ok so whats your view, should they be allowed should they not?
should they tell us when they are and when they arent?
personally i think that they should lip-sink at gigs, i think that if they are a good performer they should be able to make an amazing gig reguardless whether or not they are good singers.
like when i went to taste of chaos 07 none of the lip-sinked (or how ever its said) and all of them were amazing, ok some of the bands singin wasnt the best in the world but it didnt matter because they made everyone believe they were amazing because they had such great stage pressance (again cant spell). if they are good performers they will have a great gig.
I assume you meant "shouldn't" lip sync? I'm not really sure I understand lol.
There is no way it is acceptable for a singer to lip sync! Their job is to sing. That would be like me rocking up to work and pretending to change a nappy.
You pay to see then sing live, not to listen to a recording. Ive been at gigs before when that has happend at it makes you feel dissapointed and cheated.
But it depends on the gig as well, if its massive ones where they have stage shows and stuff then you could easily get away with it, but it=fs its a small gig then you cant really.
point is you shouldnt do it at all, live means live.
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I'm fine with a backing track over which the person sings. But to advertise, 'see X Live at X' is false advertising. Technically, there should be an asterix, and small print saying, 'not actually sang live'.
Oh if I paid money to see a band who lip-sync-ed I would be extremely pissed off and would probably feel really let down, and yeah what Mari said. Thankfully, as far as I'm aware, it's never happened to me. But yeah- a big part of going to see most bands live is getting that live voice with all the raw passion and yum... and playing to a recording you'd miss a whole load of that.
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An musical artist who is unable to perform live without the need to lip sinc shouldn't be an artist at all. The whole idea is they have talent or skill, not just someone able to make their voice sound good on a cd with a bit of editing.
I mean jaysus, if I ever found out one of my favourite bands lip sinced it would break my heart. The enrgy from singing that appears on stage is so contagious, the whole idea of a live gig is your seeing that band or artist in the skin, singing live, and that is a truely amazing feeling.
I just think, that it should never be just about the image, an artist shouldn't get a record deal because they have massive tits, wear no pants, and sing about ****ing their home boys. Unfortunately this is what often happens, who cares if their voice is only okay as long as they reel in the in the customers that love their image.
They need to be able to sing, and sing live. End of.
If it is a rock band, then it is absolutely disgusting for them to lip synch. Also, it makes for a very boring night because they cant do any improv. The chances of a fifteen minute Pink Floyd-esque solo are reduced to zero.
But considering that EVERY pop artist lip synchs [no one can dance like that and still have their voice sound perfect and not jumpy at all, even when they are.. jumping...] I think its ok if they do. Especially because I dont go to those gigs.
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^ a lot of the singers in rock bands are very energetic as well. They jump about on stage and give it their all but it still doesn't mean they should li sync.
If an artist can't dance & sing then they just shouldn't be dancing. Hire backing dancers and stuff...get someone else to do the performance side of it then the actual singing isn't compromised.
There are no excuses. A singer is a singer not a singer/dancer-but-mostly-dancer-because-I-can't-do-both
i understand where is "bands" who dont play intrusments because they have to make it interesting somehow so they do huge dances and hell i can hardly talk after i dance for three minutes let alone a couple of hours or however long they do their gig.
but actural bands that fake it annoy me because whats the point.
There is no way it is acceptable for a singer to lip sync! Their job is to sing. That would be like me rocking up to work and pretending to change a nappy.
Im pretty sure the Jo Bros lip synch, but they are a pop band and dont count. Besides, Disney would quietly 'make them disappear' if they didnt sound perfect all the time...
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I believe that they shouldn't lip sync. If they are their for a live performance then they should be singing live. Yes.
But then i understand when individuals/bands sing over a backing track. Because yes they are singing live, but they are also trying to breathe in the middle of dance routines.
As long as they do sing live over the top. Thats fine.
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Bands who lip sync deserve it when the crowd starts flinging plastic bottles in my opinion. You don't pay to watch someone mime, a live gig implies it should be live. I'd demand a refund.
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They should never lip sync!
A band's live performance is always so much different from their album and I love going to gigs for that reason. If the band is just going to play along to a track then you may as well just be having a night out at a club
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if you have to lip sink you lose all respect in my book. Luckily its kinda hard do do this in the DIY hardcore/punk scene so all my favorite artists are safe
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