Ashlee Simpson: the fake exposed !! - Beyond Tiki

T tikibars Tiki Socialite Aku Hall, Chicago Joined: Apr 11, 2002 Posts: 2034	T tikibars Posted posted on Mon, Oct 25, 2004 2:22 PM All you have to do is look at the guitars and keyboards and things. Half of the time they aren't even plugged in. Look for microphones on the drums and in front of the guitar amps. No mics on the instruments = lip sync! In the defense of many of these artists, sometimes it just isn't feasible to set up their live show for a TV appearance, and sometimes there are contractual issues preventing the live performance. Lip-syncing is a loophole in those cases. On a show like the Grammys or something, where there are 20 artists playing in a row... there's no way to make that happen if they're all live. ....and true enough, some of them just suck - manipulated to a high degree in the studio, and lip-syncing to pull it off live! Remembr that 90% (actual statistic) off all music is sold to people under 22. These kids aren't as sophisicated as us adults like to think we are. You can sell 'em a pop package of studio-manipulated music and a lip-sync show, and they'll think it's the greatest thing ever. Yes, clearly the DO, because it is selling to SOMEONE. When I was a kid, I listened to the Clash and the Buzzcocks (who's records ARE doctored to some degree), but a lot of my peers bought into super-pop stuff like Madonna, and Duran Duran, and the Thompson Twins, and Cyndi Lauper... that stuff is just as phony as what is going on now, and it sold like mad in it's day.

All you have to do is look at the guitars and keyboards and things.

Half of the time they aren't even plugged in.

Look for microphones on the drums and in front of the guitar amps.

No mics on the instruments = lip sync!

In the defense of many of these artists, sometimes it just isn't feasible to set up their live show for a TV appearance, and sometimes there are contractual issues preventing the live performance. Lip-syncing is a loophole in those cases. On a show like the Grammys or something, where there are 20 artists playing in a row... there's no way to make that happen if they're all live.

....and true enough, some of them just suck - manipulated to a high degree in the studio, and lip-syncing to pull it off live!

Remembr that 90% (actual statistic) off all music is sold to people under 22. These kids aren't as sophisicated as us adults like to think we are. You can sell 'em a pop package of studio-manipulated music and a lip-sync show, and they'll think it's the greatest thing ever. Yes, clearly the DO, because it is selling to SOMEONE.

When I was a kid, I listened to the Clash and the Buzzcocks (who's records ARE doctored to some degree), but a lot of my peers bought into super-pop stuff like Madonna, and Duran Duran, and the Thompson Twins, and Cyndi Lauper... that stuff is just as phony as what is going on now, and it sold like mad in it's day.

Post #121613 by tikibars on Mon, Oct 25, 2004 2:22 PM