You can laugh all you want about her getting caught. But the funniest thing has always been her dance moves in the beginning when she’s feeling confident
Haha like putting in her all cos she didn't have to sing but even her all was terrible 😅🫠 second hand embarrassed but she's probably rich af so doubt she cares 😭
I’m confused, not being a huge Ashlee Simpson fan back in 2004. But didn’t the band play the wrong song they replay “pieces of me” which was the first song she sang an SNL that night. According to another video, I watched they’re supposed to play her song “autobiography” (This is disregarding the fact that she was lip-synching)
Funny enough, it took me 20 years to learn that the drummer was responsible for starting the vocal track and he pushed play on the wrong vocal track, he is on record as having admitted that it was his fault. If you notice, the band starts to improvise when Ashlee’s vocals start playing. The reason they’re probably smiling at each other and going along with playing a song they already performed earlier is because they themselves are just rolling with it not knowing what just happened. If the vocals for Pieces of Me are starting to play, naturally they’re going to use their live instruments to perform that song instead of a new song that doesn’t match with her vocals that everyone hears.
@@smann87 Thanks for that information. The drummer, should’ve stopped the vocal tracks of the wrong song, and played the correct song. Kind of a what Elvis Costello did. (but in reverse, because the drummer had started the wrong song, and needed to correct it to the right song) - Since everybody knows it’s a live show, and they would (kind of) understand for correctness in real time. (even though the lip-synch was now out of the bag) I think it would’ve been better to correct a mistake live, then have Ashley walk off the stage like that. (what else was she supposed to do?) - So many of the other comments, on the other threads, on this video, are critiquing Ashley, for throwing her band “under the bus”, at the closing credits. When in reality, the drummer, (inadvertently) threw Ashley, “under of the bus”
@@MikeCee7 - At that point it was too late, because the audience would’ve been confused since the vocals were already playing for Pieces of Me, which was the song she already performed during her earlier musical number. It definitely was a total train wreck scenario for everyone involved!
She was only 18 then and her mum and dad practically made her become a singer using Jessica's fame to boost her stardom. They just wanted to use her to make money. How could someone that young and confused handle the situation?
And, they're to be applauded....that's a pro move. None of this is on them....the presentation is all up to Ashlee and "her people." But, the band gamely tried to cover for their boss, to their credit.
She just gave up, didn't even try to sing for her fans its a shame...I recently watched Doja Cat sing through a broken mike np. She really should've been honest it was obvious this was her intended song.
I was half asleep in my bed with the TV on when this happened. It woke me up immediately because I was thinking that this was the same song she did the first time, and it caught my attention. I turned back over just in time to see the catastrophe unfold in front of me. Just as bad was that God awful Bear City skit they put on the air after this happened. It's like they were holding that skit in a vault for just such a fuck up, and this was where they chose to pull it out.
I'm pretty sure the rest of the band were thinking, "oh well, that's her problem. But forget her, check out my sick guitar skills. Aww yea. This is definitely what this night will be remembered for."
@@Frankincensedjb123 On a stage under lights before a real crowd and millions of people watching on a live show on network television? Sure thing, champ. I'll teach you three chords and book you for next, Saturday.
i mean she wasn't even lying. her drummer played the wrong vocals for her to lip sync to and triggered the wrong song. they were supposed to play autobiography instead of pieces of me (you can hear the band play the beginning of autobiography but i guess he didn't hear it) and it threw ashlee off. her drummer took full responsibility of the incident too.
@@fey0217yeah I agree. You can tell the song started off as autobiography and the band switched to pieces of me after the backing track started playing. That’s not to say that was the wrong thing to do but it’s an all around awkward situation and that’s not the song she wanted to perform…. It would have been better to try to save the performance since the band kept going, and it made her look bad to walk off stage. But if the band had stopped and someone got the sound producers to put on the right song maybe they could’ve started over.
@@kittycake713yeah i actually agree with that. i just think people were too hard on her for blaming the band for playing the wrong song at the end of the show when that's exactly what happened. she was clearly nervous and stressed out about it though and i don't blame her for thinking that walking off the stage was the best thing to do in that moment. with everything being live it's a bit cruel to hold ashlee, who was 19 at the time and new to fame, to a high standard for addressing it live the way she did.
The band are the ones who screwed up. This being their second performance of the evening, the drummer cued the vocal track from the earlier song. Then the band wrongly switched over to match the vocal track. So here they were, playing the same song over again. Everyone watching knew it was the band's fault.
On October 23, 2004, Simpson infamously appeared as a musical guest on an episode of Saturday Night Live to promote the album. She first performed the single "Pieces of Me", and was set to perform the song "Autobiography" as the second song. As the second performance was set to begin, the vocals for "Pieces of Me" were heard again, revealing that Simpson had lip-synced her previous performance. Simpson began to do an impromptu jig as her band transitioned into playing "Pieces of Me" again. She then walked off the stage as her band continued to play without her for several seconds, before the show cut to commercial. During the closing of the show, Simpson appeared with the guest host, Jude Law, and said, "I feel so bad! My band started playing the wrong song, and I didn't know what to do, so I thought I'd do a hoedown." The performance received significant media attention and was met with backlash. Days later, Simpson called music video series Total Request Live and explained that she was advised not to sing live due to acid reflux disease. Simpson said of the incident, "I made a complete fool of myself."
