In her cringy reality show that was filming during this debacle (it’s on TH-cam) they show her going to the doctor twice beforehand and trying her hardest to overcome it during sound check. The doc ordered her not to talk to try and rest it and then her mom and dad pressured her to go on anyway. She was a kid.
Ofcourse Shes Confused. I Would Be Too Listening To The Wrong Backtrack Being Played and A Muted Mic On My First Big National Gig. Knowing That The Country Is Watching Me On LIVE Television Being Stabbed In The Back By Some Old Corporate White Man Setting Me Up Would’ve Left Me In Shambles. Ashlee Took Advantage Of The Reality Show Platform The Was Gaining Hype With The Help of Her Big Sis. Unlike Most Reality Shows Depicting The Worse In People She Used It To Document Her Entire Process and Work Of Building A Career On Something She Loved. We Know How She Sounds Live, We Watch Her Sing So Many TImes So I Fail To See A Sham. I Know It Burn Yall To See A Bitch Create A Name For Herself In The Entertainment Industry While Showing Her Struggles With of Being Overlooked Because Of Her Sister’s Fame. She Had Nothing But Positivity and Family First Values. Because Of Those Values She Was Able To Release Two More Albums Despite That Hatefulness and Envy Displayed By Individuals Like Yall Who Make It A Way Of Life To Wastefully Use The Internet To Release The Wickedness and Immoral Characteristics Yall Have To Hide In The Real World. The Only Hoax Is You Hateful Base Was of People Who Ned To Be Held Accountable For How Yall Behave Online To Limit Your Access To Jobs That Has Clear Values and Ethic Polices That Yall Go Against When Online. Im So Glad Now We Can Identify Yall and Report Yall To Reduce The Poison Yall Set In Our Workforce.
As a drummer, she almost had me feeling sorry for her and understanding why she would choose to lip sync. Because, her being the singer, if her voice was really not able to perform as they were about to give a live performance, I could see playing the recording of the song and lip syncing as an absolute desperate last-resort. But then at the very end she throws her band under the bus, saying "my band played the wrong song". That sounds like a bunch of B.S to me! She should have just stopped when she said that she felt bad about it.
Totally agree. So unprofessional to trash your band like that. Also, if your band starts playing a different song of yours than you expected, either tell them to stop and start playing the "right" song, or just sing the damn song they're already playing. It's not like they just busted out a Zeppelin song out of nowhere.
Lol throwing them under the bus? She would have had to do that to save her career and I'm sure her band know this and dont think like u do about it. It's better we think they played the wrong song then them all losing their fame in a band. Smh think before u post.
It ended her “career” because she didn’t have a live career to begin with. She can only sing in a studio when she can sing a part over and over again until it’s perfect. And let’s not forget that even back then, the studio guys could make you sound a lot better than you actually were.
It’s because they’re usually able to play it off enough to at least give the image that it’s legit. They lipsynched just as much back then too; Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Nsync, Backstreet Boys, etc. Everyone knew they did it, but as long as the performance was okay people just pretended it was legit. It’s when things like this happen does it break the immersion and people see it’s a farce is when it hurts the performer’s image. And you have to remember, Ashlee Simpson was JUST starting her career, so this especially made people weary about her and is why her career died.
Lip syncing wasn't even remotely new in 2004. Look up the chordettes Mr sandman on dick Clark in 1958. They were lipsyncing then. Look up any American bandstand act, lipsyncing. Its always been the case
It comes down to experience. When The Beatles did Ed Sullivan, they had spent eight hours a day playing clubs every night. They knew how to be in front of a camera and be in the present. Ashlee was very anxious and blamed the band because she was put in the spotlight too soon and was too green. But another big hit can earn forgiveness quickly, but Ashlee was a one hit wonder. And it was also her complete lack of professionalism.
Well, she was a kid. For God's sake. What does it really matter? I've never really given a rip because I've been a singer for many years in a different genre. Things happen. I dont see why she needed to be crucified. She was very young and didn't know what to do.
@@chevydude658 Honestly I’ve never understood how this one thing tanked her whole career. Her album was good and she was really young. It’s crazy that this was all it took.
You know, I could have forgiven the whole lip-syncing and walking off stage thing. Yes, s**t happens sometimes. But for her to come back out at the end and actually BLAME IT ON HER BAND? Unforgivable! Yeah Ashlee! Your band is what caused your disembodied voice to come out of thin air singing the wrong song while you stood there looking stupid! Uh huh. Your band might have been the only friends you had left after this and you totally threw them under the bus. It was your fault girlie, not theirs.
I agree that Ashlee wasn't meant to be a singer at all. She was riding her sister's band wagon and taking advantage of the "Simpson" name that also Jessica was never that great of a singer. Jess got worse through the years, and I'm happy she found and is excelling with her Fashion.
well said. what’s she up to these days? whatever it is, it’s better than blaming her band for anything. I’m a live player that has dealt with wannabe Diva performer, who would put her capo on the wrong fret & blame everyone playing in the wrong key…even the drummer. yes, she was that stupid of a bee eye sea tea H
Actually the bassist was playing the correct song in the beginning, however drummer and guitarists did not follow. They played the song that she already performed earlier in the same show. They were supposed to play Autobiography
Bassist played correct song (Autobiography). Drummer played the wrong song (Pieces of Me). Drummer is responsible for turning on the lip-syncing vocals. He turned on the wrong one. (Pieces of Me). Ashlee and Bassist are confused. Guitarist joins in with the wrong song. (Pieces of Me). Bassist says Fuck It and switches to the wrong song (Pieces of Me). Ashlee is more confused. Ashlee gets out of the way. Band rocks on. Later, Ashlee uses her 5 second goodbye to say "My band started playing the wrong song" in order to sum up "Earlier this week I was at the doctors about my voice, who recommended i dont sing live. But I'm 2p and naïve so when my parents pushed me to do the live SNL performance, I went for it. During the dress rehearsal my voice started giving out, so we switched to lip-syncing. But we also changed the order of our two songs for the night. So when the drummer accidentally started to repeat the first song that we already performed, and then the rest of the band joined in, I had no idea how to respond. I'm sorry!"
Yeah it was her drummer's fault tbh and he admitted too. Watch the video closely and you'll see they were supposed to perform the song Autobiography, bassist started off playing intro to Autobiography hoping to correct the drummer who queued the wrong song, but dummer and guitarists continued playing Pieces of Me, the song they already performed earlier that night in the show. Drummer said he got it mixed up because they were supposed to play Autobiography first and then Pieces of Me, but then they switched it up for the actual show, where they played Pieces of Me first and then Autobiography. So what happened here is, when it came time to play Autobiography, drummer got mixed up and queued Pieces of Me instead.
“Ashlee Simpson's drummer, Chris Fox, is accepting the blame for cueing the wrong song for her second performance on Saturday Night Live on October 23. In a message posted on Simpson's official website, he said, "I am in charge of starting the songs and cueing their backing tracks, (which are) miscellaneous percussion, random sound effects, etc. Plain and simple, I cued the wrong song." He said during rehearsals the band had played "Autobiography" first and then played "Pieces Of Me," but in performance they decided to reverse the order. He said, "Even though we had already played 'Pieces' for our first performance--and quite well, from what I'm told--when it came time for the second song, I started 'Pieces' again without thinking twice." Fox concludes by saying Simpson should have just blamed him, not the whole band, when she went back onstage at the end of Saturday Night Live. He said, "Honestly, she should've blamed me, her drummer. "
I wouldn’t say it was “career ending” considering she had a #19, #22, and #21 hit, after this happened, in her second album era. Which is pretty good for the time period when it was far harder for one to get a hit song, and for someone who’s name became a parody, but I think those songs most likely would’ve done better had the SNL moment not happened. She still survived past it though.
there is NO WAY lorne or the head sound engineer didnt know lipsyching was the plan...how could they have possibly cued up levels and such without a runthrough? and how is it even remotely possible to cue the wrong song? this was sabotage for sure
Based on the band looking like they were holding in laughter, and none of them stopping in order to restart with the correct song, it very well could have been sabotage. But at the very least, it is also a believable mistake. They switched the order of the songs earlier. The drummer is the one who turns on the lip-syncing vocals, and he accidentally started playing Pieces of Me. (Both on the drums, and with the vocals that he turned on). Meanwhile the Bassist was playing the correct song (Autobiography) and was just as confused as Ashlee.
