Friday, August 28, 2009

Michael Jackson's Inspiration

Michael Jackson's Inspiration
What inspired Michael Jackson to create some of his music videos, signature moves, etc.?
Watch these videos and see what you think...
Bill Bailey from 1955 -- Is the Moonwalk this old?
Origins of the Moonwalk
Fred Astaire + Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal [short film] HQ

Michael Jackson + West Side Story

Michael Jackson imitates James Brown
I really recommend watching all of the above videos.
I'll probably subscribe to AbejaMariposaJr's Youtube page.
He has some really interesting videos there.
The below concert video is unrelated to the above topic, but I'll link it anyway...



The Six Degrees of Michael Jackson


The Six Degrees of Michael Jackson
The Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon is a trivia game based on the concept of the small world phenomenon and rests on the assumption that any actor can be linked through his or her film roles to actor Kevin Bacon within six steps.  (Quote from Wikipedia)

Between the Liberian Girl video and the We are the World video, finding anyone in the mainstream entertainment world more than 4 degrees of separation from Michael Jackson's work would be difficult.

Folks appearing in the We are the World video include:

Dan Aykroyd
Harry Belafonte
Lindsey Buckingham
Kim Carnes
Ray Charles
Bob Dylan
Sheila E.
Jane Fonda
Bob Geldof
Daryl Hall
Dan Hill
James Ingram
Jackie Jackson
La Toya Jackson
Marlon Jackson
Michael Jackson
Randy Jackson
Tito Jackson
Al Jarreau
Waylon Jennings
Billy Joel
Quincy Jones
Cyndi Lauper
Huey Lewis
Kenny Loggins
Bette Midler
Willie Nelson
John Oates
Jeffrey Osborne
Steve Perry
Anita Pointer
June Pointer
Ruth Pointer
The Pointer Sisters
Lionel Richie
Smokey Robinson
Kenny Rogers
Diana Ross
Paul Simon
Bruce Springsteen
Tina Turner
Dionne Warwick
Stevie Wonder
The list of celebs in the Liberian Girl Video is also impressive.
Paula Abdul
Rosanna Arquette
Dan Aykroyd
Mayim Bialik
Bubbles
Jackie Collins
David Copperfield
Emily Dreyfuss
Richard Dreyfuss
Corey Feldman
Lou Ferrigno
Debbie Gibson
Danny Glover
Steve Guttenberg
Jasmine Guy
Whoopi Goldberg
Sherman Hemsley
Olivia Hussey
Amy Irving
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Beverly Johnson
Quincy Jones
Don King
Virginia Madsen
Olivia Newton-John
Brigitte Nielsen
Lou Diamond Phillips
Ricky Schroder
Steven Spielberg
Suzanne Somers
John Travolta
Blair Underwood
Carl Weathers
Billy Dee Williams
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Boy George




Jackson 5 with Diana Ross on TV All those years ago...

Jackson 5 with Diana Ross on TV 
All those years ago...

One news channel aired the end of this video over and over in the corner of their screen as they reported on other Michael Jackson related news.

Jackson 5 with Diana Ross on TV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZoXZW7GC34

Start at the 3:15 mark to watch Diana Ross move Michael who was dancing in the front, to the second row so she could dance in the front row.

This is really funny.

Photoshop challenges: Michael Jackson

I found some Michael Jackson related Photoshop challenges online.
Here are some of the images that were shared. I tried to pick out images that were non-offensive. If I missed an interpretation and shared something inappropriate, please post in the comments section below and let me know.
Blame it on the Moonlight

House

I wish to complain about this 02 ticket what I purchased not half an hour ago...
Oh yes, the Michael Jackson. What's wrong with it?


Concert ad

Wanted ad

Doctor Who was with Michael Jackson...pt 1

Doctor Who...

Doctor Who regenerates again

Final Moonwalk

Also, check out this Michael Jackson version of Super Mario brothers.

super michael jackson bros 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRciznVO_nk