Oops She Did It Again...
November 15th 2009 02:26
There’s been a lot of talk this week about Britney and her Miming…Circus World Tour. She touched down in Perth to controversy when fans starting walking out of her show because she mimed.
Personally, I don’t see what the big fuss is. Britney Spears has never made an effort to hide the fact she mimes. It’s something she has done for years and is well known for doing so. Did fans seriously believe that she would touch down in Australia and think ‘You know what ya’ll I think I’ll start actually singing my tunes live’?
Now if it was AC/DC miming or even P!nk miming her whole show- then I’d be scratching my head and asking wtf? But this is Britney- Queen of the Mimes. From what I’ve heard, her miming live is not a bad thing and you’ve got to give her kudos for not bothering to try and hide it. And, trust me hiding it ain’t easy when you’re not singing or shall I dare say miming in time to the vocal backtrack.
Brit’s Management of course tried their best to work all the overexposure of her concerts to their advantage, stating that it was only Journalists walking out. Honey, I don’t think that many Journalists went to Brit’s shows.
This was all said on Twitter- incidentally Britney also doesn’t write her own twitter posts. No big surprise there right?
They need to suck it up and accept the fact that fans walked out. Yes, there were some stupid enough to believe she would sing but there are others that walked out for another reason. They could deal with the miming- what they couldn’t deal with was the crappy performance. Her stage show was described by one fan as lacklustre.
This is where I do have an issue with Britney.
Now if you’re going to mime throughout the whole show- which even includes your small talk with the audience, at least put on one hell of a show. Don’t keep your back to the audience for most of the show (You do realise that this will only make you a brilliant bulleye for anything they want to throw at you?) and do try to act like you want to be there. Either that or pretend to. (Although after seeing crossroads many would know her acting is just as appalling)
And please, just please try and acknowledge your fans are even there- maybe by spending a little more time on the stage. Or better yet, make them feel like that you actually give a damn about being there instead of acting like you are a badly programmed robot and to you this is just another nameless crowd and another tour date completed.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m a Britney fan. I own all her CD’s and will gladly admit it. But am I going to spend hundreds of dollars to see her mime badly live and put on an equally bad show? Nope, not this gal.
Call me old fashioned but I like my music live and when I mean live, I mean exactly that – live. I want to see a band actually singing the words (however off-key it may sometimes be). I like a band to play their own instruments, to interact with a crowd and show fans their appreciation by wanting to be there rather than acting like a marionette on a string.
That’s just my five cents worth people…
Personally, I don’t see what the big fuss is. Britney Spears has never made an effort to hide the fact she mimes. It’s something she has done for years and is well known for doing so. Did fans seriously believe that she would touch down in Australia and think ‘You know what ya’ll I think I’ll start actually singing my tunes live’?
Now if it was AC/DC miming or even P!nk miming her whole show- then I’d be scratching my head and asking wtf? But this is Britney- Queen of the Mimes. From what I’ve heard, her miming live is not a bad thing and you’ve got to give her kudos for not bothering to try and hide it. And, trust me hiding it ain’t easy when you’re not singing or shall I dare say miming in time to the vocal backtrack.
Brit’s Management of course tried their best to work all the overexposure of her concerts to their advantage, stating that it was only Journalists walking out. Honey, I don’t think that many Journalists went to Brit’s shows.
This was all said on Twitter- incidentally Britney also doesn’t write her own twitter posts. No big surprise there right?
They need to suck it up and accept the fact that fans walked out. Yes, there were some stupid enough to believe she would sing but there are others that walked out for another reason. They could deal with the miming- what they couldn’t deal with was the crappy performance. Her stage show was described by one fan as lacklustre.
This is where I do have an issue with Britney.
Now if you’re going to mime throughout the whole show- which even includes your small talk with the audience, at least put on one hell of a show. Don’t keep your back to the audience for most of the show (You do realise that this will only make you a brilliant bulleye for anything they want to throw at you?) and do try to act like you want to be there. Either that or pretend to. (Although after seeing crossroads many would know her acting is just as appalling)
And please, just please try and acknowledge your fans are even there- maybe by spending a little more time on the stage. Or better yet, make them feel like that you actually give a damn about being there instead of acting like you are a badly programmed robot and to you this is just another nameless crowd and another tour date completed.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m a Britney fan. I own all her CD’s and will gladly admit it. But am I going to spend hundreds of dollars to see her mime badly live and put on an equally bad show? Nope, not this gal.
Call me old fashioned but I like my music live and when I mean live, I mean exactly that – live. I want to see a band actually singing the words (however off-key it may sometimes be). I like a band to play their own instruments, to interact with a crowd and show fans their appreciation by wanting to be there rather than acting like a marionette on a string.
That’s just my five cents worth people…
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