Posted on 10/24/2004 10:42:55 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache
News and Views: Added: 10/24/04 Saturday Night... Live? By Michael Allison - AngryCountry.com Staff Writer --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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. - Ashlee Simpson in Lucky Magazine
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Saturday Night Live was not as "Live" as people expected last night. Musical Guest Ashlee Simpson poorly lip-synched her first song, and then a technical glitch or mistake led to the wrong vocal track being played for her second performance proving her fraud as she stood there confused while her recorded voice filled the airwaves . Simpson's band picked up the slack, attempting to save the show as Ashlee walked off the stage. Just a minute in (on a musical segment usually four or more minutes long) SNL pulled the plug, cutting quickly to a commercial.
Also this week it has been suggested that the vocal performance of "God Bless America" by a very talented country artist during the Major League Baseball playoffs was also pre-recorded, though having watched that game myself I am not certain that it was not just an audio delay in that case. I can say that I have attended concerts where it seemed that at least some of the performance was taped, and I routinely see performances on TV where the lip movements of the artist doesn't match the sound.
Lip-synching is nothing new (Remember Milli Vanilli) but for some reason it has become more accepted, especially for television shows and special events. But is it fair? Is it fair to the fans who tune in to see a LIVE performance, for them to instead be presented with a living puppet acting out a CD track? I don't think so. And more than unfair, I think it's a fraudulent act. Tricking people into believing they are watching a live performance should not be allowed.
My solution is a simple one... but it will not be popular with the untalented artists and unscrupulous promoters of the world: Concerts and television broadcasts should be required to specify when a performance is not LIVE both vocally and visually. I've been sitting here for twenty minutes trying to figure out a politically correct and kind phrase to serve as the disclaimer for this new rule, but so far I've come up empty. No one is going to warn viewers or concert attendees that their performance is going to be lip-synched. Perhaps they could label it a "dramatic performance" which would at least admit that they are 'acting' like singers, without actually singing.
Obviously this wouldn't apply to scripted television (such as sitcoms) and movies where the audience expects to see acting and special effects, but when someone gets on stage at a concert or televised show (SNL, award shows, Variety shows, etc) there is an expectation of a genuine musical performance.
Live should mean Live, and if it's not live be honest about it!
LOL! And so another urban legend is born on the internet.
http://www.awfulplasticsurgery.com/archives/000397.html
This site claims they are fakies. That's where I got the notion.
Funny, I thought they were boobs.
NBC blanked out the sound of her CD playing her voice by the time the incident hit the west coast.
I think NBC faces some liability issues surrounding how that happened.
Some techies are surely looking for new jobs, they are the bottom line unless there was an ordered sabotage.
Humm maybe they are just jealous? Anything is possible!
"Apparently, Simpson wasn't the only one attempting to perpetrate a fraud on the public."
After hearing about this SNL fiasco last night I decided to tivo the West Coast taped version...I just finished watching it...you're right about the editing.
At the closing, she actually "apologized" saying "my band started playing the wrong song," so she did a little "ho down."
Bottom line...she was lip synching...then she lied about it.
Having said that, although I no longer watch SNL, it occurs to me that all of the musical guests while I was used to watch the show, should have lip synched. The accoustics in that studio are terrible for music.
Also, the show's polictical skits are very left biased.
I don't miss the program at all.
"In its heyday, Saturday Night was always Live. "
Watching Frank Zappa hammer out Rat Tomago on SNL was great!
That's the main problem... most "Performers" now a days are just singer posers. That's whats happened to the main stream music industry. Look at the top 20 charts... I bet not even half are real bands... Just people who sing and dance to prerecorded tracks.
How did she blame the band? What did she say?
Her shoelace was untied.
Ashley should not have p.o.'ed the production crew. They got even.
They can fill two shot glasses at 10 yards.
What's a Saturday Night Live?
"How did she blame the band? What did she say?"
She said the band played the wrong song.
A man after my oen heart.
It depends on what you thought of the Monkees.
I liked nesmith
 "...Lizzie is discovered to be the virtual twin of an Italian pop star named Isabella-- and her dreamy former partner wants Lizzie to take Isabella's place at an award show to avoid a lawsuit. Only Lizzie's loyal best friend Gordo (Adam Lamberg) suspects that Paolo may not be all that he seems . . ." |
Oh my. I wonder if Hilary Duff was seen any where back stage . . . (Lip sync sabotage was a key plot point in Duff's Lizzie McGuire film . . .) |
NOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooo. Their all pod people.
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