so the band starts playing "Pieces Of Me" and she's doing this goofy "sexy" dance, and the vocals start, but they're pre-recorded she misses the cue completely and isn't mouthing the words or anything, and she's very visibly embarrassed and kind of dances around a little more, and the pre-recorded vocals fade out but she never starts singing, and the band just keeps playing on, and she sheepishly walks offstage and they cut to commercial in the middle of the first chorus.
did anyone else see this!? it was one of the greatest trainwrecks I've ever seen on live TV.
― Al (sitcom), Sunday, 24 October 2004 03:50 (twenty-one years ago)
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Sunday, 24 October 2004 03:54 (twenty-one years ago)
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Sunday, 24 October 2004 03:55 (twenty-one years ago)
2xpost
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Sunday, 24 October 2004 03:55 (twenty-one years ago)
― Al (sitcom), Sunday, 24 October 2004 03:57 (twenty-one years ago)
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Sunday, 24 October 2004 03:58 (twenty-one years ago)
― Al (sitcom), Sunday, 24 October 2004 04:07 (twenty-one years ago)
― Al (sitcom), Sunday, 24 October 2004 04:11 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 24 October 2004 04:16 (twenty-one years ago)
― maria b (maria b), Sunday, 24 October 2004 04:18 (twenty-one years ago)
Ashlee sucks people? can you name some names, please?
― Al (sitcom), Sunday, 24 October 2004 04:21 (twenty-one years ago)
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Sunday, 24 October 2004 04:27 (twenty-one years ago)
― Al (sitcom), Sunday, 24 October 2004 04:32 (twenty-one years ago)
― Al (sitcom), Sunday, 24 October 2004 04:33 (twenty-one years ago)
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Sunday, 24 October 2004 04:38 (twenty-one years ago)
― Al (sitcom), Sunday, 24 October 2004 04:43 (twenty-one years ago)
― AaronHz (deangulberry), Sunday, 24 October 2004 04:50 (twenty-one years ago)
― Al (sitcom), Sunday, 24 October 2004 04:52 (twenty-one years ago)
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Sunday, 24 October 2004 04:58 (twenty-one years ago)
Jawdroppingly insulting both to band and audience how she announces at the end of the program, "Sorry! My band started playing the wrong song!"
Way to go, bitch, blame it on THEM. What a low down, incredibly shitty thing to do. As if any of this were their fault. Well, at least this is one disposable media cunt who will thankfully exit before her proverbial 15 minutes were even used up.
― Lefty, Sunday, 24 October 2004 05:07 (twenty-one years ago)
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Sunday, 24 October 2004 05:09 (twenty-one years ago)
But, really, they did all they could do to cover for her, She walked off. Then she blames them for being exposed as a lip-synching fraud. Seems really shitty for her to blame others for her own meltdown, particularly the band that's trying to cover her ass.
― Lefty, Sunday, 24 October 2004 05:19 (twenty-one years ago)
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Sunday, 24 October 2004 05:24 (twenty-one years ago)
xpost She blamed them when she said good night to the audience.
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Sunday, 24 October 2004 05:25 (twenty-one years ago)
― Lefty, Sunday, 24 October 2004 05:27 (twenty-one years ago)
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Sunday, 24 October 2004 05:30 (twenty-one years ago)
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Sunday, 24 October 2004 05:32 (twenty-one years ago)
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Sunday, 24 October 2004 05:33 (twenty-one years ago)
LM: What are your takes on lip-synching?
AS: I'm totally against it and offended by it. I'm going out to let my real talent show, not to just stand there and dance around. Personally, I'd never lip-synch. It's just not me.
― Lesley, Sunday, 24 October 2004 05:33 (twenty-one years ago)
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Sunday, 24 October 2004 05:34 (twenty-one years ago)
― Loose Translation: Sexy Dancer (sexyDancer), Sunday, 24 October 2004 05:37 (twenty-one years ago)
― amateur!!!st (deangulberry), Sunday, 24 October 2004 05:38 (twenty-one years ago)
― Lefty, Sunday, 24 October 2004 05:39 (twenty-one years ago)
― amateur!!!st (deangulberry), Sunday, 24 October 2004 05:39 (twenty-one years ago)
Eh, fuck, it's been a long week. I'm drunk and the events of the past 7 days are now all blurring together nicely.
