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Originally Posted by soundstory You know what, everybdy raves on and on about MJ's Billie Jean performance, but your right, being mimed what was the point??
Whoppee he did the moonwalk !! (he didn't even do it first as we all know).
The arguement seems to be , well it's hard to dance AND sing at the same time.
No it isn't !!, just a poor excuse in my book |
to be fair the motown 25 thing was just him miming to one song, and it's pretty common for artists to mime for tv performances, especially when it's just one song. not that it would be that much harder for the vocalist to sing live over a prerecorded backing tape, as it's generally setting up drums, guitar etc that's the main hassle, but many "pop" acts do it so they sound exactly the same as on the record, as if they are doing tv promo and sound crap live, no-one will buy the record
in saying that, have seen a fair number of MJ live shows, he mimed most of the time, and not just during energetic dance routines. in fact there are only about 3 songs out of a 2 hour set that have routines that might put you out of breath, he would mime to slow songs whilst standing pretty still on stage. watching acts that run around the stage like crazy whilst trying to sing live, they usually shout the vocals, such as when madonna's vocals are live, but you get people who do musicials onstage every night who dance and sing live, and MJ's shows are VERY similar to those as there is absolutely no spontaineity in his live shows
i've not seen gaga at glastonbury, but she is very much a pop act in the style of kylie, and the performance and style is a main part of what she does. as with many dance acts, most people want to hear the song just like on the radio and see a performance, rather than real instruments and singing, but in saying that, that's usually what you would expect at glasto. gaga does sing live at shows at least some of the time, and does play keyboards at least (she has a live AOL session) and she wrote a bunch of hit singles for the likes of pussycat dolls and rhianna etc, she's just branching out to become a pop star herself. i think she is trying to put the emphasis on pop star for now, she doesn't really need to prove herself to critics as those in the know are aware of her background, a bit like timbaland releasing his solo album after donkeys years of producing and writing hits for dozens of other folk. he's another talented guy, but i think most people are probably sick of him now