Michael Jackson and the Jacksons - live 1979 Don't Stop Till You Get Enough

By 1979 Michael had the biggest selling album by a black artist, and the Jacksons had sold 90 million records (at the time the second biggest selling act)second only the Beatles. Who could stop them? NO ONE COULD

[@dcskfz]

The swag is undeniable! This man was pure fire on stage.

[@1980Triumph]

man, its sad when people ignore Michael's entire impact. Even record sales only incorporate his solo work, not including his solo motown, his history needs an entire retrospective J5 - over 100 million sold Jacksons - 50 million sold MJ solo (motown and epic) almost a billion

[@scorpionJB]

Oooooooooooooh.......if the TRIUMPH TOUR was ever releasd on DVD, people would be in absolute awe of how tight this man's energy level was, it was god frightening, i'm glad I had the opportunity to see it, blessed to the core

[@zuzanazuscinova5209]

Damn you're lucky

[@niallbyrne6474]

This is the song I heard when I was a young teenager that made me ask 'Who is that'? The rest is history 🙂 I was in my cool older cousins house and she had this playing on the record player. I was in love. This would have been way back just days away from the release of Thriller & Michael mania. It was a great time. Your fans miss you so much Michael. RIP

[@tatlonione]

I think the pressures of just being Michael wore him down...which ultimately killed him. Each album, he wanted to be better than the last. But don't worry Michael...you are at peace now...no more competing with yourself. You were, and will always be The Best Entertainer that has ever lived.

[@VKS502]

there will never be another Michael Jackson............

[@mikegardens]

One of the best dance songs hands down.

[@Inteva]

We just don't know what we've lost. People like MJ only come around maybe once in a thousand years. I'm glad i was able to witness this great entertainer.

[@Primitive26]

Off The Wall Era..The tux and those short pants. There is so much swag dripping from MJ it should be illegal. I want to see this concert released just to see him sing and groove. MJ certainly had this energy and magic that no one has. As Cherly Crow stated, "He changed the molecules in the room" Mannnnnn

[@susanmj9097]

I love Triumph MJ. So gorgeous, sexy, yet innocent and sweet. Boundless energy, sophistication, and the most anointed singer/performer the world has ever had.

[@Malik-bw1wp]

michael was everything, his family life, his career, his moonwalk he first performed at mowtown, no one out there can be like him

[@NigelJohnlovesZLJ10]

Oh my gosh! I remember actually seeing this 20/20 when it orignially aired. I yelled so loud doing this segment that my father threatened that he was going to turn the tv off if I yelled again(I was excited) and woke my sister up! lol Well, I'm glad I did get a chance to meet Marlon in 1987...he was really very nice and down to earth.

[@loquaciousthe3RD]

I love it when he starts doing that shuffle step and you can tell everything in his body is being guided by the rhythm...beautiful.

[@1980Triumph]

I have been waiting to hear from you since MJ passed, it is still hard to believe he is gone. I think most MJ fans, especially the younger ones, don't embrace his pre Thriller history. I think Thriller was when he was REALLY trying to reimagine himself outside his brothers. But like you said everything after is an extension of when he truly came into adult genius level and that was during 79 - 81, my favorite years for him

[@zuzanazuscinova5209]

Agreed. Hate to say this but The Jacksons era was really his best.

[@mjfaneric]

he has been performing since he was a child so PLEASE know that there is and never will be a performer to or in the past that will compare to the TRUE KING !!! R.I.P MICHAEL JACKSON LOVE YOU ALWAYS..... HE WAS SELLING OUT CONCERTS BEFORE THRILLER , HE JUST EVEN BIGGER WHEN IT CAME OUT IN 82. OFF THE WALL IS PROBLY MY FAV.. IF YOU HAVENT HEARD IT. LISTEN TO THE WHOLE ALBUM !!!! PEACE AND L.O.V.E ,,, E

[@C1assic074]

I love when the beat drop at the end, the spirit really hit Em lol

[@1980Triumph]

To clarify, from the very beginning to the Bad Tour Michael sang all his shows live, it wasn't until Dangerous and after in which he didn't and even then he would sing a few songs live. After 30 years of doing it live and dancing he deserved the right to lip sing

[@Mickey200916]

Michael looks so hot in his suit! Too bad they don't make music like that anymore. Michael had some great music to dance to. He was AMAZING!!!!! And on stage you could not take your eyes off him, he was breathtaking to watch. MEZMERIZING!! Miss you Mike.

