Jul 2, 2009 10:44 pm US/Central
Video Of Jackson's Final Rehearsal Emerges
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Michael Jackson makes a peace sign at the MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 29, 2002, in New York.
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New video is giving us a look inside Michael Jackson's final days. Last Tuesday, the King of Pop was singing on stage, even showing off some moves in front of his backup dancers. Just two days later, the music icon died at his rented Beverly Hills mansion. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot puts this performance under the microscope.
"For a 50-year-old man, he had more than enough energy," said Chicago dancer and choreographer Carlton Bradley. "He puts all the power that he can in his performance. Looking at this, it just shows how much he really wanted to be back on stage."
Bradley says the King of Pop looked active in what we now know was the final days of the superstar's life.
"The world was not going to be ready for this show," Bradley said. "Because there was so much put into this. The man is still awesome at 50. He's still going."
Bradley also says Jackson's moves were focused in the military style of dance used for the song, "They Don't Care About Us."
"You could just tell in the switching," Bradley said. "It was just so ready. Right now, he's still on tour. He's giving us that last show. And right now, this is what we've been waiting for. Not so much his death, but to heal us, to let us know, 'I was always here.'"
V-103 D.J. Ramonski Luv says the fact Jackson has nine songs in the top 10 on the charts right now shows the music of the gloved one will endure forever.
"I don't care what age, what color, what religion, what creed, somewhere, you had a favorite Michael Jackson song," Luv said. "In death, it's a rebirth. It's a resurrection, and he's gonna revive the economy."
Luv says since Jackson's death, the pop megastar has had $2 million dollars in record sales. That figure doesn't even include music downloads.
Meantime, there's talk of using the last rehearsal footage to create a DVD and a live concert album. If that happens, there are untold millions that would be made from those releases too.
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