Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson | LIVE AT BUCHAREST REACTION

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Reaction to Michael Jackson. First time watching Smooth Criminal live. reaction to Smooth Criminal at BUCHAREST October 1st, 1992 reaction,
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Michael Jackson reaction, First time hearing Smooth Criminal in BUCHAREST

[@spirit0805]

people always talk about Michae using playbacks - which he did in award shows and later on most of History tour - but people don't realize he HAD to use playback when he did, in the award shows it was to preserve his voice, but for History he was actually diagnosed with Laryngitis and a pretty severe one... so he had to resort to Playback. but his staff said, he always actually did sing with the play back and there were shows in History he was able to sing more live - people are forgetting he was dealing with real health issues... and he couldn't cancel shows nor did he want to. but for most of his life, he sang live... people seem to forget that by History the man was performing for almost 30 years, and it takes its tall on the vocal cords - especially with something like Lupus

[@marciebulsaraorcutt]

@@spirit0805 I never knew that Michael had Lupus???

[@lauren-mo1km]

Yes one of his dancers said you need incredible core strength to do this lean, so it's not as simple, Michael always amazes me, no matter how many times I watch ❤

[@e.s.7272]

You can see that very well here in this performance. It is very impressive how far forwards Michael performs the lean in contrast to some of his dancers.

[@DuranSarah]

Yeah it is very difficult, and make a clean ascent too

[@xricky14tabs]

5:00 wow you figured it out quickly, besides the "spikes" in the floor MIchael actually patented a special shoe (they were more like the boots so the shoe wouldn't wore out in the middle of the stunt) so the nail could get right in the middle of the Shoe sole keeping him and his dancers in place. They weren't totally safe tho, they use a muscle located in the ankle that we never use so they needed to train the muscle so they don't get hurt. The shoe sometimes failed, you saw that Michael did an amazing angle of less than 45 degrees, in a show the nail didn't attached well and he fell. After that he did angles of 45 degrees or less

[@cateyes-lf5ro]

Michael Bush was the Michael Jackson's designer stylist. Bush invented these special shoes with the help of MJ. The patent belongs to both of them. Michael Jackson loved the magic and innovation.

[@e.s.7272]

Please don't forget Michael's second costume designer: Dennis Tompkins !!! Dennis Tompkins and Michael Bush were the phenomenal duo for decades. The inventors listed on the patent along with Michael Jackson are Michael Bush AND Dennis Tompkins. The actual inventors of these special shoes are Bush and Tompkins. You can read about it in Michael Bush's book). Michael surprised Bush and Tompkins with this patent. It was a surprise gift from Michael after they had invented these special shoes for him.

[@cazou4224]

Hello, I am a 50-year-old Frenchman and have been a fan of Michael since I was 8 years old (Thriller '82). I had the chance to experience the Jackson adventure from A to Z. The artist brought magic into my life, and the man helped me become a better person. I can never thank him enough for that. I've been watching your videos for a while now, and it makes me happy to see you discovering all of this. In a way, I relive those moments through your eyes because your reactions and analyses are very similar to mine back then. Thank you and best wishes for your continued success. :)

[@SephPlays]

Bonjour Cazou 😀 wonderful to have you here! ❤️

[@ejikemeetudo6766]

❤

[@lindacosta5551]

Tu es français?! Moi aussi depuis 1983, j'avais 11 ans et Demi

[@cazou4224]

@@lindacosta5551 Bonjour Linda, oui, je suis bien Français. Ça me fait plaisir de savoir que je ne suis pas le seul ! :)

[@lindacosta5551]

@@cazou4224 On est seul!!! Même si parfois Mickael me manque!

[@spirit0805]

now - the spikes are only helping to stebalize them so they are secured and not fall, but everything else is them, he is going down at a 45 degree angel, stops there and then back up again... you need some MASSIVE core streangth to do it. there were shows the went down too much he actually fell - the spikes only helped keeping them in place

[@Bow503]

i cant wait till you see heal the world and billie jean and will you be there and black or white and man in the mirror , and the suprise

[@Chackz0]

AWESOME!

[@Lovsurvives]

Nice reaction Seph. I can't wait to see your reaction on "Billie Jean, Working day and night, Will you be there..."The performance will blow your mind..❤❤❤

[@MAV7REK]

I’m addicted to this performance. When I saw the HIStory concerts, I felt they didn’t execute the performance as great as they did here in Bucharest.