― Lefty, Sunday, 24 October 2004 05:42 (twenty-one years ago)
i don't recall anyone explaining when she insulted the band before i asked. there was mention of her mouthing some kind of "i'm sorry" at the end but that's hardly the same thing.
entered as state's evidence #29
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Sunday, 24 October 2004 05:42 (twenty-one years ago)
― amateur!!!st (deangulberry), Sunday, 24 October 2004 05:44 (twenty-one years ago)
-- Lefty (left...) (webmail), October 24th, 2004 11:07 PM. (link)
― amateur!!!st (deangulberry), Sunday, 24 October 2004 05:45 (twenty-one years ago)
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Sunday, 24 October 2004 05:46 (twenty-one years ago)
― amateur!!!st (deangulberry), Sunday, 24 October 2004 05:48 (twenty-one years ago)
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Sunday, 24 October 2004 05:48 (twenty-one years ago)
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Sunday, 24 October 2004 05:51 (twenty-one years ago)
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Sunday, 24 October 2004 05:53 (twenty-one years ago)
― the real roxamateur!!!st (amateurist), Sunday, 24 October 2004 05:55 (twenty-one years ago)
― amateur!!!st (deangulberry), Sunday, 24 October 2004 05:56 (twenty-one years ago)
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Sunday, 24 October 2004 05:58 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alex in NYC (deangulberry), Sunday, 24 October 2004 05:58 (twenty-one years ago)
― jaymc (jaymc), Sunday, 24 October 2004 05:59 (twenty-one years ago)
Okay, so I'm watching Saturday Night Live. Ashlee Simpson does her first song, that Pieces of Me treacle. I could swear that she's lip-synching. I'm staring hard. She's cupping her hands around the mic so you can't see her mouth. Still, something seems off. But I had always heard that SNL had a no lip-synching rule with musical performers, so I just assumed that I was being obsessive.
Then she comes out for her second song. Just as the band is about to start, a vocal track starts floating out from somewhere. It's the vocals for Pieces of Me. The band, unsure of what to do, starts playing the music for Pieces of Me. Ashlee starts skipping around the stage nervously. It then seems as though she's going to start "singing" that song again. Then, another different vocal track starts pumping out. Ashlee walks off the stage, leaving the band to continue to play the music for Pieces of Me. The show quickly cuts to commercial. When the show ccomes back, no Ashlee, no band.
At the end of the show, at the goodbye part, she BLAMED THE PROBLEM ON THE BAND PLAYING THE WRONG SONG!!!!
I'm not necessarily against lip-synching (or enhancing) as a part of big stage shows with lots of dancing (see Madonna and Britney) but this is SNL and it's a show that positions itself as a home for good LIVE music. And she wasn't dancing. Really.
But I guess it was exciting to see a major fuck up on live tv. Her Daddy couldn't control this script.
― jaymc (jaymc), Sunday, 24 October 2004 06:08 (twenty-one years ago)
― svend (svend), Sunday, 24 October 2004 06:09 (twenty-one years ago)
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My God, James Hannaham was right. Steve Gadd!!!
― Jesse Fuchs (Jesse Fuchs), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 14:43 (twenty-one years ago)
― Jesse Fuchs (Jesse Fuchs), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 14:45 (twenty-one years ago)
― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:41 (twenty-one years ago)
― W i l l (common_person), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 16:16 (twenty-one years ago)
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 16:17 (twenty-one years ago)
― W i l l (common_person), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 16:20 (twenty-one years ago)
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 16:54 (twenty-one years ago)
― W i l l (common_person), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 17:28 (twenty-one years ago)
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 27 October 2004 06:15 (twenty-one years ago)
― Marco Damiani (Marco D.), Wednesday, 27 October 2004 14:16 (twenty-one years ago)
― Jesse Fuchs (Jesse Fuchs), Wednesday, 27 October 2004 20:56 (twenty-one years ago)
― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 27 October 2004 21:38 (twenty-one years ago)
'60 MINUTES' CAMERAS CAPTURED ASHLEE SIMPSON INCIDENT FROM BACKSTAGE AT 'SNL'Thu Oct 28 2004 15:43:44 ET
When Ashlee Simpson ran off the "Saturday Night Live" stage last week after her lip-sinc flap, 60 MINUTES cameras were there to record her embarrassing exit and the reaction from show creator Lorne Michaels and other shocked staff members of the show. The exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of the incident will be part of a Lesley Stahl report about the making of the venerable comedy program to be broadcast on 60 MINUTES Sunday, Oct. 31 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
Stahl and her cameras were also present for the dress rehearsal of Simpson's performance when she also ran off stage because her voice failed her, necessitating the now notorious live lip-sinc performance that backfired.
60 MINUTES was at the show last Saturday night because Stahl had been shooting footage and interviews all week for a report on how the show is put together. Viewers this Sunday will learn and see how the show is conceived, written and produced each week.
Developing...
― THAT Adam Levine (deangulberry), Thursday, 28 October 2004 18:54 (twenty-one years ago)
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 28 October 2004 19:25 (twenty-one years ago)
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― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Saturday, 30 October 2004 01:05 (twenty-one years ago)
― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Saturday, 30 October 2004 01:12 (twenty-one years ago)
― ALLMUSIC.COM (ddb), Saturday, 30 October 2004 01:46 (twenty-one years ago)
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Saturday, 30 October 2004 14:43 (twenty-one years ago)
― Paul (scifisoul), Saturday, 30 October 2004 15:27 (twenty-one years ago)
30/10/2004 - 09:02:18 Avril Lavigne has become the latest pop star to blast her lipsyncing peers, calling them
Avril Lavigne has become the latest pop star to blast her lipsyncing peers, calling them "pathetic."
