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I feel alive again,

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because it's really a lot of
work.

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"Ebony Jet Showcase", Brooklyn Museum,
September 1, 1987

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Most people don't see
as the result of the work.

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They don't see the work
product to achieve the result.

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I feel reborn and happy.
Really, I'm jubilant.

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It's like a celebration.
“We’re done!”

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The people decided

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that Thriller was the record
the most sold in the world.

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How can we continue this path?

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Walter Yetnikoff
Director - CBS Records, 1975 - 1990

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It's almost impossible. But do it
understand Michael Jackson!

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Thriller is a colossal blockbuster
in the era of blockbuster artists.

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Nelson George - Black Music Review
Billboard Magazine - 1982 - 1989

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This is the time

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by Madonna, Springsteen,
Whitney Houston

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great stars, great albums,
MTV and the rise of music videos.

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This album is emblematic of
the time.

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Thriller has sold over 100
million albums worldwide.

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Joe Vogel - Author of Man in the Music: The
Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson

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Thirty-five million in the United States
and more than 70 million abroad

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not counting the singles.

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It was madness Michael Jackson
and Thriller these three years.

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Larry Stessel
Commercial Executive - Epic Records

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Difficult to do the same again.

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If we take Elvis,
Frank Sinatra or the Beatles,

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or even today,
Justin Bieber or Lady Gaga,

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It's just a moment,
with an opportunity,

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and Thriller grabbed it. It was
magical.

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26th Annual GRAMMY Awards
Los Angeles, California

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February 28, 1984

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PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

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QUINCY JONES
MICHAEL JACKSON

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Album of the year - Thriller
MICHAEL JACKSON, QUINCY JONES

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BEST POP SINGER Michael
Jackson - THRILLER (Album)

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Record of the year
Beat It - Michael Jackson

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Thriller beat all
existing records.

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Michael Jackson beat two
Grammy Awards records in 1984

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and it's the biggest selling album
never known in the recording industry.

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Joe Vogel
Author

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Many people
think he's crazy.

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In the press, we are told
believe

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that he bathes in Perrier,
eat flowers for lunch

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and sleeps in a tent
oxygen.

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Often even with a monkey, a snake and
an alien, a bizarre love triangle.

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It’s nonsense!
All this comes from the fact

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as Michael Jackson
does not give interviews.

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So they have nothing to say.

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I am sometimes surprised

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QUINCY JONES
PRODUCER OF Michael Jackson

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...to see some people concerned
by Michael's eccentricities

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when they listen to his music
and see its performance.

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It's like saying:

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"There is a spider's web
on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel."

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This article was in the magazine
Playboy from January 1985.

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It's called "The Phenomena and Virility
"Ideal of the Americans", by James Baldwin.

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SO
"The cacophony of Michael Jackson..."

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is fascinating,
because it's not Michael at all.

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I hope he is sensible and will know
take the chance to get out

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of the evil ransom of the
glory.

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We will blame him for a long time for having
spins so many turntables,

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"because he really succeeded in his
dream."

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The phenomena are called this and are
treated thus... on the whole,

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abominably... because they are humans
which send us back, deep within,

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to our fears and our desires
deeper.

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People tend to resign themselves
in front of the eccentricities of Michael Jackson,

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but I think James Baldwin
suggests more than that.

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Michael Jackson became
an emblematic figure

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in the world of entertainment.

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He was also the Afro-American
the most powerful of this era.

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Furthermore, in 1985,

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he buys the rights to the songs
of the Beatles with John Branca,

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When we announced this,

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John Branca
Michael Jackson's lawyer and co-executor

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it's like Michael
did not have the right

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to be good at business.

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It's wrong to think that Michael did this
behind Paul McCartney's back,

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the fact that he wants to make an offer.
This is totally false.

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When he bought the rights,

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Walter Yetnikoff
Director - CBS Records

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he came to tell me how much
they wanted. I don't know anymore.

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“$52 million.”
“That did a lot.”

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He said to me: "I am not
OK.”

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Lots of Beatles songs
are sacred in the eyes of people.

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It's more than pop songs
that they hear on the radio.

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A bunch of songs represent
something in people's eyes.

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Particularly Sgt. Pepper.

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The fact that he buys and uses the
rights songs like he did

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is poorly perceived.

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After Thriller,
Michael had money to invest.

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John Branca
Michael Jackson's lawyer and co-executor

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Heritage of Michael Jackson
1980 - today

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We had a committee of
investments

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and we were always looking
new deals for Michael.

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He was not interested in buildings,
nor tax loopholes,

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what interested others
the time.

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One day Michael came to me
say:

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"Look at the list of songs
by Paul McCartney.

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"Can you help me buy the
rights?”

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I told him yes.

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We bought songs
by Dion and The Belmonts.

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Runaround Sue and The Wanderer.

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Then the song rights
by Sly and The Family Stone,

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a major acquisition for
Michael.

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There, Michael is 28 years old
and is no longer the little kid.

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Quincy Jones
Producer of Michael Jackson

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He grew up. He's growing up.

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He means other things.

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He wants to develop,

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but it is not all
made conscious.

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Things happened

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and he said to himself: "I think like
I want

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"and I feel what I want
now.”

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We really tried

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not to worry about
do as well as Thriller,

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because it is destructive and
dishonest.

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He always wrote with a Sharpie marker
red on the mirrors of his rooms.

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Miko Brando Confidant/Guard
of Michael's Body

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Wherever he was, he wrote:
“100 million albums sold for Bad”

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to remember, in front of the mirror,
while brushing your teeth,

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hair and getting ready,
that this was his objective.

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Once I was sitting in front
his mirror,

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and he wrote roughly:
"100 million albums".

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He had set this goal for himself.

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But once where I was
 � In Hong Kong with Michael,

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between the disks,

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I said to him, "Mike, there's a
strong pressure. You should think...

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"If you made an album
covers that inspired you?

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"Jackie Wilson, James Brown,
change direction a little

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"so as not to be too
in competition with yourself."

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He looked at me like an alien
because Michael needed pressure,

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to give your all and push
others to do so.

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If this disc does not have
as successful as Thriller

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Nelson George - Music Review
Noire Billboard Magazine, August 28, 1989

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and doesn't get multiple GRAMMYs
Awards, he will be very unhappy.

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He called me out
from Thriller and Bad:

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“My record is not number one.

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“He’s not number one. What
do?”

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I said, "Michael, what
are we going to do?”

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"We'll sleep and we'll get up
tomorrow.

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“We will make sure
that you are number one."

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Michael had no limits.
He saw very big things.

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Off The Wall was a hit.

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When after this album, he said:

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"I'm going to continue with an album

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"which will sell twice as much
than Off The Wall,"

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we didn't believe him, but he did
done.

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So, for Bad, he said:
“I’ll do the same again.”

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Bad really stands out.

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This is the first album in history to generate
five consecutive number one singles.

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This record has just been reached by Katy
Perry with his album Teenage Dream.

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It started with I Just Can't
Stop Loving You in summer 1987.

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Bad...

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...then The Way You Make Me
Feel.

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- ...Man in the Mirror.
- And finally, Dirty Diana.

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This proves his boastful side,

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Daniel Smith
Music Journalist

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the fact that he is remaking a record
after Thriller.

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It took five years.

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I was 16 when the album
Bad is out.

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I was obsessed

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?uestlove
Artist

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...by all aspects of this
album.

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Mariah Carey
Artist

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We wondered what it would be like.
Because it was quite a deal.

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One way or another,

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my apprenticeship
of the recording industry

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started with this one.

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The original title of the album

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was Smooth Criminal.

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Larry Stessel Executive
Commercial Epic Records, 1981 - 1991

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Michael called me again
tell me what he wanted to do.

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A few days later,
Quincy Jones calls me:

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“Larry, I have a problem
with the title of the album."

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“Why? This title is nice.
Avant-garde."

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He said to me: “I understand well,

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"but I refuse that this album
is called Smooth Criminal.”

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For him, the connotation was
inappropriate at this time.

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I tell him:
“I’ll call Walter and call you back.”

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Walter Yetnikoff was
very involved in this project.

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Walter said to me: "It doesn't matter what the name is,
as long as he gets out.”

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This musical image
is the most published of the year.

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Sam Emerson Photographer
Michael Jackson's staff

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We spent three days
prepare for this.

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We were shooting the clip
in a New York subway.

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Every evening he said:
“Come on, let’s do it.

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“No, no. I'm tired.
I have things to do."

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The next day, the same.
And on the last day, Frank said to him:

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“Mike, he’s been waiting for three days.
Take this photo."

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"Okay."

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After three films
and 12 photos, he says: “That’s enough.”

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This is the result.

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It was a cover
album.

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In the style of the 30s.

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It was a copy of a photo
in Vogue magazine

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Photographed by Edward
Steichen

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by Gloria Swanson
dating from the 1930s.

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They stuck a piece
lace in front of the camera

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and took the photos
through,

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Photographed by Greg Gorman

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Michael's face basically
plan.

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So it looks like Michael is sporting
a veil or lace.

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He had a veil and I said:

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"I don't want a cover
album with stuff on the face.

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He calls me and says:
“That’s not the cover.”

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We wanted a special album
where he would be cheeky.

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Voice of Quincy Jones

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It is important to try to
to change.

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There, I asked him
to write all the pieces.

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This part was designed for
Michael.

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Westlake Studios - Studio D
Los Angeles, California

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Yes. This Studio D in Westlake
was made for Michael Jackson.

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Particularly for the Bad disc.

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I was in this large room.

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John Robinson Drummer
by Michael Jackson - 1979 - 1987

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Phillinganes was in the
room E,

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to the synthesizer.

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Jerry Hey and the others were doing
other arrangements elsewhere.

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- The whole building was closed.
- Closed?

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Yes. We were all working on pieces
different but for the same disk.

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The song Bad introduces everything
the album,

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Joe Vogel - Author -
The man in the music:

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creative life and
work of Michael Jackson

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because it claims all the
negativity

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established since Thriller.

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The whole world must respond to:
“Who is bad?”

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"Ebony Jet Showcase",
Brooklyn Museum, September 1, 1987

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It changes everything I have
already registered

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or even written.
It's bold to say that,

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but that's what I really think.
Don't take it seriously.

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Yes. I mean...

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It's a way of saying we're cool,
that we are doing well, that we are resisting.

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I'm not talking about crime.

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That's how people see it.
It's cheeky to say that.

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It starts with "Your ass belongs to me."
In street language: “Let’s fight.”

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I wanted a duet with Prince

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with a video of him
beating Michael.

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The rivalry between the two,
Prince and Michael,

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for music lovers,
real fans,

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L.A. Reid - Record Man
President - Epic Records

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is second to none

242
00:12:04,507 --> 00:12:07,257
and will remain so for a long time.

243
00:12:07,427 --> 00:12:10,137
Michael impressed the
dancers.

244
00:12:10,347 --> 00:12:12,637
No one dances as well as him,
so when I dance,

245
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Chris Brown
Artist

246
00:12:14,057 --> 00:12:18,847
I try not to be like him,
but don't disappoint him either.

247
00:12:19,057 --> 00:12:21,217
Prince impressed the
musicians.

248
00:12:21,387 --> 00:12:27,217
Michael Jackson and Prince are
emblematic figures of the 80s.

249
00:12:27,427 --> 00:12:28,927
Are you a fan of Michael or
Prince?

250
00:12:29,137 --> 00:12:31,427
We can't do that.
Do you know why?

251
00:12:31,467 --> 00:12:32,927
Mariah Carey
Artist

252
00:12:32,967 --> 00:12:36,677
Because Michael and Prince have arrived
in our lives at different times.

253
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For me, they are equal.

254
00:12:39,507 --> 00:12:43,347
Michael and Prince are our
musical heroes.

255
00:12:43,507 --> 00:12:46,807
My annual meeting
Michael Jackson versus Prince,

256
00:12:46,887 --> 00:12:49,757
I've been doing this for a long time,

257
00:12:49,847 --> 00:12:52,597
just to pay homage
to the two artists.

258
00:12:52,677 --> 00:12:54,757
Michael Jordan, Mike Tyson,
Michael Jackson...

259
00:12:54,847 --> 00:12:56,097
Kanye West
Artist

260
00:12:56,597 --> 00:13:00,757
Ironically, I met
Michael

261
00:13:00,847 --> 00:13:02,097
Cee Lo Green
Artist

262
00:13:02,177 --> 00:13:05,887
At a Prince concert.
I played with him in Las Vegas.

263
00:13:06,257 --> 00:13:08,597
I met him after
the concert in the dressing rooms.

264
00:13:08,677 --> 00:13:11,507
I had always believed
that they were the worst enemies

265
00:13:11,637 --> 00:13:15,057
but Mike was also
a big Prince fan.

266
00:13:15,507 --> 00:13:19,177
Michael said: "Branca, take
a date to bring Prince in."

267
00:13:19,307 --> 00:13:23,637
The meeting took place
at 4641 Hayvenhurst.

268
00:13:23,717 --> 00:13:26,427
Bob Cavallo spoke with
Prince...

269
00:13:26,507 --> 00:13:30,557
- Did they meet?
- In Michael's office.

270
00:13:30,637 --> 00:13:32,507
I wasn't there that evening,

271
00:13:32,597 --> 00:13:37,757
but I was told that the appointment
hadn't been great.

272
00:13:37,807 --> 00:13:41,467
Prince would have brought
a kind of voodoo box

273
00:13:41,597 --> 00:13:45,597
and Michael was convinced that Prince
was trying to cast a spell on him.

274
00:13:45,927 --> 00:13:49,967
If Quincy had asked Prince
to write a song for the two of them,

275
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it would have been recorded.

276
00:13:52,677 --> 00:13:56,007
- Not by Michael.
- But Michael would have done it.

277
00:13:58,927 --> 00:14:02,427
Prince would not have sung
with Michael Jackson.

278
00:14:02,507 --> 00:14:06,177
It was optimistic to...

279
00:14:06,257 --> 00:14:10,347
At the time of Sign 'O' the Times,
he was successful.

280
00:14:10,557 --> 00:14:13,427
Which was great,
to play on Bad,

281
00:14:13,507 --> 00:14:16,057
Greg Phillinganes – Keyboardist
Michael Jackson Tours

282
00:14:16,137 --> 00:14:18,177
it's that I did a solo
with Jimmy Smith.

283
00:14:18,257 --> 00:14:21,007
Jimmy Smith played on it.
A jazz pianist played.

284
00:14:21,137 --> 00:14:22,427
Michael Jackson video
Los Angeles, California

285
00:14:22,507 --> 00:14:23,927
He was great.

286
00:14:27,847 --> 00:14:29,177
It was a treat.

287
00:14:29,387 --> 00:14:32,967
And what's more, Jimmy made a
solo on keyboard.

288
00:14:33,557 --> 00:14:34,807
Look.

289
00:14:43,177 --> 00:14:45,467
And then it's me. Look.

290
00:14:46,307 --> 00:14:48,257
Rehearsal for the Tour
Bad

291
00:14:48,347 --> 00:14:50,507
Pensacola, Florida
February 17, 1988

292
00:14:53,467 --> 00:14:58,677
In 86 and 87,
hip-hop had become dominant

293
00:14:58,757 --> 00:15:01,307
in American pop culture.

294
00:15:01,387 --> 00:15:03,557
So Michael lets himself a little
influence

295
00:15:03,717 --> 00:15:07,217
with the video and images of Bad,
but Michael Jackson style.

296
00:15:07,347 --> 00:15:12,097
The first thing was
to bring in Martin Scorsese

297
00:15:12,757 --> 00:15:16,847
for the first video of
the album.

298
00:15:16,927 --> 00:15:20,597
Michael never talked about "videos".
It was the mini-film of the album.

299
00:15:20,637 --> 00:15:22,507
He didn't say:
“I’m making a music video.”

300
00:15:22,677 --> 00:15:23,927
“I make mini-movies.”

301
00:15:24,177 --> 00:15:26,717
He wanted us to see the music,
besides hearing it.

302
00:15:26,807 --> 00:15:29,427
We saw each other with Quincy
and Michael in Los Angeles.

303
00:15:29,507 --> 00:15:31,467
Martin Scorsese - Director
New York, November 19, 1986

304
00:15:31,637 --> 00:15:33,967
I found them very open.

305
00:15:34,057 --> 00:15:38,257
Nobody had any ideas
as for a story

306
00:15:38,347 --> 00:15:40,887
or a subject to be discussed.

307
00:15:40,927 --> 00:15:43,057
I suggested taking Richard
Price

308
00:15:43,097 --> 00:15:45,927
who had just written the screenplay
from The Color of Money for Me.

309
00:15:46,097 --> 00:15:49,757
I said to myself:
“Michael Jackson and Marty Scorsese...

310
00:15:49,807 --> 00:15:51,097
Richard Price
Screenwriter - BAD Mini-Film

311
00:15:51,137 --> 00:15:56,427
“It’s incredible.
Of course I will."

312
00:15:56,807 --> 00:15:58,057
If this happens,

313
00:15:58,137 --> 00:16:00,677
it must be very different
of what he could have done.

314
00:16:00,807 --> 00:16:02,717
That means spectacular

315
00:16:02,807 --> 00:16:08,347
with great style and
of brilliance.

316
00:16:08,597 --> 00:16:10,557
I don't remember who said:

317
00:16:10,637 --> 00:16:15,807
"Michael wanted to make a video for
show his brothers that he was cool.

318
00:16:16,427 --> 00:16:20,007
He went to see the Italian asthmatic
who went to see the Jewish asthmatic,

319
00:16:20,097 --> 00:16:22,807
to make Michael credible.

320
00:16:22,967 --> 00:16:24,217
We gave him these three ideas.

321
00:16:24,427 --> 00:16:27,307
Michael and I really liked
the one called Pressure,

322
00:16:27,387 --> 00:16:29,137
Quincy Jones
On the set of the BAD Mini-Film

323
00:16:29,927 --> 00:16:32,007
This title spoke of the influence
peers.

324
00:16:32,137 --> 00:16:35,137
I had just read the article that a friend,
Robert Sam Anson,

325
00:16:35,177 --> 00:16:37,097
had written about Edmund Perry.

326
00:16:37,177 --> 00:16:39,347
Then the police revealed more

327
00:16:39,427 --> 00:16:41,347
on the death of a young man
Harlem.

328
00:16:41,387 --> 00:16:44,507
He was graduated with honors
from a prestigious prep school.

329
00:16:44,597 --> 00:16:48,097
Edmund Perry was shot and killed
by a police officer on Morningside Drive.

330
00:16:48,467 --> 00:16:51,757
They had already read too much
stories like this.

331
00:16:52,177 --> 00:16:55,347
A black kid, 17 years old, from
Harlem and poor,

332
00:16:55,427 --> 00:16:58,177
with another young black man.
They try to rob a white man

333
00:16:58,257 --> 00:16:59,967
who turns out to be a police officer
civil.

334
00:17:00,097 --> 00:17:03,427
Edmund Perry was a kid from
Harlem.

335
00:17:03,507 --> 00:17:07,007
With his brother Jonah,
they had done some preparation.

336
00:17:07,097 --> 00:17:10,177
They were therefore not privileged,
but were with privileged people.

337
00:17:10,257 --> 00:17:11,507
Edmund Perry
17 years old

338
00:17:11,677 --> 00:17:13,637
This kid lived,

339
00:17:13,677 --> 00:17:15,507
Greg Tate - Journalist,
The Village Voice - 1987 - 2005

340
00:17:15,637 --> 00:17:20,597
what becomes a conflict
increasingly frequent internal

341
00:17:20,717 --> 00:17:24,467
in black children put
in a unique environment...

342
00:17:24,887 --> 00:17:28,717
Before you leave,
Congratulations for your work this quarter.

343
00:17:28,757 --> 00:17:30,007
THANKS.

344
00:17:30,307 --> 00:17:35,597
...and in this passage,
they are asked to forget their culture.

345
00:17:36,347 --> 00:17:38,347
Jack came back...

346
00:17:38,427 --> 00:17:40,007
WRITTEN BY
RICHARD PRICE

347
00:17:40,097 --> 00:17:42,177
I quickly left to write that.

