Jackson Five Interview (1973) - Part 1

[@Kikigreentea]

OMG I'm dying. His reaction to the Diana Ross comparison is priceless. He sounded a little aggravated but he handled it well. I know he was thinking "WTF you comparing me to a girl for?" Michael and the bridge book...I can't!

[@amyajackson3631]

Randy sounds like michael when michael was younger

[@gay4vivi294]

omg he sounds exactly like young michael

[@DTownNash]

Ikr ?

[@andrea-desu3578]

Mike and Randy sounds so cute. And Randy does sound like Michael when he was younger. Too cute. :-)

[@eccentricdiamond49]

I love Michael's voice!!!!! He sounded very mature for a 15 year old. He was a smart guy.

[@graciemacie13]

He sounds 14 imnot sure

[@gradybaby_kv]

Sarah lol it’s cuz he voice was already goin through puberty here, then like by 1975 his voice is already the high pitched one, that’s when his puberty ended lol.

[@dottybambni]

Panda Express Tae 1974

[@thejackson5thirdalbum955]

@@graciemacie13 1972

[@graciemacie13]

@@thejackson5thirdalbum955 yeah

[@MrsMJLoveAlways]

Aww Michael & Randy's voices are adorable

[@TheJazzplease]

OMG! How do I miss this man. Thanks to KZbin I can always go back to days like this. Their voices, his voices. I hope Michael left this world KNOWING he was loved truly and dearly!

[@sketchley80]

3:10 "I sound like her?" - hahahaha! Mikey sounds so sweet - as usual...why would people criticize him as his voice changed? Frustrates the FUCK outta me - really - uhhhhhh - he was always a beautiful soul!

[@wendywhoisit1819]

Michael sounds sooo good on here!

[@wendywhoisit1819]

In the beginning, when he was introducing them, he forgot about Jackie 🙄

[@TheJazzplease]

Michael "I'm in High School now !"

[@cassball7]

I love the way they laugh when the interviewer tells Mike he sounds like Diana Ross! They KNOW Mike had a crush on Ms. Diana! Mike is so funny the book was about a bridge. I guess summer vacation had already taken a hold of him!!! They seem so at ease.

[@carmenlove7839]

i absolutely love them and they still live in my heart and when i go to heaven im gonna meet michael ily mike i cant wait to see u sumday

[@ertfgghhhh]

Are u serious?

[@thejackson5thirdalbum955]

@@graciemacie13 why

[@jermainelajaunejackson735]

@@ertfgghhhh No lol

[@ertfgghhhh]

@@jermainelajaunejackson735 chile......

[@jermainelajaunejackson735]

@@ertfgghhhh lol

[@Chores4ever]

Randy sounds a lot like Lil' Michael... lol

[@jermainelajaunejackson735]

Marlon too

[@sketchgiirl]

aww...love this, thank you for sharing! michael is jist too adorable with his bridge book!

[@mjluver1231]

jackie sound just like michael when h was older. and randy sound just like michael as a kid

[@Char-kd6bl]

If I'm not mistaken this is July 1973, they all correctly said their ages except Michael and Randy. Michael said 13 when he's actually 14 about to be 15, and Randy said 10 when he's actually 11 about to be 12. It really bothers me that Motown made them lie.

[@jackson512255]

Randy sounds EXACTLY like Michael when Michael was Randy's age!!!

[@thejackson5thirdalbum955]

3:35 Michael said Stzop It JeRMaIne

[@amiramir-qg7xv]

he said “star trek”

[@MrMark19148]

Michael lied about his age here. He would have been 14 at this time and turning 15 the following month. Marlon did not lie. He correctly identified himself as 16. Interesting.

[@dionneking8]

because he was actually 11when they became famous but motown changed his age to nine

[@Lyrics-uz5lx]

LyfeMuz PR. Motown made Michael tell him that he was 9 when he was really 11. So, he would be turning 14 if he was really 13. But, yeah, he was really 14 going on 15. It was a Motown PR scheme ☺️ #themoreyouknow

[@marklive7042]

Motown made him lie, they wanted him to appeal to younger crowd

[@sharonackermann6811]

I understand Motown‘s reasoning, but I hate that they were taught to lie and saw some of the things that the younger boys saw when they were starting out… performing in bars and strip clubs. I think that’s one problem that Michael had been exposed to those things and then also seeing his father cheat And their father exposing them to the filthy Side of show business. It is a miracle to see the amount of talent and good looks in one family !

[@marklive7042]

the bars and strip clubs were BEFORE Motown that was with his dad.. they had to try to get exposed they didnt care where it was trying to get their name out there,..lieing about their age is PENNIES compared to what they had to do -- it wasn't a big deal they needed to sell records!

