The Greatest Night in Pop

592 00:34:16,971 --> 00:34:19,390 Prince, his bodyguard's name was Chick, 593 00:34:20,099 --> 00:34:22,185 and Chick was scarier than hell! 594 00:34:22,268 --> 00:34:25,521 He was just a massively huge person, 595 00:34:25,605 --> 00:34:28,900 and when Prince would win an award, Chick would walk up onstage with him. 596 00:34:32,111 --> 00:34:35,073 No one's gonna attack him walking up on stage! 597 00:34:35,156 --> 00:34:37,075 Well, maybe that's different nowadays. 598 00:34:37,158 --> 00:34:38,659 Outrageous! 599 00:34:39,952 --> 00:34:41,287 Outrageous! 600 00:34:42,121 --> 00:34:44,415 Prince won those big awards. Michael didn't. 601 00:34:44,499 --> 00:34:48,628 Michael wasn't there of course. He was at A&M Studios doin' his thing. 602 00:34:49,629 --> 00:34:52,465 ♪ As God has shown us ♪ 603 00:34:52,548 --> 00:34:56,511 ♪ By turning stone to bread ♪ Hmm. 604 00:34:56,594 --> 00:34:57,970 - Michael? - Yes? 605 00:34:58,554 --> 00:35:01,265 "There's a choice we're making. We're saving our own lives." 606 00:35:01,349 --> 00:35:03,935 Could you just leave that line out of the chorus, please? 607 00:35:04,018 --> 00:35:07,355 So leave out "There's a choice…"? Can somebody bring me a lyric? 608 00:35:07,855 --> 00:35:10,316 I'll leave it out, but I... I just might forget. 609 00:35:11,526 --> 00:35:14,737 The first person who showed up here was Michael Jackson. 610 00:35:15,238 --> 00:35:18,866 Put him right in the middle of that room. We're using a C12 microphone. 611 00:35:19,659 --> 00:35:21,035 Can we take one? 612 00:35:25,957 --> 00:35:27,250 He got himself 613 00:35:27,333 --> 00:35:30,503 that he felt that he was in sync with the music. 614 00:35:35,091 --> 00:35:39,470 ♪ …your love So they know that someone cares ♪ 615 00:35:39,554 --> 00:35:42,431 Could we just have balance before he holds the note from there? 616 00:35:42,515 --> 00:35:44,016 - Without the track? - Sure. 617 00:35:45,518 --> 00:35:48,146 I was here, adjusting some lights, 618 00:35:48,229 --> 00:35:50,773 and Michael Jackson is listening, 619 00:35:51,941 --> 00:35:54,152 and he suddenly sings… 620 00:35:54,235 --> 00:35:56,529 ♪ We are the world ♪ 621 00:35:57,572 --> 00:35:59,991 ♪ We are the children ♪ 622 00:36:00,700 --> 00:36:05,663 ♪ We are the ones who make a brighter day So let's start givin' ♪ 623 00:36:06,372 --> 00:36:09,250 This is the most remarkable voice 624 00:36:09,333 --> 00:36:11,085 I have ever heard in my life. 625 00:36:11,169 --> 00:36:13,671 ♪ We are the world ♪ 626 00:36:14,547 --> 00:36:17,091 ♪ We are the children ♪ 627 00:36:17,967 --> 00:36:23,556 ♪ We are the ones who make a brighter day So let's start givin' ♪ 628 00:36:25,558 --> 00:36:26,517 Sorry. 629 00:36:28,644 --> 00:36:33,065 I didn't say "better." I kept on saying "brighter" and "brighter." I forgot. 630 00:36:35,610 --> 00:36:38,362 When I was asked to write this by Quincy 631 00:36:38,446 --> 00:36:41,073 about, you know, for world hunger, 632 00:36:41,824 --> 00:36:44,577 I put my heart and my soul into it. 633 00:36:44,660 --> 00:36:46,871 ♪ We'll make a better day ♪ 634 00:36:46,954 --> 00:36:49,165 …to say something because… 635 00:36:49,248 --> 00:36:51,751 …it's so much easier for me to talk through the song. 636 00:36:51,834 --> 00:36:53,252 That's really my statement. 637 00:36:55,504 --> 00:36:57,006 Quincy, do you think... 638 00:36:57,632 --> 00:37:02,011 Uh, I'm saying, "you…" Should I say, "you and me" or "you and I" at the end? 639 00:37:03,012 --> 00:37:04,639 - I like, "you and me." - Okay. 640 00:37:04,722 --> 00:37:06,807 - It's much more soulful. - More soulful, yeah. 641 00:37:06,891 --> 00:37:08,601 - Yeah. - Country, man. 642 00:37:08,684 --> 00:37:10,311 - Yeah. Country. - Love it, man. 643 00:37:10,394 --> 00:37:11,562 That's what it's all about. 644 00:37:12,063 --> 00:37:14,398 What was so interesting about Michael 645 00:37:14,482 --> 00:37:18,152 is that, originally, Michael only wanted to write a song. 646 00:37:19,195 --> 00:37:22,031 At first, Michael didn't wanna sing or be on the video. 647 00:37:22,114 --> 00:37:24,116 He thought it was overexposure at first. 648 00:37:24,659 --> 00:37:27,578 I talked Michael into being on the thing, you know? 649 00:37:27,662 --> 00:37:29,956 That would've been one of the biggest mistakes of his career 650 00:37:30,039 --> 00:37:31,165 if he hadn't showed up. 651 00:37:31,249 --> 00:37:32,792 ♪ There's a… ♪ 652 00:37:33,459 --> 00:37:36,295 But he was there, man. He was more than there. 653 00:37:37,505 --> 00:37:40,341 - How did it sound? - Sounds great, man. 654 00:37:43,678 --> 00:37:45,096 Fantastic, Mike. 655 00:37:46,847 --> 00:37:49,600 Still to come, exciting performances by Tina Turner, 656 00:37:49,684 --> 00:37:51,435 Cyndi Lau