348
00:17:42,257 --> 00:17:44,757
I wrote this in two days.
Just ten pages.

349
00:17:45,057 --> 00:17:47,057
Marty loved it.

350
00:17:47,347 --> 00:17:48,557
Yes.

351
00:17:50,717 --> 00:17:52,847
He asked me:

352
00:17:52,887 --> 00:17:54,927
Martin Scorsese - Director of the Mini-Film
BAD - Thelma Schoonmaker - Editor

353
00:17:55,057 --> 00:17:56,257
“Do people live here?”

354
00:17:56,387 --> 00:17:58,387
And I: “Yes. And this one is
good."

355
00:17:58,557 --> 00:18:02,097
We have seen others who
were...

356
00:18:02,467 --> 00:18:04,307
- Was he scared?
- A little.

357
00:18:04,427 --> 00:18:08,927
I think it was a shock
for him to see that.

358
00:18:10,257 --> 00:18:12,927
We should go for a walk, man.

359
00:18:13,307 --> 00:18:16,307
How was I hired?
We all had an audition.

360
00:18:16,387 --> 00:18:17,807
Wesley Snipes – Actor
November 26, 1986

361
00:18:18,007 --> 00:18:19,757
There were a lot of
candidates?

362
00:18:19,847 --> 00:18:22,427
Not bad, yes. I don't know how many.

363
00:18:22,637 --> 00:18:29,007
When Wesley came in, it
was obvious.

364
00:18:29,217 --> 00:18:31,927
The guys I went there with

365
00:18:32,007 --> 00:18:37,387
the kids were doing a little too much,

366
00:18:37,427 --> 00:18:41,467
with "Yo, man", stuff
like that.

367
00:18:41,637 --> 00:18:43,137
I'm not like that,

368
00:18:43,257 --> 00:18:46,387
so I went the opposite
of them,

369
00:18:46,467 --> 00:18:48,137
and I played it late.

370
00:18:48,467 --> 00:18:51,307
Yo, the student.
What is your specialization?

371
00:18:51,927 --> 00:18:54,347
It's a high school. No
specialization.

372
00:18:54,887 --> 00:18:56,217
So that's what you do
the least?

373
00:18:57,387 --> 00:18:59,807
The appearance of Wesley Snipes
in the video

374
00:18:59,887 --> 00:19:05,257
is one of the most beginnings
remarkable.

375
00:19:05,557 --> 00:19:09,467
As he made known
his brand in a music video,

376
00:19:09,557 --> 00:19:12,807
everyone remembers
by Wesley Snipes since.

377
00:19:12,967 --> 00:19:14,717
Are you bad?

378
00:19:16,057 --> 00:19:19,097
Or that's what they teach you
in your fag school?

379
00:19:19,137 --> 00:19:20,597
Forget who your friends are?

380
00:19:21,347 --> 00:19:23,467
Me, I don't care what we
teaches you.

381
00:19:23,807 --> 00:19:25,347
You are with us or you are not!

382
00:19:25,507 --> 00:19:28,847
I found a piece of paper

383
00:19:28,927 --> 00:19:30,677
Karen Langford
Legal Advisor

384
00:19:31,257 --> 00:19:36,847
... with the words "Film Bad"
and entitled “Motto of the Day”:

385
00:19:36,967 --> 00:19:38,967
"Do not accept an ending 'TAKE'

386
00:19:39,057 --> 00:19:43,217
"unless you are entirely
satisfied and feel it deep inside me."

387
00:19:43,427 --> 00:19:47,097
Do you want to see who's bad?

388
00:19:47,717 --> 00:19:51,507
Come on, it's time to see
who is wicked. Come on!

389
00:19:51,677 --> 00:19:52,967
Come on, let's go!

390
00:19:54,427 --> 00:19:57,347
We put this in place,
we were working on the choreography,

391
00:19:57,427 --> 00:20:00,507
when, towards the middle,
they tell us that we have an exterior.

392
00:20:00,637 --> 00:20:04,887
They took us to Brooklyn,
at the Hoyt-Schermerhorn metro station.

393
00:20:05,057 --> 00:20:07,387
in one place, the metro
passes below us.

394
00:20:07,427 --> 00:20:10,387
Hoyt-Schermerhorn Metro Station
Brooklyn, New York - November 19, 1986

395
00:20:10,427 --> 00:20:12,597
That's where we went.

396
00:20:12,717 --> 00:20:14,097
The first time we are
entered,

397
00:20:14,217 --> 00:20:17,967
I was with Martin Scorsese,
Quincy Jones and Michael.

398
00:20:18,057 --> 00:20:20,927
We were walking, and Michael said:

399
00:20:21,007 --> 00:20:24,007
“It’s great. It really did
real.

400
00:20:24,097 --> 00:20:25,887
"There are even traces of
piss.

401
00:20:25,967 --> 00:20:28,467
"It's really horrible. It's
great."

402
00:20:28,807 --> 00:20:31,887
Even if we catch them
with the last two steps.

403
00:20:32,007 --> 00:20:34,507
It's good. It's good.

404
00:20:34,967 --> 00:20:38,557
The ideal would be for us not to see it.
We come back and he is hidden.

405
00:20:38,677 --> 00:20:40,257
He's still frozen.
It would be great to do that.

406
00:20:59,217 --> 00:21:03,637
- This gesture, like in Taxi Driver.
- Yes. I like it.

407
00:21:06,757 --> 00:21:08,007
We do the same again.

408
00:21:08,097 --> 00:21:10,597
Hoyt-Schermerhorn Metro Station
Brooklyn, New York - November 24, 1986

409
00:21:12,597 --> 00:21:14,677
- Speak.
- 19 Kansas, 5th take.

410
00:21:15,597 --> 00:21:17,057
And action.

411
00:21:18,677 --> 00:21:21,007
Course ! Come on !

412
00:21:22,597 --> 00:21:23,807
Cut!

413
00:21:24,217 --> 00:21:27,387
At one point the old man
asked me for a coin.

414
00:21:27,467 --> 00:21:29,347
- Give me a coin.
- You coward!

415
00:21:29,467 --> 00:21:31,717
Course ! Come on !

416
00:21:32,137 --> 00:21:35,507
Something happened to him.
He hurt his arm.

417
00:21:35,677 --> 00:21:37,677
- No, it's okay.
- He's fine.

418
00:21:37,807 --> 00:21:39,927
- Just in case.
- I'll take care of it.

419
00:21:40,007 --> 00:21:41,347
I promise, that won't happen. that
will go.

420
00:21:41,427 --> 00:21:43,927
No. Please do the same again.
It must be done again like this.

421
00:21:44,007 --> 00:21:48,257
The only time Michael
was really worried,

422
00:21:48,347 --> 00:21:52,557
that's when he summoned me
not to take another shot with him.

423
00:21:52,637 --> 00:21:53,967
I don't want anyone hurt.

424
00:21:54,177 --> 00:21:56,887
He insisted, but I said that
It was okay.

425
00:21:56,967 --> 00:22:04,137
"No, please. We have it. It's
good." It was true, so I kept it.

426
00:22:04,807 --> 00:22:06,967
This is what I want to see.
It's going to be like this.

427
00:22:07,137 --> 00:22:09,557
- You can't touch me.
- No.

428
00:22:10,507 --> 00:22:12,677
Come on, keep going.

429
00:22:12,757 --> 00:22:16,347
So it's like this
that we make peace? Eh ?

430
00:22:16,427 --> 00:22:19,927
You're not with us!
You're not bad! No way !

431
00:22:33,307 --> 00:22:38,137
Wesley speaks to him, with an air
fierce.

432
00:22:38,177 --> 00:22:41,507
I was almost afraid for Michael,
as if it was going to be eaten.

433
00:22:41,677 --> 00:22:45,887
I was so happy to see how
Michael Jackson was resistant.

434
00:22:46,007 --> 00:22:47,217
Daniel Smith
Music Journalist

435
00:22:47,507 --> 00:22:52,507
I was delighted to see him
in a normal environment.

436
00:22:52,847 --> 00:22:54,887
I was taken by surprise

437
00:22:54,927 --> 00:22:56,387
because it was Michael who was speaking.

438
00:22:56,467 --> 00:22:57,757
Mariah Carey
Artist

439
00:22:57,887 --> 00:23:02,217
Michael a little harsh.

440
00:23:02,427 --> 00:23:06,097
I don't know if it was to assert
his connection with the black community

441
00:23:06,177 --> 00:23:09,807
or something else, but that has
market.

442
00:23:10,217 --> 00:23:12,097
Just one take. The best
for him.

443
00:23:12,217 --> 00:23:14,557
Which will be good for him.
But one catch.

444
00:23:14,637 --> 00:23:17,217
And when he falls down

445
00:23:17,307 --> 00:23:19,057
and everyone surrounds him.

446
00:23:19,177 --> 00:23:21,387
If we go down in front of the three
guys in the opposite direction,

447
00:23:21,507 --> 00:23:23,887
they will interfere with the camera.

448
00:23:25,557 --> 00:23:29,347
I didn't realize that I had
a serious social drama,

449
00:23:29,427 --> 00:23:30,717
Richard Price
Screenwriter - Clip BAD

450
00:23:31,137 --> 00:23:34,677
and suddenly, it ends
into a great choreographed song.

451
00:23:34,757 --> 00:23:36,847
It's really surprising.

452
00:23:59,007 --> 00:24:00,927
I remember, yes.

453
00:24:03,677 --> 00:24:06,887
Actually... Yes, it is
really...

454
00:24:07,347 --> 00:24:10,467
Yes. “What’s going to happen?
Are you going to make us dance to death?"

455
00:24:10,637 --> 00:24:14,007
What are you going to do? Dancing
to death?

456
00:24:14,137 --> 00:24:16,557
You make me walk.

457
00:24:20,637 --> 00:24:22,807
He was going to dance to death.

458
00:24:25,347 --> 00:24:28,507
Because you don't say anything here.

459
00:24:29,137 --> 00:24:30,427
Get up.

460
00:24:30,637 --> 00:24:33,097
The era of Bad,

461
00:24:34,427 --> 00:24:39,807
in terms of costumes, had more
influence than that of Thriller.

462
00:24:39,887 --> 00:24:44,097
That of Thriller was more ironic, I
think, but Bad's inspired more.

463
00:24:44,467 --> 00:24:46,257
It's almost the clothes
of today.

464
00:24:46,637 --> 00:24:49,467
They are all outside looking at each other
and the fight begins.

465
00:24:49,507 --> 00:24:50,807
- Yes.
- Look at everyone.

466
00:24:56,007 --> 00:24:57,347
Do you have a problem?

467
00:24:59,007 --> 00:25:00,847
We stay a bit like that.

468
00:25:12,137 --> 00:25:13,387
Michael really liked

469
00:25:13,467 --> 00:25:14,717
integrate body popping into
his videos.

470
00:25:14,807 --> 00:25:16,057
Jeffrey Daniel
Co-Choreographer

471
00:25:17,007 --> 00:25:23,007
He thought that the dancers
know better what we do,

472
00:25:23,137 --> 00:25:27,847
so he chose street dancers to
co-choreograph the videos with him.

473
00:25:28,177 --> 00:25:29,467
Michael Jackson sequel
Helmsley Palace Hotel

474
00:25:29,507 --> 00:25:30,967
New York, New York
November 1986

475
00:25:34,257 --> 00:25:36,007
And knock a little...

476
00:25:36,097 --> 00:25:38,757
Make small gestures if you can,
on rising rhythms.

477
00:25:39,597 --> 00:25:41,257
We worked with the
dancers during the day

478
00:25:41,387 --> 00:25:43,557
but Caszper and I were going
at the Helmsley Palace Hotel

479
00:25:43,597 --> 00:25:44,887
work with Michael in the evening.

480
00:25:44,967 --> 00:25:47,927
We worked until 2:30 a.m.
or 3 a.m.

481
00:25:48,007 --> 00:25:52,007
Each in turn, we created
and we did new things.

482
00:25:52,097 --> 00:25:55,217
Then he would come and do his
thing.

483
00:25:55,387 --> 00:25:57,967
I was making mine
and we each started again in turn.

484
00:25:58,057 --> 00:26:00,887
It was not to compete,

485
00:26:00,967 --> 00:26:02,927
but to motivate us.

486
00:26:03,007 --> 00:26:05,887
Inspire and push us
beyond our limits.

487
00:26:05,967 --> 00:26:09,887
At first, it was only
Caszper and Michael.

488
00:26:10,007 --> 00:26:12,717
Afterwards, when I was able to have
Gregg Burge,

489
00:26:12,887 --> 00:26:16,007
he started to come
to rehearsals with us.

490
00:26:16,097 --> 00:26:19,807
We really agreed
and we brought ideas.

491
00:26:19,927 --> 00:26:21,347
Nothing built yet.

492
00:26:24,757 --> 00:26:27,757
People were asking...
“What is it, shamone?”

493
00:26:29,137 --> 00:26:33,757
"Shamone", basically, is when it's
tip of the hat to Mavis Staples.

494
00:26:36,307 --> 00:26:40,007
He could have gone with James
Brown and say, “Look!”

495
00:26:40,137 --> 00:26:42,427
Or Marvin Gaye and...

496
00:26:42,507 --> 00:26:44,557
I love that he made
tribute

497
00:26:44,637 --> 00:26:48,007
one of the best
soul singers of her time.

498
00:26:51,177 --> 00:26:52,757
Michael does a dance step,

499
00:26:54,467 --> 00:26:57,927
a sort of slippery step. It's
his signature.

500
00:26:58,007 --> 00:27:01,467
I say to him:
“Michael, no one has ever done that.

501
00:27:01,507 --> 00:27:04,847
“Can you imagine if we all move forward
like that in front of the camera?"

502
00:27:04,967 --> 00:27:09,347
Now it looks like a train
when we all do that.

503
00:27:09,467 --> 00:27:10,927
It looked superb.

504
00:27:27,427 --> 00:27:30,717
You know the thing where Michael Jackson
grabs his genitals?

505
00:27:30,807 --> 00:27:33,257
No not at all.

506
00:27:33,307 --> 00:27:36,467
- It's everywhere.
- Everywhere. He always does.

507
00:27:36,807 --> 00:27:39,757
It goes with dancing.
The way he moves.

508
00:27:39,847 --> 00:27:42,637
- But it's surprising, isn't it?
- Yes.

509
00:27:52,557 --> 00:27:58,097
He took a choreography
formatted,

510
00:27:58,177 --> 00:28:02,097
learned it to modify it
when he wanted

511
00:28:02,177 --> 00:28:04,637
and return without fail.

512
00:28:06,807 --> 00:28:09,757
Michael was spinning,
was shaking and grabbing.

513
00:28:13,677 --> 00:28:15,847
We didn't know when it was happening.

514
00:28:15,967 --> 00:28:17,347
which proves his genius.

515
00:28:17,467 --> 00:28:19,677
What drives
aggression?

516
00:28:19,757 --> 00:28:21,387
Gregg Burge - Co-Choreographer
BAD Mini-Film

517
00:28:21,507 --> 00:28:24,427
There are so many things
in the person who attacks.

518
00:28:24,557 --> 00:28:29,307
Insecurity, frustration,
resentment, among other things.

519
00:28:32,097 --> 00:28:34,847
In one movement,
I made them raise their leg

520
00:28:35,717 --> 00:28:38,637
with the desire to take their
flight.

521
00:28:38,717 --> 00:28:43,507
The next movement is
anger, and then, tenderness.

522
00:28:43,807 --> 00:28:45,557
Michael saw West Side Story.

523
00:28:45,637 --> 00:28:46,887
Michael knows the choreography
by Jerome Robbins.

524
00:28:46,967 --> 00:28:48,847
WEST SIDE STORY - Directed by
Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins

525
00:28:48,927 --> 00:28:51,967
I know he knows her,
because it looks like it comes from there.

526
00:28:52,057 --> 00:28:53,307
Lisa Robinson
Music Journalist

527
00:28:53,507 --> 00:28:56,637
Gregg contributed
because he is a technical dancer.

528
00:28:56,717 --> 00:28:58,217
He digs into jazz and
others.

529
00:28:58,307 --> 00:29:02,057
So what makes West Side Story,
It's from Gregg.

530
00:29:02,307 --> 00:29:04,097
I tried to keep
street dance.

531
00:29:07,757 --> 00:29:09,427
This type of movement.

532
00:29:16,967 --> 00:29:18,757
- The crane at the bottom and the cart at the back.
- Yes.

533
00:29:19,257 --> 00:29:20,847
The ceiling was low.

534
00:29:27,557 --> 00:29:28,807
WANTED FOR SACRILEGE
ADB

535
00:29:28,887 --> 00:29:30,597
- There you go.
- Oh my!

536
00:29:31,007 --> 00:29:34,257
They found it funny.
It seemed like a good idea.

537
00:29:34,387 --> 00:29:37,507
When my daughter saw this,
she asked if I was in prison.

538
00:29:37,597 --> 00:29:39,717
I said no.

539
00:29:40,257 --> 00:29:43,307
I wanted this dance
advances along the station.

540
00:29:43,467 --> 00:29:44,967
I wanted things
are moving.

541
00:29:47,467 --> 00:29:51,217
The idea, for such a master of
dance,

542
00:29:51,307 --> 00:29:53,387
was to point at him with his head
on the feet.

543
00:29:53,467 --> 00:29:57,717
I had to convince him that if the camera
moved, they moved together.

544
00:30:04,677 --> 00:30:07,967
But in the end, we come back to
reality.

545
00:30:08,217 --> 00:30:09,847
That's all summed up,

546
00:30:09,927 --> 00:30:12,387
a good idea from Jackson,

547
00:30:12,557 --> 00:30:14,597
it was to do a sort
analysis.

548
00:30:14,637 --> 00:30:17,307
An analysis which resembled
strongly

549
00:30:17,427 --> 00:30:19,637
to a preacher's sermon.

550
00:30:20,387 --> 00:30:22,427
We used three cameras to
That’s it.

551
00:30:23,807 --> 00:30:26,177
Michael said, "Follow me
simply."

552
00:30:27,557 --> 00:30:29,467
I had to sing in the
group,

553
00:30:29,507 --> 00:30:32,057
because most of them were doing
dance.

554
00:30:36,427 --> 00:30:40,057
It recalls the sermons of
James Brown.

555
00:30:40,137 --> 00:30:41,597
If a place reaffirmed it,

556
00:30:41,677 --> 00:30:46,007
or if he was trying to reaffirm who he
was and what were its roots.

557
00:30:48,307 --> 00:30:50,557
And his emotions.

558
00:30:50,637 --> 00:30:55,007
The fact that he is black is obvious
in the last 30 seconds.

559
00:31:02,757 --> 00:31:04,637
He lost us sometimes.

560
00:31:07,887 --> 00:31:09,097
Some...

561
00:31:34,557 --> 00:31:37,717
He saw it and he felt,

562
00:31:37,887 --> 00:31:40,007
and finally...

563
00:31:55,927 --> 00:31:58,677
So, shall we make peace?

564
00:32:21,597 --> 00:32:23,427
Lots of words
before doing anything else.

565
00:32:23,507 --> 00:32:24,757
Martin Scorsese
BAD Editing Room

566
00:32:24,847 --> 00:32:27,557
Or everyone smiled and
appreciated.

567
00:32:27,637 --> 00:32:29,507
18 Apple, 3rd take.

568
00:32:30,137 --> 00:32:31,847
And action.

569
00:32:31,967 --> 00:32:34,177
Another Ending Idea
BAD Mini-Clip

570
00:32:35,137 --> 00:32:37,177
Yo, that's cool, huh?

571
00:32:37,887 --> 00:32:41,847
No hard feelings.

572
00:32:43,507 --> 00:32:45,387
But it seems that it doesn't work
not.

573
00:32:45,467 --> 00:32:49,427
Guys have to accept it, and
vice versa.

574
00:32:49,507 --> 00:32:52,057
And they do as they want.
There you go.

