Chinese audience first time reaction to Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal Live in Munich 1997

[@TheMixedPlateFrequency]

That is why Michael Jackson is still the King of Pop.

[@edneiarosendosilva6087]

true he will always be the eternal king of pop

[@renoidistingue]

King of music

[@claritycentral]

Because of his talent, the industry milked everything they could get out of him until the very end. No one will ever compare. Rip Michael

[@KillmediuM]

Just what Tate said.

[@Whydoesithurtup808.]

Prince

[@mauricet05]

@@Whydoesithurtup808. nah no one's topping MJ, Prince is pretty close though, I love him.

[@llennon73]

Also he was a pedo

[@VLUTN-bb1qu]

@@Whydoesithurtup808. prince is a close second imo

[@reactwithbri5703]

Michael was so talented!!! He could beatbox like crazy, he could draw really well, he was an amazing dancer of course, could dance like a robot, songwriter, amazing singer that could sing like an angel, and many people sleep on his acting!!! He discovered one of the most iconic girl groups Brownstone. He could do it all❤️ Forever a legend.

[@demon6937]

damn he's so talented

[@charitychanda1550]

He was also a very good poet and swimmer

[@charitychanda1550]

@RealTimeX yes he could,u can search for his drawings

[@reactwithbri5703]

@RealTimeX Yes❤️ his drawings are so beautiful

[@wpalexd_]

​@RealTimeX Yes, he was a good illustrator

[@smittybenzo4693]

Michael was 39 in this performance and still manages to out dance his young dancers. His dancers had to be replaced like every 3 to 5 years when they got older and slower but MJ kept his crisp moves til the end.

[@woajaeron]

except LaVelle Smith, man was dancing with him from the start to the end lol

[@bigbow62]

He still needed them because 90% of his moves he got from his back-up dancers who got them from dancers in clubs... yes including the Moon_____walk ✌😎

[@5300trilla]

@@woajaeron faces

[@ayaanbretmitchell9830]

@@bigbow62 what u going on about. Fool

[@daanfischer5452]

That’s not quite true, he kept his dancers. Only for this is it there were other dancers

[@Milkers777]

The Greatest Music Artist To Ever Live Period! He’s Truly The King Of Music Forever MJ's dance technique is unparalleled. MJ is on another planet overall. Not only was his technique incredible,but he had an unparalleled grace and fluidity that made him seem to effortlessly float on air. He had a presence never before seen & never since or will be equalled not to mention his singing is unmatched. He had the full package nobody will ever surpass this man from Childhood to Adulthood he dominated Music! The Greatest Singer & Dancer Of All Time!🙌🏽👑💙🔥✨💯(And you mentioned you couldn’t understand what he was saying MJ had different styles of singing this style is called “Staccato” Also doing “The Lean” you still need hella upper body strength to do it so not anyone could pull dat off in front of millions without there knees/legs shaking while leaning only MJ could pull dat that off tbh that’s why he’s The King!!!! And the idea he went for his background dancers and the story he was telling was basically he’s the infiltrator going into this 1950’s club MJ is Smooth but the true Criminals/Gangsters end up being the fellas he’s dancing with hence them getting shot down at the end by MJ cause they were in disguised all along and the ladies you see dancing represent just bystanders MJ is a Smooth Criminal but with this performance he wasn’t finding a certain Criminal etc. so you looked at the concept entirely wrong which is fine it’s your first time reacting to this specific performance And the girl who was born in the 2000’s is absolutely right MJ’s path of being The King Of Music isn’t even legal to replicate anymore and never will be basically he didn't have any formal composition training, though one could say he was trained harder than any other performer by his father MJ had nothing but God Given Talent and learned from the greats to become greater often imitated,but damn sure never duplicated Please React to Michael Jackson “Beat It” Live In Bucharest 1992 4K”)

[@BluEx22329]

I see you all over youtube lol

[@dcstoy]

Spectacular reaction to my favorite artist of all time! Crazy that he was 39-40 years old here. More MJ!