“Ashlee Simpson's drummer, Chris Fox, is accepting the blame for cueing the wrong song for her second performance on Saturday Night Live on October 23. In a message posted on Simpson's official website, he said, "I am in charge of starting the songs and cueing their backing tracks, (which are) miscellaneous percussion, random sound effects, etc. Plain and simple, I cued the wrong song." He said during rehearsals the band had played "Autobiography" first and then played "Pieces Of Me," but in performance they decided to reverse the order. He said, "Even though we had already played 'Pieces' for our first performance--and quite well, from what I'm told--when it came time for the second song, I started 'Pieces' again without thinking twice." Fox concludes by saying Simpson should have just blamed him, not the whole band, when she went back onstage at the end of Saturday Night Live. He said, "Honestly, she should've blamed me, her drummer. "
“Ashlee Simpson's drummer, Chris Fox, is accepting the blame for cueing the wrong song for her second performance on Saturday Night Live on October 23. In a message posted on Simpson's official website, he said, "I am in charge of starting the songs and cueing their backing tracks, (which are) miscellaneous percussion, random sound effects, etc. Plain and simple, I cued the wrong song." He said during rehearsals the band had played "Autobiography" first and then played "Pieces Of Me," but in performance they decided to reverse the order. He said, "Even though we had already played 'Pieces' for our first performance--and quite well, from what I'm told--when it came time for the second song, I started 'Pieces' again without thinking twice." Fox concludes by saying Simpson should have just blamed him, not the whole band, when she went back onstage at the end of Saturday Night Live. He said, "Honestly, she should've blamed me, her drummer. "
@@electrictroy2010 Sooooo WHAT?!! IRRELEVANT. What @yyg4632 said STANDS. ANY Professional practices professionalism…which means: A performer STAYS on stage THRUOUT the entire performance REGARDLESS of what happens-she did not. She failed HER part. Booo! hiss!! She did not deserve to make a professional living at something in which she was not proficient. *Isn’t it interesting that the person responsible for cueing up the wrong song that night, PASSED the professionalism-test with flying colors, despite his monumental mistake? He actually smoke-checked AS in that department.
I’m confused. So technically, the band did play the wrong song. They replayed “Pieces of Me”, which was the first song she sang on SNL that night. If they were supposed to play “Autobiography”, then she was correct, (at the end) saying that the band played the wrong song. (disregarding the fact that she was lip-synching) - if so, then why is everyone saying she threw her band under the bus? - Also, is it really the drummer that picks the backing track to be played? (live during the show) I would’ve thought, that is handled by an audio tech behind the control boards. (or whatever, the SNL sound engineer) - And I find it incredibly hard to believe, that Lauren claims he has no idea she was going to lip-synch 2:18) - whoever was responsible for playing the wrong backing track. The band should’ve known. They already played that song 30 minutes earlier than night. (so why did they play it again?) - If anything, they could’ve pulled an Elvis Costello, and stop the song, and played the correct song. - & BTW: I’m only watching this video tonight in 2024, because “Celebrity name that tune” TV show (tonight) one of the songs they played in first segment, was “Pieces of me”
“Ashlee Simpson's drummer, Chris Fox, is accepting the blame for cueing the wrong song for her second performance on Saturday Night Live on October 23. In a message posted on Simpson's official website, he said, "I am in charge of starting the songs and cueing their backing tracks, (which are) miscellaneous percussion, random sound effects, etc. Plain and simple, I cued the wrong song." He said during rehearsals the band had played "Autobiography" first and then played "Pieces Of Me," but in performance they decided to reverse the order. He said, "Even though we had already played 'Pieces' for our first performance--and quite well, from what I'm told--when it came time for the second song, I started 'Pieces' again without thinking twice." Fox concludes by saying Simpson should have just blamed him, not the whole band, when she went back onstage at the end of Saturday Night Live. He said, "Honestly, she should've blamed me, her drummer. "
DAMN, I had forgotten that she blamed the band for this and then doubled down on post interviews that it was their fault. She had no integrity whatsoever. The talent would even be up for debate sans the lipsyncing.
Actually it was her band's fault. The drummer (who is a member of her band) mistakenly pressed the wrong button that caused the wrong track to be played.
She already "performed" that song 30 minutes earlier. So just jumping in to the middle of it would have been weird. Especially since her mic is off, she can't just switch to using her real voice in order to save face. Seems like she clearly did want the band to start-over at least, with the correct song, but they just kept going. So shes left there, mic off, a repeat song playing, just been outed for lip-syncing, and is only 20 years old at the very start of her career. Ofc she had no idea what to do.
Oh I worked in the live tv industry at the time doing sound in NYC. She was really snotty and rude to the sound engineer and he purposely sabotaged her. It was all the buzz and he sent the video to us at MTV to rewatch over and over as some sort of justice for sound engineers lol
That’s ridiculous since it was the band (more specifically her drummer) who played the wrong track and definitely not SNL sound engineers. In fact, no one outside her team was aware of their plan to lip-synch.
@@umbertofederico6260 Nice theory but I knew the person who did it and he lost his job. Of course she was lip syncing. Destiny's Child came on our show and lip synced via iTunes and the engineers were hoping the internet held up. Again, experienced all of this first hand, not my 'theory'
Melissa N watch this video and then we can talk again ➡️ th-cam.com/video/m0ntftwh3VY/w-d-xo.html Betty McCarthy Miller was the show’s director at the time and she explains exactly what happened to Ashlee. She also says it was the band and not her sound engineers using the pro tools.
@@umbertofederico6260 Because us union engineers and producers stick together lol. I worked underneath Beth. She was laughing just as hard at the video as we all were
2:093:05 liar. wow. nope. It wasn't the wrong song. She clearly was hearing it when it started and shows no signs that something is wrong UNTIL she doesn't come in on time with her singing. She just misjudged the # of bars b4 her vocal started and probably was in a kind of daydream state where too many thoughts were in her head and she was not in full concentration mode and she zoned out. Just for a second but that's all it took then instead of jumping in and stopping everyone and saying hey, guys, I have a bad throat and I didn't want to cancel... crank that song up again and let me at least lip sync if for you guys bam, she starts over, yes it isn't live BUT she at least has an excuse. This was just her forgetting to come in and making it look way worse.
No. The mix-up happened because the bass player began the correct song, but the drummer accidentally triggered the vocal track for Pieces of Me, a song they had performed just 30 minutes earlier in the show. Once the wrong track started playing, the band decided to go along with it to avoid a jarring sound. However, Ashlee was caught off guard, unsure how to proceed since they’d already performed that song and had no reason to repeat it.
@@umbertofederico6260 AND the pre-recorded vocals to that PREVIOUS tune just happened to trigger! No one had any idea! Vocals appearing from heaven while she's doing an idiot dance! Of COURSE it was the drummer's fault. No matter WHAT excuse she has, the reality is that she was lip syncing on a LIVE TV show and got caught. You would think when the MUSIC started on song 2, she'd immediately know that the music was not right and turn around and stop the band at that moment. Why does keep dancing if she's hearing music that already happened in song 1?
If anything SNL has been an even better place to hear great live music since then because nobody wanted to repeat this bullshit. BTW, Miley usually brings it.
“Ashlee Simpson's drummer, Chris Fox, is accepting the blame for cueing the wrong song for her second performance on Saturday Night Live on October 23. In a message posted on Simpson's official website, he said, "I am in charge of starting the songs and cueing their backing tracks, (which are) miscellaneous percussion, random sound effects, etc. Plain and simple, I cued the wrong song." He said during rehearsals the band had played "Autobiography" first and then played "Pieces Of Me," but in performance they decided to reverse the order. He said, "Even though we had already played 'Pieces' for our first performance--and quite well, from what I'm told--when it came time for the second song, I started 'Pieces' again without thinking twice." Fox concludes by saying Simpson should have just blamed him, not the whole band, when she went back onstage at the end of Saturday Night Live. He said, "Honestly, she should've blamed me, her drummer. "
The Guitarist to Her Right looks like He's trying to do the Splits, and Her bringing the Mic to Her face and stops half way like Her arm was pulled down , is iconic in lipcync fails🥵
It's a shitty situation it's hard not feel terrible for someone so young embarrassing themselves on such a public stage. Even if she's some record label product. Pretty ugly situation. Everyone was so happy to pounce on her and drag her through the mud.
This SNL show aired in 2004 at the end Ashlee blamed her band.. On Andy Cohen's Watch What Happens Live recently a viewer asked Ashlee who SHE THOUGHT was responsible for her lip sinking mistake Ashlee now A MORE MATURE Ashlee says Oh, ME I was completely ME I should have said I'm not going on the show tonight or words to that effect..
So, essentially, a 19-year-old girl was ill and was either forced to perform by her team or felt so pressured not to fail during her biggest career break yet, she still went onstage. It’s impossible to imagine the entire world dragging, then abandoning, a teen girl who was just humiliated on national TV.
