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These were the new cool kids, slumped in \u003ca href=\"http://www.billboard.com/files/styles/promo_650/public/stylus/1200109-Charles-Peterson-grunge-10-617-409.jpg\">flannel and ripped jeans\u003c/a>, instead of \u003ca href=\"http://www.thestudiotour.com/ush/tvshows/beverlyhills90210/cast1.jpg\">donning silk and pristine blue denim\u003c/a>. Underground genres like grunge and hardcore were philosophically anti-fashion, and they came into the spotlight at the very moment fashion was at its worst. Nirvana looked like alternative music scenesters, those new arbiters of cool, the recently emerged, newly labeled Generation X.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/hTWKbfoikeg\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>One morning in 10th grade, \u003cem>Smells Like Teen Spirit\u003c/em> echoed through the halls at the end of the morning announcements. 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Here are some of our favorite pairings from the worlds of contemporary art and pop through the years, from Mick Jagger and Kenneth Anger's \"devilish\" rapport during the '70s to the present day Miley Cyrus presented by Terry Richardson situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bette Midler: The Divine Miss New Wave\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/PktFO6-iJYs\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\"Disco was dead, and the body count would be high,\" Bette Midler said of the early 1980s music industry. Rather then get left behind in the dimming reflection of the glitter ball, the Divine Miss M, always one to embrace spectacle and big performance values, threw herself head first in the New Wave and performance art scenes that were beginning to emerge in Los Angeles at the time. The result was triple fold: a performance art television special (\"The Mondo Beyondo Show\" in 1982), an album (\"No Frills\" released in 1983), and a tour/televised concert (\"De Tour\" a.k.a. \"Art or Bust\" in 1984). The album featured New Wave-y synthesizer riffs, plenty of nouveau electronica and collaborations with Bob Dylan and Mick Jagger, which led to it becoming Midler's top selling LP in Europe. And the television special and tour feature the kind of over-the-top Memphis era stage design and conceptual performance art touches that were so of the moment and are great documents of the look and sound of the scene. Is it any wonder Midler's dive into the New Wave also coincided with her marriage to Martin von Hasleberg, a.k.a. one half of performance art duo \"The Kipper Kids?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Grace Jones: A Living Keith Haring Object\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/uqZpPDc-k-M\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>If ever there was a case of a perfectly matched artist and subject duo, Grace Jones and Keith Haring were it. Jones was made for Haring's art; she could be a grown \"\u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiant_Baby\">Radiant Baby\u003c/a>\" with her long limbs, chiseled cheek points and architectural body. Haring took advantage of the statuesque canvas by literally painting her in a few famous instances. Jones and Haring collaborated most famously on the music video for \"I'm Not Perfect\" (which also features an Andy Warhol cameo), where Haring's body paint was featured as well as a completely \u003cem>cray\u003c/em> gown for Jones. For extra credit, see Jones dance in more Haring graffiti'd flesh in the 1986 horror film \u003cem>Vamp\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Madonna Mapplethorpe-Beecroft-Carrington-Etc.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/CSaFgAwnRSc\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>The Madonna of Reinvention (as we call her) has created and recreated herself so many times she was bound to have picked up some high art reference points along the way. The pop star's 1992 coffee table book/photo essay \u003cem>Sex\u003c/em> was the start of a certain kind of highly-sexualized \"Mapplethorpe\" persona the diva adopted for her album \u003cem>Erotica\u003c/em>. She's since gone on to reference everyone from surrealists Leonora Carrington and Frida Kahlo in her \"Bedtime Story\" music video, photographer Horst P. Horst in her music video for \"Vogue\" and high priestess of high art Vanessa Beecroft in her very Beecroftian presentation of \"Frozen.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Terry Richardson Presents Miley Cyrus\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/My2FRPA3Gf8\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/02/05/miley-abramovic-the-artist-came-in-like-a-wrecking-ball/\">Abramovic aspects aside\u003c/a>, the 2013 music video for Miley Cyrus's \"Wrecking Ball\" has the fingerprints of director/photographer Terry Richardson all over it. The intercuts of women crying/licking tools, the...shall we just say Nabokovian allusions, the washed-out white on white scheme, and the juxtaposition of female nudity and acts of destruction are touches that reek of the controversial Richardson. As Miley's persona has grown from her new video aesthetic, Richardson is the invisible hand that guides the star's self-presentation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Swizz Beatz Meets Damien Hirst\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11410\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 434px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/?attachment_id=11410\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11410\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-11410 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/03/swizz.