@@ValentinoMarino11 Oh no. Poor rich girl can't pretend to be a musician anymore 😢 Good thing this trust fund trash bag comes from money and can go on to suck at other endeavors. ...whew, that was a close one! As an actual musician, her mere audacity to step on a legendary stage like that KNOWING that she will deliver a sub-par/ Sh*t performance is offensive. You said "she was 18". Could've gone to a college of her choosing. Instead it was all "Daddy, daddy, I want to be a singer too!" After this failure she ended up just having baby after baby. Contributing nothing to society. You're right on one thing. She was never educated. ...But that was entirely her choice and the garbage people who raised/ spoiled her. No sympathy for the devil on this one. She wanted to be spoiled and take short cuts. That's when Karma kicked her in the ass.😘 Love me a good Karma story.
I want to know who the band is, they are good. I wish they would've had an interview about it or promote themselves...the music got good when she left the stage.
What began as an embarrassing faux pas, SHE turned in to a catastrophe. You don't just walk off. If she'd improvised and sung it anyway, she would have saved a lot more face. To abandon her band like that was VERY unprofessional. (The band's faces when she's gone say it all really!)
Actually it was the band's fault and everyone knew it, because this was their second performance of the night and the band started re-performing the same song from earlier.
@Mad Media no but just like the band, faded out the recorded track and started playing live...she could have sung it live. All she had to do was to say: turn the fucking mic on, now! Anyway...this was a fail on so many levels.
As a pro-musician I can say that she COULD've saved this. After the track got turned down, the band kept playing. Had she KEPT SINGING we'd not be talking about this. SMH
They had already performed this song during their first set on the show, so no, there was honestly nothing she could have done to salvage the situation, she was caught red handed.
Or, although it would be a bit embarrassing or awkward, she could’ve asked them to start over. If she caught the song, she could’ve said it was the incorrect song and ask to play the correct one. As a musician, I know that she could’ve saved her ass if she really knew how to.
If you’re a pro, listen closely because the band starts with drums but the vocal track belongs to a different song that starts with guitar. So with her mic not even being connected, there’s not a way to save it. Think about it, someone started the wrong vocal track and it doesn’t stop unless someone backstage stops it (as the band plays on) and starts the right track and how’s that gonna go? Like a train-wreck. It’s a rookie mistake. But the REAL mistake was made when they decided to bring that shit to a live tv show and the fact that Saturday Night “LIVE” is nothing more than Saturday Night LIES, i think the whole thing sucks.
Almost two decades later and I still love this. I feel bad for Ashley cause her career was killed on impact, but the legend of lil jig and the smug band lives on
I like people with long brain. I have long amount of disl*kes btw. Why? Maybe people with short brain disl*ke because jealous of my long amount of subscr*bers. Please have long brain, dear ins
Even if it was the wrong song.... It's like school play when you're 8/9. Our teacher always told us "When there's a mistake or issue, act like you didn't saw anything and do your thing"... The way Ashlee doesn't follow this basic rule 💀💀
I was in orchestra in middle and high school and when the first measure or pickup was played incorrectly, or when someone’s timing was off, the conductor cut us off and had us restart. No biggie. It was penalized but it would’ve saved her butt more than doing a jig and walking off stage. If you’re in the middle of a song, then you continue playing whether you’ve messed up or not. Just find the next entrance and come in if you’re completely lost. If she sung the song again then they’d know what was up, too.
@@cellochel1582 I think that’s what she was trying to do but instead the band continued playing piece of me (which had already been performed earlier in the show) instead of the song that was supposed to happen. I feel sorry for her
I dont know how a Live band can have a fake singer, the Drummer must have a monitor screen that tells him exactly what beat to play. Logisticly it doesnt seem possible
I love how the band kept playing, while smiling at each other like “hey at least WE aren’t frauds, don’t let her deceit steal from OUR moment to play on this show.”
@@leuserafim Calling her an artist when she was an entirely curated corporate product is beyond reaching. Prince, a real artist, never did lip syncing and called out the practice for the hacks they are.
@@leuserafim Embarrassing. Only trash pop artists do this. No REAL band does it period. The fact that you think they all do is really just a reflection of your musical taste.
They were the definition of professional. They realized they needed to keep the audience entertained and give them something to listen to while the snl crew figured out what to do with the big hole in the show that she made when she ran away like a 5 year old. "Well, she's gone. Let's use her time slot to jam!"
It's been years, but I remember when all this went down. I've never seen an entertainer flop like a fish out of water quite like Ashlee Simpson did. A sad case of a mediocrity being promoted through nepotism, and then crashing and burning in front of the world. I guess that's what happens when you don't get enough constructive criticism. Anyway, props to the band for keeping their cool!
Oh good grief, she's a 19 year old girl and you think she's going to handle the faux paus like a seasoned 10 or 20 year veteran in the business. Pfft. What an ignoramus.
@@jamieostrowski4447 I see your point, and I don't think anyone would fault her for getting flustered in that situation (I wouldn't, personally). But she completely melted down, did a leprechaun dance, and worse yet, blamed the band afterwards when it wasn't their fault. And this fiasco was not a one-off, she kept messing up and the industry kept defending her, and she was trash at the Orange Bowl halftime. She was totally unprepared to perform at that level. As I hinted above, there's a moral to this story: constructive criticism is important, and if you're handed success without earning it, this is the logical conclusion.
