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Thread started 05/22/18 1:20pm

ChrisLacy1990

VOTE: Michael Jackson’s Greatest Short Films (The Definitive List)

Michael Jackson is the undisputed King of Pop. His songs, his clothing, his performances, his dancing are all groundbreaking. However, it’s quite possible that his most innovative territory was the art of the music video (or “short film” as he referred to them). With June 25th coming up next month, I’d like to have your help in ranking his mini-movies in order of greatness.



Click here to vote: https://esurv.org/online-...G_38c25f9f

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Reply #1 posted 05/22/18 3:16pm

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Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking.
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Reply #2 posted 05/22/18 3:51pm

ChrisLacy1990

Hahaha! Great GIF. Please share this link with anyone else that's an MJ fan. Thanks in advance!

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Reply #3 posted 05/22/18 4:33pm

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You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #4 posted 05/22/18 6:48pm

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ChrisLacy1990 said:

Hahaha! Great GIF. Please share this link with anyone else that's an MJ fan. Thanks in advance


It wasn't meant as an affirmation.

Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking.
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Reply #5 posted 05/23/18 12:10am

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Top 5:

1) Ghosts (Possibly his most personal yet overlooked short-film. It was his artistic, re-imagined reply to how Sneddon had "invaded" Neverland in 1993)

2) Earth Song (MJ was "green" before being green was trendy. Also quite possibly the most interesting piece of music he has written. Masterpiece. A song that the USA radio did not know what to do with. IT did not fit any radio format. Still it was huge everywhere else)

3) Smooth Criminal (Epic. I just saw an article today written about the anti-gravity lean)

4) Stranger In Moscow (Possibly his most cinematic video. You can just pause it at any second and you'd get an amazing photo)

5) Thriller (Not a huge fan of the song. But it is his most iconic video)

Honorable mention:

They Dont Care About Us (Because it's my favorite song of his. Possibly one of the greatest protest songs ever written. Also it's his 2nd most watched video on Youtube (after Thriller). His message found relevancy and popularity outside of his fanbase after he died. The song was considered controversial and was not given any radio airplay in the States at the time of of the album's release.)

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Reply #6 posted 05/23/18 8:12am

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TrivialPursuit said:

ChrisLacy1990 said:

Hahaha! Great GIF. Please share this link with anyone else that's an MJ fan. Thanks in advance


It wasn't meant as an affirmation.


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Reply #7 posted 05/23/18 10:25am

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LightOfArt said:

Top 5:

1) Ghosts (Possibly his most personal yet overlooked short-film. It was his artistic, re-imagined reply to how Sneddon had "invaded" Neverland in 1993)

2) Earth Song (MJ was "green" before being green was trendy. Also quite possibly the most interesting piece of music he has written. Masterpiece. A song that the USA radio did not know what to do with. IT did not fit any radio format. Still it was huge everywhere else)

3) Smooth Criminal (Epic. I just saw an article today written about the anti-gravity lean)

4) Stranger In Moscow (Possibly his most cinematic video. You can just pause it at any second and you'd get an amazing photo)

5) Thriller (Not a huge fan of the song. But it is his most iconic video)

Honorable mention:

They Dont Care About Us (Because it's my favorite song of his. Possibly one of the greatest protest songs ever written. Also it's his 2nd most watched video on Youtube (after Thriller). His message found relevancy and popularity outside of his fanbase after he died. The song was considered controversial and was not given any radio airplay in the States at the time of of the album's release.)

Awesome choices! Be sure to click on the link in my original post and vote there since that's where I'll pull the results from.

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Reply #8 posted 05/23/18 9:44pm

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Isnt a short film something else than a musicvideo? Like Thriller and Ghost (the movie) are short films and Beat It is a music video?
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Reply #9 posted 05/24/18 12:19pm

dance4me3121

I voted.I've seen all those videos except "History".I didnt know about that one

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Reply #10 posted 05/25/18 11:06am

ChrisLacy1990

Thank you very much for voting! Here's a link to 'HIStory' if you're interested. https://www.youtube.com/w...7Olc0-Ouog

dance4me3121 said:

I voted.I've seen all those videos except "History".I didnt know about that one

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