- (children) kids react to music! this episode: michael jackson! - (fbe) today, we're actuallygoing to be showing you a medley of some of the greatest hits from one of the biggest pop stars of all time.
how much does dancing with the stars pay, - okay. - oh god. i don't like pop because it's not real music. ♪ (percussive intro) ♪
- ♪ she was more like a beauty queen ♪ - what is his name? - michael jackson? - yes! michael jackson! - michael jackson! yes! - i should have known it's michael jackson. - yeah, he is definitely oneof the greatest people. - ♪ people always told me ♪ - (singing along) ♪ be careful what you do ♪
♪ and don't go around breaking young girls' hearts ♪ - i love michael jackson. - ♪ billie jean is not my lover (ooh!) ♪ ♪ she's just a girl who claimsthat i am the one ♪ - ooh, the dance moves are so great. - ♪ ...the kid is not my son ♪ - i miss michael jackson. - ♪ just beat it (beat it) ♪ - ooh, "beat it." this is good.
- ♪ no one wants to be defeated ♪ ♪ showin' how funky and strong is your fight ♪ ♪ it doesn't matter who... ♪- how does he do it? - (singing along) - ♪ just beat (beat it) ♪ ♪ beat it (beat it) ♪ ♪ no one wants to be defeated (oh, no) ♪ ♪ showin' how funky... ♪- what are they even talking about? - yes! - ♪ it doesn't matter who's wrong... ♪- this is great.
people need to make music like this now. - more! - ♪ so let me hold you tight... ♪ - oh, this is one of his most popular one. - i really like this song. - "thriller."- ♪ 'cause this thriller ♪ - i used to be very scared of this. - we did this song for my halloween festival at school. - (singing along) ♪ thriller, thriller night ♪
- ♪ 'cause i can thrill you morethan any ghoul would ever dare ♪ - mm-mm, yeah! love it! - ♪ so let me hold you tight ♪ ♪ and share a killer thriller (ow!) ♪ - this is another one that i really, really like. - i think that it's really coolthat people are still listening to it and still dancing to it. - ♪ we are here to change the... ♪ - oh, this is captain eo.- ♪ change the world ♪
- i saw that at disneyland once. - ♪ change the world ♪- i haven't heard this song yet. - all right, i've actuallynever heard this one. - what is happening? - yeah, i have no idea what this song is. it looks like it's space. ♪ (funky synthpop) ♪ - oh! whew! - (fbe) that was part of captain eo,that used to be at disneyland.
- oh. (laughing) michael jackson hadsomething at disneyland? - ♪ they say the sky's the limit ♪ ♪ and to me that's really true ♪ ♪ but my friend... ♪- he's jumping over the turnstiles. i don't think that's allowed. - ♪ because i'm bad (i'm bad) ♪ - yeah, i-- oh my god.this brings back so many memories. - (singing along) ♪ i'm bad, i'm bad ♪
- ♪ and the whole world has to answer right now ♪ ♪ just to tell you once again ♪ ♪ who's bad ♪ - who's bad?! - i love his dance moves. it's great. - ♪ annie, are you okay ♪ ♪ so, annie, are you okay ♪ ♪ are you okay, annie ♪ ♪ you've been hit by... ♪
- now it looks like he's part of the mafia. - all his music videos are so interesting. - ♪ you've been hit by ♪ ♪ you've been hit by ♪- oh my gosh! that was cool. - ♪ you've been hit by ♪- (singing along) ♪ a smooth criminal ♪ - ♪ ow! ♪ - i was gonna go as him for halloween once. - there's so much going on.
- what is it with him and his big dance? - oh, the moonwalk. that was cool. - that was actually pretty cool,how he spinned the hat and he's like... - ♪ don't tell me you agree with me ♪ ♪ when i saw you kicking... ♪- ooh, his hair looks angelic. - oh, it's on the statue of liberty. - ♪ but if you're thinkin' about my baby ♪ ♪ it don't matterif you're black or white ♪ - oh yeah, this was a good message.
i remember this. ♪ it don't matter... ♪ - i like this video especially because it's like all over the world. - this is something that a really cheesy boy band would do, like one direction. - they're all great,they're all catchy, and they all have a really great meaning. - ♪ do you remember the time ♪- yeah! - ♪ when we fell in love ♪
♪ do you remember... ♪ - love the egyptian feel. - ♪ do you remember the time ♪ - i've heard this song before,i just didn't know who it was by. - ♪ girl, remember the time ♪ ♪ remember, my baby ♪ ♪ remember the time (woo!) ♪ - why does he look like a doll, kind of? his skin, it's weird, like he put so much stuff over it.