[@ying_stillplays4381]

Dude was 39/40 and moving like he was made of rubber its so fucking cool

[@Bow503]

hey I'm very excited to share this with you --- MICHAEL JACKSON WROTE 95% OF HIS "BAD"album.- isn't that awesome, like all the hits everything he is the true artist, he is involved in production, dance, style, lights, he is all package. like "BAD" for example, almost every song was written by him

[@Milkers777]

Tbh he wrote 98% of his songs and wrote all his Number 1 Hits all 17 the most in history that’s unheard of🙆🏽‍♂️👑🌟🌟🌟

[@harshit_gupta1802]

Yeah u are right but Man in the mirror was not written by him.

[@powerbad696]

Yeah,Michael was brought up in the Motown era,where you had to have actual talent to be signed. Now it's gimics and twerking,bs talent. What artist today,writes his own music,sings live ( very well )and dances,etc,etc,.. that ole Motown era.

[@deee8784]

I think they do not know that Michael is the King of Pop.

[@cosesu8929]

@@powerbad696 As far as writing: Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran (some songs were co written, but those are the exception not the rule. Even wrote some for others), Camila Cabello (Once getting out of Fifth Harmony she wrote all songs on her solo debut album, and on all subsequent albums), Shawn Mendes, Julia Michaels (she used to write for other artists, but these days she's actually recording her own songs), Halsey (Since beginning. Recieved Hal David Starlight Award), Adele, Lady Gaga, Sam Smith, Kesha (written for others as well), Lorde, Ellie Goulding (wrote for others too), Meghan Trainor, Calvin Harris, Mariah Carrie, Rita Ora (wrote for others as well), John Mayer (since first debut album in 2001), Olivia Rodrigo (some co-writes, but exception not rule), Kanye West. Some of those actually sing good, dance, etc too.

[@allnitedj72]

His concerts were amazing to see in person. Costume changes, extravagantly choreographed, with custom mixes of songs. Concert tracks used to be rare and worth lots of money for collectors. Many musicians back then would often create unique 'concert' arrangements that you would typically only hear during their concerts. Sometimes they would release them into special LPs, other times there would be bootleg copies of the concert tracks that would get circulated amongst collectors and super fans. But concerts back then were a show, and not every musician could put on an amazing concert. Great reaction.

[@harriettholmes539]

It was written by Michael and produced by Michael and Quincy Jones. The lyrics address a woman who have been attacked in her apartment by a "smooth criminal." The refrain Annie are you ok?" was inspired by Resusci Annie a dummy use in CPR training.

[@alexong2542]

I swear to God, if there was a God of Music, Michael Jackson was literally the avatar of the God of Music.

[@YhwachTheAlmighty.]

God Of Music, MJ’s songs just hit different where in any era in time it’ll always be good to listen.

[@carolinpurayidom4570]

Not God but man no one does it like michael definitely the top

[@DrewRycerz]

In case you're wondering how he did the lean watch at ...7:48, they wear special shoes that have a negative space to slide into those metal bumps on the stage to allow them to learn. It's even more incredible that they were all about to do it at once with perfect timing in the choreography.

[@itsjustnaima]

Fun fact: MJ invented these anti gravity Shoes! Michael had a Vision and his designer made it possible! 😊

[@liamnevilleviolist1809]

Do you mean 7:28 ? Not :48? ......

[@adriano3487]

React to Michael Jackson Rock with you live Yokohama 1987

[@ellie_jeann]

From my childhood, in my opinion Michael Jackson during that era was probably one of the few true artist that could sing and dance extremely well at the same time especially his LIVES. It still makes me angry knowing that people still look down on him negatively because of what darn tabloids say about him just for being unique and different.

[@Dr4kiZaR]

well, almost all the HIStory Tour was lyp-sync... but yes, he was and still is the GOAT

[@Snyper1405]

​​@@Dr4kiZaRwell to be fair he had alot of health issues such as laryngitis and the cold. Also he had been singing since the age of 5 so he had earned that right to ease up on the singing live. And you're right he's the damn Goat of music 🤩🙌🏽🌟💞💯👑🎶 🐐

[@Dank_Nuggetz]

Whatever issues Michael had, he was an AMAZING performer. Crafted his art to damn near perfection on earth.

