*Sorry Bey, but you need to get ready for a fresh round of incoming from all your haters.
The New York Post – as well as a host of other news organizations – is reporting that they’ve confirmed that Beyoncé didn’t perform the “Star-Spangled Banner” live at President Obama’s inauguration on Monday.
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She decided at the last minute to use a pre-recorded track according to a rep for the United States Marice Corp. band.
“All music is pre-recorded for the ceremony because there are so many eventualities and conditions that day,” Kristin DuBois, the band’s rep, told Page Six. “We performed, live, the band. But we received last-minute word that Beyonce was going to use the pre-recorded vocal track. Those were the instructions we were given. We don’t know what the reason why.”
(Scroll down to watch and see if you can tell she’s lip-synching the song.)
Because, over-all, she received pretty good reviews, the news of her lip-synching may come as a surprise and be disappointing. As the Post points out, “At one point, Beyoncé even dramatically removed her earpiece – which now seems even more ludicrous, as she wasn’t even making any noise.”
The New York Times points out that this is hardly the first time inaugural artists have pre-recorded their performance for one reason or another.
“In 2009, cellist Yo-Yo Ma and violinist Itzhak Perlman lip-synched (technically finger-synched) their performance of a special John Williams composition because the day’s extreme cold weather caused fears of broken strings and bad intonations.”
An Instagram pic (below) seems to confirm that Beyoncé recorded the track the night before in a studio with the Marine Corps Band.
Do we always have to have a negative comment about everything? Why can’t we say she did a wonderful job?
I kinda believe u a lil lil bit but it look like when she took the ear piece out they panned her vocals in.
The same thing was said about Whitney Houston’s performance at the super bowl. What about Kelly Clarkson, James Taylor did they lip-sync too? It’s not like Beyonce didn’t know this was coming, she’s use to it.
Y’all know I don’t like her but, the track was good.
Agree, if beyonce recorded it the day before so what!! it is still her vocals, the media needs to stop making the event about Beyonce, it was The President’s big day and that is whom we should be talking about. PS. Whitney used a back up track on her famous renedition of the National Anthem also.
wasnt it still her voice???? smh .. we always always have to rip each other apart an for what .. an i recall the same contraversy when Whitney sang at the Super Bowl .. because she used a pre recorded track
http://watch.accesshollywood.com/video/did-whitney-houston-lip-synch-the-national-anthem-at-the-1991-super-bowl/1452855325001
get over it .. it was good recorded or live it was still her voice ??!!!
I sure couldn’t tell. I’m not a big fan of Beyonce but I don’t understand the hate for her.
I don’t think its so much about her not singing live. She’s done it before and no one has said anything, nor is she the only singer to have done so. It’s just a case of overexposure and overhype backlash. In the past couple of years, she’s been put on a pedestal as being the greatest whatever and has had no problem with the hype. Unfortunately, she hasn’t realized what the media has done to others like her. They build people up and can’t wait at the chance to watch them fall. She’s been in the game long enough to realize that the media took this long to maker her music’s “it” girl and that comes with an expiration. Britney was never that good (yes this is an apples and oranges comparison) but she had a tremendous hype machine too. The minute she “lost it” the vultures circled. That’s really what this non-issue is about.
Who CARES?1 IMHO, it was a tepid rendition, but at LEAST she sang the correct words and didn’t bring shame on herself and her country like Christina Aguilera did!
Ok….peeps are reeeeeeeally “‘on one” about this. 1st?, I STILL have “my” issues with chick, regarding how she/her daddy treated those DC girls, so….”I ain’t no “automatic” fan. BUT!!, whyyyyyy are peeps acting like she’s…”Ashley Simpson/Mili Vanilli” n shyt?, or like she “can’t” sing “live”!?, or like the fact she haaaaaaaaad a band there INTENDING to play, doesn’t point to some “legitimate” reason she didn’t!? , like her voice wasn’t in the best of shape, & she prepared the track “just in case/at the last minute” , (see?, “pros” do shyt like dat!) OR?…..it WASN’T a good performance, either waaaaay!? Now….”I” myself?, think it was “half & half”, which would explain why she removed her earpiece “when” she did. Having sang the NA at a stadium b4 myself, I know that there are a plethora of issues when doing so, when “music” is involved (echo/delay etc…) Also….for some (like in Bey’s case that day) singing in a key, that is very low?, it’s hard to project your voice & perform “that section” well so….recording “that” section is what they do, to compensate forrrrrr that! Then?, they sing the rest “live”. Hate if you want, but this chick has proving over & over that she ain’t no weak ass performer, in ANYway! And as cor the comparing her to K.Clarkson etc…?, has/WOULD ANYone EVVA!!!, “compared” J-Hud/K. Clarkson/C.A. to WTF Bey does!!?? (singing AND dancing 99% of the time…”LIVE”!!??? Answer….HAAAAAAYil naaaaaaw!! So WTF do so now!!?? ,And BTW?, peeps pre-recording their performances ain’t NUTHIN “new”. Many even believe that Whitney’s version was “live” but….it waaaaaaaaasn’t!!, she TOO lipsang, that famous rendition, YES SHE DID!!!, & we ALL know “she” could sang huh ass OFF!!!!! So it’s not an automatic reflection of weak weakness y’all, it’s just sometimes …..part of the game”. So….stop the crabby nature & misdirected hate. It simply doesn’t…..apply. Chuuuuuuuuch!