More on lip-synching
I don't want to be a dead horse here, or a talentless pop star for that matter, but I feel like I need to comment on the whole Ashlee Simpson lip synching outrage.
It's not about Ashlee
This whole thing started with Simpson's appearance on Saturday Night Live, when her "backing track" played the wrong song, and she was stuck on stage doing a ridiculous Irish gig.
Instead of just saying, "We cued the wrong song." It was first blamed on the drummer, then acid reflux, then the alignment of the planets in relation to Clay Aiken's hair... or something like that.
My hope, at least, is that this isn't about Ashlee Simpson and the fact she can't sing. My hope is that this is about music fans getting fed up with the garbage that's out there these days.
People don't want to pay $75 for a concert ticket only to have the person lip-synch. We want LIVE music. We want to get our money's worth. If we wanted to see the person lip synch and dance around, we'd watch a collection of their music videos.
I also hope that this is a backlash to overpriced CDs and undertalented stars. The music consumer is being force-fed garbage in the form of little discs.
Where's the talent?
How many of today's acts have longevity? Not many...
Even these horrible boy bands like N-Stink and the Backstreet Bums fall apart. When they were on top of the charts, fans would say, "They're not going anywhere." But like the Spice Girls and the New Kids before them, they've disappeared.
You can mass-produce music all you want, but it's the talent that lasts.
Now, give us what we want.
It's not about Ashlee
This whole thing started with Simpson's appearance on Saturday Night Live, when her "backing track" played the wrong song, and she was stuck on stage doing a ridiculous Irish gig.
Instead of just saying, "We cued the wrong song." It was first blamed on the drummer, then acid reflux, then the alignment of the planets in relation to Clay Aiken's hair... or something like that.
My hope, at least, is that this isn't about Ashlee Simpson and the fact she can't sing. My hope is that this is about music fans getting fed up with the garbage that's out there these days.
People don't want to pay $75 for a concert ticket only to have the person lip-synch. We want LIVE music. We want to get our money's worth. If we wanted to see the person lip synch and dance around, we'd watch a collection of their music videos.
I also hope that this is a backlash to overpriced CDs and undertalented stars. The music consumer is being force-fed garbage in the form of little discs.
Where's the talent?
How many of today's acts have longevity? Not many...
Even these horrible boy bands like N-Stink and the Backstreet Bums fall apart. When they were on top of the charts, fans would say, "They're not going anywhere." But like the Spice Girls and the New Kids before them, they've disappeared.
You can mass-produce music all you want, but it's the talent that lasts.
Now, give us what we want.
posted by "Dakota" at
1/23/2005 09:26:00 AM
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"You can mass-produce music all you want, but it's the talent that lasts.
Now, give us what we want."
Indeed, there is nothing worse than the "made for MTV" acts we see today. They're the product of big buck ad companies but even the big bucks can't keep the crap on top forever.
Well put.
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Billy Jones, at 5:40 PM
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