Goosebumps, sooooo many. MJ is made of the stuff that causes goosebumps, lets be real.
First one I ever remember was watching Earth Song's video. That had such a huge impact on me - and that was before I was a fan. Especially that moment when everyone drops to their knees!
Earth Song, the song itself, especially the ending. "Burnt despite our pleas!"
Then...pretty much every live performance of Human Nature ever done. She's out of My Life too.
I like MJ's later versions of Billie Jean, especially the solo parts with just the one spotlight that Word referenced earlier. Definitely goosebumps.
Live WBSS: "lift your head up high and scream out to the world!" and the the transition into the 'mama se' part.
Liberian Girl. The entire song.
MAN IN THE MIRROR GRAMMY PERFORMANCE 1988. OMG, I watched that so many times there has to be a world record. One of his best ever. CHURCH! Also Man In the Mirror as a song itself especially when the song make that...KEY CHANGE! You know the one. Where it sounds like the choir is parting the Red Sea with just one word "Change!" lol
The whole Smooth Criminal video - long version. Everything about that video is so brilliant to me that I get goosebumps every time I watch. Just the costuming to the camera angles (like the shot of everyone dancing the main chorus from up above, or the shot of MJ jumping on the stage with the microphone). Just sick. Sick!
Moonwalker the movie...MJ's return after taking out meanie Frankie Lideo and the kids were crying over him. Its especially moving now. "I had to come back,"
MTV 10 WILL YOU BE THERE PERFORMANCE. I cried. And I cried again and again. That performance was soooooooo beautiful, there are no words. Especially the middle choreography - its like praise dance. And obviously the ending poem recitation, when MJ cries at the end. I just can't with this performance.
Pretty much the entire song Will You Be There on its own.
Man In the Mirror ending Dangerous tour, when they're preparing MJ for "lift off" and he's just going nuts with emotion from MITM - while everyone else is on stage getting stuff ready
SUPERBOWL PERFORMANCE. Nuff said.
Remember the Time's whole video. I think the production is just really really beautiful.
Who Is It. In general.
Heal the World. In general. "We can fly so high, let our spirits never die,'....pretty much that whole verse.
Black Or White panther sequence.
The Pepsi commercial when he sings with his kid self.
MJ in the studio with Stevie Wonder
Just too much talent in one place, jfc
The HIStory Trailer, I didn't get it when I was younger but now that I look at it now - WOW. What a masterpiece. And even when I DIDN'T get it and thought it was weird, it was still goosebump inducing because it was so ridiculously EPIC.
Childhood the song. (especially the musicality behind it. the composition. And the transition into the line "like PIRATES and adventerious dreams...!" Its like MJ's vocals are making you fly.
Little Susie the song. (same thing. the musicality. "She knew no one cared." and "neglection can kill like a knife in your soul")
Smile the song.
The gunshot sound at the end of D.S.
HIStory, the song, "All nations sing, lets harmonize all around the world."
Stranger in Moscow, in general.
Morphine - listening to the middle section for the first time. I think I died inside from all around feels.
Is It Scary, the whole song - especially those b-sections. "Am I amusing you or just confusing you am I the beast you visualize" "And if you want to see eccentricalities, I'll be grotesque before your eyes"
The Elizabeth I Love You performance. So touching!
Lost Children, the chorus and MJ's vocals combined with the choir- so many LAYERS! Its incredible.
MJ's voice in this:
The Jacksons reunion for the 30th Anniversary (plus MJ's vocal showing off at the end of I'll Be There "Just call my naaaaaaaamme - HA HAAAAAH!")
I'll just list them off: Fall Again, For All Time, Best of Joy, I Like The Way, Free, I'm So Blue, Someone in the Dark, Someone Put Your Hand Out ....all of these songs, plus the NUMBER ONE goosebump-inducing 'rare' song IMO:
Honestly, MJ's voice in this plus the musicality sounds like it was made purely of rainbows, unicorns, puffy clouds and sparkles.
On LWMJ: "I would like to live forever."
Loving You - the original demo.
The many many stories of MJ doing incredibly selfless things for people.
And I think the number one goosebump-inducing MJ moment for me is just reading Dancing the Dream straight through. Its the very thing that made me a fan of him as a person and to this day, it always gets me crying.