[@TheJazzplease]

I know Michael voice changed naturally, but his whole energy has changed by now. he doesn't have that same energy he had in the brotherly love interview or any of the other interviews he did as a kid when he would take charge and then laugh because he wasn't supposed to take the Mic or something.

[@JaMuzik2]

Thank you for this comment. I really feel like something in Michael changed around 1972/1973, like you said his whole “energy” from when he was a child had changed and he seemed like he regressed. I always point to the 1972 American Bandstand interview as the first sign I noticed something “different” with Michael, becoming more withdrawn, passive, softer, shy, borderline melancholy, kind of “disconnected”. As a young boy he was very bold, unabashed, and even “mature”. Idk but something stunted him early, I think it was a culmination of things in his life, from the introduction to sex early in life, to the extreme isolation, to the long hours of work in the studio with little playtime, to the verbal and physical abuse from his father, to adolescence, to strong religious convictions, to being told how to lie, to being restricted from dating and even platonic friendships, etc...I think it really began taking its toll early and no one ever really stopped to check on him or get him help and it just never got better over time. I hate to play keyboard psychologist, but I am a long time fan, and this is something that has always bothered me. How extreme his personality change was apparent as early as this interview and I always want to know what on Earth was happening in his life at this time

[@roshaungoolsby4554]

@@JaMuzik2 I agree with you

[@chiefo8004]

JazmineJermany I disagree. Brotherly fun stuff was just a conversation between the brothers and Mike was more comfortable around his brothers so he could laugh and express himself around them. This interview is a public thing so he isn't really that excited and expressive.

[@x713HTX713x]

I sound like, HER?

[@DopeAssVirgo]

This is GOLD! I love it!!!

[@taborszernagy]

"cuz he can play a lotta instruments and he's talented... he can do anythiin... " awwwh, he sounds like a baby.

[@lyrictheexplorer]

"He just read a book... yea... its about a bridge"

[@anneliesejackson507]

What does that mean could ya please tell me

[@jerrywashington4071]

My favorite group

[@nalamelody5287]

It's about a bridge 😂😂

[@NightswNiyah]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Char-kd6bl]

I think Michael quickly said "we're 10-22" because he didn't want to lie about his age again but they all ended up saying their ages anyway

[@Char-kd6bl]

@- Celestia - I mean not really. 11/12 is still in the age range of 10-22. That's why I think he said it that way, so that it wouldn't look like lying.

[@anneliesejackson507]

@-celestia-4273 HE WAS BORN 1959 A YEAR AFTER MIKE

[@FelicityHeidekker]

​@@anneliesejackson507 no he was born in 61

[@trinitybrown7732]

time stamp?

[@Char-kd6bl]

@@trinitybrown7732 7:13

[@DanielleFiers]

this is hilarious! i love how they laughed for at the marriage question, when they knew DAMN WELL Jermaine was about to get married later that year lllooolllll!! These interviews are priceless!!!

[@regannem]

😂

[@handsome-brute2666]

Tito couldn't say that TODAY about his wife staying home with the kids🤔

[@jermaineidole6408]

Jermaine is my favourite Jackson

[@andrea-desu3578]

" Jackson 6, Jackson 5, Jackson 5 1/2. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL :-) FUNNY

[@jonb3917]

When the DJ asked "what would you be if you weren't music stars"? Michael says "star track". Did he mean "track star" or he wanted to be on "star trek" lol. I really have no clue, it's pretty funny

[@ProudtobeaCanuck]

I don't think he liked it when the interviewer said he sounded like Diana Ross b/c he's saying he sounds like a girl that's why he was like "I sound like her?" anyway I thought it was funny when he talked about school "she read a book to us its about a bridge" lmao.

[@johnnyraven7980]

Yeah that was funny, but at the same time during their early motown years Michael try to sing certain ways like Diana, he used some of her vocal tricks like the "ooh" and others, he studied her, marvin and others but she was his biggest singing style while James was his dancing style and Jackie Wilson as well.

[@lordchold2316]

but i mean he did kind of sound like a professional woman singer when he was a kid. when i heard some of his songs i thought he had the voice of a high pitched female singer.

[@tuukee317]

Michael is only a 1 year younger than Marlon, so he's really like 15 plus he was born in 1958 and that was 1973... what the heck is going on how is he 13? But oh well. hahaha I love the part 6:05-6:06 where Michael says "nuh un.. naw"

[@Cas82958]

He was 14. A couple days shy of 15 here. Motown made him lie about his age.

