Ashlee Simpson- Page 4

[ckeaton]

Posted: 1/6/05 at 3:42pm

Oh I'm certain that over 50% of those hits were to taunt.

[bta212]

Posted: 1/6/05 at 3:47pm

You're probably right, but why do we care at all? She should fade into the oblivion she deserves.

[kangaroo]

Posted: 1/6/05 at 3:47pm

I was in school when they told me, and I just started laughing. For a second, I thought this was a "I love Ashlee" club. I don't like the Simpsons.

[TGIF]

Posted: 1/6/05 at 3:54pm

The video link is gone from that website. Anyone know where I might start looking to see it?

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 1/6/05 at 3:56pm

I guess she should have stuck to dancing

[broadway86]

Posted: 1/6/05 at 4:16pm

"Now THAT is a serious load of crap; this is the skank that, when she screwed up her SNL performance, tried to blame her musicians."

You mean you've never blamed something on someone else? That's odd. Besides, is that the only instance you have?

"She should fade into the oblivion she deserves."

lol

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 1/6/05 at 4:19pm

I admit I have blamed things I've done on somebody else. But it was only because I was ashamed to admit I have acid reflux. On a Monday. Tuesday. BOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Daddy, you said the college kids would think the big A in a circle would be cool cuz it's my initial!

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 1/6/05 at 4:19pm

I'll recap the video.

Ashlee jumps around and screams something unintelligble and out of tune.

The music stops.

There is loud 'BOO'ing from the 70,000 people at the Orange Bowl.

Ashlee makes a face like she just walked into a wandering fart.

[bta212]

Posted: 1/6/05 at 4:25pm

Bway--I'm sorry if I offended you.

By all means, I'm a fallible mortal, just like the next person. I feel strongly about this, though, and it leads to some hyperbolic statements.

Here are these hardworking session musicians, and when you watch the SNL thing, they smiled and tumbled right to it--they were smart, good-natured professionals. She does her jig, storms off stage and then has the nerve to blame the band. WTF? I think that you can admit (without questioning my integrity) that that is pretty dreadful behavior. And yes, I feel that there are moments that reveal one's character and that the "wrong" action costs you something. I think that blaming the band cost her the right to be given a free ride or a wave of sympathetic applause after a lousy performance.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 1/6/05 at 4:28pm

Actually, bta, I believe the drummer was in charge of the audio tracks and hit the wrong button, and then instead of trying to fix it, the band played the wrong song. So it was actually their mistake, although that doesn't mean she had to blame them on national TV, however, she's QUITE inexperienced and I'm sure panicked. I'm not excusing any of it. Just telling you what I heard.

[bta212]

Posted: 1/6/05 at 4:34pm

Now you see--that's why I come here: I learn something from you folks every day.

Thanks, Rath: that casts a lot of light on the whole thing. In that case, she's just a young kid caught in a bad moment.

I'm still not joining the fan club, but' I'll climb down from my soapbox now.

*puts soapbox in corner, where it's readily available*

[broadway86]

Posted: 1/6/05 at 4:38pm

bta-

I'm sorry for getting a bit mad before. I feel bad about that. No, you didn't offend me. As Rathnait said, I'm sure there was much more going on than 'she screwed up, and blamed the band'. At that point, she wasn't an experienced live performer. She could very well have had vocal problems that night. Someone messed up, and she didn't know what to do.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, regardless of how poorly she did (I'm a fan of her, and I have to say that it sucked), no one deserves what she got. I don't care who you are. I feel bad for her. If, for no better reason, than she is a really good person.

[magruder]

Posted: 1/6/05 at 4:39pm

You make me wanna - uh uh uh uh uh!
You make me wanna - ba ba ba ba ba!
You make me wannnnnnna - SCREAAAAAM!

I do think they may be Noel Coward's finest set of lyrics.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 1/6/05 at 4:41pm

The thing is that she's taking the heat for a whole generation of not-so-great performers. She's the scapegoat, and that's what really sucks. People were waiting to jump on her at that game. They were thrilled to have the opportunity.

The problem is that she has very little performing experience, and any decent manager (not to mention parent) would know better than to start her out on national TV.

Updated On: 1/6/05 at 04:41 PM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 1/6/05 at 4:46pm

No Rath, that was another of Mr. Simpson's lies. A drummer is not in charge of hitting a vocal track. It's kind of an important job.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 1/6/05 at 4:47pm

Then who was the important person who hit the wrong button?

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 1/6/05 at 5:01pm

Her father.

[WindyCityActor]

Posted: 1/6/05 at 5:02pm

She's not a very experienced performer, and yet she singing in fromt of 70,000 people?

Somebody made a very bad decision putting her in this situation.

70,000?

Some talented unknowns will never come close to performing in front of that many people if you combined all of their audiences together.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 1/6/05 at 5:07pm

And Rath, come on, let's not speak for the motivation of 70,000 people. You do not know for a fact that they were all lying in wait for the poor innocent Ashlee who did absolutely nothing wrong other than to pretend she had talent and charisma and ability and expected a stadium full of people to play along. It's just pretend!

Is it that hard for you to believe that the people who booed felt, plain and simple, that the performance was awful?

And 86, COME ON! "At that point, she wasn't an experienced live performer." You make it sound as if this was years ago. It was less two months ago. She shouldn't be performing in stadiums for anybody. She shoulda started out with a reasonable goal, like lip synching to tracks at mall gigs.

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 1/6/05 at 5:11pm

Well, she's backtracking now and lipsyncing in a community theatre in Vancouver (I think this month). Close enough.

[BroadwayBaby21]

Posted: 1/6/05 at 5:19pm

Someone wanted to know where to see the video... If you go to comcast.net. they have it on the videos section.

She totally deserves that booing. She's coming to my highschool for a concert in march. I want to go just to see how BAD of a live performer she is.

I will say one good thing- Her lyrics to some of her songs are good... she can write.

[Anastasia_Beaverhausen]

Posted: 1/6/05 at 5:20pm

The girl is tired....with little talent. Time to retire.

Some people may sound good in a recording studio, but are just horrible live.....sounds like Ashlee. :)

[bta212]

Posted: 1/6/05 at 5:25pm

*one hand on soap-box...*

Namo? Rath? What's the deal? Evil un-professional skank? or poor, mis-understood child?

The whole world is watching...

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 1/6/05 at 5:27pm

I'm very glad to hear she's doing high school gigs. She really shouldn't do anything more visible than that.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 1/6/05 at 5:56pm

i'm glad she's doing high school guys too because i don't think she's 18 yet.