# Best mocking of lip syncing **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 22, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mocking-of-lip-syncing/659030 "2013-05-22T16:07:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mocking-of-lip-syncing/659030/1 "2013-05-22T16:07:12Z")
I just ran across this [Buffalo Springfield](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V8VvEzuQ6Y) medley from the 60s Hollywood Palace show. Their bass player had been busted for pot. What do they do? They stick a bass into the hands of their road manager and have him sit on a stool with his back to the audience so the camera can compose arty over-the-shoulder shots of the band. The bass line goes on, and so does the guitar line. Is that Richie Furay playing Young’s part? Doesn’t the music obviously keep going when they lift their hands to clap? Why is Stills slapping his guitar like that? Has it been bad? The girls in the audience scream and scream and scream. I have to mention my favorite moment, which I finally found on [YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfV33HwWkVQ). For some reason the Smothers Brothers told the Jefferson Airplane to lipsync instead of play live. Grace Slick was so mad that instead of holding a microphone she sang into the amplifier plug. You can clearly see the prongs on the end in that video. What else is out there to be discovered on YouTube? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mocking-of-lip-syncing/659030/2 "2013-05-22T16:13:52Z")
[Biily, Don’t Be A Hero.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0lKmznjgfQ) Just a little of of sync. ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mocking-of-lip-syncing/659030/3 "2013-05-22T16:47:21Z")
Don’t ask Muse to lipsync. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZZrM_pS98E) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mocking-of-lip-syncing/659030/4 "2013-05-22T17:04:03Z")
I think Grace changed some of the words she was lipping too. And if I may take a moment to say - Man! Music was way better back then. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mocking-of-lip-syncing/659030/5 "2013-05-22T17:16:28Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > I just ran across this [Buffalo Springfield](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V8VvEzuQ6Y) medley from the 60s Hollywood Palace show. > > Their bass player had been busted for pot. What do they do? They stick a bass into the hands of their road manager and have him sit on a stool with his back to the audience so the camera can compose arty over-the-shoulder shots of the band. T According to Lillian Roxon, bassist Bruce Palmer usually performed with his back to the audience, so it was a easy substitution when he was busted. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mocking-of-lip-syncing/659030/6 "2013-05-25T15:16:32Z")
Van Morisson’s Brown eyed girl [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OTXQkN_BrKI/hqdefault.jpg "Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTXQkN_BrKI) ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mocking-of-lip-syncing/659030/7 "2013-05-25T15:43:01Z")
Nirvana on Top of the Pops, unfortunately not good video quality. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ICmbWUW-nL0/hqdefault.jpg "Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit LIVE at TOP OF THE POPS - With Download!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICmbWUW-nL0) I think they were sick of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by then. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mocking-of-lip-syncing/659030/8 "2013-05-25T16:06:42Z")
I like this version of [Holiday](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F94gfz4CAh8), by The Other Ones. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mocking-of-lip-syncing/659030/9 "2013-05-27T14:33:56Z")
Public Image Ltd. on American Bandstand: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hZLhqTzjpUM/hqdefault.jpg "Public Image Ltd.- Poptones & Careering (American Bandstand 1980)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZLhqTzjpUM) Pure tasty fucking chaos. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mocking-of-lip-syncing/659030/10 "2013-05-27T14:57:15Z")
IIRC The Pixies didn’t even make a pretense of lip-synching in one video (c. 20+ years ago)… ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mocking-of-lip-syncing/659030/11 "2013-05-27T15:03:56Z")
Just a slow-motion running at the camera, right? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mocking-of-lip-syncing/659030/12 "2013-05-28T04:00:17Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Grace Slick was so mad that instead of holding a microphone she sang into the amplifier plug. You can clearly see the prongs on the end in that video. Even better is the way Paul Kantner (or is it Marty Balin?) is just lounging on the stage not participating at all! ---
**Author:** ![Cugel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cugel/32/1199_2.png) [@Cugel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cugel)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mocking-of-lip-syncing/659030/13 "2013-05-28T04:41:18Z")
> [@Darth\_Nader](#): > > Just a slow-motion running at the camera, right? [Here Comes Your Man](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvi4iA3PnKE) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mocking-of-lip-syncing/659030/14 "2013-05-28T04:48:42Z")
I really can’t bring myself to link to them, but some months back someone posted a gushing tribute to Karen Carpenter with a bunch of Youtube links to her performances. They all looked and sounded obviously lip-synched to studio-recorded versions of her songs. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mocking-of-lip-syncing/659030/15 "2013-05-28T04:52:42Z")
Oh, as far as _mocking_ lip-synch, Chevy chase used to mock “guests” on SNL’s Weekend Update, by lip-synching something approximating what they were saying and making ridiculous faces at the same time. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mocking-of-lip-syncing/659030/16 "2013-05-28T06:01:47Z")
> [@Enola\_Straight](#): > > Van Morisson’s Brown eyed girl > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTXQkN\_BrKI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTXQkN_BrKI) I love VM but he sucks at lip synching. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mocking-of-lip-syncing/659030/17 "2013-05-28T14:39:53Z")
Thanks for that link to the original Buffalo Springfield appearance. Steven Stills was so full of energy and snark that it restored my faith in humanity. His dancing around, mugging with Richie Furay, and just being irreverent was great.