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andel posted...

i am not denying it was iconic, i am just denying that it had any material impact on his status as the king of pop in any way close to the impact his singing had.

MJ got the idea for the Moonwalk from Soul Train and it's critical part of his performance in Billy Jean. Everyone knows the lean in "Smooth Criminal", and everybody has copied some part of the dance routine in Thriller.

Heck, the kick, the pelvic thrust, the nod, "Hee hee!" what do you think of when you see those words? All MJ.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r5TElEzj1U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_D3VFfhvs4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA

Go refresh your memory man. MJ prides himself in stellar performances. He even broke his back on stage and finished song in a spectacular performance while you could see him cringing in pain (look up the Earth Song accident). He was on another level of a human being, someone who was born to do what he loved to do. And this isn't going into how impactful of a person he is off the stage.