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This lavish two-hour concert special, originally produced for HBO, offers ample proof of Janet Jackson"s fierce ambitions. Whitney, Celine, and Mariah can run circles around her small, sweet voice, but Janet brings a tough, muscular power to her live performances that none of those peers can approach, storming through myriad set and costume changes, and sustaining an aerobic pace through elaborate dance routines. As captured during this Madison Square Garden presentation of her Velvet Rope tour, Janet Jackson is, ahem, very buff indeed, not just in her well-toned physical health, but in her vocal attack. 
The Velvet Rope tosses up rappers, hard-rock heroism, melting romantic pop, and Jackson"s own flavor of soft-core erotica, but the show transcends those components in its broad sense of spectacle. The star fronts a formidable battalion of dancers, singers, and musicians to make her points, and while it"s obvious that the musical performances have been nipped, tucked, and polished to an acceptable sheen, Janet earns her props through sheer willpower.

Ranging across Jackson"s best-known songs from the last decade, the production is noteworthy for its intricate choreography and massive settings, in which the star seeks to match the big-budget sweep of her music videos. The live troupe is formidable, composed of a *** band and a large cast of nimble dancers, and Janet keeps pace with her aerobic presence. We"ll leave it to social scientists to ponder the significance of the "Rope Burn" sequence, in which an ecstatic male fan is lashed to a chair and gets to watch his favorite sex object pole-dance. If this stalwart is any indication, Janet has already won the hearts (and more) of her faithful.

"The Velvet Rope" sees a natural synergy of Janet"s distinctive vocals and sweet melodies with harder edged dance rhythms, state-of-theart sounds which appeal to a multitude of musical tastes. Janet brings us her inimitable soul, funk, and dance synergy once again in a world tour set to out-gun the past triumphs of "Rhythm Nation" 1990 and "Janet" 1994. 

A spectacular production of lights, dance, energy - and of course at the core - Janet"s total control of the stage. "There"s a velvet rope we have inside us, keeping others from knowing our feelings. In "The Velvet Rope" I"m trying to expose and explore those feelings. I"m inviting you inside my velvet rope". 

Tracklisting:
1.    If
2.    You
3.    Let’s Wait Awhile/Again
4.    Control Medley
5.    Control
6.    The Pleasure Principle
7.    What Have You Done For Me Lately
8.    Nasty
9.    Throb
10.  Escapade Medley
11.  Escapade
12.  When I Think Of You
13.  Miss You Much
14.  Runaway
15.  Love Will Never Do (Without You)
16.  Alright
17.  I Get Lonely
18.  Anytime, Anyplace
19.  Rope Burn
20.  Black Cat
21.  What About
22.  Rhythm Nation
23.  Special
24.  That’s the Way Love Goes
25.  Got Til It’s Gone
26.  Go Deep
27.  Together Again 

Extra Informatie:
Formaat: Kleur, ISO/MDS (DVD9), Live
Geluidspoor: DD2.0, DD5.1 & DTS5.1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 
DVD Release Datum: 24 februari 2004 
Speelduur: 121 minuten
Cover: Hoesje, label en inlay zijn in de RARs verwerkt