@@brandoncorona9312 He didn’t. It’s been proven in the court that the acusers lied. I don’t think anyone without an innocent heart can sing this song with such joy.
He was such a cute kid. Just couldn’t let his face be. Getting out alive after being a child Star is very tough. RIP Michael... you gave up so much if your childhood so that so many of us could enjoy ours more.
I was 6 years old when this was released. 50 years later this is still my go to song when I'm feeling down. It always makes me smile. Thanks Michael, Roberta and Marlo :)
This breaks my heart to watch.... Michael was so dang talented and I loved watching him in this. I wish he would've listened to the message of this song. He didn't need to change at all....
Naw he didn't because he was already youthful, being a believer in Jesus Christ keeps you youthful as Michael believed and he was youthful :DDDDDDDDD Jesus Christ said that you have to be childlike to enter the kingdom of God and this is what Michael was and anyone could befriend kids NO matter what their age just for you to know! :DDDDDDDDDDDDDD
If life was just innocent like hearing this old time classic. That right don't change who you're because of other. Find what make u happy and enjoy your life because God created us all different and lovely. God bless😃
Michael is just so cute and beautiful here!!!! His voice is so heavenly and sweet!!! Love him so much!!!! And love this duet he did with Roberta Flack!!! It's so cute and sweet!!! It's one of my favorites!!! :DDDDDDDDDDDDDD
The message of this song is important. You are perfect as you are. Nowadays kids want to change their identities instead of accepting their natural selves.
Michael is soooooo cute!!! He was always beautiful...I just wish he felt that way about himself..He's father should be ashamed of himself for making fun of Michaels looks when he was younger...Michael was beautiful as a child, teenager or adult. r.i.p MJ, I hope your finally at peace.
monicawism, okay, maybe his Dad was wrong, but didn't we, his fans, contribute to MJ' s ultimate fate? We take people like Michael Jackson and place them on pedastools and we obsess over everything they do, everywhere they go, even who they're married to. The 24 hour news and the internet doesn't help either. MJ s fate is our fault His dad nay have made fun of him as a kid, but we sure as neck pushed our expectations and our image of him in his face. We do it to every well known person.
I love Rosie Greer singing "It's Alright to Cry". My son's grew up singing it. It helped them handle their feelings. And just now,I sent it to my grandbaby Veronica Rose!
P.s. it saddens me to read some of the comments here. This is a children's video and I don't understand why so.much hate and trash talk on here. BE THE DIFFERENCE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD.
This takes me right back to my childhood. I had the book that I read over and over. Then I got the album that I listened to over and over (usually while reading the book), but I grew up without a VCR until I was a teenager and so didn't get to watch the movies over and over so it's like meeting an old friend but seeing them in a new light.
I remember watching this TV special (remember those?) when I was 7 or 8. I also remember playing the record and singing the theme song in school. But I have always liked this version better than Diana Ross'. And I truly loved Michael at this age. Even though he had no acting experience, you could see that the potential was there. (Pre-Scarecrow in The Wiz). He was so beautiful and and sang so sweetly. I really wish he could have been Free To Be...himself. I know that's why he created Neverland. I wish that the mean souls who tormented him could have watched this special as children, and remembered its meaning in their adulthood. He gave so much to the world, his music, his dancing, his charitable contributions...and the only thing he wanted in return was the freedom to be himself. Was that really too much to ask? But at least now, he truly is free. (sniff) I miss you, Michael!
Why former flute player? I picked a decent enough one up from Amazon for pretty cheap last year. I hadn't played since high school over 26 years ago. It was kinda like riding a bike! I still remembered the fingerings for most of the notes and the few i forgot I looked up. Stull had a few songs memorized too amazingly! Edit for spelling.
My dad use to work for Michael Jackson in the 90s and I met Michael when I was only three. I don’t remember much . I never knew how famous he was until I got older wish I was a lot older during that time though :(
I saw this film from 1978 - 1980 in health classes. I loved it so much that I bought the vinyl LP, and I own it to this day. Perhaps we don’t see “the Land Marlo saw” yet, but many of us have been looking for it. If it’s out there...we’ll find it.
