Ahslee Simpson SNL blunder

[Sinnica]

Okay, so I bet most of you have read or seen what happened on Saturday Night Live a few days ago when Ashlee Simpson was there and made a complete fool of herself in a poor attempt of performing.

But for you who didnt, I'll just quote newgenfilms.com about the bisarre situation, just to rub it in

Yes, yes, yes: Ahslee Simpson has been exposed as a fake, and a hypocrite. After an amazingly good performance during her first set on SNL, she took the stage during her second set to sing another song... unfortunately, someone forgot to change the tape.

That's right: she lipsinked the first set. I guess she was upset the critics said her performance sucked during the MTV awards, and she felt the need to prove them wrong. Unfortunately, she doesn't have any talent to call upon, and yet another artist had to learn the dangers of cheating during a live broadcast. Amazingly, it appears that SNL re-shot the set and edited it in for the delayed west coast broadcast.

Honestly: you have to be the stupidest person alive if you believed either a) Britney Spears when she said she was a virgin, or b) that Ashlee Simpson was anything more than a manufactured pop star riding the coattails of her sister. I'd like to say that music today is in a sorry state, but I'm not sure that the situation is unique. Nirvana was a rebellion against the popular heavy metal of the 80's, and heavy metal was as much of a no talent act then as these pop groups are now. But out of it we got some truly good, talented music from the disgusted artists.

So no, I won't mourn for what music has become. Instead, I am going to sit here and wait for the inevitable backlash to happen in another couple years. And I might finally be able to turn my radio back on for something other than Sean Hannity or Love Line.

A still-humiliated Simpson apologized to her fans - and blamed her band for playing the wrong song. Now how f*cking lame is that?

LM: What are your takes on lip-synching?

AS: 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.

You can watch the clip of the SNL "performance" HERE

..And the poor POOR POOR excuse HERE

Blaming the band, nice one! She should know her own songs and be pretty fast to pick up what the band is playing.

...oh wait, she's not making the music herself, neither does she write her songs. and obviously she cannot sing :<

How the hell does people like her even get a contract and fame is beyond me, probably because of her sister but.. only in america, oooonly in america.
Maybe they have to consider *gasp* taking in artists that can actually... sing! .. and dance (if you watched the clip you know what I mean) :worthy:

Anyway, she deserved it bigtime, and im done bashing now. but its so sweet

 

[shanks]

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1492993/10252004/simpson_ashlee.jhtml

Ashlee Blames Gastric Distress For 'SNL' Lip-Synch Snafu
Ashlee Simpson claimed a chronic gastric disorder was the cause of her lip-synching miscue on "Saturday Night Live" this past weekend. The singer said that acid reflux disease caused her to lose her voice and rely on a backing tape for her performance.

"It's so embarrassing," Simpson said when she called in to "TRL" Monday (October 25), "because it sucks. The total situation was a bummer. I made a complete fool of myself."

Simpson said she suffers from a chronic condition of "severe" acid reflux disease — a condition in which the stomach's liquid content regurgitates into the esophagus — and that it began acting up at around 6 p.m. on Saturday, causing her to "completely [lose] my voice." Her doctor advised her not sing, stating that she would damage her voice, and her father and manager, Joe Simpson, insisted she take it easy by using a backing track, a common (if seldom acknowledged) concert aid that allows singers to either lip-synch to, or sing along with, a guide-vocal track. "My dad was like, 'I'm sorry, you have to sing along with the backing track,' " Simpson said Monday.

Though Simpson's first performance in the show — her hit "Pieces of Me" — went off without a hitch, the second, "Autobiography," was derailed when a pre-recorded track of her voice (singing "Pieces of Me") began playing while Simpson was holding her mic to the side and had her mouth closed. When the track came on, Simpson tried to dance a little jig instead, but after about 30 seconds, she exited the stage as her band continued performing. The show cut to a commercial.


Ashlee Simpson's "SNL" snafu


At the end of the show, host Jude Law tried to help Simpson brush the moment aside by shrugging, "What can I say, folks? Live TV." For her part, Simpson initially placed the blame on her band. "I feel so bad," she told the audience. "My band started playing the wrong song. And I didn't know what to do, so I thought I'd do a hoe-down. I'm sorry. It's live TV. Things happen. I'm sorry."

Joe Simpson told Los Angeles radio station KIIS-FM, "Just like any artist in America, she has a backing track that she pushes so you don't have to hear her croak through a song on national television. No one wants to hear that. Every artist that I know in this business has had vocal problems at some time, from Celine [Dion] on down. So you've got to do what you've got to do."

Ashlee said that she wasn't happy with the decision to use a backing track, and emphasized that it's not something she normally relies upon. She's performed live on television on previous occasions, including MTV News' pre-show to the Video Music Awards, "By the Shore," and the Teen Choice Awards. And in fact, Simpson had rehearsed "Autobiography" live on Thursday (see "Ashlee Simpson Preparing To Take On Tara Reid").