@@umbertofederico6260 that was the least of it. If that would have been a new up and comer ppl wouldn't have been so harsh. But everyone already felt like her "fame" was only a result of her being Jessica's sister. She was seen as a priveleged, spoiled product of nepotism who didn't even really deserve to be on SNL. She never paid her dues in the industry. And the phoney manufactured "image" of the emo punk rocker grunge whatever, was incredibly forced and phoney. Maybe she really did want to be a musician but it seemed like she was just trying to cash in on Jessica's name. Nothing about her seemed sincere. She earned that dragging!
@@umbertofederico6260 No it is not. Look into it. It is recorded in front of live audience but broadcast days later, if not weeks. Long time ago, it was live.
@@samkitty5894 Saturday Night Live is live. There are some portions that are pre-taped (parody commercials, SNL digital shorts, Deep Thoughts) - usually 1 or 2 per episode. The cold open, the monologue, the musical guest, Weekend Update and 4-5 other sketches are live.
Urgh, they knew exactly what they were doing. Its not like Ashley can just play a lip-synching tape over the sound desk straight after their first song without the studio knowing. So much lies here. The whole band were miming lmao who do they think theyre fooling
“Ashlee Simpson's drummer, Chris Fox, is accepting the blame for cueing the wrong song for her second performance on Saturday Night Live on October 23. In a message posted on Simpson's official website, he said, "I am in charge of starting the songs and cueing their backing tracks, (which are) miscellaneous percussion, random sound effects, etc. Plain and simple, I cued the wrong song." He said during rehearsals the band had played "Autobiography" first and then played "Pieces Of Me," but in performance they decided to reverse the order. He said, "Even though we had already played 'Pieces' for our first performance--and quite well, from what I'm told--when it came time for the second song, I started 'Pieces' again without thinking twice." Fox concludes by saying Simpson should have just blamed him, not the whole band, when she went back onstage at the end of Saturday Night Live. He said, "Honestly, she should've blamed me, her drummer. "
Didn't she blame her band during the farewell and credits? Saying they played the wrong song but ugh.... The words are yours either way how is that an excuse
All she had to do was jump in, stop the performance, and start over, singing as she could. You see aging rockers "holding the mic out" for the audience to sing the hard parts/when they need a break. She could have salvaged this, and her career.
I agree, she could of spoke into the mic and been like, "tf, ...what is happening?" I think she honestly didn't know how to react & that's what cost her...
I never cared about the lip-synch. It’s not like a Milli Vanilli thing where she used someone else’s voice. It was a technical mistake. Amazing how known rapists and women beaters still have a career in entertainment but this girl couldn’t have one bad stage performance without getting canceled
Funny how ppl think lip syncing, on live performances, means an artist can't actually sing. There are several reasons why this is done, including the loss of voice, or fear of something going wrong.
Except she already sang Pieces of Me earlier in the show so why would she sing it again?? Watch the full video, the bassist started the intro to Autobiography hoping to correct the drummer who queued the wrong song. Unfortunately the guitarists and backing track played Piece of Me instead.
For some bizarre reason, Ashlee Simpson decided not to lip synch that night when the band started playing her second song. Even if it was the “wrong song”, she still could have lip synched, instead of dancing without singing, which exposed that she was lip synching.
It was too late. She was not in sync with the voice at the time it started. Even if she had lip synced correctly later, the audience would still have understood.
That's what make live music so good that there's a mistake made so I could move on obviously embarrassed give a credit she made it to Saturday Night Live
But like no one ever talks about the fact that the precious performance was live… and yet this is the only footage you can find of it. So we know previously she was singing live, because anyone with an ear can hear the difference. So what was the big deal that a track got played during the second performance? Now her actions afterward were ridiculous, blaming the band and walking off, etc., but 95% of singers use a track or lip sync, so it really shouldn’t have been such a big deal.
The previous performance was not live. It certainly didn't sound like the CD, because the band was actually playing live but Ashlee's voice was pre-recorded. It was the same voice as on the record but with a slightly different reverb, which "simulates" the live voice. Trust me.
“Ashlee Simpson's drummer, Chris Fox, is accepting the blame for cueing the wrong song for her second performance on Saturday Night Live on October 23. In a message posted on Simpson's official website, he said, "I am in charge of starting the songs and cueing their backing tracks, (which are) miscellaneous percussion, random sound effects, etc. Plain and simple, I cued the wrong song." He said during rehearsals the band had played "Autobiography" first and then played "Pieces Of Me," but in performance they decided to reverse the order. He said, "Even though we had already played 'Pieces' for our first performance--and quite well, from what I'm told--when it came time for the second song, I started 'Pieces' again without thinking twice." Fox concludes by saying Simpson should have just blamed him, not the whole band, when she went back onstage at the end of Saturday Night Live. He said, "Honestly, she should've blamed me, her drummer. "
People should of gave her a break. They didn’t have to be that harsh to her. She actually explains the reasons in a interview this year explaining why it happened. Acid reflux an that she didn’t have any in ear monitor so she didn’t know what song was playing next.
“Ashlee Simpson's drummer, Chris Fox, is accepting the blame for cueing the wrong song for her second performance on Saturday Night Live on October 23. In a message posted on Simpson's official website, he said, "I am in charge of starting the songs and cueing their backing tracks, (which are) miscellaneous percussion, random sound effects, etc. Plain and simple, I cued the wrong song." He said during rehearsals the band had played "Autobiography" first and then played "Pieces Of Me," but in performance they decided to reverse the order. He said, "Even though we had already played 'Pieces' for our first performance--and quite well, from what I'm told--when it came time for the second song, I started 'Pieces' again without thinking twice." Fox concludes by saying Simpson should have just blamed him, not the whole band, when she went back onstage at the end of Saturday Night Live. He said, "Honestly, she should've blamed me, her drummer. "
It was not really her band's fault... Not that they were really a band. This was actually an amazingly complex event from a psychological standpoint. I am not even sure what the correct response was. A real band would just go oops, wrong song and do the right one, but they would not be playing a vocal track. The jig was up, so Ash did a jig. Kinda fitting. They should have found an alternate. I bet her management did everything they could to force her up there.
@@davidkruse4030 so she wasn't a star because you specifically can't think of a song of hers. Lol ok bud. Not to mention her first album sold 5 million copies
@@davidkruse4030 Don't forget the Orange Bowl halftime show where she was Booooooooed by the Crowd...Only reason she was relevant was because of her older sis Jessica
People were way to harsh on her. Yeah, she blamed her band... but she was 20 years old here (barely, she had just turned 20 a couple weeks earlier). Basically still a teenager. Dumb... stupid... make bad decisions... can't take responsibility. The world treated her very harshly for something silly. When you were 20 years old did you take responsibility for stuff?
The reality is that EVERYTIME it came time for Ashlee to sing live .... there was some kind of illness or tragedy. If you watch her reality show the only time she is "sick" is right before concerts or recording sessions. Even on her show when they were recording her concert she is obviously singing to a track. The truth is that she wasn't a very good singer and her staff spent more time trying to cover her than she spent actually singing. Ashlee was handed a recording contract because of her sister. She cared more about her hair and clothes than the music and process of recording an album. I will admit it was entertaining watching her reality show back in the day because I could see how they edited the show around the fact that Ashlee couldn't really sing.
This is totally untrue! There is no software in the world that can turn an ugly voice into a beautiful one, much less existed almost 20 years ago. At most you can turn an out-of-tune duck into a tuneful one, but it will always sound like a duck and the result will still be disappointing and cacophonic. It won't sell million of copies!
@@bil6718 I know but it still leaves a wrong message, because many people actually believe that anyone could sing and sell millions of records thanks to technology only, but sadly (or luckily) things are not like that.
@12345grov prove that this was her voice first of all. Which I hardly doubt it was hers at the first place. And then go and tell your stuff to Frank Farian and see who is going to laugh at who.
@@damianosavraammisaelidis9727 She did an entire reality show recording the record. They had to modify some things; she claims she only did the "Oooohhhhh..." on the chorus of this song once and wasn't able to redo it live, etc. But it's her voice. It's not even a good voice; she just speak-sings everything. The only reason she lip-synced is 'cause she's not a real trained artist who had confidence in herself when she had a hardship; instead of plowing through, she asked for an easy solution. The product of only being in the industry because of your sister and MTV wanting to do a docuseries on you.
