Sorry I missed it.

Vic

"It's generally rated pretty weak when you're a singer and "perform" live by lip synching. But it's really and truly lame when you can't even manage to lip synch. Even Milli Va-frickin-nilli could lip synch. Maybe she could get the one who's managed not to kill himself to give her lessons."

LOL!

Do you really want me to?

Actually, the band *was* playing the wrong song. She had performed that song earlier in the show. When they started playing it (and the vocal track) again, she shrugged, thinking, "why are you playing the song I've already performed?".

Don't construe this as in anyway defending her, because I really can't give a rat's ass about her music, but is it possible that the vocals that we hear are additional backing vocals? If you listen closely, they don't even sound remotely natural, with a lot of reverb on them at the beginning, and later on, highly compressed to get that "telephone" sound, and they fade in and out at key points in what little of the song they played, like right at the beginning, then at the end of the verse.

Did anyone see the earlier performance? Was she truly singing there or lipsyncing?

here's what i got off of newsfromme.com

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From a friend who works at NBC in New York...

What happened last night on SNL was that Ashlee Simpson got caught using pretaped vocals. Like you said, singers do pretape and then lip-sync on the air. Usually the show frowns on this but sometimes during rehearsal it becomes apparent that the performer needs it. I don't know the specifics here but I'm told Simpson had prerecorded tracks for both songs she did last night. Her first song was called "Pieces of Me" and it went fine. Second song was supposed to be a new one called "Autobiography" but someone screwed up and they started playing "Pieces of Me" again. Big oops. Someone did a fast patch for the West Coast feed to make it less obvious what had happened but it wasn't that the band started playing the wrong number. It was whoever was supposed to change the DAT or the CD or whatever her playback was on. I wasn't there at the time but I can imagine they rejected the idea of editing in the dress rehearsal tape for the West Coast since it would betray the show's "live" credo more than making a small audio edit. You're right that they'll probably edit the dress tape in when the show gets rerun unless the incident becomes too famous.

I love it when siblings of real singers think they have talent even though they don't as you can obviously see. Jessica Simpson is a singer yet Ashlee thinks she shares the same talent genes. Her singing and lip synching was even made fun of on MAD TV a couple weeks ago- a sketch not only hilarious but true. I think she deserved the humiliation on SNL for living off her sister's talent. Find your own skill Ashlee- singing is not one of them; not even lip synching is.

fuck ashlee

Elton John was absolutely correct the other week when he said artists (and we use the term loosely) that lip sync in concert are frauds and steal money from their fans.

Take a listen to "artists" like Madonna, Jessica Simpson, and even Briney Spears sing live...they suck! If you have enough money, technology can make ANYBODY sound good.

Only true performers with talent can stand the test of time and perform live. Give me Robert Plant, Sting, Elton John, or Aretha Franklin. Heck, even Christina Aguilera and Celine Dion may sell-out to Pop...but they can sing.

Ashlee Simpson is a wannabee with no talent, riding her sister's tabloid coattails, and living off the allowances of 11 year old girls.

I predict within 6 months she will be done and overwith and proceed to attempt to "reinvent" herself as a gothic rocker. Wait a minute...Alanis Morissette already did that one!

I think that Ashlee is a good performer, even if she was just lip synching. Someone had to be singing the songs on the album that she put out, so she does have talent and is not fake as people were suggesting. I think that maybe something backstage could have went wrong, or that maybe she just wasnt on that night and decided that she was going to lip synch. No big deal. I am a fan of hers and i dont think that anyone should be saying that shes a "bogus" artist becuase of one performance. Yeah, it can be disappointing to huge fans but come on... look at that damn Britney Spears. Don't get me started!

I thought she said she was the "anti" Britney type and all along she turned out to be the same exact type. She's lucky to have a sister like Jessica so we don't have to focus on or look at her. Anybody who bought her album deserves a refund. Better Luck next time.

P.S. Did Mobb Deep break up?

Haha, that totally made my day.

i think ashlee is a great person she has awsome stlye and is a great singer and dancer, and probaly CAn sing she was jsut scared about doing it live. so what if she lip syncs? so does brittany spears and MANY others.

Actually, it was the wrong song. Ashlee had already sang that song and was supposed to be singing "Shadow" when the mishap happened. Alot of artists have back up recordings playing while they sing. She missed the cue because it was the wrong song smart guy. Why isnt anyone bashing britney fuckin spears...all she does is lip synch. maybe if ashlee simpson flaunts her tits and wears shorts that her ass hangs out of, then maybe the media and all you fags wont care if she "lip synchs" a song or two. get a life and know your shit before you start talkin about it. idiot.

Actually. Believe it or not. It was all a hoax. While watchins the RMA'S, Simpson began to perform and the band started to play "Piece's Of Me", and Simpson shrugged, as to make you think it was a repeat of the SNL incident. But this time she yelled "JUST KIDDING." And played "Autobiography.".. I think. :)

why is this such a big problem? go find something else to talk about. pop is pop, its not supposed to be inspiring and progessive filled to the brim with musical prowess, its supposed to be fun and light. a show is a show, SNL fucked hers up, she allready SANG that song, maybe she was going to lipsync it all or maybe it was just vocal aid. why oh why do people have to lunge at every 'popstar' as soon as they screw up. i think the band looked much to smug btw.. im not a fan or a staunch supporter of ashlee simpson, HOWEVER i am against this self righteous prattling about how pop artists or whoever are sellouts, last time i checked every other band that most ppl listen to, be it metal or "punk" or "rap" are charging for thier music. HELLOOO its called a JOB, go whine about enron or the government if you want to talk about real sellouts. HAH!

I saw the whole thing and I did notice there was something strange going on during Ashlee's first performance. When she began singing, it sounded like a very bad back-up singer was singing along with her-- not in harmony, but singing the same part. It was just very out of tune and it sounded pretty bad. This stopped after a few bars, and after that it was obvious she was lip-synching. I don't see how people can't tell when a celebrity is doing this. Is Ashlee to be blamed for lip-synching or are her fans to be blamed for not being able to tell the difference?