@@rvegas81 I only remember Avril Lavigne being another huge Pop Star in 2005. Brittany was already becoming irrelevant, Jessica hadn't had a huge album in like 4 years, Mandy was already a has been, etc.
@@riverjordan2725They said pop rock acts, not pop stars. Ashlee was trying to join the emo fad. Like Fall Out Boy, Good Charlotte, My Chemical Romance, Paramore, Panic at the Disco, Simple Plan, etc.
Considering that she wasnt really regarded as an artist, this mistake wasnt so bad. It was her immediate reaction afterwards that made the situation worse.
@@worsethanhitlerpt.2539 In Jessica's defense, she's actually REALLY smart, but only acted dumb for the Newlyweds Show for attention and to Troll. Paris Hilton is also smart but also admitted she only pretended to be a ditz for attention.
thats what I dont understand, its a known fact so many singers do it, why was it so controversial when she did it? beyonce lip synched the national anthem for obamas inauguration and nobody cared!
@@Azuca03 SNL makes people do a prerecorded version, just usually produced for that show. The studio doesn't just let the performer run everything themselves and not have involvement with a backing track lmao
@@Azuca03 🙄 A show that's acted live for a live studio audience isn't magically not live just because the musical guest section uses backing tracks for their LIVE performance. This is also totally normal practice for lots of concerts. Doesn't make the concert any less a live show. Are you also mad that they have pre-built sets and don't paint them live in the moment while the sketches are being broadcast? Because having a musical backing track is basically the same thing as having a set built, it's just auditory instead of visual. Your position is ridiculous lol get over it. This is dumb idk why I'm even taking the time to explain this 😂 cheers
Because it's hilarious and endlessly entertaining. There's a sick satisfaction in watching this priveleged ,self absorbed spoiled girl get her comeuppance.
@@tbewin1z143 listen gen z mushbrain, she was supposed to keep the show going, maybe actually sing something into the mic she was holding. Not scurry away like a coward. Use your brain if you have one clown.
I feel like the thing people miss is that nearly every performance in this setting is pre-recorded. In many cases, the audio you hear on the show is recorded earlier in the day. That way, you can edit the live sound, and have the best possible audio for the show. Ashlee, however, had her CD playing. The band was the only thing live, and they made the most of their tv time 😂
loved how the guitar players started smiling with each other as they continue to play after Ashlee Simpson left without even giving that old college try.
@@stupedcraig should taken Mylanta or Maalox before going on stage. Or it could have been a case of Montezuma's revenge. Shouldn't drank the import water from Mexico.
This is actually a very deep insight into what pre-produced pop music is, and how the mainstream media supports it even if it could be supporting something better 🤷🏻♂️
![Ashlee Simpson SNL lip sync fail explanation [rare 2004 behind the scenes footage]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/CsDRqoorztA/mqdefault.jpg)
The looks in the band members faces are priceless. You know they were kinda happy inside lol
you could tell she was terrible to them
Maybe they were in on the audio stuff 🤭
You cant even see them
@Arv-6969 camera literally zooms up to them for a close up. It's OK, put on your glasses.
It's so blurry @@AxeCheeks
Band be like “Her career is over, let’s get our’s started”
You nailed it!
I believe her career never even started.
Top tier comment!! 🤣⚰️
Right there like our service is no longer needed bye Ashlee it was nice playing with ya.
they were like give it up girl game over😆
You can laugh all you want about her getting caught. But the funniest thing has always been her dance moves in the beginning when she’s feeling confident
😂😂😂
Her dad is gay so technically she shouldnt even exist.
family guy really captured it perfectly
Haha like putting in her all cos she didn't have to sing but even her all was terrible 😅🫠 second hand embarrassed but she's probably rich af so doubt she cares 😭
Bullshit, no sympathy when you’re making that much money. The band was happy to see her go down it’s so obvious
Legend says the band is still playing to this day
With smug mugs still..lol.....
Kinda like on the Titanic. 🤣
Seeing this in 2020, and this made my DAY :)
I lold 2 + years later
🤣🤣
This is like the modern day equivalent of the band continuing to play while the Titanic was sinking.
Ahahahaaa, very true...
Nice 😎
It's more the 21st century equivalent to Milli Vanilli, if anyone remembers them.
except the band isn't playing lmao
Best comment
The band was like “it’s our time to shine!!!😂😂😂
LMFAOOO they look ecstatic!
The Irish leprechaun dance she does to try and detract from what's happened just makes it even funnier lol
The dance she was doing when the music first started to play 😂😂 wtf was she doing 0:08
@@angellmariaaxoxo24 Jesus Christ, its like watching my sims trying to dance
@@Mich6961 😂😂😂 I can’t
I can't like this as much as I want to because it's on 666 and it's just glorious.
@@angellmariaaxoxo24 😂🙈
Arguably the best SNL skit ever
@@AxxLAfriku you again. This man is the biggest fiend on youtube.
@@AxxLAfriku it’s been so long since ive last seen you. where you been dude?
Lately... Yeah :)
😂😂
The band actually was very good, and they weren’t faking it!