The Canadian singer was appalled by Ashlee Simpson's performance on last weekend's Saturday Night Live, when she was caught miming to a backing track when her drummer programmed in the wrong tune.
And, speaking to music website Billboard.com, Lavigne says: "There are a lot of people out there today, who have become stars or famous musicians.
"I wouldn't really define them as a star with a record only because they have connections and only because they have money and for the wrong reasons. And it sucks.
"Actually, I know for a fact there are some young female artists who don't even sing on their own records and who don't sing live. And that is pathetic."
― keith m (keithmcl), Saturday, 30 October 2004 23:35 (twenty-one years ago)
― Eoin, Sunday, 31 October 2004 04:39 (twenty-one years ago)
― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Sunday, 31 October 2004 04:49 (twenty-one years ago)
stalin comdemning hitler? or maybe barney condemning big bird.
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 31 October 2004 10:31 (twenty-one years ago)
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 31 October 2004 10:35 (twenty-one years ago)
For the record, I didn't read this thread until just now and I am definitely not Dean.
― From a Land of Grass Without Mirrors, the real AaronHz (AaronHz), Sunday, 31 October 2004 11:19 (twenty-one years ago)
― From a Land of Grass Without Mirrors (AaronHz), Sunday, 31 October 2004 21:45 (twenty-one years ago)
They're likely paid well enough not to care.
There's a huge thread about the Simpson brouhaha on a pro audio message board that I frequent. A few people have blasted the band for not stopping the song after the obvious snafu, but I would have done exactly what they did and kept playing. I love how the bassist and second guitarist both crack smiles before the cut-to-commercial. It's as if they're saying "Hey, we know how not to make asses of ourselves on live TV.
― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Sunday, 31 October 2004 22:43 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 31 October 2004 22:48 (twenty-one years ago)
― From a Land of Grass Without Mirrors (AaronHz), Sunday, 31 October 2004 22:56 (twenty-one years ago)
Would you rather more extrapolation on the election???? Hasn't the media been saturated enough? It's not that I think the Ashlee Simpson incident warrants big coverage, but I think the last thing we need is more meaningless election lead-up bullshit.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 31 October 2004 23:01 (twenty-one years ago)
― From a Land of Grass Without Mirrors (AaronHz), Sunday, 31 October 2004 23:02 (twenty-one years ago)
― From a Land of Grass Without Mirrors (AaronHz), Sunday, 31 October 2004 23:06 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 31 October 2004 23:58 (twenty-one years ago)
― From a Land of Grass Without Mirrors (AaronHz), Monday, 1 November 2004 00:00 (twenty-one years ago)
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 1 November 2004 00:14 (twenty-one years ago)
― From a Land of Grass Without Mirrors (AaronHz), Monday, 1 November 2004 00:16 (twenty-one years ago)
...especially in 2004
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 1 November 2004 00:26 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 1 November 2004 00:34 (twenty-one years ago)
― From a Land of Grass Without Mirrors (AaronHz), Monday, 1 November 2004 00:37 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 1 November 2004 00:47 (twenty-one years ago)
― From a Land of Grass Without Mirrors (AaronHz), Monday, 1 November 2004 00:51 (twenty-one years ago)
Not a bad segment, nothing new about Ashlee though.
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 1 November 2004 01:22 (twenty-one years ago)
a fine fluff-piece of a segment.
lorne michaels' claim that no one has ever lip-synched on SNL except "during dance breaks" (or something to that effect) in recent pop songs rang quite hollow coming a day after eminem lip-synched through a performance in which he was just standing there with a mic (singing live along with a taped lead vocal, as noted on the eminem SNL thread). and the last time i saw britney on SNL she wasn't lip-synching during a dance break. she was lip-synching start to finish. and it didn't sound like she was singing along with a taped vocal either. it sounded 100 percent taped.
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 1 November 2004 01:31 (twenty-one years ago)
lorne michaels' claim that no one has ever lip-synched on SNL except "during dance breaks" Yeah, my first thought was "Britney" too.
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 1 November 2004 01:57 (twenty-one years ago)
― From a Land of Grass Without Mirrors (AaronHz), Monday, 1 November 2004 02:13 (twenty-one years ago)
― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 1 November 2004 02:15 (twenty-one years ago)
http://www.jumpstation.ca/recroom/comedy/simpsons/images/grampa.gif
― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 1 November 2004 02:16 (twenty-one years ago)
― From a Land of Grass Without Mirrors (AaronHz), Monday, 1 November 2004 02:17 (twenty-one years ago)
― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 1 November 2004 02:19 (twenty-one years ago)
FAT ROOOOOOOOOOOCKKKKKK!!!!!!!
― m0stly clean (m0stly clean), Monday, 1 November 2004 02:26 (twenty-one years ago)