dam2040;4231534 said:The HIStory Tour is still a wonderful performance by standards of common people. The hate for the tour comes from people who weren’t there.
Mikky Dee;4231537 said:Thank you!
MJJuniorSinceMW;4231538 said:I don't know if truer words were ever spoken!
That is a faulty logic from all of three of you.
But even if we assume that this is a valid argument (that being physically in a concert makes you adore every aspect of it, or at least do not care about its negative aspects), then I could direct you to many reports from fans who attended the HIStory concerts but were left utterly disappointed by the amount of his lip-syncing.
Many of them were even regretful because they traveled a long way only to listen to his CDs being played on stage.
MJJuniorSinceMW;4231538 said:Michael was a great live singer, he had proven that years & decades earlier! When he leaned on playback in the later stage of his career, it was because of health issues & because what he did on stage was extremely exhausting as a man who was approaching his forties.
This is one of the hugest fallacies I have ever read on an on-line community!
Take a look at some other performers who dance & sing live at the same time & they are much older than a man in his late thirties.
I could mention, for example, James Brown (known for his health issues & also one of MJ’s idols) who did that even in his early seventies!
dam2040;4231546 said:My point is that the excessive hate for the tour stems from the lip-synching.
I personally think comments on this forum and elsewhere regarding the HIStory Tour are incredibly rude, almost as if Michael was half-assed for the shows. If you had any knowledge or respect for Michael's craft and how he worked you would know that is far from the truth.
Not seeing everything concerning the HIStory Tour through rose-coloured spectacles does not equate to hate towards that tour.