germany.

How about some Hot Aktion Cop? "Fever for the Flava"? ..... Nice bottle btw!

Their video "Movies" is really cool

AAF slayed that cover

Micheal loved their version

There's references to all of the major mj videos in this on video

I remember seeing them in concert and they're really good live. The bass player fell off stage haha

I'm pretty sure that this was always a rock song!? M.J. was definitely on the Rock side of Pop; especially at this point in his career. Eddie Van Halen played for him on, "Beat It"! "Dirty Diana","Black or White","Bad": all Rock songs!

So many references to the King

Hahaha. Yes bro. It's a cover. A good one, a funny one.

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Fudge 💕 love them