Why MJ never gave an intimate, fully live performance with no spins, moonwalks, energetic dance routines & fireworks at all?
I am referring to those performances that include slow/mid-tempo songs (& love ballads) & take place in an intimate environment along with a live orchestra while they are professionally being filmed for commercial use (TV-broadcast, stand-alone DVD, for example).
By all accounts, ‘1995 HBO Special’ was not meant to be such a performance & the same goes with a few performances that MJ gave for special occasions, or for paying respect to certain people (‘Elizabeth Taylor 65th Birthday Gala’, ‘Sammy Davis Jr. Tribute’, for example).
I know of course this question sounds a bit theoretical & thus it probably cannot be answered for sure.
Anyway, a few possible reasons unavoidably come to my mind regarding this issue, like:
- Was MJ unsure about his vocal abilities during a show that would have lasted probably over one & a half hour?
- Was MJ recording songs continuously so a possible, fully live show would have looked (physically) impossible?
- Had MJ high, theatrical expectations about his concerts to such an extent that a fully live performance (comprised of slow/mid-tempo songs & ballads) would have been perceived as unexciting?
- Was MJ overly sensitive to possible negative reviews/critics in regard to his vocal performance?
- Was MJ afraid of damaging his vocal cords & thus putting in jeopardy subsequent world tours?
- Were there any possible legal issues (contractual agreements, for example) that kept MJ off from such a performance?
- Was MJ totally uninterested at all in giving such a fully live, intimate show?
(I do not want this thread to turn into a thread about lip-syncing during his world tours)
I am referring to those performances that include slow/mid-tempo songs (& love ballads) & take place in an intimate environment along with a live orchestra while they are professionally being filmed for commercial use (TV-broadcast, stand-alone DVD, for example).
By all accounts, ‘1995 HBO Special’ was not meant to be such a performance & the same goes with a few performances that MJ gave for special occasions, or for paying respect to certain people (‘Elizabeth Taylor 65th Birthday Gala’, ‘Sammy Davis Jr. Tribute’, for example).
I know of course this question sounds a bit theoretical & thus it probably cannot be answered for sure.
Anyway, a few possible reasons unavoidably come to my mind regarding this issue, like:
- Was MJ unsure about his vocal abilities during a show that would have lasted probably over one & a half hour?
- Was MJ recording songs continuously so a possible, fully live show would have looked (physically) impossible?
- Had MJ high, theatrical expectations about his concerts to such an extent that a fully live performance (comprised of slow/mid-tempo songs & ballads) would have been perceived as unexciting?
- Was MJ overly sensitive to possible negative reviews/critics in regard to his vocal performance?
- Was MJ afraid of damaging his vocal cords & thus putting in jeopardy subsequent world tours?
- Were there any possible legal issues (contractual agreements, for example) that kept MJ off from such a performance?
- Was MJ totally uninterested at all in giving such a fully live, intimate show?
(I do not want this thread to turn into a thread about lip-syncing during his world tours)