Gonetoosoon
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Why did HIStory have so few short films and singles?
The success of Michael Jackson as an artist was helped due to the brilliant and creative ways he promoted his music - through a mix of single releases and iconic short films.
I feel HIStory suffered (like Invincible) due to a severe lack of single releases. How is it that Bad and Dangerous both got nine accompanied with many short films and a fricking movie - and yet HIStory received just six (if you count TTA)? :mat:
Was it due to the mega-budget on Scream? Was it the huge floating statues? Was it the record company? Was it the fact that Ghosts was coming up? I just don't understand it.. The album had so much more to give on a short film front. We should all feel a bit robbed TBH. It's also a bit of a shame, because the short films which were released on HIStory lacked a little in the dancing department. They were beautifully shot - sure (especially SIM), but I wish we could have seen Michael doing a bit more of his thing. Only in TDCAU and at times in Scream did we actually see him actively dancing.
I feel these two factors contributed to the 'lower' sales figures for this album. We can all agree that HIStory is an absolute masterpiece - along with the entire Michael Jackson catalogue, but I feel that the record was let down due to these mistakes.
We all know the story with Invincible. What happened with HIStory?
The success of Michael Jackson as an artist was helped due to the brilliant and creative ways he promoted his music - through a mix of single releases and iconic short films.
I feel HIStory suffered (like Invincible) due to a severe lack of single releases. How is it that Bad and Dangerous both got nine accompanied with many short films and a fricking movie - and yet HIStory received just six (if you count TTA)? :mat:
Was it due to the mega-budget on Scream? Was it the huge floating statues? Was it the record company? Was it the fact that Ghosts was coming up? I just don't understand it.. The album had so much more to give on a short film front. We should all feel a bit robbed TBH. It's also a bit of a shame, because the short films which were released on HIStory lacked a little in the dancing department. They were beautifully shot - sure (especially SIM), but I wish we could have seen Michael doing a bit more of his thing. Only in TDCAU and at times in Scream did we actually see him actively dancing.
I feel these two factors contributed to the 'lower' sales figures for this album. We can all agree that HIStory is an absolute masterpiece - along with the entire Michael Jackson catalogue, but I feel that the record was let down due to these mistakes.
We all know the story with Invincible. What happened with HIStory?
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