[@levallewis5626]

Marlon and Michael are two years apart

[@bebreezy93]

@musicbabylove1 Yeah, they laughed...Mike's voice was kind like "uhhhhh, what?" hahaha I love when he says "I sound like her???" hahhha!

[@marywilson6354]

He had his own style and sound he did want to sound like a women He was a real boy and and man not gay at all .all man or should I say boy because he didn’t want to grow up lol they were close growing up .

[@lordchold2316]

his voice was still much higher when he was a kid tho. sounding like a woman is not all about pitch(also its about how loud and raspy you sing). i thought he sounded more like a woman when he was grown up than when he was a kid where i could tell he was a little boy.

[@jermainelajaunejackson735]

It's better not growing up kids are more hard workers than adults LOL Leo's men never will grow up I guess it's safe to say that.

[@paradais2]

Michael has a beautiful gentle voice. Don't you love the outfits at 7.15. thanks for sharing.

[@Vykadin]

@duridog Mike was saying that Jackie was "a tender 22."

[@soldecle]

« We are reading this book about a bridge » 😂😂😂

[@Moistcraictical]

OMG! Randy sounds so much like Michael when he was younger! It's freaky..

[@ertfgghhhh]

They are brothers....

[@gay4vivi294]

@@ertfgghhhh LOLOLLLLL

[@Lannielst]

Michael says he is 13 but in 1973 he would have at least been 14 going on 15?

[@TheRealAshland]

They never would have though lil Janet would go from beating up on Randy and stealing Micheal's mic to being the 2nd star.

[@angelsmith2375]

Rappin' wit de brothas.....lol

[@Pjsixty60]

Tito's body was tight on that first picture 😍

[@3TAforever]

jackie sounds like superfly lol

[@jaymillymills]

How Michael sound deeper here than when he was grown?

[@ertfgghhhh]

Faking or estrogen

[@msjbaby81]

jaymillymills because he was actually older than 11 he was 14 turning 15

[@williamking595]

Because his voice changed.

[@r.o1449]

gospelevans he faked his voice the older he got you could hear him using his real voice

[@lordchold2316]

he faked his voice. he definitely had a deeper voice because his singing scale dropped a lot from when he was a kid.

[@YouBlue32]

A book...about a bridge

[@haleymarlin7029]

Mike said he was my age

[@kellyjeanine00]

now mike caught in a lie him and marlon are a year apart he was 15 . ohh i wud have hated saying i was younger than i really was , but i wud have never lied for anyone

[@jermainelajaunejackson735]

You'd lie for joe hell he beat our assess.

[@Twan1985]

Michael was actually 14 going on 15 if u ask me its sad the Motown made them lie about their ages

[@elmerde1599]

Date?

[@marywilson6354]

Did he say the Brady bunch lol

[@user-dr5dz9lb9j]

Then laughing at what the interviewer said about mike 💀💀💀 2:44

[@3TAforever]

@3TAforever not superfly he sounds like the Mack

[@swoods7720]

Janet took Michael’s Mike…hahaha and she did just that!

[@LittleLJ22]

Uh I sound like her....? ahahaha

[@KSitz77]

Great interview even if they all shaved 2 years off of their ages, LOL.

[@6StarGurl6]

lol it's about a bridge...

[@terrencestewart3828]

Where's the video footage man anyway please listen to my original songs and covers.

[@darealdre5882]

terrence stewart lol

[@tharightlady14]

That sounds like Gerry Bledsoe..WWRL was the best radio station.Queens,N.Y.

[@TheKyg13]

@MJ4lyph His voice isn't high. Lol(:

[@lordchold2316]

yes it was

[@Pencilfood]

@Lannielst yea but when michael enter to the showbusiness he said his age 2 years younger becuse of the force of joseph

[@valdineamaciel5815]

Lindos

[@MiamiPush2theLimit]

@tuukee317 Motown always lied about Michael's age and made him lie too...

[@iiridescentt3574]

3:06

[@wwedxecw]

tito was so sexist.

[@wendywhoisit1819]

Yeah, and then he cheated on his wife.

[@chevelle921]

yeah that comment didn’t sit well with me

[@amiramir-qg7xv]

michael said tito took after his father the most amongst his brothers. so it makes sense

[@ksiisking]

How is he sexist? God put women on earth to bear children and serve us men. They exist solely for those two reasons

[@ubself]

15

[@TheKyg13]

Michael sounds weird! Ahhhh what happened to his voice? Lol :D R.I.P

[@gradybaby_kv]

TheKyg13 his voice was goin through puberty here lol

[@Char-kd6bl]

Um he was growing up since that's what teenagers do

[@kirajackson5171]

He didn’t sound weird wtf💀

[@anneliesejackson507]

what the fuck he sounded beautiful