Lip-Synching disaster of Ashlee Simpson

[Echoes Peak]

Way too much coverage for this story. Some singers lip synch. Some don't. Unfortunately, those who do seem to often get more press than deserved. Honestly, whatever, I'll just stick to the singer/songwriters whose music I find more relevant than hers. Besides, if there are people that want to buy her records let them. It doesn't really affect me either way.

 

[Sign Of The Fish Burger]

Personally I wish SNL would feature performers who are good but who may not have a hit song out at the moment. Like when Lorne Michaels requested a Beatles reunion in the 70's and held up a check made out to them.

I love that episode. I have a few best of DVD's and one of them has that one, and all the other ones where there was rumous that the Beatles would play SNL... too bad it never happened/.

 

[Roo6339]

i believe those who lip synch do not deserve any respect at all... we pay how much to go to concerts? then all they do is decieve us with phony vocals... they don't deserve any of that money. but that's just me...

 

[wiseguide]

In an interview Paul McCartney said that he and John Lennon were at John Lennon's apartment in New York City watching the show when live when that happened. He said that he had wanted to go down to the studio that night but John was against the idea.

I think John was the only Beatle who never appeared on SNL. Paul, George and Ringo each appeared on the show as solo acts at different times.

 

[ascribe2thelord]

Ashlee Simpson is a disgrace to the music industry. My ex-girlfriend tried to get me into liking her. Punk princess? Ah..hahahahaha.

-Adam

 

[~Wisdom Seeker~]

What did you think of this live event on Saturday Night Live? Did anyone see it? I missed it.

Lip-synching has always been a part of television programs. On American Bandstand that was the way it was always done. But SNL has always featured real, live performances.

Ashlee claims that she had problems with her voice that night or some excuse to that effect. Then the producers of SNL had a mixup with the voice track. But SNL is not used to having voice tracks to begin with.

Personally, I think it was the fault of SNL for choosing such a talentless act as Ashlee Simpson in the first place. SNL used to have better live acts in the past.

What do they expect?

I saw the story on 60 minutes about this. The head of SNL said that SNL was not told that she was going to lip synch.In rehearsal she performed live. But, she was having trouble with her voice and wasn't sure if she would be able to perform. The lip synch, wrong song thing was a surprise to them though because Ashlee Simpson and her band neglected to mention it was going to happen.

Personally, I think that this girl has a lot of talent, but she's still reletively new at this. Perhaps that would explain why she walked off the set when this happened. She was embarassed. People tend to run off when they get embarassed.

SNL used to have better live acts...but I've seen some pretty awful ones too. It's a gamble. They hire whoever is popular at the moment. The interesting thing is to see a performer or group perform live. Not all of them are good out of the studio. Maybe Ashlee is an example of this.

I don't think it's really a big deal. After all...it's not like she was lip synching with someone elses voice like Milly Vanilly.

 

[Sign Of The Fish Burger]

In an interview Paul McCartney said that he and John Lennon were at John Lennon's apartment in New York City watching the show when live when that happened. He said that he had wanted to go down to the studio that night but John was against the idea.

I think John was the only Beatle who never appeared on SNL. Paul, George and Ringo each appeared on the show as solo acts at different times.

Yeah he was the only one. Paul appeared a few times actually. Leave it to Lennon lol

 

[TheHumanGenomeProject]

Interesting.

 

[Collide]

Yeah..real artists don't do that..and I don't see pop "artists" as artists.

For any one who missed it you can see the clip on my site www.theworldofjohn.com

 

[cygnusx1]

Milli Vanilli got their grammy's taken away because they weren't singing AT ALL...on a voice track or otherwise. There were completely different people singing for them.

yes they did , and the story went from there to tradgedy ....... whenever I hear "Lipsynch" ......... I get a sad sick feeling inside because of Milli Vanilli...

 

[lizardbit]

Milli Vanilli got their grammy's taken away because they weren't singing AT ALL...on a voice track or otherwise. There were completely different people singing for them.