[@DishDelights24]

Love your comment !! .. he was Perfection = ART !

[@marymarly1768]

this young man as soul. enjoyed your vid and the trip back to my past. michael will never be forgotten.

[@nastyspaghetti4628]

I loveee this reaction Sooooo much . I really hope you guys keep reacting to him cuz they're so many different performances . Can u react to Michael Jackson 10th MTV anniversary next pls 💖

[@x.Rhymiie.x]

I was blessed at 6 years old to see Michael Jackson live in concert, he was my first album aswell. He set a high standard in performance for me. He is such a pure soul that the world didn't deserve. I miss him so much and wished we got to see his last tour before he passed to see the greatness that he was to the world Rest in Love MJ x

[@gwynedd-1]

His shows were so thought out. He was so different to everyone else more like a theatre experience. He is missed.

[@nbadude44]

4:20 You mentioned about the drums for this song. Oddly enough, MJ's longtime drummer, Jonathan "Sugarfoot" Moffett has a KZbin channel where he uploads videos of him playing the songs he used to perform with Michael. He said that MJ loved how his drumming perfectly accented his dance moves, like at 8:30 with the cymbals & the scoot.

[@r4scal.]

sugarfoot the best!

[@lalisaqueen9482]

the King of pop

[@Noname-pv9el]

There's nothing wrong with this performance, it's perfect 😏

[@jackyvon]

Right?? What qualifications do they have to judge Michael performances? How can you judge the king of pop if you are not a musician you’re self? Even then, no one compare’s to him. It’s like they are trying to strip him of himself, which most of us love. He was not only an exceptional musician and dancer but the greatest show man of all time in the music industry. His live shows were epic!

[@Noname-pv9el]

@@jackyvon exactly ☺️👍

[@Dr4kiZaR]

lyp-sync, but he was 38yo and Smooth Criminal is intense so it's ok, but yes, this performance is one of his best, just perfect

[@56kwith200ping]

1976 born andf I grew up with MJ and ET, Star Wars and all the greart sitcoms. MJ is a phenomenon not a man. I really believe we needed him at this time in the mid cold war. We needed a badass and he was that.

[@siddhantchakraborty3067]

MJ❤ Greatest artist of all time

[@stevetheduck1425]

This old man recalls the early 1970s 'Jackson 5' animated cartoon TV series, in which the whole family had a role. Michael was then just the youngest member of the band, and sometimes an animated version of him would dance, but he wasn't then the focus. There were usually two or more songs per episode back then. A parallel was a similar 'Harlem Globetrotters' animated TV series that was on TV in Britain at the same time. Both were very popular with kids.

[@christypriest30]

As a former active paramedic I can tell you that the resuscitation dummy really was called Rescue Anne

[@TanyaQueen182]

RIP Michael. Thank you for providing the soundtrack to my childhood.

[@xSkysilver]

MJ truly is the king of music, his lyrics, the choreography, it all blends and fist into his unique style

[@Bow503]

How many songs did Michael Jackson write on the Bad album? 9 Bad was the 3rd and final album collaboration between Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones. Michael wrote 9 out of 11 songs on the album tracks and was the co-producer for the entire album.

[@Mugthraka]

9 that were on the album. According to Quincy MJ had written over 40 songs, most of them never passed the stage of demos or simply him humming a tune or melody on a k7 recorder. And from Quincy's own mouth they had to spent hours trying to choose wich song would best fit the album they were working on. Thats how they released an album of some of his unfinished songs a few years ago after his death, there's HUNDREDS of unfinished and unreleased songs that MJ did in his free time.

