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RedCappedBandit

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107. It wasn't intended as a dig
Tue Jan 22, 2013, 09:58 PM
Jan 2013

I don't care one bit what Beyonce does. I was merely being sarcastic. No need to worry about it. And I also have no idea what kind of compensation these 'artists' get for performing at such ceremonies, if any.

But I would find it ironic if they were paid to perform without, actually, uhm, performing.

I just kept thinking about the Saturday Night Live skit AndyA Jan 2013 #1
A non-issue, IMO. NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #2
+ 1 million! nt kelliekat44 Jan 2013 #120
If you can not sing live then don't even show up Angry Dragon Jan 2013 #3
Exactly Sugarcoated Jan 2013 #36
Whether someone can sing live on a given date and temperature... jberryhill Jan 2013 #41
These people earn millions per year while Angry Dragon Jan 2013 #45
I couldn't agree more. Sugarcoated Jan 2013 #50
Unless her vocal chord insurer believes otherwise jberryhill Jan 2013 #121
The problem is.... jberryhill Jan 2013 #51
What are you talking about? I was amazed at how louis-t Jan 2013 #65
I'm with you, jberryhill.. Demoiselle Jan 2013 #119
Yep. Le Taz Hot Jan 2013 #110
Many performances at Inaugurals are pre-recorded due to the really awful conditions and the cold. Bluenorthwest Jan 2013 #4
It is common LTR Jan 2013 #12
If she can sing her ass off Sugarcoated Jan 2013 #35
Exactamundo! Bake Jan 2013 #72
Whitney also lip-synced her Super Bowl performance Quezacoatl Jan 2013 #82
Got a link to that? Bake Jan 2013 #94
She most certainly did -- almost everyone does obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #106
It appears you are correct! Bake Jan 2013 #115
And on the other side of it Sugarcoated Jan 2013 #97
Houston lipsyned that rendition obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #108
Exactly, if this comes from a Murdoch paper CJCRANE Jan 2013 #44
She would have shot this report down bama_blue_dot Jan 2013 #48
That's lame. Kelly Clarkson officially wins the sing-off, then. TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #5
Fully agree with that BeyondGeography Jan 2013 #6
I agree. n/t vaberella Jan 2013 #9
I loved Kelly's performance. reformist2 Jan 2013 #16
or Lupe Fiasco Enrique Jan 2013 #20
I would rather have listened to the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir... WorseBeforeBetter Jan 2013 #37
Well, yeah--James Taylor was excellent--the only one up there whose TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #66
No disagreement from me. WorseBeforeBetter Jan 2013 #68
I think they lipsynced, too obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #77
LOL, good one. WorseBeforeBetter Jan 2013 #91
i thought James Taylor and the woman who sang Hymn republican were the best JI7 Jan 2013 #79
Yes but... toshiba783 Jan 2013 #99
whatever.... kpete Jan 2013 #7
Another ridiculous outrage. Mass Jan 2013 #8
It's neither ridiculous nor outrage. Bake Jan 2013 #73
I don't have a problem with Beyoncé using prerecorded music. In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #10
Me either obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #78
I'm devastated. JohnnyLib2 Jan 2013 #11
BFD WolverineDG Jan 2013 #13
Taking the earpiece out was a nice touch though BeyondGeography Jan 2013 #15
Yeah, what was that about? reformist2 Jan 2013 #21
It was an "I got this" moment BeyondGeography Jan 2013 #23
Haha! gateley Jan 2013 #29
Like when Jeter put on that big act like he got hit by the pitcher Sugarcoated Jan 2013 #55
Yeah, that was weird obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #80
I didn't even notice WolverineDG Jan 2013 #24
Extreme cold is not good for expensive (and possibly insured) vocal cords NV Whino Jan 2013 #14
+1 jberryhill Jan 2013 #42
It's really getting thick around here. WilliamPitt Jan 2013 #17
In 2009 Yo Yo Ma's performance was pre-recorded. I still wonder how he "played" but what we CTyankee Jan 2013 #18
And there is no way in hell he'd expose his cello to the elements. DollarBillHines Jan 2013 #60
I haven't felt so betrayed since What's-Her-Name left the Spice Girls pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #19
... gateley Jan 2013 #31
It's a raging flu season. She may have felt a cold coming on. And singing in extreme cold TeamPooka Jan 2013 #22
