With Michael Jackson having turned out so... badly, it's easy to forget the amazing promise of his early career. Check out Michael at the height of his powers and, yes, hipness at Motown's famed 25th Anniversary celebration in 1983. This is the whole performance; with a medley of Jackson 5 hits and Jackson's first-ever public performance of the moonwalk. This is dynamic, intense stuff that was the cutting edge of sound when it came out. Watching it we get a little wistful thinking about the Michael that could/would should have been if thing had somehow been different.This clip is a really interesting visual study of the roots of modern dance,
specifically the moonwalk, showing Fred Astaire, Bill Bailey, Cab Calloway,
Sammy Davis Jr.and others performing variations on the move.
