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Two.

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"Steeltown Boys."

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Magic City of Steel, the
Steel City, US Steel.

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All their strength in a regular
town with a regular name--

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Gary, City in Motion,
City of the Century,

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GI, the G, county consisting
of Lakes, Lake County,

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Chicagoland, land of poisonous
air, hard to breathe,

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land hardened by agents,
hardening agents,

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recording agents,
agents like Gordon Keith

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of Steeltown Records.

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Gordon was no Gordy, but he
was their first big break,

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the one who got them
"off the ground,"

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off the flat, t-shaped
northwestern corner of Indiana.

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A separate class of usefulness
for each of their gifts--

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Jackie, tool.

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Tito, alloy.

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Jermaine, carbon.

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Marlon, nickel.

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Michael, stainless.

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Being brothers
prevents dislocation.

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Being brown, corrosion.

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School, chores, rehearsal,
talent shows, travel,

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strip clubs, Kingdom Hall.

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All the little boy in the
studio wants is to be young.

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He does not want
to be a Big Boy.

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He does not want
to grow up and get

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the girls like his brothers.

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All he wants is bubblegum.

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All this rust-resistance in a
regular family with a regular

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name--

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Jackson.

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Motto-- we are
doing great things.

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We hear about all those weird
things that Michael would do.

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Michael named his kids Prince
Michael, Blanket, and I mean--

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and even the way he dresses
always the nod towards royalty.

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But Michael's mother
Katherine Scruse--

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Kate, they called her--

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her father and great grandfather
and great-great grandfathers

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all were named Prince.

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So it wasn't like Michael
was just the weird one.

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That was already-- he was
paying homage to his lineage,

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you know, Prince, I mean--

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so that's not like--
you know, it was there.

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Section 4 is called--

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the first words we hear
from little Michael

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in the song "I Want You
Back," the first thing he says

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is what?

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Does anybody know?

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What's the first real words?

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The first sound is--

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[VOCALIZES]

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What's he saying after that?

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Let me tell you now.

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Mm-hm, that's the soul
plea and from a little boy.

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I keep notes, right?

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Let me tell you, man.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Like, what?

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[LAUGHTER]

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So 4, Lemme tell you
now Detroit is not Gary.

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Gary is in Indiana.

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Detroit, Michigan,
it is not the G.

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It is the D. The D has
a reputation for being

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dangerous and invincible.

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The D does not make steel.

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It is made of steel.

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If the D and G were
people, they might

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be attracted to each other.

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Michigan is famous
for automobiles.

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Indiana, or Indy, for
speed, part going places,

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part moving violation.

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If signed, the family
will have to move,

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first Joe and the boys,
then Katherine, the girls,

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and the baby boy, Rebbie,
La Toya, Janet, and Randy.

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The material used in the
G will not work in the D,

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so the group has to bend.

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Motown made stars like Ford
made--CARS charm school,

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weekly quality control
meetings, family a corporation,

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the corporation a hit factory
with the blue M stenciled

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on it.

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The audition tape is
famous, so let's skip it.

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Sign them, but not
their Steeltown skin.

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Gordy doesn't want anything
to do with Black power

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unless it's cute.

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Think "Dancing in the
Streets," not "Sitting

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on the Dock of the Bay."

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Detroit is not Memphis.

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Memphis is in Tennessee.

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Detroit, Michigan it
is not soulsville.

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It is Hitsville Hitsville
will lose another engine

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if Motown leaves Michigan.

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Motor Town, a portmanteau,
families and friends

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forced into crowded
rear view mirrors.

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Ed Sullivan, they
lied to him, too.

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A Diana did not discover them.

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A Gladys did.

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I may be young, but I
know what it's all about.

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Michael was 11
years old, not nine.

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The two years they
took away was not

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enough to give back
what he'd already lost.

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5-- So Motown, you know,
Michael used to lament

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that the J5 never really
got to be Detroit Motown.

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Motown was moving and leaving
so [INAUDIBLE] couldn't

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[INAUDIBLE] film
with Diana Ross,

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right, and because of riots So
they were LA Motown right away.

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But their nickname at Motown
was the Black Beatles.

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And they were called the Black
Beatles because, well, the way

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they were treated, they had
four number-one hits right out

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of the bat.

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There were so many screaming
girls all over the place,

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chasing them, pulling their
hair in that violent, sexual way

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you.

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And because many of the Beatles
songs would be on their way

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down the charts, and the
J5 songs would pass them,

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then stay next to them for
a while, then they'd go up.

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It was always this thing with
Michael and Paul McCartney

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that evolved over the years.

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And it began on the charts.

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They began with that
nickname, the Black Beatles.

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The screaming girls at
the airport want brothers.

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They want to race,
not run, their fingers

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through afros, the
shape of gold records.

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They kinky work of
pleasure as natural

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as the kinky work of struggle.

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The only mop tops they've
known drag wet floors want

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to be wanted back.

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I before E except after C.
Maybe tomorrow, not yesterday.

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Longing, not lost.

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Their invasion, a soul-sation,
comes from within.

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It is not from England.

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It is not British.

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Thier favorite sport--

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Jackson chasing ages and
heights to match their own ages

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and heights.

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The only thing more
exhaustive than 1970 was 1971.

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The large, hysterical crowds,
four consecutive number-one

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hits--

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"I want you back," libra, "ABC,"
pisces, "The Love You Save,"

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taurus, "I'll be
there," a virgo.

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But four is not
enough of a crush.

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Five is.

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Four is fab, fab four.

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Five-- one more--

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a chance for (SINGING)
"ABC" to kiss (SINGING)

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"Let it Be," for (SINGING)
"The Love You Save"

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to stop (SINGING) "The
Long and Winding Road.

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Hard to hear anything in concert
because of the screaming fan

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club positioned at
the top of the charts.

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The number of weak
knees at number one.

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Teen hearts everywhere, hearts
on posters, heart stickers,

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sewable heart patches, Jackson
Five coloring books, A J5 45

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on the back of a cereal box--

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cut it out.

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Tito heart Dee Dee
Jermaine heart Hazel,

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and everyone hearts Michael.

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Cartoon portraits framed
by hearts, color draining

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blue meanies hustling a yellow
submarine out the back door,

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heart shaped stars on
their dressing room doors.

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Johnny's heart-- two tragic
drums stabbed in the snare.

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Soul merchandizing,
groovy valentines.

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The bass line's heart
burst finish of darling

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throbs a heart at the
bottom of a cursive J,

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a heart at the bottom
of a cursive five.

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Right on.

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[APPLAUSE]

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I'm almost there.

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[INAUDIBLE]

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