Nomad559
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1 edit | [video] Ronnie Hawkins "MoonWalk"
From 1959
Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2gRzal_VDE
Origins of the Moonwalk
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxZcLWAmdco
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Weirdal
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Rifleman
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ManMachine
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t2p-2j3 | reply to Nomad559
I think that's pretty good, a slow version of it.
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Weirdal
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The problem with a slow version is you don't get done watching it for the first time and think "how did he do that?". It just looks like a guy sliding his feet in a weird way.
When someone does it fast, it looks awesome. It tricks a person's brain into thinking he's walking forward while moving backward, and it takes a double take before people actually look closely at the feet and see how it's done.
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_3v-_p3ESo
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jrock444
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| ^^ the moonwalk at the beginning of that with the spin to tip-toe move at the end is epic
BTW, go to 1:30 in this video for a better representation than that weird OP video. ;P
i think MJ was first to call it the moonwalk, instead of the backward slide or whatever... anyway
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRByZlHS6GE |
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Weirdal
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| said by jrock444  :^^ the moonwalk at the beginning of that with the spin to tip-toe move at the end is epic BTW, go to 1:30 in this video for a better representation than that weird OP video. ;P i think MJ was first to call it the moonwalk, instead of the backward slide or whatever... anyway (youtube clip) That video was a lot cooler. Tap dancing is really impressive sometimes.
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lecroix
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Ummm ... pretty sure digital time marks were not around in 1959 ... |
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ManMachine
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said by Weirdal :The problem with a slow version is you don't get done watching it for the first time and think "how did he do that?". The slow version on the original video also tricks my brain.
The MJ Compilation WOW 
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enchanted
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I thought MJ invented that dance step. Regardless, they are all amazing dancers and leagues ahead of what I can do. I tip my hat to them all. |
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Tommyastro
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| Jackson really invented nothing at all. He copped all his moves from the old timers as that "origins of the moonwalk" video proves. Nothing wrong with that but let's give credit where it's due. Those old timers.
Jackson was talented but had mental issues. I'm all Jackson'd out. Liked the J5 but not a Mike solo fan..... |
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YouDontKnow
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For the record, La Toya Jackson stated that Michael stole the moonwalk and his whole late '80's look from a transexual nightclub dancer in the Phillipines. |
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1 edit | "For the record" from an anon user who chooses not to join and go on the record...
Anyway... Stating that MJ copped all his moves from the old timers is like stating that Gaetano Vinaccia taught Jimi Hendrix how to play the guitar... Jimi may not have invented the guitar, but he definitely brought it to a level that most had never dreamed. I give credit to where credit is due... MJ could move.
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percboy
join:2000-12-07
Columbus, OH
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I think this guy was doing it before all of them.
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2Bsu4z9Y3k |
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