What's the purpose of lip synching only sometimes?

[zanos]

there's generally a big difference between a performer and a band; bands will rarely go on to perform lipsyncing . . . but a lot of performers who have different aspects of one show, like dancing, etc. can't sound good singing for real and performing at the same time, so they compromise . . .

Justin Timberlake absolutely fkn rules though because I saw his HBO concert, and he SNAPPED on the dance routines, and didn't lipsync at ALL

I don't THINK there are any bands who lip sync in concert but I have seen it on SNL and on talk shows.

 

[jaguarr]

Acid reflux exists. I have it. And as for Ashlee Simpson, she does too. I used to watch her show on a religious basis, and on one episode, she was diagnosed with it. It was while she was still recording her first CD. She had to have regular doctor visits and voice training to prevent permanently ruining her voice beacuse of AR.

I have acid reflux (also known as Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease or GERD for short), and I have it quite bad. I've been on proton-pump inhibitors for nearly 15 years, now. I'm also a singer. As long as you are taking your daily medication for it, it's not a problem at all, even when you are singing. Any excuse of acid reflux for Ashlee Simpson is pure and utter bullsh1t as it's very easily treatable.

jag

 

[Manic]

I agree with you there. She should've said she couldn't do it. It was her dad's idea for her to lip sync on SNL in the first place because her throat was hurting too much for her to sing herself.

That girl used every excuse in the book.

"My acid reflux was acting up!"
"My band played the wrong song!"
"The guy in the sound booth played the wrong track!"

Apparently, it was everyone's fault but her own for not 'womaning up' and singing live. Like Jag said, her acid reflux shouldn't have been a problem if she was taking her medication.

 

[Spider-Bite]

Well, ever since the Motown 25 show, Michael Jackson has traditionally lip-synched his stage performances of "Billie Jean", so he can focus on the dance steps.

Only during the History tour, during which he lipsynched everything, and he still sang for the last two minutes of billie jean anyways.