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!
remember when musicians werent all posers?
If that were true, she would come out on stage NAKED, and just stand there for a few minutes. Any thing else would be a distraction from her 'talent'.
What a joke!
Still, I am very annoyed when a live performance is lip-synched. I don't see a lot of concerts these days but I would definitely feel ripped off if the performer on stage is just lip-synching to a recorded audio track.
As a matter of fact, in many cases, I actually prefer the unpolished performances of a live act to the "perfect" performance on the recordings. For example, when I want to hear a certain rock band, I'll listen to their live recordings over their studio recordings in more cases than not.
That 'splains an awful lot! L0L
I guess she trully is the black sheep of the family. I guess a fake candidate has fake singer supporters too
Considering the amount of "audio processing" (in essence, Audio Photoshop) needed to make poptarts like this sound at all tolerable in the first place, I think an argument can be made that Simpson's not really singing on her own records either.
No kidding. I honestly wouldn't care if Jessica Simpson never spoke another word--and neither would her husband.
Fraud & Roll ping.
That explains everything
I admire Jessica for both her talents.
Labeling laws for live performances?
How about: This show has been enhanced by the artist prior to this performance.
-PJ
Those are attributes not talents.
Maybe but they could also be talented.
It is now time for all the other comedy shows to make fun of Saturday Night "not live".
They have no sympathy on anyone and now it is payback time. They are only funny 10% of the time anymore.
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