Miming.


At least some of these songs were mimed.

That and they should have just let it flow like you were watching it on the stage. The clips and Slater off of 'Saved by the Bell' were not needed.

It whole thing was amateur compared to the live 'Sound of Music' in the UK.

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Did you mean lip sync???..and the director,actors,producers have said it was LIVE..did you not see the mike cords on the back of their necks?

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Miming and lip syncing are the same thing.

Most of the singing was quite obviously not live.

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Evidently you've never seen a mime perform. Not even remotely the same thing as lip syncing.

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The OP is right. According to The Free Dictionary (www.thefreedictionary.com), "Mime" (vb 6.) means "(Music, other) (of singers or musicians) to perform as if singing (a song) or playing (a piece of music) that is actually prerecorded".

"Grease Live!" did look mimed. If you watch the clips of "You're the One That I Want" and "We Go Together" there's no orchestra (and the latter is performed on buses!) Those "prop" mics on the performers are a theatrical device used to satisfy people who would like to think the songs are being sung live.

Certain songs in Broadway musicals have been mimed since the 1970s. I believe Liza Minnelli was one of the first to admit it. Madonna, Beyouncé, et al mime a good portion of their concerts. Some people believe that just because a show is advertised as being "live" that the performers, themselves, are actually singing live.


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If Julianne Hough was lip synching then they did a horrible job during You're The One That I Want because her parts faded at a couple of points. Almost like she was singing live.

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It's a technical problem. Madonna and others have faded during their "live" concerts. Nowadays, "live" shows and TV talent shows are often (and noticeably) mimed.

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I don't think it was fully mimed, but there were some song i suspect were Double tracked with a pre recorded lead vocal they sing along too.

It's pretty standard these days unfortunatly as it hides weak vocals and slight out of tune singing. The person doing the EQ can then fade the live vocal in an out when needed to cover parts of the song the singers struggling with.

It's an old trick that's been done for years, old singers who voices are starting to crack / weaking do it a lot.
Paul McCartney springs to mind. As evident when he mistimes his intro to Hey Jude at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics and you can hear his backing track signing away before he starts singing live.

Madonna mentioned above is another, very noticable becuase you go from strong vocals to weak quiet ones as they mess with the EQ.

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