They probably had NO idea what to do…there’s no rehearsal for that situation. They DID start playing the wrong song…on the backing track. The band probably still had the vocals going in their monitors and since it was live there was no turning back, in a millisecond her cover was blown. I can’t imagine what that feels like, but we all know what everyone else thought.
I just came here from reading her reply to this in 2024 interview she just did, she blamed it on SNL for "forcing her to do it" and learned a lesson on saying NO to pushy ppl, then blamed old middle aged men for starting the harassment of her online, and also claimed "she woke up not able to speak and even had to write a letter explaining she couldn't talk at all to Lorne" funny she had zero problem closing the show with her little "band bad" speech, how millennial of her at 39 to still play victim even after getting caught, lol.
“Ashlee Simpson's drummer, Chris Fox, is accepting the blame for cueing the wrong song for her second performance on Saturday Night Live on October 23. In a message posted on Simpson's official website, he said, "I am in charge of starting the songs and cueing their backing tracks, (which are) miscellaneous percussion, random sound effects, etc. Plain and simple, I cued the wrong song." He said during rehearsals the band had played "Autobiography" first and then played "Pieces Of Me," but in performance they decided to reverse the order. He said, "Even though we had already played 'Pieces' for our first performance--and quite well, from what I'm told--when it came time for the second song, I started 'Pieces' again without thinking twice." Fox concludes by saying Simpson should have just blamed him, not the whole band, when she went back onstage at the end of Saturday Night Live. He said, "Honestly, she should've blamed me, her drummer. "
“Ashlee Simpson's drummer, Chris Fox, is accepting the blame for cueing the wrong song for her second performance on Saturday Night Live on October 23. In a message posted on Simpson's official website, he said, "I am in charge of starting the songs and cueing their backing tracks, (which are) miscellaneous percussion, random sound effects, etc. Plain and simple, I cued the wrong song." He said during rehearsals the band had played "Autobiography" first and then played "Pieces Of Me," but in performance they decided to reverse the order. He said, "Even though we had already played 'Pieces' for our first performance--and quite well, from what I'm told--when it came time for the second song, I started 'Pieces' again without thinking twice." Fox concludes by saying Simpson should have just blamed him, not the whole band, when she went back onstage at the end of Saturday Night Live. He said, "Honestly, she should've blamed me, her drummer. "
If she lip synced the first song why did she storm off stage moaning about her voice being hoarse? Her intention was to lip sync both songs was it not ?
LMAO!🤣 But to be fair, I'm pretty sure Pennywise dances to distract his victims before he kills them. 🤔Ashlee danced out of confusion and embarrassment. 😏
Blaming it on the band when they actually DID NOT RUN OFF THE STAGE & handled the situation very professionally…which she is obviously incapable of doing. Mistakes happen,but to throw the band under the bus to save face(which you clearly DID NOT)was tasteless. Shame shame!
“Ashlee Simpson's drummer, Chris Fox, is accepting the blame for cueing the wrong song for her second performance on Saturday Night Live on October 23. In a message posted on Simpson's official website, he said, "I am in charge of starting the songs and cueing their backing tracks, (which are) miscellaneous percussion, random sound effects, etc. Plain and simple, I cued the wrong song." He said during rehearsals the band had played "Autobiography" first and then played "Pieces Of Me," but in performance they decided to reverse the order. He said, "Even though we had already played 'Pieces' for our first performance--and quite well, from what I'm told--when it came time for the second song, I started 'Pieces' again without thinking twice." Fox concludes by saying Simpson should have just blamed him, not the whole band, when she went back onstage at the end of Saturday Night Live. He said, "Honestly, she should've blamed me, her drummer. "
"she did an awkward lil dance, she looked confused not sure what to do" that sums her whole sham career up right there
Basically..Such a generic wanna be emo rocker punk whatever.
Pretty much. 😀
@@mrsx7944 easy money
In her cringy reality show that was filming during this debacle (it’s on TH-cam) they show her going to the doctor twice beforehand and trying her hardest to overcome it during sound check. The doc ordered her not to talk to try and rest it and then her mom and dad pressured her to go on anyway. She was a kid.
Ofcourse Shes Confused. I Would Be Too Listening To The Wrong Backtrack Being Played and A Muted Mic On My First Big National Gig. Knowing That The Country Is Watching Me On LIVE Television Being Stabbed In The Back By Some Old Corporate White Man Setting Me Up Would’ve Left Me In Shambles.
Ashlee Took Advantage Of The Reality Show Platform The Was Gaining Hype With The Help of Her Big Sis. Unlike Most Reality Shows Depicting The Worse In People She Used It To Document Her Entire Process and Work Of Building A Career On Something She Loved.
We Know How She Sounds Live, We Watch Her Sing So Many TImes So I Fail To See A Sham. I Know It Burn Yall To See A Bitch Create A Name For Herself In The Entertainment Industry While Showing Her Struggles With of Being Overlooked Because Of Her Sister’s Fame. She Had Nothing But Positivity and Family First Values.
Because Of Those Values She Was Able To Release Two More Albums Despite That Hatefulness and Envy Displayed By Individuals Like Yall Who Make It A Way Of Life To Wastefully Use The Internet To Release The Wickedness and Immoral Characteristics Yall Have To Hide In The Real World.
The Only Hoax Is You Hateful Base Was of People Who Ned To Be Held Accountable For How Yall Behave Online To Limit Your Access To Jobs That Has Clear Values and Ethic Polices That Yall Go Against When Online. Im So Glad Now We Can Identify Yall and Report Yall To Reduce The Poison Yall Set In Our Workforce.
Over 15 years later and the dance is still a classic!
@itzliz yes just watched it
@itzliz yea it’s why I’m here lol
😂😂😂
Highlight of her career
She is a good singer. It was only because she was sick. I kinda feel bad
As a drummer, she almost had me feeling sorry for her and understanding why she would choose to lip sync. Because, her being the singer, if her voice was really not able to perform as they were about to give a live performance, I could see playing the recording of the song and lip syncing as an absolute desperate last-resort. But then at the very end she throws her band under the bus, saying "my band played the wrong song". That sounds like a bunch of B.S to me! She should have just stopped when she said that she felt bad about it.
Totally agree. So unprofessional to trash your band like that. Also, if your band starts playing a different song of yours than you expected, either tell them to stop and start playing the "right" song, or just sing the damn song they're already playing. It's not like they just busted out a Zeppelin song out of nowhere.
technically, it was the drummers fault. but I agree its crappy to publicly shame your band.
Agree with you, and also the soundman was wrong, he started the track ahead of time, it was not because wrong song..
everyone makes mistakes, but the internet never forgets
Lol throwing them under the bus? She would have had to do that to save her career and I'm sure her band know this and dont think like u do about it. It's better we think they played the wrong song then them all losing their fame in a band. Smh think before u post.
“Lorne, looking like a father, at his kids recital”
Dude that stare at 1:54 is comedy gold
Crazy to think that so many artists get away with lip syncing nowadays and this ended her career.
It ended her “career” because she didn’t have a live career to begin with. She can only sing in a studio when she can sing a part over and over again until it’s perfect. And let’s not forget that even back then, the studio guys could make you sound a lot better than you actually were.
@@DaniHMcV neither can most of todays pop artists. Only difference is the live application of auto tune
Most of them aren’t “artists”
It’s because they’re usually able to play it off enough to at least give the image that it’s legit. They lipsynched just as much back then too; Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Nsync, Backstreet Boys, etc. Everyone knew they did it, but as long as the performance was okay people just pretended it was legit. It’s when things like this happen does it break the immersion and people see it’s a farce is when it hurts the performer’s image. And you have to remember, Ashlee Simpson was JUST starting her career, so this especially made people weary about her and is why her career died.
Lip syncing wasn't even remotely new in 2004. Look up the chordettes Mr sandman on dick Clark in 1958. They were lipsyncing then. Look up any American bandstand act, lipsyncing. Its always been the case
It comes down to experience. When The Beatles did Ed Sullivan, they had spent eight hours a day playing clubs every night. They knew how to be in front of a camera and be in the present. Ashlee was very anxious and blamed the band because she was put in the spotlight too soon and was too green. But another big hit can earn forgiveness quickly, but Ashlee was a one hit wonder.
And it was also her complete lack of professionalism.
OHW not. She has good songs... But she ended herself... I know she was a baby in entertainment world... But never blame to your band
Well, she was a kid. For God's sake. What does it really matter? I've never really given a rip because I've been a singer for many years in a different genre. Things happen. I dont see why she needed to be crucified. She was very young and didn't know what to do.
@@chevydude658 Honestly I’ve never understood how this one thing tanked her whole career. Her album was good and she was really young. It’s crazy that this was all it took.