Well, if you've ever seen her show that included footage of the recording of her album, you would know that she sound like crappola.

It's about fucking time that people finally recognized that Ashelee is a fake and a poser. She has a horrible voice and her, like many supposed artists who lip sync, are frauds like Sir Elton said and are cheating the fans. I don't care who you are or how many records u sell. it doesn't make it right. Does anybody find it amusing how she tries to be "punk" and sings songs of how she had it so rough (Shadow) when in reality she's a sweet,innocent blond hair daughter of a minister who is extremely wealthy due to the fact that they leach off Jessica. Unless you grew up in a foster home, or were a crack baby, don't give me that crap of how you had it so rough when there are millions dying everyday. She is not talented, her show sucks, her album sucks, and unless she poses topless at Playboy or does an amateur porn a la Paris, her career,if u can call it that, will be over! Thank God!

So, what I'm wondering is what happened exactly. I've seen a few articles on it, but they all say kind've different things and they don't mention what actually happens in the clip. I also can't find any threads or anything on it...

So, does anyone know what happened exactly? For instance, why the hell does the sound go in and out in the beginning? You can tell that the whole band is all confused, but you can tell that they're actually playing their instruments...but then their instruments fade in and out the whole time too, so it seems like it's the same track. I don't doubt that she's lip-syncing(sp) but all of the sites and articles I've seen either seem to bash her or protect her, rather than talking about what happened.

As of now, the only thing that I've seen is her record companies explanation of what happened.

why is this such a big problem? go find something else to talk about. pop is pop, its not supposed to be inspiring and progessive filled to the brim with musical prowess, its supposed to be fun and light. a show is a show, SNL fucked hers up, she allready SANG that song, maybe she was going to lipsync it all or maybe it was just vocal aid. why oh why do people have to lunge at every 'popstar' as soon as they screw up. i think the band looked much to smug btw.. im not a fan or a staunch supporter of ashlee simpson, HOWEVER i am against this self righteous prattling about how pop artists or whoever are sellouts, last time i checked every other band that most ppl listen to, be it metal or "punk" or "rap" are charging for thier music. HELLOOO its called a JOB, go whine about enron or the government if you want to talk about real sellouts. HAH!

Pop singers deserve to be ridiculed because they're influencing a huge degradation in music. Music is merging with fashion and it blows. I mean, sure if people want to buy the shit they have a right to, but it's disgusting to think that such talentless heaps of nutsack and corporate assholes are exploiting music so much to make money. I mean, look at it, music is getting so much worse. Pop music should be "inspiring and progessive filled to the brim with musical prowess", and could be too. There are good bands out there, there are even good pop bands, but since the new age of pop everything is shit...I dare say since MTV. But then, I guess MTV was cool at first, then asshole corporate barons got even more of a hold on it...and then they controlled popular music media, and then they controlled popular music...

But then, there has been a good amount of good music to come out of MTV I guess.

And about the metal rap punk blahimdumb sellout thing. The term sellout doesn't really apply to ashlee simpson, I mean it does kinda, but only in the sense that she has been a sellout since conception. Most of the time people get pissed when bands are good local bands, and then first sign with a (big - for some people any) record company...or when they change their music to sell more music, or change/censor it to break onto the popular scene, or fit in with corporate fuckers saying "More sex, babe. Mention love so the girls will like you. Take out that lyric that says "Christianity is for buttholes"...You know...the actual things some bands do to deserve the sellout title, Cunt ^_^.

But don't get me wrong, the term can still be applied to Ashlee in a huge gigantic way, just not in the way you think it applies bitch.

CHEERS!

huh ?

This kind of sham is typical of the Texas-style maxim "anything for a buck". This includes selling out your own children no matter what the cost to their fragile little minds (remember the cheerleader mother a few years back?) This chick and every other hack like her are stealing from the fans and are complete frauds. I like the idea mentioned earlier about having to identify a so-called "live performance" as elecronically or digitally enhanced as to avoid any confusion about whether lip synching is going on. About the band: they missed a golden opportunity to step up to the mike, take over the show and jam without Ms. Worthless. One of them must sing better than she does; her voice is shit. As for real music, Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers said it best: "There are only two types of music in the world, music with soul and music without soul". Start listening to the Peppers and real music, and throw out the fakes like Simpson with the rest of the garbage. Your life will better for it.

Ashlee Simpson's disastrous SNL performance the other day gave me final confirmation about something I have suspected for some time - she's a redneck. Examine the facts:

1. She has a mullet
2. She and her dad are SUPER close
3. She is hell-bent on bringing the barn-dance jig mainstream.

Yeah come on.

U R ALL JEALUS OF ASHLEE!!!! I BET U ALL WERE IN YUR HIGH SKOOL TALENT SHOW, AND YOU LIP SYNCED TO THAT STUPID SONG "PEACHES" BY PREZIDENTS OF THE USA! U ALL WISH U COULD SING AND DANCE LIKE ASHLEE, BUT GEUSS WHAT? U CANT!!!!!! SO TAKE A LOOK IN THE MIRROR, WHY DONT U, BEFORE U GO OPENING YOUR BIG GREASY PIE HOLEZ!?!?!?!

This is hilarious!!

Just get over it.... She has no talent and now everyone knows it. ;)

Oh, shut your pie hole bitch. The people on here are not jealous. We just grew up with better music, like Aerosmith, AC/DC, Van Halen, you know... music that rocks and stays around for years. These newby teenie-bopper bands come and go all the time. They just ride the wave until they fall off. So, her singing career may be over, but she can still pose???

hostile

Ashlee Simpson just proved to the world that she lacks talent, she cannot sing without a backup track to help her along and didn't Ashlee want to be different than pop stars? then why is she doing, what they do! Shes a fake, a phony, and her daddy is trying to cover up her mistakes. Ashlee is a big girl and if shes a true rocker, she would be able to cover her tracks better than she did. Why didn't this come up Saturday after the show? That she had stomach acid problems. I know why, because its all fabricated!

