Not really. I have seen many people criticise Britney for lip-syncing. If people think MJ would get away with excessive lip-syncing in this day & age, they are living in a fantasy world.
Criticism is not the same as being ripped to shreds, Britney remains a highly respected artist regardless. He isn't lip-syncing 90% of the show, he's lip-syncing around 75% of the show, and usually the most important parts and the parts he does sing are so damn good I couldn't care less.
The media which are always cruel to Michael would have a field day ripping Michael to shreds for lip-syncing, not to mention the people on twitter, instagram etc.
That's not what some of his idols did. James Brown would change the arrangements of songs in concerts or make them longer. He even re-recorded songs in different years that have a different arrangement.
Where is the misogyny in Biggie’s rap verse in This Time Around?
For me the cool thing about a live show is that the songs usually don't sound like what they do an the album. If I wanted to hear the songs sound like what they did on the albums then I would just listen to the albums.
Man in The Mirror at Royal Brunei is very short and underwhelming. The worst MITN performance by far.
The Free Willy soundtrack cuts out the long intro but still keeps the spoken part at the end
What is the source of this information?
Well, look at how Stranger in Moscow was done on the HIStory tour. Pretty much all of it is a pre-recorded backing track.
michael is my favourite vocalist, but when it comes to his performances, i'm much more interested in the show; the dancing, the costumes, the charismatic theatrics... those are things i can't experience by just listening to the recordings.
I'd love to know in what way the MITM video was a missed opportunity. Not everyone likes the video - which is fair enough - but I can't work out what the 'missed opportunity' is.
No MJ. He wants to see MJ.
Yes, yes, but I'm trying to have a serious conversation here, lol.
Michael Jackson apparently thought that if he appeared on such social-oriented/protest statement music videos that move would distract attention from its social messages (because viewers would focus on him rather than on these messages).I love his vocal performance on HCW.
But never mind that. I'm curious as to what you mean when you say the MITM video was a huge missed opportunity. As a protest statement it seems pretty strong to me so presumably it's not that. Do you mean that you think that Michael should have been in the video? I vaguely remember he got some flak in the media for that although I'm not sure what their problem was.
Bear in mind that also many fans attended those live concerts because they just wanted to see their idol in the flesh, and they could not care less about his lip-syncing at that time.
Apart from the lip-sync, the live performance of 'Blood On The Dance Floor' has another problem: it looks incomplete without a female, on stage partner.
Michael Jackson was not really good at these types of song intros.
The main problem with 'Black Or White' (during tours) has to do with its final minute where although the song had already ended Michael Jackson keeps walking on stage and executing some really pointless dance moves.
A routine must be followed at the end of the day when it comes to such very big and grandiose concerts (from other artists, also) in terms of production, visuals, theatrics, and so on.
It seems to me that you've never really understood the song and/or its message.
Exactly so.
Total guesswork but I personally feel he was ashamed of the procedure/surgery above his upper lip and tries hiding it
