This is what Dr Huxtable said on the "Cosby show" , that "no 14yr old boy should have a $95 shirt unless he is dancing on stage with his four brothers"
@@victoroyiogu850 He was probably excited to see kids pull this off professionally. None of us was focused on just Michael back in the day. We were excited about the J5. In fact, all the girls were after Jermaine and Jackie.
@@E-MASON Nah bruh. I'm from the Gary area. I saw this early. Each of these cats had talent. They toured as a self contained act [Gladys Knight and Bobby Taylor saw them live and insisted that Gordy needed to see them] unlike today's groups who have a lot of adults on stage with them playing and singing background. Everybody knows how great Mike was, but The Jackson 5 were no slouches.
The sad part is they tried to dog the man who created these talented men, their father. Just the same as MJJ, Bill Cosby, R. Kelly, Diddy, Ye/Kanye, and many more Black entertainers in Hollyhell. Black Love!
Jesus... After seeing this, you remember how talented these brothers really were. Jermaine and Tito really killed those guitars, Marlon and Jackie could really dance. But that one in the middle. Lawd, for years the music industry has searched for another like him. Please Justin Beiber and even a young Usher couldn't hold a candle to him on their best day. Man I sure do miss him.
i give the credit to Joe Jackson. He instilled excellence in his boys. tito is on record as saying he appreciates his dad for being tuff. all his peers from gary ind are dead or in jail.
I was there!!!! My grandpa took me and I screamed so much I lost my voice for a few days. My grandpa also said he would never take me to another concert because of all of the screaming!!!! We had a great time, even though I lost my scarf - but who cares!!!! This was at West Side High School, Gary, IN
yes even though their father was critized as a very srtict abusive but still if not for him there will no be jackson 5 for give him but thank him for giving us such a oerfect brothers group and thanks to the almighty for sharing them to us
The highest price as $6.50! Those were the best seats and you saw more than one act. Not like today where you're paying $200 to see one act. Okay. I'm exaggerating, but you pay a pretty penny. Back then you paid a little for a lot of R aw, nothing but, talent!
Alexandra Dillard I remember the highest I paid was $10 and I was in the front. Every time The Jacksons came to my hometown Philly and nearby New Jersey I was there. I skipped the Victory tour because it was a mess with Don King as the promoter. I can remember Michael being upset about how expensive the tickets were and you had to buy four tickets together and that was the only way you could buy them . The fans were upset and didn’t want to purchase the tickets. Michael had to intervene and change how they were selling the tickets Mike never wanted to do that tour. He didn’t like Don King as a promoter he that he was a crooked and he was. It was supposed to be the reunion tour except Jackie’s wife hit he with her car for cheating with Paula Abdul so he couldn’t perform. Anyway, it was their worst tour because the brothers didn’t get along. It was MJ’s last tour with them. Michael donated all his money from the tour to charity.
Now this is amazing...no faking here...no pre program vocals and music...straight performing, band and instrumentation...LIVE...I honestly have never seen the Jackson perform this good for real....awesome!
Sometimes I think we all need to sit and watch these old clips of these lads to truly appreciate the phenomenon they were…and of course a young Michael Jackson, god that kid just had the groove.
This is the footage they tried to hide from you. It shows what we saw in the beginning. 5 talented brothers with the eventual greatest entertainer of all time as lead singer. The J5 was the real deal.
Exactly!!!...how come we dont have more full clear footage of them brothas when they were performing in front of all Black audiences that watched their cartoons Saturday morning and bugged our parents to buy the damn Sugar Bear & Alphabits cereal looking for the lil record on the back of the box???
@@stacyharris9008 i remember seeing in 1971 when Marlon announced during their performance that the cartoon was airing. My sisters, mom and I watched it every Saturday morning too.
I know, right!?! I just saw this video for the first time recently and Jermaine's playing stood out to me more than anything. And he was SEVENTEEN here!! He could have played in literally any band in the world. Like he could have played with Led Zeppelin and done perfectly fine.
YALL GOTTA REMEMBER: MIKE WAS ONLY 12 YEARS OLD HERE, THE BROTHERS WERE ALL ONLY TEENS. THEY BE OWNING THE STAGE LIKE THEY BEEN DOIN IT FOR YEARS. THIS FAMILY REALLY SET THE BAR FOR MUSIC IN THE 70s. name ONE teenager today who could bring as much as energy, talent and professionalism as one of these jacksons kids, I WONT WAIT CUZ THERE AINT NONE.
No one today is even close. Today you see maybe a lead singer, a cardboard cut out group, and a supporting cast of full grown adults handling the musicianship and backing vocals. The Jacksons were self contained. They only performed with 2 additional adults (Roderick Rancifer on keyboards and Johnny Jackson on drums). That's it. The Jackson 5 were the real thing folks.
@@sexydancer8559 I know. I was watching a documentary, one of many on Mike. Bobby Taylor, who actually discovered the J5 said Johnny and Ronnie were just as much a part the J5, but not given the recognition.
Tito's rhythms and solos along with Jermaine's bass runs kept the groove going throughout. Jackie showed great leadership. Marlon and Michael danced their little hearts out. All the vocals were just right. I grew up listening to the Jackson 5 and I had forgotten how great they really were.
Marlon, Jackie and Michael danced their butts off. Tito and Jermaine played their butts off and they all sang their butts off. But the dance intro to Issac Hayes "Walk on by" at 8:20 was the bomb. They showed out on that routine !!!
Even at that age, he sounds as good live, if not better, than recordings! I don't know another artist that does it so as well! In fact, I don't think I've I've EVER heard him sing a a single sour note! WTH, man?!!!!
I know right Jermaine was a beast on that bass and what's crazy is no one ever gave him any appreciation for killin it at that young of an age.He was all of what 17 at that time too.
