Michael Jackson Interview with Charlie Tuna (July 22, 1973)

[@TebusR]

No nonsense, no pretence, no fakeness, no nastiness, just honestly humble and truly nice person.

[@CreationsLab]

It’s kind of haunting how much this resembles his adult voice at the end of his life. He never really changed that much. He will be the King of Pop always, miss you Michael

[@GalenJoyce-ff2cp]

Michael's adult voice was actually much deeper than most people realize.

[@KhanyisileMngadi]

That's the first thing that came to mind when I heard this.

[@Andrew-rz7qt]

The voice he used when he was older was put on, in fact his voice was deeper.

[@trapweeze3310]

Not just the voice but the delivery candance. Same vocabulary. Crazy

[@pensiveczar2239]

@@GalenJoyce-ff2cp It actually wasn't. People need to stop trying to peddle that lie. Sure, like every other human being on the planet, he could intentionally lower the tone of his speaking voice. However, his default tone was high. I don't know what you people think you're accomplishing trying to claim that MJ "real" voice was deep. It wasn't.

[@andreza2896]

1:06 "How did you settle on the name?" "Well, it was five of us and our last name with Jackson too..." 😂😂😂

[@jaytheshinobi2901]

😂😂

[@JESUSLOVESYOU219]

Adorable 14 year old baby Michael but an old intelligent soul. 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@TebusR]

Very clever

[@EmilyTienne]

He was such a sweet boy.

[@stannote8312]

"I don't have any events, I just know I'm fast." The smug, playful way he says this illustrates his confidence. One of the best interviews he's ever done, child or adult. Open. Disarming. He's wearing the same cap that he wears on the cover of his solo album "Got To Be There."

[@mizsab365]

Michael been talking about the tabloids making things up from the age of 14 - jheez, this legend went through it!

[@ghanasoul]

Thanks for posting this. Michael sounds like an old child. His voice inflictions haven’t changed at all.

[@keishawilliams9056]

He kept those same voice inflections.🙂 I miss him.

[@ShayMack-vu6xq]

I’m just convinced he was amazing and adorable at every age🥲. He said love is “togetherness” and “everlasting”. God bless his beautiful soul❤. Also him laughing while reading at the end gave me life🤣!

[@nomibe2911]

Damn Mike was exposing the media at an early age.

[@gay4vivi294]

i love his laugh

[@myajanell2504]

his voice😍 his voice is so sweet and soulful I always loved his voice

[@FunnySushi-o6h]

The fact that he is 1 year younger than me here and his voice is that soft and light is unbelievable😂😂😂😂

[@treyvoncreighton9814]

Michael Jackson is amazing

[@trinitybrown7732]

16:23 “you ever mess up sometime on the radio" that was the cutest

[@trinitybrown7732]

14:29 another cute moment

[@ALM_Garage]

4:20 was like foreshadowing for what Michael’s life will be like

[@TebusR]

True. Despite his very clever answer

[@TebusR]

He had got the wits in him

[@GraytytudeMashinini]

Mike has always been a cutie 🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍 I love him

[@Andrew-rz7qt]

Although in his teens his suffered with really bad acne and fans would be shocked and wouldn't recognise him.

[@nomibe2911]

To hear him mention my city as one of his favorite places to visit. Miami!

[@steviecritiquenewby7874]

Michael Jackson still sounds just like yourself so mature fora 14 year old so amazing 🙏🏿🎤

[@TebusR]

Togetherness and everlasting ...❤

[@treyvoncreighton5045]

The amazing Michael Jackson

[@dangerousgirl44]

I love his accent here!

[@m7ckaelsz7]

ohh never knew he had an accent!! what kinda accent does mike have? im no native so i dont know nothing about accents but i loooove mikes way of speaking🥹

[@blesssyourheart333]

I’ve been looking for this interview for so long finally found it!!

[@RocStarr913]

During this time, Jackson actually was recording the songs that ended up getting shelved and became remixed and finally released into the 1984 solo album Farewell My Summer Love.

[@jaymatthew738]

You can hear his voice has changed and he was turning 15 the next month.

[@mikebon8352]

Shame how the story evolved after the Pepsi commercial. Here is just a kid, with a relaxed tenure, open minded... no stress.. and no pain physical nor mental.. Plus he was the prodigal son of the those days, 1970s..

[@brownin329]

you didn't see the pain.

[@itsmagic-km7wt]

dude: just girls at home? will they be part of the group or perform? mj: no. they eat too much.

[@jdog34505]

Yess finally!!