575
00:32:52,137 --> 00:32:55,717
Last week, Michael Jackson
made history again

576
00:32:55,847 --> 00:32:58,177
to delight humanity
with his latest album,

577
00:32:58,257 --> 00:33:01,967
thus triggering a wave
of media and advertising weakness.

578
00:33:02,427 --> 00:33:06,637
CBS Television kicked off
of the stupidity festival on Monday evening.

579
00:33:06,757 --> 00:33:10,807
She made a special 30 min
on Michael Jackson and his new album.

580
00:33:12,137 --> 00:33:13,807
When this video was released on
Monday evening,

581
00:33:13,847 --> 00:33:15,347
Nelson George
Black Music Review - Billboard Magazine

582
00:33:15,387 --> 00:33:16,847
everyone was stunned
the screen

583
00:33:16,927 --> 00:33:18,677
with his friends and afterwards:

584
00:33:18,757 --> 00:33:20,217
“Did you see that?”

585
00:33:20,347 --> 00:33:22,007
This was before the Internet age.

586
00:33:22,057 --> 00:33:26,257
I had to go to someone's house
who had a three-way

587
00:33:26,347 --> 00:33:28,217
who called another friend
who had one too.

588
00:33:28,307 --> 00:33:32,557
So there were seven of us watching
this mini-film

589
00:33:32,637 --> 00:33:36,217
through the three-way and in a
total silence.

590
00:33:36,347 --> 00:33:40,097
I was captivated by what I
saw.

591
00:33:40,177 --> 00:33:43,257
We took all the images
possible on Michael

592
00:33:43,347 --> 00:33:46,507
since his debut with Motown Records.

593
00:33:46,637 --> 00:33:51,717
It ended with a clip of him
 � London

594
00:33:52,097 --> 00:33:55,507
with hundreds of girls
totally crazy.

595
00:33:55,557 --> 00:33:59,097
We put on some music
behind the howls

596
00:33:59,217 --> 00:34:00,557
to do better.

597
00:34:00,597 --> 00:34:03,097
It was like the Beatles.

598
00:34:03,387 --> 00:34:08,677
Michael was delighted that a woman

599
00:34:09,347 --> 00:34:11,427
compares him to the Beatles.

600
00:34:11,507 --> 00:34:13,387
He glowed when he saw this.

601
00:34:13,467 --> 00:34:17,887
He turned to me and said:
"I love it, Larry. I love it."

602
00:34:18,177 --> 00:34:20,137
If you saw it, you saw it

603
00:34:20,217 --> 00:34:23,887
one of the masterpieces
of hypermediatization

604
00:34:23,967 --> 00:34:25,967
of the decade of hype
advertising.

605
00:34:26,217 --> 00:34:29,677
This video sends
various very strange signals.

606
00:34:30,217 --> 00:34:33,847
Social signals that impose
critical analysis in the media.

607
00:34:34,307 --> 00:34:36,557
Some professionals go there
are put.

608
00:34:36,597 --> 00:34:41,467
At first, they made fun
by Michael Jackson.

609
00:34:41,757 --> 00:34:48,137
Afterwards, some wondered
if it was racist.

610
00:34:48,257 --> 00:34:52,637
Was he exploiting a tragedy
using the pleasure of music?

611
00:34:52,717 --> 00:34:58,137
Marty is in Morocco, Quincy Jones
on a red carpet somewhere...

612
00:34:58,467 --> 00:35:00,887
And I was stuffing myself with everyone
calls.

613
00:35:00,967 --> 00:35:03,137
I said:
“No, nothing to do with racism.”

614
00:35:03,217 --> 00:35:05,507
But I was nervous as hell
liberal.

615
00:35:05,717 --> 00:35:09,927
A ballad is released
for the first track of Thriller.

616
00:35:10,057 --> 00:35:12,217
It was a duet with Paul McCartney.

617
00:35:12,257 --> 00:35:15,137
He did the same thing with
Siedah Garrett.

618
00:35:15,307 --> 00:35:17,807
Twenty-five years ago, I was
sitting there.

619
00:35:17,847 --> 00:35:19,967
Greg Phillinganes
Touring keyboardist

620
00:35:20,007 --> 00:35:23,217
I was recording I Just Can't Stop Loving You
on this piano.

621
00:35:23,307 --> 00:35:26,887
I just want to lie down
a moment close to you.

622
00:35:28,557 --> 00:35:31,137
You look so beautiful tonight.

623
00:35:32,967 --> 00:35:35,467
Your eyes are superb.

624
00:35:36,307 --> 00:35:38,677
Your mouth so sweet.

625
00:35:39,887 --> 00:35:42,557
Many people are wrong
on my account

626
00:35:42,637 --> 00:35:46,137
because they don't know me
not.

627
00:35:47,257 --> 00:35:50,557
I just want to touch you
and hold you in my arms.

628
00:35:52,927 --> 00:35:54,637
I need you.

629
00:35:55,467 --> 00:35:56,807
Really.

630
00:35:58,887 --> 00:36:01,387
I Just Can't Stop Loving You
is an interesting song,

631
00:36:01,507 --> 00:36:04,887
because it was the first single
of the album to be released.

632
00:36:05,177 --> 00:36:07,177
Viper's tongues
media were ready.

633
00:36:07,257 --> 00:36:09,597
They would have torn everything
They were waiting for this so much.

634
00:36:09,677 --> 00:36:13,137
They were ready to
anything.

635
00:36:13,217 --> 00:36:15,137
Despite this, he was number one.

636
00:36:15,217 --> 00:36:20,307
I find that I Can't Stop Loving You
sounds like his Burt Bacharach song.

637
00:36:20,387 --> 00:36:22,387
Initially, he had to sing it
in duet with Whitney Houston.

638
00:36:22,557 --> 00:36:23,847
World Music Video Awards
Neverland Ranch

639
00:36:23,927 --> 00:36:27,347
This award honors you for your
artistic and technical excellence

640
00:36:27,677 --> 00:36:29,257
in all videos

641
00:36:29,347 --> 00:36:32,347
and for your artistic level
towards a new form of art.

642
00:36:32,637 --> 00:36:34,637
-Thank you, Whitney.
- It's a pleasure.

643
00:36:34,677 --> 00:36:38,307
Thank you to all my fans around the world.
I love you very much.

644
00:36:38,387 --> 00:36:42,347
Arista Records said: "We don't want
Not that Whitney is overexposed."

645
00:36:42,387 --> 00:36:44,137
Clive Davis!

646
00:36:45,467 --> 00:36:48,887
When I saw Clive, I blamed him
I showed.

647
00:36:49,217 --> 00:36:51,427
I'm kidding. Calm down.

648
00:36:51,557 --> 00:36:53,057
I remember when it was
released.

649
00:36:53,137 --> 00:36:55,637
I was very disappointed.

650
00:36:55,717 --> 00:36:57,007
L.A. Reid - Record Man
President - Epic Records

651
00:36:57,097 --> 00:37:00,597
"What? You're going to put a
love song

652
00:37:00,677 --> 00:37:03,387
"after Thriller
and all the other songs?

653
00:37:03,467 --> 00:37:07,757
Frankly ! It was the big comeback.
Where is the clip?

654
00:37:07,847 --> 00:37:09,807
Who is this girl?

655
00:37:09,887 --> 00:37:12,387
We discovered later
that it was Siedah Garrett.

656
00:37:12,507 --> 00:37:14,557
There wasn't much
people in the studio.

657
00:37:14,637 --> 00:37:16,507
Siedah Garrett – Artist /
Co-Author "Man in the Mirror"

658
00:37:16,557 --> 00:37:19,387
Only Michael, Quincy,
Bruce Swedien and me.

659
00:37:19,467 --> 00:37:24,137
And Quincy throws me over the shoulder:
“Do you like this song?”

660
00:37:24,257 --> 00:37:28,307
And me, twiddling my thumbs:
"Yes. I like it."

661
00:37:28,427 --> 00:37:30,097
And there: “Would you sing it?”

662
00:37:30,177 --> 00:37:31,597
"Yes."

663
00:37:31,757 --> 00:37:35,887
I enter the room
and I see two microphones

664
00:37:35,967 --> 00:37:38,347
and two scores on the
desks.

665
00:37:38,427 --> 00:37:41,097
When I saw written on the
partitions:

666
00:37:41,177 --> 00:37:44,677
"Michael, Siedah, Michael,
Siedah,"

667
00:37:44,757 --> 00:37:46,307
I realized

668
00:37:46,387 --> 00:37:51,097
that I was going to do a duet
with Michael...Jackson."

669
00:38:08,807 --> 00:38:10,887
I sang with my eyes closed.

670
00:38:12,137 --> 00:38:15,137
Michael started to move...

671
00:38:15,217 --> 00:38:16,807
I thought I heard popcorn.

672
00:38:16,887 --> 00:38:20,427
I sang with my eyes closed
and I felt...

673
00:38:20,507 --> 00:38:23,177
And Quincy only saw me...

674
00:38:23,257 --> 00:38:25,717
He says to me: “Sid, we’re in
studio.

675
00:38:25,807 --> 00:38:28,307
“You’re wasting your time. You
lose..."

676
00:38:28,387 --> 00:38:30,557
And Michael was dying of laughter.

677
00:38:30,637 --> 00:38:32,097
I Just Can't Stop Loving You
started at 3 a.m.

678
00:38:32,137 --> 00:38:34,137
John Barnes - Co-Producer,
Composer, Arranger and Musician

679
00:38:34,257 --> 00:38:38,217
A phone call that wakes you up
and you must register within the hour.

680
00:38:38,307 --> 00:38:41,347
We did that in an hour and
half.

681
00:38:41,717 --> 00:38:45,507
On the album version
from I Just Can't Stop Loving You,

682
00:38:45,637 --> 00:38:48,927
you say things
extremely sensual

683
00:38:49,007 --> 00:38:51,347
to a woman lying near
you.

684
00:38:51,427 --> 00:38:53,927
- I was in a bed.
- Really ?

685
00:38:54,007 --> 00:38:57,757
Yes, in a bed with a sheet
and everything else.

686
00:39:38,137 --> 00:39:43,347
I didn't need any partitions
to save my game.

687
00:39:43,637 --> 00:39:45,347
I just needed the demo

688
00:39:45,427 --> 00:39:49,257
to assimilate the sections
and talk a little with Michael.

689
00:39:49,347 --> 00:39:51,847
Let him give me his wishes
musical.

690
00:39:51,927 --> 00:39:53,927
I transcribed and performed.

691
00:40:14,677 --> 00:40:16,847
I had to do the "Bad Tour"

692
00:40:16,967 --> 00:40:19,137
but my record company and others
convinced me

693
00:40:19,257 --> 00:40:20,467
Siedah Garrett
Artist / Co-Author

694
00:40:20,557 --> 00:40:23,307
to make a record
because the duo had just gone out.

695
00:40:23,387 --> 00:40:28,887
After a week of rehearsals with
them, I decided to make my record.

696
00:40:28,967 --> 00:40:30,217
So I withdrew.

697
00:40:30,307 --> 00:40:33,097
Sheryl Crow
Artist

698
00:40:33,177 --> 00:40:36,387
Acting Singer
on the Bad World Tour - 1987 - 1989

699
00:40:37,257 --> 00:40:39,257
The group bet

700
00:40:39,347 --> 00:40:41,757
about the fact that Michael would
excited during the song.

701
00:40:41,887 --> 00:40:44,007
- So...
- Thinking of you?

702
00:40:44,137 --> 00:40:47,007
- Yes. Well, for me, it's exaggerated.
- Say it again.

703
00:40:57,347 --> 00:41:01,307
Working with Michael and doing a duet,
it was really intense.

704
00:41:01,387 --> 00:41:04,097
every time,
it was a new experience.

705
00:41:04,177 --> 00:41:06,137
He was so fascinating.

706
00:41:06,217 --> 00:41:09,467
Sing with him
eye to eye,

707
00:41:09,557 --> 00:41:11,807
it was really exciting.

708
00:41:13,097 --> 00:41:14,847
"Bad World Tour"
Wembley Stadium

709
00:41:14,927 --> 00:41:17,177
London, England,
July 16, 1988

710
00:41:38,597 --> 00:41:39,887
Andrew Harrell
Music Producer

711
00:41:40,007 --> 00:41:43,927
Michael Jackson had the groove
in the skin.

712
00:41:44,007 --> 00:41:46,507
And he was in the groove.

713
00:41:46,597 --> 00:41:48,927
He moved as soon as he heard
groove.

714
00:41:49,007 --> 00:41:53,757
So take the groove and
orchestrate it

715
00:41:53,847 --> 00:41:56,597
gives him a certain power.

716
00:41:56,677 --> 00:42:00,927
The collaboration between Quincy Jones
and Michael Jackson made history.

717
00:42:01,137 --> 00:42:02,637
A tandem sent from heaven

718
00:42:02,677 --> 00:42:04,347
Bruce Sweden
Michael Jackson's Sound Engineer

719
00:42:04,427 --> 00:42:05,677
Off The Wall, Thriller, Bad,
Dangerous

720
00:42:05,757 --> 00:42:10,307
because there was already
deep mutual respect.

721
00:42:10,387 --> 00:42:15,387
In pop music,
no one is as good as Quincy

722
00:42:15,507 --> 00:42:18,757
as orchestrator and
composer.

723
00:42:18,887 --> 00:42:21,307
With this context,

724
00:42:21,387 --> 00:42:24,757
Count Basie, Frank Sinatra,
Dinah Washington,

725
00:42:24,847 --> 00:42:26,427
playing the trumpet
in Lionel Hampton's group.

726
00:42:26,507 --> 00:42:28,387
The most beautiful, in this
love story,

727
00:42:28,467 --> 00:42:30,427
Quincy Jones
Producer of Michael Jackson

728
00:42:30,507 --> 00:42:32,637
because it's a love story
between a producer,

729
00:42:32,717 --> 00:42:35,347
or whatever it is
calls him,

730
00:42:35,427 --> 00:42:39,467
someone who loves the artist so much
that he does everything for himself

731
00:42:39,557 --> 00:42:42,967
and that he only wants
better for him,

732
00:42:43,057 --> 00:42:45,807
to only have the best
results.

733
00:42:45,967 --> 00:42:50,177
Trust is blind.
He could say:

734
00:42:50,257 --> 00:42:54,717
"Jump, Michael. There's no
parachute, no net. Nothing.

735
00:42:54,757 --> 00:42:57,217
“There are 34 floors. Jump.”

736
00:42:57,257 --> 00:43:02,307
What's great about Quincy is
that's because he knows

737
00:43:03,497 --> 00:43:07,775
mix a bunch of genres

738
00:43:08,347 --> 00:43:10,927
and personalities and
bring together,

739
00:43:11,007 --> 00:43:14,717
because he only takes the best,
the cream of musicians.

740
00:43:14,807 --> 00:43:18,007
Working with Quincy,
it was like being at school.

741
00:43:18,097 --> 00:43:22,257
I learned a lot about separation
and try to make a record...

742
00:43:22,347 --> 00:43:24,097
Ollie Brown – Drummer
Michael Jackson 1987 - 2004

743
00:43:24,177 --> 00:43:27,217
He said: We can't all
go through the door at the same time."

744
00:43:27,257 --> 00:43:29,717
He said: "We can't
polish the shit.”

745
00:43:29,807 --> 00:43:31,807
And it's true.

746
00:43:31,927 --> 00:43:33,807
First you need a great
song.

747
00:43:33,847 --> 00:43:35,347
When we see the result,

748
00:43:35,467 --> 00:43:36,677
Quincy Jones – Tokyo, Japan
September 11, 1987

749
00:43:36,807 --> 00:43:38,677
I had goosebumps,
Michael too,

750
00:43:38,807 --> 00:43:41,807
Bruce Swedien, the engineer
too.

751
00:43:41,847 --> 00:43:43,177
This means that we have a
special thing.

752
00:43:43,387 --> 00:43:44,677
Jerry Hey - Horn Arranger
and Michael Jackson's Synthesizer

753
00:43:44,807 --> 00:43:46,677
Quincy adds his little touch,

754
00:43:46,807 --> 00:43:48,427
and it's a Quincy Jones project.

755
00:43:48,507 --> 00:43:51,097
And as he says:

756
00:43:51,177 --> 00:43:54,507
"Let's leave room for God
can come and create magic."

757
00:43:54,597 --> 00:43:56,847
Michael Jackson invented
“champagne music”.

758
00:43:56,927 --> 00:43:58,887
In St-Tropez,
when we order champagne,

759
00:43:58,967 --> 00:44:00,927
it is brought to us with a jet
sparks.

760
00:44:01,007 --> 00:44:04,757
Michael saw this 25 years ago
and created a sound.

761
00:44:04,807 --> 00:44:07,057
Michael Jackson created the sound
fabulous.

762
00:44:07,137 --> 00:44:08,387
With Quincy.

763
00:44:08,467 --> 00:44:10,637
Michael was one of the sources
energy

764
00:44:10,807 --> 00:44:12,967
because he brought a lot
of originality

765
00:44:13,007 --> 00:44:15,677
but it was also
an incredible collaborator.

766
00:44:15,807 --> 00:44:17,007
He was very methodical

767
00:44:17,137 --> 00:44:21,177
and had perfect balance
between the soul and science.

768
00:44:21,257 --> 00:44:25,177
He knows his job very well

769
00:44:25,217 --> 00:44:28,847
and he trusts 100%
to his artistic intuition.

770
00:44:28,887 --> 00:44:31,307
It struck a good balance.

771
00:44:31,387 --> 00:44:32,637
The heart and the brain.

772
00:44:32,717 --> 00:44:35,007
Off The Wall, Thriller and Bad

773
00:44:35,097 --> 00:44:36,427
Andrew Harrell
Music Producer

774
00:44:36,507 --> 00:44:40,847
triggered three tornadoes
across the world.

775
00:44:40,927 --> 00:44:43,177
Everyone was won over
and danced on it.

776
00:44:43,257 --> 00:44:46,177
We are here today

777
00:44:46,257 --> 00:44:48,007
Quincy Jones
Producer of Michael Jackson

778
00:44:48,137 --> 00:44:50,847
to finish a session
with Michael Jackson singing

779
00:44:50,967 --> 00:44:52,807
in Spanish and French.

780
00:44:52,887 --> 00:44:54,177
In French.

781
00:44:54,217 --> 00:44:56,757
We've been talking about it for years

782
00:44:56,887 --> 00:44:59,387
when we did
Off The Wall and Thriller,

783
00:44:59,507 --> 00:45:01,427
but we never followed up,

784
00:45:01,557 --> 00:45:03,927
because once the album is finished,

785
00:45:04,057 --> 00:45:08,057
we did disco versions,
videos, etc.

786
00:45:08,137 --> 00:45:12,807
And then, we weren't too
sure to succeed.

787
00:45:14,307 --> 00:45:17,177
What seemed impossible to me,

788
00:45:17,257 --> 00:45:18,757
Ruben Blades
Musician - Spanish Translation

789
00:45:18,847 --> 00:45:21,757
it was to translate the song.

790
00:45:21,847 --> 00:45:24,677
- So...
- A literal translation?

791
00:45:24,757 --> 00:45:27,507
So, I said:
"I'm going to soak up the song

792
00:45:27,557 --> 00:45:33,057
"and I will transcribe it as soon as possible
close."

793
00:45:34,347 --> 00:45:36,097
Westlake Studios
Studio C

794
00:45:36,137 --> 00:45:38,257
Los Angeles, California
August 7, 1987

795
00:45:41,887 --> 00:45:44,597
We should go up a level,
in the headphones.

796
00:45:44,677 --> 00:45:46,347
I feel like I'm covering the
piece...

797
00:45:46,427 --> 00:45:50,347
I felt privileged
to see the way he played,

798
00:45:50,507 --> 00:45:53,217
from which it proceeded.

799
00:45:53,307 --> 00:45:55,757
He must have felt a little
vulnerable.

800
00:45:58,467 --> 00:46:02,137
Sorry. We can continue.

801
00:46:02,217 --> 00:46:03,807
When we control everything,

802
00:46:03,887 --> 00:46:06,597
and suddenly,
we are told how to do something,

803
00:46:06,677 --> 00:46:09,387
in another language,

804
00:46:09,427 --> 00:46:10,847
we are vulnerable.

