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October 25, 2004
In pieces
I expect most everyone will have seen this linked from Drudge but the Flea is as much an on-line database for my pop culture-based quest for global domination as it is anything else. In this light, it is only prudent to include news of Ashlee Simpson's lip-synch malfunction on Saturday Night Live. Strangely enough, I saw her "singing" Pieces Of Me and was thinking how much better live she was than her sister Jessica. If I had kept watching her next segment would have explained everything. Having formed a positive impression of Jessica Simpson I was positively predisposed to her kid sister. My only new reservation stems from her blaming her band for playing the wrong song. I suppose we are meant to include the guy who cues her vocal track as part of the band.
And then... Gothamist has more including a link to Stereogum and a pointed Zapruder observation. A comment at the latter quotes an interview:
Ashlee Simpson: I'm totally against it and offended by it. I'm going out to let my real talent show, not to just stand there and dance around. Personally, I'd never lip-synch. It's just not me.
And then... Solomonia is having sympathy pains. Not to worry. They got the tape working again for tonight's Radio Music Awards.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at October 25, 2004 10:37 AM
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I've not watched SNL in a long time so I didn't see the younger Miss Simpson's show. However, it may be the case that SNL does a lot of lip sync'ing with its musical artists. It used to be quite common with live audience television programs, such as Sullivan. All that aside, I would have to forgive Ashlee. She's just so darn cute.
Posted by: Dr_Funk at October 25, 2004 06:45 PM