benscarr
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really? cus I have Bucharest on DVD and that knocked it out of the park, ratingswise for HBO, and was the reason why HBO asked him to do it again. and i enjoyed that. and enjoying it was all i could think of.
I've never liked the Bucharest concert. I remember watching and recording (I still have the original recording) on BBC ONE in 1992 and was really disappointed. The original transmission is very dull and Michael doesn't have much energy in most of the performances. The HBO/DVD version is badly edited, with highlights from various European concerts and comes across as very contrived. And on HBO/DVD version of the extended breakdown of Billie Jean were Michael does variations of the Moonwalk, that has been re-edited and some brilliant camera angles of Michael moonwalking have been cut out. And the original BBC ONE version of Billie Jean performance extended moonwalk section is amazing.
The HBO version also cuts out the the video monatage intro with the classical song 'Carmina Burana', and this is on the original BBC version. And when Michael jumps up on stage, on the HBO version that's badly edited. He jumps, then goes down a fraction and goes up again. Some of the edited shots of Michael just standing still which have been edited in from various other Dangerous concerts are brilliant, but they don't match up. My guess is the Bucharest concert was re-edited because it wasn't an exciting concert, and an understandibly below par performance from Michael, considering he was have problems with his throat and had an operation on it days after the Bucharest concert.
I just think it's a shame, fans were given the Bucharest concert as the so far only official Michael Jackson concert release on DVD. There is much better professional that is truly representative of the 1992 European leg of Dangerous Tour, such as the MTV 'Michael Jackson's Dangerous Tour Diaries'. Anyone who attended Michael's concerts at Wembley will say that the Bucharest concert isn't a good representation of the Dangerous Tour. There will have been more below par performances on the 1992 leg, as Michael canceled some dates, and he was having health issues with his throat. And the Bucharest concert is one of those concerts. Even if fans love that concert, you will be even more in awe if another Dangerous concert from Wembley etc is released that isn't edited with various footage from other concerts.
The HBO Bucharest concert is the type of concerts people who don't like Michael could use to justify there view that Michael Jackson is in their view overrated and not a great live vocalist. The HBO Bucharest concert takes away the rawness of Michael Jackson live, makes Michael look very tacky. When other MTV footage shows how amazing and raw Michael is live, how classy and edgy his concerts are and how what an amazing live vocalist is. And if anything, MTV footage of the Dangerous Tour leave people who think Michael is overrated in shock, and very likely to agree that he is and was amazing live. That's they type of Dangerous concert that should be on DVD not the Bucharest concert. Yes it's still Michael Jackson than better than most artists live, but it's nowhere near as amazing as Michael was on the Dangerous Tour.
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