- his face just gets weirder and weirder, like the nose just gets... errrr. - ♪ you are not alone ♪ ♪ you are not alone ♪ ♪ i am here with you ♪ - he looks like a doll. - ♪ i am here with you ♪ - ah! no, please. - is that him?
how is that him? - ♪ though you're far apart ♪- he's so pale. - ♪ i am here to stay ♪ - this is like one of these songs where you take your flashlight out and you're like... - ♪ in my heart ♪ - (laughing) he's just like... - ♪ though we're far apart ♪- that's so angelic. - ♪ you're always in my heart ♪
- he can hold his breath for such a long time. - i have to say,that's better than beyoncã©, and that's-- i can't believe i'm saying that. - i like his music a lot. you can just dance along. - when he died, at the time,i didn't know who he was, but then my mom told meto start listening to him and i did and i was like, wow. - i loved all of it! it was so good.
i wish he was still alive today,but that's really-- that sucks that he died, but... at least we still have music of him. - (children) question time! - (fbe) all of these were hits from the pop star michael jackson. - yeah! - he's pretty famous. - everybody should know who he is. he's like the king of pop! - king. of. pop.
- he's one of the greatest pop stars of all time. - if you do not know who michael jackson is, you live under a rock, literally. - (fbe) so what do you thinkof michael jackson from all of the videos we showed you? - he always changes. it's weird. - kind of creepy. - every one of his songs has a good message. - his dance moves are great,his songs are great.
- he is an amazing singer.he is awesome! - his dancing is so good, like top one. i love him so much. i wish i could just see him again! - (fbe) so michael jacksonstarted performing when he was just six years old, in a group with his brothers,which later became known as-- - jackson 5! jackson 5. i love the jack-- jackson 5.
- (fbe) he eventually went soloand became one of the most famous stars of the '80s and '90s, and some say he is the most successful entertainer in history. - i believe it. - that's true. right there, that's true. - (fbe) so what do you think it is about michael jackson that made him so popularfor such a long time? - well, he wrote good music. - he's a good singer, he's a good dancer,
he's likeable. - he was so good that, like, parents know him, so the parents tell their kids,or kids can find out on their own. - he doesn't care what anyone else says, and he just does his own thing. he's just different.he just pops! - he just has great, happy, good musicthat makes you want to dance and sing along with him. it's catchy, i mean, it's already in my head.
you can't get it out. - (fbe) so besides him being famous,and singing and dancing, there's also been a lot of controversy around him. do you know anything about that? - what does "controversy" mean? - mm, no. - no. - no, because i'm, like, ten. - uh-uh. i have no idea.
- i think i heard something about,like, he was like with kids' sleepovers or something. i heard that, but i'm not sureif that's true or not. - (fbe) so, unfortunately, michael died in 2009 when he was just 50 years old.- oh, only 50. - 50's not old and it's not young. - i think he should have lived longer. - when he died, it pretty muchchanged the entire world. - it was really sad because my grandma was crying
and i was looking at them, like,i don't know what's happening, but it must be really sad. - (fbe) when he died, it was massive news, all around the world. so why do you think his deathimpacted so many people? - because everyone loved him. - he was really famous, and when famous people die, everyone always gets sad. - he's such a good singer that everybody knows him.
i don't even rememberwhen i found out about him. i just feel like i always just knew him somehow. - everybody was moved by his music,by the messages in the songs that he wrote. his music, like, changed peopleand they want to give back to him. - (fbe) so before we end the episode, we want you to do oneof his most famous dance moves, and that's the moonwalk.- yay! - oh, i know that. - i tried to learn it when i was, like, ten
and i completely failed. - i'm gonna take off my shoesbecause, as you can see... i should have weared better shoes today! - get ready to be astonished. just kidding. i don't know... ♪ hee hee ♪ ♪ (michael jackson, "billie jean") ♪ - (giggling) - oh, gosh, there's the wall.
- ♪ hee hee ♪ - thanks for watching this episode of kids react. if you liked this episode, give us a like.
- bye, guys, now it's time for me to "beat it." - thank you guys so, so much for supporting me after all these years on kids react, and i am super, super excitedto be going onto teens react now.
