I wish people weren't so retardedly extreme what MJ did and what his teachers did. No, Taco didn't teach Michael everything he knew, nor did he choreograph all of his pieces. He had a heavy hand in educating Michael and made many valuable contributions to various pieces of choreography, but so did many others, such as Anthony Daniel, Travis Payne, the Electric Boogaloos, and many, many more. You turn their true accomplishments into a parody when you ignore the true COLLABORATIONS that occurred.
@choreograffiti1 They never tought him they just danced with him. Michael has always been a great dancer so how then could those guys teach him? Michael was a very good locker, so did they teach him to lock? it was a dance called locking back in the early 70s look it up, then watch michael, the boi was bad way be4 poppin came out in 1979.
@choreograffiti1 Look bitch i never said he didnt learn from nobody ass hole popin taco didnt teach him every thing or daniels because he been doing the robot and all be4 them dudes ever came oon the spot. He been knowing how to move, daiels just did the bad video and think he taught mike every thing he knows. he took pieces from people but they didnt teach him shit you doofy ass
@choreograffiti1 Yeah i know. Thats what i was trying to tell the rest of them. He took pieces from a lot of dancers a did it better but they didnt sit down with him and showed him, no they didnt but ppl on here think he did and sound stupid bro lol
@BaaNeeStyle0:23 - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough by Michael Jackson, 0:43 - Billie Jean by Michael Jackson, 1:08 - Ghosts by Michael Jackson, 1:58 - Pop by NSync
I personally think he's style in this vid. is a bit lazy and too much popping enhancements in the music. His style is great for sliding and moonwalking I guess smooth popping.. But the hip hop was too slow for me.. But that's just me Im sure he could tear me a new one if battled. haha well maybe not Im pretty damn good too..haha Much respect Taco keep it movin man!!
MJ does these moves better....and Taco WORKED WITH MJ in the choreographing of many of his videos, why do so many assume he did all of the choreographying...im sure MJ had massive input as well!
@OrlyDudeGuy Jeffrey Daniels clame that Michael Jackson took the moonwalk because Jeffrey Daniels did it on a tv show in 1980 but in 1979 on soul train who did the moon walk be4 daniels was electric boogaloos 1979 on soul train and the moon walk go way back to the 1955 by a tap dancer by the name of bill baily moonwalk just youtube him. Every body want to say they tought Michael just to make them selves look good but every body knows james brown tought him period.
@piyowwww Exactly and it's not even called "the Moonwalk" by people who are into Street, Funk Style, and Hip Hop dancing, it's really called the Backslide. Moonwalk is a different move, there's a vid of Mr. Wiggles doing what should be the Moonwalk, not the Backslide. The history of the backslide goes way back as well. There's a vid of an old mime doing a variation of a backslide too besides Bill Bailey doing it.
I can't believe the posts on here arguing over originators and shout outs appreciate the styles love the videos give props pass the culture............ Peace
dax247 dude my teacher went to get lessons from the electric boogaloos each year and your right they taught him everything. theres an interview with them about it, check it out:D
Do you remember when MJ said that he has learned his moves from some kids he saw dancing on the streets? Yeah, one of them was Bruno Falcon aka Poppin Taco. Since then, Taco became his choreographer and personal dance adviser for 18 years. There are some interviews with Taco where he explains how he had taught MJ some moves like the famous sidewalk( the lateral slide). MJ and Taco Two Legends !!!
He's still Getting Down! he choreographed alot of videos for Michael Jackson and for those of you who remember back in the 80's he was in the movie Breakin
I have heard that Taco taught Michael Jackson everything he new as far as dancing went and if it wasn't for Taco Thriller the video wouldn't have happened! As far as I heard his credits also include Smooth Criminal, Bad and History! This is just what I heard so don't shoot the messanger!!
He still cant do it better than Mike, THATS THE DIFFERENCE. HE did choreograph some of the stuff for billie jean, and Neither OF THEM STILL CANT DO IT BETTER THAN MIKE. Slim the robot invented the robot dance, he was in a group called the original lockers, he taught mike the robot for Dancince machine, but Mike still does it better than him also. Jeffrey Daniels from the group Shalamar taught mike the moonwalk, Mike does it better than him. Every1 learns from someone
@atlmycity2 EVER? please look up madd chadd, THATS the best robot ever. No doubt Mike got the robot, but Mike was no originator of any of his moves. All of his moves derrived from Poppin Taco himself.
@Lucky7C LMFAO yea dude had a nice robot. I know mike didnt make up his moves but he does the moves better than all his teachers which include Jeffrey Daniel, Poppin taco, Michael Bugaloo shrimp chambers, and slim the robot(from original lockers) Its just something about MJ , i guess he just adds swagger or something to the moves. He makes them look so smooth and did you see him do the robot with jackson 5 to dancine machine? the 1 where he had the white suit on and the afro?
@atlmycity2 um yeah ive seen it on dancing machine i know. Its not the best robot ever, def awesome. Was not the best at the robot. Alls i was sayin is people gave mike too much credit like he invented the moonwalk or somethin. Or his moves were all his. Im sayin give credit where its due. Poppin taco is an originator. Mike got the wavin cobra style from taco also. check out tacos old videos he does it WAY better than mike. but i am in no way sayin that mike isnt good.
@dax247 Taco was primarily around during the bad era. But MJ was already a well-established dancer before he got in touch with Poppin' Taco. A lot of people went into making MJ who he was.
