Julie Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 Pardon my ignorance, but I was watching some video of Eric tonight when he was lip-synching some of his hits and I got to wondering about how this is done. I mean, here's a bunch of musicians playing away on guitars, drums, etc., and it is so obviously the recorded version of the song that is airing on the show. Are they really playing and/or singing to the live audience, or are they just faking everything? If they are just standing there moving around and moving their lips, I'm just thinking that must feel really stupid!Just wondering.....Thanks,Julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Posted September 29, 2003 Author Share Posted September 29, 2003 Okay, so this is either a really stupid question that you all assume I should know the answer to, OR, it's a really good question that nobody knows the answer too.Which is it?? Julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 Julie--Didn't want you to think that nobody cared, so here's my take on lip-synching. The guys are singing, but the mics are not on. They are playing the instruments, but acoustically. The drummer is the one who has to be careful of what he plays. The idea is that the piped in version of the song is going to be much louder than anything the guys are doing un-amplified, so it should cover them anyway. O.K., this 'expert' opinion is from someone who has never been in a band. But at least you have a response --Kirk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAM Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 Julie,Yeah, they do feel REAL stupid. Back in the 60's & early 70's, it was standard practice to lip sync to your latest hit record. It's not very common anymore. If you look close at some of those old clips, the guitarists normally weren't plugged into anything, and the drummers tried hard to not actually hit any drums or cymbals. Sometimes the cymbals & drums had pads on them to deaden the sound and the cymbals would still move. It guaranteed a proper sounding performance with no mistakes. (Kinda like Milli Vanilli in a fashion) If I remember correctly, Wally Bryson talks about having to go through that in the Overnite Sensation book. A performer had to feel like a total dweeb back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Posted September 29, 2003 Author Share Posted September 29, 2003 Kirk and MAM--Thanks guys! I was feeling lonely in this posting! I kinda figured they were either singing softly or something and that it had to be just totally the most dorky thing to stand there and do. Eric did "Top of the Pops" and sang "Hungry Eyes" way back when and he forgot to mouth some of the words and he got the weirdest look on his face. It's a funny clip. Julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordharris Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 Julie, why all of a sudden your interest is in lip sync?At least they are not Vanilla Ice. Or Raspberries On Ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bahoodore Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 I've done a TV spot with a band I was in...(gee that's good english!!)This is the way it worked with us...we brought our recorded material, and they played it through monitors (speakers) facing us. We had to go over the intro a couple of times so that we could actually start right. Nothing was plugged in, but be sang out loud over the recording. The drummer had towels taped to his drum-skins, and used plastic-practice sticks....To be honest, it was harder work than doing a live taping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zuke Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 PREVIOUSLY STATED:"It's not very common anymore."ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!?EVEN IN LIVE PERFORMANCES THEY ARE FOLLOWING TRACKS NOW. EVERYONE FROM BRITNEY TO SHANIA TO EVANESANCE. AND THE WORST THING ABOUT IT IS THAT ANY LIVE VOCALS HAVE AUTO TUNE GADGETS ON THEM. THIS SUCKS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAM Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 Zuke,Seriously? Guess I've not been keeping up to date. Autotune is a wonderful invention, but it's used WAY too much. And to use it in live performance ..... something ain't right there. If they can't do a quality job live, they shouldn't be on stage in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cartmill Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 ...But it is hard to do aerobic dances in your underwear and stay in key. You try it! I'd rather have live singing with Auto-tune gadgets over the old lip-synching of the 70's and 80's. What I do miss is real boobs on female pop stars. There are so few natural ones left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zuke Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 THAT, is a great analogy.Autotune is for the voice what implants are to boobs.You know what it sounds/looks like, there's just a gadget keeping it/them perfectly in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cartmill Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 Let's see... Mariah, Britney, Christina, Janet = all fake.Who are the idiots that convince these women that fake ugly hard boob jobs sell more CDs?Ooooops! Because they do? Geeeez!Celine's are still real. I'm not sure about Shania, after the baby...Anybody know?Can't tell about Beyonce. She is young, they could be real.Ahhhh Jewel!...Still natural...till she gets a reduction in a few years...I just love booby talk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostControl Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 At least mine are still real! (I can't believe I posted that)Michelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlene Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 I had broken my nose three times in my life,(age 3, 13 and 19. The last time was in college doing a backwards somersalt off a trampoline and the spotter moved away and my nose hit the metal bar. The doctor who set it must have been a veterinarian--what a terrible job. So I had a rhinoplasty when I was 30. That was when I was still young and heroic. I have no desire not to have real ones. Who need an 18 hour bra and a perpetual backache? --Darlene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Posted October 3, 2003 Author Share Posted October 3, 2003 Well, mine are real, too. And they're double-D's. Geez, can't believe I'm posting this!!!I've never broken my nose, but I did break my thumb and my little toe!!LOL!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cartmill Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Perhaps a booby implant on Darlene's nose will solve her problem. I know Herman would be Schwarzenegging her more often. (See today's California headlines to get the joke) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlene Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Tony, All I can say is that Aunt Antonietta is going to come all the way over from Sicily to get you, and give you the Evil Eye! --Darlene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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