Something "kind of" similar happened to Britney Spears in Rock in Rio last year: she didn't actually sing one song at all, not even the ones she didn't dance to, and everyone could notice that ( the sync was not that good either ).
But she had a big surprise: her mike was on during the whole concert and the cute, well-behaved super-teen role model had her dirty mouth recorded and the next day the whole world had Spears's swearing available through Napster, one of its greatest hits.
Caio
----- Original Message ----- From: Elizabeth Finkler <mightymezzo@h...> To: <vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 6:27 PM Subject: Re: [vocalist] pseudo opera, was: Singers and Amplification
>From: John Link > >Peggy wrote: > > >I have this fanstasy. Someday, at some hugely-hyped concert >by a big >pop-star "singer" with limited vocal chops (I won't >name any names, but we >all have our candidates), some key >technology will go on the fritz in the >middle of a song, and >the star's non-live singing will be exposed... > >I believe that something of the sort happened to Millie Vanillie (on >national TV?). > >John Link > Check out my CDs: http://www.cdBaby.com/JohnLink2 (John Link Sextet) http://www.cdBaby.com/JohnLink (John Link Vocal Quintet) >
No, as I said in my post ("good news for Prof. Lloyd"), this happened at an arena concert in New Jersey (Meadowlands, perhaps?). It led to that state enacting a law requiring that "live" concerts using recorded material state that fact in the advertisements and publicity.
"Simpsons" fans will remember what happened when Bart and his pals formed a boy-band, only to have the "voice enhancer" pulled out from under them.
[Incidentally, I *still* can't get the stupid CD player to follow me!]
Elizabeth Finkler San Jose, California mightymezzo@h... http://home.earthlink.net/~mightymezzo "This would be a better world for children if the parents had to eat the spinach." --Groucho Marx
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