The guitarists smiling at each other. Priceless! 🤣
😂😂
I’m confused, not being a huge Ashlee Simpson fan back in 2004. But didn’t the band play the wrong song they replay “pieces of me” which was the first song she sang an SNL that night.
According to another video, I watched they’re supposed to play her song “autobiography”
(This is disregarding the fact that she was lip-synching)
Funny enough, it took me 20 years to learn that the drummer was responsible for starting the vocal track and he pushed play on the wrong vocal track, he is on record as having admitted that it was his fault. If you notice, the band starts to improvise when Ashlee’s vocals start playing. The reason they’re probably smiling at each other and going along with playing a song they already performed earlier is because they themselves are just rolling with it not knowing what just happened. If the vocals for Pieces of Me are starting to play, naturally they’re going to use their live instruments to perform that song instead of a new song that doesn’t match with her vocals that everyone hears.
@@smann87 Thanks for that information. The drummer, should’ve stopped the vocal tracks of the wrong song, and played the correct song.
Kind of a what Elvis Costello did.
(but in reverse, because the drummer had started the wrong song, and needed to correct it to the right song)
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Since everybody knows it’s a live show, and they would (kind of) understand for correctness in real time. (even though the lip-synch was now out of the bag)
I think it would’ve been better to correct a mistake live, then have Ashley walk off the stage like that. (what else was she supposed to do?)
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So many of the other comments, on the other threads, on this video, are critiquing Ashley, for throwing her band “under the bus”, at the closing credits. When in reality, the drummer, (inadvertently) threw Ashley, “under of the bus”
@@MikeCee7 - At that point it was too late, because the audience would’ve been confused since the vocals were already playing for Pieces of Me, which was the song she already performed during her earlier musical number. It definitely was a total train wreck scenario for everyone involved!
Whoever was in charge of playing the lip-synched tape totally did that on purpose
You've been Punk'd!
Yes my thoughts too
Yea they really set her up!
Well it was triggered by her own drummer not sure if he wanted to screw her over or not but maybe
No she was dancing around and not paying attention for her time to come in
What makes this so bad is not that she got caught lip-syncing, it's how she handled it.
She was only 18 then and her mum and dad practically made her become a singer using Jessica's fame to boost her stardom. They just wanted to use her to make money. How could someone that young and confused handle the situation?
adeel1650 great points. That’s just an awful situation all around.
Alot singers lip sync
@@adeel-eh7xq Right on. If I were in the same sitch, I'd probably do the same thing. What would he a good way to handle this?
@@johnnyringo5411 but its saturday night
Her band's reaction was awesome. They just smiled and kept on playing.
They sounded really good! 😅
And, they're to be applauded....that's a pro move. None of this is on them....the presentation is all up to Ashlee and "her people." But, the band gamely tried to cover for their boss, to their credit.
She just gave up, didn't even try to sing for her fans its a shame...I recently watched Doja Cat sing through a broken mike np. She really should've been honest it was obvious this was her intended song.
legends
Because they're professional musicians and she was just a debutante moron.
The smile the guitarists gave each other says it all lol
bruh they didn’t mind at all lmfao
@@thepowerofIandI nope, they were like we're on SNL, let's have some fun
That they don't care about her.
@@Yugvijay I mean can you blame them? She later throws them under the bus.
@@Yugvijay no. The show must go on.
My older sister was a huge fan of Ashlee Simpson as a kid, and when she saw this on TV she spent the majority of the night crying on the dog bed lol
Why? Was it because she was worried for her and her career?
Can relate
she had some hits back in the day including this one.
all her dreams came crashing down in one night .. shame, but funny lol
This is hilarious. Haven’t had such a concise story make me laugh like that in a long time. Thank you for sharing, and God bless you and your sister.
I like how the guitar and bass player look at each other and smile and keep on rocking. 😆
there is a satisfactory look on the band
They probably regret nothing 🤔😂😂
They knew she had no talent probably
I never noticed that until now, thank you Senpai
Steve Howard they played so hard after she left lmao
@@spawnofkermit2687 They were probably like "hell ye boi, instrumental performance!"
Idk why she thought the leprechaun dance was gonna save this 😭
I wonder if she looks back on this and gets mad at herself 🤣🤣
That’s cowboy dancing but I was like omfg, that was to funny!
@@StickFiguresMaster 😂😂😂😂😂 that cowboy 🤠 dance cracked my ribs, I was calling it the Pinocchio dance
Your comment just made me laugh until I cried. Totally.
Total panic
I like how the spotlight is still where she should be standing 🤣
the show must go on😂😂😂
I was in the audience. My friends and I laughed so hard.
I was half asleep in my bed with the TV on when this happened. It woke me up immediately because I was thinking that this was the same song she did the first time, and it caught my attention. I turned back over just in time to see the catastrophe unfold in front of me.
Just as bad was that God awful Bear City skit they put on the air after this happened.
It's like they were holding that skit in a vault for just such a fuck up, and this was where they chose to pull it out.
@@rmarca8306 cool story Bro
Lol 🤣🤟🤣🤟
Damn
I’m sure u were
I'm pretty sure the rest of the band were thinking, "oh well, that's her problem. But forget her, check out my sick guitar skills. Aww yea. This is definitely what this night will be remembered for."