Yea, I know! I guess I always assumed it was a studio musician for many recordings! But after seeing more live performances, a beast he IS!! Interesting fact about the group: I discovered in the documentary, SITSOM, the sound Motown defined for them is called "Bubblegum Soul!" lol Isn't that PERFECT!!! Doesn't it depict this vibe to a TEE???!
Meh! I'm a huge Prince fan and miss him too. He was similarly amazing, but not equal. Both, powerful artists, but not alike. Prince was more musician, Michael, more performer. In his biggest moment, Billie Jean, for the first 2 mins, he didn't sing or touch an instrument, but killed it! - while Princess never had a dance-solo, not really. Michael, on the other hand, would scarcely no what to do just playing an instrument for 2 mins... while Prince would rip it! The two are really great, but I think Mike, since age 5, takes the performing award. -And I know the Prince die-hard fans might give me a lashing for saying so, but I think most folks will agree. I think.
Holy moly! I thought I knew the Jackson 5 as a kid just based off their records! However.. This has to be the most explosive footage I’ve ever seen of the J5! They were massive live! Please let’s stop talking disrespectful of the brothers! We all know that Michael was a fucking supernova but the group was a complete package and deserves the respect of one of the greatest groups ever! In my Don Cornelius voice.. let’s give it up for the mighty mighty Jackson 5! 💯👊🏽🎶🔥
Try ... I was there!!! It was amazing... I was surprised the concert went to the end , cause the audience was known to storm the stage when the Jackson 5 preformed!!!...it was unforgettable.
I agree! I saw them in 1971 at the San Francisco Cow Palace. When they first came onstage the DJ/MC threatened to stop the show if the audience didn’t calm down. I’ll bet there would’ve been a storm that night!
I so agree with you. My very first time seeing them was in June 1970 at the San Francisco/ Daly City Cow Palace. A lot of women were being carried out that night 😄. One woman was carried out in a black blouse and girdle 😁😁. The place was kind of a mess when it over. Another interesting tidbit about that night. Ike and Tina Turner were supposed to appear but Jerry Butler stepped in because Tina was “sick “. It took me years to figure it out. I did want to see them too but Jerry was cool. Anyway it was a memorable experience.
I got to see them through a cyclone fence in Robertsdale, IN, just about 20 miles from Gary in our lilly white town. Tickets were 5 bucks, didn't have it, but saw them for free through the fence. Two years later they were playing at the Air Crown Theater, McCormick Place for $5. Drove up there real quick and had 2-3 row tickets. Great show too.
MICHAEL'S VOCALS WERE SO UNBELIEVABLY CRISP, SHARP, & CLEAR, WIT HIS BROTHER'S, & ALL WERE ON 1 ACCORD. I LOVE SAYIN THIS BECAUSE IT NEVER WILL PLAY OUT & ALWAYS REMAIN TRUE. WE CAN'T B TOUCHED. THANK U LORD GOD ALMIGHTY YOURSELF. ( 3 )
The Jackson 5 was a band , with Michael as their front man. The Jacksons were a singing group. For what ever reason Tito did not get any credit. when he is basically the same thing as Eddie Van Halen was for his grouo.
I hate the Tito jokes; and the way people shade the J5 group. They had real talent all around. You are hearing a track play in the background, with a slew of grown musicians playing the real music. You are hearing the Jackson 5 with only two additional sidemen.
Exactly!!!...I still don't understand why people joke around with Tito's role in this group's history...if Joe Jackson hadn't made him play his guitar after he broke that string there may never have been a Jackson 5!!!
These highlights showcasing pure talent are far better than the 2 hours of dancers, explosions, flashing lights and sound effects that are today's concerts.
Michael was basically 12 or 13 when he was doing this show that's amazing to have that much KNOW...that much pure talent that much energy that much drive to do this much work at such a young age. To have this much power over a crowd what he had couldn't have been taught he was born to do this. I still don't understand to this day how so much talent can be in one family. They all rocked and slayed the J5 and Jackson era. Never be a group like them.
LOL I never considered of them as a boy-band! They were actually, a BAND! You're right!!! I usually think of boy-bands nowadays, as dancers with auto-tune!! ha
Give Joe Jackson his due credit here - regardless of his parenting style . He did what Tiger Woods, Beyonce and the Williams Sisters fathers did; he groomed self-actualized human beings.
That's because he was Never a good bass player nor Tito on guitar. As musicians they never show much. Although a Great Boy Band Tito and Jermaine never played with the funk brothers or on any Motown tracks. Motown also had professional background singers on the early music.
Thanks Guys for helping me get through The early 1970's,This music helped me get through a rough relationship,riots in school, trouble in the streets....so Thanks again to the entire band for the music...I would mow lawns and go to the M&M Music Store and buy the Album's & 45's... whatever the band put out!
Marcus Miller, who was Miles Davis' bass player, once was asked, of all the concerts he ever saw in person, what was the best? His answer: The Jackson Five. Didn't really get that answer then. Now I do.
Move on with that bullshit. Joe didnt punish those boys any different than any of our fathers did back in the day. None of that time out bullshit. It wouldn't have worked to take away our "privileges". We didnt have any! We also didnt talk back, we shut the hell up around grown folks and more.
Great sound and performances. I smiled all the way through. I'm 63 and was there at those concerts in Chicago back then. Jermaine is one of my favorite singing bass players.
I saw these guys perform live on Caracas television for our Saturday variety show just a few years later than this, and they were totally on fire!! Man, the ‘70s were the best decade in which to have a childhood. 🙂 In hindsight, I wouldn’t have chosen any other decade to grow up in! 🕺🏼
I always wondered if Tito and Jermaine were actually playing during live concerts as must of the clips from TV shows are just them lip-syncing (or lip-playing) to the album tracks. I feel this proves they actually played... and were both really good!
