This really is it!
Feeling little cramped for space? I’ve found the solution: change your floor covering. By deciding to replace the carpeting with a simili-wood product, the room in question has gone from a “five bundle job” to an “eight bundle job” without my having to drive a single nail. Unfortunately, my budget didn’t find the same elasticity, so the hallway will wait.
Certain songs have entered our musical identity kit. We know the tempo, the key, the little hooks that make a tune work. If you have been a fan of Michael (we all know which one). then we even have repertoire of dance movements to go with each title. Doesn’t matter if we can’t do those moves.
Tonight, almost by omission, we decided to watch This Is It.
If you had suggested that, for almost two hours, I would be spellbound by footage of rehearsals, I’d have scoffed and gone on to the next channel. Now, I’m a believer.
This is not your ordinary concert tape. Oh sure, all the pyrotechnics, the over the top guitar solos, the wizardry of the green screen are in place, but remember; this is a rehearsal, for a show that was never presented. I’m in awe! Whatever else we’ve been told about Michael and his quirks, never forget that he was a first class musician. There is little new content here; there doesn’t really need to be, when your archives are as rich as his.
I’ll watch this one again. I realize that I know next to nothing about staging a spectacle. If I’m going to add to my personal knowledge, I might as well take inspiration from the master.