@dax247 just to let you know Suga pop had a big part in thriller as the choreographer and i think some of the electric boogaloos was in there as zombies =P
@dax247 I know you gots to be very young who ever this is. First off poppin taco only Featured in this short movie that Michael Jackson did back in 1987 called Captain EO and he danced with Michael and poppin taco never Choreograph no thriller lol the guy name was Michael Peters and Micheal Jackson Choreographed thriller. Poppin taco did not teach Michael nothing lol hes been dancing since he was a little boy and James Brown tought him every thing he knows. Who told you those crazy rumors lol
@dax247 you need to watch the behind the scene of Thriller the movie and watch them in the dance room practicing and you will not see no poppin taco but you will see Michael Peters and Michael they both Choreographed Thriller. Never go by what you heard but research lil homie
its true taco showed mj almost all of his poppin/robotic movements. he has the right to dance like mj lol. theres no use trying to argue if he did or didnt either theres video proof its a fact
also BTW. TACO did NOT CREATE THE MOONWALK neither did JEFF DANIELS. not too mention it was COOLEY JACKSON and friends of JEFF DANIELS that taught MJ the moonwalk. SHRIMP later showed him a new version after he already learned. LOOK UP BILL BAILEY to see one of the original moonwalks here on YOUTUBE. WOW - please research before you make claims you dont even know are true!!
B.S. you have no idea what you are talking about. THAT IS MJ's move. Taco was impersonating MJ for most of this skit. THOSE MOVES if anything were styled after Snake in the Grass Bob Fosse - "the little Prince" movie. LOOK IT UP!!! Poppin Taco is a POPPER and those aren't poppin moves!! THAT IS WHY MJ does this the most natural and the best because that is one of HIS SIGNATURE MOVES!!! DO some research before you come on here actin like you know what you are talking about
LOL.. You're making a fool of yourself here ignorant cunt, like i said, check out hip hop history before commenting and make yourself look clown. fuck off cunt...
And with your horrible english, Please jump off the building and die!!! I'll fucking pretend i never heard any of those things as your horrible english annihilated your credibility.
the reason why you never hear about this guy is cause mj had an exclusive contract on poppin taco which stated that poppin taco could NOT teach anyone but mj.
Ok, I went to looking for about tgis guy, and lokk than I found.... He was a coreographer, of a video of Michael Jackson. "Smoth Criminal". oh but wait...
Don´t say than was a TEACHER OF MICHAEL JACKSON. SO UH FUCK EVERERYBODY THAN CONTINUE GIVE IT COMMENTS ABOUT THIS
Why the people defend him so much, and if Michael Jackson learned of this man, Why he is so young? Michael learned to dance like that too early in his life...
@Christian18mas Taco and Mike aren't that far apart in age. Mike learned how to do the original robot in the 60's. closer to the 80's he met Taco and got taught about funkstyles like this. He even use to choreograph Mike's shows for him once upon a time.
You can see were Justin Timberlake and Usher got some of there choreography. I am sure he also helped the King(MJ) many years ago. A true legend in dancing.
first off im 18. i was born in 91. and just because u were born back then as u claim to have been doesn't mean that u know anything about being a dancer or that u were a dancer at all. and what notches do u have in ur belt. id probably eat u alive in a battle.
Taco definitely is a legend and he definitely "taught" Michael some moves, but some people here are confused. He simply uses the songs in this for fun.
Dont stop til you get enough came out before Taco worked with Jackson, Billie Jean was freestyled, Smooth Criminal was choregraphed by Jackson and Jeffrey Daniels
Michael was given the tools to create. A lot of moves were taken from other dancers (the same goes on today) He was given the pieces to the puzzle. People are forgetting that all of these dances are freestyle. It's up to you how to interpret the music and how you react to it.
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Obviously no one has seen the old Ed Sullivan, Dom Deluise, or even Johnny Carson shows when Michael was popping WITH HIS BROTHERS on stage and on TV? Sorry "self-made popping scholars", Popping Taco, Pop-n-Pete, and even Sugarpop (a good friend of mine) did not show Michael Jackson how to dance. He was doing this stuff when they were just babies! Check the age differences! Check the dates of when these guys actually came on the scene! Check past videos! Get you facts straight before bashing.
Poppin Pete and Sugar Pop taught Mike to moonwalk u tard. He saw some freestyle dancers on the street one day and wanted to learn how to do it. no one is saying that they taught him everything. and also the jackson 5 did mostly locking moves and footwork. the popping didn't come into play until right before Mike went solo.
Ease up on the name-calling you online tough guy before you get a slap from way back. you obviously don't know shit and have just got on the scene because someone forwarded you some dancing videos from this website. Check your facts and think before you open your mouth.
First off im not an internet tough guy...lol. i actually hate internet tough guys. and i don't think that what i said made me sound like one unlike your reply. i have been dancing since i was in the 7th grade i'm a Senior in highschool now so i'll let u do the math if u can. obviously u don't know anything because your reply to me didn't have anything to do with what i said its just u cursing at me and attacking my character. it sounds like ur a poser to me.
Okay, so you just proved that you weren't even alive when all of this in the dancing scene went on! So how in the hell could you even have a bit of an opinion other than what someone much older than you has TOLD YOU. Your year of birth is probably 1992 or 1993 which means you still can't get into clubs except for the teen dances at your high school gym. You know nothing of being an actual street dancer! Please pass your driving test and get some notches in your belt before debating with me.
He knows his facts better than you kido. Trying to flame the boy for an internet tough guy just for calling you a tard, and at the same time verifying that you are what he says you are kido. You are a tard, good genetics and a clever brain are sadly not for everyone.
