Comments on: Watch Video Of Michael Jackson Performing ‘They Dont Care About Us’

By: tania

tania — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:52:49 +0000

to me, he doesn’t look healthy and in great shape. at one point, he seemed to lose his balance a bit. reminded me of britney during that performance when she was messed up. you can tell he’s not healthy and WHY everyone is going on about how great this is and how great the show would have been… like one previous entry… i agree w/ them.. i think a lot of ppl are living in denial. he’s barely moving on stage and looks/seems exhausted to me. he isn’t running around, like he used to, doesn’t have that umphh that i’ve seen before (been to a concert years ago)… i’d bet he wouldn’t have finished them… exhaustion would have taken over if he hadn’t died… or … he would have continued w/ all the junk and died during.

By: kristin

kristin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:33:23 +0000

Trent, I always thought it was Steve Stevens on the Dirty Diana track and video. It says so on his Wikipedia page.

Anyway, this is sad to watch. He definitely still had it, he died much too young.

By: Jody

Jody — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:49:25 +0000

honestly….it still hasn’t even settled in with me that he’s gone…What a talent

By: It's Trent, Bitch!

It's Trent, Bitch! — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:21:12 +0000

@Michelle — No one ever admits to lipsyncing, of course they’re gonna say he sang live. Even Britney claims to sing live.

By: French Fan

French Fan — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:07:04 +0000

Hello Trent,

It’s not Jennifer Battent, it’s Orianthi

http://www.myspace.com/orianthi

By: Hayley

Hayley — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:28:10 +0000

I am so gutted, he looked just as he always has done! amazing.
I live in the UK and had tickets to go see him, im devastated!
RIP MJ

By: J

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:52:15 +0000

@Michelle

I find to defend a lot of artists i like when they lip-synch. But i can also admit that they do, do it.

Michael Jackson has an amazing voice. HAS an amazing voice. But he was an even greater dancer and entertainer. From what i believe, he only started to lip-synch his concerts during the HIStory Tour. He probably had lip-synched in previous tours during only certain songs (he did state Billy Jean was a tough performance and impossible to sing live, dance great and sound great hence why he would usually lip-synch most parts).

But during the HIStory Tour he was suffering from a throat infection or some sort of throat virus. So he lip-synched basically every song except around 5 or 6 which were mainly his biggest hits i think.

I have reason he would have done the same with THIS IS IT Tour. Sing majority of his main hits live or partially live. But i do believe his, “Aoh!” and high pitch screams were live. They at least sound it in videos of HIStory Tour and other performances.

Either way, R.I.P. Michael Jackson. Let’s hope we can move on and celebrate your amazing life and the way you inspired manys and will continue to do so. The greatest entertainer of all time, the King of Music. Lets move on from rumours, previous bad encounters and celebrate who you are, Michael Jackson!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:05:01 +0000

@ BLo and Trent – I was watching I think Anderson Cooper and the 4 men who were with him the night of that rehearsal all said that he was actually singing and not lip syncing during rehearsal, which leads me to believe that he planned to sing on the tour

I gotta say after watching the video it really truely is a shame that we lost Michael Jackson on the eve of what looked to be probably the most spectacular show of his life… besides being a little on the thin side, he looked great, moved great and sounded great in the video… and entertainer until the very end…

By: Judy

Judy — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:54:33 +0000

:( Oh my gosh that would have been such a fantastic concert… he’s still amazing and still riveting to watch. He still had it even after being away from the stage for so long.

By: Joanne

Joanne — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:47:42 +0000

Am I the only person who is not surprised he died?? … People are talking as if Michael was the picture of health until his death … Some form of denial has taken over … No, he’s not being sick or visibly dying in his last clips, but that is not a healthy person.
Victoria Beckham, Courtney Love are not healthy to me either, but we’ve just got too used to seeing celebrities looking frail and/or weird.

By: sez

sez — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:06:25 +0000

Those back-up dancers were awesome!! It would’ve been an amazing show – lip syncing or not.

By: It's Trent, Bitch!

It's Trent, Bitch! — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:38:42 +0000

@BLo — Yes, undoubtedly.

By: Chase

Chase — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:34:53 +0000

I have question! Did Michael sing live and dance or just lipsynch and dance? I never saw him on any live performances except for that 2001 special he did but he sang live then, I believe. But, when I saw the media showcase his live performances it seemed like he lipsynched? Like in Mowtown and what not? I mean, it doesn’t matter because he was amazing but I’m just wondering… anyone got information?

By: BLo

BLo — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:19:00 +0000

Do you think he would have lip synched at the concert if it had taken place?

By: christina

christina — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:16:28 +0000

I totally agree with everything you all have said. Dana absolutely nailed it that we took him for granted. How unfortunate to realize it too late; isn’t that always the way?
Way too heartbreaking.

By: L

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:09:35 +0000

eerie…
Only Michael Jackson would be 50 yrs old and still be able to do this. Sad that the world lost such a great talent.
My favorite part of this is MJ;s smile at the end of the clip..makes me happy :)
RIP MJ

By: tOnnY

tOnnY — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:22:10 +0000

that was really good, i loved it…
:( sucks that we didn’t get to see him live
one last thing i HAVE to add, who is the dancer with the striped hoodie? and white tank? he’s so good looking.. omg!!

By: tatiana

tatiana — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:35:29 +0000

This concert would have been really good. This footage makes me sad.

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:17:12 +0000

People keep talking about how frail he was –which could very well be true– but you didn’t see that in this clip. It seems like every time he goes on stage, he just comes alive. The energy and excitement shows through. And you see a little glimpse of a smile at the end of the clip. How wonderful to see him doing what he loves best just before he died. I’m very anxious to see the rest of the footage of this concert… looks like he was going to put on one hell of a show.

Legends never die.

By: Dana

Dana — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:04:06 +0000

Yeah, that does look like it would have been a fantastic show, just based on that clip. Dude still had it, all these years later. I think we all took him for granted, and we’re all realizing now what a talent we lost. RIP, MJ. You are definitely missed.

By: M3

M3 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:02:03 +0000

Glad there is at least video of the dress rehearsal. His smile as the lights go down during the last few seconds of the video seem to capture some type of peace and self-satisfaction. Yes, we truly did lose a great talent.

By: Veronica

Veronica — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:43:29 +0000

WOW. That was amazing!!! It looks like it was going to be a phenomenal tour for him. I think that it would have totally jump-started him back to the music world. What a loss of great talent.

By: nisha

nisha — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:33:42 +0000

that was amazing if he had lived on the tour would have been something real special.atleast we willl be able to get rehersal footage.you can tell he is focused and prepared.R.I.P MJ thanks for posting