Ashlee Simpson: the fake exposed !! - Beyond Tiki

T Tangaroa Tiki Socialite Joined: Apr 25, 2002 Posts: 1566	T Tangaroa Posted posted on Mon, Oct 25, 2004 12:51 PM Here's a link to another forum, with a reply from someone who knows the producer of SNL: http://metafilter.com/mefi/36482#755961 "here's the word from a friend of mine who was at the show, and got it straight from the director, beth mccarthy, who she was a guest of: ashlee can't sing. she tried all day friday, but was whining to her voice coach. they decided to leave her mike on so she could sing along to the track, but after the first line or two of the first song, turned her off cause she was awful. so, as of the first song, all the mikes were off. now, they had the wrong song queued up for the second song, obviously. it really was the drummer's fault. apparently he was supposed to signal something or start in with some beat, and the one he did was for the first song. because he fucked up, the guy doing the tape hurried up and put the first song on, because that was what the drummer had signalled. when this got all fucked up, they did two things: turned on all the mikes so the band could take over and start the real song. which they didn't. have no idea why. turned off the tape so the band could play the real song. they were going to turn on ashlee's mike so she could sing the real song, but decided not to because the band was just playing the first song. the guys were smiling cause they were simply thinking "what a fucking clusterfuck". beth mccarthy was also the director of the superbowl halftime show last year, so she's no stranger to ... malfunctions. as an aside, it turns out britney spears is currently a cokehead. she used to be nice as hell, but now she's a bitch who just wants to do blow with her husband, who has connections and sells. quality." I make no assertions to the validity of the above - but it's funny, no? When the wife and I saw the gaffe live on Saturday night, I said, "That's a summary of todays popular music - right there..."

Here's a link to another forum, with a reply from someone who knows the producer of SNL:
http://metafilter.com/mefi/36482#755961

"here's the word from a friend of mine who was at the show, and got it straight from the director, beth mccarthy, who she was a guest of:

ashlee can't sing. she tried all day friday, but was whining to her voice coach. they decided to leave her mike on so she could sing along to the track, but after the first line or two of the first song, turned her off cause she was awful.

so, as of the first song, all the mikes were off.

now, they had the wrong song queued up for the second song, obviously. it really was the drummer's fault. apparently he was supposed to signal something or start in with some beat, and the one he did was for the first song. because he fucked up, the guy doing the tape hurried up and put the first song on, because that was what the drummer had signalled. when this got all fucked up, they did two things:

turned on all the mikes so the band could take over and start the real song. which they didn't. have no idea why.
turned off the tape so the band could play the real song.

they were going to turn on ashlee's mike so she could sing the real song, but decided not to because the band was just playing the first song. the guys were smiling cause they were simply thinking "what a fucking clusterfuck".

beth mccarthy was also the director of the superbowl halftime show last year, so she's no stranger to ... malfunctions.

as an aside, it turns out britney spears is currently a cokehead. she used to be nice as hell, but now she's a bitch who just wants to do blow with her husband, who has connections and sells. quality."

I make no assertions to the validity of the above - but it's funny, no? When the wife and I saw the gaffe live on Saturday night, I said, "That's a summary of todays popular music - right there..."

Post #121594 by Tangaroa on Mon, Oct 25, 2004 12:51 PM