Can anyone say Jump the Shark at SNL?

that would imply they did it on purpose

TO MAYBE: NO U SHUT YER PIE HOLE!!!! U LIKE STINY MUZAK LIKE VAN HALEN!!! HA HA! EVERYONE KNOWS SAMMY HAGAR RUINED THAT BAND!!!! DAVE LOST HIS HAIR LINE, BUT U LOST YOUR COOL BUDDY, CANT DRIVE 55, I'LL NEVER BUY YER LOUSY RECORDS AGAIN!!!!! AND AEROSMITH??? HA HA!!! WOT WAS THAT LOUSY CRAP BLUSE FARCE THEY JEST RELEASED?!?!!? ONLY OLD HAGGARD REDNECKS BUY THAT GARBAGE!!!! ATLEAST U LIKE ONE GOOD BAND ACDC. BUT U STILL ARE CLUELESS AND OLD AND HAVE NO TASTE!!!!! SO U SHUT YOUR PIE HOLE AND YOUR CORN HOLE, CRABBYPANTS!!!!

to bricklover... okay, so we all have different taste in music, fine. but you shouldn't assume that we all were in talent shows. many people really have no desire to perform and therefore aren't jealous of the fame of others. what most of the people here are saying is that lip syncing is not "being your true self" in giving an audience (and all of the fans that spend money for music) what they deserve. it's just a big reality slap in the face when someone gets caught doing this, that's all. don't get so worked up over it.

I always wondered how long it would be before Dick Cheney noticed this site.

HAHA...this is getting great. come on people, almost every band that sings live has a pre-recorded "vocal aid". its not lip synching or "seeling out" its a just in case type of thing. haha you are all so funny. i doubt any of you could even give me the true definition of a sell out. someon eon here said its when a band changes their music to make more money or get more popular...well that doesnt make sense seeing as how ever band is going to evolve and sound different. if a band sounded the same on every record, i doubt they would be around for long. so everyone just pout away the passifiers and baby wipes and quit cryin and yellin at everyone. everyone has their own opinions and no one can prove someones opinion wrong. in my opinion ashlee simpson can sing and can dance and has a great personality. and just because she wasnt "in a foster home or a crack baby" doesnt mean she didnt have a hard life. i doubt you were either of those but im sure youve bitched about your life once or twice. everyone goes through shit and its her way to vent. get the fuck over it. fuckin mindless cunts.

STOP CONCENTRATING ON THINGS THAT DONT MATTER POR FAVOR!!!! EVERYBODY MAKES MISTAKES THATS HOW WE LEARN (hopefully you learn)

i agree with qwert totally , you guys need to get right with GOD that would probably help you more than you'll ever know..i promise

Did anyone catch the Radio Music Awards performance?

shes fantastic i think she just got caught up in people telling her what she should do, like managers, producers, etc. and if it was the acid reflux then i totally understand because that can be painful! and in her defense she did metion that she had a problem with that on her show. All in all shes great, can sing and has a cool personality from what i can tell

that acid reflux excuse was pathetic.

she claims she lost her voice because of it earlier in the day.

how does this explain her 'singing' the first song?

or being involved in sketches?

or attempting to explain the problem at the end of the show?

yikes.

yah it was great ashlee did a good job she so funny :o)

she was just trying to be like my Britney Spears!! Can't sing & dance at the same time!!

And for the idiot, the 1st song was PRE-RECORDED!!!!

:-) have a great day!

spears is the queen!

HEY DONT YOU TALK ABOUT HER LIKE THAT!!you SPEARS girl!! Ashlee had acid reflux that is painful, you can still talk normal when you have it!!!!!! BUT SINGING CAN BE STRAINFUL it doesnt take as much effort to talk as it does to sing GIVE HER A BREAK PLEASE!!!!!

um. . . to "bummer" why don't you just marry Ashlee if you love her that much!
Oh - btw - give that excuse a break! and start doing something other than worrying about Ashlee - don't you know that is what her parents are for!!

MAYBE i will!! :o) do u know how i can talk to her?? --- to spears wannabe

I LOVE ASHLEE LEAVE HER ALONE!!!!!!!!

I think you people need to get a life!?!
Ashlee is a great singer, but please - move on already!!

OH

Ashlee will never be as good as her sister! She will always be in her shadow!

ok ill try to move on but its just so hard to...and also this is a ashlee forum so ya kinda gotta talk about ashlee, dont ya think :o)

Hilarious! Jessica & Ashlee - NEITHER can sing OR has talent. Jessica is at least a hot piece of ass whereas Ashlee is an ugly pig.

Yes i believe they are both great singers but i tend to like ashlee's music better because its different and i dont think she in her sisters shadow becuz who are we talking about on here ashlee or jessica??

Interesting. First the Ten Tenors and now this. Is there a law that says you have to be a hostile, ill-informed, poor writer to like bad music? Or is it vice versa?

ASHLEE IS BEAUTIFUL !! I DONT KNOW WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT AND APPARENTLY YOU DONT EITHER :o)

its all in your taste buds

all you ashlee haters should shut up! she is friends with jenna & barbara bush & if they like her so do i! keep us all safe:

support Bush-Cheney 04

ASHLEE ROCKS

WHOO-HOO LUV ya guys

Ashlee would be great if she bleached her hair blonde, lost 20 pounds & severed her vocal chords...

what are you talking about she is great in my view.... shes fine

AsHLEE amazes me everytime she sings like a little song bird sitting in a tree

im got her cd its grrrreat like frosty flakes

it's funny how she made that song about living under her sister's 'shadow' and all...she wanted to break out and show how she too had talent, that she was different from jessica, maybe even better...well ashlee...i have one thing to ask...why can't you be more like your sister?

NO ONE SHOULD EVER SEVERE THEIR VOCAL CORDS WHY WHY WHY TELL ME WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT

about this comment- "Yes i believe they are both great singers but i tend to like ashlee's music better because its different and i dont think she in her sisters shadow becuz who are we talking about on here ashlee or jessica??"

