Ashlee Simpson, pop "singer", on lip-synching, in an interview
recently in Lucky Magazine:
"I'm totally against it and offended by it. I'm going out to let my
real talent show, not to just stand there and dance around.
Personally, I'd never lip-synch. It's just not me."
However, on Saturday Night Live the night before last, Ashley
Simpson was the "musical" guest.
On the first song (which I did not see), reportedly her lips did
not match up well with her vocals as she danced around with her
hand over her face
On the second song, which I did see, as the song kicked in with the
band playing live, the sound guy, in error, plays the vocal track
from the FIRST song. As the band realizes what's happening , they
stop, then immediately, (and quite deftly) switch to the first
song, just as the first song vocal gets cut off. Simpson is
totally bewildered, holding what we all assume to be a dead mic,
and has started doing a stupid hoe down dance in desperation. She
then prances off the stage as the band continues to play without
her. The band members show a bit of a smirk as they cut loose to
jam a little before the show goes to a quick commercial.
At the end when the cast comes out to say goodnight Ashlee takes
the mic and has the audacity to blame her band for playing the
wrong song. I think she should have thanked them for trying to
cover her, uhh, narrow posterior. I'm afraid her fifteen may be up.
