Jackson 5, "Hallelujah Day"

I've been thinking a lot this weekend about Michael Jackson, about GLBT pride (in light of this weekend's revelry in NYC and the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots), and about some unexpected intersections therein. Still fleshing out my thoughts, so for the time being, here's an underappreciated J5 clip from the spring of 1973, when Michael and his brothers were in a relative cold spell, going no higher than #10 for seven consecutive singles after starting their career with four #1s and two #2s. "Hallelujah Day" was a celebration of the impending return of young American men from Vietnam; it chugs and churns like the Rascals' "People Got to Be Free," to the extent that you can almost see a freedom train coming 'round the bend.