The musicians are understandable
upset and against the idea. I myself am kind of outraged.
Now I could be slightly biased
because I am a huge fan of the Olympics. I think mostly this is due to the
tradition in my house of watching the Olympics and also because I really love
seeing large groups of people getting together and just spreading love, cheer
and pride in themselves and in one another. In addition to this, I am a strong
believer in performing live. While I am not hostile or negative towards those
who prefer to lipsync (like some artists shown below) – I do understand that
entertaining and performing whilst trying to not die of lack of oxygen is
incredibly difficult – I do think it is important to be genuine and give your
all to your audience. To me they have paid money to see you live, to hear what
you have to give. If you are known as a singer foremost, than you should sing
for them.
(Chris Brown has received some criticism for his latest performance at the Billboard Awards)
The fact that these people want to
perform and show the world their talent and passion and love of their country
and art, but officials don’t want to chance a mistake that supposedly would
blemish the evening is frustrating a step backwards for the art industry and
the respect it depends. Because music and performing is an art form, one that
rather than be celebrated in this event that is to showcase everything a country has to offer they
are being stifled and overshadowed by competitiveness.
So I hope something can be done. Even
if it doesn’t I still hold the utmost respect to the performers and know that
it is probably harder on them than it is us.
Here are some amazing artists that have vowed to never lip-sync and sound fantastic live!
It's safe to say who I would pay to see live and who I wouldn't. Don't you agree?
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