[@therealsoulproduct]

See, this was back when MJ was THE MAN!!! He was funky and his music and style was magical!

[@scorpionJB]

Ooooooooooooooooh..........I was 9 years old when THE JACKSONS performed the TRIUMPH TOUR back in 1981....I'm so glad I had a chance to witness that, MIKE was throwing it down on a level so tight, it was god frightening, and allot of dance moves he did, he no longer performed them afterwards, even during THRILLER or any other album after....

[@MultiMm2009]

But we still want more of you, Michael. We miss you so badly...

[@dw070]

This song transcends LIFE!

[@loMJveable]

0:17 OMMFJ i just adore the way he comes on to the stage and the way he just stands there and closes his eyes and just OMMFJ hes just GORGEOUS:-)

[@scorpionJB]

you're right 80scouples and w/the way the new generation responds to MIKE'S past, they don't deserve to know the time when MIKE was at his unequivocal best, I'm just happy I got to see the triumph tour live and he was breakin it down so real, people didn't know what to do but watch.....many people may forget, but during the making of MICHAEL JACKSON'S THRILLER, MIKE featured songs from OFF THE WALL, one of the reasons the tape sold like it did....

[@FIATFROSTvideo]

Gosh! he looked so funky. MJ at his best

[@1980Triumph]

I think the Jacksons made equally good music, Triumph is as good as Thriller or Off The Wall. Your right regarding this song, only the little bit was sung during Shake your body on the Victory and Bad tours but we needed this song complete and live, the little bit from the history tour was not enough, I wonder if this was a song he was going to perform on the This is it tour

[@kjoto2]

omg, how long time ago this was...what would I give that it lasts now! I wish I lived in his time, now all I have is memories that I never experienced.....

[@stcolreplover]

of all the video's on youtube of michael, this to me is the best,... something about it is so innocent and amazing. like the start of something epic and trully unforgettable

[@Chrisdrumz]

Wow,I remember watching this when I was a kid!

[@6labi4]

b@@@dy lucky ! I remember when this song came out but I was in Italy and only 15 but still loved him already and UNCOMPARABLE to anyone, MJ is on his own in the music industry.

[@Lovella5]

look at him, playing, smiling, using his beauty... I'm SURE he knew he was HOT !!! so why on earth did he have to CHANGE like that !? To do such surgery, Michael you were Soooo beautiful back then But anyway that's not the important I just love him too much!

[@amateurhorror06]

He suffered from vitiligo

[@patriciacarrasco]

mike in his prime...amazing

[@Shantae5979]

dont stop til you get enough is won of the best video that micael ever beacuse his voice sound so nice

[@makenart]

IKR, their Awesome! All I can say at this very moment after watching this video again is watch the Stage Presence...it's unlike no other..simply Magnificent

[@amazingone82]

There is and will never be no one like this man. Pure Geniuis...and oh so cool!

[@32002260]

amazing!!!!!!

[@92lisamike]

Michael was to hot to handle. Love Him.

[@electrorama]

awesome!!

[@benwolf223]

Awesome!

[@planetpreddie]

@ 2:01 Michael was like hell no im keppin' this jacket

[@22moviefan22]

yaya love this

[@patriciacarrasco]

this has to be my FAV song of MJ, this and remember the time...I LOVE U MIKE!

[@KingOfPopILoveyouMJ]

So amazing .

[@MultiMm2009]

I'm depressed coz I just read Whitney Houston is going to perform in Arena O2 in replace of him. Also, Paul McCartney is on a world tour now. Michael, I feel the world is empty without you. I only want your presence, your voice, your showmanship, your dynamism and all.