@@TahtahmesDiary She sucked !! No talent at all.
Yeah Pieces of Me is her best song.
You know, I could have forgiven the whole lip-syncing and walking off stage thing. Yes, s**t happens sometimes. But for her to come back out at the end and actually BLAME IT ON HER BAND? Unforgivable! Yeah Ashlee! Your band is what caused your disembodied voice to come out of thin air singing the wrong song while you stood there looking stupid! Uh huh. Your band might have been the only friends you had left after this and you totally threw them under the bus. It was your fault girlie, not theirs.
I watched it live... and was shocked! 😀Jessica would never! 😁
And you’re watching it even later than him lol he is speaking his mind and the fact any of us are watching this now is funny honestly
She admitted that it was all her fault years later, so, yea this comment is a bit moot.
The fact that you didn’t watch the video well is obvious. They played the wrong song and the drummer activated the response before she was ready
They did play the wrong song tho??? I mean what was she supposed to do? Start singing the correct song over the wrong one?
The worst part is not the lip sync but the way she blamed it on her band. I mean.. she walked off the stage and left them there to repair her mistake.
The drummer is the person who cued the wrong track. So, "my band" is mostly correct.
I think Ashlee was just not meant for this career and this was the universe putting a stop to things.
Lol
Not really. Fox said not.
I agree that Ashlee wasn't meant to be a singer at all. She was riding her sister's band wagon and taking advantage of the "Simpson" name that also Jessica was never that great of a singer. Jess got worse through the years, and I'm happy she found and is excelling with her Fashion.
well said.
what’s she up to these days? whatever it is, it’s better than blaming her band for anything. I’m a live player that has dealt with wannabe Diva performer, who would put her capo on the wrong fret & blame everyone playing in the wrong key…even the drummer. yes, she was that stupid of a bee eye sea tea H
@@corporalclegg914the drummer played the wrong song
"My band started playing the wrong song."
So 4 people were all coordinated enough to play the exact same song, but they are the ones that messed up?
Actually the bassist was playing the correct song in the beginning, however drummer and guitarists did not follow. They played the song that she already performed earlier in the same show. They were supposed to play Autobiography
Bassist played correct song (Autobiography).
Drummer played the wrong song (Pieces of Me).
Drummer is responsible for turning on the lip-syncing vocals. He turned on the wrong one. (Pieces of Me).
Ashlee and Bassist are confused.
Guitarist joins in with the wrong song. (Pieces of Me).
Bassist says Fuck It and switches to the wrong song (Pieces of Me).
Ashlee is more confused.
Ashlee gets out of the way.
Band rocks on.
Later, Ashlee uses her 5 second goodbye to say "My band started playing the wrong song" in order to sum up "Earlier this week I was at the doctors about my voice, who recommended i dont sing live. But I'm 2p and naïve so when my parents pushed me to do the live SNL performance, I went for it. During the dress rehearsal my voice started giving out, so we switched to lip-syncing. But we also changed the order of our two songs for the night. So when the drummer accidentally started to repeat the first song that we already performed, and then the rest of the band joined in, I had no idea how to respond. I'm sorry!"
Maybe they wanted to expose her.
@@iRsemple you just can’t switch to lip sync unless it’s something that’s already predetermined. They must have done this many times before
@@iRsemple Well that was a read and also explained more. Easier to say my band effed up
On WWHL she said she lost her voice but at the end of the show she is talking fine and had the audacity to blame it on her band 😂
Exactly. It made zero sense.
it´s not the same to sing and to talk.
I am glad she was just a one hit wonder.
Singing and talking require different vocal muscles. You can absolutely have a hard time singing but speak just fine.
Yeah it was her drummer's fault tbh and he admitted too. Watch the video closely and you'll see they were supposed to perform the song Autobiography, bassist started off playing intro to Autobiography hoping to correct the drummer who queued the wrong song, but dummer and guitarists continued playing Pieces of Me, the song they already performed earlier that night in the show.
Drummer said he got it mixed up because they were supposed to play Autobiography first and then Pieces of Me, but then they switched it up for the actual show, where they played Pieces of Me first and then Autobiography. So what happened here is, when it came time to play Autobiography, drummer got mixed up and queued Pieces of Me instead.
I had to look this up after seeing an old Family Guy episode making fun of it... I forgot all about her
Me too 🤣🤣
Yep, likewise.
Samee
same i'm watching the episode rn shit was hilarious 🤣
@@asiamccall4715 😂 it's so funny!!!
And that folks, is what you call a CAREER ENDING mistake
And the orange bowl topped it off.
Should have been you
Thankfully! 😂😂
“Ashlee Simpson's drummer, Chris Fox, is accepting the blame for cueing
the wrong song for her second performance on Saturday Night Live on
October 23. In a message posted on Simpson's official website, he
said, "I am in charge of starting the songs and cueing their backing
tracks, (which are) miscellaneous percussion, random sound effects,
etc. Plain and simple, I cued the wrong song."
He said during rehearsals the band had played "Autobiography" first and then played "Pieces Of Me," but in
performance they decided to reverse the order. He said, "Even though
we had already played 'Pieces' for our first performance--and quite
well, from what I'm told--when it came time for the second song, I
started 'Pieces' again without thinking twice."
Fox concludes by saying Simpson
should have just blamed him, not the whole band, when she went back
onstage at the end of Saturday Night Live. He said, "Honestly, she
should've blamed me, her drummer. "
I wouldn’t say it was “career ending” considering she had a #19, #22, and #21 hit, after this happened, in her second album era. Which is pretty good for the time period when it was far harder for one to get a hit song, and for someone who’s name became a parody, but I think those songs most likely would’ve done better had the SNL moment not happened. She still survived past it though.
I don't think there's much that could be done on that show without Lorne Michaels at the very least knowing about it...
the fact that this is how she is remembered by most people aside from being jessica simpson's sister 😭
I never heard from her until now
I mean to be fair they still occasionally play her songs on the overhead speakers in stores so there's that lol.
what have any of you accomplished?
Not making fools of ourselves on live TV.
1:30 "Ashley Simpson is worried about losing her voice." She never had a voice to begin with. Check out her Orange Bowl "performance."
there is NO WAY lorne or the head sound engineer didnt know lipsyching was the plan...how could they have possibly cued up levels and such without a runthrough? and how is it even remotely possible to cue the wrong song? this was sabotage for sure
Based on the band looking like they were holding in laughter, and none of them stopping in order to restart with the correct song, it very well could have been sabotage.
But at the very least, it is also a believable mistake. They switched the order of the songs earlier. The drummer is the one who turns on the lip-syncing vocals, and he accidentally started playing Pieces of Me. (Both on the drums, and with the vocals that he turned on).
Meanwhile the Bassist was playing the correct song (Autobiography) and was just as confused as Ashlee.
“Ashlee Simpson's drummer, Chris Fox, is accepting the blame for cueing
the wrong song for her second performance on Saturday Night Live on
October 23. In a message posted on Simpson's official website, he
said, "I am in charge of starting the songs and cueing their backing
tracks, (which are) miscellaneous percussion, random sound effects,
etc. Plain and simple, I cued the wrong song."
He said during rehearsals the band had played "Autobiography" first and then played "Pieces Of Me," but in
performance they decided to reverse the order. He said, "Even though
we had already played 'Pieces' for our first performance--and quite
well, from what I'm told--when it came time for the second song, I
started 'Pieces' again without thinking twice."
Fox concludes by saying Simpson
should have just blamed him, not the whole band, when she went back
onstage at the end of Saturday Night Live. He said, "Honestly, she
should've blamed me, her drummer. "
Kinda weird they coincidentally had a 60 minutes reporter there to catch it. They must have been there originally to do another story.
experienced performers know "the show must go on". dont walk off even if theres an issue
“Ashlee Simpson's drummer, Chris Fox, is accepting the blame for cueing
the wrong song for her second performance on Saturday Night Live on
October 23. In a message posted on Simpson's official website, he
said, "I am in charge of starting the songs and cueing their backing
tracks, (which are) miscellaneous percussion, random sound effects,
etc. Plain and simple, I cued the wrong song."
He said during rehearsals the band had played "Autobiography" first and then played "Pieces Of Me," but in
performance they decided to reverse the order. He said, "Even though
we had already played 'Pieces' for our first performance--and quite
well, from what I'm told--when it came time for the second song, I
started 'Pieces' again without thinking twice."
Fox concludes by saying Simpson
should have just blamed him, not the whole band, when she went back
onstage at the end of Saturday Night Live. He said, "Honestly, she
should've blamed me, her drummer. "
@@electrictroy2010
Sooooo WHAT?!! IRRELEVANT.
