0:42 This entire segment is so simplistic but incredibly amazing. The syncopation is perfect and it takes a good amount of power to make taps pop that loud. Bailey made it look easy. All the greats make it look easy.
@tavoterminator6944
Жыл бұрын
2:00 moonwalking
@bobbythespaceghost9934
Жыл бұрын
An 85-year-old gentleman told me that the moonwalk was around since he was young. It was called the "back slide".
@davidmouzayek3764
Жыл бұрын
Nice!
@BlackGirlUnsolved
Жыл бұрын
I was told that too.
@IsaacAlvarez-dy9io
Жыл бұрын
yeah
@tslazzachy
Жыл бұрын
Yep they been doing that shit since the 1920s 30s, it's all over KZitem, you just won't find any of the vintage footage by typing in moonwalking or backslide, you gotta watch those old new york stage plays from back in the day they used to get down
@tsha6125
Жыл бұрын
It was called the back slide. When Michael Jackson did it and was asked what it it was, Michael mistakenly called it the moonwalk. The moon walk was originally a different dance move that looked a little silly, moving around like an astronaut in space. That's what I believe happened. Kinda a funny story.
@kevinjones5429
8 ай бұрын
Absolutely magnificent!😊😊🔥🔥
@starfilipa4920
8 ай бұрын
Merece más crédito y reconocimiento. Es lo justo. Es todo.
@xerxesalmighty9444
Жыл бұрын
Bill was singer/actress Pearl Bailey’s brother. And Pearl stole a Broadway role from Maya Angelou who was passed over b/c of her “looks.” That gave us Maya the poet. Talent finds a way to the top. But Bill deserves more credit.
@ceeceetracey9839
Жыл бұрын
So they thought Pearl was more "pleasing to the eye" than Maya?
@Q_0H0
Жыл бұрын
HE ATE THAT ‼️
@SztarPlayer01
Жыл бұрын
It is not who did it better or who was first. It is all about developing and elevating something you find inspirational. That is how it works with everything. RIP legend.
@underminethetroll2487
9 ай бұрын
Facts
@paulaoyedele2081
7 ай бұрын
However, when someone claims in 1983 that they developed the moonwalk themself ......well that be a lie .... Plain and simple. I am not a fan of taking credit for someone else's stuff. He could have said....I saw this move called the backslide and decided I wanted to incorporate it into my dance routine, instead he said "I was working on this move and perfected it, couldn't wait to show the world, that day at the awards the Moonwalk was born".
@SztarPlayer01
7 ай бұрын
@@paulaoyedele2081 nah.. yes.. nah.. i understand what you are saying. But when is something someones property? He still could’ve seen the inspiration, but if the move never was claimed by someone and MJ saw it, got inspired, made his own, perfected it and called it the moonwalk, as part of his brand. Than thats totally MJ his right to call it his own. Because he claimed it. Like the usa claimed america from the natives.
@windnchgo
7 ай бұрын
@@paulaoyedele2081 I think it was Little Richard who said good artists borrow, great artists steal. ALL artists are a product of those who came before and inspired... Little Richard was inspired by Esquirita and Sister Rosetta Tharpe to name two.
@windnchgo
7 ай бұрын
Who did it better is subjective and a matter of opinion. But who did it first is not but rather a matter for the history books. Michael was a master at self-promotion and sometimes crossed the line into utter lies.
@viceman8152
10 ай бұрын
I saw MJ's do this on live tv for the Motown 25th anniversary, in his "Billy Jean" performance and all of us kids, my siblings and friends learned it as fast as we could. What I learned later and what younger people may not know is that the whole performance was a tribute to past dancers. The hat part was Fred Astaire, the Moonwalk was a tribute to Billy Bailey, and probably others in the routine, that I am unaware of. But that Motown performance really shot an already popular Jackson into a level we had not seen before, as far as album sales. But he never claimed to invent any of those dance steps and was actually honoring those who came before him.
@tayronwilliams4233
6 ай бұрын
Thank you wise one.
@chadhebert3141
6 ай бұрын
Yeah, thx. I didn't know this. All I knew was watching that live on TV blew me away. I was 10. Inspired me to be the musician I am today. I love playing for all my fans. Sure, it gets a little windy in my room, but I still love it.😅
@luroga
4 ай бұрын
he did take the credit for giving it to the world and you can see it in 40 year of thriller, also says in it he wishes every one can get there moonwalk moment, by giving something like this to the world,, its ok most people that are famous like to take credit for other peoples work in the new world is not about authentic is abou who made it more popular. BS,.. he never mention Bill in any way thats call stealing some else moves...
@tutplok
4 ай бұрын
He didnt honor them, he did those moves bcuz they were cool, he didnt do it do give "tribute" to other dancers.
