Ashlee Simpson Screw Up

UnCritical · October 2004

<div class="IPBDescription">Caught lipsyncing</div> Haha, I love it when people get whats coming to them.
From SNL last night.

<a href='http://extras.darkbeforedawn.net/video/lipsync.avi' target='_blank'>The actual screw up</a>
<a href='http://extras.darkbeforedawn.net/video/Ashlee.avi' target='_blank'>The apology/blaming of others</a>

Rofl

Infinitum · October 2004

A <i>pop-star</i>? <i>Lip synching</i>?

Oh the drama...

jumpingjoda · October 2004

Here we go once again. I don't care becouse i don't listen to pop. Hell i would rip and tear guts if something like this happens in rock or punk business, which is (HELL I AM GLAD) controversial.

UnCritical · October 2004

Oh, I know, I agree. It's just really funny when they get caught out.

DY357LX · October 2004

The quality of that first video was pretty bad but you still
see whats going on and the second video more than makes
up for it when you can see her struggle to explain herself.

Oh and, who was presenting that show? Looked like
Jude Law but I couldn't be bothered going "FULL SCREEN"
and taking a proper look.

Dubbilex · October 2004

"like, my band started playing the wrong <i>song</i>"

dear god this made me chuckle.

Clashen · October 2004

lol noobz

RustySpoon · October 2004

While on the topic of crappy pop music:

Aren't all of those current "hip" "pop" "cool" "down low"
type of singers from the same family or something?

AveSatanas · October 2004

Her name is suppose to be Ashley...not Ashlee. That's not cute, damn Mtv and thier crappy pop music.

UnCritical · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (RustySpoon @ Oct 24 2004, 03:30 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>While on the topic of crappy pop music:

Aren't all of those current "hip" "pop" "cool" "down low"
type of singers from the same family or something?</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
It's the next step in 'Manufactured Bands'
Breeding them selectivly like they do cows and race horses. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />

TheFrostmourne · October 2004

Here is a high quality video, has both the mess up and tha excuse at the end.

<a href='https://home.comcast.net/~mr.mojo/Oops.wmv' target='_blank'>https://home.comcast.net/~mr.mojo/Oops.wmv</a>

CForrester · October 2004

Is this real, or some SNL joke?

jumpingjoda · October 2004

Why should it be a joke?
It is real.

AnarkiThreeXSix · October 2004

haha, yeah its real, i was watchin snl last night and saw it happen. really funny <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />

JediYoshi · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Anarki3x6 @ Oct 24 2004, 08:49 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> haha, yeah its real, i was watchin snl last night and saw it happen. really funny <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
I think they're asking if it's real in the context of 'or is it staged?'

Quaunaut · October 2004

So she's lipsyncing? Thats nothing new. She sung the original song herself- and also, I don't know if you guys don't realize it, but listen to that song: It requires the sound of 2/3 voices throughout it to get the audio effect the song provides.

...still funny though <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' />

(<3 Ashlee- and yes, that IS the way her name is spelled.)

jumpingjoda · October 2004

But... why should they stage it?
The whole idea is ridiculous <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' />

The way she "explained" why this incident happened is the actual proof that this must be real.

TheMuffinMan · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Quaunaut @ Oct 24 2004, 10:59 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> So she's lipsyncing? Thats nothing new. She sung the original song herself- and also, I don't know if you guys don't realize it, but listen to that song: It requires the sound of 2/3 voices throughout it to get the audio effect the song provides.
 </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
She sang the origional song in a studio, with all that that implies...

Live songs are hardly ever like the actual recorded song due to the changes made in the studio (see avril lavine, or however you spell it, for a perfect example). However, lip-syncing is fairly pathetic and should always be looked down upon in live performances.

jumpingjoda · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>I don't know if you guys don't realize it, but listen to that song: It requires the sound of 2/3 voices throughout it to get the audio effect the song provides.</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
And this is exactly why they sync instead of sing.
She can't *create* those needed voices by herself, so the studio guy has to use his skills to add some effects. The product is a non live singable song (what a sentence).

kuperaye · October 2004

who watches snl still ...

xect · October 2004

Gotta agree there. If you have to make live performances, at least have the decency of making live live performances <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />

Cereal_KillR · October 2004

wait I don't get it - basically she didn't recognize the song as it started, and thought it was another song, then blames the crew for being incompetent?

juice · October 2004

I hate ashley simpson. I watched snl last night and she was horrible. Jude law introduced her through gritted teeth. Actually as far as the sync-ing goes they have a semi-new method for live performances where they mix live and tape, live. Ever seen tatu live? So she sings her best, and when she gets to parts that aren't as vocally challenging, they mix in her live voice; for other parts, it's gone completely, and for some multi-voice parts, they put it in the background. With such a horrible voice of course she has to lip sync on stage. God they had to use the frequency tools at the studio to get her to the right freaking notes anyways. She can't even dance/move well while singing. While watching the show, I just looked at those sorry musicians playing with her, who will later commit suicide from the trauma. At least THEY weren't air guitar sync-ing. It's so pathetic how record companies can take someone with nothing, no talent, whatsoever, and sell a million cds.

reasa · October 2004

The best part, by far, is the knowing look the two guitarists share as they play on to make her **** up less awkward.

...priceless.

Leaderz0rz · October 2004

thats funny

Ratonetwothreetwoone · October 2004

well.... saying that monday tuesday crap would be impossible to do live.... and there were no more lyrics after that so she prolly WOULD have sung the singable parts...

jumpingjoda · October 2004

Why didn't she continue? Or try another song?
Becouse she felt embaressed, no one should know that she is not singing. Blaming the band for this showes us that she can't/won't take responsibility for her own faults.

Cereal_KillR · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Rat12321 @ Oct 24 2004, 06:43 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> well.... saying that monday tuesday crap would be impossible to do live.... and there were no more lyrics after that so she prolly WOULD have sung the singable parts...  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
I think they cut off the vocals after a moment

UnCritical · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Rat12321 @ Oct 24 2004, 05:43 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> well.... saying that monday tuesday crap would be impossible to do live.... and there were no more lyrics after that so she prolly WOULD have sung the singable parts...  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
She could have easily sung those parts and had an effect added to the output on the fly..much in the same way guitars change how they sound. Its very possibly and she could have sung it live. But she didnt, she sync'd.

And got caught out, haha.

KungFuSquirrel · October 2004

That's funny.

It is worth noting, though, that a lot of live performances still have the background vocal tracks (since they don't always want to pay background singers to go on tour with them or they do them themselves <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />), but that doesn't necessarily mean one recorded voice means the entire thing is lip-synched. I think it's pretty lame, but it's not as shifty as lip-synching (and there's usually no one even pretending to be making those noises in the first place <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />)

Now if you want to see some impressive background vocal work live, check out Howie Day. Not my kind of music so much but it's incredible - the guy just plays over looping tracks of himself he recorded just seconds before. -That- takes talent. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />

baconflaps · October 2004

I'm wondering what the hell that stupid hopping around the stage crap is. She's frolicking like some damned woodland animal. Also, yeah, BUSTED. Stupid mass-produced pop singers.

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