805
00:46:10,927 --> 00:46:14,847
I did everything to make it happen
feel good,

806
00:46:14,967 --> 00:46:17,637
that he doesn't think that I
laugh at him,

807
00:46:17,757 --> 00:46:19,257
because it is not easy.

808
00:46:19,307 --> 00:46:23,307
It was the first time
that he was doing something in Spanish.

809
00:46:23,427 --> 00:46:27,057
I didn't want
that we recognize Michael.

810
00:46:27,467 --> 00:46:31,177
The pronunciation was so good

811
00:46:33,467 --> 00:46:35,507
that I couldn't believe it.

812
00:46:40,597 --> 00:46:41,887
Both...

813
00:46:42,967 --> 00:46:44,387
My life is not a life.

814
00:46:45,257 --> 00:46:46,507
If you leave.

815
00:46:51,057 --> 00:46:53,637
You are all my love.

816
00:46:57,807 --> 00:46:59,007
Ruben Blades
Musician - Spanish Translation

817
00:46:59,137 --> 00:47:00,347
When people discovered

818
00:47:00,467 --> 00:47:04,387
that Michael Jackson sang
a song in Spanish,

819
00:47:04,507 --> 00:47:07,347
they were very proud and
happy.

820
00:47:10,847 --> 00:47:13,347
Hayvenhurst Studio is located
in a guest house here

821
00:47:13,427 --> 00:47:14,927
Matt Forger
Michael Jackson's Sound Engineer

822
00:47:15,007 --> 00:47:17,717
at the Jacksons'.

823
00:47:17,807 --> 00:47:22,007
This studio was used
to record demos.

824
00:47:22,097 --> 00:47:25,927
I worked with Michael
to record and develop his ideas,

825
00:47:26,007 --> 00:47:29,137
his songs, arrangements
and his productions for the album Bad.

826
00:47:29,217 --> 00:47:31,257
For two or three years,

827
00:47:31,347 --> 00:47:33,847
we worked tirelessly.

828
00:47:33,967 --> 00:47:38,757
The number of demos
that we worked for Bad

829
00:47:38,887 --> 00:47:41,057
should have amounted to 60 or 65.

830
00:47:41,177 --> 00:47:46,557
When I received the demos,
they were very good.

831
00:47:46,717 --> 00:47:48,347
I hadn't realized yet

832
00:47:48,387 --> 00:47:51,557
that we formed the B Team.

833
00:47:51,637 --> 00:47:53,387
Quincy always compared us
To the A team.

834
00:47:53,467 --> 00:47:55,057
Its engineer, Bruce Swedien...

835
00:47:55,097 --> 00:47:57,137
John Robinson on drums...

836
00:47:57,217 --> 00:47:59,007
Arranger Jerry Hey...

837
00:47:59,097 --> 00:48:01,057
Nathan East on bass.

838
00:48:01,137 --> 00:48:04,097
Greg Phillinganes on keyboard.

839
00:48:04,177 --> 00:48:06,557
I started here with Michael,
 �Hayvenhurst.

840
00:48:06,637 --> 00:48:11,007
The initial team was John Barnes,
Michael and myself.

841
00:48:11,097 --> 00:48:12,757
Bill Bottrell, Chris Currell.

842
00:48:12,847 --> 00:48:16,007
Sometimes other musicians
joined us.

843
00:48:16,057 --> 00:48:17,807
The main one was David
Williams,

844
00:48:17,887 --> 00:48:19,307
who left us.

845
00:48:19,427 --> 00:48:23,387
I think Michael liked
this atmosphere.

846
00:48:23,427 --> 00:48:28,257
The mini-competition atmosphere

847
00:48:28,307 --> 00:48:30,257
to see who would bring the
best.

848
00:48:30,347 --> 00:48:33,427
This is what he learned
from the Motown era.

849
00:48:33,507 --> 00:48:35,467
He learned that from Barry Gordy.

850
00:48:35,597 --> 00:48:38,007
We didn't do demos,
but records.

851
00:48:38,097 --> 00:48:41,847
Anyone would be happy

852
00:48:41,927 --> 00:48:45,677
to have a demo of Michael
as a disk.

853
00:48:45,757 --> 00:48:47,007
I tell you!

854
00:48:47,097 --> 00:48:50,887
Every day we searched
to create new sounds

855
00:48:50,967 --> 00:48:55,177
for songs
which would be on the disk.

856
00:48:55,347 --> 00:48:58,927
We recorded them and
started again

857
00:48:59,097 --> 00:49:02,757
with notes or allure
different, another arrangement.

858
00:49:02,887 --> 00:49:07,307
It became an experience for
see how far we could go.

859
00:49:07,467 --> 00:49:10,427
Michael said:

860
00:49:10,757 --> 00:49:12,887
"It starts in this room,

861
00:49:13,307 --> 00:49:18,637
"and from there,
It's spreading all over the world."

862
00:49:18,807 --> 00:49:22,347
It was strange to meet again
here

863
00:49:22,427 --> 00:49:24,387
in the Hayvenhurst Studio.

864
00:49:24,597 --> 00:49:29,387
This hasn't changed in 25 years.

865
00:49:29,677 --> 00:49:31,847
THOSE WHO REACH
THE STARS

866
00:49:31,927 --> 00:49:33,887
We never knew what we
was going to do

867
00:49:33,967 --> 00:49:35,307
upon arriving at the studio.

868
00:49:35,427 --> 00:49:37,887
If Michael was inspired, we
followed.

869
00:49:38,097 --> 00:49:41,887
There, it's Michael who sings
several harmonies.

870
00:49:42,007 --> 00:49:47,557
Michael in two voices, in the high notes,
the bass and in-between.

871
00:49:47,677 --> 00:49:52,177
On this song there are ten tracks
to him with his own accompaniment.

872
00:50:02,637 --> 00:50:06,307
We hear the difference in quality
next sound if we are in the room

873
00:50:06,387 --> 00:50:09,097
or in the bathroom.

874
00:50:09,177 --> 00:50:11,347
Michael loved this place

875
00:50:11,427 --> 00:50:14,637
for the nature of its surfaces.

876
00:50:14,717 --> 00:50:18,177
We recorded

877
00:50:18,257 --> 00:50:20,347
with shower door
open.

878
00:50:20,427 --> 00:50:24,637
Lots of thinking,

879
00:50:24,717 --> 00:50:28,007
of clarity.
All this accentuates the sounds.

880
00:50:28,057 --> 00:50:32,387
Stevie Wonder
Artist

881
00:51:06,927 --> 00:51:08,467
I know this music.

882
00:51:11,467 --> 00:51:12,927
I know her.

883
00:51:27,597 --> 00:51:30,137
I saw Quincy Jones and Frank

884
00:51:30,217 --> 00:51:31,677
Joe Pytka - Director -
Mini-Films

885
00:51:31,757 --> 00:51:33,257
THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL,
DIRTY DIANA

886
00:51:33,347 --> 00:51:35,847
to know what they wanted
for the video.

887
00:51:35,927 --> 00:51:38,507
They told me: “We want to pass
Michael on another level,

888
00:51:38,597 --> 00:51:40,137
"especially in his relationships
with women."

889
00:51:40,217 --> 00:51:43,717
I asked Michael
where he wanted it to take place.

890
00:51:43,757 --> 00:51:45,097
His response: “In the stockings
neighborhoods."

891
00:51:45,177 --> 00:51:47,097
We wanted a long prequel
like in Bad.

892
00:51:47,217 --> 00:51:48,967
- I contacted August Wilson.
- Ah good ?

893
00:51:49,057 --> 00:51:50,307
August Wilson
Playwright

894
00:51:50,427 --> 00:51:52,467
We are both from
Pittsburgh.

895
00:51:52,507 --> 00:51:55,007
- What did he say?
- He said no.

896
00:51:55,307 --> 00:52:00,507
I made this little documentary on
girls accosting in the street.

897
00:52:00,887 --> 00:52:03,887
I showed it to Michael.

898
00:52:04,177 --> 00:52:07,717
He asked me if we could
make a video of it,

899
00:52:07,807 --> 00:52:09,757
because it was a bit jerky.

900
00:52:09,847 --> 00:52:11,847
I said, "Yes. If that's what
that you want.

901
00:52:11,927 --> 00:52:13,387
“Do you really want this?”
He told me yes.

902
00:52:13,467 --> 00:52:15,057
Get out, man!

903
00:52:15,137 --> 00:52:17,307
Look at that ass!

904
00:52:18,137 --> 00:52:20,387
Don't touch my hair!

905
00:52:20,807 --> 00:52:22,177
He looks like a tramp.

906
00:52:22,257 --> 00:52:24,597
We took real members of
gangs.

907
00:52:25,427 --> 00:52:28,757
We had the MS-13s around here,

908
00:52:28,847 --> 00:52:31,507
and the Crips over there.

909
00:52:31,807 --> 00:52:34,007
Some smoked.

910
00:52:34,057 --> 00:52:37,717
Michael said:
“Joe, the guys smoke over there.

911
00:52:37,847 --> 00:52:40,347
“It’s boring.”

912
00:52:40,757 --> 00:52:42,177
I turned around and said:

913
00:52:42,217 --> 00:52:45,217
“Stop smoking, dammit!”

914
00:52:45,347 --> 00:52:48,557
Michael, panicked, hid
behind me,

915
00:52:48,637 --> 00:52:49,887
because they are part of gangs.

916
00:52:49,967 --> 00:52:52,427
We had cops everywhere,
so it was okay.

917
00:52:52,507 --> 00:52:53,847
Hey!

918
00:53:06,177 --> 00:53:09,637
Seeing the girl,
he did something with his fingers and...

919
00:53:12,217 --> 00:53:15,057
Just once. And my brother
filmed.

920
00:53:15,097 --> 00:53:16,387
I couldn't believe it.

921
00:53:16,427 --> 00:53:19,847
Michael's fingers
provided magical sounds

922
00:53:19,887 --> 00:53:24,057
I know that on the Bad album,
we evoke his snap of fingers.

923
00:53:25,387 --> 00:53:28,307
One of my favorite moments,

924
00:53:28,387 --> 00:53:29,637
Vincent Paterson
Choreographer

925
00:53:29,717 --> 00:53:35,717
that's when Michael walks,
catches up with Tatiana

926
00:53:36,057 --> 00:53:39,057
and begins to sing.

927
00:53:44,257 --> 00:53:46,177
Everything stopped.

928
00:53:46,217 --> 00:53:49,677
We had to stop filming,
because everyone froze.

929
00:53:49,717 --> 00:53:51,967
They froze in place.

930
00:53:57,427 --> 00:54:00,557
Play a shuffle for 12
minutes,

931
00:54:00,597 --> 00:54:01,927
John Robinson
Michael Jackson drummer

932
00:54:02,057 --> 00:54:04,137
it's not easy.

933
00:54:04,257 --> 00:54:08,007
Michael's mother
was thinking of a song.

934
00:54:08,097 --> 00:54:10,427
She says to him:
"You should make a song

935
00:54:10,677 --> 00:54:13,097
“with a real shuffle.”

936
00:54:13,177 --> 00:54:16,427
He said to her: “Yes.
I'll see what I can do."

937
00:54:16,637 --> 00:54:18,807
Greg Phillinganes – Keyboardist
Michael Jackson Tours

938
00:54:18,887 --> 00:54:21,597
A shuffle has a unique rhythm.
Most songs are linear.

939
00:54:21,677 --> 00:54:27,177
There is a rhythmic element in
more.

940
00:54:27,257 --> 00:54:29,887
We can have a ringing
at odds

941
00:54:29,927 --> 00:54:31,347
to reinforce the sound.

942
00:54:31,467 --> 00:54:33,637
No hiccups from this album

943
00:54:33,717 --> 00:54:35,137
Ollie Brown
Michael Jackson drummer

944
00:54:35,217 --> 00:54:38,467
has only a simple drum sound
clear.

945
00:54:38,507 --> 00:54:41,637
I recorded the drums
on a wooden floor.

946
00:54:41,757 --> 00:54:44,967
This minimizes what we call
a secondary recovery,

947
00:54:45,137 --> 00:54:49,307
when the other microphones
of the room pick up the other sounds.

948
00:54:49,347 --> 00:54:50,887
Bruce Swedien Engineer
of the Sound of Michael Jackson

949
00:54:50,967 --> 00:54:53,217
Then we thought:

950
00:54:53,347 --> 00:54:56,387
"And if Michael sang there,
stand up?”

951
00:54:56,467 --> 00:54:59,057
He did it and it gave a
hellish sound.

952
00:55:07,847 --> 00:55:09,217
My 1st album,
from when I was little.

953
00:55:09,307 --> 00:55:11,427
Tatiana Thumbtzen - Actress
Mini-Film THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL

954
00:55:11,807 --> 00:55:17,467
I cried and begged my mother
so she can buy it for me.

955
00:55:17,637 --> 00:55:22,387
I always listened to it and
I was dancing.

956
00:55:22,507 --> 00:55:24,887
A dream had come true.

957
00:55:25,007 --> 00:55:27,847
I dreamed of it so much

958
00:55:27,927 --> 00:55:29,677
since I was 5 or 6 years old.

959
00:55:33,597 --> 00:55:36,717
The girl we chose,
Tatiana,

960
00:55:36,807 --> 00:55:39,177
was not one of my
favorites.

961
00:55:39,257 --> 00:55:40,507
I didn't like him.

962
00:55:40,597 --> 00:55:45,427
When I showed the images of
the audition to his manager, Frank Dileo,

963
00:55:45,507 --> 00:55:48,007
he said: "If this girl
runs after Prince

964
00:55:48,097 --> 00:55:50,597
"And if Michael finds out,
That's not going to do it.

965
00:55:50,677 --> 00:55:52,137
“She’s running after so-and-so.”

966
00:55:52,177 --> 00:55:53,507
I won't mention any names.

967
00:55:53,637 --> 00:55:56,427
I can't say it,
because it was Quincy Jones.

968
00:55:56,557 --> 00:55:58,847
From what I remember.

969
00:56:00,007 --> 00:56:03,557
It looked like the women's version
by Michael Jackson.

970
00:56:03,597 --> 00:56:06,717
He may have thought

971
00:56:06,757 --> 00:56:09,717
that it was almost a
perfect complement.

972
00:56:21,347 --> 00:56:24,807
It was a bomb and I would have
loved being in Michael's place.

973
00:56:24,887 --> 00:56:28,427
Michael who walked near her,
with cars and...

974
00:56:28,677 --> 00:56:29,967
I wish I was Michael
that day.

975
00:56:51,097 --> 00:56:54,847
I knew Quincy through a
band I played with

976
00:56:54,927 --> 00:56:56,757
 � Los Angeles, named after
Seawind.

977
00:56:56,847 --> 00:56:58,387
We were playing in a club.

978
00:56:58,467 --> 00:57:00,097
Jerry Hey - Horn Arranger
and Michael Jackson's Synthesizer

979
00:57:00,177 --> 00:57:02,217
Quincy, always the first
to discover new talents,

980
00:57:02,307 --> 00:57:04,307
heard about us
for the brass section,

981
00:57:04,387 --> 00:57:07,347
and called us one evening:
“Jerry, it’s Quincy Jones.”

982
00:57:07,427 --> 00:57:10,717
"How? Yes, you want to play
on our disk? “Of course.”

983
00:57:10,807 --> 00:57:14,177
“You want an arrangement?”
"All right."

984
00:57:14,677 --> 00:57:17,387
And he proposed to meet
next day.

985
00:57:17,467 --> 00:57:23,137
It was the start of a friendship
30 years with Quincy.

986
00:57:23,347 --> 00:57:26,467
Horn players are players
sax,

987
00:57:26,507 --> 00:57:28,137
Kim Hutchcroft and Larry
Williams.

988
00:57:28,177 --> 00:57:29,967
Video Filmed by Michael Jackson
Los Angeles, California

989
00:57:30,097 --> 00:57:34,467
The trumpeter, Gary Grant.
The trombonist, Bill Reichenbach.

990
00:57:34,507 --> 00:57:36,137
Sudden exit.

991
00:57:40,257 --> 00:57:42,257
Again, two trumpets and two
saxophone.

992
00:57:43,177 --> 00:57:47,717
On the day of the hearing,
I wore a black Danskin dress,

993
00:57:47,807 --> 00:57:50,177
with boots and
bracelets.

994
00:57:50,257 --> 00:57:52,677
It was a bit like my signature
the time.

995
00:57:53,097 --> 00:57:55,887
I knew Michael loved my
look.

996
00:57:55,967 --> 00:57:59,257
He liked the style of what
I had done.

997
00:57:59,347 --> 00:58:00,677
So he kept it.

998
00:58:00,757 --> 00:58:02,807
We recreated a complete look
for her.

999
00:58:02,967 --> 00:58:05,347
Hair Extensions,
new makeup.

1000
00:58:05,387 --> 00:58:07,507
I had two dresses.
One pink and one black.

1001
00:58:07,637 --> 00:58:08,887
Mariah Carey
Artist

1002
00:58:09,007 --> 00:58:13,557
The black one reminded
that of Tatiana.

1003
00:58:13,677 --> 00:58:14,887
That's what I felt.

1004
00:58:28,967 --> 00:58:31,347
When he runs after the girl on the
video of The Way You Make Me Feel,

1005
00:58:31,427 --> 00:58:32,717
Justin Bieber
Artist

1006
00:58:32,807 --> 00:58:34,887
that's how I saw it
my video of Baby.

1007
00:58:34,967 --> 00:58:36,507
That's where we left.

1008
00:58:36,597 --> 00:58:39,177
In my clip,
I'm on a bowling alley,

1009
00:58:39,257 --> 00:58:41,097
in a modern version.

1010
00:58:41,217 --> 00:58:44,137
I run after him
to charm her.

1011
00:58:51,097 --> 00:58:52,257
Michael told me:

1012
00:58:52,387 --> 00:58:55,307
I told Joe Pytka, the future
director: "I won't put on a dance.

1013
00:58:55,387 --> 00:58:58,257
"But the more I hear it,
the more I want to wear.

1014
00:58:58,387 --> 00:59:00,927
“You can go try some
stuff in the studio

1015
00:59:01,057 --> 00:59:02,257
“and I’ll join you there.”

1016
00:59:02,387 --> 00:59:05,507
So Joe comes to see what we were doing.
He hears the music

1017
00:59:05,597 --> 00:59:07,257
and he goes, “What’s happening?”

1018
00:59:07,347 --> 00:59:09,007
This superb piece is
choreographed

1019
00:59:09,097 --> 00:59:12,347
but the idea I had for
This video had no place.

1020
00:59:12,427 --> 00:59:16,557
We quickly had to improvise
to find where to put it

1021
00:59:16,637 --> 00:59:18,677
and we thought of the mouths
fire.

1022
01:00:05,757 --> 01:00:08,807
Fans asked me
always:

1023
01:00:08,887 --> 01:00:11,347
"Why is he chasing you if
long time

1024
01:00:11,467 --> 01:00:13,137
"just for a hug and not one
kiss?”

1025
01:00:13,257 --> 01:00:16,677
Joe Pytka, the director,
whispered in my ear,

1026
01:00:16,807 --> 01:00:19,347
just before the last scene,
where we hug.

1027
01:00:19,467 --> 01:00:21,637
He told me:

1028
01:00:21,717 --> 01:00:23,467
“Don’t kiss him.”

1029
01:00:24,467 --> 01:00:26,887
I found that the kiss
was stupid.

1030
01:00:27,217 --> 01:00:28,967
I wasn't even sure
to want it so close.

1031
01:00:29,057 --> 01:00:30,467
Perhaps I wanted to stop there.

1032
01:00:30,557 --> 01:00:32,927
But in the end, with the embrace
and all that,

1033
01:00:33,097 --> 01:00:36,257
he says to me: “As he should have
have a kiss

1034
01:00:36,347 --> 01:00:38,467
"but Michael is too shy
for that, don't kiss him."

