Michael Jackson: Lip Syncing?

Question

I have most of his concerts on dvd, and I was noticing a big difference from concerts from like Dangerous Tour in Bucharest to the HIStory tour in New Zealand... It really seems like he's lip syncing a lot, but I don't know if he's just that good or what...so how much did he lip sync? Thank you.♥

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Answer 1

Yes, sometimes Michael would lip sync during performances at concerts because he wanted to give the audience the best show possible. Since he dances a lot he'd be huffing and puffing throughout performances, and the crowd would probably be disappointed. But a lot of the time he wouldn't be lip syncing, because when they film a concert intending to put it on DVD, sometimes they edit the audio to sound like the song. However, i think Michael was one of the only artists who had the right to lip sync since he's so talented. A lot of artists these days lip sync when they're not dancing or doing anything, and that's ridiculous.

Answer 2

Michael Jackson History Era

Answer 3

Bad was live, Dangerous was about 75% live, concert in brunei 1996 was about 70% live, he apparently got sick for the history tour. He had problems with his lungs due to laryngitis. But he recovered. He did acapellas at the ends of songs, he did the medley live and wanna be startin something. You could hear that his voice was off during the history tour.



He lip synced the concerts in 1999 but did do long acapellas at the ends of them.



See here it's lip synced, the live bit at the end after he talks is just beautiful but you can hear his voice is so much stronger than in history



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZc6VZmbkJU

EDIT wow I just watched the one in munich which was performed after the serious accident with the platform and you can hear how in pain he is when he does the last bit live. You can even hear him gasping in pain at the end. Poor Mike, that accident contributed to his medication addiction during the 2000's. Terrible, terrible accident;



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjNh-90aUJE



I'm not sure why he did lip sync because when he DID sing he sounded amazing. He was live again in the 30th anniversary special.



This is my fav concert as all the fans here know lol but it's from a special free concert for the Sultan in Brunei in 1996 before the history tour. He did a couple of it lip synced like Thriller, black or white and man in the mirror understandably as he was also dancing at the same time,



He MAY have done some history concerts live but we don't know because it's not all on footage.



He loved to perform, but it was the cause that drove him. The fact that he lip synced in history is not a problem to me, because he did some of the most epic dance moves and visited hundreds of hospitals and orphanages.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy0Y4AP3jZM



PS you can tell if it's playback when the backing singers are him. He did his own backing track.

Answer 4

I have some of his concerts, One from BAD era, Jackson 5 in late 80's, Dangerous Era, HISTory era and the MSG 30th Anniversary. I've noticed Michael getting younger :), Hotter (feedback from females), Stronger (Technically), Matured, Growing (In terms of Fan base) . I've never noticed him doing the lip sync. I've watched other artists doing that, but not Michael. I'm picky about that, yes i'm a keen observer as well. He sometimes covers his mouth along with the Micro-phone, but he does that to focus his voice on-to the microphone and it's actually looks good when he does it....

I've also see other concert video's on Youtube, but i haven't seen any such thing.....

Answer 5

It could have just been that the audio was off in the DVD, but really, loads of famous singers lip sync every now and again, sometimes if they have a bad throat, other times if they have to dance a lot and move around so much, they wouldn't have the breath to sing, so they'd lip sync.

Answer 6

Munich is just a enormous town with: cafe, nightlife and accommodation results, with hotelbye , you could have a look. Munich may be the capital town of Bavaria and the third-most populous city in Germany. For generations the seat of the Dukes, Electors, and Kings of Bavaria, the Munich Residenz is without question one of Europe's many magnificent palaces. Laid out around seven large courts, the vast resident complicated comprises three main portions: the Königsbau, fronting in to Max-Joseph-Platz; the Alte Residenz, experiencing Residenzstrasse; and the Festsaalbau (Banqueting Hall) overlooking the Hofgarten. The very first part of the huge complex to be built was the superb Antiquarium, built-in 1579 and now area of the exceptional Residenz Museum. Munich is a city with plenty of record, make sure to examine it whole.

Answer 7

Actually, Dougie's response reminds me of watching any Paul McCartney DVD. It's always a soundtrack with a composite of performances from Lord knows where. On Paul is Live you've got Sydney, London, New York, etc, like this. Sometimes it wasn't synched right and looked like he was miming.

Answer 8

The sound on the DVD was dubbed on after the footage was filmed.

That's why you can see Jackson change costumes half-way through a song, edited on the DVD, but the song is still the same.

Answer 9

I think as his career went on, espically in the 90's, he started lip syncing more. I'm not sure why.

Answer 10

yes, but you have to look and see all the dancing he did. If you ever noticed the dancing he did there is no way anyone could sing that much and dance

Answer 11

Because its hard to dance and sing at the same time.

Answer 12

Try singing and dancing at the same time. Still, his the KING OF POP and always be.





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Answer 13

Yes, it was because he had a problem with his voice or something like that.

Answer 14

No!!! SONY dubs everything!

Answer 15

well sometimes he was lip syncing and sometimes not.. idk and sometimes he uses it partly

Answer 16

Me: No idea?

Answer 17

idk