I love Janet Live Hawaii Jackson
The concert begins with Janet running topless into a waterfall and it keeps getting better!
I loved the Velvet Rope Tour - it's probably still my fave by JJ - but this one is as good. The mood is lighter and a little less urgent than Velvet Rope, and it's probably a little more fun.
It begins with Janet on an elevated podium wiggling those awesome hips to the first strains of "Come on Get Up" - a club/house jam from "All For You" that she and the dance rs pull off to perfection. She then stomps thru "You Ain't Right" and "All For You" before reaching into the way-back machine for "Love Will Never Do."
The costume /choreography highlight has to be the number for the rock-rave "Trust a Try" with the great Fellini-looking monster costume s great dancing . That's followed by the ballad segment - "Come Back to Me," "Let's Wait a While" and "Again."
There's the usual whimsical playland medley sequence with Janet in Fantasyland doing "Runaway," "Miss You Much," "When I Think of You" and "Escapade." That's followed by an awesome, sexually-charged version of "Son of a GUn" featuring a brief appearance by Missy Eliott.
The mellow section features grooving versions of "Got 'Til Its Gone" and "That's the Way Love Goes." She follows with a medley of "What Have You Done 4 Me Lately," "Control" and a version of "Nasty" that had the crowd of about 40,000 or so going Apesh...!
Next it's on to the 1940s street scene for "Alright," followed by the R-rated "Would You Mind" performance in which some lucky dude from the audience gets strapped in and mounted by Janet in a dominatrix outfit.
The performance of "If" and "Black Cat" features an Asian motif, then Janet (in black leater) and the dance rs blow the roof off (figuratively - they're in an open-air stadium) with a stomp thru "Rhythm Nation."
THey then exit the stage and return for the encore, a playful set of "Doesn't Really Matter," "Someone to Call My Lover" and "Together Again."
In a word, it's a great audiovisual spectacular, just as you'd expect from Ms. Jackson. Music ally, under the direction of guitarist Dave Barry, the band was tighter and more adroit than the "Velvet Rope" band. The dancing was great, the sets were great - it was all great.
In a summer (2001) of fantastic shows (madonna, mode...), this was a standout!
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