So, yeah, Michael Jackson's life was an absolute trainwreck. But the same has been true for a long list of great talents.
Ideally, I'd be posting a clip of "Wanna Be Startin' Something" but there isn't a good clip of that on YouTube. And the vid for "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" is locked down by the label. So here's a bit from the surreal Rankin-Bass J5 cartoon.

"The next tune's older than she is; that black guy who turned white and then his face fell in, she guesses." - William Gibson, VIRTUAL LIGHT