Janet - Live in Hawaii

Janet - Live in Hawaii
by Janet Jackson, David Mallet, Shawnette Heard

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Movie Review: This is more than just a concert, it's a visual masterpiece!
Summary: 5 Stars

The concert opens with Janet running topless across the sands of Hawaii and under a tropical waterfall. We then see the words "Janet Jackson - All For You" appear in gold on the screen before Janet appears on a huge podium in the centre of the stage. She wiggles those sexy hips to the superb Far Eastern beat of Come On Get Up before singing, dancing, grooving and bouncing her way through two awesome performances of You Ain't Right and All For You. The first three tracks are all from her latest superb album, All For You. Ms Jackson then goes back in the time machine to the superb, classic and undeniably unforgettable Love Will Never Do (Without You) - one of my all-time fave Janet songs! She then struts her stuff through the electrifying Trust A Try, the superb rock anthem from All For You. The costumes are awesome and the dance routines are mind-blowingly speedy! Janet then slows things down for the performances of the superb ballads Come Back To Me and Let's Wait Awhile. The former is my all-time favourite Janet ballad while the latter is an absolute Janet classic! The audience is entranced by the goddess that is Janet Jackson as she moves slowly to the smoochy ballads. They're soon up and grooving as Janet belts out five classics from the 80's and 90's in the form of Again, Runaway, Miss You Much, When I Think Of You and Escapade. As usual there's all the superb and epic stage sets to please her loyal fans and the superbly choreographed dance moves. Janet then moves onto a high energy and sexually charged performance of Son Of A Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You) with a special-guest appearance by Missy Elliott. The audience is desperate for more, but has already had enough entertainment to last them their entire lives...and Janet's only halfway through!

All For You continues in spectacular fashion with the brilliant performance to Got 'Til It's Gone. After this Janet belts out probably her most popular hit in the US ever - That's The Way Love Goes. No.1 for a whopping 10 weeks in 1993, it's now an international anthem. Janet knows this and sings her heart out and really gets the audience going by letting them fill in the gaps for bits she purposely leaves out. Up next is a trip down memory lane with a superb melody of What Have You Done For Me Lately, Control and Nasty from her legendary 1986 album Control. "Now control THIS!" screams Janet before breaking out into an eye-popping dance routine - one of many in the whole show. Alright is up next, the superb and incredibly funky single from 1989's Rhythm Nation. Janet only gets more sexier with her risque performance of Would You Mind - taken from the All For You album and definitely the rudest song of Janet's entire career! A lucky man is picked from the audience as Janet sings this highly erotic song to him - he seems to be enjoying himself! After this Janet funks thinks up and performs three massive and heavy tracks - If, Black Cat and Rhythm Nation. I had never heard If until this concert, but can now say it's one of the best and catchiest Janet songs ever! Black Cat just simply swings with adrenaline with its heavy guitar riffs and fast-paced dance moves. Rhythm Nation, however, has to be the best performance of the whole evening; Janet enters dressed in a slinky black leather outfit with a mysterious mask covering her eyes. She belts the song out and dances her butt off with her legion of dancers as the huge screen behind her changes colours to purples and reds to complement the night sky of Hawaii. Doesn't Really Matter and Someone To Call My Lover are up next, followed by the superb and upbeat finale in the form of Together Again. The colours on the stage are superb and the fireworks that are set off from the top of the arena makes the whole thing look absolutely stunning, not to mention massive as a helicopter shot shows just exactly how many people are packing the arena.

OVERALL GRADE: 10/10

As well as this superb concert, secret cameras film Janet changing from each costume in-between songs at a speedy rate - which is bound to raise the pulses of many a male fan! Janet belts out a total of 26 classic songs - more than twice the amount of what Britney sang on her Dream Within A Dream Tour. What's more, Janet does NOT mime in this concert - you can tell because she's always out of breath towards the end of the song. There are not many artists who can do all this while dancing at a literally supersonic speed! All For You is one of the most creative and imaginative concert tours of 2001 and to miss out would be a great shame. Buy it now from Amazon!