@viceman8152
4 ай бұрын
@@tutplok The whole routine was a tribute to other dancers. He said so in an interview before and after the show.
@lornafraserwaterworth559
2 жыл бұрын
Superb “tap dancer”. 💖
@RoryVanucchi
2 жыл бұрын
First moonwalks done in the Charleston era 1920s. There's a clip in King of Jazz 1930 and I forget the dancer name, and he's likely not the first either
@SoulRebel440
Жыл бұрын
2:03 what you’re here for
@quintonmoore8513
Жыл бұрын
MJ may not be first but he took it to another level and the original name is called the backslide
@marysterner4603
2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful!
@seanpoopie
Жыл бұрын
Holy shit. Michael definitely got his inspiration from homeboy. Wow. So shocked!
@RNGomez
10 ай бұрын
Look up "Bob Fosse - Snake In The Grass." MJ took that whole dance routine
@seanpoopie
10 ай бұрын
@@RNGomez Nah. I’m good lol
@moiracd
2 ай бұрын
Michael was inspired by Jeff Daniel from Shalamar.
@aukai102706
Жыл бұрын
Goosebumps. Wooo!
@torvosuarusLukas
Жыл бұрын
That wAs smooth
@sherirobinson6867
2 жыл бұрын
Outstanding
@kurapika4860
Жыл бұрын
BROOO HE ATE THAT
@mpressive2u
Жыл бұрын
We'll never know who definitively did it first, but we know without question who did it best.
@ianc643
Жыл бұрын
Don’t tell me it’s mj.
@mpressive2u
Жыл бұрын
@@ianc643 I didn't have to say anything
@sarchsoal
Жыл бұрын
You mean Jeffrey Daniel?
@mpressive2u
Жыл бұрын
@@sarchsoal you tell me! You already know what I was thinking
@peterney2402
Жыл бұрын
Yep bill.
@evelynwashere13
8 ай бұрын
Bailey was fantastic and in tap shoes????? 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🔥🔥🔥
@abramllano2050
Жыл бұрын
For me Bailey was the best
@emanueldg
3 ай бұрын
That was awesome
@illegalvideos
8 ай бұрын
Ngl he killed it 🔥
@adryanopoderosocantor
Жыл бұрын
Não foi Michael que inventou o Moonwalk mais eternizou. 🙌🙌🙌
@petervenkman1154
Жыл бұрын
Truly amazing!!!
@cannonreid2243
9 ай бұрын
That’s was fire -2023
@hellhappy84
4 ай бұрын
Thanks for the content. Nice
@amangogna68
2 жыл бұрын
Great performance !
@welovephilippineswithmylov5419
4 ай бұрын
Yeah Right Absolutely
@welovephilippineswithmylov5419
4 ай бұрын
Very True
@MrJjhighhat
11 ай бұрын
Dude started floating
@Supperdude9
Жыл бұрын
May be one of the first recordings of the moonwalk, but nobody did it as smooth as MJ.
@JadaBlake
Жыл бұрын
Yeah overrated asf too
@Supperdude9
Жыл бұрын
@@JadaBlake yermums overrated
@JadaBlake
Жыл бұрын
@@Supperdude9 super corny asf this must be a 12 year child behind this account
@Supperdude9
Жыл бұрын
@@JadaBlake ...are you hoping for a 12 year old or...? Why come to that specific number?
@JadaBlake
Жыл бұрын
@@Supperdude9 I think you should learn how to spell before you try coming for someone 😭 like I said what I said MJ moonwalk is overrated with ya mad ass
@stephbailey2934
Жыл бұрын
I love this 😍
@lorir5728
Жыл бұрын
In always said he watched old videos of dancer like bill and Fred astaire then combined it with what was new. I'm sure people did moon walks for thousands of years but some people have swag on another level. Something that can never be taught
@ConcernedResident_GiantStack
Жыл бұрын
Swag can be learned. Just go to dances long enough, pick up the beat and FEEL the music, and it'll come.
@underminethetroll2487
9 ай бұрын
Wow ❤
@donmarquis08
Жыл бұрын
Great artist steal
@marielalunetta6489
Жыл бұрын
Ty😍
@HarborAreaLoc23
Жыл бұрын
This guy could be a professional upstairs neighbor
@ckludecke
Жыл бұрын
Talk about someone ahead of their time
@AkashVora
2 жыл бұрын
How the hell did KZitem know i was thinking about this ????
@kuolemanlaakso1696
3 ай бұрын
I think we should get current Bill Bailey to recreate this
@reesewilliams6517
Жыл бұрын
My upstairs neighbors at 6am:
@newgardner
8 ай бұрын
Since Bill made reference to Bo Jangles then there is a possibility that he learned the backslide/moonwalk from him. I like how Michael created more of a smooth glide as if he was floating. Bills was more of a slide.
