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MJ Video Weekend


Michael Jackson wasn't merely the greatest pop star of all time, he was a relentless artist and innovator, using his craft to cut across cultures. He changed popular music, dance, performance/stage craft, celebrity personae and perhaps most thrillingly, the music video. The past two days have set loose a round-the-clock deluge of Michael's seemingly endless catalog of classic material, and we're all the better for it, because the man's video legacy is a sight to behold. Each short film or prime time event or Michael Jordan cameo or Scorsese collab pushed the boundaries of music as spectacle.

This weekend, in honor of that legacy, we'll be dedicating this space to reminiscing over our favorite MJ and MJ-inspired videos, beginning with the above clip for "Leave Me Alone" off 1987's Bad and the subsequent Jackson vehicle, Moonwalker. Directed by Jim Blashfield, "Leave Me Alone" was the first of several pivotal MJ tracks fueled by his tumultuous relationship with the press, a sentiment the video captures unequivolly, using near-DADAist imagery to turn Jackson's body into a literal circus. The combative tone may have made the video less fondly remembered, but the final product is no less impressive.
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