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As I type this, Sum41 are on Top of the Pops miming away. It's spreading. They never used to mime. Ok, the singing was pretty bad when they didn't mime, but it's no excuse. I don't even like Sum41 very much, I just hate miming. If you mime, there's no point even bothering with a live show. That's my view anyway.
pb wrote:
> Apparently a lot of the bands get told to do it. Top of the Pops once
> backed down to viewers at the end of the 80's and stopped all this
> miming nonsense, but now it seems they are back to their old tricks.
Yeah - a few years ago there was a man on TV saying "At Top of the Pops we allow no miming". Yet clearly they do now. Viewers can consider themselves lucky if they get one non-mimed act a week. I don't know about anyone else, but I'd rather have a live show that wasn't the band's best to a mimed one.
> Still, when you hear how bad Ian Van Dahl is live, you can perhaps
> sympathise with at least some of their decisions...
I can see exactly why they do it, but I still don't agree with it. I can't understand the mentality of someone who would rather watch what is basically a dance show than a live singing show - you pay money for the music, so that's what you should get live, right? Not a bunch of dancing loons. And they actually give that as an excuse for miming. If the dancing means you can't sing live then there's an easy solution - don't dance.
> Apparently a lot of the bands get told to do it. Top of the Pops once
> backed down to viewers at the end of the 80's and stopped all this
> miming nonsense, but now it seems they are back to their old tricks.
Yeah - a few years ago there was a man on TV saying "At Top of the Pops we allow no miming". Yet clearly they do now. Viewers can consider themselves lucky if they get one non-mimed act a week. I don't know about anyone else, but I'd rather have a live show that wasn't the band's best to a mimed one.
> Still, when you hear how bad Ian Van Dahl is live, you can perhaps
> sympathise with at least some of their decisions...
I can see exactly why they do it, but I still don't agree with it. I can't understand the mentality of someone who would rather watch what is basically a dance show than a live singing show - you pay money for the music, so that's what you should get live, right? Not a bunch of dancing loons. And they actually give that as an excuse for miming. If the dancing means you can't sing live then there's an easy solution - don't dance.
Apparently a lot of the bands get told to do it. Top of the Pops once backed down to viewers at the end of the 80's and stopped all this miming nonsense, but now it seems they are back to their old tricks.
It seems that they want a show rather than the music itself, they are more interested in the bands 'performing' rather than singing, hence all the miming.
Still, when you hear how bad Ian Van Dahl is live, you can perhaps sympathise with at least some of their decisions...
It seems that they want a show rather than the music itself, they are more interested in the bands 'performing' rather than singing, hence all the miming.
Still, when you hear how bad Ian Van Dahl is live, you can perhaps sympathise with at least some of their decisions...
Well REAL bands never mine, even on Top of the Pops. You'd never catch P Roach doing that. :)
Yeah, it seems miming compulsory on top of the pops.
now all Sum 41 have to do is just mime all the time and their records would be perfect. Ahhhh sweet silence.
It's really obvious when they're miming too. Obviously the quality is better, but it's instantly noticable that they're singing it EXACTLY how it sounds on the single/video/album. Now, last time I checked, when you sing something, it's rather difficult to sing it twice and sound exactly the same both times... foo's
Then Mariah Carey did a terrible miming job, she was smiling when she should have really been shouting.
And Jennifer Lopez has just been on, with a bit in her song that goes "Ding! Ding, ding ding!". It's so 1991.
And Jennifer Lopez has just been on, with a bit in her song that goes "Ding! Ding, ding ding!". It's so 1991.
As I type this, Sum41 are on Top of the Pops miming away. It's spreading. They never used to mime. Ok, the singing was pretty bad when they didn't mime, but it's no excuse. I don't even like Sum41 very much, I just hate miming. If you mime, there's no point even bothering with a live show. That's my view anyway.