@tranphuongnampn9011
2 жыл бұрын
😮❤❤
@tobeuri7010
2 ай бұрын
Naranjas. Mis queridos guayabos! El primero y creador del moonwalk, fue el magnífico " resortes " icono del cine Mexicano! Bill lo copio después de 5 años! Amen
@gphillimo
10 ай бұрын
Yes it existed before Michael Jackson, but Michael made it a household name dance and made it popular/famous world wide.
@vitolucasmartins4966
4 ай бұрын
The original moonwalk 😮
@sirpoppinchuck
5 ай бұрын
Its Called "The back slide" y'all
@markho9653
Жыл бұрын
Good dancing
@treseancann1261
5 ай бұрын
Michael Jackson always said, "Study the greats. And become greater." And like his idol, James Brown, Michael Jackson was the hardest-working man in show business.
@ianhope3203
3 ай бұрын
That "Boy" sure had a problem 😂
@miguelbran1268
3 ай бұрын
You’ve got your facts wrong, the first ever registered Moon walk was actually performed by a Mexican actor and comedian Adalberto Ramírez (Resortes) on feb 11th 1950, 5 years before this performance, he is a great dancer no doubt, but the moon walk was credited to Resortes.
@luroga
3 ай бұрын
do you have the video or photos, mr smarty pants...
@onedayoucaneatspaghetti
Жыл бұрын
2:01
@j8k3d18
Жыл бұрын
Tap dancing is a beautiful, lost art. This is just wonderful. We need less kids playing Fort-Night (sic), and more practicing things that are good, beautiful and true….
@quapawqwerty1619
Жыл бұрын
Yes! Why Square Dancing is STILL active. Niche Nods of appreciation in life, like playing Baseball by the 1886 Rules. Big thing. Swayze's mother, Patsy. Lord, almighty, that woman was amazing. Like Vera Ellen, but grounded. All of her children tapped and turned out straight, and family loving. They got her dimples and finesse of the danse. Dancing was taught in public schools up to some NWO Point Of No Return resulted in long marriages, Early Ease of opposite sex interaction, and long lived physical partner tether. Doing a time step on my soapbox (of Dancing Suds). Studied tap seriously and have a Hines Lick from a wayback machine. Everybody Should Tap. It's flying sans convenient bird structure.
@quapawqwerty1619
Жыл бұрын
@@zoneheart5157 I don't have the power to turn anything in anything. But I know that if kids danced, and danced together young as they used to, the world would be a healthier and happier place.
@angelsalvador870
4 ай бұрын
AÑO? YEAR?
@shawnmccormick6381
5 ай бұрын
Boogaloo Shrimp taught Michael Jackson how to moonwalk. He was just the most famous one to do it.
@douglasulises
4 ай бұрын
The first moon walk is by adalberto martínez "resortes"
@irving19982011
11 ай бұрын
Resortes versión has to be the closest thing to MJs moonwalk and it was done in the 50s. Nobody is talking about this Mexican legend
@therealgraffitimouth
8 ай бұрын
Resortes is doing more of a pantomime walk. He’s not actually gliding backwards like this in the footage.
@javionriley8739
8 ай бұрын
Because the actual moonwalk was done by black Americans in 1920 via the Harlem Renaissance no degenerate Mexican do anything
@marcanthony8873
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, that is definitely a moon walk. Michael did it better I think but there’s no doubt that he is performing the same move here almost 30 years before Michael
@silkydan2941
Жыл бұрын
Where did the name Moon WALK come from, the first time I saw it they called it The Shaba Doo
@patrick1763
5 ай бұрын
Bill Bailey then Jeffrey Daniel’s Shalamar check him out on the Soul Train 3 dancers popping and backsliding this came to MJ attention Daniels taught MJ who in my opinion bought it worldwide and renamed it the MOONWALK 🙏🏽
@mikebart70
4 ай бұрын
What year is this?
@marbanak
10 ай бұрын
Please forgive me for twice-told tales. The backslide had been around for a while prior to this. Bill Baily's version here is an important mile-marker in its development. Michael Jackson's true, original "moonwalk" was nothing like this at all. It was a prolonged rotational motion, in one still place, with slow-upward actions, which gave the appearance of a low-gravity environment. His execution of this backslide was breath-taking, and further developed. Somehow, the name "moonwalk" got attached to it. His first public execution of this move was at the Motown 25 event. He smoothly executed only 4 steps of the backslide and the audience erupted. Further refinements took it to a whole new level. It is significant that MJ wisely appropriated dance moves and ideas from everybody he could study. Oddly, MJ never released a record through MoTown. My only compliant is that the song "Billie Jean" is one of the trashiest stories ever recorded. So I turn the sound down whenever I wanna study MJ's backslide for my own enjoyment. I am especially grateful for this colorized version of Bill Baily's performance.