[@brommaman40]

hi i just love the jacksons really great artistsfr johnnyb.

[@1980Triumph]

he was the coolest

[@makenart]

Well MJ u fulfilled your job/purpose wholeheartedly of making millions of fans all over the world really reaally happy, and I must say a magnificent job well done sir MJ!! Thank u God for blessing us with the existence of this man for 50 years, and thank u Michael for being so generous, gracious, caring, and selfless with your love, many talents, and life!!!

[@catalinavalle1808]

Siempre imitado, jamas igualado

[@annismiley]

Michael is the best :D

[@1sotrue]

Thanks for posting Im trying to find as much concert footage of MJ before his solo work like Thriller and Bad. From these tours 'Destiny and Triumph' you can see early on that he was a force to be reckon with. He truly came alive on stage you would never know he was shy offstage. Damn he was great

[@1980Triumph]

WE MISS YOU MICHAEL, we love you so much

[@Inteva]

I was born in the early 60's and I saw the Jackson 5 not the Jacksons live in concert when I was about 8 years old.

[@joangyt]

This song singing live and dance together its impossible! Try it.. and then u will believe it.. Mj killed it!!

[@hilarioph]

He going to miss us including his music. Enjoy in heaven

[@jellric]

"The thing I like most about being on stage is making people happy cause I feel I'm here on earth for a reason and I think it's my job to do that.." -Michael Jackson "Well done, thou good and faithful servant." -God

[@scorpionJB]

what's up man....I chose to remain silent, just to give recognition to MIKE and his amazing career, I always tried to be balanced and embrace music from all of his albums, there's no way he should be gone at 50 but it is what it is, but yeah, 1979-1981, you rarely see any footage of MICHAEL during that era, and that was his most spontaneous era, everything the world saw w/THRILLER, he had done during OFF THE WALL, w/the exception of the moonwalk, he scaled down his dancing over time

[@Blackjesus3]

I LOVEMJ

[@1959soalma]

Just wonder in person... No doubt, Michael Jackson, you made people really happy!! No one like you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love love you!!!!!

[@calciointernazionale]

golden seventies!!!!

[@Prince-um6nt]

Happy Bornday to King, Sir MJ

[@80scouplerules]

I hear ya, scorpionJB. Is the media a bunch of amnesiacs? Like Off The Wall never existed? For crying out loud, I wore that album out (that and the Live album). Thriller was great but it was more about the videos. Off The Wall was all about the music. Loved it then, love it now, and will love it forever.

[@you2449]

Un-believable. This man was one of a kind. It's too bad that he had to die for some of us to realize (myself included) that he was one of the greatest in history.

[@fobAlexmuse]

theres no doubt that as time went by from here, mj continued to make more amazing songs like this one that blow the jacksons out of the water... but after triumph tour he sadly stoped singing this song live, why?? couldnt get that high any more??

[@alix2081]

my god im totally deaddddddddddddd michael why are killing me softly!!!!!! aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh .... this is incredible!

[@WhoaNahYaHeardMe]

1:59-2:04 LMAO!! I love how he takes off his jacket and hurls it around as if he going to throw it in the crowd, but he throws it on to the stage. Like naw folks I gotta wear this for the next show.

[@zuzanazuscinova5209]

That's the best part. Hilarious!

[@ViggyTheBear]

Apparently, this concert took place in the Nassau Colosseum in NY which is like near my house. Holy crud.

[@amateurhorror06]

It actually took place at the Oakland Arena in California during The Jackson's Destiny tour on December 16 1979

[@Michelle82677]

SWAG!!!!!!!!!!! YES OMG

[@alix2081]

MY GOD I WANT THIS ON DVD!!!!!!!!!!

[@missdawne]

He had so much damn energy

[@ultrastjarna]

yes.

[@janetfan79]

"WAS"!!!! He still is the man. People have tried to imitate the Original. Chris Brown, Usher, Mario, Ne-Yo and Justin Timberlake have all tried. Nobody "CAN'T" and will not top the King Of Pop, Music, Dance and all things Entertainment Michael Joseph Jackson, except if you're God.