Lmao I
It just strumming chords. Guitarists with two weeks of lessons could play this. Sick skills 😄😉🤪
@@Frankincensedjb123 On a stage under lights before a real crowd and millions of people watching on a live show on network television? Sure thing, champ. I'll teach you three chords and book you for next, Saturday.
@@jessyfretz5800 I've played professionally for 30 years. Done it 100 times. What's up, chump??
@@Frankincensedjb123 you've professionally played 3.33 gigs a year for 39 years?
The fact that she blamed them at the closing of the show sealed her fate. She made herself appear a terrible person
Who did she blame? The band?
i mean she wasn't even lying. her drummer played the wrong vocals for her to lip sync to and triggered the wrong song. they were supposed to play autobiography instead of pieces of me (you can hear the band play the beginning of autobiography but i guess he didn't hear it) and it threw ashlee off. her drummer took full responsibility of the incident too.
waaaaaaaaa@@fey0217
@@fey0217yeah I agree. You can tell the song started off as autobiography and the band switched to pieces of me after the backing track started playing. That’s not to say that was the wrong thing to do but it’s an all around awkward situation and that’s not the song she wanted to perform…. It would have been better to try to save the performance since the band kept going, and it made her look bad to walk off stage. But if the band had stopped and someone got the sound producers to put on the right song maybe they could’ve started over.
@@kittycake713yeah i actually agree with that. i just think people were too hard on her for blaming the band for playing the wrong song at the end of the show when that's exactly what happened. she was clearly nervous and stressed out about it though and i don't blame her for thinking that walking off the stage was the best thing to do in that moment. with everything being live it's a bit cruel to hold ashlee, who was 19 at the time and new to fame, to a high standard for addressing it live the way she did.
Irony. Her lyrics say “on a Monday I am waiting...Tuesday I am fading” as the music fades out.
LMAOAOOOAOOOAOOAOAOAOAOOAOAOAOAOOAAOAOAOAAOAOA
LOOOOOOOOOL I'M DYING HERE LOL
Yea her career was fully faded by that following Tuesday.
That's not irony
"Coincidence" would be the right word for that, not "irony."
The look on the band's faces. Idk if they're trying not to laugh their asses off or they're glad she got exposed.
Probably just realised they're now unemployed lol
The band are the ones who screwed up. This being their second performance of the evening, the drummer cued the vocal track from the earlier song. Then the band wrongly switched over to match the vocal track. So here they were, playing the same song over again. Everyone watching knew it was the band's fault.
@@ivanabcdefg9375 but they did something instead of walking out (unprofessional)
Both
I’m wondering if they low key didn’t like her
On October 23, 2004, Simpson infamously appeared as a musical guest on an episode of Saturday Night Live to promote the album. She first performed the single "Pieces of Me", and was set to perform the song "Autobiography" as the second song. As the second performance was set to begin, the vocals for "Pieces of Me" were heard again, revealing that Simpson had lip-synced her previous performance. Simpson began to do an impromptu jig as her band transitioned into playing "Pieces of Me" again. She then walked off the stage as her band continued to play without her for several seconds, before the show cut to commercial. During the closing of the show, Simpson appeared with the guest host, Jude Law, and said, "I feel so bad! My band started playing the wrong song, and I didn't know what to do, so I thought I'd do a hoedown." The performance received significant media attention and was met with backlash. Days later, Simpson called music video series Total Request Live and explained that she was advised not to sing live due to acid reflux disease. Simpson said of the incident, "I made a complete fool of myself."
thanks for explaination
Poor girl! She didn't deserve all that backlash!
@@Jade16.61 poor thing was only 18.
Granted the lil jig she did was ridiculous, but she was never educated on how to handle a situation like this.
@@ValentinoMarino11
Oh no. Poor rich girl can't pretend to be a musician anymore 😢
Good thing this trust fund trash bag comes from money and can go on to suck at other endeavors. ...whew, that was a close one!
As an actual musician, her mere audacity to step on a legendary stage like that KNOWING that she will deliver a sub-par/ Sh*t performance is offensive.
You said "she was 18". Could've gone to a college of her choosing. Instead it was all "Daddy, daddy, I want to be a singer too!"
After this failure she ended up just having baby after baby. Contributing nothing to society.
You're right on one thing. She was never educated. ...But that was entirely her choice and the garbage people who raised/ spoiled her.
No sympathy for the devil on this one.
She wanted to be spoiled and take short cuts. That's when Karma kicked her in the ass.😘
Love me a good Karma story.
@@ValentinoMarino11 Noone is prepared for something like this…
I like how the band just makes the best of an awkward situation and managed to come out looking ok in the end
That why, as I learn guitar, many experienced musicians will say just press on, the audience won't notice or care, only you and maybe the band.
That stompbox tone is the vibe
I want to know who the band is, they are good. I wish they would've had an interview about it or promote themselves...the music got good when she left the stage.
Honestly it was embarrassing from the very first body roll
Yeah wtf is with those low waisted janitor’s pants?
@@Syclone0044 It was the early 2000s pop-punk/skater look
@@Syclone0044 💀😂
Lmfaooo!!!!