What @yyg4632 said STANDS.
ANY Professional practices professionalism…which means:
A performer STAYS on stage THRUOUT the entire performance REGARDLESS of what happens-she did not. She failed HER part. Booo! hiss!! She did not deserve to make a professional living at something in which she was not proficient.
*Isn’t it interesting that the person responsible for cueing up the wrong song that night, PASSED the professionalism-test with flying colors, despite his monumental mistake?
He actually smoke-checked AS in that department.
I’m confused. So technically, the band did play the wrong song. They replayed “Pieces of Me”, which was the first song she sang on SNL that night. If they were supposed to play “Autobiography”, then she was correct, (at the end) saying that the band played the wrong song. (disregarding the fact that she was lip-synching)
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if so, then why is everyone saying she threw her band under the bus?
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Also, is it really the drummer that picks the backing track to be played? (live during the show) I would’ve thought, that is handled by an audio tech behind the control boards. (or whatever, the SNL sound engineer)
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And I find it incredibly hard to believe, that Lauren claims he has no idea she was going to lip-synch 2:18)
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whoever was responsible for playing the wrong backing track. The band should’ve known. They already played that song 30 minutes earlier than night. (so why did they play it again?)
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If anything, they could’ve pulled an Elvis Costello, and stop the song, and played the correct song.
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& BTW: I’m only watching this video tonight in 2024, because “Celebrity name that tune” TV show (tonight) one of the songs they played in first segment, was “Pieces of me”
Talk about a career ender...that’s gotta hurt.
Things happen
“Ashlee Simpson's drummer, Chris Fox, is accepting the blame for cueing
the wrong song for her second performance on Saturday Night Live on
October 23. In a message posted on Simpson's official website, he
said, "I am in charge of starting the songs and cueing their backing
tracks, (which are) miscellaneous percussion, random sound effects,
etc. Plain and simple, I cued the wrong song."
He said during rehearsals the band had played "Autobiography" first and then played "Pieces Of Me," but in
performance they decided to reverse the order. He said, "Even though
we had already played 'Pieces' for our first performance--and quite
well, from what I'm told--when it came time for the second song, I
started 'Pieces' again without thinking twice."
Fox concludes by saying Simpson
should have just blamed him, not the whole band, when she went back
onstage at the end of Saturday Night Live. He said, "Honestly, she
should've blamed me, her drummer. "
DAMN, I had forgotten that she blamed the band for this and then doubled down on post interviews that it was their fault. She had no integrity whatsoever. The talent would even be up for debate sans the lipsyncing.
Actually it was her band's fault. The drummer (who is a member of her band) mistakenly pressed the wrong button that caused the wrong track to be played.
1:20 actual footage of Ashlee realizing that all that vocal processing in the studio doesn't translate live
She just had to put the microphone close to her mouth... She just had 1 job. She failed
A week or 2 later she performed live at a half time show somewhere... the place erupted in boos after the song
NEVER confuse having "a" talented child...with..having talented children.
Good one! She was obviously riding a lot of coattails.
What was the other talented Simpson child? I’m not aware of any.
Jessica Simpson is the talented one
Homer is the only one with talent but at least she kind of hot
Pretty despicable how she immediately threw her band under the bus.
Damn, I sing too, and I would have just started over and sang the song the best I could.
that would have been a better decision yes huhuhu
She already "performed" that song 30 minutes earlier. So just jumping in to the middle of it would have been weird. Especially since her mic is off, she can't just switch to using her real voice in order to save face.
Seems like she clearly did want the band to start-over at least, with the correct song, but they just kept going.
So shes left there, mic off, a repeat song playing, just been outed for lip-syncing, and is only 20 years old at the very start of her career. Ofc she had no idea what to do.
You probably can sing, as opposed to Ashlee..
Exactly; that's what she should have done.....or ask the audience to join in and help out.
Love how she just tosses "her" band under the bus! Yeah that's some fine character there...
The drummer is the person who cued the wrong track. So, "my band" is mostly correct.
This should be in a museum somewhere.
Oh I worked in the live tv industry at the time doing sound in NYC. She was really snotty and rude to the sound engineer and he purposely sabotaged her. It was all the buzz and he sent the video to us at MTV to rewatch over and over as some sort of justice for sound engineers lol
That’s ridiculous since it was the band (more specifically her drummer) who played the wrong track and definitely not SNL sound engineers. In fact, no one outside her team was aware of their plan to lip-synch.
@@umbertofederico6260 Nice theory but I knew the person who did it and he lost his job. Of course she was lip syncing. Destiny's Child came on our show and lip synced via iTunes and the engineers were hoping the internet held up. Again, experienced all of this first hand, not my 'theory'
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Betty McCarthy Miller was the show’s director at the time and she explains exactly what happened to Ashlee. She also says it was the band and not her sound engineers using the pro tools.
@@umbertofederico6260 Because us union engineers and producers stick together lol. I worked underneath Beth. She was laughing just as hard at the video as we all were
@@umbertofederico6260 yeah it was the drummer. Wouldn't be surprised if the audio engineer lied for clout and got fired because of it , though lol
Her rehearsal sounded just like the song. Terrible. She should have just sang. Or did she realize just then that she couldn't sing?
2:09 3:05 liar. wow. nope. It wasn't the wrong song. She clearly was hearing it when it started and shows no signs that something is wrong UNTIL she doesn't come in on time with her singing. She just misjudged the # of bars b4 her vocal started and probably was in a kind of daydream state where too many thoughts were in her head and she was not in full concentration mode and she zoned out. Just for a second but that's all it took then instead of jumping in and stopping everyone and saying hey, guys, I have a bad throat and I didn't want to cancel... crank that song up again and let me at least lip sync if for you guys bam, she starts over, yes it isn't live BUT she at least has an excuse. This was just her forgetting to come in and making it look way worse.
No. The mix-up happened because the bass player began the correct song, but the drummer accidentally triggered the vocal track for Pieces of Me, a song they had performed just 30 minutes earlier in the show. Once the wrong track started playing, the band decided to go along with it to avoid a jarring sound. However, Ashlee was caught off guard, unsure how to proceed since they’d already performed that song and had no reason to repeat it.
@@umbertofederico6260 AND the pre-recorded vocals to that PREVIOUS tune just happened to trigger! No one had any idea! Vocals appearing from heaven while she's doing an idiot dance! Of COURSE it was the drummer's fault. No matter WHAT excuse she has, the reality is that she was lip syncing on a LIVE TV show and got caught. You would think when the MUSIC started on song 2, she'd immediately know that the music was not right and turn around and stop the band at that moment. Why does keep dancing if she's hearing music that already happened in song 1?
Between this and the Orange Bowl presentation, her career got buried so quickly
They were all "stunned" she couldn't sing? Huh... alrighty, then.
Wow!
Thank you for sharing!
At least the band stayed and played
It wasn't this show that put a nail on the coffin to her career. It was the orange bowl where she literally got booed by everyone.
If anything SNL has been an even better place to hear great live music since then because nobody wanted to repeat this bullshit. BTW, Miley usually brings it.
“Ashlee Simpson's drummer, Chris Fox, is accepting the blame for cueing
the wrong song for her second performance on Saturday Night Live on
October 23. In a message posted on Simpson's official website, he
said, "I am in charge of starting the songs and cueing their backing
tracks, (which are) miscellaneous percussion, random sound effects,
etc. Plain and simple, I cued the wrong song."
He said during rehearsals the band had played "Autobiography" first and then played "Pieces Of Me," but in
performance they decided to reverse the order. He said, "Even though
we had already played 'Pieces' for our first performance--and quite
well, from what I'm told--when it came time for the second song, I
started 'Pieces' again without thinking twice."
Fox concludes by saying Simpson
should have just blamed him, not the whole band, when she went back
onstage at the end of Saturday Night Live. He said, "Honestly, she
should've blamed me, her drummer. "
The Guitarist to Her Right looks like He's trying to do the Splits, and Her bringing the Mic to Her face and stops half way like Her arm was pulled down , is iconic in lipcync fails🥵
He dint know? Lol how could he not have known 😂😂😂
They didn’t tell him
Of course he knew - I bet more than 50% of singers do it on SNL. But he isn’t going to admit that lol
The Leprechaun dance... i have never forgotten 3/19/22 1.36 pm cst USA
It's a shitty situation it's hard not feel terrible for someone so young embarrassing themselves on such a public stage. Even if she's some record label product. Pretty ugly situation. Everyone was so happy to pounce on her and drag her through the mud.
