Actor Wesley Snipes was more than happy to swipe the antagonist role from Prince , who it was originally offered. He had no choice to go from bully to ally when Michael really showed him "who's bad. The visual featured countless familiar faces. So many, it's hard to believe Michael didn't break some type of "celebrity cameo" record. The gorgeous Beverly Johnson is the first face we recognize before wondering upon Malcolm Jamal-Warner and Sherman Hemsley giving "George Jefferson" attitude on the music video set-themed music video.
Jackson took Jordan off the basketball court to feature in this high-energy visual. The late Heavy D made his way on screen for his feature from the song while Kriss Cross busted a move. Michael helped Michael learn how to dunk, while Michael taught Michael some cool dance moves.
You can figure out who's who. Naomi Campbell was definitely the envy of her friends when she got casted for "In the Closet. The actor made sure to take his moment to shine as he helped Michael chase a beautiful stranger in "You Rock My World. For those who are fans of Michael Jackson's dance contributions, "Smooth Criminal" is a favorite. Stylistically the clothing is vaguely 20's gangster. Among the dance effects included are the anti-gravity lean, an achievement created using wire harnesses and magnets.
A stripped down, chanted interlude added a new dimension to both song and video. The video for "Leave Me Alone" was the first of Michael Jackson's to directly take on tabloid reports of bizarre events in his personal life. Director Jim Blashfield put together imagery ranging from Jackson's pet chimp Bubbles to a stop action dance with the Elephant Man's skeleton.
At the end of the video a gigantic Michael Jackson breaks out of bondage to destroy the amusement park set of the video. The video to accompany "Liberian Girl," Michael Jackson's last single release from the album Bad , possibly has the biggest star list of any music video ever created.
The clip was directed by Jim Yukich. The original full-length version of Michael Jackson's "Black or White" is one of his most ambitious and at the same time controversial video efforts. The opening depicts a battle between a rock music loving Macaulay Culkin and his father depicted by George Wendt. Michael Jackson performs with African dancers. There is a segment of people of a wide range of races and ethnicities morphing into each other using state of the art computer technology.
The last minutes of the video startled audiences with a dance sequence that included Michael Jackson's most sexually explicit and violent material yet presented in a video with extensive crotch grabbing and smashing windows with a baseball bat. Once again complicated, innovative dance routines were included. She mimes the female vocals that were contributed by Princess Stephanie of Monaco.
Before becoming an acclaimed film director through his work on Seven and Fight Club , David Fincher was one of the top music video directors in the business. The video is a highly stylish clip depicting the despair of Michael Jackson's character slowly realizing how his girlfriend is cheating on him as a highly priced escort. In exchange for dancing lessons, Michael Jordan teaches Jackson how to play basketball. Don't miss cameos from Heavy D and Kris Kross. Joe Pytka's third and final video for Michael Jackson is one of the few to not feature Michael Jackson himself.
Matching the themes of the song, it shows children living in areas of the world suffering from unrest. Michael Jackson's video is a performance clip with Slash.
The accompanying video is a phenomenal collection of footage from Michael Jackson's Dangerous tour. Many saw Janet Jackson as taking on a darker image than that depicted in her own music videos. The song was used as the main theme for the movie. The video itself is a fantasy similar to the styles of picture books created for children.
The clip was directed by Wayne Isham and later Presley indicated some measure of regret at appearing in the video. However a healing force is summoned that repairs the world.
Film director Spike Lee was hired to direct the clip. Of all the super-casual Michaels, though, aviator tourist Michael from "Leave Me Alone" might be my favorite. Hawaiian shirts and Liz Taylor, y'all. Of course, we'll always remember Michael by his gold-filigree-embellished admiral jackets, his crew socks and loafers, and that one right-hand glove.
All of it sparkling. But the true mark of a style star is one's ability to stand out in anything, and MJ does just that in this black and white outfit for "Black Or White" while surrounded by classical Thai dancers in ornate traditional costumes.
Not remembered as often? Michael's rhinestone-encrusted bodysuit from the "Rock With You" video. Come for the outfit which, BTW, looks like a lot of the pieces The Blonds are making for all your favorite pop stars today , but stay for the Olan Mills photography -style visuals.
Fast forward a decade or so and you land at "Scream"—Michael's angsty duet with his sister Janet. Shot in black-and-white but set in an austere future world, the siblings wear their Jetsons best in matching spiked sweaters and patent leather pants. But if there's one look that tops the list as our favorite Michael Jackson music video outfit ever, it would have to be his look for "Smooth Criminal.
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