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Instagram\" width=\"434\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/03/swizz.jpg 620w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/03/swizz-400x400.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/03/swizz-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/03/swizz-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/03/swizz-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/03/swizz-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/03/swizz-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://instagram.com/therealswizzz\">Instagram\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Producer Swizz Beatz, who has worked with everyone from DMX to Jay Z and T.I., set the Instagramosphere abuzz this past June when he published a photo of himself making a spin painting with artist Damien Hirst. A week later, Beatz announced plans to open a gallery that would feature Hirst, among other friends in the art world, that would be a new kind of exhibition venue and collaboration between the senses. Beatz is still searching for a space for the future gallery, but we look forward to seeing how this producer provides another bridge between the two worlds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kenneth Anger Made Mick Jagger Do It!\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/1gD9mC7u8cE\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Among the more interesting revelations to come from the recent \u003cem>Esquire UK\u003c/em> interview with Hollywood \"historian\" and experimental filmmaker Kenneth Anger was the story of \u003ca href=\"http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/features/5483/kenneth-anger/\">Mick Jagger's near collaboration with Anger on a film in the early '70s, in which the Rolling Stone would have played Lucifer\u003c/a>. Although Jagger declined the offer, \"Sympathy for the Devil\" was inspired by the satanic subject matter of \u003cem>The Master and Margarita\u003c/em>, a book Anger gave to the singer while they contemplated the Lucifer film.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Matthew Barney Gets Bjorked!\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/GKvf6llROK8\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Do you think there were fireworks when Matthew Barney met his future wife, Bjork? Throat-singing, plasma textured, abstract fireworks? In another example of perfect artist pairings (and this one reproduced!), the 2006 art film \u003cem>Drawing Restraint 9\u003c/em> (starring Barney and Bjork with a soundtrack by the singer) was exactly what we hoped the famous pair's home life would be like. The above scene with Bjork as a geisha is one of the most famous from the film (the cutting of the legs scene with the pair is the most infamous).\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11212\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/02/25/making-sense-of-russia-through-pussy-riot-and-t-a-t-u-sochi-olympics/pussyriot/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11212\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11212\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/pussyriot.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Igor Mukhim, via Wiki Commons\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/pussyriot.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/pussyriot-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Igor Mukhim, via \u003ca href=\"http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pussy_Riot_by_Igor_Mukhin.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, the cultural spotlight was shared by two girl groups presenting two contrasting views of Modern Russia. The official view, of a world power and respectable culture, were represented by t.A.T.u. Reunited to perform at the Opening Ceremony, the pop duo are Russia's most commercially successful musical export, and signify Russia's desire for respect. This made President Vladimir Putin proud of his country, and he shone the spotlight on them brightly. Another view of Russia, that of a society dogged by outmoded conservatism and governed by a repressive totalitarian, is blazoned by Pussy Riot. The punk rock performance art group also recently reunited, and brought their tactics to Sochi, to film a protest for their new single. This view disappoints Putin, and he has gone to great lengths to hide this view from the spotlight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may remember t.A.T.u. as the controversial pop duo who brought alternative sexuality onto the international stage by making out and feeling each other up in the video for their 2002 hit \"All the Things She Said.