It is very very hard to sing and dance at the same time, singing alone gets you out of breath. Michael was known for his music but for his VISUAL performance and iconic dance moves.
Well, if MJ is only a dancer to you, that's you. To me he is also a singer who could perform great live and seeing him only dancing is just half of the experience. Why to give half experience to a high profile cinema release to represent him as a live artist to a wider audience when you could give them a great performance showing the full experience (dancing AND singing)? And sorry they are not going to see him as the "greatest live performer of all times" when he is blatantly lip-syncing. Instead he will be torn to pieces for it.
Theatrical releases depend highly on advertising, they could create a wonderful trailer.. Get the word out.. promote it on Television etc.! Billboards and cardboard cutouts in theaters too.
You know that THIS IS IT sold that many tickets because people wanted to see him PERFORM one final time, they didn't care about vocals or anything else.. and i'm sure their would have been playback there too. I never said i only like Michael for the way he moves, i love everything about him.. going past his music also! i just think his legacy can keep growing if all parties do the logical thing and that is to promote, expose and enjoy Michael's genius.. through the years, no stones un-turned.
That would just be hyping up Michael's worst tour, and by having all that hype, people will naturally go in thinking that this is Michael at his best, when in fact, that's not the case
You know that THIS IS IT sold that many tickets because people wanted to see him PERFORM one final time, they didn't care about vocals or anything else.. and i'm sure their would have been playback there too.
i just think his legacy can keep growing if all parties do the logical thing and that is to promote, expose and enjoy Michael's genius..
When ITV advertised 'THIS IS IT' they showed previous performances with direct audio from the shows in Bucharest & Munich, that advertisement boosted sales.
When ITV advertised 'THIS IS IT' they showed previous performances with direct audio from the shows in Bucharest & Munich, that advertisement boosted sales.
Actually, TII would have had a lot more live vocals than HIStory. HIStory is 95% lip-synced and very blatantly so. I would definitely not want to take some non-fan friend to that show to the cinema. I'd want people to be impressed and not critical of his blatant lip-syncing.
Yes, and that means exposing MJ's GENIUS - and not his worst form! It means to manage the releases well - ie. give a priority to his most impressive stuff (incl. impressive concerts) and not to his worst.
They're not going to release two BAD Tour shows within 10 years.. i would have expected a theatrical release of the Dangerous Tour instead though, i'm glad Prague was filmed in HD.. when the time come's for that Tour to be released on Blu-Ray, we can expect the best show.
They're not going to release two BAD Tour shows within 10 years.. i would have expected a theatrical release of the Dangerous Tour instead though, i'm glad Prague was filmed in HD.. when the time come's for that Tour to be released on Blu-Ray, we can expect the best show.
We don't actually know if it was shot in HD. That facebook thing could be false.
They're not going to release two BAD Tour shows within 10 years..
How would you feel if because of your complaining they release a straight to Blu-Ray of Munich?
If a Blu-Ray is possible then they might. They could release it in any year.
How would you feel if because of your complaining they release a straight to Blu-Ray of Munich?
That would still be better than releasing any HIStory Tour show to cinemas. Because at least then it would be a low key release for fans only
I'm sure they would release other concert than Munich on Blu-Ray if it's possible.
HIStory World Tour is basically a movie on stage. People have to understand Michael's circumstances, if lupus didn't effect his laryngitis so bad then i'm sure he would have sang live much more than he did..
HIStory World Tour is basically a movie on stage. People have to understand Michael's circumstances, if lupus didn't effect his laryngitis so bad then i'm sure he would have sang live much more than he did..
Did he really have laryngitis the whole tour? His voice sounded really good in Jackson 5 Medley and WBSS in many concerts. I think the J5 Medley sounded good even in Munich.HIStory World Tour is basically a movie on stage. People have to understand Michael's circumstances, if lupus didn't effect his laryngitis so bad then i'm sure he would have sang live much more than he did..
We do understand, but that does not change the fact it was not his best (after all you say it yourself: he was sick) and with such a high profile release he needs to be represented at his best form, not sick. Do the managements of other artsist send shows to the cinemas where the artist is sick and not at his best form? I doubt it.
I don't care if they release it on DVD/Blue-ray and fans can enjoy it all they want, but this tour is the worst possible choice for a cinema release. That's all.
Did he really have laryngitis the whole tour? His voice sounded really good in Jackson 5 Medley and WBSS in many concerts. I think the J5 Medley sounded good even in Munich.
We do understand, but that does not change the fact it was not his best (after all you say it yourself: he was sick) and with such a high profile release he needs to be represented at his best form, not sick. Do the managements of other artsist send shows to the cinemas where the artist is sick and not at his best form? I doubt it. Why then do we want this for MJ and be unfavourably compared to other, great concerts which were shown at cinemas?
I don't care if they release it on DVD/Blue-ray and fans can enjoy it all they want, but this tour is the worst possible choice for a cinema release. That's all.
Most other artists don't dance when they perform live though, they just walk around the stage.. when someone so gifted as Michael put's his all into creating something that is visually spectacular.. that can not be compared to something that is of a much lower standard, if he did sing live.. completely, then you would hear him out of breath.. singing fragments and having trouble with pleasing the audience on both the eyes and ears!
We do understand, but that does not change the fact it was not his best (after all you say it yourself: he was sick) and with such a high profile release he needs to be represented at his best form, not sick. Do the managements of other artsist send shows to the cinemas where the artist is sick and not at his best form? I doubt it. Why then do we want this for MJ and be unfavourably compared to other, great concerts which were shown at cinemas?
I don't care if they release it on DVD/Blue-ray and fans can enjoy it all they want, but this tour is the worst possible choice for a cinema release. That's all.
And why release a tour where we would have a lot of explaining to do?
Now you act like MJ never sang live and could never entertain and dance while singing live. No need to create all these excuses for the HIStory tour when he had many, many other shows which are great from every aspect: LIVE singing AND dancing. Zakk, why don't you rather want something like that be shown in the cinemas?
ageing takes it's toll on anyone.. dancing and singing is difficult for someone that is in their mid 20's.. but near 40's? completely different!