[@russelbarnes7235]

Michael IS the greatest! No doubt about that. The other artist that wrote, produced, sang all of his music, was Prince. Prince also played all of the instruments, sang lead and backing vocals and put it all together himself. (His first two albums). He incorporated others for obvious reasons, including of course live performances. Check out Prince soon, please. Great reaction, I like your channel. Peace

[@aquariusmarika]

I saw Michael live - this tour - History....yeah, yeah, I saw the golden pants really close, I was near the stage. :D It was out of body experience. Till today it seems like a dream.

[@valetterenoux2285]

Not the gold pants 😍 lol

[@robertronning7016]

We appreciate you guys we love you very much and remember we function as one we are One

[@Olahardguy]

Girl on blue is so bubbly and joyful. Love her

[@analizatalay3269]

I love your reactions guys, pls do more reactions about michael jackson he is a legend

[@HaRacycEBLErAtIng]

Great reactions you three!

[@nazyhosseini9680]

The KING OF POP❤I love him , also he was such an amazing human being besides his amazing dance and music and everything!

[@birtneyspearschristmas.sum8825]

Michael Jackson cool dance 🕺

[@davidcdun8896]

Because he started singing in competitions at 5 y o, people think he has talents. No, through hard work, he became who he is, the KING OF POP. For those of you who never read his biography, Moonwalk, he wrote in the book, "I used to look out the window at the recording studio, and watch other children play outside, when I and my brothers was working." Never forgotten. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Salemaa]

Lol. Only hard work, will never help you reach where Michael Jackson reached. He was an extremely talented singer nd dancer. He could sing flawlessly like a trained adult singer even at the age of 5-9. His dance skills were really amazing that only he could do it that flawlessly. He was born with that talent, aura nd something soo special about him.

[@akramzaki4680]

Mimi you are absolutely right ..the music of this song has a lot of sadness which reflects the actual MJ personality with all his suffering from not having a normal childhood, racism, to the keen attempts to destroy him , but still he remains the most famous person on the planet earth.

[@jazijim]

The best artis of the history. Cingrats, great reaction, God bless u

[@jackyvon]

I can’t believe you guys are trying and criticizing one of Michael Michael Jackson best songs! It’s perfect in every way! He went all out there, as he always did with most of his songs and that is what we love about him. If he did it your way, it wouldn’t be Michael Jackson. Stop trying to look for negatives, just appreciate unique music and fun music he gave us.

[@robynhurley5119]

I grew up in the 70s and loved his off the wall album 1981

[@kurapaul7442]

👍👍👍thank you, cool reaction from New Zealand. Dimash & Lara fabian and King MJ fan.

[@paulogmf]

Today i decided to watch some of MJ live performances... I miss him so much and my hearth is broken all over again.

[@annebiebrich9155]

No one ever has been able to move just like him and never will! Some get close but none master!

[@VinVonVoom]

Michael is really a master of his craft. I highly recommend his performance of Billie Jean in Kuala Lumpur 1996, you'll know why when you watch it.

[@rainbowpegacornstudios]

One of my favorite dance songs of all time. Whenever I hear it, I can't avoid singing and TRYING to dance along.

[@DLCSTexas]

First I’m 65 yrs old. I’ve always admired Michael but not a fan. Years ago I saw that lean forward trick and never new how it was done. I racked my brain for years. I think Michael had died and I watched a documentary on him. And, they showed how they did it because was done by a group not just a Michael trick. Of course he invented it. Remember this no matter the trick all the dancers had to be trained physically to do it. Ther were some kind of clips on the floor that they stepped into. And the heels of the shoes had to be special made to fit in the clips for them to be stationary. I’ve thought about it when I say their legs and feet had to be trained to hold the weight of their bodies at that position. I would say his dances were almost as good as him. Michael was a perfectionist. He did it in the video to but here he is doing it live. I believe this is the trick that had the lights in the square tiles that lit up at night as he dance Solo on top of them.

[@michaeljackson9082]

no one will born Again like mj..he is king of dance and pop song

[@cden409]

His shoes were attached to the floor. That’s how he can lean forward so much. Smooth criminal is a great song.