If this allegedly just resurfaced, then why is this video 4 years old? 🤔🤔🤔
Nobody said it has just resurfaced or anything like that😐
@@umbertofederico6260 I saw an article that did. Sorry should've referenced that. My bad. 😘
@@bobbieaustin5267 can you link it please? :)
This SNL show aired in 2004 at the end Ashlee blamed her band.. On Andy Cohen's Watch What Happens Live recently a viewer asked Ashlee who SHE THOUGHT was responsible for her lip sinking mistake Ashlee now A MORE MATURE Ashlee says Oh, ME I was completely ME I should have said I'm not going on the show tonight or words to that effect..
So, essentially, a 19-year-old girl was ill and was either forced to perform by her team or felt so pressured not to fail during her biggest career break yet, she still went onstage. It’s impossible to imagine the entire world dragging, then abandoning, a teen girl who was just humiliated on national TV.
@@umbertofederico6260 that was the least of it. If that would have been a new up and comer ppl wouldn't have been so harsh. But everyone already felt like her "fame" was only a result of her being Jessica's sister. She was seen as a priveleged, spoiled product of nepotism who didn't even really deserve to be on SNL. She never paid her dues in the industry. And the phoney manufactured "image" of the emo punk rocker grunge whatever, was incredibly forced and phoney. Maybe she really did want to be a musician but it seemed like she was just trying to cash in on Jessica's name. Nothing about her seemed sincere. She earned that dragging!
@@umbertofederico6260 oh stop🤣🤣. She's hardly a "victim".
Don’t most bands know what song or songs they will be doing and in what order?
"Did you hear about the bomb threat?"
"Ashley Simpson might perform..."
And Still there's no footage of the First Song
There is but not on YT!
Everybody including Lorne really threw her under the bus. People worship success, but they root for failure.
Pretty much every performance now is pre-recorded. Funny now to see how much backlash there was at the time.
true that.
SNL is not broadcast live. Why did they air this fiasco? The reason for delayed broadcast is to clean up mistakes. This makes no sense at all.
It is broadcast live, that is why is called "Saturday Night Live".
@@umbertofederico6260 No it is not. Look into it. It is recorded in front of live audience but broadcast days later, if not weeks. Long time ago, it was live.
@@samkitty5894 Saturday Night Live is live. There are some portions that are pre-taped (parody commercials, SNL digital shorts, Deep Thoughts) - usually 1 or 2 per episode. The cold open, the monologue, the musical guest, Weekend Update and 4-5 other sketches are live.
Urgh, they knew exactly what they were doing. Its not like Ashley can just play a lip-synching tape over the sound desk straight after their first song without the studio knowing. So much lies here. The whole band were miming lmao who do they think theyre fooling
I defend her when it comes to this you're right
So what you’re saying is that SNL was just trying to sabotage her?
“Ashlee Simpson's drummer, Chris Fox, is accepting the blame for cueing
the wrong song for her second performance on Saturday Night Live on
October 23. In a message posted on Simpson's official website, he
said, "I am in charge of starting the songs and cueing their backing
tracks, (which are) miscellaneous percussion, random sound effects,
etc. Plain and simple, I cued the wrong song."
He said during rehearsals the band had played "Autobiography" first and then played "Pieces Of Me," but in
performance they decided to reverse the order. He said, "Even though
we had already played 'Pieces' for our first performance--and quite
well, from what I'm told--when it came time for the second song, I
started 'Pieces' again without thinking twice."
Fox concludes by saying Simpson
should have just blamed him, not the whole band, when she went back
onstage at the end of Saturday Night Live. He said, "Honestly, she
should've blamed me, her drummer. "
Didn't she blame her band during the farewell and credits? Saying they played the wrong song but ugh.... The words are yours either way how is that an excuse
It’s in the video bro.
All she had to do was jump in, stop the performance, and start over, singing as she could. You see aging rockers "holding the mic out" for the audience to sing the hard parts/when they need a break. She could have salvaged this, and her career.
I agree, she could of spoke into the mic and been like, "tf, ...what is happening?" I think she honestly didn't know how to react & that's what cost her...
I remember this back in the day and laughed. It was a good thing, make room for more talented people than her.
This shows how the real mistake happens in the NEXT thing u do after an issue comes up.
I never cared about the lip-synch. It’s not like a Milli Vanilli thing where she used someone else’s voice. It was a technical mistake. Amazing how known rapists and women beaters still have a career in entertainment but this girl couldn’t have one bad stage performance without getting canceled
2:19 is where she knew she fucked up and she was PISSED. lol
J.low uses other women's voices and passes them as hers which is worse and she still has a "singing" career.
Its why she canceled her last tour nobody bought tickets. Shes a has been
Funny how ppl think lip syncing, on live performances, means an artist can't actually sing. There are several reasons why this is done, including the loss of voice, or fear of something going wrong.
I remember when I used to listen to the Autobiography album on repeat as a kid.
Crazy to think that This was 19 years ago. I remember watching this and my dad being “Why??”
Here we are in 2023 talking about it STILL lol lol Reddit brought me here. Lol
Back when people weren’t yet complacent about lip syncing… what happened. Peoples standards have lowered so much.
I remember her coming to my school FVHS
All performers lip synch or sing with backing and lead tracks. Don’t kid yourself
The wrong song?
Even if it is, the first portion of the melody should tell you what song it is, ESPECIALLY if you're the singer behind it.
Except she already sang Pieces of Me earlier in the show so why would she sing it again??
Watch the full video, the bassist started the intro to Autobiography hoping to correct the drummer who queued the wrong song. Unfortunately the guitarists and backing track played Piece of Me instead.
For some bizarre reason, Ashlee Simpson decided not to lip synch that night when the band started playing her second song. Even if it was the “wrong song”, she still could have lip synched, instead of dancing without singing, which exposed that she was lip synching.
It was too late. She was not in sync with the voice at the time it started. Even if she had lip synced correctly later, the audience would still have understood.
That's what make live music so good that there's a mistake made so I could move on obviously embarrassed give a credit she made it to Saturday Night Live
She made it and that's good, but she didn't do to well she lyp-synched and that ruined her career and it wasn't just a mistake.
Some punctuation marks would make your comment more clearer, lol. I don't understand half of what you're saying
“Uuummmmmmm…..No.”
Why is that so funny 😂
She has always lip synced, don’t kid yourself. She is a phony.
Big time
Not always. This performance, for one, is certainly not lipsynced: th-cam.com/video/sJ9ARK4-JoY/w-d-xo.html
But like no one ever talks about the fact that the precious performance was live… and yet this is the only footage you can find of it. So we know previously she was singing live, because anyone with an ear can hear the difference. So what was the big deal that a track got played during the second performance? Now her actions afterward were ridiculous, blaming the band and walking off, etc., but 95% of singers use a track or lip sync, so it really shouldn’t have been such a big deal.
The previous performance was not live. It certainly didn't sound like the CD, because the band was actually playing live but Ashlee's voice was pre-recorded. It was the same voice as on the record but with a slightly different reverb, which "simulates" the live voice. Trust me.
Exactly my thoughts.
“Ashlee Simpson's drummer, Chris Fox, is accepting the blame for cueing
the wrong song for her second performance on Saturday Night Live on
October 23. In a message posted on Simpson's official website, he
said, "I am in charge of starting the songs and cueing their backing
tracks, (which are) miscellaneous percussion, random sound effects,
etc. Plain and simple, I cued the wrong song."
He said during rehearsals the band had played "Autobiography" first and then played "Pieces Of Me," but in
performance they decided to reverse the order. He said, "Even though
we had already played 'Pieces' for our first performance--and quite
well, from what I'm told--when it came time for the second song, I
started 'Pieces' again without thinking twice."
Fox concludes by saying Simpson
should have just blamed him, not the whole band, when she went back
onstage at the end of Saturday Night Live. He said, "Honestly, she
should've blamed me, her drummer. "
People should of gave her a break. They didn’t have to be that harsh to her. She actually explains the reasons in a interview this year explaining why it happened. Acid reflux an that she didn’t have any in ear monitor so she didn’t know what song was playing next.
So what was the second song she was supposed to sing then, La La?
Autobiography
Why did 60 Minutes just HAPPEN to be there?
0:35 "Flying without a net" 🤔🤔🤔
I want to hear from the band members...
I actually thought the Hoedown dance 🕺🏿 was better than the song, that was awesome 👏…
If you can't sing, seriously, do not
sing ❗
It was not the band it was
*her* .
