Post #121807 by tikibars on Tue, Oct 26, 2004 11:19 AM

On 2004-10-25 15:01, cynfulcynner wrote:

On 2004-10-25 14:22, tikibars wrote:
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.

I've seen Duran Duran twice (in 1984 and last year) and I can assure you that Simon was most definitely NOT lip-syncing! :lol:

Let me clarify.
In the above example, I was referring to recordings by these bands, and their ilk, not nescessarily the concerts.
I have to admit that I have seen DD live also, in 1984, and again in 1987, and LeBon's voice was certinaly not lip-synced live, as you point out. The concerts were strong evidence that he is a really miserable singer... hence the need for lots of studio tricks on the records! :) These tricks aren't always enough... even on DD records, he is frequently out of tune.

Now, that's not always a bad thing - Ian Curtis couldn't sing either, and I still worship the old Joy Division records to this day. Sometimes passion and emotion trump technical perfection on the priority scale.