Yes I know that, but lipsynching is lipsynching, whether it is your own voice or not. I persoanlly see no difference between the two, both are just lying to the fan anyways... I still don't think it is acceptable. Just because I can go into a studio, have my voice doctored and sound like a diva, doesn't mean I am an artist... it's kind of sad really..

 

[WaZoO]

I saw it live, I didn't really think much of it at the time and didn;t realize that it meant she was lip synching. I thought the band started playing the wrong song like she said, I didn;t realize that she meant from a voice recording.

 

[cygnusx1]

yes they did , and the story went from there to tradgedy ....... whenever I hear "Lipsynch" ......... I get a sad sick feeling inside because of Milli Vanilli...

Rob Pilatus of the successful but disgraced lip-synch group, Milli Vanilli, was found dead in a Germany hotel room on April 2nd. Early reports stated a mix of alcohol and pills may be related to his death. Pilatus, who was 32, had a self-admitted history of problems with substance abuse, depression and suicide ideation. Pilatus, also a former model and dancer, was found alone in the hotel room according to a German newspaper which also had comments from Milli Vanilli's former manager/producer Frank Farian: "I'm totally shocked. Rob looked really good again after his therapy, and was full of optimism... we didn't know.. that he was taking tablets that are very dangerous with alcohol." The other half of Milli Vanilli, Fabrice Morvan, stated: "I am feeling tremendous pain and sorrow upon hearing the news of my friend and brother Rob. He will always be a part of me. I will deeply miss Rob forever... Milli Vanilli was not a disgrace. The only disgrace is how Rob died... all alone, internally destroyed from the rapid rise then sudden fall. Where were the ones that pushed us to the top who made millions?"

http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-m/millivanilli_main.htm

 

[caramelmudcake]

i heard it was coz she has like a throat conditionm or sumthin???

 

[Western Deity]

That's what she said, but I wouldn't take it too seriously.

 

[LiteraryLatina]

Did anyone watch the episode of Celebration (The DayStar show with Marcus and Joni Lamb) the other day where they were discussing this? Rebecca St. James was being interviewed by Joni and Marcus and then she was going to sing a song. Marcus comes out and says he hopes she is really going to sing and not do what "Paris Hilton's little sister did". His wife Joni was like, no dear I dont think Paris Hilton's sister sings. I just about fell out of my chair when he said that. Everyone on the set was dying with laughter until his wife finally remembered the name of the person and informed Marcus it was actually Jessica Simpson's sister who had the disaster. Anyway, Rebecca laughed too and said no she was really going to sing for them live. Did anyone else catch this entertaining tidbit?

 

[MissRowboat]

She does have acid reflux...She went to the doctor for it on her show, I remember that.

 

[Diane_Windsor]

What did you think of this live event on Saturday Night Live? Did anyone see it? I missed it.

I don't watch SNL anymore because the writing has radically gone downhill in the 90's, but I have seen re-runs of the Simpson fiasco on a VH1 show. Her drummer messed up and then she started dancing hokey-style LOL. Sir Elton John later said that he felt vindicated after that since he got flak for criticising Madonna for lip-synching at her concerts. Way to go ELTON!!!!!!

Personally, I think it was the fault of SNL for choosing such a talentless act as Ashlee Simpson in the first place.

ROFLOL! ITA-Simpson doesn't have much (if any) talent. If you perform on a live show then it should always be live not Milli Vinnilied-I really don't care for her lame excuse that her throat was bothering her. Speaking of Milli Vinnili-I think they had more "talent" than Ashlee Simpson does!

Diane

 

[rachelg2004]

Guess she's just trying to be like her sister ... her family has the money to get her a recording contract and such. She is just like Hilary Duff - they both lip sync a lot of the time.

 

[cmulkey]

Hey watch this remix of Ashlee Simpson it is hilarious!!


do a google search on "ashlee simpson snl" click on "ashlee simpson screw up on snl"

I would give you a direct link but hay i dont have 15 post yet