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Janet - Live in Hawaii [VHS]

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Beyonce? britney? JLo? Please! None of these woman have anything on Miss Janet "if ya nasty" Jackson. Janet is, in my opinion, the greatest female performer of all time. Her dancing & performance skills are top notch, her voice is so pretty & all of these youngin performer's now are just re-enacting what they've seen Janet do for years. Here, she does not dissapoint with a show so spectacular, it looks like a Las Vegas production. A definite keeper! All the great songs, many new ones & Janet looks gorgeous, with a body that's worthy of envy!

This is Janet so of course I had to give this 5 stars and its worth it. If you saw the concert you know its amazing. If you haven't read on. The concert starts off with janet running around the beach and under the waterfall topless and then she enters the stage fully clothed, amazing how does she do it. She plays the songs "If, That's the way love goes, All for you", and more of the classics and the new ones but nothing compares to the stage performance of "Would you mind". She has way out done her performance of "Rope Burn". In "Would you mind" she of course gets a guy out the audience and she puts him on this table specially made for a person that moves around and that's all I can tell you about it. The features are even better. It has a photo gallery, rehearsel, and a series of performances of "Would you mind" around the United States. The only bad thing I have about the DVD is that the crowd in Hawaii were not as wild as the New York crowd. The crowd had their burst of excitement but not full shouting like the New York crowd. The DVD is worth the money, the concert also last way over 2 hours long.

Leaving behind the depressing and drab mood of Janet's previous tour, "The Velvet Rope Tour", this concert is a long-awaited return to the happy and fun Janet that we are used to after over two decades in the business. Some may say that the choreography and visuals are the same as the last tour. Indeed, certain elements of the show (such as the Whimsical Medley) are reminiscent of Ms. Jackson's previous tour, but these segments still seem to be a crowd pleaser. Much of the choreography from older hits is left the same. However, I think this is due not to being uninspired, but rather to familiarize the song and routine from Janet's amazing and remarkable videos with the fans. The choreography is still some of the most intricate and amazing out there, so if it ain't broke, don't fix it. The DVD also features incredible extras including a photo gallery, the Would You Mind compilation, an interview with Janet herself, and much more! And despite what some reviewers have to say, Miss Janet is singing more live than not. While 4 or 5 songs may have backing vocals for Janet to rely on, out of a 26 song set, that is a pretty low percentage. This is Janet at her best. Fun, energetic, sexy, gorgeous, and happy. If you want a good show, then this DVD is all for you.

I own this DVD and I have to say that it's amazing. The full concert is great, but it's quite a little porn and sexual, watch the intro video, when se runs to the water, you can see all of her breast, and I think the special feature where are 5 performances of Would You Mind is very hot! when you see how she performs that song, you'll believe me!

It is a great DVD, and it has 26 live performances! I don't know how does it last only 1hr 54min.

The best performances in the concert are:
-Trust A Try
-You Ain't Right
-Son Of A Gun (Missy Elliott sings it with her)
-That's The Way Love Goes
-If
-Would You Mind (oh, my God!)
-Doesn't Really Matter
-Together Again
-Rythm Nation

There are also outtakes in the middle of the concert, when a songs finishes, the camera records Janet changing her clothes.
It's very exciting, but you'll love it!

Janet Jackson has always been one of my all-time favourite female artists. Her style, persona and songs have always struck a chord with me like no other singer (except maybe Britney). Throughout 2001 there were some absolutely stunning tours - from Britney's Dream Within A Dream Tour (Live From Las Vegas), to 'NSync's Popodyssey and through onto Madonna's Drowned World Tour (without a doubt the most popular tour of the year). Janet Jackson's All For You was also another tour to add to this list of superb 2001 concerts. HBO reserved the rights to broadcast the concert in full in Febraury 2002, and ratings went through the roof. This performance is Live In Hawaii from Hawaii (duh!) where Janet performs to 40,000 adoring fans in an open-air arena.

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!