That group was so talented and Michael had such skill at a young age. New edition is on earth at that age and gifted, but the jacksons were in space looking down at earth!!👊
Pretty amazing, especially after watching this very early performance, that after March 12, 2017 all of the surviving members of the original Jackson 5 will be at least 60 years old.
I saw this SAME SHOW in HOUSTON. I could write a BOOK on just attending this ONE CONCERT. I still get CHILLS just THINKING about that SHOW --- WOW!!! and to EXPERIENCE it on a TRULY DEEPLY PERSONAL LEVEL. The ( GROOVY ) ANXIETY of knowing I would be going to this CONCERT, and the BUZZ that was inside the BUILDING, EVERYBODY was JOYFULLY ZOOMING on the ONE. One of the GREATEST CONCERTS I have EVER ( EVER ) ATTENDED: We were ( TRUE ) F A N S of the MIGHTY, MIGHTY JACKSON 5, STANDING UP and DANCING quickly RUSHING the STAGE / EVERY CHANCE WE GOT. To be just a LITTLE CLOSER to see , FACE TO FACE the FAMILY of FANTASTIC BROTHERS; SINGING, DANCING, and CREATING that FUNKY, FUNKY BEAT. OH YEAH ( YEAH, YEAH ) as the LIMOUSINES were leaving the HOUSTON COLISEUM --- We ran as FAST as we could to get a GLIMPSE of GREATNESS --- THE JACKSON 5 were as SHOCKED to see us SO CLOSE as we were to SEE THEM. OH, MEMORIES so CLOSE to my HEART, as if it was just ONE MINUTE AGO. On MANY of those TOUR DATES / LIONEL RICHIE and THE COMMODORES were the JACKSON 5 / OPENING ACT. LIVE YOUR DREAM INTO EXISTENCE MY BLESSED BROTHERS AND SISTERS. TAKE CARE --- LOVE AND PEACE.
I found this about a year ago. This was my first concert-I was eleven, and my parents took us! I have a new appreciation for these guys, watching 50 years later. Kick-ass musicians, hella talent, and a really tight show! I am a substitute teacher, and dialed this up for some fourth grader's-EVERY KID knows and loves MJ-no matter their age! One student thought I had recorded the show with my phone! HAHA!!!
This is my first jackson 5 live concert and this so much better than most concerts today they realy are good and as sad and as unfair as life is the best one always goes first miss you micheal rest in peace God bless your soul..2018
Melyssa Cooper His, and Tito's level of.musicianship, is very underrated. Jermaine is 16-17, and walking that bassline like he's been playing in smoky nightclubs to keep his skills in tact, for years. The brother was definitely sharp at filling those pockets!
So I believe this was at the Black Expo in the Indpls.Convention Center. I was there and only 8 years old ..my mom God bless her, made sure that I saw good music. I think we were the only white folks in the audience! Thankx for posting this. What a show.
dont understand why berry gordy wouldnt let tito and jermaine play on their studio albums,they played their instruments live without missing a note,unlike other bands live.
The Jackson 5 was the first concert I went to in Detroit around 1971. I was visiting my sister in the summer and the Commodres open for them. I was 13 years old. Great performers.
These guys were so good. I consider it a privilege to live in an era growing up with them to see them perform. Every once in a while true gems are born.
I think these young lads have a real gift. I hope someone discovers them because i think they'll really go somewere with this. Especially that little one.
This was when Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five belonged to the African American community. We were the ones that supposed and loved them from the beginning. You look in audience and there is a sea of black peoples. That’s how it was at the concerts I attend.(
Ok I can't stop watching this--I LOVVVVVVE that dang "Walk On"!!!! That's funkiest I think I've ever seen from them. I lovvvve that!!!!!!! Walk on!! (guitar jamming) 8:20, even from the very beginning---the precision in their steps. God, I'm in love all over again, lolol. They're all seniors now (wink), but watching these videos make me feel like that little girl who was so crazy about these fine young brothers 50 yrs ago!
I remember seeing the going back to Indiana tv Special on tv in the fall of 71.They had bill Cosby,Tom smuthers,and a musical basketball ball game with Rosie Greer.We begged my father to take us to see the Jackson 5 when they came to the Chicago amphitheater that next year.
Even though I wasn’t born until 2001 and now I’m 21 I just have to say the scene makes me feel the music in the magic there you can see the stage lights, the energy of the people happy smiling faces the blue stars if you notice you can see the blue stars shining every count of the music and you can feel the rhythm of the bee in your heart
great music , great singing, great guitar, bass playing, keyboard, drums, great dancing. great concert. best boy band and most talented, Jackson 5 lives on
Best Footage of the J5 Ever and "One performance" that helped them conquer THE WORLD with their MUSIC . . . . I only wish that MoTown and CBS would have let these Brothers do more of this RAW sound on their Albums! J5's "Get It Together" came close . . . RIP MJ . . .
I’m trying to learn the bass and lead guitars at my age of 65 now, so I have a new found respect for teenagers Tito and Jermaine (at the time) being able to sing and dance while playing their guitars back then.
I have absolutely loved J5 since I was a kid back in the 60's. My dad made sure that I attended every J5 concert at the Cow Palace in SF, since it was right in the neighborhood. . However, with the 'loss' of MJ, their fam is having a lot of issues (as expected) with the lost a beloved brother, but also the heart of the family talent. Prayers out to the Jackson's as hey have endured and sacrificed much for our enjoyment.
But I was very proud and happy for the way that the family held it together and continued to perform and sellout venues all over the world and I very happy with the way Michael handled himself becoming the biggest star in the world and I am still proud of him because I loved him so much and I miss him and the rest of the family for having the success that they had because sometimes I felt that I was with them but almighty God blacked it out of my mind when I performed with them and that’s why they am getting chills watching them right now because Mike and the guys were so professional and I still got lots of love for them and I never stopped loving them and I hope one day again that we all can get together on stage again and perhaps perform again together someday soon
This is what Dr Huxtable said on the "Cosby show" , that "no 14yr old boy should have a $95 shirt unless he is dancing on stage with his four brothers"
Errique Young ,,,I recall that episode.