@@shante6208 haha, thank you for making me rewatch this gem
I still think her little dance before messing up was way more embarrassing than the lip syncing fail.Good god what the hell was that!😂
🤣
The band really stepped over her dead body to say "the show must go on"
This is by far the best comment. Kudos
Why does the fade out to Jude Law crack me up every time
The card must have been exactly his face behind the scenes LMAOOO
@@lardkraken8231😂😂😂😂😂
LMAO
this is actually a pretty damn good song without her singing
Agree. This live performance's music sounds better than the studio version's.
No, its boring as hell
It isss
nope
Name?
What began as an embarrassing faux pas, SHE turned in to a catastrophe. You don't just walk off. If she'd improvised and sung it anyway, she would have saved a lot more face. To abandon her band like that was VERY unprofessional. (The band's faces when she's gone say it all really!)
Actually it was the band's fault and everyone knew it, because this was their second performance of the night and the band started re-performing the same song from earlier.
@@ivanabcdefg9375 you seriously love this girl don't ya? She's just talentless.
I mean what did you expect. She was only like 19 when this happened.
@Mad Media no but just like the band, faded out the recorded track and started playing live...she could have sung it live.
All she had to do was to say: turn the fucking mic on, now!
Anyway...this was a fail on so many levels.
@@RealDafuh didnt they lip sync because she lost her voice?
As a pro-musician I can say that she COULD've saved this. After the track got turned down, the band kept playing. Had she KEPT SINGING we'd not be talking about this. SMH
They had already performed this song during their first set on the show, so no, there was honestly nothing she could have done to salvage the situation, she was caught red handed.
@@forman208and she was not able to sing that night
Or, although it would be a bit embarrassing or awkward, she could’ve asked them to start over. If she caught the song, she could’ve said it was the incorrect song and ask to play the correct one.
As a musician, I know that she could’ve saved her ass if she really knew how to.
@@cellochel1582 they didn't have the mic turned on
If you’re a pro, listen closely because the band starts with drums but the vocal track belongs to a different song that starts with guitar. So with her mic not even being connected, there’s not a way to save it. Think about it, someone started the wrong vocal track and it doesn’t stop unless someone backstage stops it (as the band plays on) and starts the right track and how’s that gonna go? Like a train-wreck.
It’s a rookie mistake.
But the REAL mistake was made when they decided to bring that shit to a live tv show and the fact that Saturday Night “LIVE” is nothing more than
Saturday Night LIES, i think the whole thing sucks.
Almost two decades later and I still love this. I feel bad for Ashley cause her career was killed on impact, but the legend of lil jig and the smug band lives on
Hahahahahahahaha 2022!!
that one guitarist giving her his back tho...😭😭
I don’t feel bad. She was a mess
No need to feel bad. She chose to not perform
Yoooo 😭😭😭😭
The band members looks happy when she left and just continued playing. Certified kings.
Pretty sad how well dressed they are and THIS happened. If they were dressed like Kurt Cobain it would be less pathetic
The guitarists saw their time to shine, and they took it! I hope they went far
Same here
The real musicians look oddly satisfied with how things turned out.
I like people with long brain. I have long amount of disl*kes btw. Why? Maybe people with short brain disl*ke because jealous of my long amount of subscr*bers. Please have long brain, dear ins
they even start to rock the f out
The ones who were also not really playing their instruments?
@@trip4923 The band was actually playing
Seems like it's always the drummers responsibility to trigger the backing vocals when lip syncing
Even if it was the wrong song.... It's like school play when you're 8/9. Our teacher always told us "When there's a mistake or issue, act like you didn't saw anything and do your thing"... The way Ashlee doesn't follow this basic rule 💀💀
She did the freaky leprechaun dance instead. Not once but TWICE. Worse the second time, if that's possible.
If she had actually started singing i think it would have been fine but maybe her mike was off
I was in orchestra in middle and high school and when the first measure or pickup was played incorrectly, or when someone’s timing was off, the conductor cut us off and had us restart. No biggie. It was penalized but it would’ve saved her butt more than doing a jig and walking off stage. If you’re in the middle of a song, then you continue playing whether you’ve messed up or not. Just find the next entrance and come in if you’re completely lost. If she sung the song again then they’d know what was up, too.
@@cellochel1582 I think that’s what she was trying to do but instead the band continued playing piece of me (which had already been performed earlier in the show) instead of the song that was supposed to happen. I feel sorry for her
@@josephdockemeyer6782 yes 😅😅😅😅
If i need a laugh, this moment always delivers it! Thank Ashlee Vanilli
I come back to this whenever it pops back into my head and I need a good smile. It never gets old!
Vanilli lol
Haha the band mates are like playing and just like “hey we don’t fake play”
I dont know how a Live band can have a fake singer, the Drummer must have a monitor screen that tells him exactly
what beat to play. Logisticly it doesnt seem possible
@@worsethanhitlerpt.2539? I don’t think so man. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen tons of musicians play with fake singwrs
That initial little dance she did makes the failure even more satisfying
I love how the band kept playing, while smiling at each other like “hey at least WE aren’t frauds, don’t let her deceit steal from OUR moment to play on this show.”
