Ah yes, that was when she mimed Turn It Up on what was then GMTV.

I was so angry when she did that until she gave that interview and really showed that she could hardly speak let alone sing

The next day she performed live on Loose Women and she was obviously still a bit ill but kudos to her for that, and she wasn't all that bad with her vocals.

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Because anyone can learn to sing with training and a karaoke box and only a chosen few can perfect the art of miming convincingly. When you master the sheer power of miming one can then hold the capability to sing any song faultless and to sing with any voice they choose. The ability to dance and sing simultaneously becomes theirs to use at their own free will and they will become invincible and take over the world, one hit single at a time. It is a delicate art and I repeat, it is one that most people are unable to fully comprehend

sorry, im not sold on your explaination. miming is the art of cheating, copping out of performing. it feeds the irrational belief that anything less (performancewise) then perfect will not be countenanced by fans who in turn idolitise their idol even more. singers are human, they aint all perfect, any 'fan' that cannot stomach a less then perfect performance is no real fan.

an artitist who makes a living by singing, should sing, as has been said that is the only way to convey the emotion of a track. miming over a pre-recorded track is a cop out... anyway, the great singers of the past never mimed! why should it be accepted now?

See, the art of miming so misunderstood in the world today that most people feel like it is 'cheating' but yet it gives the person who spends many years practising and perfecting the dark art all the power in the world. When one has become an expert in the art of miming they are able to convey any emotion with absolute ease. It is a difficult concept to grasp, I know, but if you take the time to study the craft of miming you can then begin to realise what power one is able obtain from mastering it if one has the will, potential, patience and ready to put in the years upon years of hard training

(PS I hope you know I'm actually taking the piss and I think miming is an absolute cop out but don't spoil the fun I was having in this thread)

None at all, I consider them frauds...


Exactly....

Unfortunately people are so indoctrinated by the mediocrity that surrounds them that they no longer have the sense to vote with their feet.

IMO prancing around a bit is no substitute when people are paying to see a SINGER perform live... and for some of them it's an afront to refer to them as "singers" or god forbid "artists"

If it part of a live concert then miming for me is not acceptable, if it is for one off TV appearances then depending on the show I've no problem with it, it isn't anything new in regards to TV.

Because these days it's all about the easy buck... surely you don't expect them to actually earn it

I can't believe some people are trying to justify artists who can't sing live by trying to say miming is difficult. What nonsense.

If an artist is doing a live gig then they should sing live. If they're going to mime their songs then they might as well not even bother turning up.

But doing stuff really live would show that so many of these pop emperors have no clothes...

They should be forced to publish how much of the concert is pre recorded cack, which tracks etc. etc. prior to tickets going on sale.

Or better still just banned from calling it live unless it is 100% live!

Miming may be a misunderstood art, but LIP-SYNCING isn't.

I'm sorry, but to try and defend it's merits and claim it's super difficult to master so we should respect singers for undertaking the burden...is quite frankly, ridiculous.

If I wanted to see a great piece of lipsyncing, I'd catch a drag queen show. At least the songs would be better.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s....php?t=1383049

The problem that I have with miming is that talentless hacks can get away with not being able to sing. That's the problem. For me a singer must be able to sing and not need studio engineering, that's like saying oh well she's shit at her job but it's OK for her to cheat because she has a nice face and a great chest.

nope...you caught me there m8... hook line and sinker! DOH! lol.

Wait, its not ok to say that??!!



I jest of course. For me, the issue is simple. A live performace is, just that, live. The excitement of going to see and band live, or watching a live performace on tv is in seeing something rawer and more energetic than the recorded studio version.

If you want to portray a flawless version with a massive dance routine, show the music video. Thats why music videos were invented. Simply dancing to a backing track is lazy and dishonest.

I'm always amused whenever a judge on the X-factor berates a contestant for just singing and not dancing or something similar, when the judges can't do the same thing. The world of pop music is a mad place.

I sort of agree with what you're saying, but Britney, Michael, Madonna, Janet, GaGa, Christina, Justin and Kylie are the ones sitting on the massive piles of money.

I don't think they're all that bothered.