{"id":24106,"date":"2011-06-25T16:27:16","date_gmt":"2011-06-25T20:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fryeblog.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca\/?p=24106"},"modified":"2011-06-25T16:27:16","modified_gmt":"2011-06-25T20:27:16","slug":"saturday-night-video-the-jacksons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2011\/06\/25\/saturday-night-video-the-jacksons\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Night Video: The Jacksons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Jackson 5 - ABC\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ho7796-au8U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;ABC&#8221; on American Bandstand<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Michael Jackson died two years ago today.<\/p>\n<p>His solo work is so saturated into the culture that there&#8217;s little point in representing it here. However, the work with The Jackson 5, even though it&#8217;s enjoyed classic status for decades, can still startle with its freshness. If this isn&#8217;t Motown at its best, it&#8217;s close. I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s possible to hear &#8220;ABC&#8221; and not feel joy &#8212; it&#8217;s involuntary, like a heart beat. If you&#8217;ve seen how the song is featured in Kevin Smith&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Clerks 2 &#8212; <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B3bKhgo1hFM&amp;feature=fvst\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> <em>&#8212; <\/em>you know just how exuberantly that joy can be rendered. (Thanks also to Rosario Dawson who reminds us what it&#8217;s like to fall in love during the course of a single song.)<\/p>\n<p>More after the jump.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6_5hQ8cEE7Q<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I Want You Back,&#8221;\u00a0American Bandstand<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"the Jackson 5 - I&#039;ll be there and Feelin&#039; Alright\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lYVT3Gg_rek?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I&#8217;<\/em><em>ll Be There<\/em>,&#8221;\u00a0<em>Diana Ross Special<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Michael Jackson - Don\u2019t Stop &#039;Til You Get Enough (Official Video)\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yURRmWtbTbo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Okay, a concession to the solo career, the vertiginous &#8220;Don&#8217;t Stop Till You Get Enough&#8221; from the first solo album in 1979, <\/em>Off the Wall<em>, which provided a bridge from the disco of the &#8217;70s to the reconstituted R&amp;B of the &#8217;80s<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kXhy7ZsiR50\">httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kXhy7ZsiR50<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Maybe one more concession: the introduction of the moonwalk at the Motown 25th anniversary concert in 1983<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;ABC&#8221; on American Bandstand Michael Jackson died two years ago today. 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