Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope Tour (Live in Concert) (DTS) Review
I remember being 11 years old and seeing this concert when it first aired on HBO. I wasn't exactly a huge Janet fan at the time since I was too young to really get into her, but I was immediately captivated by the colorful sets, Janet and her dancers' tight moves, and the smooth flow of the show. Janet starts from the beginning by inviting us inside her velvet rope (great concept) and revealing her sensual side with classics like If and That's the Way Love Goes, her vulnerable side with Again, Every Time, and Special, her playfulness on Go Deep and Escapade, and shares her views on societal issues on Rhythm Nation and the aggressive anti-domestic violence of What About. The I Get Lonely performance as well as Rope Burn's striptease are highlights. You go through so many emotions by the end, but feel happy and carefree by the time Together Again closes the show. All the classics are performed as well as some of the best songs on The Velvet Rope. It's a theraputic rollercoaster that's entertaining from start to finish.
Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope Tour (Live in Concert) (DTS) Overview
Tracklisting-
If
You
Let’s Wait Awhile/Again
Control Medley
Control
The Pleasure Principle
What Have You Done For Me Lately
Nasty
Throb
Escapade Medley
Escapade
When I Think Of You
Miss You Much
Runaway
Love Will Never Do (Without You)
Alright
I Get Lonely
Anytime, Anyplace
Rope Burn
Black Cat
What About
Rhythm Nation
Special
That’s the Way Love Goes
Got Til It’s Gone
Go Deep
Together Again
"The Velvet Rope" sees a natural synergy of Janet's distinctive vocals and sweet melodies with harder edged dance rhythms, state-of-theart sounds which appeal to a multitude of musical tastes. Janet brings us her inimitable soul, funk, and dance synergy once again in a world tour set to out-gun the past triumphs of "Rhythm Nation" 1990 and "Janet" 1994.
A spectacular production of lights, dance, energy - and of course at the core - Janet's total control of the stage. "There"s a velvet rope we have inside us, keeping others from knowing our feelings. In "The Velvet Rope" I'm trying to expose and explore those feelings. I'm inviting you inside my velvet rope".
Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope Tour (Live in Concert) (DTS) Specifications
This lavish two-hour concert special, originally produced for HBO, offers ample proof of Janet Jackson's fierce ambitions. Whitney, Celine, and Mariah can run circles around her small, sweet voice, but Janet brings a tough, muscular power to her live performances that none of those peers can approach, storming through myriad set and costume changes, and sustaining an aerobic pace through elaborate dance routines. As captured during this Madison Square Garden presentation of her Velvet Rope tour, Janet Jackson is, ahem, very buff indeed, not just in her well-toned physical health, but in her vocal attack.
The Velvet Rope tosses up rappers, hard-rock heroism, melting romantic pop, and Jackson's own flavor of soft-core erotica, but the show transcends those components in its broad sense of spectacle. The star fronts a formidable battalion of dancers, singers, and musicians to make her points, and while it's obvious that the musical performances have been nipped, tucked, and polished to an acceptable sheen, Janet earns her props through sheer willpower.
Ranging across Jackson's best-known songs from the last decade, the production is noteworthy for its intricate choreography and massive settings, in which the star seeks to match the big-budget sweep of her music videos. The live troupe is formidable, composed of a crack band and a large cast of nimble dancers, and Janet keeps pace with her aerobic presence. We'll leave it to social scientists to ponder the significance of the "Rope Burn" sequence, in which an ecstatic male fan is lashed to a chair and gets to watch his favorite sex object pole-dance. If this stalwart is any indication, Janet has already won the hearts (and more) of her faithful. --Sam Sutherland
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