Reply #26 October 24, 2004 12:39 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

I'm really particular when it comes to buying concert DVDs for this reason. In the case of Hilary Duff, it would be like just buying the CD all over again. I got the Christina Aguilera concert on DVD and she misses some lyrics but it's all part of a live performance. I don't expect it to be perfect.

Lip-synching has become commonplace and accepted that it's not controversial anymore if someone does it. But blaming it on the band is such a cop-out. Just tell the truth. People already know.

Reply #27 October 24, 2004 2:10 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

I think live performances are great because the music is a little different than the CD.

Or a lot different... I mean, I remember hearing a live Gomez performance of one of their songs from Bring it On where they totally reimagined the song in a different style(this new version was then put on "Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline". I like musicians to sometimes digress from the way a song was on the album.... it just makes the experience a bit better.

I remember the Who talking about how playing "Won't Get Fooled Again" live was sort of a pain for them back in the days when they relied on a taped version of Moog parts, because aside from the technical difficulties that inevidably presented.... it also made the performance very rigid, because the tape was a set length, so they could really play around with the song on the road... they had to play it almost the same every time.

As a musician who has recorded and toured before ( a looong time ago and never made the bigtime) i can tell you when you record a song, you don't always play it the same way live. Sometimes you fall flat on your face, sometimes people like it more.

The friend who brought this to my attention is a professional musician on a prominent Chicago-based independent label, so I believe she would totally agree with that assessment.

Lip-synching has become commonplace and accepted that it's not controversial anymore if someone does it. But blaming it on the band is such a cop-out. Just tell the truth. People already know.

I know there are more than a few artists that have had to come out and say that they actually play and sing in concert which reminded me of Chris Rock's act about people who wanted credit for things they were supposed to do.

His lines:

I've never been to jail! Well, you ain't supposed to go to jail.
I support my kids! Well, you're supposed to do that!


My lines:

Well, in concert, we play our own instruments. Well, you're supposed to do that.
We actually sing at our concerts. Well, with what people are paying to see you, you are supposed to sing when you appear live.

Reply #28 October 24, 2004 10:05 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

From Lucky Magazine:

LM: "What are your takes on lip-synching?" Ashlee Simpson: "I'm totally against it and offended by it. I'm going out to let my real talent show, not to just stand there and dance around. Personally, I'd never lip-synch. It's just not me."

Famous Last Words!

Reply #29 October 24, 2004 10:14 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

he he he . . .

I don't understand why she thought that blaming it on the band for "playing the wrong song" would make it better . . . that doesn't really explain the canned singing . . .

Do you think this will make SNL less likely to bring on young, inexperienced "talent" like Ashlee Simpson or Hilary Duff or the like? I mean, this isn't the first time there's been mistakes or problems, but she handled it so poorly . . .

Reply #30 October 24, 2004 10:18 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

I mean, this isn't the first time there's been mistakes or problems, but she handled it so poorly . . .

Exactamundo.  She could have handled it much, much better than she did.....like going with the song they were playing, for example, instead of doing a hoe-down dance and then walking off the stage.

Reply #31 October 24, 2004 10:20 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

I was reading that SNL used to have something in their music contracts that stated NO LIP SYNCHING... but they've somehow removed that provision from their more recent season contracts.

Reply #32 October 25, 2004 11:25 AM from JoeUser Forums Top

hehehehe

Reply #33 October 25, 2004 11:55 AM from JoeUser Forums Top

ugly. i couldn't name her songs (never actually heard one), but cheaters cheat and they deserve the humiliation. she corked her bat.

Reply #34 October 25, 2004 12:06 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

@ history is here....

...very good!!

Reply #35 October 25, 2004 1:14 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

@ history is here....

I could say I did it myself, but then I would be no better than Ashlee... it was a great find on my part though(in retrospect I could have done it though)

and this just in.... all eyes are going to be on her tonight as she "performs" at NBC's Radio Music Awards at 9.... and a cynical part of me wonders if this momentary embarrassment was really just a ploy to get people to watch an awards show practically no one has heard of.

Reply #36 October 25, 2004 3:28 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

Can u put the video of Ashlee Simpson lip sincking on the site??????

Reply #37 October 25, 2004 3:29 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

Can u put the ashlee simpson video on the site PLEASE!?!!?!

Reply #38 October 25, 2004 3:30 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

He's got a link to it at the bottom of the article. Just click on it and enjoy.

Reply #39 October 25, 2004 3:37 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

MTV's got the video attached to their story about it.

I guess collegehumor.com has taken it down.....

Reply #40 October 25, 2004 3:42 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

D'oh!

Reply #41 October 25, 2004 3:49 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

D'oh! is right for me.... I should have checked it again after the initial flurry....

Reply #42 October 25, 2004 3:54 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

Hopefully, she'll actually sing at the show (and not be booed off). I hope she recovers quickly from this, even if she did put her foot in her mouth.

Reply #43 October 25, 2004 3:55 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

Well, her new story is that the track that got played was a supporting track for her.... whatever....

Reply #44 October 25, 2004 3:57 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

Well, her new story is that the track that got played was a supporting track for her.... whatever....

Yeah . . . that explains it nicely, doesn't it? That explains why she looked bewildered and repeatedly made an ass of herself with her odd on-and-off jigg-dancing. It also explains why she bolted off the stage. And it explains why she blamed her band for "playing the wrong song." Wow . . . it really clears things up, doesn't it? She's just digging a deeper hole for herself.

Reply #45 October 25, 2004 4:02 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

Yeah... its sort of lame.... because the reason she supposedly had the "supporting" track was because her voice was tired.... well, if your voice is tired, then why are you performing 2 days after that?

Reply #46 October 25, 2004 9:33 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

UPDATE: She DID sing live!

Who would think that an artist singing live would be newsworthy....

Reply #47 October 25, 2004 9:40 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

That explains why she looked bewildered and repeatedly made an ass of herself with her odd on-and-off jigg-dancing.

I'm actually hoping her dance becomes the next macarena.

Reply #48 October 25, 2004 9:43 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

I'm actually hoping her dance becomes the next macarena.

You mean around shortly and only responsible for one hit if that?

Reply #49 October 25, 2004 9:53 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

I'm actually hoping her dance becomes the next macarena.

Well, since I am so incredibly uncoordinated, it might turn out to be the only dance I am successful with! Long live the Ashlee Jigg of Fraudulence!

Reply #50 October 25, 2004 9:55 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

Oh, no not that then. Whatever dance is so popular everybody does it.. like that roof thing.