Woah! Genetics dont go insulting this guys parents its not their fault there kid is a complete ass and doesn't know the difference between an "internet-tough guy" and a guy who knows what he is talkin about
Sorry Jeffery Daniels did. The EB's where in the Thriller Video and Smooth Crimminal. Not trying to start anything but yeah. Ive been dancing since 8 on stage with en Vouge and I'm now 28. Before you call people names please get your info correct.
Gee thanks for pointing that out. You are one of those people who has to have the last word so how about this put a ( , )behind "s" or start your sentence with a capital I when spelling "its" ya know just a small mistake
im sorry, im just a sucker for detail is all. which is why i went back and researched the moonwalk thing again after my "talk" with the other guy before. so lets just end this with that.
Yo I would like to say that I'm a self-taught popper waver etc. I'm 20 now but i started in middle school everyday before and after school even on the weekends constantly watching breakin and breakin 2 if it wasn't for Bruno Poppin Taco Falcon and my persistence I wouldn't be half as good as I am today. All you other cats talking that shit need to shut the fuck up before hip hop grows arms and legs and comes to kick yall asses. Peace to the Supporters of Hip Hop and Funk Movement.
haha i feel ya..i'm guessing you were born in 88 and feel like you were born too late! It honestly lives on through us. Boogaloo will never die bro..trust me
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People you talking bullshit.Michael Jackson was practicing popping and locking from his childhood and that's over 40 years now he is expert in what he does.MJ developed his own style of dancing.This guy is good but looool he is child, amateur compared to Michael Jackson.
WTF!! This guy taught Michael all the moves that made him famous... It's obvious that Michael was jocking his style. Try bringing that bullshit talk around a circle of real poppers, lockers, Bboys, and, of course, James Brown fans ( just had to throw that one in there). The media gives and publicists give no credit to the real dancers behind the artists. Bottom line, these artists jock us so you can jock them.
This guy didn't teach MJ how to dance.I don't say that poppers and lockers are rubbish and not good.I just say MJ bought video tapes of first poppers and lockers and he imitated and made his own style of dancing which is now known as Michael Jackson dance.This guy Pop n' Taco is compared to Michael 0 cos MJ knows everything from popping locking and he imitated James Brows and ad something of his own style.Tho cool video!
First of all, Let me say that money talks. Michael paid Pop n Taco, Flukie, and members of the Booaloos to teach him for 6 years... Not 6 weeks or 6 months where one could say that Michael was able to reinvent the dance, but he wasn't reinventing anything. He was constantly being taught. Get your facts str8. You're obviously are not a dancer and have no idea where you're coming from. I have videos upon videos proving it. So say what you will, but don't be naive.
You have very little idea of what you are talking about- stop spreading misinformation. MJ has had many dance teachers and choreographers. Taco taught him some popping, and worked for him for 18 yrs. Jeff Daniels also worked with him for a long time. EBs on and off for a much shorter time. The lockers when he was with J5. Plus he uses tap, bob fosse type stuff, james brown and a lot of his own stuff. WATCH his stuff nd tell me what popper he looks like. HE CREATED HIS OWN STYLE from many!
you should know INFO before talking yes taco didn't teach Michael everything but taco's been dancing almost as long if not longer and also knows every style michael knows even locking !!! the only difference between mj and taco is mj is famous there both old too taco is in his 50's i believe....
what the hell is wrong with you he taught michael jackson how to dance...i doubt you come anywhere close to muchael jackson let alont his teacher bruno "poppin taco" falcon. cunt
I don't think it is fair to say that Poppin Taco taught Michael Jackson everything he knows, because we all know from looking at the videos of MJ and Poppin Taco Michaedl only uses a very small amount of moves because their styles look completely different. Beleive me I love Poppin Taco him Boogaloo Shrimp Popping Pete and a few others are my favourites, but Michael only uses a minimal amount of their moves thats why you have Michael jackson style and Popping style!
Michael was taught by Popping Pete, Poppin Taco and Turbo. Turbo improved Micheals moon walk as well. There is a video on here where Popping Pete and Popping Taco choreographed one of Michael's video's. Not only that but they were also in some of his video's and went on tour with him. Did Poppin Taco teach him everything? No! But he taught him a lot about Popping.
Nah trust me man Popping Taco is like 50 in this if you watch Breaking and search for footage of him popping and especially waving in the 80s he is unbeliveable! In my opinion the best waver out there, Boogaloo Shrimp the best popper.
Taco isnt even trying in that vid its looks like its just for fun...when you see taco actually wanting to impress people your gonna get blown away so dont talk shit about taco
Salah is overrated! That's what happens when you have a person commenting on something they haven't witnessed from the beginning, They think the person of their generation is the best ever. Taco and Shrimp's old footage would make him look silly, Besides...where do you think his moves came from, The Originators of it all!! DO YOUR HOMEWORK CHILDREN!!
wadezaman, don't talk shit, Salah is just a glorified mime artist, he's a freak show, there's nothing talented about what he does, he's a fuckin circus act. Taco is the daddy, the innovator, he's not even trying in this clip, he's just fooling about, know what you're talkin about b4 you post fool
I wish people weren't so retardedly extreme what MJ did and what his teachers did. No, Taco didn't teach Michael everything he knew, nor did he choreograph all of his pieces. He had a heavy hand in educating Michael and made many valuable contributions to various pieces of choreography, but so did many others, such as Anthony Daniel, Travis Payne, the Electric Boogaloos, and many, many more. You turn their true accomplishments into a parody when you ignore the true COLLABORATIONS that occurred.
