I have to say I'm surprised that anybody watching the full concert would have difficulty picking out the few live vocals in the show considering how much different they are from the album tracks.
I happened to see the Bon Jovi 'These Days' tour (1995) at Wembley on TV the other day and part way through Bon Jovi anounced that their album ('These Days') had just knocked Michael Jackson from number 1. The stand out thing is that the show was live and because of that it had so much energy compared to the mostly mimed HIStory tour which I saw at Wembley two years later.
I have to say I'm surprised that anybody watching the full concert would have difficulty picking out the few live vocals in the show considering how much different they are from the album tracks.
A common issue I noticed that is often brought up by many of his fans is why he lip-synced even the ballads/mid-tempo songs during the HIStory Tour.
He simply did that because he did not want to vocally ruin these songs with the roughness of his live voice.
Not because he was lazy or bored to sing them live, as it is wrongly claimed by some of them.
He was aware of the very bad, irreversible condition of his voice during that period &, as a result, he even quitted doing voice warm ups prior to those HIStory concerts, which in turn made his voice sound even harsher.
Agreed, although I like that he sang completely live on the Royal show he looked exhausted. History Brunei had much more energy. It's up there with Kuala Lumpur imo...Even though it was mostly lip synced, I gotta say that Michael had way more energy at the Brunei show than what he did at the Royal Brunei show.
Agreed, although I like that he sang completely live on the Royal show he looked exhausted. History Brunei had much more energy. It's up there with Kuala Lumpur imo...
Agreed, although I like that he sang completely live on the Royal show he looked exhausted. History Brunei had much more energy. It's up there with Kuala Lumpur imo...
My mistake. I haven't watched it in a long time lol. I guess to be more accurate royal Brunei was the last concert that was mostly live. Dangerous tour style.He didn't sing completely live at the Royal show.
I actually haven't watched Basel. I'll have to watch that one. There's so many lolI think the Basel concert is also energetic, it is especially noticeable in Billie Jean when he is busting out different moves. His voice sounded pretty good too. But yeah, I also consider HIStory Brunei more energetic than the Royal one. The 2nd night in Kuala Lumpur though, yeah, that one is good also.
I actually haven't watched Basel. I'll have to watch that one. There's so many lol
Themidwestcowboy;4234066 said:Yes this is very interesting! Seth Riggs did not accompany MJ on the history tour as he had done on previous tours. Why he would stop warming up his voice before a show makes no sense to me. I wonder why stopped doing that.
I firmly believe that MJ was just unable to sing and dance at that point in time. Just look at scream from Brunei, the first song of the concert, he was already out of breath and hoarse. He couldn't do it anymore.
I have to say I'm surprised that anybody watching the full concert would have difficulty picking out the few live vocals in the show considering how much different they are from the album tracks.
I happened to see the Bon Jovi 'These Days' tour (1995) at Wembley on TV the other day and part way through Bon Jovi anounced that their album ('These Days') had just knocked Michael Jackson from number 1. The stand out thing is that the show was live and because of that it had so much energy compared to the mostly mimed HIStory tour which I saw at Wembley two years later.