Y’all acting like she’s the only artist that lip syncs sorry to break it to you EVERY ARTIST LIPSYNCS
Ashlee had some sickness that made her have to rest her voice she she didn’t destroy her vocal cords and it’s harder to lip sync then it looks
@@leuserafim Calling her an artist when she was an entirely curated corporate product is beyond reaching. Prince, a real artist, never did lip syncing and called out the practice for the hacks they are.
@@leuserafim Embarrassing. Only trash pop artists do this. No REAL band does it period. The fact that you think they all do is really just a reflection of your musical taste.
@@thatsssobrandy BAAAAHAHAHAHA!!!! Imagine saying that publicly!
Let's be fair though, the instrumental version is way better than the original.
Let's be fair, no
@@Frankincensedjb123 Let's be fair. Let's just be fair.
Let's just be fair to the fare for entering the fair.
💯
Got to hand it to the band tho 😁
Paton exactly they kept in going
The band were fantastic
They were the definition of professional. They realized they needed to keep the audience entertained and give them something to listen to while the snl crew figured out what to do with the big hole in the show that she made when she ran away like a 5 year old. "Well, she's gone. Let's use her time slot to jam!"
Hell one of them should have just started singing.
I agree. They did their best. It sucks they were dragged into the mess.
I only needed 15 seconds for that to make my day
I love how the rest of the band just keeps playing like "She sucks but we don't!"
Lol!!
Dumbass, the music is pre-recorded. The band isnt playing, look at the fucking drummer and bassist. For fuck sakes.
LMAO!!!
This comment took me out 🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's been years, but I remember when all this went down. I've never seen an entertainer flop like a fish out of water quite like Ashlee Simpson did. A sad case of a mediocrity being promoted through nepotism, and then crashing and burning in front of the world. I guess that's what happens when you don't get enough constructive criticism. Anyway, props to the band for keeping their cool!
I agree. The other issue to me was that there were just way too many pop rock acts at this time. It was really hard to keep yp
Oh good grief, she's a 19 year old girl and you think she's going to handle the faux paus like a seasoned 10 or 20 year veteran in the business. Pfft. What an ignoramus.
@@jamieostrowski4447 I see your point, and I don't think anyone would fault her for getting flustered in that situation (I wouldn't, personally). But she completely melted down, did a leprechaun dance, and worse yet, blamed the band afterwards when it wasn't their fault. And this fiasco was not a one-off, she kept messing up and the industry kept defending her, and she was trash at the Orange Bowl halftime. She was totally unprepared to perform at that level. As I hinted above, there's a moral to this story: constructive criticism is important, and if you're handed success without earning it, this is the logical conclusion.
@@rvegas81 I only remember Avril Lavigne being another huge Pop Star in 2005. Brittany was already becoming irrelevant, Jessica hadn't had a huge album in like 4 years, Mandy was already a has been, etc.
@@riverjordan2725They said pop rock acts, not pop stars. Ashlee was trying to join the emo fad. Like Fall Out Boy, Good Charlotte, My Chemical Romance, Paramore, Panic at the Disco, Simple Plan, etc.
Im dead at how she really did the dance. I thought family guy was exaggerating lmaoooooo
😂😂 no they were dead serious
🎶Ol' man river, that ol' man river...🎶
Considering that she wasnt really regarded as an artist, this mistake wasnt so bad. It was her immediate reaction afterwards that made the situation worse.
I saw this glitch live. I was thinking WTF?! What was worse than being caught lip synching, was Ashlee Simpson blaming the mis-hap on her band.
I still get so much second hand embarrassment 15 yrs later
I can’t even watch it completely from secondhand embarrassment
God, I wish I could watch this for the first time again. I can’t remember the last time I cried of laughter.
I remember Critics saying it would have been better if Ashlee had just walked off the stage, embarrassed, without dancing the Hoedown Dance. 🤣
Ashlee used to look like a genius standing next to Jessica. I guess that theyre both retards now
@@worsethanhitlerpt.2539 In Jessica's defense, she's actually REALLY smart, but only acted dumb for the Newlyweds Show for attention and to Troll. Paris Hilton is also smart but also admitted she only pretended to be a ditz for attention.
I love how confident she was at first 😂😂 the Irish jig still makes me laugh all these years later
To this day, absolutely hilarious. Many singers do it. She just flat out got caught red handed.
thats what I dont understand, its a known fact so many singers do it, why was it so controversial when she did it? beyonce lip synched the national anthem for obamas inauguration and nobody cared!
@@byronakahazard Saturday Night LIVE....... LIVE... LIVE...
@@Azuca03 SNL makes people do a prerecorded version, just usually produced for that show. The studio doesn't just let the performer run everything themselves and not have involvement with a backing track lmao
@@ItsAsparageese Then they don't deserve that name...
@@Azuca03 🙄 A show that's acted live for a live studio audience isn't magically not live just because the musical guest section uses backing tracks for their LIVE performance. This is also totally normal practice for lots of concerts. Doesn't make the concert any less a live show. Are you also mad that they have pre-built sets and don't paint them live in the moment while the sketches are being broadcast? Because having a musical backing track is basically the same thing as having a set built, it's just auditory instead of visual. Your position is ridiculous lol get over it. This is dumb idk why I'm even taking the time to explain this 😂 cheers
Why do I still come back to watch this every two years or so 😶
Because it's hilarious and endlessly entertaining. There's a sick satisfaction in watching this priveleged ,self absorbed spoiled girl get her comeuppance.