...we're talking about ashlee because she fucked up her lip-syncing. ...think about that one.

because she is not her sister and she should not be like her sister yah for ashlee we root for you baby go girl go

Oh god I laughed my ass off upon seeing the "incident." I don't understand why some of you are trying to defend her or formulate lame excuses as to why the mishap occurred. Fact, Ashlee Simpson has zero talent. I can only hope her sister is the real thing. Specifically her breasts.

ya but we are not really talking about jessicas music or anythng on here right we are just talking about jessica right now cuz shes ashlees sister

It must be hard being the smarter, yet talentless, unattractive sister who daddy is ashamed of.

i like ashlee too "well" you should start a fan club

we are defending her because she is a member of the human race and no one expect you know who is perfect if people enjoy her music let it go .. it makes someone happy to listen to it...even if its not yourself .... a mistake was made no crime was commited

Hey,

There's a perfectly reasonable explanation for what happened.

--The New York Yankees, the Star Wars Kid, George W Bush, and Paris Hilton

i dont judge women by the size of their breasts ASHLEE IS BEAUTIFUL inside and out and she shouldnt care what people think of her as long as she is right with GOD.

I think that we are all jealous ;)

ASHLEE LOVE YA DARLIN NO WORRIES

JOE is right hes always right huh --smart boy you are joe

I LOVE YOU ASHLEE

YOUR THE cream of the crop BABY

GO ASHLEE

ashlee dont worry about it stuff happens

I agree about"it only matters if she's right with God" but she doesn't act like she is, she cusses all the time, without shame. Even though her dad's a preacher, doesn't mean she's a sweet Christian girl.

first off am i the only one who saw her show she sucks. she can not sing a lick. She is byting off of her sisters talent, do any of you think for one minute that she would have a record contract or any fame of she were not related to jessic puleeze. I knew that she couldn't perform live when i saw her on the vma's. Hello she sounded like she was choking on soggy garbage. People like who they like, but a person with talent could sing a song accapella. i think ashlee and britney wouldn't even make it to hollywood on american idol!

everyone is able to have their own likes and dislikes and their own opinions but you dont have to be ugly about it.... i for one enjoy ashlee's singing and would'nt trade it for anything in the world :o)

i love ashley yes i do shes so cool how bout you

UM.... are we talking about the twin ashley

Ya ashley olsen shes cool i like her alot i've got every single movie shes ever made her and her sister......

ASHLEY ROCKS i heard shes getting straight A's in school they are beautiful sweet AND smart

WHY are you guys saying such bad stuff about ashley?? she doesnt even sing she acts ..duh... except 4 that little rap video they did when her and mary-kate were younger

YOU GUYS SHOULDNT make fun of mary-kate and ashley or anyone 4 that matter

you go girl!!

you suck.....stop riding your sister's coat tails... did i mention you suck and have NO TALENT

I think Ashlee Simpson is a wack girl with no talent. She wants to be like her sister and is no where close to being as pretty or as talented as jessica. Can't she see that she the ugly duckling and she needs to get over her spoiled rich-girl episodes. That black her makes her look horrible and with that bird nose, now she really looks like a crow and caw's like one too. haha we've just witnessed it live, that's so great! Too bad i missed it!

Everyone here needs to go to this site: http://et.tv.yahoo.com/music/2004/10/26/ashleesimpsonradiomusicawards/
which explains the whole thing. If anyone out there watched the show, Ashlee has severe acid reflux disease and lost her voice a few hours before the show. Yet she still wanted to go on, so she decided to play the voice track and at least try to sing over it. Later she got a cortisone shot and her voice was okay but went into shock when the wrong song played, which was why she didn't "try"

Riiiiiiight.

This is what "cooljay" wrote in response to teresa h.k.

"NO ONE SHOULD EVER SEVERE THEIR VOCAL CORDS WHY WHY WHY TELL ME WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT"

It's hard to believe that there are people as stupid as THIS -- then again, it is an Ashlee Simpson fan.

why are all of u arguing....ashlee simpson is just chasing the shadow of her sister and never had talent in the first place.....songs on the radio were horrible anyway.....she will be out of the picture soon...just let it ride

Ashlee simpson sang thew wrong words to her song last night on the RMA's.[autobiography]
I know the words she sang them wrong!!!

I was amazed at how comfortable she was on that first song. Lorne Michaels is the Fraud. Well, and so is Ashlee and her father. We do know singers are human and that's why shows get cancelled. She is MILLI_VANILLI all over again. As bad as I felt for her, I hope she is OVER. Lorne Michaels should be OVER too for lying every week of every year for twenty-five plus years. I watch these performers every week and I saw the Spice Girls voices quake, unlike the record, when they performed. I saw many others tough out the first few seconds, let's face it, they are singing for millions not thousands on SNL, then put together strong endings. That is live and that's why I love it. I will only take this once more Mr. Michaels , and then you will not count me among the lifelong viewers. I have seen every episode except a few while I served in the Navy. I am disgusted with Ashlee, Lorne and especially that scumbag Joe Simpson. What a discredit he has brung to the Simpson name. After all the good work the cartoon has done.

Ok yeah, It was obviously a recording because when the track began Ashlee's microphone was at her side, near her knee and words were coming out of the speakers. Unless ms simpson has magical powers and can sing out of her knee caps, this was recorded earlier. Her band started to play along with the already recorded music in an attempt to cover it up, but it wasnt the bands fault. I think its so immature and selfish for her to blame this on her band, it wasnt their fault, if anything they were trying to save her sorry ass

way to suck ass, Ashlee.

Also, how the hell can you be a "fan" of Ashlee Simpson? (If you're under 13, then I understand). I mean, there's only about 236 other singers that make "music" that sounds exactly like her. So, you're either an idiot or a really hopeless idiot.

Well, well... seems like we have a bunch of unmarried marriage counsellors on this board.