😂
Yes lmao
I immediately thought about that episode the minute they started performing. The Gordon Gartrelle shirt... Man, Denise jacked that shirt up.
Gordon Gartrell Lol
I was there in 1971 Gary Indiana at 23 years old now am 76 years old what a show
You are the same age as my dad and mom 75 & 76 ....😊 I'm 49 and J5 are my fav group of all time
how did it feel seeing MIchael become a global megastar. Did it surprise you how far he went?
@@victoroyiogu850 He was probably excited to see kids pull this off professionally. None of us was focused on just Michael back in the day. We were excited about the J5. In fact, all the girls were after Jermaine and Jackie.
For anyone who thinks it was just Michael carrying his brothers. The J-5 were talented as hell!
The truest comment on this post. Someone knows.
@@E-MASON Nah bruh. I'm from the Gary area. I saw this early. Each of these cats had talent. They toured as a self contained act [Gladys Knight and Bobby Taylor saw them live and insisted that Gordy needed to see them] unlike today's groups who have a lot of adults on stage with them playing and singing background. Everybody knows how great Mike was, but The Jackson 5 were no slouches.
They were a complete band, And could hold there own with any group at that time.
@@brodocbetty4856 Precisely.
The sad part is they tried to dog the man who created these talented men, their father. Just the same as MJJ, Bill Cosby, R. Kelly, Diddy, Ye/Kanye, and many more Black entertainers in Hollyhell. Black Love!
Jesus... After seeing this, you remember how talented these brothers really were. Jermaine and Tito really killed those guitars, Marlon and Jackie could really dance. But that one in the middle. Lawd, for years the music industry has searched for another like him. Please Justin Beiber and even a young Usher couldn't hold a candle to him on their best day. Man I sure do miss him.
William Cooper
i give the credit to Joe Jackson. He instilled excellence in his boys. tito is on record as saying he appreciates his dad for being tuff. all his peers from gary ind are dead or in jail.
derrick smith fuck that thank Cathy for having all those damn kids 🤨
I think the Jackson's open alot of doors for blacks like no one before or after.
And no one else has anything to say. This was THE comment
I was there!!!! My grandpa took me and I screamed so much I lost my voice for a few days. My grandpa also said he would never take me to another concert because of all of the screaming!!!! We had a great time, even though I lost my scarf - but who cares!!!! This was at West Side High School, Gary, IN
This concert is at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.
I feel you. I too was at the show at Gary Westside HS.
yes even though their father was critized as a very srtict abusive but still if not for him there will no be jackson 5 for give him but thank him for giving us such a oerfect brothers group and thanks to the almighty for sharing them to us
Wonderful memories I bet.
If this was in Indianapolis at the fairgrounds, I was too. Amazing that this was preserved
Tito and Jermaine were killing it! Shit, EVERYBODY was killing it!!
Destroying it!!!!
Mack Eee Man you got that right!!!!
I was a grown man b4 I knew they were really playing those instruments. As a kid I assumed they were just faking it ala elvis messley
Sho you right
Exactly!!!...They forget about them!!!!
Now people can understand why I saw the J5 live in concert 8 times. Back then, you could get tickets cheap, not like today.
Cheap and satisfying. Not like today.
Patty Star Yes the tickets were cheap. We could afford to go to a concert every month. No lip syncing and great bands.
The highest price as $6.50! Those were the best seats and you saw more than one act. Not like today where you're paying $200 to see one act. Okay. I'm exaggerating, but you pay a pretty penny. Back then you paid a little for a lot of R aw, nothing but, talent!
Alexandra Dillard I remember the highest I paid was $10 and I was in the front. Every time The Jacksons came to my hometown Philly and nearby New Jersey I was there. I skipped the Victory tour because it was a mess with Don King as the promoter. I can remember Michael being upset about how expensive the tickets were and you had to buy four tickets together and that was the only way you could buy them . The fans were upset and didn’t want to purchase the tickets. Michael had to intervene and change how they were selling the tickets Mike never wanted to do that tour. He didn’t like Don King as a promoter he that he was a crooked and he was. It was supposed to be the reunion tour except Jackie’s wife hit he with her car for cheating with Paula Abdul so he couldn’t perform. Anyway, it was their worst tour because the brothers didn’t get along. It was MJ’s last tour with them. Michael donated all his money from the tour to charity.
@@alexandradillard2077 really damn I didnt know how cheap concerts cost back then since i was born in 2003
Now this is amazing...no faking here...no pre program vocals and music...straight performing, band and instrumentation...LIVE...I honestly have never seen the Jackson perform this good for real....awesome!
Check out the Japan concert.
LCMemphis/TCity Productions - I AGREE 100%. Bout time
Agreed.
I wish this entire concert of film was available! Would love to see them perform "Who's Loving You" live!
They lip sync before
Sometimes I think we all need to sit and watch these old clips of these lads to truly appreciate the phenomenon they were…and of course a young Michael Jackson, god that kid just had the groove.
I remember being a little boy in 1971. Mama yelled for me and my brothers to come inside and see these boys on TV. I'll never forget that day.
Michael's voice at the age is powerful
This is the footage they tried to hide from you. It shows what we saw in the beginning. 5 talented brothers with the eventual greatest entertainer of all time as lead singer. The J5 was the real deal.
Who is trying to hide this?
Exactly!!!...how come we dont have more full clear footage of them brothas when they were performing in front of all Black audiences that watched their cartoons Saturday morning and bugged our parents to buy the damn Sugar Bear & Alphabits cereal looking for the lil record on the back of the box???
It's a Joe Jackson character assassination conspiracy!!!!
