Michael Jackson - Ben - Rare Teenage LIVE Performance

Be sure to watch in 480p for best quality.

Sign the Sony petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/mjbluray/

I have restored and uploaded Michael Jackson's LIVE teenage performance of "Ben" for educational purposes, to demonstrate how video can be vastly improved using commercially available (and in some cases free) software.

I also upload this to protest the poor quality of the "Michael Jackson's Vision" DVD set released by Sony over a year ago. The set was supposed to contain fully restored and remastered versions of all of Michael Jackson's short films. Unfortunately, not a single one was restored. Sony, in effect, lied about the quality of the videos in that set.

So, to demonstrate how easy it would be for Sony to clean up and preserve these national treasures, I have taken it upon myself to create my own restored versions of them.

I do not upload this for profit, but for the purposes of education and criticism of Sony for their inferior "restored" versions of Michael Jackson's work.

If you enjoy these restorations, please contact Sony and ask them to create a properly restored Blu-Ray set of all of Michael Jackson's short films. Be sure to ask them to create the new set from newly scanned high definition prints from the best available original elements. This will ensure the highest quality possible.

Together, perhaps we can convince Sony that it is in their best interest to treat Michael Jackson's work with the respect it deserves.

© Michael Jackson.

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[gjxpert]

I miss you so much . . .

[MJJangellife]

Michael is love

[translucentimp]

@FedoringAndChristian do it!

[FedoringAndChristian]

I have a friend named Ben. He moved to America at seven, used to be a "nerd" but now thinks he has to repress his accent and intellect to be the chill, cool skater he wants to be. He's told me I'm the only one he trusts to tell his problems to. I want to put this song on how facebook... to let people know how glad I am to have a friend like Ben.

[jsauer3419]

If mj hadn't bleached himself he would have been very handsome

[Camila8605]

You can tell his voice was changing :D

[badmj97]

yeah!!! thats me!!!!

[suzarioulful]

ele é o melhor do planeta mesmo,nao tem comparaçao,saudade de vc michael

[debm54]

Yikes...Michael didn't realize how handsome & special he was!!!!

[debm54]

Oh my gosh...I remember that performance!  So beautiful....tears...

[MultiplicityMe2]

Wonderful....and beautiful.