choreograffiti1 1 month ago
@choreograffiti1 They never tought him they just danced with him. Michael has always been a great dancer so how then could those guys teach him? Michael was a very good locker, so did they teach him to lock? it was a dance called locking back in the early 70s look it up, then watch michael, the boi was bad way be4 poppin came out in 1979.
piyowwww 1 month ago
@piyowwww You are turning Michael into a FUCKING PARODY when you say this bullshit. Of course he learned from other people. Stop being a retard.
choreograffiti1 1 month ago
@choreograffiti1 Look bitch i never said he didnt learn from nobody ass hole popin taco didnt teach him every thing or daniels because he been doing the robot and all be4 them dudes ever came oon the spot. He been knowing how to move, daiels just did the bad video and think he taught mike every thing he knows. he took pieces from people but they didnt teach him shit you doofy ass
piyowwww 1 month ago
@piyowwww "They never tought him they just danced with him."
choreograffiti1 1 month ago
@choreograffiti1 Yeah i know. Thats what i was trying to tell the rest of them. He took pieces from a lot of dancers a did it better but they didnt sit down with him and showed him, no they didnt but ppl on here think he did and sound stupid bro lol
piyowwww 1 month ago
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trexmex67 3 months ago
MJ makes the dance look good but this guy, the opposite ...
123trashyou 4 months ago
@BBOYHARDSTYLE - DAMN BRO! thats hella true!
NlCOABUNDIS 6 months ago
name of the songs please ??
BaaNeeStyle 10 months ago
@BaaNeeStyle 0:23 - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough by Michael Jackson, 0:43 - Billie Jean by Michael Jackson, 1:08 - Ghosts by Michael Jackson, 1:58 - Pop by NSync
TonyHStanley 9 months ago
I personally think he's style in this vid. is a bit lazy and too much popping enhancements in the music. His style is great for sliding and moonwalking I guess smooth popping.. But the hip hop was too slow for me.. But that's just me Im sure he could tear me a new one if battled. haha well maybe not Im pretty damn good too..haha Much respect Taco keep it movin man!!
gcamarenajr1983 10 months ago
garbage.
townleyaustin 10 months ago
MJ does these moves better....and Taco WORKED WITH MJ in the choreographing of many of his videos, why do so many assume he did all of the choreographying...im sure MJ had massive input as well!
Dom20002007 10 months ago
14 personnes qui n'aiment pas la danse !
nicks95100 10 months ago
@1:33 michael does this same exact move in a live performace to stranger in moscow
JeDDeYeMiiiND 1 year ago
Pop N Taco, Jeffrey Daniels, The Electric Boogaloo, and The Lockers influenced and taught Michael Jackson how to dance.
OrlyDudeGuy 1 year ago 2
@OrlyDudeGuy Jeffrey Daniels clame that Michael Jackson took the moonwalk because Jeffrey Daniels did it on a tv show in 1980 but in 1979 on soul train who did the moon walk be4 daniels was electric boogaloos 1979 on soul train and the moon walk go way back to the 1955 by a tap dancer by the name of bill baily moonwalk just youtube him. Every body want to say they tought Michael just to make them selves look good but every body knows james brown tought him period.
piyowwww 1 month ago
@piyowwww Exactly and it's not even called "the Moonwalk" by people who are into Street, Funk Style, and Hip Hop dancing, it's really called the Backslide. Moonwalk is a different move, there's a vid of Mr. Wiggles doing what should be the Moonwalk, not the Backslide. The history of the backslide goes way back as well. There's a vid of an old mime doing a variation of a backslide too besides Bill Bailey doing it.
OrlyDudeGuy 1 month ago
@OrlyDudeGuy For those interested in knowing the real moonwalk, search for True Moon Walk video
OrlyDudeGuy 1 month ago
THAT WAS SICKENING!!
lovellcosell 1 year ago
I can't believe the posts on here arguing over originators and shout outs appreciate the styles love the videos give props pass the culture............ Peace
breakin88 1 year ago
dax247 dude my teacher went to get lessons from the electric boogaloos each year and your right they taught him everything. theres an interview with them about it, check it out:D
tranc3e 1 year ago
Do you remember when MJ said that he has learned his moves from some kids he saw dancing on the streets? Yeah, one of them was Bruno Falcon aka Poppin Taco. Since then, Taco became his choreographer and personal dance adviser for 18 years. There are some interviews with Taco where he explains how he had taught MJ some moves like the famous sidewalk( the lateral slide). MJ and Taco Two Legends !!!
hilfrazao 1 year ago 2
daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn!!!!!!!
maribel2 1 year ago
This cat looks the COMPLETE opposite of how he looked in the 80's. His gear looked flyer in Breakin'.
hondaaccord007 1 year ago
He's still Getting Down! he choreographed alot of videos for Michael Jackson and for those of you who remember back in the 80's he was in the movie Breakin
capricornwon07 1 year ago
wow, you can dance.. your moves are so slick, I know this is coming 4 years later, but dayum!
frillyknickerz 1 year ago
u way 2 white to gots rithum
DrTinypawzEsquire2 1 year ago
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2:09 song name
thesoulandfunk 1 year ago
Poppin NHJ > All
Gh0st3d 2 years ago
im inspired by this guy..
filimonkz 2 years ago
choreographer does not make him a teacher.
bcozimazn 2 years ago
hey, does anybody by chnace know the name of the first song that plays.
pwa4life91 2 years ago
I have heard that Taco taught Michael Jackson everything he new as far as dancing went and if it wasn't for Taco Thriller the video wouldn't have happened! As far as I heard his credits also include Smooth Criminal, Bad and History! This is just what I heard so don't shoot the messanger!!
dax247 2 years ago 11
He still cant do it better than Mike, THATS THE DIFFERENCE. HE did choreograph some of the stuff for billie jean, and Neither OF THEM STILL CANT DO IT BETTER THAN MIKE. Slim the robot invented the robot dance, he was in a group called the original lockers, he taught mike the robot for Dancince machine, but Mike still does it better than him also. Jeffrey Daniels from the group Shalamar taught mike the moonwalk, Mike does it better than him. Every1 learns from someone
atlmycity2 2 years ago
@atlmycity2 Man you got the rest right, but mike dont even robot. maybe glimpses of it but he dont robot.
