Britney Spears at the Dome

[London_Calling]

But they didn't pay that sort of money to enjoy themseleves. Most seem a little disappointed SHE ISN'T SINGING.

 

[sned]

So essentially they went to see a young lady dancing badly while pretending to sing? How long was the performance, incidentally?

 

[FabricLiveBaby!]

SHE ISN'T SINGING.

SO-fucking-WHAT?????

 

[dodgepot]

because she's sold as a pop singer, so people mgiht expect a *bit* of singing with their pop.

 

[sned]

Britney is now officially a mime-artist.. or something.

 

[kained&able]

yeah not singing is pretty danm lame.

dave

 

[FabricLiveBaby!]

But she's BRITENY!

Being suprised at Britney miming is like going to a U2 gig and being suprised about Bono preaching.

Essentialy she's like a brand. It doen't matter if she sings or not.

 

[sned]

I got the impression most pop acts nowadays sang live, even if just at their own gigs and not on TV shows. Apparently not. Very disappointing if you ask me.

She obviously didn't get where she is through talent (which was obvious from the beginning of her career to be fair) which is frustrating when there are plenty of talented acts out there who are very capable of performing live, but they're stuck in relative anonymity.

 

[dodgepot]

if someone has come to fame and made millions for being a singing performer then i think it matters pretty much if they then don't sing at one of their concerts.

 

[kained&able]

yeah exactly theres plenty of pop stars that sing live.

pink and christina aguilera certainly do.

Hell i bet milly cyrus does as well.

Poor showing from britney.


dave

 

[pootle]

When I saw Kanye West he was singing and it was facking awful.

Anyhoo. I'm off to the O2. I hope you all enjoy your heated debate about a genre/artist most of you (with a few notable exceptions) on this thread (and u75) don't even like anyway

 

[sned]

At least he tried!

 

[dodgepot]

hope you enjoy it!

the girls were great when i saw them at the o2 a couple of weeks ago

 

[belboid]

if someone has come to fame and made millions for being a singing performer then i think it matters pretty much if they then don't sing at one of their concerts.

what about if they're a performer who sings and dances, and, like, stuff?

would you go and see britney anyway? and if not, then who cares? most of the fans comments i've seen have expressed little disappointment at her lack of singing. given her rather weak voice, i imagine more would have been disappointed had she actually sung

 

[dodgepot]

no i wouldn't. she's not my bag. i like one or two songs of hers but the majority are pretty lamo.

 

[stupid dogbot]

I saw Dylan last month. He spoke most of his lyrics, rather than singing them.

 

[dodgepot]

i saw dylan last month and he was too busy sleeping in a tree to speak, let alone sing.

 

[FabricLiveBaby!]

no i wouldn't. she's not my bag. i like one or two songs of hers but the majority are pretty lamo.

How dare you?

 

[electrogirl]

I don't think I'd pay that much to see her now, her heart doesn't really seem to be in it these days. I do care about lip syncing, but I do realise that she does some well hardcore dance routines and see it as more of a 'show' than a concert.

She is actually a brilliant dancer.

 

[dodgepot]

so how was it, pootle?

 

[stupid dogbot]

i saw dylan last month and he was too busy sleeping in a tree to speak, let alone sing.

Bloody lazy rabbits. His poor fans...

 

[ouchmonkey]

I saw Dylan last month. He spoke most of his lyrics, rather than singing them.

quite. why is this OK and Britney miming not?

 

[London_Calling]

I think you're being optimistic in describing what Dylan does as "singing".

 

[ouchmonkey]

I think you're being optimistic in describing what Dylan does as "singing".

well quite.

you made the point it wasn't a gig because she wasn't singing - theres a band though right? is it not a gig when a rapper uses DAT tapes? or people used programmed beats?

 

[London_Calling]

Is there a band?

 

[pootle]

so how was it, pootle?

I don't know. The 02 was, well, the o2. I had a very nice pint of beer and my other mates who went said Britney was brilliant.



The person who booked our tickets made a bit of a balls up and booked them for NEXT thursday. A fact we didn't discover until we tried to get in

 

[Pieface]

oh man. That's WORSE than miming pootle

 

[London_Calling]

At least you avoided the rush !

 

[Guineveretoo]

This review from Bloomberg is pretty positive, overall, and acknowledges that she may have been miming. Seems a good summary of the gig.

 

[dodgepot]

Is there a band?

course there will be. there always is at these big pop shows these days. so it IS a gig. just not with britney singing. which kinda, IMO, defies the whole point of going to a britney spears gig.