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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Michael Jackson's Songs and You [Watch (HLS stream): Michael Jackson's Songs and You](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/1OCGrkLI.m3u8) (1:50)  _Published 2009-06-28. Picking random lyrics from a glove, people in New York reminisce about the meaning of Jackson's songs to their lives_ --- Jul 27, 2023 1:11 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Passover Parody of Michael Jackson's ](/video/crnkSDkw/) ### Passover Parody of Michael Jackson's [Michael Jackson's Hometown Memorial](/video/HHvcKOMS/) ### Michael Jackson's Hometown Memorial [Celebrity Friends on Michael Jackson's Music](/video/rK8nKK6X/) ### Celebrity Friends on Michael Jackson's Music --- ## Transcript >> We have a glove. This was our makeshift glove that has lyrics, Michael Jackson lyrics in it. >> I said if you're thinking of being my baby, it don't matter if you're black or white. I just remember that video thinking it was the coolest, I've never seen a video like that where they kept splicing people's head, shake their hair out and then I'd look like him. >> These are Michael Jackson glove. >> Do you know a lot of his songs? >> I know every song just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it, no one wants to be defeated. Showin' how funky and strong is your fight. That song was the song that gets you to groove on with the girl that you like. >> It doesn't matter whose wrong or right, just beat it. >> Because this is thriller, thriller night and no one's gonna save you from the beast about to strike. I remember when I was a kid, I used watch this video with my sister and one of our family friends and I'd always get so terrified when I'd see it and I would always close my eyes and I would stop halfway through. >> He did it all. He sang, he danced. >> What are some of the moves that inspired you? >> Don't stop 'til you get enough. >> You know, there's not a song people don't know. >> I was really shocked. I was really, really shocked. >> I was just getting texts and calls all over from, you know, people just like a family member has, you know, died. >> He was an angel and now, we listen to music that means absolutely nothing, Single Ladies, I'm a Diva. And it's just like, this means something, you know. >> And Mikey, even though you're gone, you will be missed and you won't be forgotten. 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