“Ashlee Simpson's drummer, Chris Fox, is accepting the blame for cueing
the wrong song for her second performance on Saturday Night Live on
October 23. In a message posted on Simpson's official website, he
said, "I am in charge of starting the songs and cueing their backing
tracks, (which are) miscellaneous percussion, random sound effects,
etc. Plain and simple, I cued the wrong song."
He said during rehearsals the band had played "Autobiography" first and then played "Pieces Of Me," but in
performance they decided to reverse the order. He said, "Even though
we had already played 'Pieces' for our first performance--and quite
well, from what I'm told--when it came time for the second song, I
started 'Pieces' again without thinking twice."
Fox concludes by saying Simpson
should have just blamed him, not the whole band, when she went back
onstage at the end of Saturday Night Live. He said, "Honestly, she
should've blamed me, her drummer. "
Today lip syncing is so normal that no one actually sings live anymore lol
It was not really her band's fault... Not that they were really a band. This was actually an amazingly complex event from a psychological standpoint. I am not even sure what the correct response was. A real band would just go oops, wrong song and do the right one, but they would not be playing a vocal track. The jig was up, so Ash did a jig. Kinda fitting. They should have found an alternate. I bet her management did everything they could to force her up there.
She was on track to be a pretty big star. Then this happened and she never recoverd
No she wasn’t. I can’t think of one song by her
@@davidkruse4030 so she wasn't a star because you specifically can't think of a song of hers. Lol ok bud. Not to mention her first album sold 5 million copies
@@davidkruse4030 Don't forget the Orange Bowl halftime show where she was Booooooooed by the Crowd...Only reason she was relevant was because of her older sis Jessica
People were way to harsh on her. Yeah, she blamed her band... but she was 20 years old here (barely, she had just turned 20 a couple weeks earlier). Basically still a teenager. Dumb... stupid... make bad decisions... can't take responsibility. The world treated her very harshly for something silly. When you were 20 years old did you take responsibility for stuff?
60 Minutes reporting on the real stories.
she called her a "flop" 💀
The reality is that EVERYTIME it came time for Ashlee to sing live .... there was some kind of illness or tragedy. If you watch her reality show the only time she is "sick" is right before concerts or recording sessions. Even on her show when they were recording her concert she is obviously singing to a track. The truth is that she wasn't a very good singer and her staff spent more time trying to cover her than she spent actually singing. Ashlee was handed a recording contract because of her sister. She cared more about her hair and clothes than the music and process of recording an album. I will admit it was entertaining watching her reality show back in the day because I could see how they edited the show around the fact that Ashlee couldn't really sing.
“ummm no”
They need to 60 minutes episode to apologize for her? Ridiculous…
With technology today they could make Donald Duck sound good.
Little different when your live .
This is totally untrue! There is no software in the world that can turn an ugly voice into a beautiful one, much less existed almost 20 years ago. At most you can turn an out-of-tune duck into a tuneful one, but it will always sound like a duck and the result will still be disappointing and cacophonic. It won't sell million of copies!
@@umbertofederico6260
That’s called a hyperbole. 🙄
@@bil6718 I know but it still leaves a wrong message, because many people actually believe that anyone could sing and sell millions of records thanks to technology only, but sadly (or luckily) things are not like that.
I found this old file about this on my pc with this piece. But the weird thing is the file was created on 25-10-2003.Weird
And then they say that Milli Vanilli was the hoax? Jesus. Give me a break. And the fact was that Rob and Fab COULD sing.
@12345grov prove that this was her voice first of all. Which I hardly doubt it was hers at the first place. And then go and tell your stuff to Frank Farian and see who is going to laugh at who.
@@damianosavraammisaelidis9727 She did an entire reality show recording the record. They had to modify some things; she claims she only did the "Oooohhhhh..." on the chorus of this song once and wasn't able to redo it live, etc. But it's her voice. It's not even a good voice; she just speak-sings everything. The only reason she lip-synced is 'cause she's not a real trained artist who had confidence in herself when she had a hardship; instead of plowing through, she asked for an easy solution. The product of only being in the industry because of your sister and MTV wanting to do a docuseries on you.
She should of just cut the music and sang since she walked off stage that just made this look so much worse.
They probably had NO idea what to do…there’s no rehearsal for that situation. They DID start playing the wrong song…on the backing track. The band probably still had the vocals going in their monitors and since it was live there was no turning back, in a millisecond her cover was blown. I can’t imagine what that feels like, but we all know what everyone else thought.
I finally understand the family guy reference oolllllldddd maaaaannn rivverrrss 🤣🤣🤣🤣
And now she works at Costco
Nope. Shes married to Diana Ross's son. Still rich.
@@mrsx7944 lol gravestone reads “married a rich guy” hahahaha you showed him
@@nodythova8543 eh, that's better than most of us.
The funny part is how I still find that believable
Blaming the band is what buried her.
I just came here from reading her reply to this in 2024 interview she just did, she blamed it on SNL for "forcing her to do it" and learned a lesson on saying NO to pushy ppl, then blamed old middle aged men for starting the harassment of her online, and also claimed "she woke up not able to speak and even had to write a letter explaining she couldn't talk at all to Lorne" funny she had zero problem closing the show with her little "band bad" speech, how millennial of her at 39 to still play victim even after getting caught, lol.
Well if pop stars could actually sing and didn’t use auto tune and backing tracks to lip sync to, this crap wouldn’t happen
“Ashlee Simpson's drummer, Chris Fox, is accepting the blame for cueing
the wrong song for her second performance on Saturday Night Live on
October 23. In a message posted on Simpson's official website, he
said, "I am in charge of starting the songs and cueing their backing
tracks, (which are) miscellaneous percussion, random sound effects,
etc. Plain and simple, I cued the wrong song."
He said during rehearsals the band had played "Autobiography" first and then played "Pieces Of Me," but in
performance they decided to reverse the order. He said, "Even though
we had already played 'Pieces' for our first performance--and quite
well, from what I'm told--when it came time for the second song, I
started 'Pieces' again without thinking twice."
Fox concludes by saying Simpson
should have just blamed him, not the whole band, when she went back
onstage at the end of Saturday Night Live. He said, "Honestly, she
should've blamed me, her drummer. "
💩 happens. Own up to it. To come back at the end lying to blame it on the band? No class.
“Ashlee Simpson's drummer, Chris Fox, is accepting the blame for cueing
the wrong song for her second performance on Saturday Night Live on
October 23. In a message posted on Simpson's official website, he
said, "I am in charge of starting the songs and cueing their backing
tracks, (which are) miscellaneous percussion, random sound effects,
etc. Plain and simple, I cued the wrong song."
He said during rehearsals the band had played "Autobiography" first and then played "Pieces Of Me," but in
performance they decided to reverse the order. He said, "Even though
we had already played 'Pieces' for our first performance--and quite
well, from what I'm told--when it came time for the second song, I
started 'Pieces' again without thinking twice."
Fox concludes by saying Simpson
should have just blamed him, not the whole band, when she went back
onstage at the end of Saturday Night Live. He said, "Honestly, she
should've blamed me, her drummer. "
I could watch this 1000 times. In fact, I actually did. This moment actually made me fall in love with Ashlee because I felt so bad.
If she lip synced the first song why did she storm off stage moaning about her voice being hoarse? Her intention was to lip sync both songs was it not ?
You seem confused. She left the stage complaining about her voice during the sound check not the live show.
She chose to dance like Penny wise of all dances.
LMAO!🤣 But to be fair, I'm pretty sure Pennywise dances to distract his victims before he kills them. 🤔Ashlee danced out of confusion and embarrassment. 😏
And she threw her band under the bus...Way TO GO asSSSSS
Blaming it on the band when they actually DID NOT RUN OFF THE STAGE & handled the situation very professionally…which she is obviously incapable of doing. Mistakes happen,but to throw the band under the bus to save face(which you clearly DID NOT)was tasteless. Shame shame!
“Ashlee Simpson's drummer, Chris Fox, is accepting the blame for cueing
the wrong song for her second performance on Saturday Night Live on
October 23. In a message posted on Simpson's official website, he
said, "I am in charge of starting the songs and cueing their backing
tracks, (which are) miscellaneous percussion, random sound effects,
etc. Plain and simple, I cued the wrong song."
He said during rehearsals the band had played "Autobiography" first and then played "Pieces Of Me," but in
performance they decided to reverse the order. He said, "Even though
we had already played 'Pieces' for our first performance--and quite
well, from what I'm told--when it came time for the second song, I
started 'Pieces' again without thinking twice."
Fox concludes by saying Simpson
should have just blamed him, not the whole band, when she went back
onstage at the end of Saturday Night Live. He said, "Honestly, she
should've blamed me, her drummer. "