Go, Michael! Go, Michael! Go, Michael!
[Edited 8/2/09 17:46pm]

you'd think since he was sitting in a chair, he could have sung it live... ya know?

errant said:

Well he got hurt the night before and that's last minute to go changing shit on any live tv show. I don't care if he's lipsynching or not we KNOW he can sing and he STILL turned that bitch out.

Hell yeah! I remember watching this when it originally aired and saying, "Get It Michael, GET IT!!!"...yes, I was screaming this at the TV I was obsessed with 'Remember the Time'. It's still in my Top 5 favorite MJ songs of all time and I'm irritated that it wasn't included in the MJ Top 10 Countdown that was aired yesterday on MTV.

yes he did! I remember seeing that show too.

Now gwan on and show Drake how it's done so he won't hurt hisself no more.
http://www.youtube.com/wa...iVqTP1a5bw

...best is how he fell but "kept singing"...

estelle81 said:

Me too.

Fatima Robinson KILLED this choreography and I think it was her first real job as a choreographer. Could you imagine this being your first job, with MJ???

What's killin' me is the look on his face like: "Now, ya'll KNOW if I could get outta this chair I'd REALLY fuck ya'll up. Really! But I'ma still jam in this chair."

Wow - I've never seen this before! (Or don't remember it, at least). I absolutely LOVE this track and this arrangement. Superb!!

And the 'Go Michael! Go Michael!' bit... What amazing stage presence, even just sitting on a chair.

SCNDLS said:

Absolutely.

I still do the chair dance!

BklynBabe said:

Honey, I'm a bonafide, award winning chair dancer.

SCNDLS said:

This is my mom's favorite MJ performance

bboy87 said:

I almost posted the video of MJ in Brett Ratner's car dancing to Ignition, but I didn't want your head to explode.

SCNDLS said:

You know, I ain't annoyed by it anymore so you could


One good thing, they had Michael in the backseat. Michael's a confirmed TERRIBLE driver

bboy87 said:

Okay, since you said it's okay, here's some mo' of MJ dancing while seated. He sounds so adorable. I really like Brett Ratner too, he's a cool dude.

Someone, please, explain to me why this is such a brilliant song??!

After all these years, I still think it's amazing - yet so deceptively simple. There's not much there, or so it seems, but it is just BRILLIANT. I can't work out what makes it is so good. It's like nothing else in his catalogue.

I love it!!

And just a miscellaneous comment: I love it when Michael ticks.

onenitealone said:

I totally agree. Teddy Riley REALLY outdid himself since this doesn't sound like anything he ever did. I'm already a huge fan of Egyptology so the lyrics, music, vocals, and imagery combine perfectly to definitely put this song in my top 3 fave MJ songs and videos.

SCNDLS said:

Agreed! On all points!

That was the most disappointing MJ performance to me. Sitting in a chair AND lipsynching?

Vendetta1 said:

I don't get what the big deal is about him lipsynching since that was the plan if he danced. He got hurt in the last rehearsal for the show so there's no way the producers woulda been able to let him sing live unrehearsed as there are too many technical adjustments that would need to be made. Live tv just doesn't work that way and is not that flexible.

And this one just because

onenitealone said:

I listened to the original mix. It's great too

bboy87 said:

Top 10 MJ track for me, definitely.

SCNDLS said:

What's technical about handing someone a working mic and letting them sing along to a track?

I loved it when he stepped out of the wheelchair.

Vendetta1 said:

There's actually a LOT more to it than that for a show that's being broadcast and the key is that there would not have been a chance to rehearse to iron out the technical issues. But, whatevs.

SCNDLS said:

Nah, I think he was gonna lip it anyway but his dancing would've been on fucking point for the performance if he hadn't had that accident.

Timmy84 said:

Like, holding back got to be too much for him but then his ankle was like "Ummmmm, whatchu doin'??? Sit yo ass back down."