Hadn't seen this the late 70's. We had to watch this at the Boys Club to help teach us about...life , being different, being yourself being sensitive and accepting others as they are. This video brought back some fond memories. You got a 44 year old man over here almost in tears. Thank you so much for sharing this..
My GF is watching a Sex and the City marathon. The episode where Carrie and Stanford attend a baby shower and Stanford buys this for the baby. Had no idea it existed and and no idea so many celebrities were involved in the album.
This makes me sooooo happy, thank you for uploading this! I feel like a 5 year old in heaven again, listening to the "Free to Be,You and Me" videos. The best part is sharing them with my 2 year old so that he,too, can feel the magic in these songs. Thank you.kindly!!
Can't help but feel a little wistful hearing this, as I'm sure most Gen Xers who watched this, or heard the Diana Ross version on the free to be you and me record as kids. A part of me wishes we never did change at all.
Marlo Thomas, make it happen!! This single is only available with Diana Ross singing. Can't we get the MJ/Flack version out there? No offense to Diana Ross, but MJ was so special and this song captures all that he stood for!
I remember every song and have the original Free to be me album. Very sentimental to me and my daughter! Lost my hearing at 28 and became a nationally recognized advocate. No captions for Michael Jackson or any so far. Sad.
Roberta is pretty, and Michael grew up to be tall, or least average height which is good, he also grew up to be handsome at age 17+. I love you Michael
change is good sometimes but letting others to make you feel like you gotta see the world their way is wrong. even when it's not your fault ^_^ ! ! ! ! !
I wish the world had not broken you, Michael.
Many Children loved him...but the world had always hated him. Because of rumors and hearsay in the media
We all got it coming?
@@maninfire219 I mean, he did do it, but this is a good song
@@brandoncorona9312 He didn’t. It’s been proven in the court that the acusers lied. I don’t think anyone without an innocent heart can sing this song with such joy.
The world had not broken Michael. He stayed true to the kind and sweet gentleman he’d always been.
It makes me sad seeing Michael Jackson. He was so beautiful and always seemed so happy and he "didn't want to change at all".
Kelli Hammack his father f####d him big time through his entire life no wonder that michael was messed up (no offence)
He was such a cute kid. Just couldn’t let his face be. Getting out alive after being a child Star is very tough. RIP Michael... you gave up so much if your childhood so that so many of us could enjoy ours more.
His father ruined him.
He tried to stay there. It never works.
@@tamjac10
His father presented him to the world. The world took over.
Michael Jackson taught us that while growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional, may he rest in peace
I was 6 years old when this was released. 50 years later this is still my go to song when I'm feeling down. It always makes me smile. Thanks Michael, Roberta and Marlo :)
This whole album we use to sing in class 1975 and the special with Marlo Thomas and friends is embedded in my core memories.
Michael was very very cute
Michael Jackson's voice is heavenly.
Here in 1974 Roberta Flack fresh off her winning the Grammy award for killing me softly and Michael Jackson before he became the king of pop.
I so wish Michael had believed the words he sang in this song! And Roberta Flack was just great. They're voices blended beautifully.
This song brings tears to my eyes!! how sweet. simply fabulous from Roberta and Michael. 2 minutes and 19 seconds of perfection.
Tears in my eyes too
This breaks my heart to watch.... Michael was so dang talented and I loved watching him in this. I wish he would've listened to the message of this song. He didn't need to change at all....
Too true
I think part the problem was that he actually tried to hard to stay a kid and befriend kids.
Naw he didn't because he was already youthful, being a believer in Jesus Christ keeps you youthful as Michael believed and he was youthful :DDDDDDDDD Jesus Christ said that you have to be childlike to enter the kingdom of God and this is what Michael was and anyone could befriend kids NO matter what their age just for you to know! :DDDDDDDDDDDDDD
The Industry changed him.
I'm 15 rn and seeing Michael when he was 15 like 😍😍😭
If life was just innocent like hearing this old time classic. That right don't change who you're because of other. Find what make u happy and enjoy your life because God created us all different and lovely. God bless😃
Michael is just so cute and beautiful here!!!! His voice is so heavenly and sweet!!! Love him so much!!!! And love this duet he did with Roberta Flack!!! It's so cute and sweet!!! It's one of my favorites!!! :DDDDDDDDDDDDDD
The message of this song is important. You are perfect as you are. Nowadays kids want to change their identities instead of accepting their natural selves.