As a musician, I am always offended when someone lip-syncs. I've had nights where my voice is ratched, but I still go out and perform, even if I can't talk the next day. It's called a job. I am paid by people to entertain, but I guess some people will pay just to watch someone dance (mental note...). These people do not appreciate live music. They typically will go to dance clubs and not to see live bands because they are uneducated on the true power of music. Ever watch a band play a song and tangent into a completly different song or feel? That is power of interpretation, and that, my friends, is what makes live performances the treat they should be. Lip synchers are all too worried about being perfect, when its the imperfections that makes this world beautiful, and makes us human. There is nothing like nailing a song live, and the rush from it can not be matched.

For some reason, many people are protecting Ashlee from shame and ridicule because she could not perform live. As she said on her website: "I can't cancel something like 'SNL... You and I know that even if I synched on it or not, I'd still get seen by millions, maybe even make a few more fans."

It's all about being seen, isn't it?

You can tell the quality of a musician on their live performance! The only musicians on that SNL stage were her band. If you listen close, they start into the right song "Autobiography" (listen to the drums), then as soon as they heard the vocal track, they switched to her "Pieces of Me" song. See... that's the power of being a musician... being able to adapt.

And that is TRUE TALENT! (Pick up an instrument sometime and see what I mean)

Btw... recording studios can do amazing things now (pitch correction, vocal analyzers)... so don't just assume that someone is brilliant singer just by their album.

P.S. Acid reflux my ass! Try singing with a head cold.

I really can't understand how anybody could defend Ashlee Simpson. Just because you may like her album, her stlye, or her personality (as portrayed in the media), it doesn't mean that she necessarily has huge talent. An artist who can't preform their own music live simply should not play live - Let her sell a bunch of albums, that's fine. But understand that her voice undergoes massive technical reconstruction before it's combined with the music - and people shouldn't let what they hear on her record be confused with her true, raw talent. There's two sides to an artists popularity - their record and their live preformances. It is morally wrong to attempt to gain popularity through lying. And lip synching is lying. Ashlee and her press immediately came out with three to four different excused as to why the preformance went wrong - this sends a clear message of a coverup. It's as simple as that. True, I may not be a huge fan of pop music, but I certainly give credit where credit is due - and Ashlee Simpson has proven that she does not deserve the credit she gains in her "live preformances."

It's not Ashlee Simpon's fault she sucks. It's not her fault she can't carry a tune or even lipsync. It's the music recording industries fault. THEY are the ones that said "OK" to Ashlee, THEY are the ones that said "OK" to giving her a career.

Everyone on here should be insulted that some jerk(s) sitting in an office at a record label consider you stupid and indescriminating enough to purchase music by Ashlee Simpson or anyone else of her calibre for that matter. Those of us with functioning ears and discriminating taste are offended by what the music industry has shoved down our throats for the last 10 years. Britney Spears should have never been, Backstreet Boys, N*Sync, and the list goes on. Why are these people getting music careers when they can not carry a tune? It's a slap in the face to everyone who knows how to play a guitar, play a piano, write a song and carry a note. What we have before us today are imposters, they are merely puppets of the music industry, they're told to stand on stage, hold a microphone and look pretty -- that's why things like last nights SNL performance happen -- NO TALENT!!!!

ashlee is a fucking joke. people submit songs that hopefully get placed on her record so those otherwise good songwriters can pay their bills. she is nothing more than a McDonalds cheezeburger for little kids- packaged, pressed, auto-tuned, and media-hyped. i hope this SNL situation sinks her for ever. and all the little dopes like her. let's have some real artists PLEASE!

one more thing- FOR GEFFEN RECORDS- YOU FUCKING DIPSHITS- WHY DON'T YOU OPEN YOUR EYES AND GET A REAL ARTIST ON YOUR ROSTER. YOU STUPID SHITHEADS

Im glad that the music industury has been exposed by Ashlee Simpson. Her entire career has been based around an oppertunity to make a lot of money off her sister's fame. Since when has musical talent been based off who you know, or are related to? This is the future of music, and we all have to suck it up. There will never be another Billy Joel, Elton John or Bob Segar; why you ask? Because music is no longer about musical talent and hard work, its about how well you dance, how attractive you are and how much money you can rake in based on that months popular trend. Talentless people such as Ashlee Simpson should go to college and better themselves, or do porn. Either option is better than unleashing her horrible voice on the public!!

Typical corporate kid rock. No talent. Shake your ass, swing your head and you're a star.

Damn. That didn't work for me.

If Ashlee's all right with god then she's all right by me. God blessed her with lip syncing ability but cursed her with the uglies, acid reflux and irritable bowel syndrome. America should be proud of god's gifts like Ashlee, GW Bush, & Jessica's fine ass. Maybe too much pole swallowing has damaged her golden throat! Come on guys - give her a break!

Actually to the person who suggested she sang her songs on her cd, that person doesn't take into account that the editor can tweak the vocals to put them in the right key. No, it's pretty obvious ashlee is a no talent ass clown.

"all you ashlee haters should shut up! she is friends with jenna & barbara bush & if they like her so do i! keep us all safe:

support Bush-Cheney 04"

I see how it is. Anyone who disagrees with you shouldn't voice their opinion because you think differently? And you know, you don't have to like EVERYTHING that someone else does,just because you support them or whatever. It just shows that you have no thoughts of your own, that you only follow the lead of someone else. And why even try to bring politics into this anyway? It's already a stupid debate. We all know the facts, what's everyone arguing about?

And even if some people say she has "talent" , she's still a liar and I cannot respect that at all.

To you SVJ - if you know whats good for you, respect, praise & obey: god, gw bush, ashlee.

I think if Ashlee Simpson was to put on a thong bikini and have a 'rasslin match with Britney Spears, Britney Spears would pin her 1-2-3! Britney Spears would pin Jessica Simpson too - 1-2-3! Ashlee Simpson is the worst singer AND the worst 'rassler too! That's what I think. Her singing career is OVER! Her 'rassling career is OVER! But she does a good retard dance.

