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MJTHE KING OF POP..The seventh son...Since the beginning of his musical career at the age 5 as the lead singer of the Jackson Five.
Michael has made musical history like no one before. An avalanche of hits beginning with
I Want You Back
and continuing for over four decades have guaranteed him a prominent place in the Pop Music Hall of Fame. The DVD footage is from the Michael Jackson
BAD
album concert tour of Japan, on September 14, 1987 in Yokahama Japan. Essentially a greatest hits performance by one of Pop music's most important artists. A truly vital part of
THE KING OF POP'S
recorded legacy!
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By bearboo2 (CA, United States)
I agree with everything J. Mathews wrote in his/her review. But I still wanted to see the concert and hoped the resolution wouldn't be "too awful." Well, it was. I spent the first few hours trying to figure out what the dancers looked like and what they were wearing. All the people looked orangish and pinkish in color, and like fun house mirror reflections where they appeared super square and chunky and out of proportion. Although I was glad to not see so much of the screaming audience as in the Bucharest concert, the zooming in and out and different camera angle shots of MJ made me dizzy after a while. If I closed my eyes and just listened, MJ's singing was/is truly amazing. In fact, the ballads he sings in this concert sound better than the ones he sings in the Bucharest concert. But if you have to close your eyes to avoid being visually assaulted by the horrific lack of resolution and clarity, you might as well just buy his CDs. Also, there are three songs where not just the resolution but also the audio is poor and since I don't know the lyrics to all of his songs, I had no idea what MJ was singing. (I have since then looked-up the song lyrics.)I love MJ as much for his dancing as I do for his singing, so this DVD was as huge disappointment. If MJ's dancing is as important as his singing to you, then buy the Bucharest concert DVD and not this one.
By V. Delgado (New Jersey)
I felt that I just had to review this DVD because it is not fair that fans pass up this DVD, due to the
Bad or negative reviews posted. First of all I'll say that I was impressed with the quality of the video. I was expecting less because it is a third party DVD (Hudson Street). The quality is VCR-ish but viewable take note that this was made
In 1987. So for $8 you get a great and rare DVD a must for diehard MJ fans like me. Another note this Concert is filmed in Widescreen (the only one so far)so a plus for hdtv owners. So either wait for an official release or buy
This for $8 a great bargain. Most of all
If you are a diehard MJ I GURANTEE you WONT feel ripped off. The set list is as follows.
1- Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
2- Things I do For You
3- Off The Wall
4- Human Nature
5- Heartbreak Hotel/This Place Hotel
6- She's Out of My Life
7- Jackson 5 Medley I Want You Back/The love You Save/I'll Be There
8- Rock With You
9- Lovely One
10- Working Day and Night
11- Beat It
12- Billie Jean
13- Shake Your Body (Down to the ground)
14- Thriller
15- I Just Can't Stop Loving You w/Sheryl Crow
16- Bad
By Petar Stajic (Windsor, Canada)
I am reviewing this DVD on the week that "This Is It" coming out to the theaters. I am so excited about that so I went through my MJ stuff this past weekend. When I got this DVD, I bought it mostly based on great reviews of the people who purchased this at the time (July/August 2009) on amazon.com. I have never played it until this last weekend. I see now that reviews are not as good. People have different views on what's good or not. But for $7.99 - you can't lose with this DVD.
This is recording of Michael Jackson concert in Japan during his Bad Tour (September 1987). It looks like recording from TV broadcast of the concert. It was shot with professional, multiple cameras and multiple angles. It's all there. All shots and close-ups of the stage, of the band, of Michael are there and good. Most importantly the sound is clear and great. The concert is there in its entirety.
I am not sure what the definition of bootleg is but I wouldn't call this a bootleg. There are multiple angles to this recording and over-all quality picture quality is good. It definitely does NOT have DVD HD picture quality, nor 5.1 DTS surround sound feature. The footage might be raw and un-edited too much. The production is very low. It looks like VHS recording that was put on DVD with the minimal efforts. But, to me that gave it the raw feel of the time when it was recorded and none of the technical non-perfections did not bother me.
Michael Jackson's performance on this recording is unbelievable. I think during this time he earned the title of THE KING. I also see how people in the audience would get unconscious and pass out. Michael's singing was flawless. He was performing at the giant stadium to the audience of thousands of people and his voice was just beautiful. He didn't skip a single note. His dance moves here are stunning. We all saw his moves in his videos. But dancing during the live concert wher4e anything can go wrong is another thing. He really was amazing and breathtaking. I was surprised that on this performance/tour Michael Jackson was more R'n'B than pop. Every single music note was played (by musicians obviously). There was no sampling of his recording anywhere and even if there was, it was very rough and for seconds. There definitely was NO lip-syncing what nowadays we see all the time on any performances.
I'd recommend this DVD to everyone who's interested to see what Michael live performance was like ...
By Angela S. Hwang (Los Angeles, CA)
I was very hesistant to get this dvd because some reviews were extremely negative on the quality of the dvd. Admittedly, it is not the best quality such as the Dangerous DVD, but you have to remember that MJJ Productions actually released that officially!! If you want to get HIStory Tour DVD and Bad Tour DVD, you would have to settle for second retailers. With that being said, I am very happy with this purchase!!
Michael Jackson sang all through the concert and looked soooo happy! He smiled a lot and was just so enjoying himself with this first leg of his solo concert!
The songs were from his early days, and I LOVED seeing him so happy, young and smiling! This is a must-have dvd to your MJ collection!!!
I highly recommend it!!!!!!!!!
By The Lara Ash™ (North Carolina)
First off, if you're a die-hard Michael Jackson fan, you should own this!
I personally LOVE seeing MJ performing live, to see a master at his finest.
Secondly, I see a lot of people saying "it's in horrible quality, don't buy it."
And that could be farther from the truth, please don't let the ones saying that influence your buying decision, take this into consideration: This was recorded in '87, yes they could have remastered it, but unfortunately they didn't ~~~~BUT~~~~ THE QUALITY IS FINE ENOUGH IN MY OPINION. IT'S NOT WORSE THAN VCR QUALITY. BECAUSE IF IT WAS CRAPPIER THAN THAT I WOULD TELL YA.
BESIDES............like I was saying before this is a great DVD to have if you're a big fan of MJ it being in 1080i pic quality or not shouldn't matter, plus Michael was looking HOT, GORGEOUS, SEXY AS HELL... I could go on and on. My point is the quality isn't as bad as others are saying and this DVD is so cheap you'd be an idiot not to get it.
--BUY THIS.. and if you're a QUALITY fiend... get Michael Jackson: Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour as well so either way you won't lose. =)
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