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
Also Fleet Foxes were completely in tune on their awful music on that stage, and Kanye singing into a fucking vocoder was in tune on that stage and he isn't even a singer, so really people need to stfu and recognize that their pet acts can't fucking sing
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:34 (twelve years ago) link
jessie j is actually worse than the woman from karmin
― tyga mother (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
If only SNL had waited until 2012 to book Jessie J. We coulda had quite the run.
― maura, Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
i've avoided karmin so far in the hope that it will go away before i have to know about it?
― irina-camelia begu (lex pretend), Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:40 (twelve years ago) link
lol oh lex you're so OPTIMISTIC
― maura, Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:40 (twelve years ago) link
lexxxxxxxxxx nooooooooooooo dont make me see that again
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
Massive foghorn Jessie J was in tune on SNL. Massive often-out-of-tune foghorn Florence Welch was in tune on "No Light, No Light" (didn't see her other song). It's not impossible to be in tune on that stage!
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
I thought Florence was terrible on SNL, but I've never seen her in control of her own voice in a live setting.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
Oh man, THANK YOU. I saw her at the VH1 Divas thing a few back and she seemed a half-step flat the whole time!
― maura, Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:48 (twelve years ago) link
I've heard her in tune twice; the aforementioned "No Light, No Light" and whatever award show she did that breakthrough "Dog Days" performance on. The other times I've heard her she's been super flat.
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
dying @ "ayo blogger idiots"
― dayo, Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:53 (twelve years ago) link
also, that natalie imbruglia reference upthread forgets about ms. dyanmite, who performed on snl the saturday before 'a little deeper''s 3/11/03 release. BLOGGERS.
― maura, Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:53 (twelve years ago) link
Woah....yikes @ the SNL "Videogames". She must have done a million takes in the studio to get that right, cos every live performance I've seen has been wince-inducing.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:54 (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" thingwhich is a shame given her chosen career
which is a shame given her chosen career
OTM.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 15 January 2012 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
don't worry guys I'm sure she'll sell a lot of albums
― dayo, Sunday, 15 January 2012 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
if top of the pops still existed then she would do fine on there what with miming being allowed. Imagine all the really bad performances over the years if everyone had to play live (that includes many rock bands btw)
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Sunday, 15 January 2012 17:09 (twelve years ago) link
Kanye singing into a fucking vocoder was in tune on that stage and he isn't even a singer, so really people need to stfu and recognize that their pet acts can't fucking sing
in fairness Kanye doubtless asked for & got his own sound crew & +/- 4 hours of taped soundcheck. He's also a tremendous performer but if he didn't get the absolute highest-end prep from NBC I'd be very, very surprised
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 15 January 2012 17:10 (twelve years ago) link
considering how many artists have gotten buzz out of the 'mystique' of not performing live or doing a lot of public appearances etc. lately she probably could've gotten away with just not doing this kind of thing without it hurting her career
― some dude, Sunday, 15 January 2012 17:10 (twelve years ago) link
btw I've never heard LDR before this performance so I she's not like a pet artist for me
Fun experiment, throwing a David Lynch short into the SNL mix and seeing the reaction (not you guys, but my Twitter feed).
― do you not like slouching? (Eazy), Sunday, 15 January 2012 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
In the land of "you're either in on the joke or you are the joke," she didn't stand a chance.
― do you not like slouching? (Eazy), Sunday, 15 January 2012 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
wow there are STILL seriously people who can't differentiate between autotune and vocoder?
― some dude, Sunday, 15 January 2012 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
Also Fleet Foxes were completely in tune on their awful music on that stage
also fyi these guys are fucking spectacular musicians & I think 2 of them have perfect pitch. I know this because two of them were in a band we did some shows w/ & they're the kind of musicians who when they're just fucking around at soundcheck you go "holy shit, these guys can play"
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 15 January 2012 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
otm, esp with her music being what it is
― irina-camelia begu (lex pretend), Sunday, 15 January 2012 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, Fleet Foxes probably don't even require monitors. Their skills were honed sitting around campfire jamborees and such.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 15 January 2012 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
what I preemptively hate is how her PR will now use "her climb toward being a not-terrible performer" as part of the narrative for her next move. which is pathetic.
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 15 January 2012 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
Their skills were honed sitting around campfire jamborees and such.
lol that shit is straight schtick, they're marching-band dudes iirc
lol
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 15 January 2012 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
is playing live not something of an economic necessity these days?
― Number None, Sunday, 15 January 2012 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
a lot of non-rock major label chart acts do very few concerts or live performances until they have enough hits that they can go out as a headliner, it seems like
― some dude, Sunday, 15 January 2012 17:18 (twelve years ago) link