\" You may have even bought the album. \u003cem>Blender\u003c/em> magazine declared t.A.T.u. \"the future of rock & roll.\" Inevitably, their sapphic desires were revealed as a stunt, and the gimmick wore off. t.A.T.u.'s popularity in the West waned, although they remained popular in Russia and Eastern Europe for almost a decade until their breakup in March 2011.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five months later, a group of feminists with anarchist connections founded a new collective. Today, Pussy Riot are likely the most famous Russian band, while operating as everything but: performance artists; political theatrics; \u003ca href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/nov/15/pussy-riot-nadezhda-tolokonnikova-slavoj-zizek\">intellectual figures\u003c/a>; human rights activists. \u003cem>Forbes\u003c/em> magazine declared Pussy Riot \"the future of civil disobedience.\" But their status as a band remains, despite barely being one. Most fans had not heard their music until last week, apart from a handful of cellphone video documentations. You can't find them on Spotify, but you definitely know who they are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As far as Vladimir Putin is concerned, Pussy Riot is attracting unwanted attention to his policies, while generating zero capital. Putin is engaged in a meticulous campaign to present himself as a conquesting strongman and a modern myth for Modern Russia. He \u003ca href=\"http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21596580-beyond-spectacle-sochi-olympics-crackdown-russias-media-dreams-about-russia\">controls the media\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/22/world/europe/moscow-court-convicts-8-for-protest-in-2012.html?_r=1\">influences the courts\u003c/a>, decides whether \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/31/opinion/russias-oligarchy-alive-and-well.html\">businesses succeed or fail\u003c/a>. And he has enacted a bizarre and horrifying law \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/06/russia-enforcing-gay-propaganda-_n_4737521.html\">banning gay \"propaganda.\"\u003c/a> After his second consecutive term, he strongly endorsed the election of fellow United Russia party member Dmitri Medvedev, generally regarded as Putin's patsy. After Medvedev's term was up, Putin was able to run for another term since it would be non-consecutive. When citizens protested the inauguration of his controversial yet technically legal third term, \u003ca href=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/06/us-russia-protests-idUSBRE8440CK20120506\">he had them arrested\u003c/a> in Bolotnaya Square.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Putin's criminalization of homosexuality and harsh treatment of protesters were the targets of Pussy Riot's infamous \"punk prayer,\" titled \"Mother of God, Drive Putin Away\" and performed February 21, 2012, at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Dressed in their signature colorful balaclavas, Pussy Riot \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN5inCayfnM\">assembled at the altar and rocked out\u003c/a>. They were eventually \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN5inCayfnM\">subdued by security personnel, with much difficulty\u003c/a>. The Orthodox community, a close supporter and important voting block of Putin's United Russia party, was predictably outraged. Blasphemous, neon-colored feminists screaming in the sacred sanctuary? Something had better be done about that. So on March 3, Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich were arrested and charged with \"hooliganism\".\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The very next day, Putin was re-elected to a third term with a suspiciously high 80% of the vote. On May 6, the eve of his inauguration, upwards of 20,000 protestors took over Bolotnaya Square; a battle against police ensued and over 500 protesters were arrested. Seven months and a trial later, Samutsevich was released on probation, but Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina were sentenced to prison camps in the \"Gulag.\" The harsh sentences made headlines in the U.S., and rallied pro-speech, anti-Putin activists in the West. The reaction in Russia was less controversial (\u003ca href=\"http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/09/27/a_pussy_riot_letter_from_prison\">according to one survey,\u003c/a> 55% of Russians prefer \"order\" to \"human rights\"). The day after his 60th birthday, Putin declared Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova \"got what they asked for.\" With that problem locked away, Putin was able to focus on preparations for the coming 2014 Winter Olympics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As 2013 came to a close, the heat was on. Negative press was mounting around the world. First, the ongoing incarcerations, including the temporary disappearance of Tolokonnikova. Next, the gay \"propaganda\" bill. And now, criticism of the Winter Olympics preparations in Sochi. On top of that, there was the seizure on August 11 of a Greenpeace ship and detaining of its crew, the \"Arctic 30.