The Twelve Days of MJ - Day 3

After yesterday's acid trip of a video, I'm really excited for Day 3. At the behest of my Glee Chat co-host Natalie, today the wonderful Megan gave me "Will You Be There," by Michael Jackson ft. The Cleveland Orchestra.



I don't think anybody knows of my secret fascination for whales. Whales are huge. People use "whale" as a synonym for "goddamn gigantic." So the opening shot of WYBT totally had me gave me a lady boner. The first couple of notes reminded me of the opening to "Lean On Me" by Bill Withers, but I was soon disappointed when the song transitioned into something different. Cockblock.

We then helicopter zoom past a sailor with some binoculars. Do we need binoculars to see whales? Apparently. As we zoom past the S.S. Minnow, we cut to a shot of another sailor AND HOLY SHIT THE MUSIC IS AWESOME AND WHALES FUCKING JUMP UP OUT OF THE OCEAN. I just came.

Coty: 0
Michael Jackson: 1

We then fade between Michael Jackson's opening to the song and beautiful shots of whales. I am in love with this video. I love whales. There's a cut of a boy pissing himself at the sight of...oh, it's a whale! Awwww. He runs away. Booo. Come back little boy. Whales love you!

It is here that I look up information on the video and find out that the scenes are intercut from the movie "Free Willy," in which this song was the main theme. I haven't seen "Free Willy" but now I have to. It has whales.

We continue to fade back and forth between scenes of "Free Willy" and Michael Jackson performing the song. In the interest of not describing every scene from the movie, I'm going move straight into song analysis.

In all seriousness, I really enjoyed this song. Even though I felt very much like I was in church, I was having fun. Michael Jackson has some very good inspirational lyrics, and they weren't ruined by a ridiculous video as in the case of "Black or White." I could see myself listening to this song when I'm feeling sad. Once again, I'm looking forward to what song comes next!

P.S. This video reminds me of one of my favorite videos.