Ok I'm suffering from a serious disorder. It's called MRS. I dunno if you guys have heard of it but i got it bad. It's Michaelmania Resurgance Syndrom. It's where you've been on hiatus as far as MJ goes for a LONG time and then you go on Youtube and see all those videos you used to love but haven't seen in a LONG time. So I apologize for this NEXT topic about ANOTHER video (last one was Black or White)...and now it's YOU ROCK MY WORLD.
Ok I've seen this vid a thousand times. But now I'm looking at it again, and it's like I'm watching it for the first time. Cuz some stuff that Chris and Mike be sayin', I don't even REMEMBER. I'm like "wait a sec, is this a rare version???" LOL But it's hilarious. And at first i didn't get the POINT of most of that stuff in the video, and wasn't quite sure about the plot either, but i had a "DUUUUURRRRR" moment just now.
At the beginning, I sure don't remember MJ being so (i've used this word 2 many times tonight on this board but i'll say it again) "giddy" about the girl...but its sooo cute! And noticing those lines makes me get the point of the WHOLE video. A lot of peeps said it was same ol' same ol' and I thought so too, but me being the true "Invincible era" defender that I am, I remember MJ saying something like it was like that because it was a marking of that being the last of 'that type' of video he will ever do. But now i REALLY see it, Michael is straight up parodying himself in the video. I mean in this beginning lines (that I didn't notice)...every little thing is a remark on either the media crap or his carreer. Haha maybe I'm reading too much into stuff (I usually do since i'm in school now and thats pretty much ALL I do as an English major)...but the line where Chris is like "see thats why i don't eat with black people, cuz when the bill comes they start trippin"...very funny line. But it could also be a remark to haters, obviously saying "YES I'M BLACK" for the freakin last time :lol:
Then when the girl comes...the series of lines are just too well scripted. Puns on both Mike and Chris' parts...
Whaa? maybe there is different versions :blink:
Ok just checked the videos again and the first one i saw DID have all these extra lines. Where MJ and Chris come out and MJ says "That girl is MINE! She is MINE!" very enthusiastically...but in another version he said "That's the pretty girl I've seen all day". In the other version I watched Chris said "hey girl, u need a ride???" LMAO
HUH! Well...
...anyways...
So in the "new??" version i watched, they're in the chinese place and the lines go something like:
Chris: "MM! PRETTY young thang!"
MJ: (getting up) Ooooo that's MINE that girl is Miiiiinne!
Chris: No she ain't man
MJ: Chris, no u sit down...(lol)
So they're out there and Chris says, "Heaarrtbreak hotel,"
MJ:Ohhh my god...she looks so...Chris that's MINE!
Chris: I can't take no more!
MJ: HEY! (TYWMMF-ish)
Chris: You need a ride??
So yeah anyways, as u can see...BACK TO BACK references of MJ's old stuff. Not by coincidence. And so they go to the joint...and in this it's clearly obvious this girl is alligned with the 'gansters'....see, I didn't get that the MILLION times I watched it (i'm so slow lol). Cuz I always asked "geez y that girl look so serious???" ...well it all makes sense now. :lol: She likes MJ but she's with those other guys and THAT'S why peeps are fightin and ish :lol:. But ANYWAYS...
In the joint of course Chris says the whole "she's bad, she's dangerous, shamon!" stuff. THEN this other chick comes up to Chris once MJ leaves (Chris: "Girl u lost?") and keeps Chris "occupied" for the time being, the chick is one of the gang peeps.
So basically the rest of the video, such as the themes and REALLY sutle details like the extra enhanced sound effects during the dance sequence (remember the bad video??), or the spin before going up the stairs (billie Jean), RANDOM breaking of glass (Black or white, well in that vid it wasn't random but in YRMW it is lol), the random girl in the basement doing the signature MJ moves reminds me a lot of artists today that chase after his style, and the whole Bad/Beat It-esque fight scene/confrontation. The 'orchestra' of sounds from whatever's around...reminds me of Ghosts. I mean there's tons.
So, at first what I thought was an ok video by MJ's standards...actually became a really CLEVER and brilliant one. THAT was my point in all of this :lol:
If u wanna check out the vid i looked at:
Meh maybe i'm crazy but this isn't the version i saw when it premiered. lol But I like this version, it makes everything a bit more obvious lol Especially the throw back references.