Absolutley shocking! In A Hit Is A Hit, with Defiler's singer, the miming is absolutely ridiculously obvious! And earlier in Season 1 when Meadow and Hunter are soloing in the concert, what the hell are they playing at?! I know they aren't real singers (save for Meadow, but even then...) but they could at least try to look like they are singing.

It's as if it's been done deliberately! Haha.

Anybody else notice?

Mick

Yes! It's horrible.

I just cant see Jamie-Lynn Sigler having a singing career!

Dominic Chianese as Junior in Season 3's finale is also terrible. It's as if it is deliberate!

Mick

My guess is that because it's a television show and thus will have a much tighter schedule than would a film, there wasn't a lot of time to "fine-tune" the lip-synching of the actors' songs (which are pre-recorded for quality). Lip-synching a song, even one an actor has recorded him/herself, can be very tricky.

But I have to disagree about Meadow's singing voice; I think it's lovely! I heard her sing the National Anthem at Yankee Stadium last year (when she, Tony, Dr. Melfi and Paulie all threw out the first pitches); it was the first time that I recall that people stopped singing along to listen. And she sang a cappella (no accompaniment)! It was a sweet soprano sound floating over the unusually quiet stadium; amazing! At the time she was playing the role of Belle in "Beauty in the Beast" on Broadway; I didn't see her in the show, but I heard she was quite good.

And hey, give Uncle Junior a break! He was singing a very emotional folk song ("Core 'Ngrato"), and his performance was actually correct in context of the musical style. I think he has a very decent folk-singing voice, and in fact sometimes performs at Sofia's Restaurant on West 46th Street. Catch his act; it's great!

Dominic Chianese also sang the National Anthem at the NJ Nets game, the other night.

CG, I totally agree that Junior's singing is beautiful, but the miming... :rolleyes:

Mick

Uncle Junior sang The National Anthem at a recent NJ Nets playoff game. Accapella, and quite well. The Fans loved it.

Mick, I disagree. Uncle Junior's rendition of the song WAS deliberate in having other voices singing songs of woe. It was supposed to show the universal feelings of heartbreak at losing someone special.

Chianese's voice won't win him any major awards, but (IMHO) its a pleasant voice.

I couldn't agree more, SC! What I meant was that the miming (dubbing) of the words was terrible. It's so bad it makes me wonder if it was a deliberate attempt at being out of rhythm.

Mick