JERMAINE JACKSON - SMILE - MICHAEL JACKSON MEMORIAL video free download


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Amazing Performance of Jermaine singing "Smile".

Michael Jackson's favorite song wasn't one of his own.

It was "Smile," a tune written by none other than Charlie Chaplin (with lyrics by the English duo of James Phillips and Geoffrey Parsons) for his 1936 film "Modern Times."

Michael sings " Smile" beautifully- You should listen to his interpretation!! Check it out- Its posted as a video response-

Over the years, the song — with its message of positivity and overcoming adversity — has been covered by a who's who of greats, including Nat King Cole, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Judy Garland and Jackson himself, on his 1995 double album HIStory: Past, Present and Future: Book I. And now, you can add Michael's brother Jermaine to that list.

On Tuesday (July 7), Jermaine Jackson brought the crowd at the Michael Jackson memorial service to their feet with his touching take on the song, which followed an emotional speech by Shields, Jackson's longtime friend.

"There is a line [in the song] that says, 'Smile when your heart is aching,' " Shields said in her speech. "And though our hearts are aching, we need to look up, where [Michael] is undoubtedly perched in a crescent moon, and we need to smile."

With that, Jermaine Jackson strode to the stage, dressed in a dark suit and wearing a single, sequined glove, and began singing the song. His voice was tender and trembled a bit, but it grew stronger as the song progressed. Standing beneath an image of his brother, and backed by the house band, his was a classy, downright retro performance, recalling perhaps Cole's take on the tune.

But then, as the band fell away, it was just Jackson and his voice, which slipped into a smooth upper register as he brought the song home and fought back tears.

"That's the time you must keep on trying/ Smile, what's the use in crying?" he sang, stopping for a few beats to stop the tears from falling down his cheeks. "You'll find that life is still worthwhile/ If you just smile."

And with that, the audience inside the Staples Center rose to their feet. Jackson thanked them and, in a solemn moment perhaps missed by most in attendance, he took a petal from his boutonniere and gently flicked it onto the lid of his brother's gold-plated casket. He then walked off the stage, into the arms of his waiting family, while a single spotlight shone on the stage and an image of the Jackson 5 appeared on the screens.

Charlie Chaplin would have been proud. Michael would have too

Comments

8 years ago

Rolph Artieda

This moved me man! a brother singing to a brother...yes! that's what i'd like to think, believe and feel

8 years ago

Isabelle Lucas

I still can't belive he's gone :(

8 years ago

Destinie Jackson

I cryed listing to this it very sad

8 years ago

Ashley Countryman

Maybe now Michael they'll leave you aloneRip❤️

8 years ago

Inness York

Let's Smile ☺

8 years ago

Max Weiß

❤ ❤ ❤ "SMILE" ❤ ❤ ❤ MEMORIAL M. JACKSON ❤ ❤ ❤

8 years ago

Jelena Jelena

Michael ! Come back to us .. I love you Michael sm lot

8 years ago

Almas J. Sami' Samibaka

Wonderful collection....thanks

8 years ago

Carol Starr

Ilost my. Son on xmas eve. My only love. He loved this song. I listen to make me cry. Thats the only way. Its almost over. Coool!!!!

9 years ago

Thalina Barker.

Aw he was so sad R.I.P micheal

9 years ago

Forever, Michael

what? "light up your face with sadness, hide every trace of gladness" um jermaine.. you messed up the lyrics..

9 years ago

Dagoberto miranda chaves

Very sad, what a waste ...

9 years ago

Ka Rub

dieser jermaine jackson hat voll die komische fresse... es glänzt irgendwie immer so, so ein babyface immer

9 years ago

Lauren Cook

Poor Jermaine. This was probably the most difficult thing he ever did . He did a good service to Michael, imo.

9 years ago

jazzy martin

its mj favorite song ever. composed of charlie choplin

9 years ago

Aaron gaming

He sound like Micheal 

9 years ago

Kanza husain

Jermaine reminds me of Michael. It shocks me because although he's dead, I can still see traces of Michael in his siblings . its a sign in a way that he existed, that he was part of something. I saw in Jermaine, it was like he was him....but it wasn't...

9 years ago

Ayoade Ajayi

He sang it wrong but I love it.. I'm in tires right now. I love you Michael so much

9 years ago

Greg Boardman

Smile.... we'll get to the other side ..... greg boardman band

9 years ago

sandinyourshoes

Jermaine did a beautifully version of this classic ballad.

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