1035
01:00:38,557 --> 01:00:43,057
When Michael arrived
and we hugged,

1036
01:00:43,137 --> 01:00:49,467
I smelled his breath
mentholated.

1037
01:00:49,757 --> 01:00:51,347
- So...
- It was a signal!

1038
01:00:51,427 --> 01:00:53,677
- He was prepared...
- You should have done it!

1039
01:00:53,717 --> 01:00:58,847
I was told that he could not
can't stand a kiss

1040
01:00:58,967 --> 01:01:00,307
because too shy,

1041
01:01:00,347 --> 01:01:02,257
I didn't want to take advantage of
the situation.

1042
01:01:02,507 --> 01:01:05,177
Tatiana was not shy.

1043
01:01:05,217 --> 01:01:07,057
Not at all.

1044
01:01:07,177 --> 01:01:10,387
Speaking of this story,

1045
01:01:10,467 --> 01:01:15,427
he was forbidden
to kiss Michael on stage.

1046
01:01:15,557 --> 01:01:18,057
He was complaining
that she was too seductive on stage.

1047
01:01:18,137 --> 01:01:19,887
Bad U.S.
Madison Square Garden Tower - March 3, 1988

1048
01:01:19,967 --> 01:01:22,557
I joked:
“This film will be prohibited for minors.”

1049
01:01:22,637 --> 01:01:24,467
I told him:
“Why don’t you fuck her?

1050
01:01:24,557 --> 01:01:27,097
“Fuck her, let’s not talk about it
more."

1051
01:01:27,637 --> 01:01:29,137
He laughed.

1052
01:01:29,217 --> 01:01:32,217
And Frank said: "But what
what are you doing?

1053
01:01:32,347 --> 01:01:33,717
“I have enough worries.

1054
01:01:33,847 --> 01:01:35,927
"Don't encourage him to do
this girl."

1055
01:01:36,057 --> 01:01:38,847
But it has become a rule
for me,

1056
01:01:38,887 --> 01:01:41,717
because I said, “Okay,
if Michael doesn't kiss on the clip,

1057
01:01:41,887 --> 01:01:44,217
“no one should do it.”

1058
01:01:44,307 --> 01:01:49,557
So since that day,
I cut all the kisses from the clips,

1059
01:01:49,597 --> 01:01:52,677
especially that of Justin Bieber.

1060
01:01:52,757 --> 01:01:55,967
He was going to kiss a girl
and I didn't want it.

1061
01:01:56,057 --> 01:01:58,637
I got angry,
because he wanted to kiss the girl.

1062
01:01:58,717 --> 01:02:00,257
Plus, she was black.

1063
01:02:00,347 --> 01:02:04,257
I said, "You're going to screw up
your image."

1064
01:02:11,427 --> 01:02:13,257
Look, grandma.

1065
01:02:13,347 --> 01:02:15,007
It's...

1066
01:02:16,427 --> 01:02:17,757
It's...

1067
01:02:20,217 --> 01:02:21,427
Mandaveli?

1068
01:02:21,467 --> 01:02:24,427
No, Michael Jackson!

1069
01:02:24,467 --> 01:02:26,307
Michael Jackson!

1070
01:02:26,427 --> 01:02:32,097
Speed Demon is a song
unknown from the album

1071
01:02:32,177 --> 01:02:35,807
but it serves as a metaphor
for the whole album.

1072
01:02:35,887 --> 01:02:40,467
Because in fact, Michael is trying to escape
with this album.

1073
01:02:40,557 --> 01:02:42,557
Flee from everything that encloses him.

1074
01:02:42,637 --> 01:02:44,557
Anything that makes him suffocate.

1075
01:02:44,637 --> 01:02:46,967
- There it is.
- Hi !

1076
01:02:47,057 --> 01:02:49,347
Will you give me an autograph?

1077
01:02:50,057 --> 01:02:52,137
Will you sign me on my stomach?

1078
01:02:52,307 --> 01:02:54,307
Speed ​​Demon was my song.
I am a percussionist

1079
01:02:54,427 --> 01:02:55,887
?uestlove
Artist

1080
01:02:55,967 --> 01:03:00,807
and this song,
It's pure adrenaline.

1081
01:03:01,097 --> 01:03:03,847
In arrangement style
James Brown-style rhythm

1082
01:03:03,967 --> 01:03:06,347
where we use the instruments
as percussion.

1083
01:03:15,307 --> 01:03:16,807
It looked like animated modeling

1084
01:03:16,887 --> 01:03:18,137
Will Vinton Producer
and Animation Director

1085
01:03:18,217 --> 01:03:20,177
transferred to a living environment.

1086
01:03:20,257 --> 01:03:24,507
This video idea was a
mixture

1087
01:03:24,597 --> 01:03:29,427
live and animated modeling.

1088
01:03:29,557 --> 01:03:32,217
There is a place in
the story

1089
01:03:32,307 --> 01:03:35,467
where he transforms into a character,
Spike Rabbit,

1090
01:03:35,507 --> 01:03:38,847
to keep the paparazzi away.

1091
01:03:39,177 --> 01:03:43,347
Our character, Spike, is walking
through this manhunt.

1092
01:03:43,467 --> 01:03:46,557
But when they come back
and separate, it's like that.

1093
01:03:46,677 --> 01:03:49,677
Spike is still there,
and Michael is there.

1094
01:03:49,757 --> 01:03:54,387
They dance as a duo.

1095
01:03:54,677 --> 01:04:00,557
We made Spike Rabbit dance
next to Michael.

1096
01:04:01,307 --> 01:04:04,507
It was really very funny.

1097
01:04:04,597 --> 01:04:07,507
Firstly because we had to find
the choreography,

1098
01:04:07,597 --> 01:04:10,557
between what he was going to do
and how we were going to do it,

1099
01:04:10,677 --> 01:04:12,927
know exactly
what the steps would give,

1100
01:04:13,007 --> 01:04:15,007
and match everything
with music.

1101
01:04:15,057 --> 01:04:18,507
Rather than going slowly,
we threw ourselves into it.

1102
01:04:18,557 --> 01:04:19,887
- An excitement?
- Yes.

1103
01:04:19,967 --> 01:04:23,217
I would like that. I feel faint.
It's very delicate.

1104
01:04:23,557 --> 01:04:27,177
After finishing with Speed
Demon,

1105
01:04:27,217 --> 01:04:30,097
he came one day.

1106
01:04:30,347 --> 01:04:34,597
And he told us how much he loved
the California Raisin trailer.

1107
01:04:34,717 --> 01:04:39,597
I understood what he meant and I
said, “Michael, you should do the Raisin.”

1108
01:04:39,677 --> 01:04:40,927
"Yes."

1109
01:04:41,007 --> 01:04:43,637
Message from Michael Jackson Repondeur
by Will Vinton - January 1989

1110
01:04:43,717 --> 01:04:47,807
Will, remind me
concerning the temporary worker.

1111
01:04:47,887 --> 01:04:52,137
The character must be much stronger.
It doesn't really fit.

1112
01:04:53,307 --> 01:04:56,257
This is very important. THANKS. At
goodbye.

1113
01:04:57,257 --> 01:04:59,347
The rapping grapes
who come alive behind me...

1114
01:04:59,427 --> 01:05:02,387
Video Model Will Vinton Encino,
California - February 1989

1115
01:05:02,427 --> 01:05:04,177
I wanted to define the
character.

1116
01:05:04,257 --> 01:05:08,807
In terms of expression,
which is 99% of the character.

1117
01:05:11,257 --> 01:05:16,007
One has glasses
and his attitude suggests

1118
01:05:16,097 --> 01:05:20,097
how lucky I am that he came,
because he's super cool.

1119
01:05:20,177 --> 01:05:23,387
He's even too cool for that,
like that...

1120
01:05:38,137 --> 01:05:42,057
The other is more sarcastic.
As if to say: "What are you looking at?"

1121
01:05:42,137 --> 01:05:46,257
The other grape could be in this
style. Without glasses, therefore the expression

1122
01:05:47,467 --> 01:05:49,847
passes through the gaze.

1123
01:06:01,307 --> 01:06:02,967
Like that.

1124
01:06:03,887 --> 01:06:07,887
Michael Jackson Advertising
California Raisins - July 1989

1125
01:06:35,507 --> 01:06:37,507
This must be what I ate.

1126
01:06:42,177 --> 01:06:47,597
Now, on to the decks,
I have the Liberian Girl single.

1127
01:06:47,677 --> 01:06:51,557
And Run-D.M.C. v. Sucker M.C.

1128
01:06:51,637 --> 01:06:53,757
That gives it that.

1129
01:06:56,807 --> 01:07:02,887
Quincy wanted
a sort of African intro here.

1130
01:07:03,007 --> 01:07:07,507
This is Michael Boddicker
to the synthesizer and all these effects

1131
01:07:10,807 --> 01:07:14,677
which remind a little
the African sunset.

1132
01:07:27,467 --> 01:07:30,427
People underestimated the
foundation.

1133
01:07:30,507 --> 01:07:32,137
No one else was writing
songs

1134
01:07:32,217 --> 01:07:33,927
Nelson George Music Review
Black - Billboard Magazine

1135
01:07:34,007 --> 01:07:38,597
so beautiful on women
African countries in 1987-88.

1136
01:07:38,717 --> 01:07:40,387
How are you, Michael?
Nice to see you again.

1137
01:07:40,467 --> 01:07:41,717
Nelson Mandela
Pretoria, South Africa

1138
01:07:41,807 --> 01:07:43,137
- Delighted too.
- Yes.

1139
01:07:45,557 --> 01:07:47,177
I had a great time.

1140
01:07:47,257 --> 01:07:49,387
It was great. I don't want
leave.

1141
01:07:49,427 --> 01:07:51,007
He was the biggest pop star
of the world

1142
01:07:51,097 --> 01:07:52,387
and in quotes,
he wanted to be white.

1143
01:07:52,427 --> 01:07:53,717
Gabon, Africa
February 11, 1992

1144
01:07:54,097 --> 01:07:58,097
However, he loves beauty, and for
him, Africa is a magnificent place.

1145
01:07:58,557 --> 01:08:02,257
It is clear that Michael had
a strong African sensitivity.

1146
01:08:02,347 --> 01:08:04,847
He often went to Africa.
He was very committed to it.

1147
01:08:04,927 --> 01:08:07,137
Is there a Liberian in
your life?

1148
01:08:07,967 --> 01:08:12,307
No. I wrote this at home
in the games room.

1149
01:08:12,387 --> 01:08:15,177
I had to play pinball.

1150
01:08:15,257 --> 01:08:18,467
And this song came from
my mind.

1151
01:08:18,557 --> 01:08:22,347
I think I ran upstairs
save it

1152
01:08:23,557 --> 01:08:25,177
and it became Liberian
Girl.

1153
01:08:25,257 --> 01:08:26,507
She was created

1154
01:08:26,597 --> 01:08:29,257
John Barnes - Co-Producer,
Composer, Arranger and Musician

1155
01:08:29,307 --> 01:08:31,637
like that, in a flash.

1156
01:08:31,717 --> 01:08:34,637
Usually it took time
to put it all together,

1157
01:08:34,757 --> 01:08:37,847
but it took three
or four hours for this one.

1158
01:08:38,097 --> 01:08:41,467
I firmly believe
to the acoustic imagination.

1159
01:08:41,597 --> 01:08:43,177
Bruce Swedien Engineer
of the Sound of Michael Jackson

1160
01:08:43,307 --> 01:08:44,717
No acoustic reality.

1161
01:08:45,007 --> 01:08:53,177
Acoustic imagination is
imagine an acoustic environment.

1162
01:08:53,387 --> 01:08:55,217
Only you see it.

1163
01:08:55,307 --> 01:09:01,387
I perceived these incredible
acoustic environments and...

1164
01:09:01,507 --> 01:09:03,597
-Liberian Girl?
-Liberian Girl...

1165
01:09:03,677 --> 01:09:05,097
Perfect!

1166
01:09:05,177 --> 01:09:06,757
...is the perfect example.

1167
01:09:06,847 --> 01:09:08,847
I made a little synth
above.

1168
01:09:09,967 --> 01:09:12,257
That part.

1169
01:09:13,807 --> 01:09:16,597
There's a thing about birds
at the end.

1170
01:09:16,677 --> 01:09:20,387
Quincy asked me
something with birds.

1171
01:09:20,507 --> 01:09:23,847
There is a little.
There will be more next time.

1172
01:09:23,887 --> 01:09:26,217
Here's the part

1173
01:09:28,177 --> 01:09:29,507
that I wrote.

1174
01:09:29,557 --> 01:09:31,677
I play the drums
on Speed Demon and Liberian Girl.

1175
01:09:31,757 --> 01:09:33,217
Mike Brando Confidant/Guard
of Michael's Body

1176
01:09:33,347 --> 01:09:35,257
It was great.
I loved doing Liberian Girl.

1177
01:09:35,347 --> 01:09:37,057
Everyone asked me:

1178
01:09:37,137 --> 01:09:41,557
"Why Michael wrote a
song about a female bookseller?”

1179
01:09:41,677 --> 01:09:43,677
Yes. There is a sexy woman
behind a counter

1180
01:09:43,757 --> 01:09:45,887
with glasses
and a pencil in his hair.

1181
01:09:45,967 --> 01:09:47,307
Cee Lo Green
Artist

1182
01:09:47,387 --> 01:09:48,677
She relaxes her hair.

1183
01:09:48,757 --> 01:09:50,097
I thought he was talking about that.

1184
01:09:51,467 --> 01:09:54,347
No, I don't want...

1185
01:09:54,387 --> 01:09:56,847
He really found that
hilarious.

1186
01:09:56,887 --> 01:09:59,057
And for the Liberian video
Girl,

1187
01:09:59,557 --> 01:10:03,387
they should no longer have
budget.

1188
01:10:03,427 --> 01:10:07,427
There are just a few celebrities
waiting for Michael to show up.

1189
01:10:18,347 --> 01:10:22,597
Michael was not in the video,
because I think he was fed up.

1190
01:10:22,677 --> 01:10:24,427
I talked about it with Walt
Yetnikoff

1191
01:10:24,557 --> 01:10:26,807
and he said:
“We have to include it in the clip.”

1192
01:10:26,887 --> 01:10:29,967
So I said to Michael:
“You have to appear in the music video.”

1193
01:10:31,137 --> 01:10:32,847
He had an idea:

1194
01:10:33,637 --> 01:10:35,847
“You have one shot and 15 minutes.”

1195
01:10:35,927 --> 01:10:37,557
Last Shot of the Mini-Film
LIBERIAN GIRL

1196
01:10:37,597 --> 01:10:41,757
One second. I will tell you
when I'm ready. One second.

1197
01:10:41,887 --> 01:10:43,807
- Ready?
- Almost.

1198
01:10:43,927 --> 01:10:46,427
He sat down. They got
raised

1199
01:10:46,467 --> 01:10:48,597
and said: “Action!”

1200
01:10:48,637 --> 01:10:50,217
Action.

1201
01:10:58,257 --> 01:11:00,847
Come on, it's over.

1202
01:11:01,967 --> 01:11:03,217
Cut.

1203
01:11:03,427 --> 01:11:04,807
He didn't even turn off the engine.

1204
01:11:04,927 --> 01:11:08,137
He got out of the car,
without makeup, sat down.

1205
01:11:08,217 --> 01:11:10,257
Just one take and hey presto, he’s
gone.

1206
01:11:11,097 --> 01:11:13,347
Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder
Westlake Studios - Studio D

1207
01:11:13,427 --> 01:11:14,677
Los Angeles, California
September 23, 1988

1208
01:11:15,597 --> 01:11:17,427
I'm going to make a fool of myself.

1209
01:11:30,097 --> 01:11:31,347
Once again, if you
flat.

1210
01:11:31,467 --> 01:11:33,347
How to Just Good Friends
made the album?

1211
01:11:33,467 --> 01:11:35,307
John Robinson – Drummer
by Michael Jackson - 1979-1987

1212
01:11:35,347 --> 01:11:36,807
- Well...
- They could have chosen a better one.

1213
01:11:36,847 --> 01:11:39,057
Michael or Stevie
could have written one.

1214
01:11:39,137 --> 01:11:40,807
They could have taken one
from their catalog.

1215
01:11:41,177 --> 01:11:44,007
An album must include
hits and simple songs.

1216
01:11:44,097 --> 01:11:49,257
Michael Jackson, with Bad,
had 11 hits.

1217
01:11:50,307 --> 01:11:54,637
With Michael, all
the songs had to stand out

1218
01:11:54,717 --> 01:11:58,307
and become super singles.

1219
01:11:58,387 --> 01:12:01,137
As they tried to get out
a single,

1220
01:12:01,177 --> 01:12:06,427
and that they were two elders
prodigies of the Motown spirit,

1221
01:12:06,757 --> 01:12:09,507
we expected a hit
hell.

1222
01:12:10,307 --> 01:12:15,507
Just Good Friends turned out
a sort of coffee break

1223
01:12:16,347 --> 01:12:19,677
between Liberian Girl
and Another Part of Me.

1224
01:12:19,757 --> 01:12:23,257
Many other things,
at that moment,

1225
01:12:24,257 --> 01:12:27,597
could have been as convincing,
or even more.

1226
01:12:28,057 --> 01:12:31,807
Even the best
may stumble a little.

1227
01:12:31,887 --> 01:12:33,887
I love Stevie Wonder.

1228
01:12:33,967 --> 01:12:36,137
He has incredible talent.

1229
01:12:37,307 --> 01:12:38,717
He is also very hardworking.

1230
01:12:38,807 --> 01:12:41,347
They work and record
without respite.

1231
01:12:41,427 --> 01:12:45,387
I wanted him to do
a song on the album

1232
01:12:45,507 --> 01:12:46,887
Stevie Wonder
Artist

1233
01:12:46,967 --> 01:12:50,927
Characters. It was Get It.

1234
01:12:51,057 --> 01:12:54,887
So we have each other
rendered service.

1235
01:12:55,847 --> 01:12:59,427
I made sure
let him do one of my songs.

1236
01:12:59,557 --> 01:13:00,927
Yes.

1237
01:13:08,347 --> 01:13:12,217
We couldn't find the right song.
I knew I didn't have it.

1238
01:13:12,347 --> 01:13:13,637
Voice of Quincy Jones

1239
01:13:13,717 --> 01:13:15,847
Someone said it didn't work.
I knew it.

1240
01:13:22,097 --> 01:13:23,927
It's better now.

1241
01:13:24,007 --> 01:13:26,757
- I can compose this part.
- Sorry.

1242
01:13:26,847 --> 01:13:28,097
- Great.
- Stunning.

1243
01:13:28,177 --> 01:13:29,757
Ready to go?

1244
01:13:29,847 --> 01:13:31,097
Is it over?

1245
01:13:31,217 --> 01:13:33,717
I ran away.

1246
01:13:34,307 --> 01:13:37,887
Another Part of Me.
My favorite track from the Bad album.

1247
01:13:37,927 --> 01:13:40,847
All the instruments in this song,
his voices,

1248
01:13:40,927 --> 01:13:42,177
Chris Brown
Artist

1249
01:13:42,257 --> 01:13:45,257
no one teaches that. It's
innate.

1250
01:13:45,347 --> 01:13:47,597
So no matter where he was,

1251
01:13:47,637 --> 01:13:50,677
it was: “I’m in.
I feel it. I need it.”

1252
01:13:50,807 --> 01:13:53,177
It's his talent.

1253
01:13:53,257 --> 01:13:56,927
The song should not have been included
in the album,

1254
01:13:57,007 --> 01:13:58,427
because he had recorded it
before.

1255
01:13:58,507 --> 01:14:01,007
He preferred the song
Streetwalker.

1256
01:14:08,217 --> 01:14:11,387
The final decision will be
the one that will make Michael dance.

1257
01:14:11,467 --> 01:14:15,137
So when Quincy saw Michael
dancing to Another Part of Me,

1258
01:14:15,257 --> 01:14:17,597
he said: "There you go, this song
will be on the album."

