Members tacdryver Posted February 6, 2014 Members Share Posted February 6, 2014 Ok,Help me out. I think it's beyond sad that supposedly professional acts aren't evidently trusted to sing or play one friggin song. Really?Is music, or musicians, or something so bad now, that in order to guarantee a performance, that everyone HAS to lip sync and air guitar.Not buying it. I might concede that down at the bottom of the list The Peppers got the call and the Bowl Committe saw a bunch of tatted out drug using punkers and said 'tracks, don't let them get near a microphone or amp'.Anyway, all the pussies on TGP are supporting these guys. Faking it is the new standard now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted February 6, 2014 Members Share Posted February 6, 2014 It's the Super Bowl. They have 10 minutes to roll out a stage for a 15 minute giant show watched by millions that they need to sound perfect. Is there anyone who ever THOUGHT they played these shows live? Especially other musicians who should at least have a clue about what would go into pulling one of these shows off successfully?I thought Flea's explanation for it summed it up pretty nicely. If you don't like those shows, I guess that'd be a good time to go take a piss next year?http://redhotchilipeppers.com/news/454-a-message-from-flea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratGuy22 Posted February 6, 2014 Members Share Posted February 6, 2014 When they make a video they are lip syncing as well. It's a performance, not a concert. Had they plugged in a wireless, no one would have questioned it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted February 6, 2014 Members Share Posted February 6, 2014 It's a TV show. Bands have been lip syncing on TV shows that require it since the beginning of television. What's the difference between the RCHP lip syncing for the Super Bowl or Steely Dan lip syncing on American Bandstand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wheresgrant3 Posted February 6, 2014 Members Share Posted February 6, 2014 guido61 wrote: It's the Super Bowl. They have 10 minutes to roll out a stage for a 15 minute giant show watched by millions that they need to sound perfect. Is there anyone who ever THOUGHT they played these shows live? Especially other musicians who should at least have a clue about what would go into pulling one of these shows off successfully? I thought Flea's explanation for it summed it up pretty nicely. If you don't like those shows, I guess that'd be a good time to go take a piss next year?http://redhotchilipeppers.com/news/454-a-message-from-flea I agree with everyth that Flea said... and if I were playing in a band 31 years young, toured the world several times and a multitude of fans and accolades under my belt I would have done the same. At least they didn't download a track from iTunes performed by someone else. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FitchFY Posted February 6, 2014 Members Share Posted February 6, 2014 http://redhotchilipeppers.com/news/454-a-message-from-flea Seriously, Flea's recount summarizes it just fine. Not sure why people are having a hard time understanding this. At least the vocals went live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members timrocker Posted February 11, 2014 Members Share Posted February 11, 2014 Flea 'splained it all. It adds up. The crux of it is technical-there's no way in the world to get all of those instruments miced up and patched into a snake that quickly. There's no way in the world to get it all un-patched and taken down in time. With temperature dropping by the minute you can be sure the guitars would not stay in tune. Rock stars are not magicians. RHCP did their thing well and didn't let anybody down. The real musical travesty was the choice of artist to sing the national anthem. That warble-fest was gruesome. Opera, my undies. I've heard the national anthem intrepreted many ways, but that was the worst one yet. Sometimes going high-brow is just a new spin on The Emperor's New Clothes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted February 17, 2014 Members Share Posted February 17, 2014 If you think that faking it on TV is something new, well, ummmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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