😂
Ashlee followed up this fail by sinking quietly into the abyss of Oblivion. She thought SNL was starting her career; it finished it instead.
@@josephdockemeyer6782 Let's not forget her infamous performance at the 2005 Orange Bowl....
Savage amusement 😁
20 years later and it's still funny
Band is like "hey we're on SNL let's just play out."
0:07 even her purposeful dance at the beginning makes me cringe 😂
THAT WAS SO BAD LMAO 😂😂😂😂😂
I hated the way she danced like "omg I'm playing badass but im so not." Ugh
The fact that you called it purposeful made me laugh even harder, omg 🤣🤣🤣 I can't lmao
She's so cool actually ♥️
I know, it’s awful...
It seemed like the band was actually happy that she was caught.
for me the funniest part is the very beginning when the band starts playing and she starts dancing thinking she's got it lmaooooo
🤣😂🤣😂
That lil dance she did at the start looked so goofy to me! 🤣🤣🤣
Looks like she was imitating Gwen Stefani
"Gentlemen, it's been a privilege playing with you."
If u ever have a bad day, watch this video and you will feel good again 🙂
Her walking off stage was the nail in the coffin u never abandon the band like that
wth was she supposed to do?
@@tbewin1z143 listen gen z mushbrain, she was supposed to keep the show going, maybe actually sing something into the mic she was holding. Not scurry away like a coward. Use your brain if you have one clown.
@@tbewin1z143oh i don’t know… maybe sing??
@@ROMAN_TOMAN the microphone was a prop, it didn't work, try again; she also lost her voice (hence why they didn't have a live one that night)
@@tbewin1z143 as a performer you keep performing, the show must go on as they say. even if she messed up just keep going and lip sync
great professionalism on the band. two thumbs up!
The guy next to her with the guitar is like “aww fuck” lol 😂😂😂😂
Band is AWESOME...who needs her.
...and the band played on...lol.. she couldve just started singing... theyre smirking like, "shit, we know our parts...".
You're assuming she actually knows the lyrics
And we can play ‘em, too.
She can't sing
THE dance is the best part - she blamed the band
I feel like the thing people miss is that nearly every performance in this setting is pre-recorded. In many cases, the audio you hear on the show is recorded earlier in the day. That way, you can edit the live sound, and have the best possible audio for the show.
Ashlee, however, had her CD playing. The band was the only thing live, and they made the most of their tv time 😂
Nah. Look up Captain Beefheart’s SNL performances, if they’re on here. All realtime, all live.
Those dance moves in the beginning tho lmfao 😂
I like how she walks off and the one guitarist has a look on his face as if to say, "Finally! It's my time!"
This will always be the funniest skit on SNL.
You got to love how she just walks away and they're just still sitting there playing their hearts off
honestly it's so good without the singer instrumental on fleek
Fleek please
Actually it's pretty garbage lol
Fleeeeek
Band sucks
On fleek? Cringe
loved how the guitar players started smiling with each other as they continue to play after Ashlee Simpson left without even giving that old college try.
Love This
She couldn't, she has acid reflux.
@@stupedcraig should taken Mylanta or Maalox before going on stage. Or it could have been a case of Montezuma's revenge. Shouldn't drank the import water from Mexico.
I totally lost my mind when I found out it was lip syncing and not lip singing when I was a kid.
Omg you just taught me something 🤦🏾♀️
I've discovered it only now....
The band all smiling at each other like "We just ended her career lol" is the best part
Except they didn't end her career. Her album she released a year after that incident was certified platinum.
@@capatanaznman And where has she been since, homie? Her career DID get destroyed.
@@capatanaznmanlol her career was done after that
@@GB-vw6krand what have you accomplished in life?
The gift that keeps on giving...
This is actually a very deep insight into what pre-produced pop music is, and how the mainstream media supports it even if it could be supporting something better 🤷🏻♂️
I remember sitting in my dorm room watching this happen. Surreal.
At that point i wouldve just started singing 😂😂
The band did a great job! 👏
Probably the only time people actually laughed inside an snl recording 🤣🤣🤣🤣
i like how the song kept playing for so long lol and the vocals dropped and they kept playing!
on a Monday I'm waiting, Tuesday I'm fading and on Saturday I lip sync..
I haven’t laughed this hard in a long time lmfao
I revisit this video at least once a year. Still hilarious. 😂
The band is awesome too good for her.
Only here because blarg recommended it on todays podcast!
Welcome back to the goons
I was watching this episode live with my friend. As soon as this happened I yelled out "Busted!" Then the laughs started.
This has to be one of the funniest videos on RUclips 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Those Two guys in the band looked pretty amused 😏
Smug..lol
They thought "Well, thank god we that talentless hayseed's career ist over, so we can go back to making real music now."
The band kicks ass
I love how the band took the spotlight. 💀
Cringing
once and never again
I love how the band’s like “who needs her? We got this. Bye Felicia.”
Ol' man river
Dat ol' man river...
Only real niggas know 😂😂😂
Hahahaha wow haven't thought of that one in years!
Family Guy lol.
She had some momentum and this literally killed her career instantly
Ok but the unplanned instrumental version absolutely slaps, idk why they cut the guitarist was shredding
I like instrumental version