|
Celeb News: 5 Reasons It's Totally Fine Britney Spears is Lip Syncing
Member Since: 9/22/2011
Posts: 9,178
|
The excuses.
I don't know how any of your girls can call Britney an entertainer when she's not singing and all she's serving is stiff, off-sync choreography.
|
|
|
Member Since: 1/19/2012
Posts: 1,932
|
I'm sorry but you know something is wrong when you have to dig to the depths of youtube to find a video of a SINGER singing live
Nothing against Britney but never singing live, not even a simple ballad, is inexcusable
|
|
|
Member Since: 10/16/2005
Posts: 16,872
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Hollywood.
In my books, its not okay for anyone who calls themselves a "singer" to lip sync.
And that doesn't just apply to Britney, that applies to everyone who does it.
|
Does she call herself a singer? Has her singing ever been heavily marketed as a key feature of her appeal?
If there's nothing missing in my life, why do these tears come at night?
|
|
|
Member Since: 12/15/2009
Posts: 23,385
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Arking
The excuses.
|
This one has got to be the cutest or most worrisome..whichever.
Quote:
Originally posted by Alexz
She's the Queen of Pop she can do whatever she wants.
|
|
|
|
ATRL Contributor
Member Since: 3/1/2007
Posts: 19,847
|
SCREAMING @ the haters in this thread acting as if they were going to go to see Britney even if she was singing live.
She's been doing this 15 years and people acting like it's brand new information.
Make your obsessive comment on Britney and move along so you can stay perched for the next Britney thread.
|
|
|
Member Since: 6/24/2011
Posts: 738
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Timber
Ok.
It will never be fine by me though.
|
Do us all a favor, please dont go.
|
|
|
Member Since: 9/22/2011
Posts: 9,178
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Jared
SCREAMING @ the haters in this thread acting as if they were going to go to see Britney even if she was singing live.
She's been doing this 15 years and people acting like it's brand new information.
Make your obsessive comment on Britney and move along so you can stay perched for the next Britney thread.
|
SCREAMING @ the Brit sycophants pressed because "haters" are clocking to the weak excuses on that HuffPost piece.
We all know Brit doesn't sing live. No one expects her to, not even her fans. No one even expects her to dance well, which is why the Army is so easily pleased when their girl attempts some 8 counts in between walking across the stage to a beat.
The "haters" responding here just don't think it's cute that there are people who are willing to excuse her piss poor performances because she's "trying really hard," or "she's not even the focus anyway," or "it's Vegas."
|
|
|
Member Since: 6/24/2011
Posts: 738
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Bdawg
there's literally only 2 people I can think of who actually can sing live and put on an elaborate dance routine... That's Beyonce and Jlo. Though any Stan who comes forward, is still delusional both have lipped various other times.
And yes, many will try and nominate Gaga for this. But in all honestly she can't dance. Sure she has routines with some side steps, a twist or two, but NONE of her choreographed performances come anywhere close to how intricate and challenging dances such as Janet's, Brits, MJ, J.Lo, Paula Abdul, etc. are.
Many of the greats such as Madonna, Janet, Celine, Mariah, and yes MJ have all lipped. It's their voice on the track, I don't see as to why it really matters.
It's laughable that Brit gets the but of these threads on Atrl. But how come Celine, and Mariah are dismissed? Neither dance. Shouldn't they be getting the most blame? Considering they are "vocalists" and are just standing in place?
Id rather have all singers lip tbh. What gets me is people have this concept that if you attemp to sing live, your automatically more talented. Which is not the case, especially for singers such as Katy Perry. If that was the case Katy must be really talented, because them live performances are very "live". I'd rather have others lip than to have to hear another live award performance from Katy Perry. "Well Celine might have sold more records, but at atleast Katy can sing live" oh so what does that prove? That Katy can struggle and try to hit notes throughout the performance, but it automatically makes her so much more talented.
It's a double standards game. Almost all of MJs "iconic" performances were lipped. Hell there is an award show performance of him lipping to Remember The Time, and he is literally sitting in a chair the whole time lipping it. But no one says anything about. Lipping doesn't make anyone less talented, or less worthy. These artists we hear on the radio are "recording artists". It's about the entertainment of it. So what if someone lips. As long as it's their voice, and they put on a show, who cares.
|
Preeeeeach!
|
|
|
Member Since: 6/5/2011
Posts: 35,289
|
People who are complaining, do you even go to see her at Vegas?
|
|
|
ATRL Contributor
Member Since: 9/14/2010
Posts: 78,921
|
|
|
|
Member Since: 5/14/2011
Posts: 14,089
|
lip syncing is never justifiable if you call yourself a singer. At the very least, sing over a backing track or something.
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/18/2013
Posts: 3,876
|
No, it's not fine and people need to start demanding of Spears what they demand of other pop stars.
The lengths people go to accept MEDIOCRITY.
|
|
|
Member Since: 3/24/2012
Posts: 4,192
|
Quote:
Originally posted by zach
How about the fact that she's always lip synced for her entire career.
|
What kind of awful fan Britney, back when she used to care about her career, never lip synced her entire shows. During Onyx she sang Shadow and Everytime live... she doesn't even bother singing ballads live anymore so she hasn't "always" lip synced her entire career.
|
|
|
Member Since: 11/9/2011
Posts: 10,037
|
She SHOULD sing live, it's A LIVE SHOW, no excuses should be made here.
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/18/2013
Posts: 5,569
|
Who the hell cares if she does? You guys are doing the most as usual. You can her own vocals over the back track at times. The show is still fantastic!
|
|
|
Member Since: 12/16/2008
Posts: 59,380
|
I don't agree with any of the options but she's been doing for most of her career so does it matter now? My only problem is that she's not even singing the ballads live but that's it.
|
|
|
Member Since: 12/16/2008
Posts: 59,380
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Arking
SCREAMING @ the Brit sycophants pressed because "haters" are clocking to the weak excuses on that HuffPost piece.
We all know Brit doesn't sing live. No one expects her to, not even her fans. No one even expects her to dance well, which is why the Army is so easily pleased when their girl attempts some 8 counts in between walking across the stage to a beat.
The "haters" responding here just don't think it's cute that there are people who are willing to excuse her piss poor performances because she's "trying really hard," or "she's not even the focus anyway," or "it's Vegas."
|
They ain't clocking ****, they only came here to make a mess, just like you
|
|
|
Member Since: 4/1/2011
Posts: 6,382
|
Some of these excuses are tried. The dancing one is the only one that actually makes sense.
I'm glad she's lip-syncing. I've seen some of y'all's faves try to dance and sing at the same time and it doesn't work out.
Plus nobody cares.
|
|
|
Member Since: 3/21/2010
Posts: 19,112
|
Quote:
Originally posted by man*****
Sad that her miming is defended and never her music/stance/outlook of her art. Furthermore proving she's not an artist but a tool, the largest centerpiece for the corporation that molds her.
|
she's an entertainer. Not everyone in the industry is about trying to be a super artistic person. For someone who's a "tool" she has came up with everything that is iconic about her. Music video plots, outfits, dancing, etc. it's not always about how avant garde I can be.
|
|
|
Member Since: 3/21/2010
Posts: 19,112
|
Quote:
Originally posted by xkate
I'm sorry but you know something is wrong when you have to dig to the depths of youtube to find a video of a SINGER singing live
Nothing against Britney but never singing live, not even a simple ballad, is inexcusable
|
is it inexcusable for MJ?
|
|
|
|
|