She doesn't understand how to use a microphone
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Sunday, 15 January 2012 05:49 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhhBtHh459k
― buzza, Sunday, 15 January 2012 08:11 (twelve years ago) link
wow blue jeans was even worse
― buzza, Sunday, 15 January 2012 08:13 (twelve years ago) link
lana del rey shreds.
― ⚓ (gr8080), Sunday, 15 January 2012 08:28 (twelve years ago) link
The sexpot singer made her Saturday Night Live debut on Jan. 14, only the second artist in 14 years to nab the coveted slot before releasing a first album (the last time it happened: 1998, when Australian pop star Natalie Imbruglia played her hit “Torn;” Del Rey’s Born to Die is due out Jan. 31 on Interscope), and reaction has been surprisingly harsh.Following the performance of “Video Games,” the song that’s largely responsible for Del Rey’s breakout, The Firm actress Juliette Lewis, herself a singer who’s opened for the likes of Foo Fighters and Chris Cornell, tweeted, “Wow this ‘singer’ on SNL is like watching a 12 yearold in their bedroom when theyre pretending to sing and perform #signofourtimes.”
― human trash (buzza), Sunday, 15 January 2012 08:33 (twelve years ago) link
WHY can no one spell this girl's name? that is the most annnoying part of the LDR story so far. REY. three letters. NOT HARD.
― irina-camelia begu (lex pretend), Sunday, 15 January 2012 10:47 (twelve years ago) link
guys, it's a stupid stage name, who gives a fuck how it's "correctly" spelled or pronounced
― occupy mobb deep (some dude), Sunday, 15 January 2012 12:17 (twelve years ago) link
ship otm
― Mayne ... Or Astro-Mayne? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 15 January 2012 12:29 (twelve years ago) link
subeditors care
― irina-camelia begu (lex pretend), Sunday, 15 January 2012 12:29 (twelve years ago) link
i think whiney's official title is subWAY editor, if we're being pedantic here
― occupy mobb deep (some dude), Sunday, 15 January 2012 12:33 (twelve years ago) link
the last time it happened: 1998, when Australian pop star Natalie Imbruglia played her hit “Torn;”
― markers, Sunday, 15 January 2012 14:31 (twelve years ago) link
That's a proper horrible performance. Exactly like her performance on Jools Holland. Doesn't seem to be on her way up when on the stage.
― I certainly wouldn't have, but hey. (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 15 January 2012 14:33 (twelve years ago) link
Guys appreciate LDR while you can, in February SNL will have fucking KARMIN as a musical guest.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Sunday, 15 January 2012 14:38 (twelve years ago) link
otm, also she can't keep time & her pitch is terrible. wonder how this hahttp://media.soundonsound.com/sos/feb11/images/E2_06.jpg
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 15 January 2012 14:39 (twelve years ago) link
What's that, scientific evidence?
Or does that get substitute if someone says 'ppened?'
― Mark G, Sunday, 15 January 2012 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
it's a protools screen. I can download the free version of it, intentionally sing off-key and with terrible timing, and fix both those problems with a couple of clicks. one value of recording analog was that even one session's worth taught you just how hard some simple musical things - timing, pitch - actually are; one problem with people who've never not had the option to fix pitch & timing is they don't fully get that music's a craft you either practice very hard at all the aspects of or you don't get good at them, cf. LDR on SNL
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 15 January 2012 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
I thought her main problem was a lack of breath support.
― Girl I want to take you to a JBR (jaymc), Sunday, 15 January 2012 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
OK, I just watched about the first ten seconds of her second song on the web before I had to turn it off. Sooo, the voice she's singing in really doesn't come naturally, does it?
― mh, Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:03 (twelve years ago) link
lol i just got round to watching that. SO bad :o
― irina-camelia begu (lex pretend), Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
it would be weirdly unshocking if the on-record performance of "video games" was, like, completely artificial or something
― irina-camelia begu (lex pretend), Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
brb gonna send her a case of whiskey and unfiltered cigarettes. A few years of that and some serious training in the studio and we'll either get results or be rid of her
― mh, Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
btw the youtube upthread is weirdly shit (as well as...yeah) cuz it's someone recording the tv w/their phone, this one's better (though she isn't)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw0Hn3TSzyQ
― irina-camelia begu (lex pretend), Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:17 (twelve years ago) link
She is like a super unmusical Margaret Lattimore in how her chest, normal and head voices are all wholly dissimilar and disconnected, but there's no diction or support to even attempt to tie then together. The only time I though she sounded decent was when she was honking those super low notes in "Video Games".
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:19 (twelve years ago) link
god, the fidgeting! she has no control over anything she's trying to do up there.
lolling @ what people who'd never heard her records must have been thinking
― irina-camelia begu (lex pretend), Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
this reminds me of when you see someone doing karaoke and they're really "feeling it" but in a way that's humorless and just makes everyone uncomfortable
― tyga mother (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
(PS massive apologies to Maggie L for using her as a comparison point; my bad, boo (but um you DO know what you sound like, good on you for making that work for you))
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
She was only nervous because of the performance! You can read about it in the news.
Lana has got a interesting and beautiful voice! Go Lana, Go!
