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  1. Christ, even U2 were playing along to a backing track in 2001.

    Report from MTV in 2009 after Jennifer Hudson was ‘called out’ for miming - funny how it’s always black artists that get attacked for their Super Bowl performances.

    “Just days after word emerged that Jennifer Hudson lip-synched her performance of the national anthem before Super Bowl XLIII, the Chicago Tribune is reporting that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band also played to a pre-recorded tape.

    While the paper said that Springsteen's vocals were live, it revealed that the E Street Band was playing along to a recording during the group's rousing four-song mid-game set.

    "The Super Bowl performances are all on tape," Hank Neuberger, a Grammy-winning producer who is supervisor of the broadcast audio for the Grammy Awards telecast, told the paper. Neuberger explained that no matter how good a singer is, backing tapes are a necessary evil of most live, nationally televised musical performances.

    "There is no way you can set up a full band in five minutes with microphones, get all the settings right, and expect to get quality sound," Neuberger said. "The Super Bowl has been doing that for years with virtually all the bands."
  2. Originally posted by TheRefugee:Christ, even U2 were playing along to a backing track in 2001.

    Report from MTV in 2009 after Jennifer Hudson was ‘called out’ for miming - funny how it’s always black artists that get attacked for their Super Bowl performances.

    “Just days after word emerged that Jennifer Hudson lip-synched her performance of the national anthem before Super Bowl XLIII, the Chicago Tribune is reporting that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band also played to a pre-recorded tape.

    While the paper said that Springsteen's vocals were live, it revealed that the E Street Band was playing along to a recording during the group's rousing four-song mid-game set.

    "The Super Bowl performances are all on tape," Hank Neuberger, a Grammy-winning producer who is supervisor of the broadcast audio for the Grammy Awards telecast, told the paper. Neuberger explained that no matter how good a singer is, backing tapes are a necessary evil of most live, nationally televised musical performances.

    "There is no way you can set up a full band in five minutes with microphones, get all the settings right, and expect to get quality sound," Neuberger said. "The Super Bowl has been doing that for years with virtually all the bands."
    Didn't the Chilli Peppers get eaten alive for not performing live in 2014 ?Certainly Prince and U2 were live well most of it sounded live particularly the vocals there may have been some backing sequencers to fill up the sound and keep it smooth,MJ definitely Lip synched and it sounded like someone just pressed play on his Greatest Hits CD and he just went with it.
  3. Let's face it: nipplegate was the best!
  4. The Weeknd was also live last year, I think the instruments were also live
  5. I thought The Rolling Stones were the first act to play the music live. Vocals are different. U2 were playing to backing tracks except for Bono.
  6. Bono sounded dire.
  7. Originally posted by Welsh_Edge:I thought The Rolling Stones were the first act to play the music live. Vocals are different. U2 were playing to backing tracks except for Bono.
    Are you sure? Maybe they should have done it the other way around
  8. U2 ‘played’ to a backing track. Bono’s vocals were live. Very common for TV performances. Plenty other examples of the lads miming; Invisible on Jimmy Fallon and the outdoor performance of Get out of your own way at the Grammys. Larry often gives the game away or Adam appears over animated as he’s freed up from having to concentrate on actually having to find the notes on his bass.

  9. Another common practice is to record a vocal rehearsal and lip synch to that. I did not fully watch 50's lackluster moment, I will admit. Mary sounded like she could have been live, but I still doubt it.
  11. You gotta agree that it wasn't his best vocal moment The whole performance and vibe were great though imo
  12. Yes to everything Still a beautiful example of how a deplorable vocal take can be ignored in the grand scheme of things and the whole performance be unanimously praised by audience and critics.