\" Putin had to demonstrate his benevolence to the world. Enter Putin's amnesty law, dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Russian Constitution. Just in time for Christmas, the law granted amnesty to Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova, and some of the Bolotnaya Square protesters, as well as scapegoated oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, and the \"Artic 30.\" Gratitude was not shown; Alyokhina told reporters she would have refused amnesty if given the choice, rather than being forced to participate in Putin's PR stunt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just before the Winter Olympics, Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina toured through the news outlets of Western Europe and the US. The media darlings' visit to New York culminated in a benefit show on February for Amnesty International, where they were introduced by Madonna at Barclay's Center. The next day, a mysterious open letter appeared on the official (but otherwise recently inactive) Pussy Riot website. The letter announced that Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina were no longer members of Pussy Riot. Hinting at an internal dispute, it was pseudonymously signed by the nicknames of the group members, including (with the whiff of disinformation) the nicknames used by Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina. Both Russian and Western media jumped on this story without verifying the letter's provenance. Initially confused, Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina refuted the letter a few days later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11208\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 320px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/02/25/making-sense-of-russia-through-pussy-riot-and-t-a-t-u-sochi-olympics/0597dbb5-4b9f-47dd-8ee6-02e6c0505003/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11208\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-11208 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/0597dbb5-4b9f-47dd-8ee6-02e6c0505003.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Interscope Russia\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/0597dbb5-4b9f-47dd-8ee6-02e6c0505003.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/0597dbb5-4b9f-47dd-8ee6-02e6c0505003-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/0597dbb5-4b9f-47dd-8ee6-02e6c0505003-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/0597dbb5-4b9f-47dd-8ee6-02e6c0505003-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/0597dbb5-4b9f-47dd-8ee6-02e6c0505003-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/0597dbb5-4b9f-47dd-8ee6-02e6c0505003-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Interscope Russia\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>At the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony on February 8, t.A.T.u., the crown jewel of Russian pop culture, performed their hit song \"Not Gonna Get Us\" on the world stage. Lena Katina and Julia Volkova had been on separate trajectories, developing solo careers with the the occasional performance as t.A.T.u. But they were brought together again by Opening Ceremony director Konstantin Ernst. According to the \u003cem>New Yorker\u003c/em>, Ernst is \u003ca href=\"http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2014/02/the-man-behind-the-opening-ceremony-for-the-sochi-games.html\">\"the premier visual stylist of the Putin era,\"\u003c/a>\u003cem> \u003c/em>and through his leadership at Russia's Channel One network, that visual style has shaped the image of one nation under Putin. I missed the Opening Ceremony, but read that the t.A.T.u. performance was edited out by NBC for \"time\" purposes. (Perhaps because t.A.T.u. sang the original Russian version of their song, \"\u003ca title=\"Nas Ne Dogonyat\" href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nas_Ne_Dogonyat\" target=\"_blank\">Nas Ne Dogonyat\u003c/a>\", and NBC knows \u003ca href=\"http://www.tvguide.com/news/returned-bridge-viewers-1074256.aspx\">American audiences don't like subtitles\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not far from the Olympic Park, Pussy Riot took to the streets of Sochi. They were arrested on dubious charges of theft on February 18, and released the same day. The following day, they filmed a music video for their new song \"Putin Will Teach You How To Love.\" During the public performance, the group was assaulted by whip-wielding Cossacks. The whole attack was captured on camera, and the next morning, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjI0KYl9gWs\">Pussy Riot's \"protest music video\" was up on YouTube\u003c/a>. It seems nothing can keep them silent; not the police, not the corrupt legal system, not even a militia in ornamental costume. The world is listening now, and Pussy Riot will be heard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, as quickly as they reunited, t.A.T.u. broke up again on February 18, a week and a half after the Opening Ceremony. Citing a litany of personal disputes, Lena Katina stated in a vlog that she couldn't continue working with Julia Volkova. Any suspicions that the reunion was orchestrated on a flimsy premise were confirmed. Perhaps Putin's facade