The Shock Over Britney Spears’ Lip-Syncing Is Ludicrous
Posted by: Annika Harris
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4:30PM, Monday November 9th 2009
It’s not often that I agree with John Mayer, but even I have to admit he had a point when he tweeted: “If you’re shocked that Britney was lip-syncing at her concert and want your money back, life may continue to be hard for you.” You see, Britney Spears is on the Australia-leg of her “Circus” tour, and some fans and Australian government officials are upset that she lip-syncs during the performances. “It was so impersonal. She did not interact with her audience,” says dissatisfied fan Wendy Di Renzo, who told People she paid $148 for her ticket. “There were no big TV screens projecting the action, so if you didn’t know Britney, you might have even doubted it was her.” Australian press reported that fans walked out of her shows after a few songs, saying it was boring, mimed, and stiff. The Fair Trade Minister of New South Wales even suggested that concert tickets carry a disclaimer about whether artists lip-sync or prerecord parts of their concerts. But anyone who is a true Britney fan should know that she very rarely sings live during her performances. Her voice isn’t strong enough for her to sing while dancing and performing acrobatics, so fans have to decide whether they want to be visually entertained while hearing her music. And what fun is a pop music concert if the artist sits in a chair while singing the whole time? [Reuters, People]
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Gnat
wrote on November 9 2009 @ 04:39 pm: [report]
I’m not a fan but I went to her concert in Miami and it was horrible. She doesn’t really dance on stage either. I was really not impressed.
lea322
wrote on November 9 2009 @ 05:03 pm: [report]
Milli Vanilli lip-synced using other people’s voices. Not that I think lip-syncing to your own voice is much better…
Raugiel
wrote on November 9 2009 @ 05:35 pm: [report]
You mean people thought she could sing without an entire vocal effects processing team?
ootie grl
wrote on November 9 2009 @ 05:37 pm: [report]
Im not shocked she lip syncs. Im shocked she actually shows up to do her concerts at all. Im shocke dshe doesnt use a britney double or something
NaomiK
wrote on November 9 2009 @ 07:55 pm: [report]
When you call something a “concert” that implies that there will be actual musicians and maybe singers performing actual music. If she’s going to lip-sync they should be selling tickets to a “stage show” not a concert. No, I’m not surprised she can’t sing, but if I were to be silly enough to be her fan I would want my money back, too. If she markets herself as a singer, and sells tickets for people to partake in her product (singing) she should sing. Honestly though, as far as complaining the show was impersonal… How personal and intimate can a show be when it’s in a stadium? Personally, I have a hard time seeing a concert in a venue that’s bigger than seating for a few hundred. My best show ever was seeing Modest Mouse in a standing room for 300 people and I was right against the stage. Isaac Brock sweated on me. That’s an intimate concert.
christinax4
wrote on November 9 2009 @ 11:18 pm: [report]
i took 2 of my girls to see her circus show in auburn hills, mi…we thought the show was great.
H. Blue
wrote on November 10 2009 @ 09:23 am: [report]
most pop stars can’t sing. why this is a shock is beyond me. do people really not hear how digitized the voices are? Britney is a product of Disney, she is not a musician.