[@Majin_Lee]

His pants are from the beginning of the concert. He wore all gold, but for quick changes he just changed what he thought he needed to.

[@user-hj5ex3ox3f]

Yes, he could dance like no one else. He completely turned the way of making music videos on its head. You see, your parents and grandparents also had great music when they were young. 🙃😉

[@Kookiepookie2025]

Michael is the definition of talent he wrote his music he created beats he beatboxes what come to his mind and create the beat he is a legend React to Michael beatboxing complition

[@Mugthraka]

Smooth Criminal is one of my fav tracks The base line, the guitars, the tempo, the change in rhytme, its an absolute banger that din't age a single day in over 30 years. Its something that you notice when you listen to his songs, beginnign with Thriller album, is that ALL of his songs were actually quite in advance for their time. The Off the Wall Album was still pretty much 80's Pop/Disco/Funk, but after that, its quite hard to actually place a date on MJ's songs. And his vocal range was ENORMOUS, be it on High notes or on lower notes. I really love it when he's singing in a smoother and mellower tonality, like in the Libean Girl or Who is It.

[@mansoryO]

when an artist passes and the world cries, you cant put a number on that.

[@prajwal6376]

Greatest Entertainer Of All Time....

[@karensamuel1139]

I really enjoyed your reaction to this!! It's very encouraging!!

[@con2mms2000]

You know, I love seen new generations enjoying the greatest entertainer of all time. MJ was the most influencer artist ever. Hope his legacy never dies 👞👞

[@coffeetalk924]

Greatest entertainer of all time!

[@darkknight3769]

You guys need to see Michael as a kid with his brothers as The Jackson 5. And he was taught the moonwalk from a singer Jeffery Daniel from the 80's group Shalamar. But the moonwalk was invented back in the early 20's to 40's by Black tap dancers of the time.

[@megapoo2274]

The songs from MJ are so good...Can't believe it

[@klingna]

I was very lucky to go to his concert in 96 when I was 10 it was so dope live!

[@-JEZ123]

10:19 you got it girl. This has to be Music that make your body and mind move . I am glad you understood that. 🥰😍

[@garydavis67]

Mike set the world on 🔥😏 nice reaction!

[@coach4732]

My favorite song and video of his of all time. The outfits and song are based off the 1920s prohibition era in the United States. When they do the infamous lean, watch the guy in the front to the right of MJ .... you can see his shoe get stuck coming out of the lean. There is a whole video of how that lean is done. Greatest artist of all time. His concert in New York in the early 2000s with his brothers and other artists was so big that people were taking loans out on their homes to get tickets. His dancing insirpation was Fred Astaire.

[@johnmoser4672]

😎 Loving your reactions and honest emotions. thanks for appreciating this Legendary artist. 💜💯👊

[@IkaraPopsicle]

he does really sing through the whole song, it's just that you cannot hear him, what you can hear is the playback, the playback is *exactly* the album vocals, but mixed differently (ex. the background vocals are softer) but when you can actually hear his voice is at the end, before the backup dancers get sparkle'd (or shot down)

[@JOHNMICHAELJERITONG]

He created everything

[@brianhenson6141]

A little tid bit for you young people, Michael Jackson was inspired by dancer's from the old days like Gene Kelly amongst many others and he practiced religiously and came up with his own dancing based on those legends of the past

[@Trip4man]

7:28 - They do that because the shoes have a hole on the soles and on the ground there's electronic hooks that fit on them (yes they retract making the floor smooth). You have to slide the shoes in and out. If you look carefully at the dancer legs on the right (at the end of the move) he almost trips and can't get his shoe out of the hooks for a second 😅Dude was soooooo lucky

[@Victaoarbr]

There are nothing near of what Michael did before today. Music missis him forever.

[@diongibbs312]

There is a reason his the greatest singer, dancer to have ever lived and will ever be.

[@user-raudinis_jini]

The women can only see Michael, but the men can understand the overall stage flow and even analyze the accompaniment section.

