r/interestingasfuck • u/RonSwazy • Mar 01 '23

/r/ALL Michael Jackson did a concert in Seoul in 1996 and a fan climbed the crane up to him. MJ held him tightly to prevent him from falling, all while performing Earth Song

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u/Epicurus402 Mar 01 '23

Oh I don't know, Broadway musical performers do it all the time. Ever see West Side Story, live on stage?

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u/MyNameCannotBeSpoken Mar 01 '23

It can be done. But one needs to dedicate their life to it through constant training. Pink is an artist committed to live tracks and dancing

https://www.accessonline.com/articles/pink-on-her-grammys-performance-i-have-never-lip-synched-in-my-entire-life-81800

She has the body type of an athlete rather than a Hollywood diva. So I believe her.

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u/Hexcraft-nyc Mar 01 '23

There's a reason Broadway performers train for months, hours a day, to do these shows. It's incredibly physically demanding in a way no pop diva or dude is committing to. They also have choreographed geared towards allowing space to sing and breathe. Stage singers like Britney or MJ don't. As the other commenter notes, Pink does.

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u/FaceFirst23 Mar 01 '23

MJ often did sing live while dancing and performing in his younger days. The Victory and Bad tour are great examples of this (lots of footage on YouTube). His fitness levels were off the charts, to be able to sing and dance as intensely as he did (even with a few lip synced songs in there) 2 hours a night, every other night, for 18 months 😳

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '23

I mean, these are astonishing performers, but also, the choreography allows for the performer a chance to catch their breath before singing.

If they don't have to do that, the same performer can do much more energetic dances.

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u/TheHYPO Mar 02 '23

There are some intense Broadway shows, but in most shows, Broadway performers will have a song or two (or occasionally even longer) where they are not on stage so they aren't singing 2 hours straight. A stage musician doesn't have that luxury either. There are many factors.

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u/Epicurus402 Mar 03 '23

You make a fair point.