Is this a pro-Bush website? I'm confused. I enjoyed Ashlee Simpson's show on MTV because I could relate to a lot of the issues on it, being 19 and female. But when she sang on the show she wasn't in tune at all, she was struggling, and then the album came out and she sounded perfectly in tune. Of course she can't sing live. At least she's human. She's not famous for being an amzing singer. She's the most interesting pop singer out there because she isn't perfect, and doesn't have a perfect face like her perfect sister. Perfect people get boring anyways.
But now that I know she's friends with the Bush daughters, I'm not sure if I like her anymore.

Kerry all the way baby! We have to protect the environment :)

Is this a pro-Bush website? I'm confused. I enjoyed Ashlee Simpson's show on MTV because I could relate to a lot of the issues on it, being 19 and female. But when she sang on the show she wasn't in tune at all, she was struggling, and then the album came out and she sounded perfectly in tune. Of course she can't sing live. At least she's human. She's not famous for being an amzing singer. She's the most interesting pop singer out there because she isn't perfect, and doesn't have a perfect face like her perfect sister. Perfect people get boring anyways.
But now that I know she's friends with the Bush daughters, I'm not sure if I like her anymore.

Kerry all the way baby! We have to protect the environment :)

Sandee, this is primarily a pop culture website, not a political one, but it is in season now. Politically, I'd say it's multi-partisan. There's plenty of Kerry supporting Bush bashers, and all other kinds of danged pinkos.

Then there's me.

Of course she can't sing live. At least she's human. She's not famous for being an amzing singer.

Oh dear god. A singer who can't sing live and isn't famous for being ... an amazing singer. But, hey, she's *awesome*!

Someone please shoot me before my kids become adolescents.

Goodness. I'm not pround of being a fan, in fact my favorite bands include the Rolling Stones, Radiohead, etc. I don't tell anyone I sympathize with Ashlee cause it's embarassing. I don't like her music, I just sympathize with her cause she's an insecure dork on her show like everyone else. She's a funny guilty pleasure, a person I can relate to in a weird way. I agree that she should not be famous. Her show was better than her album, because it showed how it sucks to be Jessica's weird little sister. I am a singer myself. I know singers are supposed to be actually talented, that is the whole idea, but people don't relate to her because she's a good singer is all I'm saying.

Ashlee is a fugly, talent-less spoiled brat who leeches off her sister's fame and whines about how tough it is growing up rich. Boo-hoo, dry your eyes with your millions and for god's sake take a weed-wacker to that hair and get some singing lessons. YOU SUCK ASHLEE SIMPSON and hopefully your career will end because of this unfortunate bout of "acid-refux", a.k.a. COMPLETE LACK OF TALENT!!!! And I'm sure your band is real happy that you blamed it on them. That's loyalty.

yo- i agree w/ sandee! i don't really like ashlee... but she is at an insecure time- and is ignorant ESPECIALLY SINCE SHE IS FRIENDS W/ BUSH'S DAUGHTERS-EWWW- how can u be friends w/ somebody htat is so close to evil
BUSH IS EVIL- HE CALLS HIMSELF A CHRISTIAN- BUT HE IS JUST PORTRAYING THAT TO THE PEOPLE THAT EAT THAT LIKE CHICKENFEED- BUSH IS KILLING MOTHER NATURE- IM NOT TOO RELIGIOUS MYSELF- I DONJ'T CARE ABOUT WHEHTER HE IS A GOOD CHRISTIAN- I CARE ABOUT WHETHER BUSH IS A GOOD PRESIDENT0- AND HE IS NOT -BUSH IS EVIL- IF HE WINS , OUR COUNTRY IS GONNA BE FROWNED UPON AND WE WILL BE ATTACKED...

SO-
VOTE FOR KERRY IF YOU WANT A SAFE, ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY, AND GROWING ECONOMY COUNTRY!

are you guys old enough to vote (just wondered)

I SUPPORT BUSH

I think the Simpson sisters should run for office

simpson family is media whore!

no more than many - they're just successful at it

you guys need to lay off of ashlee

ashlee's beautiful

Its sad that people are on here calling ashlee simpson fat, ugly, stupid, etc...someone made a point that we are talking about her music, not her looks. why do you feel the need to point out her every imperfection? could it be that youre unhappy with your own appearance? the media has fed people bullshit about how you have to look and act and talk and dress to be popular and liked in this world. fuck those people and their stereotypes and fuck all of you losers on here talking down about ashlee because she may have lyp synched one song. who fucking cares??? although she may have been lyp sunching, it still was her face on the recording no? and to the person comparing ashlee to britney..watch any britney concert..she lip synchs EVERY damn song. her tits and ass and bullshit media are what got her famous. that bitch cannot sing. this is the way i see it...whether ashlee lip synchs a song or two..how does it effect your life? it doesnt. so quit bitchin and get the fuck over it.

