Throwback Thursday: "Remember the Time" - Michael Jackson

Every now and then I like to hit you with an R&B selection in this weekly segment. This time I'm going with a decidedly more "pop" R&B selection; but, it still holds up (it is MJ, after all).

Back in the early 90s, the premiere of a new Michael video was an event, and he often did his best to turn each clip into more of a short film than a music video. "Remember the Time", for example, is more than 9 minutes long, was produced by John Singleton, has a cast that includes Eddie Murphy, Iman, Magic Johnson, and The Pharcyde, and features computer-generated special effects that were state-of-the-art in 1992. No hip-hop, R&B, or pop star would ever be able to put together something like this today, especially since the price tag, with today's costs, would probably be near the $100 million mark. All of that production almost overshadows the song itself, which is a light and foot-moving dance track.





For what it's worth, I used to have a major crush on Jossie, the dancer in the long Poetic Justice braids. She was one of the Fly Girls on In Living Color, too. "Martin" fans may also remember her from an ep in which she appeared as Nurse Gottabody. Yessir...