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Saturday Night Lip-Sync

Published Sunday, October 24, 2004 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

Oh my! You already knew SNL was no longer funny, but tonight's show was so sad that it even made Ashlee Simpson look like Milli Vanilli. Where is MTV to save poor Ashlee? Her mic sounded funny during her first song, Pieces of Me, as if there were a backing track. We found out why during the second song, which was...Pieces of Me. The track began with vocals and music, although Ashlee wasn't singing. Pause. Track began again. Ashlee's lips still not moving. Ashlee bounded offstage, while the band strummed on. At show's end, Ashlee's excuse: "I'm so sorry. The band played the wrong song." Yes, that must've been it. The band thought a live national TV audience wanted an encore. Too funny. No wonder Britney retired.