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[apocalypsos]

Heh. I'm so freaking obsessed, aren't I? ;) And I'm really tempted to make an animated Kris icon of her with her little ponytails with the caption, "And Jonathan was hurt and I would have kissed his little boo boo but then I realized he was a BAD monkey so I KICKED HIM IN HIS FACE," as a Bubbles reference.

Yup, obsessed. *g*

In other news, spotted on IMDB ... Lindsay Lohan has been accused of lip-syncing during a supposedly live TV performance of two debut album tracks, just weeks after Ashlee Simpson's controversial Saturday Night Live embarrassment. The actress-turned-singer appeared on popular American show Good Morning America on Monday to preview her eagerly-anticipated LP Speak, but phone lines were subsequently jammed by viewers complaining she'd mimed the words and blatantly missed her cues. One said she did "a woeful job of lip-syncing her way through two mind-numbingly generic Britney Spears/Ashlee cast-offs", adding, "She looked like she hadn't even bothered to learn the songs properly." But representatives for Lohan insist she sung every word of the tunes "Rumors" and "Over" with the aid of a "backing track". Good Morning America spokeswoman Bridgette Maney says, "All musical artists that perform on Good Morning America are required to perform live. On occasion, artists will have a backing track to support their live vocals." In October Ashlee Simpson dashed from the Saturday Night Live stage when a guide track she was using started before she was expecting it to.

I caught a few minutes of that performance, and it couldn't have been more obvious that she was lip-syncing. And if I hear any more of this "backing vocals" bullshit, I'm going to throw a fit. You notice it's only these moronic pop princesses who get caught pulling this crap, and you'd think if anything would bring them down, it'd be this kind of stunt. But, nooooooooooo. It's one thing if it's Michael Jackson or Madonna, who are doing heavy-duty dancing during their performances and would need the backing vocals, but the most strenuous thing these chicks do is walk back and forth. Grr.

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[dragonsinger.livejournal.com]

*Nods* If you can't sing live, you shouldn't sing at all.

[sinsense.livejournal.com]

At the same time, I don't quite get the point of being outraged. It's Lindsay Lohan. If you like her music, are you really going for the gritty realism of a live show? I can't quite see her pulling out her tampon and flinging it at the crowd with a yowl of feminist rage. Er, for instance.

[rowanberries.livejournal.com]

*Screams and tries to fight off mental images of Lohan doing just that*

[sinsense.livejournal.com]

Ahahahahahaha. I feel like I just won something, though I'm not exactly sure what.

[rowanberries.livejournal.com]

Apart from a used tampon? :P

[phillyexpat.livejournal.com]

It's because their voices are so electronically manipulated in their songs that even if they did sing live, it would sound totally different (and most likely pretty awful).

Lindsey Lohan's not a terrible singer, from what I've seen in her movies. Not that this means she's the next Maria Callas by any means.

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[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

it might interest you to hear that ashley's non-performance has started to overtake bush-criticism when americans come here. i saw camper van beethoven the other day, and they mimicked her "dance" and told us in detail how she fucked up. i am not sure anybody but me knew what they were talking about, as the chick is pretty unknown hereabouts, but i was highly amused.

[robyn-ma.livejournal.com]

'the most strenuous thing these chicks do is walk back and forth'

yeah, but they're lugging those heavy breast implants...

[fmith.livejournal.com]

but the most strenuous thing these chicks do is walk back and forth.

I'm sure Ashlee's ho-down was very strenuous. (That's one of those things that will never stop being funny, much like "rumors on the internets.")


Seriously, if these chicks suck, why do people buy their music?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I heard some guy on the radio yesterday say he'd buy her album because she's hot. The DJ asked why he'd do that when he could just look at a picture of her on the internet for free, and the guy didn't have much of an answer for that one.

[sabra-n.livejournal.com]

Y'know, performers on Broadway sing and dance at the same time every day. The really hardcore ones can do it without a microphone. Heck, some of them do it while flying around in harnesses. It's a matter of training and dedication, which a lot of teen performers just haven't had the time to really get. But as long as pop keeps convincing itself that you lose all coolness at age 26, this is what we'll get.

-blue

[james-translate.livejournal.com]

the most strenuous thing these chicks do is walk back and forth.

I don't especially like her, but Britney does dance, so I'd give her slack on the lip-sync - if I bothered to watch her on purpose. Now the other ones...

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Britney and Christina Aguilera, whatever I might think of their singing, actually do something to need a backing track.