Janet Jackson - Number Ones / The Best
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It's not like Gaga sounded great. Maybe she should have mimed too.
Well then indeed, this whole argument makes the miming argument redundant. It wasn't the CD version so.. who cares? For all we know Gaga used prerec too.
I don't think a quality performance can or should be judged by the exact audio technicalities behind what you're hearing.
I'm talking about the style of the performances. Bad Romance is not a 'sit down at a piano' ballad where live vocals are the sole purpose of the performance. It's an uptempo song and a (badly) choreographed routine. It has more aspects than vocals.. indeed, vocals are not the primary aspect of the performance (nor are Gaga's vocals particularly interesting IMO).
RhythmNative, exactly. If miming can heighten your performance to that of Janet or (old) Britney performances choreographically.. why the hell not? You can't achieve this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_idiOL6w3U&feature=related
...with live vocals. That is true performance.
I don't think a quality performance can or should be judged by the exact audio technicalities behind what you're hearing.
Dag said:
I'm talking about the style of the performances. Bad Romance is not a 'sit down at a piano' ballad where live vocals are the sole purpose of the performance. It's an uptempo song and a (badly) choreographed routine. It has more aspects than vocals.. indeed, vocals are not the primary aspect of the performance (nor are Gaga's vocals particularly interesting IMO).
RhythmNative, exactly. If miming can heighten your performance to that of Janet or (old) Britney performances choreographically.. why the hell not? You can't achieve this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_idiOL6w3U&feature=related
...with live vocals. That is true performance.
RhythmNative said:
Ah come on, she sounded fine. You don't have to knock her vocals to justify Janet miming.
Janet mimes because she's incapable of pulling off a good vocal performance while dancing. Gaga is able to, though she admittedly doesn't dance as much (or as technically impressive) as Janet. That's all there is to it.
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I liked Janet's performance. The transition between All For You (great song) and Make Me was good. It doesn't matter anyway - I think the majority of viewers would have just liked seeing her seemingly happier after the death of Michael more than anything else. The last time the UK public saw her was probably dressed in black grieving at the memorial.
Oh God, I am seriously not getting into an X Factor miming debate when guest acts regularly mime and the contestants mime the performance that opens the frigging show.
No one cares.
No one cares.
Re: Janet Jackson - "Number Ones". The hits collection feat. the single "Make Me
That looked awkward, like she was waiting for someone to talk to her, then running off when the penny dropped.
mystical said:
That looked awkward, like she was waiting for someone to talk to her, then running off when the penny dropped.
Dag said:
It's a bloody stretch to call what Gaga does 'dancing'.
And here we are. Feminine vocals, whilst dancing harder and better than ANYONE female artist in this industry can:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABNNiyv9QLw
This isn't normally physically feasible. For instance, Britney's Me Against the Music performances were very impressive but no, she couldn't sustain a vocal - no-one could.
Janet is an exception.
Re: Janet Jackson - "Number Ones". The hits collection feat. the single "Make Me
Ok, the miming thing is so boring, as is the anti-Gaga tirade LewJB is also doing in the actual Lady Gaga thread.
They both were very different performances and there is no need to trash Janet or Gaga to justify one or the other.
Ok, the miming thing is so boring, as is the anti-Gaga tirade LewJB is also doing in the actual Lady Gaga thread.
They both were very different performances and there is no need to trash Janet or Gaga to justify one or the other.
Re: Janet Jackson - "Number Ones". The hits collection feat. the single "Make Me
Considering she flew over "especially for the show", it wasn't really up to much as her first UK appearance for years.
They seemed to hype her performance more than GaGa's at the start of the show and she didn't even get to talk at the end. Bizzare.
Considering she flew over "especially for the show", it wasn't really up to much as her first UK appearance for years.
They seemed to hype her performance more than GaGa's at the start of the show and she didn't even get to talk at the end. Bizzare.
She didn't 'fly over just for X Factor'. She's doing Jingle Bell Ball too and likely other stuff in Europe. That was just X Factor spinning it's self importance.
ysaferrer said:
Why?
In a way I do agree.
Make Me, has now appeared at #100 on iTunes, hope it climbs.
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