Miming

[JohnPerry7@aol.com]

In a message dated 23/02/98 05:59:13 GMT, you write:

> This has nothing to do with your question Rich, but the above quote 
>  reminded me of something that has puzzled me for a while now.  I have 
>  seen quite a bit of footage of the Who on old variety or music 
>  television programs, and most of the performances were clearly lip 
>  synched.  I mean REALLY clearly lip synched.  Even if I somehow 
>  failed to notice that the songs generally sound exactly the same as 
>  the version on the album, there are often dead giveaways like backup 
>  vocals performed with no microphones.  So I have to wonder: were 
>  people in the 60's so naive that they didn't notice that these bands 
>  on television were just miming along to their records, or did 
>  everyone know and just not care?  

1)  It was rather uncool to be seen trying too hard to match your dubbed
track.
     
     People had great fun seeing who could make it THE most obvious they 
     were miming c.f. Hendrix. - or for that matter Keith playing 12" away
from skins.  

2) A frequent setup was to perform a Live Vocal over a pre-recorded backing
track.
    
Occasionally a new vocal would be sung ON TOP of existing one. 
There's an RSG! where Sonny & Cher do 'I Got You Babe'  - Cher manages ok but
Sonny's tracking of his own first vocal is so bad it comes out sounding like
bad flanging....

Sometime the track would be the actual single (minus vocal) ; sometimes it'd
be  specifically re-recorded to sound a -little- different from the record. 

If you look closely at Smothers Bros. show I think Daltrey IS singing live.  


j.