[@AFBN]

i hope in his concerts this summer he performs more songs from off the wall that album is just incredible

[@80scouplerules]

I just have to shake my head at this MJ-Beyonce comparison. She's very talented and popular but there really is NO CONTEST. Today's generation will probably never fully grasp the sheer magnitude of MJ's stardom. You had to have been not just alive but old enough at the time to know how truly magical it was. I was, and I sure am lucky to have experienced it firsthand.

[@zuzanazuscinova5209]

So jealous. I was born in 1992 and missed all that.

[@montezbrown]

mike's dance in the beginning is killing me lol

[@anacarolinateixeira]

yeah...he's the only that made a really good pop. and he can dance like no one can

[@RockWithYu]

BIGGEST regret of my life was not attending this show. Ugh!!!!!!! Gotta forgive myself, gotta forgive myself... THIS tour was - sadly - the zenith of MJ/The Jackson's live performances. The Victory Tour was a carbon copy of this tour - even the AD LIBS were the same - and MJ's solo tours lacked the magic of his performances with his brothers. This was also the last time he seemed happy, too; afterwards he always seemed to sneer (even when singing happy songs)...

[@scorpionJB]

and you know what, maybe it's not meant for the world to witness this time, since they take it for granted so much and since they trash his brothers who were very talented in their own right...so it should only be for those who are truly going to embrace it w/out all the pretense..because everything that MIKE presented w/THRILLER, was a reflection of what he already did during OFF THE WALL, and he scaled down his dance moves for each and every album afterwards.

[@kevmcgregor]

mas videos de esta epoca por favor!! y mas de esta cancion que es la que mas me gusta de mj

[@TheMidnightskies]

@dazv555 me too! I'm 15, and am completely proud to say, I stand by Michael!!

[@valcardoso3286]

jacksom maravilhoso e unico,, jamais poderá ser copiado

[@pedropedrohenrique2729]

e na parte que ele chega?ele chega dançando, percebeu?

[@pedropedrohenrique2729]

aquela dança estranha mas muito massa

[@doctor567]

Holy cow, look at that damned fireball at 0:15! "Ok guys, don't come out of the curtain early, or you'll be really sorry."

[@LB99971]

There is no comparison of Michael Jackson to any other entertainer dead or alive. Those who make such comparison do so to get attention. There is no merit in what they say. And to compare MJ to this Justin Bieber singer is laughable.

[@manlykscorpa]

wow i thought he could only sing like dat in the studio but live he can use dat voice and keep it going

[@montezbrown]

yea he was.

[@nicolemckenzie6163]

LOL He'd miss the crowed when he threw his jacket to them, it went on the other side

[@hanane1990]

he's very cute here ,,but he sang with very high note :)

[@zeezpp8]

look at the people..wow

[@fobAlexmuse]

fuk, thats gota be one of his best performances ever

[@1980Triumph]

@makenart Well said!!!

[@NesserK97]

0:56-1:00 Wow Sounds So Swweeeeeet! R.I.P MJ! BEST EVER AND EVER WILL BE!!!!

[@kinered]

whit this song I did learn how to dance.

[@3rkka]

@Lolittleguy the jacket flyed michaels back :D

[@MichaelJahckson]

w love u :)

[@Hylandryder]

GO M J! GO M J! GO M J! GO M J!

[@Jazz_sama]

lol the crowd thought they were gettin a jacket lol

[@anthonycogburn8715]

Why won't they release a clear version of this performance, I know its out there somewhere

[@margaritayarushina7438]

👍👍👍

[@scorpionJB]

aww yessssssss realsoul...nobody has brought this level of entertainment before or since, not even MICHAEL JACKSON...institutional racism has destroyed arguably the most gifted musical artist in the history of the business....

[@ScarletWShirley]

Best comment!

[@rsjohnson18]

0:56-0:58, aaaaah man