[@ThroughJermainesLens]

I wish I seen him live:( the only person i truly wish to have seen live! Also Annie is a doll that they train on (for if someone's heart stopped, and they need to do the heart pump stuff)

[@dr_v.vocalcoach]

Fr.. he is to cool. King of pop🥇👑

[@arkham5940]

the context is that michael is a musical genius an actual musical genius, and this is 1 in a billion artist

[@undrtakr2222]

He actually invented the Moonwalk move, during a live show, for the AMA award's show(Or, another music award's show, as it has been a few decade's, since he did it, and then spoke about it, in the early 90's, about how he didn't even know, that he was gonna do it, until he did it on the stage). And, with the lean, they have knob's on the stage in this video, which started out as special nail's, then they switched to the knob's, for better safety and performance reason's. And, the shoe's, that they are wearing, were literally created by MJ, to work with the nail's/knob's, where they "lock" into place, so they can do the lean dance...

[@dylanogden812]

The true GOAT of pop he was an amazing one of a kind person that entertained inspired and touched the lives of millions RIP Michael the world misses u

[@pricefamily8935]

Honestly, even with how good this is, you can tell is energy level is lower here, watch the smooth criminal performance from the Dangerous tour 🙌🏼

[@saadashraf1293]

He could sing, write songs, compose, act, paint, beat box, play drum and piano, choreograph, and much more

[@neritank5883]

and lipsincking also

[@jamyangchoda4677]

Michael Jackson is dance king he can dance and sing I love his all songs RIP king of pop Michael Jackson

[@KrosanBeast315]

Michael created a special pair of shoes that slide into hooks that would pop out of the floor. A dancer was almost tripped by one at 7:28 when his shoe almost failed to disengage properly

[@Bow503]

the story is actually very understandable once you watched the full "smooth criminal " film

[@abena8339]

❤❤❤ yalls reactions and insights

[@aslassin]

Best reaction I have seen, you guys appreciate every detail! :D

[@roddyk9216]

This was the first thing I saw your video and all of you are entertaining and fun great job

[@JohnSmith-lf8kg]

There are pegs on the floor that come up at a certain point of the song. So they just move over them in which the bottom of the shoes have slots and get hooked to the pegs. This holds them in place and they can lean at a 45 degree angle without falling forward.

[@Majin_Lee]

It’s concert makeup so people in the back can see. Usually used during plays or in this case a huge outdoor concert

[@graceonfilmsnstuff]

as a little girl, i went thru a tomboy phase and was obsessed with michael to the point i could evwry move of his peefectly and people called me lil michelle. strangers who didnt know thought i was a boy. but i was extremely shy like him which was what moved to him who was very sinilar but i stopped dancing mj moves the moment someone started saying i was an impersonater. anyways... mj is inspiring.

[@itsjustnaima]

More MJ!! Greetings from Germany! ✨

[@nathanpeoples2319]

MJ was the King of Pop for a reason. Love the reaction

[@wallacehardiniii9038]

I'm just really impressed ya'll have taken the time, effort and interest into dissecting and learning about the culture.

[@muhammadjumran2686]

Ooooh, you REALLY should watch the concert of (Dangerous). You will looooove it.

[@amj_as]

Michael Jackson dangerous... Live..#dangerous. 🌹 ✨ 💞

[@igorangelino8875]

You can Reaction Michael Jackson Human Nature This is It 2009....

[@adrianhalstead2912]

Can we all appreciate how he was in his 40’s here

[@googleuser2609]

Not only is that an amazing performance by Michael Jackson, but I love your guys' reactions. :)

[@lydiaseptember1993]

Thank you so much much for this reaction. This was great and so honest. 😀

[@KorbinDallasMultipass]

The True King Of Pop and hands down best dancer that ever lived.

[@emperorkhan9941]

I've been a lifetime M. J. fan. And i can't believe you guys didn't see the original Smooth Criminal short film first. And the exaggerated/excessive makeup that you guys pointed out in the beginning is because from a far it should look normal. This is theater, as any other live theater show.