Thursday, June 25, 2009

Talk about your plotline

6 comments:

Daphne said...

I gotcher plotline right here!

(sorry.)

I had to spend some time last night watching MJ videos too. I remember us kids trying to do the moonwalk on the playground. Mind you, this was also at the height of moonBOOTS. Frightening.

Kate said...

Man, I think I spent the entire evening watching his greatest videos, and I think I landed on "Smooth Criminal" as my favorite. The deliberate, slow dance moves, that lean intensity throughout...It's so easy to forget how genious he was back when he was on and not yet so disturbed.

I missed the moonboots. But MJ himself wears a pair of SEQUINNED moonboots in "Rock With Me."

Daphne said...

Sequined moonboots. Where can I get me some?

jessica said...

Sheer genius! I have not seen this in ages...wow! I'm pretty sure I will attempt one of his dance moves sometime today..hee hee!

Heloise said...

You have to wonder which came first, the idea for the video or the song.

What a dancer. But I did lose a lot of interest in watching him dance when the masturbation became such a big part of it. It was so distracting from the artistry.

Kate said...

Jessica, I don't think I'd seen this one since about 1983 before finding it on YouTube. It's a strange pick for certain, but it is my favorite MJ video. I love how the dance in this one is just slow and deliberate, just genius. Heloise, I know what you mean with the crotch grabbing - it doesn't seem like that happened so much in the Thriller years (although someone can correct me if I'm wrong.) He does have liquid hips, though, and as a dancer wannabe, he's just so amazing to watch.

Daphne...Goodwill?