The last memory was five months later, May 1983. My brother and I had to go to bed because we had school the next day but asked my mother if we stay and see Motown 25 (NBC showed the special night.) Wanted Naturally, we said yes, and we saw the show. She could not believe what you saw on this special, see Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, The Temptations, The Four Tops on the stage, and the Jackson 5 Reunion and performance of Michael's classic "Billie Jean".
His performance was something that my friends and I have talked to school the next day. It was the day before TiVo, Internet, Youtube, MySpace, Facebook and other social networking sites, where someone would post video clips online immediately. Unless you had the money to a VCR (not too many of us at the time) you had to see it live, because if you missed it, you missed a great performance.