[@michellekross1292]

Michael meant he liked their NAACP Award...not Golden Globe... based on how he described the award.

[@mrmacfilms1]

Great interview!

[@YujiroHanmaaaa]

Charlie Tuna was 29 years in this Interview and sounded like he was like 60 years or something

[@DRUMJOCK]

Everybody had groups around back than but we stuck to it❤😂🎉 facts in most black cities and towns😅

[@umolhar9993]

Amor : União e eternidade! Linda definição. Entrevista inteligente e interessante. Nessa época não estavam a " infernizar lo sobre sua aparência ". Saudades 😢

[@parfumelise6217]

What a sweet heart . Interviews must have been a torture to him, because his voice was always hoarse and at the limit from singing.

[@Modesty_Blaise]

❤

[@CodaBroda]

Can't thank you enough for preserving this; was this from the "Charlie Tuna Show" podcast (March 9, 2020)? Looks to be fully offline now. Have done the fan community a solid!

[@pescadaro1814]

He came across as a really normal kid. I think he started changing after the brothers left home. Then he became isolated and eventually trapped in his super fame

[@wandarichmond7643]

Yes. I do too! Exactly!

[@oli-qn4ge]

The brothers were the ones who called him "Big Nose"...Besides, Randy and the other sisters were still with him for quite some time .Until "Off The Wall", Michael appeared to be "normal"but he had been emotionally hurt since his teen years , child stars often have rough time during their adolescence. People supposed that The Jacksons would be finished after his puberty. People often expected him to appear and sound like when he was a little kid...

[@davidrice6724]

Very sweet interview....The Jacksons were well mannered... Mike said the Jackson girls ate too much to form a group 😅. The interviewer was probably surprised at how he had to simplify some of the questions....

[@brownin329]

Simplify?

[@antwianroberts4913]

Man what?? What are y'all talking about his voice and people forcing him to talk high and all this other bs. He has a naturally high voice. He doesn't have a deep voice not like most men. Do you know how damaging that is to your vocal to talk in a high voice all the time when your voice is much lower? His singing career would have been over much sooner if that was the case.

[@mrhoward19801]

There’s actual footage of him talking in his real voice

[@mrhoward19801]

Also listen to the way he talks in all of the 1973 videos and then go listen to him in 1974. In 1974 is when he started talking in the feminine voice

[@flipz4398]

@@mrhoward19801 His voice seemed to get lower as he got older❣

[@eimensaleem12]

He did have a deep voice lol even in this one, you clearly hear it’s a 13/14 year old KID.

[@txwtw]

@@mrhoward19801 I wonder why he started talking all squeaky in 1974, was it because he wanted to sound younger or did his father force him to to do the high-pitched voice cause of the songs he was singing at those times? If the second one is true I guess he just stuck with that high pitched voice throughout the rest of his life in the public even though it just made him appear more weird.

[@Slavatoremondo]

93 KHJ

[@TebusR]

Taking advantage of nowadays privilege just did a quick pause to check out "Look into the window." On SPFY. Great album cover that one is...and good song....and yet the one that follows its more catchy to me 😊

[@honeybutter153]

16:00 ~ 😅😂❤

[@OasisJones]

5:19

[@AndrewBell]

Lol sonning The Osmonds

[@jacksons10]

10:50

[@nomibe2911]

Doesn't sound like 1973

[@LeLouvre634]

You can hear his children way of talking. He became more shy and less talkative few years later.. his voice already broke , he spoke here in a beautifull medium range..and he was very very mature..

[@stannote8312]

Yep, '73. During the interview he mentions Jermaine's solo album "Come Into My Life" just coming out, and it was released in 1973.

[@forevelyn]

it is

[@brownin329]

That's 1973. Someone improved the audio quality.

[@davidevans8691]

Puberty blockers aka Chemical castration prior to puberty but you need the voice first.

[@brownin329]

What a dumb post. Michael never had any chemicals to alter his voice. His voice as a child was naturally like that until his voice began to change around age 13-14. He was taught to use his head voice to speak to preserve his voice and improve his ability to hit the high notes and sing falsetto without struggling on stage like other acts.

[@keishawilliams9056]

Lies.. never did that.

[@j5muscle]

Please stop

[@oli-qn4ge]

He was still producing sperm the time of his death, those rumors are garbage

[@KhanyisileMngadi]

Charlie Tuna: "Did the girls ever thought about putting a group together?" Michael Jackson: "No, they eat too much". 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 As young and innocent as Michael Was, he was also honest