Janet Jackson alwyas seems to top herself than in previous years. She truly is a musical legend. This DVD sees usual tour favorites such as the Whimsical Medley, That's The Way Love Goes and Got T'il Its Gone..but also includes many many many All For You tracks (off her 2001 Album - All For You)..Son Of A Gun preformence features rapper and friend Missy Elliot for her part, too bad Missy had to be lame and lip-sing..or lip-rap?
Typical of every Janet tour, we saw another sexy number..."Would You Mind" saw Janet picking an audience member..and well let's just say having a little fun with him on stage, its a definite not miss. Also included in the DVD is the "Would You Mind" Compilation from past shows on the AFY tour, really hilarious feature..some of the WYM guys are too hilarious and Janer starts laughing on stage..she even has to stop singing the song!

Overall, this DVD is a must have..and while your at your DVD store besure to pick up Janet's 1998 concert "The Velvet Rope", better than this tour believe it or not.

The concert begins with Janet running topless into a waterfall and it keeps getting better!
I loved the Velvet Rope Tour - it's probably still my fave by JJ - but this one is as good. The mood is lighter and a little less urgent than Velvet Rope, and it's probably a little more fun.
It begins with Janet on an elevated podium wiggling those awesome hips to the first strains of "Come on Get Up" - a club/house jam from "All For You" that she and the dancers pull off to perfection. She then stomps thru "You Ain't Right" and "All For You" before reaching into the way-back machine for "Love Will Never Do."
The costume/choreography highlight has to be the number for the rock-rave "Trust a Try" with the great Fellini-looking monster costumes great dancing. That's followed by the ballad segment - "Come Back to Me," "Let's Wait a While" and "Again."
There's the usual whimsical playland medley sequence with Janet in Fantasyland doing "Runaway," "Miss You Much," "When I Think of You" and "Escapade." That's followed by an awesome, sexually-charged version of "Son of a GUn" featuring a brief appearance by Missy Eliott.
The mellow section features grooving versions of "Got 'Til Its Gone" and "That's the Way Love Goes." She follows with a medley of "What Have You Done 4 Me Lately," "Control" and a version of "Nasty" that had the crowd of about 40,000 or so going Apesh...!
Next it's on to the 1940s street scene for "Alright," followed by the R-rated "Would You Mind" performance in which some lucky dude from the audience gets strapped in and mounted by Janet in a dominatrix outfit.
The performance of "If" and "Black Cat" features an Asian motif, then Janet (in black leater) and the dancers blow the roof off (figuratively - they're in an open-air stadium) with a stomp thru "Rhythm Nation."
THey then exit the stage and return for the encore, a playful set of "Doesn't Really Matter," "Someone to Call My Lover" and "Together Again."
In a word, it's a great audiovisual spectacular, just as you'd expect from Ms. Jackson. Musically, under the direction of guitarist Dave Barry, the band was tighter and more adroit than the "Velvet Rope" band. The dancing was great, the sets were great - it was all great.
In a summer (2001) of fantastic shows (madonna, mode...), this was a standout!

janets has done it once again i love her tours they are always energetic and very colorful. i recommend to all amazon buyers because it so energetic and very free so to speak. Go janet!

I'm very happy to have seen her in concert and to now see her in Hawaii doing it again was great! The best feature of this DVD is the "Would You Mind" block. It's funny to see her expression from these guys who do everything to keep their composure or go wild while they're strapped in. The pictures are from the tour book, still the shots are awesome. I enjoyed this concert a lot. Everything from the songs, behind the scenes, Carly and Missy, even the breakdown in "Doesn't Really Matter" after she introduces everyone. As with another reviewer, I miss Tina Landon. Shaunette, Eddie, and Gil did good jobs, but Tina and her style of choreograpy wasn't there. I guess it's all about moving on and trying different things. Hey, there's nothing wrong with that. Cheers

I saw her on this ALL FOR YOU tour and it was quite a spectacle. I could've done without the six or so costume changes and smoke, but I've got to admit Janet knows how to work a stage. I also could've done without the beginning where she is running topless through the jungle, etc. I miss the Janet I grew up admiring, back when it was more about her voice and lyrics than it was about her body. However, worth it for the "Would You Mind" extravaganza where she...well, nevermind. I guess you'll have to see it and find out! BOTTOM LINE: NEEDS MORE SONG, LESS SHOW...BUT THE SHOW IS QUITE ENTERTAINING, SO U BE THE JUDGE. A MUST-SEE FOR JANET FANATICS. GRADE: B