1259
01:14:17,637 --> 01:14:20,137
Bad, by Michael Jackson,

1260
01:14:20,257 --> 01:14:24,347
it's black music, the first
pop album suitable for a stadium.

1261
01:14:24,467 --> 01:14:29,307
Each song came out of its
head.

1262
01:14:29,347 --> 01:14:32,507
"This is what I want to see
when I sing it

1263
01:14:32,637 --> 01:14:35,257
“in front of 60 or 80,000 people.”

1264
01:14:49,007 --> 01:14:51,347
"Bad European Tour"
July 1988

1265
01:18:19,467 --> 01:18:21,847
People forget that Michael
Jackson is a soul singer.

1266
01:18:21,887 --> 01:18:25,557
Michael Jackson grew up watching
Jackie Wilson, James Brown and the others.

1267
01:18:25,637 --> 01:18:29,557
So its fault is to be
rude.

1268
01:18:29,887 --> 01:18:31,717
I love Dirty Diana.

1269
01:18:31,847 --> 01:18:33,887
- One of my favorites.
- For what ?

1270
01:18:34,007 --> 01:18:38,137
It's the story of a groupie.

1271
01:18:39,057 --> 01:18:41,427
I hate the word "groupie",
but that's it.

1272
01:18:41,597 --> 01:18:43,967
I lived it,

1273
01:18:44,097 --> 01:18:45,807
just like those who make
tours.

1274
01:18:46,007 --> 01:18:48,057
Dirty Diana.

1275
01:18:48,137 --> 01:18:52,927
Who would have thought that I would live
the song several times in my life?

1276
01:18:53,007 --> 01:18:55,347
I love Dirty Diana.
I met her.

1277
01:18:56,097 --> 01:18:58,427
I met her several
times.

1278
01:18:58,717 --> 01:19:00,427
THANKS.

1279
01:19:00,507 --> 01:19:05,427
Thank you, Michael, for bringing to life
a part of me on tour.

1280
01:19:05,507 --> 01:19:08,557
When we were kids, we wondered
if he was talking about Diana Ross.

1281
01:19:08,597 --> 01:19:11,097
"Did he have an affair with
her?" No not at all.

1282
01:19:11,307 --> 01:19:13,927
We were kids and we didn't know
what was happening. Who was Diana?

1283
01:19:13,967 --> 01:19:15,257
What was she doing dirty?

1284
01:19:15,307 --> 01:19:17,427
One day, like that,
Quincy calls me.

1285
01:19:17,557 --> 01:19:18,757
Steve Stevens
Guitarist - Dirty Diana

1286
01:19:18,887 --> 01:19:21,177
I thought someone was making me
joke.

1287
01:19:21,307 --> 01:19:27,007
He says to me: “It’s Quincy Jones. We
is working on the sequel to Michael's Thriller.

1288
01:19:27,557 --> 01:19:28,967
“We have a rock song.”

1289
01:19:29,057 --> 01:19:33,927
I'm not a guitarist
session.

1290
01:19:34,307 --> 01:19:37,177
So I said to Quincy, "I
just wish

1291
01:19:37,257 --> 01:19:40,007
"working with Michael at
studio."

1292
01:19:40,097 --> 01:19:43,637
He replied: “Of course
that he will be there. It's his record.

1293
01:19:43,717 --> 01:19:45,137
“He’ll be in the studio.”

1294
01:19:45,217 --> 01:19:48,467
I opened the studio door
by Westlake

1295
01:19:48,597 --> 01:19:50,887
and they were three:
Bruce Swedien, the engineer,

1296
01:19:50,967 --> 01:19:52,887
Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson.

1297
01:19:53,427 --> 01:19:57,097
I immediately noticed
that Michael had moccasins.

1298
01:19:57,137 --> 01:20:03,007
They were immaculate. I said to myself:
"It's okay. He's wearing moccasins."

1299
01:20:03,177 --> 01:20:06,177
Here is the guitar with which
I recorded Dirty Diana.

1300
01:20:06,257 --> 01:20:08,927
She had to stay in her case

1301
01:20:09,007 --> 01:20:10,677
and only had to leave once.

1302
01:20:10,757 --> 01:20:13,257
I rarely play this
guitar.

1303
01:20:13,347 --> 01:20:16,307
The accompaniment lasted eight
minutes.

1304
01:20:16,507 --> 01:20:20,347
And during the song, Michael
was there...

1305
01:20:25,887 --> 01:20:29,807
He was categorical.
There is a small blank in the 3rd sentence.

1306
01:20:29,847 --> 01:20:33,177
It's subtle,
and I didn't catch it right away.

1307
01:20:35,307 --> 01:20:38,007
But this little thing
was very important to him.

1308
01:20:38,057 --> 01:20:40,507
Catch up with this little white guy.

1309
01:20:40,557 --> 01:20:42,807
I didn't understand
let him do the same.

1310
01:20:42,847 --> 01:20:45,057
Not playing is great.

1311
01:20:45,217 --> 01:20:49,427
What we don't play is also
important than what we play.

1312
01:21:02,927 --> 01:21:04,177
But it's good.

1313
01:21:10,057 --> 01:21:12,217
He wanted to do Dirty Diana.

1314
01:21:12,347 --> 01:21:16,637
Both clips needed to change
the public's perception of who he was.

1315
01:21:16,717 --> 01:21:18,057
Joe Pytka
Director

1316
01:21:18,097 --> 01:21:19,847
For the first,
we had to find him a girl,

1317
01:21:19,887 --> 01:21:22,217
and for the second, it was a
metalhead.

1318
01:21:28,427 --> 01:21:34,137
The original idea was that they
end in torrential rain.

1319
01:21:34,257 --> 01:21:37,757
On the 2nd day, we wanted to do
skip the board

1320
01:21:37,847 --> 01:21:40,927
so that it ends
completely in the rain.

1321
01:21:41,007 --> 01:21:42,717
The wind and the rain.

1322
01:21:42,807 --> 01:21:45,557
We wanted to make the
public.

1323
01:21:45,637 --> 01:21:50,557
But on the first day, he slipped
on the knees without knee pads.

1324
01:21:50,637 --> 01:21:53,597
The 2nd day, we were ready
for the rain and the rest,

1325
01:21:53,677 --> 01:21:55,257
but he could no longer dance.

1326
01:21:55,347 --> 01:21:57,597
We couldn't continue,
but it didn't matter.

1327
01:21:57,677 --> 01:22:00,597
We see the wind and the rest
1st day...

1328
01:22:00,637 --> 01:22:02,757
And there was to be the flood
after that.

1329
01:22:02,807 --> 01:22:06,807
I was not told that the photo
taken on set

1330
01:22:06,967 --> 01:22:09,307
would be used for the cover
disk.

1331
01:22:09,387 --> 01:22:13,177
I saw that one day. I don't
wasn't coming back.

1332
01:22:13,307 --> 01:22:16,137
Michael always knew

1333
01:22:16,177 --> 01:22:19,137
how to get off the beaten track
while being a black artist

1334
01:22:19,217 --> 01:22:20,507
and creating your own space.

1335
01:22:20,597 --> 01:22:24,387
Michael had a certain
internal mechanism.

1336
01:22:24,467 --> 01:22:28,057
When he felt the music,
that the rhythm was good,

1337
01:22:28,137 --> 01:22:33,007
that there was the right cadence,
the right intensity

1338
01:22:33,097 --> 01:22:35,097
and syncope.

1339
01:22:35,137 --> 01:22:37,387
He had to move, he had to
dance.

1340
01:22:37,467 --> 01:22:39,467
When he started to dance,

1341
01:22:39,557 --> 01:22:42,637
he knew if the scale was
correct,

1342
01:22:42,677 --> 01:22:44,347
if the elements were good,

1343
01:22:44,467 --> 01:22:46,467
if the syncope was good
articulated.

1344
01:22:46,807 --> 01:22:49,177
Michael gave me the music and
says:

1345
01:22:49,347 --> 01:22:50,557
Vincent Paterson
Choreographer

1346
01:22:50,677 --> 01:22:54,507
“Don’t impose your opinion,
your feeling, your choreography,

1347
01:22:54,557 --> 01:22:56,557
"nor your ideas about music.

1348
01:22:56,677 --> 01:22:59,097
"Let the music speak to you
and tell you what she wants to be."

1349
01:22:59,217 --> 01:23:01,257
The first time we talked about it,

1350
01:23:01,347 --> 01:23:02,597
Colin Chilvers
Director

1351
01:23:02,677 --> 01:23:06,427
he had an idea of what he
wanted to do.

1352
01:23:06,507 --> 01:23:10,847
The robot, the car, the
children, drugs...

1353
01:23:10,927 --> 01:23:13,347
I want all children
of this world are on drugs because of me.

1354
01:23:13,597 --> 01:23:18,007
How to bring that into a story
which included a piece a middle,

1355
01:23:18,097 --> 01:23:19,507
a song and a dance.

1356
01:23:19,597 --> 01:23:21,257
So we started the work.

1357
01:23:21,347 --> 01:23:22,597
Jeffrey Daniel
Co-Choreographer

1358
01:23:22,677 --> 01:23:25,007
It was Chicago Nights,
and it was reminiscent of Smooth Criminal.

1359
01:23:25,137 --> 01:23:27,557
He loved Fred Astaire

1360
01:23:27,677 --> 01:23:34,097
and absolutely wanted
pay homage to him in the film.

1361
01:23:34,597 --> 01:23:38,057
For Criminal Dance, watch
all the great dances on the tape

1362
01:23:38,137 --> 01:23:39,887
"Observe the greatest
and become bigger."

1363
01:23:39,967 --> 01:23:41,217
Karen Langford
Legal Advisor

1364
01:23:41,307 --> 01:23:44,257
Buy all dance movies
by Bob Fosse

1365
01:23:44,347 --> 01:23:46,057
study them well

1366
01:23:46,137 --> 01:23:49,307
"...know each step, the
music, etc.

1367
01:23:49,387 --> 01:23:53,847
Flash Dance, All That Jazz,
the song Girl Hunt by Band Wagon

1368
01:23:53,927 --> 01:23:56,057
THE BAND WAGON Realized
by Vincente Minnelli - 1953

1369
01:24:42,927 --> 01:24:46,927
This drawing is called "Criminal
Jacket".

1370
01:24:47,007 --> 01:24:50,887
He created a sketch
summary of the jacket

1371
01:24:50,927 --> 01:24:53,967
that he ended up wearing in this
mini-movie.

1372
01:24:54,137 --> 01:24:56,307
We even see the bracelet.

1373
01:24:56,807 --> 01:24:58,677
Criminal Jacket
in Black

1374
01:24:58,807 --> 01:25:02,967
He even noted that he had to
buy your Kenny shoes before

1375
01:25:03,007 --> 01:25:04,347
to break them.

1376
01:25:04,467 --> 01:25:08,137
For the style, I showed
something I love about Michael.

1377
01:25:08,217 --> 01:25:09,507
THE THIRD MAN
Directed by Carol Reed - 1949

1378
01:25:09,597 --> 01:25:12,757
It was The Third Man,
because it looked a bit gangster.

1379
01:25:12,847 --> 01:25:16,217
“We filmed in this style.”
Michael loved it.

1380
01:25:16,557 --> 01:25:20,807
Use shadows
like in film noir.

1381
01:25:57,927 --> 01:26:01,387
Quincy told me a story
a few years ago.

1382
01:26:01,557 --> 01:26:04,757
Michael was able to arrive,

1383
01:26:04,847 --> 01:26:07,677
request the voice of a song

1384
01:26:08,007 --> 01:26:11,507
and stay there to listen
to set the time

1385
01:26:11,637 --> 01:26:14,177
and decide where the
harmonies.

1386
01:26:14,217 --> 01:26:19,677
He could stay until he had
found the right harmony.

1387
01:26:19,757 --> 01:26:23,927
When I think of Smooth Criminal,
I am impressed by the voice.

1388
01:26:24,057 --> 01:26:26,217
He could sing,
in bass-baritone and tenor.

1389
01:26:26,257 --> 01:26:28,057
But he sang
mostly in tenor.

1390
01:26:28,137 --> 01:26:32,137
Vocal Exercises
by Michael Jackson 1994

1391
01:26:32,257 --> 01:26:35,007
It goes down to the low “C”.

1392
01:26:35,097 --> 01:26:38,677
It's a deep sound.

1393
01:26:38,757 --> 01:26:41,557
Michael succeeded with
bravery

1394
01:26:41,637 --> 01:26:44,597
to move from a G to a C,
three octaves higher.

1395
01:26:44,677 --> 01:26:47,097
It's huge.
It was more than three and a half octaves.

1396
01:26:47,177 --> 01:26:51,467
He really didn't want to grow up.
He wanted to keep a child's voice.

1397
01:26:51,557 --> 01:26:55,347
I always encouraged him
to use his superb voice.

1398
01:26:55,507 --> 01:26:59,597
One day I was in Europe
and he calls me. He says: "Hello",

1399
01:26:59,757 --> 01:27:03,097
with a very masculine voice,
baritone.

1400
01:27:03,467 --> 01:27:05,597
I asked him
why he didn't use it.

1401
01:27:05,677 --> 01:27:08,927
He said, "I don't like it.
I prefer the treble.

1402
01:27:08,967 --> 01:27:13,257
Vocal Exercises
by Michael Jackson 1994

1403
01:27:13,307 --> 01:27:15,177
What highs do you want to reach?

1404
01:27:15,257 --> 01:27:17,057
As high as possible.

1405
01:27:17,347 --> 01:27:21,097
For some of his songs, he
required a great vocal range.

1406
01:27:21,177 --> 01:27:25,847
And with the exercises
given to him by Seth Riggs,

1407
01:27:27,137 --> 01:27:28,807
he was able to gain amplitude.

1408
01:27:28,887 --> 01:27:31,257
So he could sing
higher and lower.

1409
01:27:31,347 --> 01:27:34,427
Vocal Exercises
by Michael Jackson 1994

1410
01:27:34,507 --> 01:27:38,757
I had to be sure his voice was
linear from low to high.

1411
01:27:38,927 --> 01:27:41,967
I have very exercises
weird,

1412
01:27:42,097 --> 01:27:44,597
different from what people
know.

1413
01:27:44,637 --> 01:27:46,307
It's called "singing and
conversation.”

1414
01:27:46,347 --> 01:27:48,677
So we started doing that.

1415
01:27:49,887 --> 01:27:53,467
Vocal Exercises
by Michael Jackson 1994

1416
01:27:54,967 --> 01:27:58,507
Vocal Exercises
by Michael Jackson 1994

1417
01:28:00,677 --> 01:28:04,347
Vocal Exercises
by Michael Jackson 1994

1418
01:28:04,427 --> 01:28:05,757
Sometimes there is...

1419
01:28:05,847 --> 01:28:11,347
Vocal Exercises
by Michael Jackson 1994

1420
01:28:11,427 --> 01:28:14,137
I tried P.Y.T. for Good
Life.

1421
01:28:14,257 --> 01:28:16,057
I saw him at Lyor Cohen.

1422
01:28:16,137 --> 01:28:17,467
He said he liked my voice.

1423
01:28:17,597 --> 01:28:20,927
I took it very seriously
and I made a whole album.

1424
01:28:21,007 --> 01:28:22,347
Kanye West
Singer

1425
01:28:22,387 --> 01:28:25,887
Here is the microphone I used
for Michael,

1426
01:28:26,007 --> 01:28:28,347
At this distance approximately,

1427
01:28:28,807 --> 01:28:31,347
for all records,

1428
01:28:31,557 --> 01:28:34,347
except one: Earth Song.

1429
01:28:40,967 --> 01:28:45,467
This is a microphone designed for
narration.

1430
01:28:45,717 --> 01:28:51,967
But I knew that the sound of this microphone
would suit Michael's voice.

1431
01:29:00,717 --> 01:29:02,307
I never understood who
was Annie.

1432
01:29:02,387 --> 01:29:03,597
Kanye West
Artist

1433
01:29:04,347 --> 01:29:06,427
And why did she have a say
to say?

1434
01:29:06,557 --> 01:29:08,387
Who is Annie? I don't have it
known.

1435
01:29:08,507 --> 01:29:09,757
Tell me who it is.

1436
01:29:09,887 --> 01:29:13,387
In this corner,
there was a fiberglass suitcase

1437
01:29:13,467 --> 01:29:14,757
Hayvenhurst Studio
Encino, California

1438
01:29:14,887 --> 01:29:18,387
with an R.C.P mannequin. inside.

1439
01:29:18,467 --> 01:29:21,057
Michael had taken lessons in
first aid.

1440
01:29:21,137 --> 01:29:24,007
The first thing to do,
before resuscitation,

1441
01:29:24,097 --> 01:29:25,597
Matt Forger Engineer
of the Sound of Michael Jackson

1442
01:29:25,677 --> 01:29:28,507
is to determine the state of
the victim.

1443
01:29:28,597 --> 01:29:32,257
He has to make a response, and he does:
"Are you okay? Are you okay?"

1444
01:29:34,257 --> 01:29:38,057
Whose life did he want to save?

1445
01:29:38,637 --> 01:29:40,217
All C.P.R. mannequins
Their name is Annie.

1446
01:29:40,347 --> 01:29:41,557
Little Anne

1447
01:29:41,717 --> 01:29:43,507
He constantly asked
if Annie was okay.

1448
01:29:43,597 --> 01:29:46,387
How many ways are there to
ask if Annie is okay?

1449
01:29:46,427 --> 01:29:49,757
He found around fifteen.

1450
01:29:49,927 --> 01:29:52,217
So: “Are you okay? Are you okay?

1451
01:29:52,257 --> 01:29:54,927
“Are you okay? How are you, Annie?

1452
01:29:54,967 --> 01:29:58,847
"Annie, are you okay? Are you okay?
How are you, Annie?

1453
01:29:58,927 --> 01:30:02,427
“Annie, are you okay?” As if he were saying:
“Okay, I think that’s not okay.”

1454
01:30:02,467 --> 01:30:04,347
I must be honest.
I was never a fan of this song.

1455
01:30:04,427 --> 01:30:05,717
Voice of Quincy Jones

1456
01:30:05,807 --> 01:30:08,677
Michael adored him.

1457
01:30:08,757 --> 01:30:11,637
I remember
when we went to make the clip.

1458
01:30:11,717 --> 01:30:14,887
I have never heard...
There must have been 135 decibels.

1459
01:30:14,967 --> 01:30:17,177
Strong? My ears exploded.

1460
01:30:23,217 --> 01:30:25,057
We started
with 10 or 12 dancers.

1461
01:30:25,137 --> 01:30:26,427
Vincent Paterson
Choreographer

1462
01:30:26,467 --> 01:30:30,307
He introduced me to Jeffrey and said:
“I want Jeffrey in.

1463
01:30:30,347 --> 01:30:33,757
"If there is street dancing, it is
maybe because I worked with Jeffrey.

1464
01:30:33,807 --> 01:30:35,637
"He taught me things
private."

1465
01:30:35,677 --> 01:30:38,307
Michael Jackson can't
go to a club or club

1466
01:30:38,387 --> 01:30:40,057
because it's Michael Jackson.

1467
01:30:40,137 --> 01:30:43,847
So he was learning with me
what was happening in the neighborhoods.

1468
01:30:43,967 --> 01:30:47,097
I was taking this to the Jacksons
 �Hayvenhurst.

1469
01:30:47,177 --> 01:30:50,427
My name is Phyllis Brooks,
and I would like to ask you some questions.

1470
01:30:51,307 --> 01:30:53,467
Who teaches you the steps of
dance?

1471
01:31:00,177 --> 01:31:01,887
The Jackson 5
Soul Train

1472
01:31:01,967 --> 01:31:03,807
Los Angeles, California
October 27, 1973

1473
01:31:14,467 --> 01:31:16,887
I saw a guy in concert.

1474
01:31:17,007 --> 01:31:19,057
Don Campbell. He changed my
life.

1475
01:31:19,177 --> 01:31:22,177
He didn't dance like the others.
He moved differently.

1476
01:31:22,257 --> 01:31:23,717
He walked in rhythm.

1477
01:31:23,847 --> 01:31:26,847
Walk, walk, walk.