People will do anything to make money. Yes, that includes lying to the American public. Why are we so shocked to find this out? This happens on all levels from the little untalented sister of a pop star all the way up to the president of the United States. Greed is and always will be a problem in this great country of ours and if we don't like it get over it because it isn't much different anywhere else. They should really change the name from music industry to image industry because that is all they are trying to sell us. When you go into the music store near you what do you see when you look at all the covers............a bunch of good looking and young males and females shining from the nearest cd cover like an advertisement in a glamour magazine. Where are all the talented ugly people? Now sure there are some artists out there that made it despite their looks but the majority is not a mixed bag. We have all probably noticed this in the past and the only reason to bring this up is to try to explain why a girl like Ashlee Simpson can be shoved in our children's faces as the next big star that they should spend their money on. Honestly it isn't fair to single out little Simpson because there are a host of young untalented performers out there in this "pop" craze that has assaulted the music industry and changed it into what should now be know known as the image industry. We have come a long way from the starry-eyed dreamer staring at you and declaring, "It's about the music man" to the corporate monster in his top hat saying while he strokes his handle bar mustache "I think we can make money off of this one." The truth of it all is the image industry is just looking for the next big seller not the next Beatles. The result of course is what we witnessed on SNL when Aslee Simpson went to "sing" her second of two songs. After being caught with her pants down Simpson retreated like the fire alarm had just been pulled (but of course not before doing some insane dance that made her look even more of a fool). After this happened she blamed it on acid reflux disease. Acid reflux disease??? Now I am not even going to get into why acid reflux is now a DISEASE.........cough cough (MONEY) but are we to believe nobody could get her a freaking Tums. Maybe since acid reflux is now classified as a disease we are not meant to understand its effects because lets face it who amongst us knows and is an expert in diseases it just sounds so complicated. If any of you have this "disease" you would know that it wouldn't have caused such a thing. Maybe when the next future American pop princesses gets caught being a fraud it will just be because they have bad hair day disease and they left their new wonder drug from the sweet drug companies, who care only for the health of Americans, at home that day. But wait Ashlee Simpson is talented person because she writes her own songs!!! I myself have written songs too and dress up as batman and save the world from danger all the time. Point being we can all make up whatever we want. Why can't Simpson just go onto the today show or wherever it was she told her insane tale and tell us the truth? Look into the camera and tell us that it is about who you know and what you look like today not about the music. Tell us that because she is the sister of Jessica Simpson there are people out there that thought they could make money off of her. Tell us that she is just in it for the fame and money not because she wants to be a meaningful performer. Tell us that her songs are written for her and that all she does is sing them in a studio that doctors it up and makes it sound great. Don't tell us that you always sing live and this is the first time you haven't. Maybe she should just tell us that the dog ate her singing voice. This is about money not music the image industry can make anybody a star providing they are good looking and able to dance to take the focus off their lips while "singing." The point is that we should not act surprised when something like this happens. We should except that this is what the industry has become and until we discover that the only way to stop it is by not buying the music of such performers we are only encouraging them and their producers to shell out more and more of this trash. The only way for the average everyday person to fight back is by taking away what matters most to these people.....money. It used to be you heard songs that meant something to the people writing them and to the people listening to them. Today songs do not mean a damn thing but another vacation for someone who is already overpaid. What was once the music industry an industry that cared about the music and the meaning and purpose of song is now the image industry one that cares only for money and profit.

being an artist myself, i've been in the studios many times. you cannot make someone sound good if they truly suck. so hop off her gonads. she can sing, acusticly permitting. i've done shows where we play a track in the background for the vocals but softer. they help you stay on time with the music and they help you out if your voice suddenly gives out. it happens people, get the hell over it. if you cant stand someone making a mistake, deal. she is an artist. why try to do what everyone else thinks you should? if the poor girl is sick, let her be sick and do what it takes to please her audience. background vocals are something almost EVERYONE uses in performances. it's the same dam thing as back up vocalists. what do you think the other people with the microphones are doing at a toby keith concert? just get over it. she messed up. just like i'm sure everyone of you out there is perfect too.

Ashlee without a "backing tape" reminds me of Bush without a script - utterly LOST.
Maybe she is the long lost 3rd fat, ugly Bush triplet.
Scratch the surface and there is NOTHING left!!!!!
Empty, mindless, inane media created/enabled robots that spew garbage to the ignorant masses.
Heil Cheney!

I barely know who this Ashlee person is but I did watch the video. The people who are saying that it was just a backing vocal to help her with cues etc. are neglecting the fact that the recorded vocals we heard came through the PA not her headphones. There's a big difference between listening to a backing vocal that only you can hear (not that big of a deal and I suspect most singers do it), and having the pre-recorded vocal so far up in the mix that it drowns out any actual singing you might do (a rip-off) which is what I saw.

as discussed here, there is no question that the backing recording had a lead vocal on it, but she sang along with it, or over it because the live lead was much louder than the recorded lead; ie, she had considerable "help," but she did sing live.

Haha, all you people are trying to defend her saying "oh it's just her back-up vocals bla bla bla" if that was the case I'm sure no one would care, and she would have stayed on stage and did something, instead she danced around like an idiot, then walked off leaving her band behind... what a bitch.

Elton John has a point, lip synching is, in fact, stealing from the paying fans, advertisers, etc. Hmmmmmm, so does that justify downloading their counterfeit talent for free?

I find it is funny that Ashlee's fans go to such lengths to defend her when they are the ones she ripped off. While her sister can belt out perfect pitch vocals anywhere, Ashlee is a bit of a hanger on who hasn't got the natural talent nor the dedication to practice her chops. There are many, many siblings who have tried to cash in and failed - Tito and Jermaine come to mind - they just weren't frontmen.

Soon Ashlee will go back to kissing Jessica's ass and reverting to her true talent as handmaiden.

Speaking of beauty, Jessica certainly isn't the perfect beauty but her imperfections gel into a harmonious quality now aided by the best of make up artists. Ashlee wasn't blessed in this department, her imperfections just kind of linger. Not that you have to be beautiful to be a successful singer, but she is playing the beauty card and it isn't working.

Her 'miss personality' display on SNL and subsequent nonsensical excuses show that she has not yet matured and has somewhat of a diva dumbass complex. The fact that she thinks that she can fob off the SNL fans with a foolishly contrived lie will piss most people off and they will drop her.

Too bad, her songs weren't half bad....paging damage control!!!!

i didnt mean it i love ashlee simpson shes lovely

me too

Ashlee's a Bush loving, no-singing, no-talent hag!

Oh, now Bush is being blamed for Ashlee Simpson? Come on. That ain't right.

Now, if it were Toby Keith caught lip-syncing, maybe.