That is so true.
You realize the people singing this didn’t even believe that, right?
Michael is soooooo cute!!! He was always beautiful...I just wish he felt that way about himself..He's father should be ashamed of himself for making fun of Michaels looks when he was younger...Michael was beautiful as a child, teenager or adult. r.i.p MJ, I hope your finally at peace.
monicawism, okay, maybe his Dad was wrong, but didn't we, his fans, contribute to MJ' s ultimate fate?
We take people like Michael Jackson and place them on pedastools and we obsess over everything they do, everywhere they go, even who they're married to.
The 24 hour news and the internet doesn't help either. MJ s fate is our fault His dad nay have made fun of him as a kid, but we sure as neck pushed our expectations and our image of him in his face. We do it to every well known person.
Robin Neher his father Joe was a monster incarnate the only thing Joe had missed were the horns on his head
Ha... I miss the 70s!
His voice is so sweet !
0:25 Michael look so cute shaking his head with his hat
I love Rosie Greer singing "It's Alright to Cry". My son's grew up singing it. It helped them handle their feelings. And just now,I sent it to my grandbaby Veronica Rose!
P.s. it saddens me to read some of the comments here. This is a children's video and I don't understand why so.much hate and trash talk on here. BE THE DIFFERENCE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD.
thank you
Yes.
This takes me right back to my childhood. I had the book that I read over and over. Then I got the album that I listened to over and over (usually while reading the book), but I grew up without a VCR until I was a teenager and so didn't get to watch the movies over and over so it's like meeting an old friend but seeing them in a new light.
this was a beautiful record with amazing values.
Nine years later, Michael Jackson would give us the not kid friendly music video Thriller.
Kids loved Thriller.
I love MJ! And I'm so glad that Roberta Flack is helping animals by her work with the ASPCA ;)
I remember this too....still think about the tune every now and then. I wonder if Roberta Flack thought about this the first time she heard he died...
this brings back so many memories
This unlocking some great emotional memories it brings happy tears in my eyes ☺️☺️☺️
Saw this movie in school on a giant school film reel in the mid-70s...I never forgot it!!
I want the 70 to be back . Even tho I wasn't born then but still.
Two beautiful voices
I remember watching this TV special (remember those?) when I was 7 or 8. I also remember playing the record and singing the theme song in school. But I have always liked this version better than Diana Ross'. And I truly loved Michael at this age. Even though he had no acting experience, you could see that the potential was there. (Pre-Scarecrow in The Wiz). He was so beautiful and and sang so sweetly. I really wish he could have been Free To Be...himself. I know that's why he created Neverland. I wish that the mean souls who tormented him could have watched this special as children, and remembered its meaning in their adulthood. He gave so much to the world, his music, his dancing, his charitable contributions...and the only thing he wanted in return was the freedom to be himself. Was that really too much to ask? But at least now, he truly is free. (sniff) I miss you, Michael!
So this was never in the theaters? I will look it up.
@@alexkx8599 Once again, TV special. It was on ABC. It was never made for viewing in movie theatres.
Michael's voice is just out of this world 😍
Awwwww he was so cute!
I loved this movie in school.
Me too...I was a grown man when I realized that was Roberta flack
The only reason I'm here is to see Michael
Being a former flute player I love the flutes in this song
I do too! From a hard rocker too.
Why former flute player? I picked a decent enough one up from Amazon for pretty cheap last year. I hadn't played since high school over 26 years ago. It was kinda like riding a bike! I still remembered the fingerings for most of the notes and the few i forgot I looked up. Stull had a few songs memorized too amazingly!
Edit for spelling.
@@daynasmile I got out of it after high school and don't have the desire to play. Maybe one day I'll pick it back up and play it again.
My dad use to work for Michael Jackson in the 90s and I met Michael when I was only three. I don’t remember much . I never knew how famous he was until I got older wish I was a lot older during that time though :(
Still makes me cry ❤
I saw this film from 1978 - 1980 in health classes. I loved it so much that I bought the vinyl LP, and I own it to this day. Perhaps we don’t see “the Land Marlo saw” yet, but many of us have been looking for it. If it’s out there...we’ll find it.