@zarstar1576
11 ай бұрын
Year who called it moonwalk
@detroitstreets3251
Жыл бұрын
Jeffery Daniel was first and he taught it to Michael
@bigtstyle123
11 ай бұрын
Wrong. He wasn’t first and he didn’t teach Michael. Michael ‘Boogaloo Shrimp’ Chambers taught him. Watch the documentary about him and it’ll tell you the truth.
@JessDoingIt
10 ай бұрын
Wen?
@davidhentges3960
Жыл бұрын
🤠🤠ty
@brucestill1248
Жыл бұрын
The Smokey Robinson VladTV interview bought me here
@torvosuarusLukas
Жыл бұрын
When was this made?
@pandafriend999
Жыл бұрын
1967
@delsonmckimm2169
11 ай бұрын
@@pandafriend999do you mean 1967?
@leighburton832
23 күн бұрын
MJ couldn't even do it like him!
@kingjay4398
Жыл бұрын
*1955*
@lorigibbs2379
5 ай бұрын
Michael gave credit he said he did not invent
@delsonmckimm2169
11 ай бұрын
2:03 here
@MrTravisAl
10 ай бұрын
1:39
@bhaveshthakare8456
10 ай бұрын
Is He Dancing or Having Seizure??
@JacobDostres
11 ай бұрын
There’s older videos of people moonwalking. Not even Americans
@Eazy-ERyder
Жыл бұрын
Cab Calloway was the first
@MoeJaxon
8 ай бұрын
Nahhh. He did some version of it but it was more motioning back sliding. It wasn’t the actual moon walk
@Eazy-ERyder
8 ай бұрын
@MoeJaxon the origins of the backslide - which essentially IS the moonwalk - came from Calloway
@weskercarr6622
Жыл бұрын
This was way more cooler then Michael's
@alonenomore3346
Жыл бұрын
What do u mean you’ll never know who did it first the picture is obvious lol that’s way back when
@King_Of_Spectres
Жыл бұрын
That's not really the moonwalk. It's a little different.
@user-ev1mv1xh6o
2 жыл бұрын
Sarah Reich's grandfather?
@christopherallen9580
Жыл бұрын
who?
@laxmi1406
5 ай бұрын
Para que no digan que michael lo invento , es un a copia pero lo actulizo michael nada mas, a pesar que michael tambien se inspiro en jackie wilson en el giro que hacia cuando cantaba
@vjiggy81
10 ай бұрын
That is most defiantly a moonwalk. Although MJ does it the best.
@herbertpalma3471
Ай бұрын
I thought that Michael Jackson was the first who did the mookwalk but not. Each one with their own styles
@ydcee3123
2 ай бұрын
Impressive, it's still important to know history. Everything from the sixties to the present wasn't original anyway. It doesn't have to be 'whose better'. Why can't people just enjoy instead of pitting one against the other in sports and entertainment? Especially when it come to pitting black against black. SMH
@stephenswistchew7720
4 ай бұрын
I always thought it was Charlie Chaplin who did it first
@ernestchadwell9069
10 ай бұрын
It's been around since slave days; Black and Irish slaves discovered that if you're being pulled from behind with a chain around your neck there is less chance of falling and less trauma to the body by moonwalking. The more you know.
@faustusfhrama1282
Жыл бұрын
yes and no, this move is the precursor indeed but the moonwalk is far more stylized.
@mayeryncarty4795
Жыл бұрын
Ppl out here arguing me literally said he didn’t invent it but black ppl did
@diordrippy
Жыл бұрын
Why calling the moonwalk
@NeurosisOsmosis
Жыл бұрын
because it looks like you're walking with no gravity
@andrewilliams9830
2 жыл бұрын
Before Turbo before Michael Jackson he was the first MoonWalker.
@sergiogalindo3024
Жыл бұрын
No Sir! FIRST Moonwalk was done by Mexican ICONIC Actor Resortes!
@zaycraft3462
Жыл бұрын
Michael is Frist
@goldenmare2594
2 жыл бұрын
Lost art
@cva4003
Ай бұрын
not the first
@bartholomew1768
10 ай бұрын
Ripple was created before BTC.. got it.
@Ifeeltheneedforspeed1
5 ай бұрын
Did micheal flatley and Jackson copy this mans dancing. Im sure they did.
@domrodrigues5842
8 ай бұрын
Krietor of the moon Walker Bill Bayler and not Michael Jackson.
@BitcoinMaxy34
6 ай бұрын
Ya not the same. Similar but not the moonwalk.
@6infinity8
Жыл бұрын
Good artists copy, 'great' artists steal.
@hace22anos
7 ай бұрын
Con respetos al señor pero a Michael Jackson le sale mejor
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