SuperMatthewdavid 52 minutes ago
either 14 yrs old or gay, or both
― tyga mother (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
I made it through to the end this time - her pitch is fine, her timing and presence are terrible & her breath control actually isn't bad 'til toward the end? I think this is actually a case of how shitty in-ear monitors & wireless mics are but they're industry standard for big shows now but if you don't have a monitors guy who really knows what you need to be hearing to be at your best, you're going to get some standard mix (almost doubtless the case with ldr) and you'll notice once the cameras are on that the strings are too loud or not loud enough in your ears or maybe you're hearing way too much of your voice so you try to modulate that so you're hearing less (instead of just pointing at the ground which would tip off the soundguy to bring down your voice in your monitor) etc etc - i.e., just like people are saying, this is a person who's new to the stage. But figuring this shit out before actually going on TV, it's the sort of thing you sort of oughta make a priority imo if yr gonna go taking tv offers
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
the awful live diction is especially noticeable cuz that's one of the huge strengths of the studio version of "video games" - watching that it's like she has no idea what the words mean
is it possible that this is "just nerves" or whatever excuse i'm seeing her fans use? because this isn't slightly off in one performance, she was like this on one UK live performance i saw too, and it's just a gazillion miles off.
― irina-camelia begu (lex pretend), Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
On Jools I thought she was just nervous and now I guess it's like, she really can't do this whole "performing a song in front of people" thing
which is a shame given her chosen career
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
I hate going off topic but have people watched Katy Perry's and Rihanna's recent SNL tapes?Some critics are already slamming this poor innocent genuine cutie while experienced singers didn't get 2/4 this bashing.I don't know why are peps going so much in on her,it's undeserved considering she's newbie debuting on such important show.
a popjustice stan weighs in o_0
― irina-camelia begu (lex pretend), Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
isn't every bad tv performance by a new artist chalked up to nervousness?
― tyga mother (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:26 (twelve years ago) link
not that i really see that much of a difference between this and other performances of hers -- DJP was pretty OTM re: the technical problems with her voice, and her songs are just not good at all and i can't believe that so much wool has been pulled over so many eyes w/r/t that fact -- but when even the fader, the premier outlet for it all being good, is saying that a performer <a href="http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/15/watch-lana-del-rey-on-saturday-night-live/">"seemed a little tense"</a>...
― maura, Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:26 (twelve years ago) link
jesus christ i can't even make it through that video
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:26 (twelve years ago) link
oh god i forgot about the bbcode, sorry
seems like a pretty standard excuse
she didn't seem outwardly nervous or anything, just inexperienced
― tyga mother (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
her chest, normal and head voices are all wholly dissimilar and disconnected, but there's no diction or support to even attempt to tie then together
Yes, this is OTM. On the recorded version of "Video Games," she goes into that little-girl head voice, too, but it's a lot more fluid.
― Girl I want to take you to a JBR (jaymc), Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
there's a german tv performance on youtube somewhere that's less bad
― thomp, Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
maybe there's truth to aero's theory... i feel like we're constantly talking about how bad the sound is on SNL
― tyga mother (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
but you know maybe having her suck on snl, which has been notoriously unkind to its musical guests of late, is part of the backlash-to-the-backlash-to-the-backlash-to-the-backlash-to-the-backlash-to-the-backlash-to-the-backlash-to-the-backlash marketing plan. there are still two weeks before her album comes out, which means more time for her to be, like, soooo down-to-earth and nice in interviews
― maura, Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
haha i was going to write that at times like this you sort of have to wonder what her management were thinking, booking this gig, but perhaps maura is OTM
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:29 (twelve years ago) link
see also whiney g. weingarten on the topic in 2009: http://idolator.com/5150549/ayo-blogger-idiots-you-know-saturday-night-live-is-screwing-with-you-right
― maura, Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:29 (twelve years ago) link
this kinda reminds me of the response to cassie doing "me & u" on 106 & park
― tyga mother (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
having said all this, dude from art brut is apparently criticising her, and he has noooooo room to talk whatsoever when it comes to singing ability
― irina-camelia begu (lex pretend), Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
*updates .xls of times whiney used the phrase "billyburg beardos"*
I hate going off topic but have people watched Katy Perry's and Rihanna's recent SNL tapes?Some critics are already slamming this poor innocent genuine cutie while experienced singers didn't get 2/4 this bashing.I don't know why are peps going so much in on her,it's undeserved considering she's newbie debuting on such important show.a popjustice stan weighs in o_0
The last time I saw Katy Perry on SNL I remember thinking she had a good night (ie she was actually singing instead of desperately honking at notes hoping she didn't crack)
No one thinks Rihanna can sing live
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
one thing american idol has given us that will not go away quickly is a pretty high expectation of basic vocal quality when watching somebody sing a pop song on stage, and for that i give simon cowell and his hellish minions a grudging "fair dos"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
that whiney post is such a whineyian masterpiece
― tyga mother (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
by far the most brutal part of last year's american idol auditions involved all the people who tried out with 'only girl in the world.' i wanted to shake them and be like, 'no, no, don't you see? the point is that she doesn't really hit those notes!'
― maura, Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
it's fairly ironic that xfactor is another of those programmes reliably unkind to performing guests
ooh is this where i get to lob in jessie j's sensitive totp rendition of "price tag" for a compare & contrast?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pym1_N1q74
― irina-camelia begu (lex pretend), Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:33 (twelve years ago) link