Meat performing AFL in 2003 on Regis and Kelly
 

This is ridiculous and makes no sense lol

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you think he shouldve at least used the unplugged version if there is not a drum kit visible :shrug:

Thing is, most people are oblivious to it. The number of people who argued on YouTube that Meat's Royal Variety Performance rendition of Blind As A Bat was not mimed was astounding. You could clearly hear that it was exactly the same as the record except towards the end when he actually started singing and you could hear his live voice.

However, most mimed performances I've seen (I'm thinking some Top Of The Pops appearances in mid 90s, Des & Mel version of CHSIB and Strictly Come Dancing version IACBTMN), were all current tracks for the time. Does seem strange to use performances that are 10 or 20 years old. Maybe he was sick and couldn't sing live - the record will be easier to lip sync to than a live track he's never sat and listened to before.

But then again it's probably only fans who notice, who have heard the studio version a thousand times and countless live versions. Even when Meat sings a song live on TV (RNRD on Des O'Conner Tonight in '94), it's never exactly the same as the record - he's a live performer.

Exactly. It's not ridiculous at all imo. Most of the vieweing audience neither notice nor give a rat's ass; they would just have enjoyed listening to a number one hit and seen Meat.

He wanted to sing it live but wasn't able to get the band set up on stage, and they hadn't been able to prepare a backing track if you remember. That's something that is easy to forget when looking at whether or not instruments are plugged in. When Meat has been able to get the band set up on stage, but not soundchecked and mixed, he has often sung live but to a backing track.

But he said he sang at the RAH along with the track rather than purely mimed, and added his own twist at the end to prove it :) I was there .. a wonderful evening.

Caryl

Absolutely - they'd have had virtually no time to get sound checked since an old venue like that won't have a huge carousel of stages to revolve. I'm sure no one is more frustrated than Meat at having to do it, but if it's either a choice of a prime time slot or nothing, I'm sure most would take the former if miming was the price. Was just using the example more to illustrate how oblivious most people are though when it comes to mimed or live.

I presume you mean the Royal Variety not the RAH?

yea i was gonna say ... lol

Patti says they never mimed to AFL on regis and kelly.

She maybe just forgot about it. it was 7 years ago.

she has asked it be taken down cause its embarrassing to her. and so i obliged.

those who are wondering you didnt miss anything.

I was wondering why it was removed alright, because I can't view it. Wow Patti actually wrote to you, that's awesome!!!!!

Of course :)

What do I need to do to get Patti to write to me? That restraining order really puts a hitch in things.:-P

That's because they never performed on Regis and Kelly. This was some Irish show- Gerry Kelly??

Thanks. I don't know the name of the show, but I know it wasn't Regis and Kelly,

They definitely performed CHSIB on Gerry Kelly's show, albeit mimed and Kasim on piano.