Themidwestcowboy
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I wanted to talk about the victory tour footage on the Thriller 40 documentary. I was going to just post this in the thriller 40 thread but thought it be better that it has its own thread. Now I have very mixed emotions when it comes to the footage. First let me list the pros and then the cons and then a brief summary of my thoughts
Pros
Quality: The quality was unbelievable. After seeing all those LQ concerts for years it felt so good to see professionally filmed footage in pristine quality.
Michael: Every time I see something from the victory tour it just reinforces my belief that Michael was vocally at the height of his powers. It’s just so great that we have HD footage of Michael both singing and dancing and this is really what the world needs to see. He was hitting every note and singing them just like he did on record without any noticeable sacrifice in technique or vocal arrangement but still he also experimented, keeping it somewhat fresh and exciting
Cons
Victory tour: After seeing film footage of this tour it just solidifies my opinion about this tour. First of all the camera angels are horrible. They are either too close that you can’t really see him moving properly, with his whole body, or too far away that just looks a bit awkward in my opinion. I think these angles worked for the previous tours but as MJ progressed as a dancer they became more obsolete. For some reason the stage looks really small on some camera angles and really big on some others. MJ and crew really fixed this for his subsequent tours. I don’t think I’ll ever get into the sound of the band for this tour.
The brothers: Man. I hate to say this because I love the Jackson 5/Jackson’s but their bg vocals were not good. I don’t know what it is. Maybe it’s because Jackie was missing but they just took me out of the experience especially during WBSS for some reason. With all the brothers on stage it just seemed over crowded as well.
All in all, great to see this footage in this quality and I wouldn’t turn down a home release for this one, even without multitracked audio, but it is not on the top of my list. The saving grace for this tour is definitely MJ’s performance.
Pros
Quality: The quality was unbelievable. After seeing all those LQ concerts for years it felt so good to see professionally filmed footage in pristine quality.
Michael: Every time I see something from the victory tour it just reinforces my belief that Michael was vocally at the height of his powers. It’s just so great that we have HD footage of Michael both singing and dancing and this is really what the world needs to see. He was hitting every note and singing them just like he did on record without any noticeable sacrifice in technique or vocal arrangement but still he also experimented, keeping it somewhat fresh and exciting
Cons
Victory tour: After seeing film footage of this tour it just solidifies my opinion about this tour. First of all the camera angels are horrible. They are either too close that you can’t really see him moving properly, with his whole body, or too far away that just looks a bit awkward in my opinion. I think these angles worked for the previous tours but as MJ progressed as a dancer they became more obsolete. For some reason the stage looks really small on some camera angles and really big on some others. MJ and crew really fixed this for his subsequent tours. I don’t think I’ll ever get into the sound of the band for this tour.
The brothers: Man. I hate to say this because I love the Jackson 5/Jackson’s but their bg vocals were not good. I don’t know what it is. Maybe it’s because Jackie was missing but they just took me out of the experience especially during WBSS for some reason. With all the brothers on stage it just seemed over crowded as well.
All in all, great to see this footage in this quality and I wouldn’t turn down a home release for this one, even without multitracked audio, but it is not on the top of my list. The saving grace for this tour is definitely MJ’s performance.