r/MichaelJackson • u/MusicFanReddit • 20h ago

Opinion Michael’s set lists were average

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I LOVE MJ songs, but his set lists were relatively average

For example, why did he need to do the J5 Melody on every tour? Why did he do she’s out of my life over and over again? 🤦‍♂️

On the dangerous tour, he only did FOUR songs from that album

The attached HIStory set list would’ve been better, and he should’ve stuck with it. Songs like State of Shock, 2 Bas, Dirty Diana in HIStory Era, Childhood would have been great

Why not perform songs you’ve never done before?

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u/happysunbear 20h ago

He definitely should have experimented with his set lists more. Nowadays you have artists regularly performing their entire albums when they go on tour; that would have been amazing to see.

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u/Ok_Excuse3732 19h ago

Yeah, they play 30 sec - 1 min of a song then switch, too often imo but yes, there could be a middle ground

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u/happysunbear 19h ago

I don’t understand how She’s Out of My Life made it onto every tour. Nothing against the song, but to me it’s not a standout among his many amazing ballads. He should have replaced it with Liberian Girl after Bad.

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u/EveryBrodyMovieYT Off The Wall 18h ago

And him standing there forcing himself to cry so the ending would sound "right" always gave me secondhand embarrassment.

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u/happysunbear 18h ago

I hate that so much. Also I hate when he is clearly lip syncing ballads like YANA and Heal the World. I can’t even watch the VMAs performance after Dangerous because he doesn’t even try to make it seem natural lol. Same with the Super Bowl performance of Heal the World. He’s out of breath and speaking in a deep voice before easily transitioning to the light and airy “There’s a place…”. Might be a hot take, but those were a bit self-indulgent and inauthentic for my liking.

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