@@stacyharris9008 i remember seeing in 1971 when Marlon announced during their performance that the cartoon was airing. My sisters, mom and I watched it every Saturday morning too.
Trueeeeeeee
When "Walk On" came on I was done ....that intro int "The Love You Save"....is outta this world......Truly amazing and best live performance.
They killed it. 🔥 From the choreography, guitar, bass drum playing and singing. They tore that stage up. I love me some Jackson 5/Jacksons
The organist and drummer, Ronnie and Johnny killed it too.
@@alexandradillard2077 yeah your right
@@alexandradillard2077 Greatest live drumming I've ever heard.
Johnny played like a true veteran.
And Jackie with his little instrument
My god jermaine was suuuch a badass bass player. Good god
I just said the SAME thing as a bassist. He had all the Jamerson licks....totally underrated and he was a KID!!
I know, right!?! I just saw this video for the first time recently and Jermaine's playing stood out to me more than anything. And he was SEVENTEEN here!!
He could have played in literally any band in the world. Like he could have played with Led Zeppelin and done perfectly fine.
Joe train Jermaine I know when Joe hear bass odessy he went crazy like that my boy
Jermaine came up in the " House of James Jamerson" for real!!! That good at 16... playing AND singing!! When he hit that lick on " Higher"....🔥💯
DANG!!! Jermaine is tearing that bass up on "Stand" And that's just the opener!
Real talent.
what got me! he playing Stand with a pick! that ain't easy!! dayumm~ and i can't understand it~~ everything else he plays are with out the pick..
YALL GOTTA REMEMBER: MIKE WAS ONLY 12 YEARS OLD HERE, THE BROTHERS WERE ALL ONLY TEENS. THEY BE OWNING THE STAGE LIKE THEY BEEN DOIN IT FOR YEARS. THIS FAMILY REALLY SET THE BAR FOR MUSIC IN THE 70s.
name ONE teenager today who could bring as much as energy, talent and professionalism as one of these jacksons kids, I WONT WAIT CUZ THERE AINT NONE.
They’ve been performing since 1964-65
No he was 13....Wait
No one today is even close. Today you see maybe a lead singer, a cardboard cut out group, and a supporting cast of full grown adults handling the musicianship and backing vocals. The Jacksons were self contained. They only performed with 2 additional adults (Roderick Rancifer on keyboards and Johnny Jackson on drums). That's it. The Jackson 5 were the real thing folks.
Jackie wasnt a teen he was 20 or 19 years old
@@thejackson5thirdalbum955 he was 12 his B day was in august and this was like march of '71 or something like that but it was before august
Probably one of few concerts where you hear from everyone. Just raw talent!!!!!
Precisely.
The Jacksons got down back then the choreography was on point and musicians Jermaine and Tito got down on them guitar
I know. I still say too bad Ronnie and Johnny weren't featured more.
@@alexandradillard2077 Yeah. That Rhythm was TIGHT!
@@GStrongRAW I know. Johnny was 16 years old and played the drums like a veteran.
Don't forget Ronnie and Johnny on Keyboards and Drums respectively.
@@sexydancer8559 I know. I was watching a documentary, one of many on Mike. Bobby Taylor, who actually discovered the J5 said Johnny and Ronnie were just as much a part the J5, but not given the recognition.
Jermaine has always had that grown man voice! Geez!! Love it!!😍😍😍😍
These brothers were masters at their craft....The one, the only, the JACKSON 5. ..There will never be ANOTHER!!!
Tito's rhythms and solos along with Jermaine's bass runs kept the groove going throughout. Jackie showed great leadership. Marlon and Michael danced their little hearts out. All the vocals were just right.
I grew up listening to the Jackson 5 and I had forgotten how great they really were.
Same here but I never forgot! Lol!
How could you?
There Will Never be another boy group like the J5..NEVER.......
My favorite part is when Michael says, "YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH!!!!!"
Concerts like this is what kept the African American communities WHOLE!
Yup.
Yes we have so much fun back in those days.
And the lack of drugs
Yes, I'm a witness. The love and unity was real. These were the first black teenagers we ever saw on TV.
@@PoloBoyPrince Lack of drugs? In the 70s?
Marlon, Jackie and Michael danced their butts off. Tito and Jermaine played their butts off and they all sang their butts off. But the dance intro to Issac Hayes "Walk on by" at 8:20 was the bomb. They showed out on that routine !!!
Takes me back
Marlon showed out 😂
❤❤❤❤
That bass playing was out of this world! Wild, soulful and skillful.
I know dude, right?!? Absolutely blew me away. And he was SEVENTEEN at the time!! What a talent!!
That Walk On By Isaac Hayes routine was classic! The Jackson 5 are Phenomenal! We miss you Mike!
Music List
0:02 Stand
3:04 Feelin' Alright
6:30 I Want To Take You Higher
8:23 Walk On
10:20 The Love You Save
12:53 Goin' Back To Indiana
Thank you
Love you
🙏🏿🙏🏿
🎉🎉
Jermaine is a BEAST on bass!!
Damn this was great! And give it up for Tito and Jermaine!!
My mom named me after Jermaine Jackson
Never really thought about it, but the bassist is siiiiiiiiiiiiick!!!!!
Germaine was sixteen at the time and self taught on bass
Lorenzo Adamson -although he was self taught, he got plenty of "groove" lessons from the great bassist james jamerson! Motown's finest.
Welcome to the club. This is what I try to explain to people all the time. I saw the J5 live in these days. They were the truth.
@@lorenzoadamson6893 jermaine you mean ?
They are really playing those instruments, impressive.
Raymond give the drummer some credit for playing so good.
@@pbarnes8952 The drummer is great. No denying that.
I see the old soul that everyone uses to describe MJ during the walk on part.
Tears in my eyes and my heart is jumping, this is so incredible....