1478
01:31:26,927 --> 01:31:30,807
Jump, block, stick out
and high five.

1479
01:31:30,887 --> 01:31:33,007
Curl up your shoulders,
point...

1480
01:31:35,807 --> 01:31:37,097
It was the lock.

1481
01:31:37,177 --> 01:31:39,757
Michael did it...

1482
01:31:42,217 --> 01:31:46,507
We saw him doing that.
He was doing this blocking.

1483
01:31:46,637 --> 01:31:50,137
It just introduces a few
stuff in...

1484
01:31:52,177 --> 01:31:53,507
Moving like that.

1485
01:31:53,557 --> 01:31:55,387
It's the "funky chicken".

1486
01:31:55,507 --> 01:31:57,387
This dance also comes from Soul
Train.

1487
01:31:57,557 --> 01:31:59,217
Michael Jackson loves it.

1488
01:31:59,347 --> 01:32:01,807
He loves locking and
popping.

1489
01:32:02,057 --> 01:32:05,307
On stage, when he checks...

1490
01:32:06,757 --> 01:32:11,007
Michael is good at dancing
contemporary urban.

1491
01:32:11,097 --> 01:32:14,177
I'm not calling for street dancing.
This is no longer relevant.

1492
01:32:18,597 --> 01:32:22,847
I had created movements for Michael
From its entrance to its exit.

1493
01:32:23,467 --> 01:32:25,557
Vincent Paterson Rehearsal
Dance SMOOTH CRIMINAL

1494
01:32:25,637 --> 01:32:27,387
The Culver Studios
Culver City, California

1495
01:32:46,467 --> 01:32:49,467
In several places I asked:
“Jeffrey, why don’t you do that?

1496
01:32:49,597 --> 01:32:52,467
"When he arrives at the billiards table,
I would like you to do something

1497
01:32:52,557 --> 01:32:54,677
"and you move around here."

1498
01:33:02,427 --> 01:33:04,557
I took the idea from a
Bugs Bunny cartoon.

1499
01:33:04,637 --> 01:33:08,427
This gangster with the hat of this one.
They bounce like this...

1500
01:33:09,637 --> 01:33:12,637
I wanted to capture this thing
animated.

1501
01:33:12,757 --> 01:33:14,467
Look. The same.

1502
01:33:14,597 --> 01:33:16,257
Vincent Paterson
Choreographer

1503
01:33:16,307 --> 01:33:18,967
Just after the hat,
I think it's the hand.

1504
01:33:25,847 --> 01:33:29,137
Some dance steps...
You will see well.

1505
01:33:29,177 --> 01:33:30,557
I still ignore
how they did that.

1506
01:33:36,137 --> 01:33:38,057
It's all in the tilt.

1507
01:33:38,137 --> 01:33:39,467
I used the tilt

1508
01:33:39,557 --> 01:33:42,347
in a film about Paul McCartney called
Give My Regards to Broad Street.

1509
01:33:42,847 --> 01:33:45,307
Buster Keaton
SCHOOL

1510
01:33:45,387 --> 01:33:48,057
Directed by James W. Horne
1927

1511
01:33:50,007 --> 01:33:52,307
When you take a private plane,

1512
01:33:52,347 --> 01:33:56,927
it takes off, we lean forward
and we try to do like Michael.

1513
01:33:57,347 --> 01:33:58,927
It looks a bit like it.

1514
01:33:59,007 --> 01:34:02,467
What ? You want to know
how it was done.

1515
01:34:02,507 --> 01:34:04,177
Even today,

1516
01:34:04,307 --> 01:34:07,847
when I talk about tilt
by Smooth Criminal,

1517
01:34:09,847 --> 01:34:11,757
we see immediately
what am I talking about.

1518
01:34:11,847 --> 01:34:13,717
Actually there was a break
in Smooth Criminal

1519
01:34:13,847 --> 01:34:15,097
originally unexpected.

1520
01:34:15,177 --> 01:34:19,307
The music fades, everything is
calm.

1521
01:34:19,387 --> 01:34:23,507
We see a cat crossing the piano.
The light turns blue.

1522
01:34:23,597 --> 01:34:24,847
We didn't know it.

1523
01:34:44,257 --> 01:34:47,927
And during this break, he wanted
that the dancers take ownership of the stage.

1524
01:34:48,057 --> 01:34:49,717
Colin Chilvers - Director
SMOOTH CRIMINAL Mini-Film

1525
01:34:49,757 --> 01:34:52,257
We've been filming for a while,

1526
01:34:52,387 --> 01:34:55,637
when he said:
"I don't want any disturbance."

1527
01:34:55,717 --> 01:34:59,307
I filmed with five cameras

1528
01:34:59,387 --> 01:35:02,967
and Jerry had five too.
So that was 10 cameras on the way.

1529
01:35:03,057 --> 01:35:06,137
We didn't know how long
It was going to last longer.

1530
01:35:06,557 --> 01:35:09,677
THE BREAK rehearsal
The Culver Studios

1531
01:35:09,757 --> 01:35:13,097
Culver City, California
May 5, 1987

1532
01:35:36,757 --> 01:35:38,757
He often writes songs
about being observed.

1533
01:35:38,847 --> 01:35:41,807
Either with him as an object
observation,

1534
01:35:41,887 --> 01:35:47,807
either he observes someone who
looks like. someone or something.

1535
01:35:59,757 --> 01:36:01,717
For someone who grew up
under the spotlight,

1536
01:36:01,807 --> 01:36:04,637
Being observed reveals
the way we see the world.

1537
01:36:04,717 --> 01:36:06,467
It's someone

1538
01:36:06,597 --> 01:36:11,637
which was always in the newspapers,
who was constantly ridiculed.

1539
01:36:11,677 --> 01:36:12,967
“Jacko the Crazy.”

1540
01:36:13,007 --> 01:36:14,757
He's a kid.

1541
01:36:14,807 --> 01:36:18,637
How can it not affect
and hurt...

1542
01:36:18,717 --> 01:36:20,717
"Michael Jackson built a
sanctuary for Elizabeth Taylor.

1543
01:36:20,807 --> 01:36:22,637
"Michael Jackson has a park
attractions.

1544
01:36:22,677 --> 01:36:24,807
“Michael Jackson
has undergone a lot of operations."

1545
01:36:24,887 --> 01:36:26,597
So I said, "Michael,

1546
01:36:26,677 --> 01:36:30,387
"When at school, you are the most
small and people make fun of you,

1547
01:36:30,467 --> 01:36:33,177
"the funniest thing is the fact
that bothers you.

1548
01:36:33,257 --> 01:36:36,177
"If that doesn't bother you,
it's not interesting.

1549
01:36:36,307 --> 01:36:40,757
"So why not take
these stupid things said about you

1550
01:36:40,847 --> 01:36:42,177
"and say them out loud?

1551
01:36:42,257 --> 01:36:44,177
"If we made an impact
special?"

1552
01:36:44,257 --> 01:36:47,097
Leave Me Alone
was great to play.

1553
01:36:47,177 --> 01:36:48,677
There was an intro...

1554
01:36:55,637 --> 01:36:58,387
with a part with strings
who played the same thing,

1555
01:36:58,507 --> 01:37:00,177
while emphasizing...

1556
01:37:00,257 --> 01:37:02,677
He just said: "Attack!"

1557
01:37:04,427 --> 01:37:06,307
He was standing next to me...

1558
01:37:11,637 --> 01:37:17,007
Many people are wrong about me,
because they don't know me.

1559
01:37:17,137 --> 01:37:19,347
It's true.

1560
01:37:19,677 --> 01:37:22,347
People believe in nonsense
that they read.

1561
01:37:22,427 --> 01:37:26,847
Do you want to lash out
and say it's false?

1562
01:37:26,887 --> 01:37:28,217
Yes, often.

1563
01:37:28,347 --> 01:37:30,557
WORLD WEEKLY
WORD

1564
01:37:30,677 --> 01:37:33,427
FROZEN MICHAEL
AT 50 YEARS

1565
01:37:34,097 --> 01:37:39,057
We see that he is starting to smell
that it is entertainment.

1566
01:37:39,097 --> 01:37:41,387
In the video, he is tied up.

1567
01:37:41,467 --> 01:37:43,807
It is inspired by the Travels of
Gulliver.

1568
01:37:43,887 --> 01:37:49,467
He is attached under a rollercoaster.
There are dogs in costumes

1569
01:37:49,557 --> 01:37:56,097
who hit the bindings,
and try to attach him to the ride.

1570
01:37:56,177 --> 01:37:58,557
J'ai eu un aper�u de ce qu'il
lived

1571
01:37:58,677 --> 01:38:03,467
quand en Europe, notre limousine
was attacked by the crowd

1572
01:38:03,557 --> 01:38:06,507
qui croyait que Michael �tait � 
the interior.

1573
01:38:06,597 --> 01:38:11,717
If you start like this
d�s l'�ge de cinq ans,

1574
01:38:11,757 --> 01:38:17,387
That teaches you something
a lot about people.

1575
01:38:17,427 --> 01:38:21,057
I was waiting for Michael. A guy
arrive et je ne voyais pas Michael.

1576
01:38:21,097 --> 01:38:23,597
Il me fait : "Bonjour, Jeffrey. �a va ?"
And I: “Yes.”

1577
01:38:23,677 --> 01:38:25,637
Il me demande si je suis pr�t.
I tell him “Yes”.

1578
01:38:25,757 --> 01:38:26,967
Without looking at Michael.

1579
01:38:27,097 --> 01:38:30,307
Je regarde les sourcils �pais,
a small afro wig,

1580
01:38:30,387 --> 01:38:32,887
her sideburns and her makeup.

1581
01:38:32,967 --> 01:38:36,887
Michael had gone door-to-door
for Jehovah's Witnesses.

1582
01:38:36,967 --> 01:38:38,467
And he disguised himself

1583
01:38:38,557 --> 01:38:41,177
not to be recognized.

1584
01:38:41,307 --> 01:38:43,807
I am sure that some
closed the door in his face.

1585
01:38:43,887 --> 01:38:45,257
"No Jehovah's Witnesses in
me.”

1586
01:38:45,347 --> 01:38:51,597
Sometimes I would like to pass
incognito without fuss or...

1587
01:38:51,637 --> 01:38:54,467
But that doesn't always work.

1588
01:38:54,557 --> 01:38:58,257
At the Shrine Auditorium,
a guy came to tap me on the shoulder.

1589
01:38:58,307 --> 01:39:02,507
I turned around.
He was an old man.

1590
01:39:02,637 --> 01:39:05,137
I said, “Who is it?” And he:
“Michael.”

1591
01:39:05,177 --> 01:39:08,467
He had screwed me
the scare of my life.

1592
01:39:08,637 --> 01:39:09,967
Tokyo, Japan
October 9, 1987

1593
01:39:10,007 --> 01:39:14,177
I have great disguises.
Je pourrais rouler ma m�re...

1594
01:39:14,257 --> 01:39:18,807
I love it, because it allows me
to see life normally sometimes.

1595
01:39:18,887 --> 01:39:23,137
One day he said: “My brothers are
in town. I'm going to see them this evening."

1596
01:39:23,257 --> 01:39:25,467
Je lui ai dit : "Tr�s bien."

1597
01:39:25,557 --> 01:39:28,307
I arrive on the set,
le lendemain, et Michael dit :

1598
01:39:28,387 --> 01:39:30,257
"I waited for my brothers
all evening.

1599
01:39:30,347 --> 01:39:32,967
"I had made myself beautiful,
but they did not come.”

1600
01:39:35,007 --> 01:39:39,307
Sorry, it pains me, but he
says:

1601
01:39:39,347 --> 01:39:43,507
"I would give anything to be able to go
to a party and stay in a corner

1602
01:39:43,557 --> 01:39:47,347
"or stay behind a curtain
and stick out your head

1603
01:39:47,387 --> 01:39:50,677
"to see what the
real people."

1604
01:40:01,387 --> 01:40:03,007
Jim Blashfield - Director
Mini-Film LEAVE ME ALONE

1605
01:40:03,137 --> 01:40:04,557
When we see this film,

1606
01:40:04,637 --> 01:40:09,467
all images of Michael
were in 35 mm

1607
01:40:09,557 --> 01:40:12,717
and were transformed into a
stack of photos this size

1608
01:40:12,847 --> 01:40:17,387
that people have cut
for two weeks.

1609
01:40:17,507 --> 01:40:20,927
A guy had to cut
Michael's hair.

1610
01:40:21,057 --> 01:40:25,677
The idea of the ball and chain
by Charlie Chaplin came from Michael.

1611
01:40:25,717 --> 01:40:27,007
We knew we wanted

1612
01:40:27,057 --> 01:40:30,637
a dance sequence with
the skeleton of "Elephant Man",

1613
01:40:30,717 --> 01:40:35,557
so Michael showed up
filming with that.

1614
01:40:36,557 --> 01:40:41,347
Leave Me Alone
was very avant-garde.

1615
01:40:41,427 --> 01:40:44,507
This is my favorite video
and my favorite song from the album.

1616
01:40:44,637 --> 01:40:45,887
Kanye West
Artist

1617
01:40:46,177 --> 01:40:50,507
Even the installation of the amusement park
and their way of hashing the graphs,

1618
01:40:50,597 --> 01:40:56,717
nothing compares, even today,
as for special effects.

1619
01:40:57,557 --> 01:41:00,387
The quest for creative independence
of Michael,

1620
01:41:00,427 --> 01:41:03,137
which started when he
left Motown with his brothers,

1621
01:41:03,257 --> 01:41:05,757
persisted until Off The Wall
and Thriller

1622
01:41:05,887 --> 01:41:09,097
to reach the pinnacle with
the Bad album and the "Bad Tour".

1623
01:41:09,217 --> 01:41:13,307
He did not tour for Thriller,
but with Bad, he had the opportunity to create

1624
01:41:13,427 --> 01:41:14,967
a style of show all his own

1625
01:41:15,097 --> 01:41:17,427
who would represent him
as a solo artist.

1626
01:41:17,467 --> 01:41:19,597
It was his first solo tour

1627
01:41:19,637 --> 01:41:23,427
and his only tour
in the United States managed by itself.

1628
01:41:23,507 --> 01:41:26,717
What an evening! What a crowd!
What a concert! What a place!

1629
01:41:26,847 --> 01:41:29,387
Who would have thought that Wembley
Stadium,

1630
01:41:29,467 --> 01:41:32,177
who hosted Live Aid,
the seat of Nelson Mandela

1631
01:41:32,257 --> 01:41:35,257
and now the king's seat
of everything?

1632
01:41:36,807 --> 01:41:38,387
This tour was exhausting.

1633
01:41:38,467 --> 01:41:42,967
It started in September
1987 and ending in January 1989.

1634
01:41:43,057 --> 01:41:46,177
He visited 15 countries and 123
different shows.

1635
01:41:46,307 --> 01:41:47,507
Michael's Last Tour

1636
01:41:47,637 --> 01:41:51,257
She turned out to be one
of the most brilliant in history.

1637
01:41:51,307 --> 01:41:54,637
The "Bad World Tour" broke three records
according to the Guinness Book of Records.

1638
01:41:54,717 --> 01:41:57,467
The tour that brought home the
more money,

1639
01:41:57,557 --> 01:41:59,467
the one who saw the most
spectators,

1640
01:41:59,507 --> 01:42:02,757
and the shows he did
 � Wembley, � London,

1641
01:42:02,847 --> 01:42:06,757
were the most consecutive
that no artist has ever done.

1642
01:42:06,887 --> 01:42:09,177
The tour brought in a lot
money,

1643
01:42:09,257 --> 01:42:12,967
and Michael Jackson gave one
largely to charitable works.

1644
01:42:13,057 --> 01:42:17,557
We contribute greatly
to Lady Di's charity

1645
01:42:17,637 --> 01:42:20,177
for Ormond Street Hospital.

1646
01:42:20,257 --> 01:42:21,967
Camp Goodtimes, Ronald McDonald
House.

1647
01:42:22,007 --> 01:42:23,677
The United Negro College Fund

1648
01:42:23,757 --> 01:42:26,597
and the Michael Jackson Burn
Center.

1649
01:42:26,677 --> 01:42:28,557
I love you.

1650
01:42:34,177 --> 01:42:35,387
Jermaine Jackson

1651
01:42:35,507 --> 01:42:37,677
UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

1652
01:42:37,717 --> 01:42:39,007
6:15 p.m. PST
June 25, 2009

1653
01:42:39,057 --> 01:42:40,887
It's hard.

1654
01:42:42,557 --> 01:42:47,097
My brother, the legendary king of pop,
Michael Jackson,

1655
01:42:47,177 --> 01:42:53,137
died Thursday June 25, 2009
2:26 p.m.

1656
01:42:53,257 --> 01:43:00,057
I had produced myself
a year ago in Australia

1657
01:43:00,137 --> 01:43:04,887
and I dreamed of hearing
radio

1658
01:43:05,007 --> 01:43:09,677
that Michael Jackson was dead.

1659
01:43:09,717 --> 01:43:14,057
I woke up in a sweat,
anxious and completely disturbed.

1660
01:43:14,097 --> 01:43:16,387
Where were you when you
heard that Michael was dead?

1661
01:43:16,507 --> 01:43:19,057
In Montreal.

1662
01:43:19,097 --> 01:43:21,967
I was leading a project
for Cirque du Soleil.

1663
01:43:22,057 --> 01:43:25,887
I was sitting on this chair,
in this room.

1664
01:43:25,967 --> 01:43:27,507
I was in Savannah, Georgia.

1665
01:43:27,597 --> 01:43:29,427
I was in my studio.

1666
01:43:29,557 --> 01:43:31,467
When he died,

1667
01:43:31,557 --> 01:43:33,757
we were supposed to meet at Staples
Center.

1668
01:43:33,847 --> 01:43:35,557
I must have been in my car.

1669
01:43:35,637 --> 01:43:37,427
I was driving.

1670
01:43:37,507 --> 01:43:39,137
I was at home that day.

1671
01:43:39,217 --> 01:43:43,137
I turned on the radio and
heard that.

1672
01:43:43,217 --> 01:43:48,217
I was doing the radio rounds.
I drove to the next one.

1673
01:43:48,257 --> 01:43:49,557
I was on a set.

1674
01:43:49,597 --> 01:43:54,057
I was filming Boardwalk Empire.

1675
01:43:54,097 --> 01:43:57,307
I worked on Late Night
with Jimmy Fallon.

1676
01:43:57,427 --> 01:44:00,967
I was in London.
I was going to buy some bottled water.

1677
01:44:01,097 --> 01:44:02,347
I was at home in L.A.

1678
01:44:02,427 --> 01:44:03,807
 � Los Angeles.

1679
01:44:03,927 --> 01:44:06,637
No. I was in Panama.

1680
01:44:06,757 --> 01:44:08,677
I was working.

1681
01:44:08,757 --> 01:44:15,137
I had picked up a BlackBerry in Moscow.
The person said to me: “He is dead.”

1682
01:44:18,757 --> 01:44:22,927
I was at Sony when I
heard of the death of Michael Jackson.

1683
01:44:23,007 --> 01:44:27,467
I was auditioning
at my office.

1684
01:44:27,557 --> 01:44:31,927
My concierge says to me: “Mrs. Robinson,
Michael Jackson is dead."

1685
01:44:31,967 --> 01:44:35,637
My bodyguard at the time
came to teach me,

1686
01:44:35,757 --> 01:44:37,677
but he always said
anything.

1687
01:44:37,807 --> 01:44:39,967
I didn't believe it for a second.

1688
01:44:40,097 --> 01:44:41,307
I didn't believe it,

1689
01:44:41,427 --> 01:44:43,347
and nothing on the news there,

1690
01:44:43,467 --> 01:44:44,677
didn't make me believe in this
news.

1691
01:44:44,807 --> 01:44:47,137
I said, “What?
It’s nonsense!”

1692
01:44:47,177 --> 01:44:49,467
- I didn't believe it.
- it seemed unreal to me.

1693
01:44:49,507 --> 01:44:52,757
- I believed in a lie.
- I didn't believe it.

