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Originally posted by chris L
I heard Jerry garcia used to lip sink when he was too high . now I heard phil lesh took over lip sinking with the dead .
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Garcia used teleprompters, I don't think he lip synched, towards the end, he was barely singing at all. Missed ques, wrong verses, just like in the early-mid 80's, but worse.
I wont go see The Dead. Phil, yes, but not in a while. He may be using teleprompters at this point, but I don't know.
Most 'entertainers' today are playing larger arenas that if they don't have strong vocals will need a 'boost'. It has been this way for years. The Stones used a second durmmer under the stage on the Steel Wheels Tour. U2 used a second guitarist off to the side of the stage playing rythym from 92 to now in nearly every stadium show since.
When a singer is not in fact singing, and is more or less mouthing to a recording. That is lip synching. I can see how Britney and the rest of the left over Mousekateers would have to lip sync, people are paying to see a show and this should be expected.
But if I shell out $$ to go see the Pixies, or Morrissey (both recently had shows in the area at smaller venues and were asking close to $80 bucks a pop for tickets. Both of which I had seen in the 80's for less than $20). They better not be lip synching, it is not expected, people are there for the music, not the coreographed dancing....
I guess it depends on who the 'artist' is and what the audience expects. Ashlee's problem is that she said publicly that she was against it and would never lip synch. She got caught.
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