Lucky7C 1 year ago
@Lucky7C Mike does do the robot, search Jackson 5 danchine machine when he was a teen . He actually look like a real robot when he done it too
atlmycity2 1 year ago
@Lucky7C LOL mattera fact Mike probably had the best robot EVER. PLEASE SEARCH JACKSON 5 DANCINE MACHINE
atlmycity2 1 year ago
@atlmycity2 EVER? please look up madd chadd, THATS the best robot ever. No doubt Mike got the robot, but Mike was no originator of any of his moves. All of his moves derrived from Poppin Taco himself.
Lucky7C 1 year ago
@Lucky7C LMFAO yea dude had a nice robot. I know mike didnt make up his moves but he does the moves better than all his teachers which include Jeffrey Daniel, Poppin taco, Michael Bugaloo shrimp chambers, and slim the robot(from original lockers) Its just something about MJ , i guess he just adds swagger or something to the moves. He makes them look so smooth and did you see him do the robot with jackson 5 to dancine machine? the 1 where he had the white suit on and the afro?
atlmycity2 1 year ago
@atlmycity2 um yeah ive seen it on dancing machine i know. Its not the best robot ever, def awesome. Was not the best at the robot. Alls i was sayin is people gave mike too much credit like he invented the moonwalk or somethin. Or his moves were all his. Im sayin give credit where its due. Poppin taco is an originator. Mike got the wavin cobra style from taco also. check out tacos old videos he does it WAY better than mike. but i am in no way sayin that mike isnt good.
Lucky7C 1 year ago
@Lucky7C Yea taco is good, i remember seeing him wave in the movie breakin. LOL i remember watching breakin in the nursery when it came out.
atlmycity2 1 year ago
@dax247 I just heard the same but.........the dude looks way younger than MJ.
maribel2 1 year ago
@maribel2 Nah man Mikes way younger, Mikes like a student to poppin Taco. Tacos an OG.
Lucky7C 1 year ago
@dax247 lets not forget "Shrimps" teaching
tim23tom23 1 year ago
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IVIystical 11 months ago
@dax247 Taco was primarily around during the bad era. But MJ was already a well-established dancer before he got in touch with Poppin' Taco. A lot of people went into making MJ who he was.
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tossingmidgetsforfun 10 months ago
@dax247 Disregard,It was Pop N Taco
tossingmidgetsforfun 10 months ago
@dax247 just to let you know Suga pop had a big part in thriller as the choreographer and i think some of the electric boogaloos was in there as zombies =P
Doc202 8 months ago
@dax247
Dude that's true!
ChOkO088 7 months ago
@dax247 hes also in and had part in captain eo at disneyland...
JeDDeYeMiiiND 6 months ago
@dax247 Yup that is true. Taco taught MJ everything, even choreo'd all his pieces for him for 18 years.
MrFrankyGification 3 months ago
@dax247 I know you gots to be very young who ever this is. First off poppin taco only Featured in this short movie that Michael Jackson did back in 1987 called Captain EO and he danced with Michael and poppin taco never Choreograph no thriller lol the guy name was Michael Peters and Micheal Jackson Choreographed thriller. Poppin taco did not teach Michael nothing lol hes been dancing since he was a little boy and James Brown tought him every thing he knows. Who told you those crazy rumors lol
piyowwww 1 month ago
@dax247 you need to watch the behind the scene of Thriller the movie and watch them in the dance room practicing and you will not see no poppin taco but you will see Michael Peters and Michael they both Choreographed Thriller. Never go by what you heard but research lil homie
piyowwww 1 month ago
@dax247 nah, its not true!
jeffrey daniel and a street dancer called "casper" taught Michael jackson the moves..
Michael Jackson was a soul train fan in his teens.
apmirkin 3 weeks ago
its true taco showed mj almost all of his poppin/robotic movements. he has the right to dance like mj lol. theres no use trying to argue if he did or didnt either theres video proof its a fact
leftyw2 2 years ago
Can he do anything else besides this micheal jackson stuff Poppin John is was better
electronicification 2 years ago
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eliandjen 2 years ago
It's taco. Popping isn't the only thing he can do. Who do think showed MJ most of his moves?
eliandjen 2 years ago 2
look at his other video's. unless he was just fucking around.
jtim01 2 years ago
this ISNT Taco, not even close
jtim01 2 years ago
Roflmao, this isn't taco, I can tell cuz that ain't his style, taco does a lot of animation popping... this is mj poser shiet
El3ctricBo0g 2 years ago
sorry dude but its taco
ColinRayko 2 years ago 5
well he is
0928317896 2 years ago
he actually did some choreography for MJ, so it's actually it's Taco shit. lol
hork13 2 years ago
this guy is a great dancer hip hop legend but no one cande dance like michael better than michael i actually think this kinda sucked
livonwed23 2 years ago
this guy tought mike!!!!!! do yur homework
fadayzfadayz 2 years ago
lol he is the teacher of michael jackson. wat r u talking about
0928317896 2 years ago
i AGREE with what your sayin...dude gave NO ONE credit. LoL- that nigga below is on some other shit.
