Member Since: 7/9/2009
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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.
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Preach.
These queens have been pressed for years that Britney makes millions lip synching while they do it in their bedrooms, in front of their lotion-stained ass mirrors, with nobody giving a ****.
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