[@glamourisbest]

Your energy is so contagious! I’m hyped at 9 pm. I should be winding down. The choreography of this performance is amazing. Such top notch entertainment.

[@sophieglatz]

Love it Seth you were feeling it for sure x

[@user-wd4fj2dc7q]

Michael, Patent the shoes! Michael the inventor, 😊 another awesomeness to add to everything else he was! The man was a genius and a scientist like! 😎

[@lauren-mo1km]

Love this thank you Seph ❤❤

[@dgoat2427]

Keep droppin these Seph we lovin it

[@itsmerdas4696]

thank you seph. you should react the whole concert, it's just mind-blowing. let's do this man. long live the king.

[@MzCJ]

I actually own a copy of the patent for the concept for these special shoes. It shows exactly how they slot into the floor and it’s really interesting

[@esraa-elgezawy2001]

Hello seph 🌹🌹🌹 I know that i comment fewer than before, I'm sorry but I'm very busy in this doctor profession 😂 Amazing reaction my friend, awesome 🔥🔥🔥 This is the performance i wanted you to react to since day 1 in that beautiful journey🥳... *Can* *u* *imagine* *i* *waited* *a* *complete* *year* *haha* *?* First of all tell me what u think about the live lean ? ✨✨✨ You are right , to do such lean ,u have to have so strong muscles and leg tendon to carry his wight without being cut or injured ... because if u pay attention🧐 he leaned here by 30 degrees ( this is a level that all his body weight over his ankle tendons...) Believe me , even the technique is known but no one can do it with this degree and perfection ever ✨✨✨ Great idea that u decided to react to my favourite tour especially at that sad day 💔... I can't tell you how much i was happy but i couldn't write a comment 🙏 I miss you and the wonderful moonwalkers here 🥰🥰 Can't wait for your next reaction 🌹🌹🌹

[@SephPlays]

How is your doctoring going Esraa? It's still completely mind boggling to me seeing this *Lean* i love it. Genuine excitement each and every time! 😍

[@esraa-elgezawy2001]

@@SephPlays it's harder than i thought honestly, there is so much to learn and to do but i enjoy it 🌹🌹🌹 What about u , seph ? How are you doing, my friend? ✨✨

[@SephPlays]

Sooooo good these days :D Lovely to see you back in the comments :D

[@soniavelavaldasquin4694]

Aaaahhhhhh me encanta tus reacciones 🥰🥰🥰

[@Xiter2024]

6:43 who's gonna tell him🔥🔥

[@wagnersilvamj]

My favorite performance of Smooth Criminal along with Mexico 1993 of all time, is also the best for me, I love your reactions. 👏🏻🙌🏻👑🤩❤️

[@ChristopherGlam]

Please react to the entire concert, you still need more super iconic songs and a showman to see please 🙏🙏🙏

[@SephPlays]

I'm realllyyyy trying too. Copyright on this particular concert is horrible 😭 it takes 48 hours for these to unblock 😩

[@user-vg2xu7xe1e]

Wow wow wow lean ❤❤❤ he can do lean so perfectly ❤

[@luana45393]

I get soo happy seeing you happy Seph ❤❤❤

[@SephPlays]

Awwwww thats made me happy that has 😊

[@johnalafis1004]

Great !!

[@lindacosta5551]

Thank you Michael Bush...you understand Stéph... But, even if you have to be really very muscular to do Lean, Michael wanted it to remain magic! Bush was extremely surprised when he learned that Michael had filed a patent in their name! And, if you notice, NOBODY dares to do Lean... Because, like all of Michael's choreographies, it looks so simple but it's so complicated!!!! It's Michael, the one and only King of Pop and Dance!

[@xpmyt341]

He gotta be wearing one of the most tightest shoes bruh!!

[@Sussexmore]

Yay....

[@RITWINS]

Maybe you should react to Genesis 'I Can't Dance'. 😉😛

[@e.s.7272]

The Michael Jackson panther dance parody at the end of the video is priceless.

[@RITWINS]

@@e.s.7272 Yeah I forgot about that bit, you have an excuse to react to it for real now Seph.

[@SephPlays]

I'll add it to my list "Copyright permitting of course" 📃😉

[@marciebulsaraorcutt]

Queen did “the shadow thing” first in the 1970s, Hon. Michael did get a lot of inspirations from Freddie Mercury and Queen… he and Freddie were good friends.