Ashlee sucks. I think we all agree with that. I never even listened to that ho anyway. Even if she didnt lip-sync does that imply she has talent. She looks like a freakin' pigs butthole. Here's a tip ashlee, give up your so-called singing career and move on to something you're better at, like being a crackwhore you stupid bitch.

it's fun to watch someone so horrible at singing fail. it's just karma catching up.

it's sad to think of how there use to be all these great live artists, and now they are all put to the back of the line, cause they won't prerecord thier music.
music has been live for centuries, now we sell music, not for talent, but for a look.

be nice when we can have someone back that just doesn't give a damn what they sound like, and just sings like mad. Kurt Kobain, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, tori amos all come to mind... just pure singers, no real "look" to sell.
I miss when music was about talent, and not a appearance.

i think that ashlee is totally awsome and it was just a lil mistake and i read in the newspaper that she was sick and she couldnt sing.. so lay of her!!! ASHLEE ROX!!!

of course they have a hundred excuses for her... except the most obvious.

she can't sing worth a damn.

what do you expect from her publicity people?

"yes we signed a person we knew had little to no talent, based on the fact she is a teenager and can be sold to the anti britney spears people, who fine avril lavigne alittle to intimedating, we knew she couldn't sing worth a damn, but then again neither can 9 outta ten people we sign, so thats not our concern, we try to hide the fact she can't sing as much as possible, and try to make her attractive so you will wanna be like her, and forget the fact shes just following around her older sisters career... first the music, then the tv show, next we think she will marry a backstreet boy to be like jessica... but who cares, as long as you ignore the fact that she a terrible singer, and just like her haircut we will make millions-so we signed a bad singer, how is that new?

sincerly,
-ashlee simpsons publicity crew- "

nope, never the truth, always...

oh my band was playing the wrong song...

SOOOOOO what... you were still lipsyncing the wrong song, get over it.

I was sick.

"then call in sick"

I am losing my voice...

"been losing your voice for the last year as far as I can tell"

nope, never the truth, just another excuse.

It's obvious that Bush bears responsibility for the Ashlee Simpson debacle. Where were the federal regulators from the President's FCC?

John Kerry will not only get Bin Laden, turn the French around, stop evil, and end poverty. He will also guarantee the integrity of live performances so that we don't have to again face the nightmare of another Milli Vanilli or Ashlee Simpson.

Also, he's going to clean up professional wrestling.

Finally, the Clenis is off the hook!

Ah, but they just savaged Ashlee on the new SNL with Eminem. Bin Laden on videotape mocking her was priceless.

Remember in Ashlee's show she was like "I'm not one of THOSE pop singers.... blah blah blah.... I'm all rock 'n roll". Now she has proved that she sucks even more than pop singers. At least Britney has a piece of hot ass.

Thank god her career is over!

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Ad, that's funny, did you see this?

ashley is so pretty ilove her music and i watch her shw all the time she is so cool.ilove her so much i want to be like ashleysimpson

"be like" in what way I wonder?

People people. Calm down. No one is perfect. NO ONE. Why is people so attached to that SNL incident? My god, just take a chill pill, grab some food and watch WWE or whatever. Go live your LIFE people! Stop sitting at your desk and commenting to these foolish forums. Your gonna waste ur life just talking trash. Go outside. Now!

If only Ashlee had a forward thinking PR
person and business agent in her corner.
(Pssssst,Hey Hollywood! I am available)
I think that they would be able turn Ms.
Simpsons recent "problems" into a money
making venture.Something along the lines
of "The Trials & Tribulations Of A Pre
Fab Pop Princess".

By showing what difficulties success can
bring to someone young and inexperienced
(even if it has been bought & paid for)
when they are not ready for it, how very
unforgiving the public is & how those 15
minutes of fame aren't all that they are
made out to be.


I feel that if this were presented with
honesty and a little but of humility and
tied in with the making of a video (she
would sing and promote this the end of
the show of course) she could turn her
proverbial lemons into lemonade.

Talent wise she is no better or worse
than any of the other tens of thousands
faceless Pop music entities out there in
the massive(on a strictly personal level
I'd rather hear the local animal shelter
being bombed with cinder blocks).

But it's became apparent over the past
few months that she'll never go to far
with her current career strategy, such
as it may be.Just a thought.

Ashley's suffering and humiliation- oh, the humanity. It's the stuff of great art, I'm sure.

Or it might be if she actually had any talent or brains.

She's a kid caught up in the BS fame machine, will she grow up to take charge of her career or fall by the wayside? I don't really care either way, but I think the kid sister trying to compete with the big sister makes sense at 17, but it is hardly the scandal it would be if an established artist was found to be using the same tricks, and being embarassed in the same way.

You know there's some parental management going on there. Half her cash is going to a family fund.

HW, you are closer to reality than you think - her trials and tribs are absolutely at the heart ofher "reality" show on MTV - that's the reason she has been so sanguine about it all: it's just fodder for the show.

ashlee is the best so shut up u biotches

I think Ashlee Simpson is a very talented singer... but wat happened that night on SNL was very unprofessional! she could have handled it better, instead of dancing about on stage..email on wat you think at taylor60cbemail.ca

Look. I'm not a big Ashlee Simpson fanatic, but my friend is. You people really need to get over it!!! It was just one mistake, shit. I mean don't you guys have better things to do. If some of you say that your against pop, then you shouldn't give a damn. You know it seems that flaming on Ashlee is very popular. Technically your being with pop on this one. And I'm gettin really sick of hearing Ashlee disses on TV. So just forget about it and move on with your fucking lives!!

Antipop, the SNL meltdown wasn't simply a "mistake." It's the deception of lip syncing. Nobody would care if she had flubbed a line of her lyrics, but to do that she'd have had to be actually SINGING.

Also, I for one care fairly much about pop music- which is exactly why I'm crappy with this kind of no-talent nepotistic nonsense.

Antipop, the SNL thing wasn't a mistake. Did you hear her sing during halftime at the Orange Bowl? It's obvious why she lip synched, she can't pull off singing live. She was absolutely horrible and she's getting rich and famous off of her sister. End of story.

All of you that think ashlee simpson sucks your very much wrong you really dont know how much effort it is to be a singer its so hard you barely have time for yourself ashlee is so busy trying to make us the people happy and you guys are just throwing her gift to us back in her face and you guys are just jailous that you dont have that gift or you just putting your anger on her instead of who you were realy mad at.