Even at that age, he sounds as good live, if not better, than recordings! I don't know another artist that does it so as well! In fact, I don't think I've I've EVER heard him sing a a single sour note! WTH, man?!!!!
I know right Jermaine was a beast on that bass and what's crazy is no one ever gave him any appreciation for killin it at that young of an age.He was all of what 17 at that time too.
Yea, I know! I guess I always assumed it was a studio musician for many recordings! But after seeing more live performances, a beast he IS!! Interesting fact about the group: I discovered in the documentary, SITSOM, the sound Motown defined for them is called "Bubblegum Soul!" lol Isn't that PERFECT!!! Doesn't it depict this vibe to a TEE???!
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Yeah your right Prince was something else,equally amazing man I miss him too!!!!
Meh! I'm a huge Prince fan and miss him too. He was similarly amazing, but not equal. Both, powerful artists, but not alike. Prince was more musician, Michael, more performer. In his biggest moment, Billie Jean, for the first 2 mins, he didn't sing or touch an instrument, but killed it! - while Princess never had a dance-solo, not really. Michael, on the other hand, would scarcely no what to do just playing an instrument for 2 mins... while Prince would rip it! The two are really great, but I think Mike, since age 5, takes the performing award.
-And I know the Prince die-hard fans might give me a lashing for saying so, but I think most folks will agree. I think.
Literally one of the dopest groups in HISTORY. I was born in 1975. Because of them I wish I was older. 💯
Holy moly! I thought I knew the Jackson 5 as a kid just based off their records! However.. This has to be the most explosive footage I’ve ever seen of the J5! They were massive live! Please let’s stop talking disrespectful of the brothers! We all know that Michael was a fucking supernova but the group was a complete package and deserves the respect of one of the greatest groups ever! In my Don Cornelius voice.. let’s give it up for the mighty mighty Jackson 5! 💯👊🏽🎶🔥
Try ... I was there!!! It was amazing... I was surprised the concert went to the end , cause the audience was known to storm the stage when the Jackson 5 preformed!!!...it was unforgettable.
I agree! I saw them in 1971 at the San Francisco Cow Palace. When they first came onstage the DJ/MC threatened to stop the show if the audience didn’t calm down. I’ll bet there would’ve been a storm that night!
@@alexandradillard2077 wow 🤩 just incredible. Thanks for sharing your story 😊J5❤️
@@dedehe7582 unbelievably amazing! 🎶❤️J5
I so agree with you. My very first time seeing them was in June 1970 at the San Francisco/ Daly City Cow Palace. A lot of women were being carried out that night 😄. One woman was carried out in a black blouse and girdle 😁😁. The place was kind of a mess when it over. Another interesting tidbit about that night. Ike and Tina Turner were supposed to appear but Jerry Butler stepped in because Tina was “sick “. It took me years to figure it out. I did want to see them too but Jerry was cool. Anyway it was a memorable experience.
I was fortunate to see them on their first concert tour. Just Amazing!
I got to see them through a cyclone fence in Robertsdale, IN, just about 20 miles from Gary in our lilly white town. Tickets were 5 bucks, didn't have it, but saw them for free through the fence. Two years later they were playing at the Air Crown Theater, McCormick Place for $5. Drove up there real quick and had 2-3 row tickets. Great show too.
@@daschundloverable was the show at St John church parking lot?
That "Walk On" intro (3:20) is EVERYTHING!!!
that’s feeling alright
MICHAEL'S VOCALS WERE SO UNBELIEVABLY CRISP, SHARP, & CLEAR, WIT HIS BROTHER'S, & ALL WERE ON 1 ACCORD. I LOVE SAYIN THIS BECAUSE IT NEVER WILL PLAY OUT & ALWAYS REMAIN TRUE. WE CAN'T B TOUCHED. THANK U LORD GOD ALMIGHTY YOURSELF. ( 3 )
Tito was killing the lead guitar solo too
Jermaine KILLING on Bass and Johnny on drums!! holding it down on Feeling alright! DAYUMMM!
The Jackson 5 was a band , with Michael as their front man. The Jacksons were a singing group. For what ever reason Tito did not get any credit. when he is basically the same thing as Eddie Van Halen was for his grouo.
Yes, he did ! In Gary we knew and celebrated his talent as we did them all.
I hate the Tito jokes; and the way people shade the J5 group. They had real talent all around. You are hearing a track play in the background, with a slew of grown musicians playing the real music. You are hearing the Jackson 5 with only two additional sidemen.
What??
Exactly!!!...I still don't understand why people joke around with Tito's role in this group's history...if Joe Jackson hadn't made him play his guitar after he broke that string there may never have been a Jackson 5!!!
@@stacyharris9008 no jackson 5 = no Michael jackson. Thank you tito
These highlights showcasing pure talent are far better than the 2 hours of dancers, explosions, flashing lights and sound effects that are today's concerts.
This is so awesome!! Anyone who was able to see them live at any point in life I'm sooo jealous
LeKa Danielle , December, 1970 and April, 1971, also 1980, 1981.
James Alford 🙌🏾
My dad saw him live in San Francisco when was little!! I wish he got to see Micheal in his solo tours!!
Michael was basically 12 or 13 when he was doing this show that's amazing to have that much KNOW...that much pure talent that much energy that much drive to do this much work at such a young age. To have this much power over a crowd what he had couldn't have been taught he was born to do this. I still don't understand to this day how so much talent can be in one family. They all rocked and slayed the J5 and Jackson era. Never be a group like them.
Man I gotta laugh at all the boy bands that came since. Funny stuff. They really sucked compared to the Jackson Five.
LOL I never considered of them as a boy-band! They were actually, a BAND! You're right!!! I usually think of boy-bands nowadays, as dancers with auto-tune!! ha
Give Joe Jackson his due credit here - regardless of his parenting style . He did what Tiger Woods, Beyonce and the Williams Sisters fathers did; he groomed self-actualized human beings.