"I was so upset," she said, "because I have never done that before. But my voice wasn't strong enough. I couldn't even speak."

During the show, a further mishap made the backing track obvious to everyone when, according to her record label, a "computer glitch" triggered "a cut from her album" to play instead of a drum cue. Simpson placed the blame a little more squarely on her drummer, saying he was the one who "pressed the wrong button."

"I didn't know what to do," she said. "I just froze. My band kept playing the song, like they were always told [to do]. We all went into a state of shock. 'Omigod, what do I do?' So I did the hoe-down and then I ran off."

Simpson has since been widely attacked for the snafu, with an interview she gave to Lucky magazine coming back to haunt her. When asked what her take on lip-synching was, she had told the magazine, "I'm totally against it and offended by it. I'm going to let my real talent show, not just stand there and dance around. Personally, I'd never lip-synch. It's just not me."

Simpson's official Web site has been flooded with more than 12,000 posts, many of them negative. Initially, it appeared that Simpson was responding to the posts — blaming her hectic work schedule for wearing down her voice — but a spokesperson has since claimed that the posts were not written by the singer.

To make sure a similar snafu doesn't happen again when she performs live on Monday for the Radio Music Awards in Las Vegas, Simpson said she got a cortisone shot in her lower back "and I'm much better."

"I hope I get a chance [to return to 'SNL']," she added. "My voice is so much better now. Sorry about that."

The Radio Music Awards in Las Vegas are to be broadcast live on NBC at 9 p.m.



—Jennifer Vineyard

So to summarize: Ashlee says lipsyncing sucks, Ashlee sucks hard when not lipsyncing at that MTV show, Ashlee lipsyncs one song on SNL, Ashlee dances to the second song, Ashlee blames the band for playing the wrong song, Ashlee blames gas for using the lipsync in the first place, Ashlee's career ends, Ashlee makes porn, Ashlee hopefully dies taking everything bad about here shitty generation with her, preferably soon.

 

[Sinnica]

rub rub rub it in, gently down her ego

Shanks \o/ Thread is perfect

its a mystery to me why she would even claim that "I hope I get a chance [to return to 'SNL']," she added. "My voice is so much better now. Sorry about that." when it obviously didnt have anything to do with her voice.

shlee's career ends, Ashlee makes porn, Ashlee hopefully dies taking everything bad about here shitty generation with her, preferably soon.

couldnt have put it better myself, but didnt dare to say it :worthy:
as long as the musicindustry keeps milking shit like this out - VIVA LE MP3

 

[Litmus]

Honestly: you have to be the stupidest person alive if you believed either a) Britney Spears when she said she was a virgin, or b) that Ashlee Simpson was anything more than a manufactured pop star riding the coattails of her sister. I'd like to say that music today is in a sorry state, but I'm not sure that the situation is unique. Nirvana was a rebellion against the popular heavy metal of the 80's, and heavy metal was as much of a no talent act then as these pop groups are now. But out of it we got some truly good, talented music from the disgusted artists.

Amen, and i thought i was the only person on the planet with the same view on modern music. Music these days is in sorry shameful state of affairs, nothing but talentles manufactured people only in the business to make afew $ and quite 5min of fame, once that is acomplished we never see or hear from them again. With even more "pop idol" type show on TV these days i realy cant see anything changeing for a while, not atleast until people sick of the 5 minute wonders keep comeing and going every few weeks.

Even Elton John recently slated Madona in an article for chargeing fans £75 to see her live in concert then lip-mimeing... which is pretty shit tbfh.

Hopefuly some real music band will come along soon, another Beatles/Led Zep/Rolling Stones etc. But i realy hope they dont take to long to come though as Im starting to get realy tired of the repetative shite on the radio and TV now.

Anyway theres my 2cents on modern music.

 

[harebear]

Yeah. \m/

 

[Gef]

Hopefuly some real music band will come along soon, another Beatles/Led Zep/Rolling Stones etc. But i realy hope they dont take to long to come though as Im starting to get realy tired of the repetative shite on the radio and TV now.

Simple answer to that is dont listen to crap radio stations or naff TV channels, there are plenty of alternatives, XFM, MTV2 etc. Manufactured pop isnt going anywhere, its been here since the 60's and its even more prevalent now. There is plenty of decent music out there if you look for it, it doesnt have to be popular to be good!

 

[oblimov]

rofl who cares?

shes a manufactured pop princess thats got a nice rack

part from that shes a talentless twit, i dont watch her, britney spears or kylie coz i think theyre talented

Imo the best female singers are the ones that dont "get them out" all the time and actually show real talent and as far as im concerned bags more sex appeal like Norah Jones, Katie Meluae (spell? ), deltra goodrum etc

 

[JingleBells]

Hehe - Ashlee Simpson iPod