Neither Did I. MineralMan Jan 2013 #25
Ok. Lone_Star_Dem Jan 2013 #26
My theory is Beyonce chickened out - she was afraid she wouldn't be as good as Kelly. reformist2 Jan 2013 #27
i think Kelly actually has a better voice but Beyonce's songs are better JI7 Jan 2013 #87
We went through this last time. I didn't care then, either. Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #28
I bet Christina Aguilera had thought of that...nt joeybee12 Jan 2013 #30
Typical Politicalboi Jan 2013 #32
Cold - it is all recorded ahead of time - they did this last time too 2Design Jan 2013 #33
So she cheated Sugarcoated Jan 2013 #34
Hmm ismnotwasm Jan 2013 #38
I don't know about that. The first few words were low/barely audible ecstatic Jan 2013 #39
Wow! I usually always catch that. She is a pro lip-syncher. Beaverhausen Jan 2013 #40
Wait for it...a few more seconds... Rex Jan 2013 #43
After Meatloaf at that Romney rally damnedifIknow Jan 2013 #46
OH wow! I missed that one! Rex Jan 2013 #49
Video: pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #54
Link (Warning: do not take a sip of anything before viewing) demmiblue Jan 2013 #57
Meatloaf is to songs as Bush is to wars Bigbluebrush Jan 2013 #103
Another manufactured celebrity. Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #47
I am glad you used that term. Rex Jan 2013 #52
When singers and musicians stoop to pre-recordings at live performances Sugarcoated Jan 2013 #58
Beyonce did have nice-looking hair. ;) reformist2 Jan 2013 #59
She did Sugarcoated Jan 2013 #63
Very bad lip-syncing on SNL by Brittany Spears comes to mind. Rex Jan 2013 #64
What really annoys me is that there are so many really talented people that Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #61
Mostly, they don't look like models. TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #67
+1,000,000,000 Sugarcoated Jan 2013 #70
There's a big difference between always lipsyncing because you can't sing, NYC Liberal Jan 2013 #53
Yup obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #84
Yet when an artist is caught doing this Sugarcoated Jan 2013 #111
i doubt Aretha Franklin lip synced. nt robinlynne Jan 2013 #56
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! CJCRANE Jan 2013 #62
You people leave her ALONE!!11! lpbk2713 Jan 2013 #69
Keeping it in tune maryland native Jan 2013 #71
The acoustics are also horrible there obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #85
The question is, how much money did it cost taxpayers to listen to a recording? RedCappedBandit Jan 2013 #74
O, FGS. Maybe that's the question to Pus Limbaugh. WinkyDink Jan 2013 #76
Who cares what Limbaugh has to say? RedCappedBandit Jan 2013 #83
FFS obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #86
Oh relax RedCappedBandit Jan 2013 #95
It isn't a trivial response, it's a dig obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #105
It wasn't intended as a dig RedCappedBandit Jan 2013 #107
Almost everyone prerecords it obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #75
She actually didn't rock it, though Sugarcoated Jan 2013 #96
You didn't read what I wrote obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #104
You wrote: "she rocked it" and I'm saying she pretended to rock it. Sugarcoated Jan 2013 #114
Then they should have just saved all that taxpayer money and played a CD. nt OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #81
Best comment pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #88
Nothing against her or the practice, but... Mike Nelson Jan 2013 #89
CNN is treating this like it's major investigative journalism BainsBane Jan 2013 #90
Impeach! Cali_Democrat Jan 2013 #92
LOL! pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #93
Meh. JoeyT Jan 2013 #98
Beyonce is plastic toshiba783 Jan 2013 #100
Boston Pops was pre-recorded at the Super Bowl a few years ago too. BlueStreak Jan 2013 #101
Does she have the flu? patrice Jan 2013 #102
I still say BFD The Blue Flower Jan 2013 #109
I agree. I couldn't care less about Beyonce. reformist2 Jan 2013 #112
Her voice was clearly autotuned. 6000eliot Jan 2013 #113
Give this topic a rest. It has already been all over all the news outlets. RebelOne Jan 2013 #116
Then why did you just kick a day-old thread? BeyondGeography Jan 2013 #118
I know .. she was lip syncing to Ted Nugent's falsetto voice srican69 Jan 2013 #117
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