1694
01:44:52,887 --> 01:44:55,347
I must have received 50 calls.

1695
01:44:55,427 --> 01:45:00,177
Don't call me to tell me that,
because it is not true.

1696
01:45:00,257 --> 01:45:01,807
I think I melted
tears.

1697
01:45:01,887 --> 01:45:04,007
I gasped.

1698
01:45:04,097 --> 01:45:06,847
I couldn't breathe anymore.
I passed out.

1699
01:45:06,927 --> 01:45:08,807
We were all dazed.

1700
01:45:08,847 --> 01:45:10,677
I couldn't see anything anymore.

1701
01:45:13,467 --> 01:45:19,177
I immediately called my friend
Bruce Swedien who was also shocked.

1702
01:45:19,307 --> 01:45:21,887
Everything stopped.
I couldn't do anything.

1703
01:45:40,677 --> 01:45:41,927
Excuse me.

1704
01:45:45,967 --> 01:45:47,847
It was...

1705
01:45:49,807 --> 01:45:51,307
Excuse me.

1706
01:45:53,847 --> 01:45:56,137
I'm sorry.

1707
01:45:56,217 --> 01:45:58,177
I loved him so much.

1708
01:46:19,097 --> 01:46:21,057
It's hard to no longer have
hugs.

1709
01:46:21,137 --> 01:46:23,757
His friendship.

1710
01:46:26,007 --> 01:46:29,467
To just have him near
me...

1711
01:46:31,137 --> 01:46:32,757
To know that he is close to
me...

1712
01:46:32,887 --> 01:46:35,757
I had seen Berry Gordy
a few days before,

1713
01:46:35,887 --> 01:46:42,427
at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel.
I asked him:

1714
01:46:42,467 --> 01:46:45,597
"Do you think Michael will do
his concerts in London?

1715
01:46:45,717 --> 01:46:47,427
He didn't know.

1716
01:46:47,557 --> 01:46:51,637
I sang at his funeral.

1717
01:46:51,757 --> 01:46:54,097
I had never sung
at a funeral.

1718
01:46:54,177 --> 01:46:56,927
It was the funeral of
Michael Jackson

1719
01:46:57,057 --> 01:46:59,967
and they all wanted me
sing.

1720
01:47:00,057 --> 01:47:04,257
I Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer is
a song that Syreeta Wright and I...

1721
01:47:04,347 --> 01:47:09,137
we wrote. Syreeta
Was my first wife.

1722
01:47:09,217 --> 01:47:15,637
When I sang it
at the ceremony,

1723
01:47:15,717 --> 01:47:20,387
I never would have imagined living
longer than Michael Jackson.

1724
01:47:21,807 --> 01:47:23,307
It's very, very hard.

1725
01:47:23,387 --> 01:47:29,757
I still find it hard to believe that he is
dead, and we should all be ashamed.

1726
01:47:29,807 --> 01:47:31,467
Absolutely all of them.

1727
01:47:31,507 --> 01:47:33,467
I don't know who to look at anymore.

1728
01:47:33,507 --> 01:47:35,967
Michael said:
“Look at the man in the mirror.”

1729
01:47:36,057 --> 01:47:40,137
When John Lennon died,
people turned to Imagine.

1730
01:47:40,217 --> 01:47:42,967
And when Michael Jackson died, they
turned to Man in the Mirror.

1731
01:47:56,637 --> 01:47:59,677
Thriller doesn't have that anthem that
inspire

1732
01:47:59,807 --> 01:48:02,257
like Greatest Love of All,
by Whitney Houston,

1733
01:48:02,347 --> 01:48:04,097
Saving All My Love For You,
all that.

1734
01:48:04,177 --> 01:48:06,557
But Bad, yes.

1735
01:48:06,677 --> 01:48:09,507
We said it would be nice
to have an anthem

1736
01:48:09,637 --> 01:48:10,847
Voice Quincy Jones

1737
01:48:10,967 --> 01:48:13,507
which would give a little warmth.

1738
01:48:13,557 --> 01:48:16,347
He therefore grouped
its authors from the West Coast.

1739
01:48:16,427 --> 01:48:17,757
There must have been six of us.

1740
01:48:17,847 --> 01:48:22,557
He wanted it to be catchy
and that it brings balm to the heart.

1741
01:48:22,717 --> 01:48:26,217
Whitney's second solo album
Houston was a hit,

1742
01:48:26,307 --> 01:48:28,387
She sent good
mood,

1743
01:48:28,467 --> 01:48:30,927
and I believe that the label
was looking for

1744
01:48:31,007 --> 01:48:36,347
to attract the public
that Whitney Houston had conquered.

1745
01:48:36,427 --> 01:48:39,427
I went to Glen Ballard,
my co-author at the time,

1746
01:48:39,507 --> 01:48:40,717
and I said to him:
“This is what Quincy wants.”

1747
01:48:40,847 --> 01:48:42,967
He told me:
“We’ll see what we can do.”

1748
01:48:43,057 --> 01:48:47,007
He gets up, goes to the keyboard,
turns it on and starts playing...

1749
01:48:47,057 --> 01:48:48,677
Glen Ballard - Co-Author
"Man in the Mirror"

1750
01:48:50,217 --> 01:48:56,557
I started looking in my
words while he released sounds.

1751
01:48:56,597 --> 01:48:59,467
Let's go back to two years before that.

1752
01:48:59,557 --> 01:49:03,257
I wrote with John Beasley, pianist
jazz, and his phone rings.

1753
01:49:03,427 --> 01:49:07,217
He responds instead of letting the
answering machine.

1754
01:49:07,307 --> 01:49:08,637
“What’s going on?

1755
01:49:08,717 --> 01:49:10,307
"I'm not doing anything special."

1756
01:49:10,387 --> 01:49:14,177
I say to myself: "He's doing something
thing." I leaf through my book.

1757
01:49:14,257 --> 01:49:16,967
“No. He didn't say he
did nothing. No."

1758
01:49:17,057 --> 01:49:21,257
I was leafing through my book
and I hear him say: “The man?

1759
01:49:21,347 --> 01:49:22,887
“What man?

1760
01:49:22,927 --> 01:49:24,847
“The man in the mirror!”

1761
01:49:24,927 --> 01:49:28,347
So, I write: "The man in
the mirror."

1762
01:49:28,427 --> 01:49:30,007
Two years later, I was
at Glen

1763
01:49:30,097 --> 01:49:34,257
and the sentence:
“The Man in the Mirror” came back to me.

1764
01:49:34,387 --> 01:49:39,307
I started to write
words at crazy speed.

1765
01:49:39,427 --> 01:49:42,097
I had trouble writing
as fast as my thoughts

1766
01:49:42,217 --> 01:49:47,347
and in five minutes we had a verse
and the chorus of Man in the Mirror.

1767
01:49:47,427 --> 01:49:51,507
"There is going to be change,
"Starting with the man in the mirror."

1768
01:49:51,597 --> 01:49:57,057
The words have evolved,
but these were the firstfruits.

1769
01:49:57,137 --> 01:50:01,507
Glen says to me: “You finish writing
the lyrics, I finish the music,

1770
01:50:01,597 --> 01:50:03,057
"and we present the song
Friday."

1771
01:50:03,137 --> 01:50:06,807
Friday evening we finished it
after Qwest closed.

1772
01:50:07,807 --> 01:50:10,427
Original Demo
from Man in the Mirror

1773
01:50:10,467 --> 01:50:14,677
Written by Glen Ballard and Siedah
Garrett Sung by Siedah Garrett

1774
01:50:15,927 --> 01:50:18,807
I called Quincy at his house.

1775
01:50:18,927 --> 01:50:21,467
He said to me: “I’m on a date.
You can't bring him to me.

1776
01:50:21,557 --> 01:50:23,717
“Take me to the office on Monday.”

1777
01:50:23,847 --> 01:50:29,967
I say: "I can't
wait until Monday.

1778
01:50:30,057 --> 01:50:31,347
“Let me…”

1779
01:50:31,427 --> 01:50:35,257
“Sid, I…” “Quincy,
just let me... Oh, damn!”

1780
01:50:35,347 --> 01:50:36,927
I'm going to his house.

1781
01:50:37,007 --> 01:50:39,717
I quickly give him the tape

1782
01:50:39,807 --> 01:50:45,177
saying to him: "Quin, I ask you
just calling me after...

1783
01:50:45,257 --> 01:50:46,847
And he: “Okay. Damn!”

1784
01:50:46,927 --> 01:50:51,507
Two or three hours later,
Quincy calls me: “Sid.

1785
01:50:51,637 --> 01:50:56,137
"It's the best song I have
heard over the last ten years."

1786
01:50:56,177 --> 01:50:58,137
And me...

1787
01:50:58,637 --> 01:51:03,597
The tone was slightly
too sharp for Michael,

1788
01:51:03,677 --> 01:51:08,847
so Quincy wanted
that I redo a demo.

1789
01:51:08,927 --> 01:51:15,307
I went to sing the demo with
the new tone. Michael was filming me.

1790
01:51:15,387 --> 01:51:17,427
Whenever you want, Siedah.

1791
01:51:17,507 --> 01:51:21,257
Video filmed by Michael Jackson

1792
01:51:21,347 --> 01:51:25,347
Westlake Studios, Studio D
Los Angeles, California

1793
01:52:00,757 --> 01:52:02,137
I got these images because...

1794
01:52:02,217 --> 01:52:04,427
I walked the streets of
New York

1795
01:52:04,507 --> 01:52:07,427
and I passed
in front of a destroyed house.

1796
01:52:07,507 --> 01:52:11,387
It was barricaded,
and there was a lot of broken glass.

1797
01:52:11,427 --> 01:52:16,217
Someone had engraved
his initials on a tree.

1798
01:52:35,807 --> 01:52:38,717
This song was great
from the start.

1799
01:52:38,807 --> 01:52:42,427
But Michael took it
and modified to suit it.

1800
01:52:42,507 --> 01:52:44,597
In pop music, we think
often

1801
01:52:44,677 --> 01:52:50,097
that we are either the author of our songs,
be interpreted.

1802
01:52:50,177 --> 01:52:53,177
Michael Jackson was both.

1803
01:52:53,257 --> 01:52:54,717
Sometimes we don't know what it is
speak,

1804
01:52:54,807 --> 01:52:58,467
broken bottle cap
and other passing images.

1805
01:52:58,557 --> 01:53:03,597
But these are the conviction
and the fervor he puts into the song

1806
01:53:03,637 --> 01:53:05,257
which impress.

1807
01:53:05,307 --> 01:53:07,307
He says to me: “Andra, I have a
song.

1808
01:53:07,347 --> 01:53:12,967
"Listen to this song.
Where can we put the choirs..."

1809
01:53:13,057 --> 01:53:16,887
He said: "I would love to have
singers and I heard your music."

1810
01:53:22,177 --> 01:53:24,927
I answer: “There.”
And he said to me: “You’re right.”

1811
01:53:25,007 --> 01:53:26,427
The choir sang...

1812
01:53:35,637 --> 01:53:38,677
Andra� Crouch's choir
really sent everything to the end,

1813
01:53:38,757 --> 01:53:40,677
and she highlighted all
kinds of singers, including...

1814
01:53:40,757 --> 01:53:42,467
I didn't know there were
Winans.

1815
01:53:42,507 --> 01:53:47,217
My brother Marvin asked him:
“What do you want us to do?”

1816
01:53:47,347 --> 01:53:50,847
He whispered in the ear of
Quincy,

1817
01:53:51,007 --> 01:53:52,347
Michael Winans
Singer

1818
01:53:52,387 --> 01:53:57,757
and Quincy sent us the
message.

1819
01:53:57,887 --> 01:54:01,557
Marvin says to him: "Michael, you
know how to speak?"

1820
01:54:01,637 --> 01:54:06,717
Mike came out of his shell,
sat down and started playing the piece.

1821
01:54:06,807 --> 01:54:08,257
I didn't know he knew how to play
of the piano.

1822
01:54:09,217 --> 01:54:11,807
This is my favorite riff.

1823
01:54:17,427 --> 01:54:20,717
It was when I was passionate.

1824
01:54:20,847 --> 01:54:24,887
For Man in the Mirror, Quincy said:
“Make thunderclaps.”

1825
01:54:25,007 --> 01:54:26,847
This is how we hear
clap your hands.

1826
01:54:26,887 --> 01:54:30,597
The three of us were around
from the microphone and we hit.

1827
01:54:32,387 --> 01:54:36,307
Afterwards, we increased by approximately
15% machine speed.

1828
01:54:36,427 --> 01:54:40,677
So the song goes by quickly and we hit
always the same in the hands.

1829
01:54:40,757 --> 01:54:43,597
Then we listen to it at speed
normal and felt vigorous.

1830
01:54:43,637 --> 01:54:46,097
So we have two games
beats in real time,

1831
01:54:46,177 --> 01:54:48,927
then the most vigorous below,
who are in the tempo.

1832
01:54:49,007 --> 01:54:51,387
If you listen to all the records
that we did,

1833
01:54:51,467 --> 01:54:53,847
You will have the best
beats never heard before.

1834
01:54:53,927 --> 01:54:59,757
When we made the song, Andra� 
Crouch and his super singers came

1835
01:54:59,847 --> 01:55:03,007
and Bruce Swedien made them
get on this stage.

1836
01:55:03,097 --> 01:55:04,347
Bruce is a genius.

1837
01:55:04,427 --> 01:55:06,597
He put them on this side,

1838
01:55:06,717 --> 01:55:10,097
then on this side, and in the middle.

1839
01:55:10,137 --> 01:55:12,307
He wanted a superb result
visual.

1840
01:55:12,427 --> 01:55:15,217
- We would have thought we heard 57,000 people.
- Really !

1841
01:55:19,677 --> 01:55:23,347
Bring the choir gently.

1842
01:55:23,467 --> 01:55:25,927
Yes, great!

1843
01:55:26,007 --> 01:55:27,927
At the end of the session,

1844
01:55:28,007 --> 01:55:32,927
everyone returned to their car,
and I listened to it with Quincy.

1845
01:55:33,007 --> 01:55:38,007
I said to him, “You know what?
We should have added “change” at the end.”

1846
01:55:38,097 --> 01:55:41,177
He said, “Yes.”

1847
01:55:41,257 --> 01:55:46,057
They all got in the car
when I whistled to make them come back.

1848
01:55:46,137 --> 01:55:48,137
I said, “Come on.
We have to do something else."

1849
01:55:48,257 --> 01:55:50,467
They came back. I said:
“Just say…”

1850
01:55:53,807 --> 01:55:56,177
And Michael said, "Do this
change."

1851
01:55:56,347 --> 01:55:58,637
Make this change

1852
01:55:59,507 --> 01:56:06,507
Enter Michael Jackson,
Quincy Jones, Bruce Swedien,

1853
01:56:06,597 --> 01:56:09,557
the musicians,
Greg Phillinganes and all the others,

1854
01:56:09,637 --> 01:56:14,257
something happened
during these sessions

1855
01:56:14,347 --> 01:56:19,427
which technically makes it better
than any record made to date.

1856
01:56:19,557 --> 01:56:24,137
With Michael Jackson,
the impossible became possible.

1857
01:56:24,217 --> 01:56:29,507
We could be respected
and be successful on a global level

1858
01:56:29,597 --> 01:56:30,967
as a person of color.

1859
01:56:31,007 --> 01:56:32,637
No one will take his place.

1860
01:56:32,677 --> 01:56:36,347
Discipline was imposed
in his world, for good or evil,

1861
01:56:36,427 --> 01:56:39,217
from his earliest childhood.

1862
01:56:39,347 --> 01:56:42,557
We would not have the right
to do that today.

1863
01:56:42,597 --> 01:56:48,427
Michael is the most
professional I have ever worked with.

1864
01:56:48,557 --> 01:56:53,257
Everything was simple and natural
with him.

1865
01:56:53,347 --> 01:56:56,427
He worked very hard for that.

1866
01:56:56,507 --> 01:57:01,307
I watched him rehearse on
scene.

1867
01:57:01,387 --> 01:57:05,717
It looked like he was hovering

1868
01:57:07,347 --> 01:57:12,887
and the music played to him
across.

1869
01:57:12,967 --> 01:57:16,597
He closed his eyes
and crossed the stage,

1870
01:57:16,757 --> 01:57:19,557
and sometimes I said to myself:

1871
01:57:19,597 --> 01:57:22,757
“He could fall, stumble.
He doesn't know where he's going."

1872
01:57:22,887 --> 01:57:24,097
But he never fell.

1873
01:57:24,217 --> 01:57:27,807
Whether it's Beyoncé,
Lady Gaga, Chris Brown or Usher,

1874
01:57:27,927 --> 01:57:31,097
will.i.am, Justin Bieber
or Justin Timberlake,

1875
01:57:31,137 --> 01:57:35,557
Michael Jackson is the idol
of all musicians.

1876
01:57:35,637 --> 01:57:40,097
Nobody has ethics
also professional.

1877
01:57:40,177 --> 01:57:41,427
It is said that Willie Mays

1878
01:57:41,507 --> 01:57:45,257
was one of the players with
five assets in baseball history.

1879
01:57:45,347 --> 01:57:51,427
He could run, score,
defend, strike and relay.

1880
01:57:51,507 --> 01:57:52,757
In the world of music,

1881
01:57:52,847 --> 01:57:58,427
I think Michael Jackson was
the only player with five trump cards.

1882
01:57:58,507 --> 01:58:01,677
Michael could write
songs, produce them,

1883
01:58:01,807 --> 01:58:06,007
sing them,
put them on stage and dance them.

1884
01:58:06,137 --> 01:58:08,887
And he launched fashions in
his style.

1885
01:58:08,967 --> 01:58:11,177
That made six trump cards.

1886
01:58:11,307 --> 01:58:14,347
For me, the staging
and dance are one.

1887
01:58:14,467 --> 01:58:17,677
I'm with you all the way.
Six assets, yes.

1888
01:58:17,757 --> 01:58:19,057
Willie Mays and Michael Jackson,
it's great.

1889
01:58:19,137 --> 01:58:20,427
Yes!

1890
01:58:20,507 --> 01:58:23,757
He did everything. He composed,
staged and danced.

1891
01:58:23,847 --> 01:58:27,347
He managed the business
and its copyright.

1892
01:58:27,427 --> 01:58:30,097
It's hard to believe that he is
gone.

1893
01:58:30,177 --> 01:58:32,967
All the music I hear,

1894
01:58:33,057 --> 01:58:36,387
the number of times people talk to me

1895
01:58:36,467 --> 01:58:40,467
of children who discover Michael

1896
01:58:40,637 --> 01:58:45,177
and all that. All this energy
is still present.

1897
01:58:45,307 --> 01:58:49,597
He had a divinity behind
him.

1898
01:58:49,677 --> 01:58:52,677
It's not for nothing
if he was so unique, so different

1899
01:58:52,757 --> 01:58:54,887
of all other artists.

1900
01:58:55,007 --> 01:58:57,557
He had something
indefinable.

1901
01:58:57,637 --> 01:58:59,137
From the moment he
sang,

1902
01:58:59,217 --> 01:59:01,847
where he got closer to people,

1903
01:59:01,927 --> 01:59:04,467
the molecules were transformed
in the room.

1904
01:59:04,557 --> 01:59:07,007
He could do that.

1905
01:59:07,097 --> 01:59:10,637
We can be impressed
by the technique of certain people,

1906
01:59:10,717 --> 01:59:12,467
but he was transforming
the molecules.

1907
01:59:12,557 --> 01:59:15,807
Nobody can explain
the creative process,

1908
01:59:15,847 --> 01:59:18,677
because I'm almost there
nothing.

1909
01:59:18,807 --> 01:59:22,427
It is created by God, in space,
not by me.

1910
01:59:23,387 --> 01:59:25,347
Bad World Tour
Wembley Stadium

1911
01:59:25,557 --> 01:59:27,427
London, England
July 16, 1988

1912
02:05:15,097 --> 02:05:17,137
This needs to change!

1913
02:05:53,967 --> 02:05:55,427
I love you.