Posted by Doc on 12/06/06 18:03

"Roy W. Rising" <rwrising@dslextreme.com> wrote in message
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> "Doc" <docsavage20@xhotmail.xom> wrote:
> > <Alan Moorman@visi.com> wrote in message
> > news:spt9n2pq0ndofr6t9a4d2qkntt3agj04gc@4ax.com...
> >
> > > I haven't seen this clip, but I have to say: I've NEVER seen a
> > > YouTube clip that stayed in lip sync. As far as I can see, they are
> > > useless for judging lip sync.
> >
> > I've noticed the same thing - they get off by a mile but this one is
> > actually okay. Not sure why.
>
> Indeed. And it clearly shows the singer exercising her biceps in a way
> that takes the mic too far away to pick up the quiet "s" at the end of
> "miss" (1:34) and "dangerous" (2:36).

I think you're underestimating how sensitive the mic is and how much sound
energy is in that "s". What's far more compelling to me at those same
points and others is the visible (and audible) bodily tension and release
and that the vibrato is very obvious in her throat & jaw and that it matches
the sound exactly. She wouldn't be able to simulate that kind of muscular
action - particularly the throat - if she wasn't actually singing and it's
been established the mic was in fact live.

Ergo: singer singing + live mic = live performance.

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