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Originally Posted by olblueeyes
Thing is, most people are oblivious to it.
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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.
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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.
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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