>this made boomers seethe
and now its commonplace.
*lip syncs*
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>this made boomers seethe
and now its commonplace.
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yeah, we had musical standards before.
oh yeah?
Yes
They were sold as a fictional band for a TV show.
>They were sold as a fictional band for a TV show.
Then why'd they tour as a real band? Why'd they release albums? Why did people seethe in the 90s about them being a fake band?
It was already commonplace. And it was already common in Europe to have completely manufactured "bands" where the people performing on stage played no part in composing or recording the music. Plastic Bertrand, Boney M, Technotronic, etc.
why is europe so soulless?
Two reasons I think:
First, a perceived need for visual spectacle and "performance" when an actual performance would be impractical, impossible, or just unappealing. When the entire project is really just one ugly middle aged guy with no charisma recording everything by himself in a studio, that's not going to be satisfying to an audience that wants excitement. So there has to be something to distract from the inherent boringness of it.
Second, practicality, because setting up and doing a sound check, etc. takes too long compared to just showing up and miming. TV studios, clubs, bands, etc. all got other shit to do. It's not worth blowing a whole day or two for a 4 minute TV appearance. So they're almost always mimed.
dude is pop, the whole thing is manufactured to get the biggest amount of people possible. That's why you should never treat pop as a serious genre like they do nowadays
>Boney M
same producer as milli vanilli
For his part, I don't think he ever expected that anyone would mistake his "groups" for serious artists. He knew he was making disposable pop music with a silly presentation. The problem was more American audiences expecting that everyone should at least pretend to be authentic.
he was total industry scumbag though
sure, but he was a decent pop songwriter, and surely right that no one wanted to see his ugly ass on stage
Sneed you know it's-
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you know it's good
there's an obvious distinction that has to be made, OP. milli vanilli as well as c+c music factory committed the unique sin of
>hiring great soul singers
>deceiving the audience into thinking the models were the singers
>people get pissed when they realize the trick
nobody cares about a performer lip-syncing to their own pre-recorded vocals long as they're mostly untouched
There was also Technotronic Pump Up the Jam.
Performed by an ugly bull dyke but the original video had a hotter black girl and even the cover of the album had her on it.
>be Martha Wash
>record what you are told is a demo song for another artist
>later see someone else lip syncing in a music video to an edit of your "demo"
>have to sue to get payment and credit
Black box also did the same thing lol