thaSMIZofESV 2 years ago
also BTW. TACO did NOT CREATE THE MOONWALK neither did JEFF DANIELS. not too mention it was COOLEY JACKSON and friends of JEFF DANIELS that taught MJ the moonwalk. SHRIMP later showed him a new version after he already learned. LOOK UP BILL BAILEY to see one of the original moonwalks here on YOUTUBE. WOW - please research before you make claims you dont even know are true!!
bboyche 2 years ago
B.S. you have no idea what you are talking about. THAT IS MJ's move. Taco was impersonating MJ for most of this skit. THOSE MOVES if anything were styled after Snake in the Grass Bob Fosse - "the little Prince" movie. LOOK IT UP!!! Poppin Taco is a POPPER and those aren't poppin moves!! THAT IS WHY MJ does this the most natural and the best because that is one of HIS SIGNATURE MOVES!!! DO some research before you come on here actin like you know what you are talking about
bboyche 2 years ago
I gonna say someting, I don't like it, because I don't nothing new, nothing interesting, there is not something fun Michael Kim is very better.
Christian18mas 2 years ago
Your crazy.
thaSMIZofESV 2 years ago
ya if u think onion's better than taco you be fuckin wack as hell
AoEFreak54321 2 years ago
Paco suck, all the movements than he does, are of Michael Jackson... He is a fucking copy
Christian18mas 2 years ago
Dude...this is the guy who taught MJ to dance...
ImRightEndOfStory 2 years ago
Like I said before, sucks..
Christian18mas 2 years ago
Check out his Japan video he's ridiculous
ImRightEndOfStory 2 years ago
Yupp he's michael jackson dance teacher.. Know your history well before writing ignorant comment..
joshuadoom1 2 years ago
Oh, Come on... This guy can't be the Michael teacher, Michael was very better than him... so uh fuck you
Christian18mas 2 years ago
LOL.. You're making a fool of yourself here ignorant cunt, like i said, check out hip hop history before commenting and make yourself look clown. fuck off cunt...
joshuadoom1 2 years ago
The only than I desire in this moment, is that you fucking die!!!
Christian18mas 2 years ago
Lol fucking childish clown. Fucking burn in hell too =). Fuck off this page if u cant outtalk me, your mum suck cock in hell, like you do =))
joshuadoom1 2 years ago
And with your horrible english, Please jump off the building and die!!! I'll fucking pretend i never heard any of those things as your horrible english annihilated your credibility.
joshuadoom1 2 years ago
the reason why you never hear about this guy is cause mj had an exclusive contract on poppin taco which stated that poppin taco could NOT teach anyone but mj.
mj is a great entertainer. no doubt about that.
brood909 2 years ago
Ok, I went to looking for about tgis guy, and lokk than I found.... He was a coreographer, of a video of Michael Jackson. "Smoth Criminal". oh but wait...
Don´t say than was a TEACHER OF MICHAEL JACKSON. SO UH FUCK EVERERYBODY THAN CONTINUE GIVE IT COMMENTS ABOUT THIS
Christian18mas 2 years ago
i agree
ebeledi 2 years ago
youre in denial, bwoy!
clokwize 2 years ago
wrong
ebeledi 2 years ago
i doubt it. everybody wants to claim who taught him some say jeffry daniels, bla bla bla
Mike was a born dancer who was influenced by James Brown, Fred Astaire, jackie wilson, etc. TRUE ENTERTAINORS
ebeledi 2 years ago
He's actually the original. Micheal learned from this man.
Ab3ar 2 years ago 2
Why the people defend him so much, and if Michael Jackson learned of this man, Why he is so young? Michael learned to dance like that too early in his life...
Christian18mas 2 years ago
@Christian18mas Taco and Mike aren't that far apart in age. Mike learned how to do the original robot in the 60's. closer to the 80's he met Taco and got taught about funkstyles like this. He even use to choreograph Mike's shows for him once upon a time.
PoppinXRay 2 years ago
GOD forgive me, but I did'nt know that " Popin Taco" was "Popin Pato=]". Pinche culero!!!!!!!.
prizner100 2 years ago
You can see were Justin Timberlake and Usher got some of there choreography. I am sure he also helped the King(MJ) many years ago. A true legend in dancing.
gshovlin 2 years ago
first off im 18. i was born in 91. and just because u were born back then as u claim to have been doesn't mean that u know anything about being a dancer or that u were a dancer at all. and what notches do u have in ur belt. id probably eat u alive in a battle.
PoppinXRay 2 years ago
Taco definitely is a legend and he definitely "taught" Michael some moves, but some people here are confused. He simply uses the songs in this for fun.
Dont stop til you get enough came out before Taco worked with Jackson, Billie Jean was freestyled, Smooth Criminal was choregraphed by Jackson and Jeffrey Daniels
ashthetrash 2 years ago
Michael was given the tools to create. A lot of moves were taken from other dancers (the same goes on today) He was given the pieces to the puzzle. People are forgetting that all of these dances are freestyle. It's up to you how to interpret the music and how you react to it.
sifujordan 2 years ago
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sifujordan 2 years ago
映画ブレイクダンスにも出演してましたよね。故マイケル・ジャクソンさんの元振付師ですよね。
catstreet1229 2 years ago
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Obviously no one has seen the old Ed Sullivan, Dom Deluise, or even Johnny Carson shows when Michael was popping WITH HIS BROTHERS on stage and on TV? Sorry "self-made popping scholars", Popping Taco, Pop-n-Pete, and even Sugarpop (a good friend of mine) did not show Michael Jackson how to dance. He was doing this stuff when they were just babies! Check the age differences! Check the dates of when these guys actually came on the scene! Check past videos! Get you facts straight before bashing.
hwnjedi 2 years ago
Poppin Pete and Sugar Pop taught Mike to moonwalk u tard. He saw some freestyle dancers on the street one day and wanted to learn how to do it. no one is saying that they taught him everything. and also the jackson 5 did mostly locking moves and footwork. the popping didn't come into play until right before Mike went solo.
