Now maybe I am getting too cynical about SNL but...

did Eminem just lip synch Mosh?

Published on October 30, 2004 By historyishere In TV Shows

I was just watching Eminem perform Mosh on SNL.... and it sounded WAY too close to the video version. I mean, it was almost exactly the same as what was on the video, and at one point I could have sworn he pulled the mike away from his mouth, and he was still singing(it might have been his own backing vocal though). I can't prove it conclusively, but it looked like he was.

The irony is that SNL has been really ripping into Ashlee Simpson all show.... and if he did lip synch, well, it makes them look even worse.

Comments (Page 1)

Dusk411

on Oct 30, 2004

I don't think you're getting cynical, historyishere. I think it's just the way entertainment has become.

I wish the media were aggressive regarding lip-synching because maybe there won't be an acceptance of it. However, the music industry has come to rely on image, not the quality of the product. In order to protect their investments, lip-synching has to be done. Just my speculation...

Good post.

SSG Geezer

on Oct 30, 2004

I can remember watching American Bandstand and trying to see which artists were lip synching. (Most) But we always got mad when they did.
I don't care enough about Eminem to tell whether he was using a backing track on his second number. The second portion of the song it didn't seem like it.

historyishere

on Oct 31, 2004

Here was my thought process as it played out.... since there was only one other guy on stage playing the backing music, and I started thinking about how much easier it would be just to play the track from the album from that rig and lip synch over it. Of course, I gave him the benefit of the doubt... but it seemed increasingly apparent that he was probably doing just as a thought on Mosh which is a lot more disappointing than Ashlee Simpson doing it.

I mean, come on... he doesn't even have to SING... he just had to recite the lyrics.

historyishere

on Oct 31, 2004

It wasn't just me who thought so:

From a SNL forum

Texas Wahine

on Oct 31, 2004

Hmmm . . . I haven't seen it yet, but I'll look for that.

BTW . . . what do you think about Mosh?

historyishere

on Oct 31, 2004

I like the song(politics or no politics, because its got a great beat on it), and the fact that they did an animated video in about 5 weeks is pretty cool too. Politically, I am surprised that he wrote a song like it though.... it might be me being naive, but I didn't think he was that political.

Texas Wahine

on Oct 31, 2004

Yeah, I tend to like Eminem too, though I'll probably go to hell for it.

The video was amazing. I really liked it. I think a lot of people who didn't concern themselves with politics before have become polarized by world events and this election.

Personally, it doesn't really piss me off when celebrities talk politics. I realize they're spoiled brats and not foreign policy experts, and what they have to say doesn't affect my opinions . . . but . . . if I were a celebrity and had the attention of millions of people, I'd probably use it to express my views, too. How can I fault someone for that?

historyishere

on Oct 31, 2004

To paraphrase an oft-mentioned cliche.... Political views are like assholes... everyone's got them. I can't fault celebrities for having both. That being said, I can understand how some people don't want to feel like they are being proselytized when they see someone in concert... but at the same time, since politics are such an integral part of a person's personality, it is sometimes hard to separate that part from the rest. Politics is one of those highly-passionate things that helps produce both a lot of grief and sometimes some really good work artistically.

Texas Wahine

on Oct 31, 2004

That being said, I can understand how some people don't want to feel like they are being proselytized when they see someone in concert...

You have a point with that one . . . hmmm . . . it doesn't bother me when they speak out in acceptance speeches or when they hold little political events or what have you, but at a concert that I paid good money for, I think that would piss me off. I kind of think that people that gripe so much about celebrities and politics only gripe because they don't agree with the politics. Those that bitch about the Dixie Chicks cheer Tobey Keith on, and vice versa.

Politics is one of those highly-passionate things that helps produce both a lot of grief and sometimes some really good work artistically.

I agree.

Texas Wahine

on Oct 31, 2004

*Sorry for taking this so far off topic, history*

historyishere

on Oct 31, 2004

Its ok Texas... I'll just swing it back onto topic here

You can't really lip synch a political rant on stage, so you know you are getting an honest performance there. It's lip synching at these shows which should be the real outrage, not the fact that an artist expresses political views.

If Eminem indeed did lip synch tonight, I think that should seriously affect his reputation as a "live" performer.

kingbee

on Oct 31, 2004

I mean, come on... he doesn't even have to SING... he just had to recite the lyrics

i said the exact same thing when i was watching it (prior to seeing your post). poor lil ol rabbit.

the 'elton john' performance was a riot. 'acid reflux is baloney' wheeeeeeee!

Texas Wahine

on Oct 31, 2004

D'oh! I fell asleep and missed his Mosh performance. I woke up near the beginning of Weekend Update. I can't believe I did that.

dharmagrl

on Oct 31, 2004

I saw it, and I said that it was probably the worst Eminem performance I had seen to date. It was obvious he was using a teleprompter, and I could have sworn that he took the mike away from his mouth, stopped moving his lips..... but miraculously kept singing anyway.

Hmm......I'm going to paying closer attention to the SNL musical guests in the future.

RedneckHunter

on Oct 31, 2004

ViVa La Dixie Chicks!!!!.....lol

Least Nat had the juevos to speak out. If she did the same thing now, do you think the reaction would be the same? Probably not.

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