@@mcclendonreport I think he could have done it without a belt.
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Michael Jackson is the very best talent of all times. Miss you now & forever ❤️❤️❤️
Justice For Michael ❤️
aren't you forgetting some brothers in the group
A stage full of God-given talent, from one end to the next.
Jermaine doesn’t get the credit he deserves as a bass player
For sure. And he was SEVENTEEN during this show!!
Jermaine Jackson was my mom’s favorite. So she named me after him. lol 🤷🏾♂️
That's because he was Never a good bass player nor Tito on guitar. As musicians they never show much. Although a Great Boy Band Tito and Jermaine never played with the funk brothers or on any Motown tracks. Motown also had professional background singers on the early music.
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To think that they did all this live is mind blowing.....
For real! This is about as good as a live performance as a band could ever have, and they were KIDS!! Jermaine is absolutely fire on bass.
This performance really shows how talented each individual was in the Jackson 5
I wasn't the biggest Jackson's fan growing up, but 8:25 - 10:23 completely blew my mind. This is incredible footage and an amazing performance 👏🏾.
THE JACKSON FIVE FOR LIFE! 2021.
What is the much better word to describe their performance.... The best, superb, great, ............all the best
Thanks Guys for helping me get through The early 1970's,This music helped me get through a rough relationship,riots in school, trouble in the streets....so Thanks again to the entire band for the music...I would mow lawns and go to the M&M Music Store and buy the Album's & 45's... whatever the band put out!
How did Jermaine play the bass so good @ that age.
The bass lines are superb
Marcus Miller, who was Miles Davis' bass player, once was asked, of all the concerts he ever saw in person, what was the best? His answer: The Jackson Five. Didn't really get that answer then. Now I do.
Nobody can say MJ didn't carry them either!! Joe beat them all into greatness,MJ was just gifted! What a voice! Nobody can take that away ❤❤❤
Move on with that bullshit. Joe didnt punish those boys any different than any of our fathers did back in the day. None of that time out bullshit. It wouldn't have worked to take away our "privileges". We didnt have any! We also didnt talk back, we shut the hell up around grown folks and more.
Great sound and performances. I smiled all the way through. I'm 63 and was there at those concerts in Chicago back then. Jermaine is one of my favorite singing bass players.
I saw these guys perform live on Caracas television for our Saturday variety show just a few years later than this, and they were totally on fire!! Man, the ‘70s were the best decade in which to have a childhood. 🙂 In hindsight, I wouldn’t have chosen any other decade to grow up in! 🕺🏼
12:57 Little Michael is a great singer. So adorable Michael
Don’t bother Michael & that’s my fav song; at that mark!
I always wondered if Tito and Jermaine were actually playing during live concerts as must of the clips from TV shows are just them lip-syncing (or lip-playing) to the album tracks. I feel this proves they actually played... and were both really good!
Yep. They were playing those guitars. I saw them concert in 1970. Johnny and Ronnie were with them as well.
@@alexandradillard2077 15 and 16 at the time playing like old pros
Some of us saw this live, in real time.
they had no choice to be great, because JOseph was there with belt on hand
@@mcclendonreport Yes!
That group was so talented and Michael had such skill at a young age. New edition is on earth at that age and gifted, but the jacksons were in space looking down at earth!!👊
Pretty amazing, especially after watching this very early performance, that after March 12, 2017 all of the surviving members of the original Jackson 5 will be at least 60 years old.
And they still got it.
Jermaine is playing the sh*t out of that bass guitfiddle man !!!
He was the truth on bass. It was surreal.
I saw this SAME SHOW in HOUSTON. I could write a BOOK on just attending this ONE
CONCERT. I still get CHILLS just THINKING about that SHOW --- WOW!!! and to EXPERIENCE it on a TRULY DEEPLY PERSONAL LEVEL. The ( GROOVY ) ANXIETY of knowing I would be going to this CONCERT, and the BUZZ that was inside the BUILDING,
EVERYBODY was JOYFULLY ZOOMING on the ONE. One of the GREATEST CONCERTS I have
EVER ( EVER ) ATTENDED: We were ( TRUE ) F A N S of the MIGHTY, MIGHTY JACKSON 5,
STANDING UP and DANCING quickly RUSHING the STAGE / EVERY CHANCE WE GOT.
To be just a LITTLE CLOSER to see , FACE TO FACE the FAMILY of FANTASTIC BROTHERS;
SINGING, DANCING, and CREATING that FUNKY, FUNKY BEAT. OH YEAH ( YEAH, YEAH ) as the LIMOUSINES were leaving the HOUSTON COLISEUM --- We ran as FAST as we could to get a GLIMPSE of GREATNESS --- THE JACKSON 5 were as SHOCKED to see us SO CLOSE as we were to SEE THEM. OH, MEMORIES so CLOSE to my HEART, as if it was just ONE
MINUTE AGO. On MANY of those TOUR DATES / LIONEL RICHIE and THE COMMODORES
were the JACKSON 5 / OPENING ACT. LIVE YOUR DREAM INTO EXISTENCE MY BLESSED
BROTHERS AND SISTERS. TAKE CARE --- LOVE AND PEACE.
I found this about a year ago. This was my first concert-I was eleven, and my parents took us! I have a new appreciation for these guys, watching 50 years later. Kick-ass musicians, hella talent, and a really tight show! I am a substitute teacher, and dialed this up for some fourth grader's-EVERY KID knows and loves MJ-no matter their age! One student thought I had recorded the show with my phone! HAHA!!!
This is my first jackson 5 live concert and this so much better than most concerts today they realy are good and as sad and as unfair as life is the best one always goes first miss you micheal rest in peace God bless your soul..2018
I saw this concert when they came to Tennessee
The bass is amazing
The bass is EVERYTHING!