PoppinXRay 2 years ago
Ease up on the name-calling you online tough guy before you get a slap from way back. you obviously don't know shit and have just got on the scene because someone forwarded you some dancing videos from this website. Check your facts and think before you open your mouth.
hwnjedi 2 years ago
First off im not an internet tough guy...lol. i actually hate internet tough guys. and i don't think that what i said made me sound like one unlike your reply. i have been dancing since i was in the 7th grade i'm a Senior in highschool now so i'll let u do the math if u can. obviously u don't know anything because your reply to me didn't have anything to do with what i said its just u cursing at me and attacking my character. it sounds like ur a poser to me.
PoppinXRay 2 years ago
Okay, so you just proved that you weren't even alive when all of this in the dancing scene went on! So how in the hell could you even have a bit of an opinion other than what someone much older than you has TOLD YOU. Your year of birth is probably 1992 or 1993 which means you still can't get into clubs except for the teen dances at your high school gym. You know nothing of being an actual street dancer! Please pass your driving test and get some notches in your belt before debating with me.
hwnjedi 2 years ago
He knows his facts better than you kido. Trying to flame the boy for an internet tough guy just for calling you a tard, and at the same time verifying that you are what he says you are kido. You are a tard, good genetics and a clever brain are sadly not for everyone.
DestAIDS 2 years ago
Woah! Genetics dont go insulting this guys parents its not their fault there kid is a complete ass and doesn't know the difference between an "internet-tough guy" and a guy who knows what he is talkin about
ImRightEndOfStory 2 years ago
Sorry Jeffery Daniels did. The EB's where in the Thriller Video and Smooth Crimminal. Not trying to start anything but yeah. Ive been dancing since 8 on stage with en Vouge and I'm now 28. Before you call people names please get your info correct.
HazeElements 2 years ago
yea i found that out like a couple days after all this stuff. and by the way theres no s. its just Daniel not Daniels just a small mistake.
PoppinXRay 2 years ago
Gee thanks for pointing that out. You are one of those people who has to have the last word so how about this put a ( , )behind "s" or start your sentence with a capital I when spelling "its" ya know just a small mistake
HazeElements 2 years ago
im sorry, im just a sucker for detail is all. which is why i went back and researched the moonwalk thing again after my "talk" with the other guy before. so lets just end this with that.
PoppinXRay 2 years ago
Jeffrey Daniels and Cooley Jackson to be exact. And then later he learned moonwalk from Boogaloo Shrimp
bboyche 2 years ago
type in old man poppin
watch my 38 old cousin in a white shirt
he good
he was in a lil part of beat street
allende23hoyboy 2 years ago
I wish he was my dance instructor...
Poppinwannabe 3 years ago
Yo I would like to say that I'm a self-taught popper waver etc. I'm 20 now but i started in middle school everyday before and after school even on the weekends constantly watching breakin and breakin 2 if it wasn't for Bruno Poppin Taco Falcon and my persistence I wouldn't be half as good as I am today. All you other cats talking that shit need to shut the fuck up before hip hop grows arms and legs and comes to kick yall asses. Peace to the Supporters of Hip Hop and Funk Movement.
breakin88 3 years ago 2
haha i feel ya..i'm guessing you were born in 88 and feel like you were born too late! It honestly lives on through us. Boogaloo will never die bro..trust me
regreg88 3 years ago
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People you talking bullshit.Michael Jackson was practicing popping and locking from his childhood and that's over 40 years now he is expert in what he does.MJ developed his own style of dancing.This guy is good but looool he is child, amateur compared to Michael Jackson.
borismoric 3 years ago
Fair enough so who are you that you can judge poppers and dancing like that? Do people even know you?
D0nysos 3 years ago
WTF!! This guy taught Michael all the moves that made him famous... It's obvious that Michael was jocking his style. Try bringing that bullshit talk around a circle of real poppers, lockers, Bboys, and, of course, James Brown fans ( just had to throw that one in there). The media gives and publicists give no credit to the real dancers behind the artists. Bottom line, these artists jock us so you can jock them.
jsqueezo 3 years ago
This guy didn't teach MJ how to dance.I don't say that poppers and lockers are rubbish and not good.I just say MJ bought video tapes of first poppers and lockers and he imitated and made his own style of dancing which is now known as Michael Jackson dance.This guy Pop n' Taco is compared to Michael 0 cos MJ knows everything from popping locking and he imitated James Brows and ad something of his own style.Tho cool video!
borismoric 3 years ago
They are both good but MJ is better my opinion.
borismoric 3 years ago
First of all, Let me say that money talks. Michael paid Pop n Taco, Flukie, and members of the Booaloos to teach him for 6 years... Not 6 weeks or 6 months where one could say that Michael was able to reinvent the dance, but he wasn't reinventing anything. He was constantly being taught. Get your facts str8. You're obviously are not a dancer and have no idea where you're coming from. I have videos upon videos proving it. So say what you will, but don't be naive.