[@e.s.7272]

I think it's more likely that Michael was influenced by Fred Astaire again. Astaire already showed a shadow dance in his 1936 film "Swing Time". Like Michael with 3 shadows.

[@marciebulsaraorcutt]

@@e.s.7272 oh Hey, I feel a bit silly I didn’t know/remember about Fred Astaire doing that. (I love Fred Astaire, but have not seen a lot of his earlier B&W films, mostly just the later color.)

[@mrscottify]

Yep; until they were recording and Michael wanted a Llama in the studio with them, and Freddie drew the line there 😂 Like seriously, that sounds like a crazy statement but that’s what happened! I love them both and miss them dearly.

[@paulobastos6475]

I am glad you can testify that the man can sing and dance because that’s the last tour you will see that live. In the next years, he will have health issues and will lip sync.

[@SephPlays]

I'm sad in a way 😞 but i can understand why though

[@VeganaAnarkiisto]

"You know I really do hate to say it… but if Michael was singin', he wouldn't slay this big, no, no…" Anyway, most is synched except a pair of songs and adlibs. Still the VHS has been overrun, overburnt, and knowing all the limits, gimmicks and stuff doesn't make the show and Michael any less magic 😊

[@drkarizma6472]

I think he sang a lot more than just pair of songs live in this concert... Songs with lot of choreography were lip synced like smooth criminal and jam...

[@tim3970]

6:50 I'm so sorry to burst your bubble here, but this song was not sung live right here. It is indeed hard to find differences with the studio recording because it IS the studio recording. I'm not going to get into why he was lip synching here, but one of the clues WHEN he does it is that he tries to cover his mic and mouth with his hand. That is the main giveaway if you would like...

[@tim3970]

The singing is almost too good to be true, and then he snaps back into live vocals at 7:44. You clearly hear a quality difference.

[@JamesPerry-wt7no]

To me the biggest clues is when you can hear him breathing cause no one would sing that perfectly while dancing the way he does, not to mention the way the song is sung is already quite fast and he was in his 30s at this point but I mean he did sing almost all songs on a 2 hour show so I understand honestly

[@SephPlays]

Yet again i have put a little too much faith into the comments, i was told that he doesn't do this until later on.... I feel a little silly now 😅

[@JamesPerry-wt7no]

@@SephPlays he sang quite a lot during the Dangerous Tour, during his next tour, the HIStory tour he lip synced pretty much all the songs because he was suffering from laryngytis which is throat infammation which affrects the vocal cords and can be due to excessive use of the vocal cords, still he did try to sing the first song Wanna Be Startin Something but you can hear that his voice sounded veeery hoarse and raspy, so that's it lol

[@SephPlays]

Ok I'll listen out for this, thank you 😊

[@damianlove8026]

For the viewers, Which history tour night and year should Seph react to when hes on the history era? I would go for Munich 1997

[@NebulaMJ]

In terms of video quality I agree that Munich is the best choice and most accessible, since there's like a million different remastered 4k versions on YT lol. The only downside to munich is that he was sick so his vocals were pretty bad compared to other shows, plus TWYMMF and OTW Medley were taken out of the setlist by that point in the tour. I think he should still react to Munich, but maybe also react to a '96 concert like one of the Auckland shows or Kuala Lumpur (1st night), or even Brunei tbh

[@damianlove8026]

@@NebulaMJ yea I figured that. After he reacts to the whole Munich show he can react to the 96 show for the songs that has been taken out of the 1997 shows. Just like what seph did after watching the 1988 show

[@user-wd4fj2dc7q]

How are you and your family doing today Seph, Well I hope ☺️

[@SephPlays]

Pretty welll. How about you and yours? 😀

[@SarahAli-oc8hy]

Please react to: She's out of my life, live Argentina 1993 ... and Gone too soon 1993 Presidential Inauguration

[@e.s.7272]

May I add: "I Just Can't Stop Loving You - Argentina 1993"

[@sariahfrancis4512]

New subscriber ❤

[@SephPlays]

Thank you ♥️

[@bogdanbotnari]

seph please when the biopic comes out react to it

[@SephPlays]

I definitely will 😀

[@BlakeCunningham]

He didn't sing live here.

[@user-vg2xu7xe1e]

Wow wow wow lean ❤❤❤ he can do lean so perfectly ❤