42JTR Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I just read this and I have to say it did piss me off a little.... January 24, 2012 - submitted by Harja, Netherlands Q. Dear Oracle, In some songs, it looks like Guy and Jonny are not singing live. Is this true? If so, why? Thanks! The Oracle replies: I have never noticed that myself. All 4 of the guys sing live and I assure you that no-one is miming "live" - ever. It's so obvious that they do mime from time to time, espescially Guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RazorEye Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I'm sorry, where does it say that Coldplay mimes? The oracle clearly stated no-one is miming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovechriss Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 :thinking: What pissed you off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimixxx Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 So you're upset that she said they don't mime? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42JTR Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 :thinking: What pissed you off? The fact that it's so obvious that the boys sometimes mime and the oracle says the NEVER do:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coeurli Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 no-one is miming[/color][/u][/i][/b] ^ I've read a few weeks ago somewhere on Coldplaying that some people noticed Guy & Jonny are sometimes miming during a performance. Debs says no. :\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RazorEye Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Confusion that never stops :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42JTR Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 ^ I've read a few weeks ago somewhere on Coldplaying that some people noticed Guy & Jonny are sometimes miming during a performance. Debs says no. :\ Yes me too that's why I think this is just weird, I think it's really obvious they do mime, well at least Guy mimes a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovechriss Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 :nod: I thought I saw Guy miming too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m@r@ Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I'm sure Will and Chris don't mime. But I'm not 100% sure about Jonny and Guy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coeurli Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Wait, I will maybe seem stupid, but by miming, do you mean playback or do you mean they pretend to sing but nothing comes out ? :thinking: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m@r@ Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 No I think Guy and Jonny pretend to sing but nothing comes out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ediskrad73 Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 well debs isn't obviously going to say oh yeah, they totally are lip-synching. rarely do they perform live. could you imagine the outrage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coeurli Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 No I think Guy and Jonny pretend to sing but nothing comes out Oh :shocked3: Lazy guys :whip: :lol: well debs isn't obviously going to say oh yeah, they totally are lip-synching. rarely do they perform live. could you imagine the outrage? Yes, we also have to take that into account, I mean, as The Oracle, she kinda works for them :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42JTR Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 well debs isn't obviously going to say oh yeah, they totally are lip-synching. rarely do they perform live. could you imagine the outrage? That's true, but in that case just pick another question. I mean she get's dozens of questions every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42JTR Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 Wait, I will maybe seem stupid, but by miming, do you mean playback or do you mean they pretend to sing but nothing comes out ? :thinking: Aren't these actually the same?:lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m@r@ Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Oh :shocked3: Lazy guys :whip: :lol: :lol: Still I'm not sure. :confused: But it seems that Guy often pretends to sing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimixxx Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Jonny sings because sometimes you can hear him singing really out of tune (sorry Jonny fans, but it's true) I've got a video of Politik where you can hear him really loudly and out of tune singing the second verse with Chris. I think they sing the VLV chant, end of Fix You etc too, it's just the backing track is whacked right up too. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m@r@ Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I think they sing the VLV chant, end of Fix You etc too, it's just the backing track is whacked right up too. :P Yeah, I think you're right :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakfak Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 They don't mime. As others have said you can hear their individual voices (and their mistakes :\) Guy and Jonny are just mixed lower than Chris and Will so it's harder to hear them in a full live mix, especially on video. When you see them live, it's easier to pick out their individual vocals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pier62b Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I think they really sing but they add some backing tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauriane Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I don't think they mime singing, but they definitly mime playing some instruments ! I mean, I don't think they ever mime "their" instrument (like Jon doesn't mime guitar or Guy doesn't mime bass) but when they play other stuff I think it's a lot of miming. I need to find that video of Lost when you can see it SO clearly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrk Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I don't think guy mimes when he plays keyboards during ETIAW :thinking: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hux90 Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 It's obvious during Fix You that the backing track is very loud, because it always sounds exactly the same... If they really are singing, you can barely hear their voices, at least on that track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakfak Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I don't think they mime singing, but they definitly mime playing some instruments ! I mean, I don't think they ever mime "their" instrument (like Jon doesn't mime guitar or Guy doesn't mime bass) but when they play other stuff I think it's a lot of miming. I need to find that video of Lost when you can see it SO clearly. If you're talking about the lost clip from glastonbury, the audio and the video are notably out of synch. They do use a ton of background looping (too much for some people's taste's), but to my knowledge the only time they "pretend" to play something that's actually looped is when Chris would put his hands inside the television/keyboard during the VLV tour. Judging by the fact that they seem perfectly willing to stand around while looped parts play around them (see liT), it really doesn't make sense to me that they would feel the need to mime other looped parts. In my opinion, when you see them playing/singing they are, when there's clearly instrumentation while they're just kind of standing around (which is fairly often) those are the looped parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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