Hadn't seen this the late 70's. We had to watch this at the Boys Club to help teach us about...life , being different, being yourself being sensitive and accepting others as they are. This video brought back some fond memories. You got a 44 year old man over here almost in tears. Thank you so much for sharing this..
When it was released in 1975 it was very controversial. The church, n tv censors were not happy with the messages. Crazy I know.
Soooo adorable
For decades I hoped to see that video one day. Didn't know it was on RUclips! Thank you so much for sharing, marlothomas!
R I p Michael Jackson your music forever timeless
Oh God I just have to comment on here once again to say that this skit is so sweet and yet so funny at the same time!!! 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
Roberta Flack LOVE!
My GF is watching a Sex and the City marathon. The episode where Carrie and Stanford attend a baby shower and Stanford buys this for the baby. Had no idea it existed and and no idea so many celebrities were involved in the album.
watching that episode right now ^^
lol lol lol watching that very episode is why I'm here
First Michael started off as a child but now I will know who he is today on The greatest pop singers of all time
We where so lucky I love the 70s just so simple and great this song and message in it
So touching.
God I'm tearing up
It does that to me too.
This makes me sooooo happy, thank you for uploading this! I feel like a 5 year old in heaven again, listening to the "Free to Be,You and Me" videos. The best part is sharing them with my 2 year old so that he,too, can feel the magic in these songs. Thank you.kindly!!
This is SO magical and meaningful! It truly boggles my mind!
This deserves more views.
Can't help but feel a little wistful hearing this, as I'm sure most Gen Xers who watched this, or heard the Diana Ross version on the free to be you and me record as kids. A part of me wishes we never did change at all.
Michael Jackson at 16. I remember watching this on TV Land.
mike was so cute
Michael 🥺🥰💜
He passed away 15 years ago?
OH MY GOD HE IS SO CUTE
So cute. I love it. Must share.
how not to love this song?
Michael was so young here, he was about 15 or 16. MJ was really cute when he was 17+ just as he was at age 11
Beautiful.
I like the singing and the music.
Marlo Thomas, make it happen!! This single is only available with Diana Ross singing. Can't we get the MJ/Flack version out there? No offense to Diana Ross, but MJ was so special and this song captures all that he stood for!
So pure and wholesome. Never seen this before
They showed us this on a reel to reel
Wow!! Aewsome! That was really GREAT!
Love love love..
This is so awesome!!!
I Love this💋
Michael was so handsome ❤❤❤
Amo tanto 💞
What a great memory
amo essa música , esse clipe maravilhoso
I so remember this. Good memories....
Omg! I remember watching this as a kid.
Rip Michael Jackson
He died 15 years ago...
Go Michael.
MICHAEL JACKSON COMES THROUGH THE WINDOW!
I wish he had remained like this....black is beautiful
Never heard of this television special or performance until recently. I was a kid when it was released and I have no recollection of it at all.
R.I.P. MJ
awwww! Michael woke up his child ❤️
Genius
best time of his life doing this song soooo child like
I remember every song and have the original Free to be me album. Very sentimental to me and my daughter! Lost my hearing at 28 and became a nationally recognized advocate. No captions for Michael Jackson or any so far. Sad.
"When We Grow Up." Sung by Michael Jackson and Roberta Flack.
Yes, yes you will be be on the moon. .
Wowed by the simple performance
♥️♥️♥️
I wish he took this song literally and didn't get plastic surgery 😔
He didnt, his white appearance was caused by a rare disease called vitiligo
1:06 the moon walk in the early years :')
2021 linda música
RIP music director Stephen Lawrence
Roberta is pretty, and Michael grew up to be tall, or least average height which is good, he also grew up to be handsome at age 17+. I love you Michael
and Roberta Flack!!
RiP man. I never believed the things they said and still dont.
Michael Jackson was a very cute kid.
If only Michael listened to the lyrics of this song.
change is good sometimes but letting others to make you feel like you gotta see the world their way is wrong. even when it's not your fault ^_^ ! ! ! ! !
Michael Jackson mentions going to the moon, about 10-15 years later he does the moon walk