-Peace-
jsqueezo 3 years ago
Tho ty for info :>
Peace
borismoric 3 years ago
You have very little idea of what you are talking about- stop spreading misinformation. MJ has had many dance teachers and choreographers. Taco taught him some popping, and worked for him for 18 yrs. Jeff Daniels also worked with him for a long time. EBs on and off for a much shorter time. The lockers when he was with J5. Plus he uses tap, bob fosse type stuff, james brown and a lot of his own stuff. WATCH his stuff nd tell me what popper he looks like. HE CREATED HIS OWN STYLE from many!
bboyche 2 years ago
you should know INFO before talking yes taco didn't teach Michael everything but taco's been dancing almost as long if not longer and also knows every style michael knows even locking !!! the only difference between mj and taco is mj is famous there both old too taco is in his 50's i believe....
PoppinDingy 3 years ago
Respect....
boeyhiphop 3 years ago
Not impressed at all. A couple of sweet moves here are there, but overall it was very weak. One would think a pop dancer would be tighter...
jodalita 3 years ago
what the hell is wrong with you he taught michael jackson how to dance...i doubt you come anywhere close to muchael jackson let alont his teacher bruno "poppin taco" falcon. cunt
DISTURBINGTHAPEACE13 3 years ago
I don't think it is fair to say that Poppin Taco taught Michael Jackson everything he knows, because we all know from looking at the videos of MJ and Poppin Taco Michaedl only uses a very small amount of moves because their styles look completely different. Beleive me I love Poppin Taco him Boogaloo Shrimp Popping Pete and a few others are my favourites, but Michael only uses a minimal amount of their moves thats why you have Michael jackson style and Popping style!
bkamara1 2 years ago
Michael was taught by Popping Pete, Poppin Taco and Turbo. Turbo improved Micheals moon walk as well. There is a video on here where Popping Pete and Popping Taco choreographed one of Michael's video's. Not only that but they were also in some of his video's and went on tour with him. Did Poppin Taco teach him everything? No! But he taught him a lot about Popping.
nightcypha 2 years ago 3
Nah trust me man Popping Taco is like 50 in this if you watch Breaking and search for footage of him popping and especially waving in the 80s he is unbeliveable! In my opinion the best waver out there, Boogaloo Shrimp the best popper.
bkamara1 2 years ago 2
Poppin Taco is in his 40's. He was about 21 or 22 when he was in Breakin 1.
nightcypha 2 years ago
taco is SICK!!! wow i never knew he and pete was jackson's choreographer!! i give the old man mad props lol
916shrek 4 years ago
Wow!
jtobon 4 years ago
Taco is amazing. Yes , he and Pete were M. Jackson's choreographers. Salah said, his inspiration was Taco
Taksist 5 years ago
Taco isnt even trying in that vid its looks like its just for fun...when you see taco actually wanting to impress people your gonna get blown away so dont talk shit about taco
jhk7 5 years ago
lol taco has been popping since like the late 70's so thats probably like 30 years befor salah....
outintheoutside 5 years ago
man that's nothing when compared to Salah, SALAH İS THE BEST POPER EVER..
wadezaman 5 years ago
Salah is overrated! That's what happens when you have a person commenting on something they haven't witnessed from the beginning, They think the person of their generation is the best ever. Taco and Shrimp's old footage would make him look silly, Besides...where do you think his moves came from, The Originators of it all!! DO YOUR HOMEWORK CHILDREN!!
gstrongbricks 4 years ago 3
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Salah and Nam hyun joon are the best, no matter what u say..
wadezaman 4 years ago
wadezaman, don't talk shit, Salah is just a glorified mime artist, he's a freak show, there's nothing talented about what he does, he's a fuckin circus act. Taco is the daddy, the innovator, he's not even trying in this clip, he's just fooling about, know what you're talkin about b4 you post fool
ajbondmi6 4 years ago 2
you're insane they're good but no match for the originals
twiztidfunk 4 years ago
farken idiot.
DISTURBINGTHAPEACE13 3 years ago
Billie Jean moves looked a bit cheesy; I liked the Ghosts. That was probably a warm-up so I wouldn't criticize too much.
poosgy 5 years ago
well he taught mj for 10 years...
PoppinDingy 4 years ago
WTF, he was way better in breakin, wtf he looks so shit , did he like lose his talent or something??
Triplegem 5 years ago
got old...
onizuka8889 5 years ago
FOR THE RECORD HE WAS MJ's CHOREOGRAPHER!!!
(did I spell that right?)
GEN82 5 years ago
wait a minute man im a fan of mj ok !
and i know that taco teached him for 18 years ok ? so i respect him and hes a legend of hip hop dance ...
AnissJay 5 years ago
Are you fucking kidding me. MJ is A way Better dancer.You just havent seen his old school stuff because people barely have any copies of it live.
Benbeanuts 5 years ago
are u fucking kidding benbeanuts in his old school days was when he was still being taught by taco....
outintheoutside 5 years ago
he's showing what he teached to michael jackson maybe ?
AnissJay 5 years ago
hot!
ktelqueen 5 years ago
I looove Pop N Taco! He's got ill moves!! Thanks for posting it!! =) And how old is this video??
CandyGir1 5 years ago
YES!
YOU CAN PEEP HIM OUT ON MY PAGE ALSO!
ONE LOVE
OLIVER
EB FAMILY
FUNKY CONNECTIONS
twistoflexafunk 5 years ago
Yo, is this Peter Falcon from Electro Rock in Breakin'?
sonnysoprano357 5 years ago
Edit: Bruno "Pop N' Taco" Falcon
sonnysoprano357 5 years ago