Legendary bass performance!! Holy cow, this blew me away. Jermaine was SEVENTEEN playing like that.
Tito on the mufawking guitar on walk on lawddddddd
JazmineJermany HE KILLED IT! 😩😩
Melyssa Cooper His, and Tito's level of.musicianship, is very underrated. Jermaine is 16-17, and walking that bassline like he's been playing in smoky nightclubs to keep his skills in tact, for years. The brother was definitely sharp at filling those pockets!
G. Brown well Jackson 5 performed at nightclubs before motown
@Kenneth Liburd right but when it was time for showtime tito and jermaine showed the world what they could do
@@r.o1449 Of course, but they were kids learning the craft. And they learned it well. I'm from the area and era, and I remember first hand.
Michael Jackson namber one the Best Is all of time ever!!!
Joe produce a mega talented act and made them superstars one of a kind the Jackson 5,I love them,grew up listening to there music!
So I believe this was at the Black Expo in the Indpls.Convention Center. I was there and only 8 years old ..my mom God bless her, made sure that I saw good music. I think we were the only white folks in the audience! Thankx for posting this. What a show.
Is that you and your Mom at around 11:05
M, I saw 2 white people in this clip. Not sure if it were you. That’s amazing tho!
dont understand why berry gordy wouldnt let tito and jermaine play on their studio albums,they played their instruments live without missing a note,unlike other bands live.
The Funk Brothers were the shit that why.
The Jackson 5 was the first concert I went to in Detroit around 1971. I was visiting my sister in the summer and the Commodres open for them. I was 13 years old. Great performers.
I was 11 when I saw them that year. Look at us giving away our ages 😄😄. Did you see them in 1970?
These guys were so good. I consider it a privilege to live in an era growing up with them to see them perform. Every once in a while true gems are born.
I think these young lads have a real gift. I hope someone discovers them because i think they'll really go somewere with this. Especially that little one.
The Hysteria was crazy Icons The First Family The Jacksons😊.
This was when Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five belonged to the African American community. We were the ones that supposed and loved them from the beginning. You look in audience and there is a sea of black peoples. That’s how it was at the concerts I attend.(
They crossed over to white audiences too just as much
Renee Hicks Michael always belonged to us he is apart of black culture period
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Ok I can't stop watching this--I LOVVVVVVE that dang "Walk On"!!!! That's funkiest I think I've ever seen from them. I lovvvve that!!!!!!! Walk on!! (guitar jamming) 8:20, even from the very beginning---the precision in their steps. God, I'm in love all over again, lolol. They're all seniors now (wink), but watching these videos make me feel like that little girl who was so crazy about these fine young brothers 50 yrs ago!
I remember seeing the going back to Indiana tv Special on tv in the fall of 71.They had bill Cosby,Tom smuthers,and a musical basketball ball game with Rosie Greer.We begged my father to take us to see the Jackson 5 when they came to the Chicago amphitheater that next year.
Even though I wasn’t born until 2001 and now I’m 21 I just have to say the scene makes me feel the music in the magic there you can see the stage lights, the energy of the people happy smiling faces the blue stars if you notice you can see the blue stars shining every count of the music and you can feel the rhythm of the bee in your heart
The "blue stars" of which you speak were known as flash bulbs from the audiences "CAMERA'S. ?¿
@@jenniferinscoe3848 Ok my mistake so that’s what’s it’s called Flash bulbs Thank you Jennifer 😊
I just started to learn the bass about a year before this, I was a guitar player, when I saw Jermaine that night it was bass for me.
I don't care what nobody says the Jackson brothers deserve more respect just like Michael
great music , great singing, great guitar, bass playing, keyboard, drums, great dancing. great concert. best boy band and most talented, Jackson 5 lives on
Seem like ppl forget about dis version of mj
How old are you I really don't think so
My very first live concert was that tour, when they performed at the Hollywood Bowl in L.A. in '71.
I miss the anticipation of waiting for a song and dance concert to come to town . 🙃 J5 gave all they hide in a performance .
Michael's voice was so pure and clear
Jermaine got that bass pumping!!!! Loving that bottom!!
They're the best of the best, and they knows it, ❤, groove on fellas,😊.
I saw the Jackson Five in Cleveland , I'll never forget it.
I saw The Jackson 5 in Cleveland in 1971 when I was 9 years old and again in 1979 when I was 17. Both concerts were great! Loved them! Great memories!
michael 4everrr... ahhh the jacksons...
Best Footage of the J5 Ever and "One performance" that helped them conquer THE WORLD with their MUSIC . . . . I only wish that MoTown and CBS would have let these Brothers do more of this RAW sound on their Albums! J5's "Get It Together" came close . . . RIP MJ . . .
These dance moves are incredible
I’m trying to learn the bass and lead guitars at my age of 65 now, so I have a new found respect for teenagers Tito and Jermaine (at the time) being able to sing and dance while playing their guitars back then.
They were simply amazing. Wow. Takes you back to an exciting time in the music industry. Raw talent.
I have absolutely loved J5 since I was a kid back in the 60's. My dad made sure that I attended every J5 concert at the Cow Palace in SF, since it was right in the neighborhood. . However, with the 'loss' of MJ, their fam is having a lot of issues (as expected) with the lost a beloved brother, but also the heart of the family talent. Prayers out to the Jackson's as hey have endured and sacrificed much for our enjoyment.
But I was very proud and happy for the way that the family held it together and continued to perform and sellout venues all over the world and I very happy with the way Michael handled himself becoming the biggest star in the world and I am still proud of him because I loved him so much and I miss him and the rest of the family for having the success that they had because sometimes I felt that I was with them but almighty God blacked it out of my mind when I performed with them and that’s why they am getting chills watching them right now because Mike and the guys were so professional and I still got lots of love for them and I never stopped loving them and I hope one day again that we all can get together on stage again and perhaps perform again together someday soon