of the new Russia, so meticulously constructed and ringing hollow, will be proven unworkable. But who knows -- Mussolini famously made the trains run on time. \u003ca href=\"http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/rear-window-making-italy-work-did-mussolini-really-get-the-trains-running-on-time-1367688.html\">Except that he didn't\u003c/a>, and the myth persists regardless. And despite Putin's much-ballyhooed amnesty law, last week, eight of the Bolotnaya Square protesters were convicted with dubious evidence, on charges of rioting and violence against police. Seven were sentenced to four years in prison on Monday. Outside the courtroom, Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina were arrested, along with dozens of protesters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The day before, t.A.T.u. premiered their final, posthumous single on Russia's Love Radio. The title, \"Love In Every Moment,\" might serve as an ironic epitaph to the duo's disbandment. The original music video for \"Not Gonna Get Us,\" the song t.A.T.u. performed at Sochi, starts with mugshots of the duo and proceeds with the story of Lena and Julia escaping capture, fleeing to Siberia in a tanker truck, even running over their manager. Lovestruck, the duo sing the whole way as they leave a trail of wreckage. Toward the end of the music video, the girls climb out of the cab onto the roof of their getaway truck, and embrace each other as they speed blindly through a blizzard in the darkness. Russia pushes on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_auto_sidebar id=\"Hav8BImhMq5GdnjI8FvaUOv4rdLwBfra\"]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11212\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/02/25/making-sense-of-russia-through-pussy-riot-and-t-a-t-u-sochi-olympics/pussyriot/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11212\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11212\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/pussyriot.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Igor Mukhim, via Wiki Commons\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/pussyriot.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/pussyriot-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Igor Mukhim, via \u003ca href=\"http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pussy_Riot_by_Igor_Mukhin.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, the cultural spotlight was shared by two girl groups presenting two contrasting views of Modern Russia. The official view, of a world power and respectable culture, were represented by t.A.T.u. Reunited to perform at the Opening Ceremony, the pop duo are Russia's most commercially successful musical export, and signify Russia's desire for respect. This made President Vladimir Putin proud of his country, and he shone the spotlight on them brightly. Another view of Russia, that of a society dogged by outmoded conservatism and governed by a repressive totalitarian, is blazoned by Pussy Riot. The punk rock performance art group also recently reunited, and brought their tactics to Sochi, to film a protest for their new single. This view disappoints Putin, and he has gone to great lengths to hide this view from the spotlight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may remember t.A.T.u. as the controversial pop duo who brought alternative sexuality onto the international stage by making out and feeling each other up in the video for their 2002 hit \"All the Things She Said.\" You may have even bought the album. \u003cem>Blender\u003c/em> magazine declared t.A.T.u. \"the future of rock & roll.\" Inevitably, their sapphic desires were revealed as a stunt, and the gimmick wore off. t.A.T.u.'s popularity in the West waned, although they remained popular in Russia and Eastern Europe for almost a decade until their breakup in March 2011.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five months later, a group of feminists with anarchist connections founded a new collective. Today, Pussy Riot are likely the most famous Russian band, while operating as everything but: performance artists; political theatrics; \u003ca href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/nov/15/pussy-riot-nadezhda-tolokonnikova-slavoj-zizek\">intellectual figures\u003c/a>; human rights activists. \u003cem>Forbes\u003c/em> magazine declared Pussy Riot \"the future of civil disobedience.\" But their status as a band remains, despite barely being one. Most fans had not heard their music until last week, apart from a handful of cellphone video documentations. You can't find them on Spotify, but you definitely know who they are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As far as Vladimir Putin is concerned, Pussy Riot is attracting unwanted attention to his policies, while generating zero capital. Putin is engaged in a meticulous campaign to present himself as a conquesting strongman and a modern myth for Modern Russia. He \u003ca href=\"http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21596580-beyond-spectacle-sochi-olympics-crackdown-russias-media-dreams-about-russia\">controls the media\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/22/world/europe/moscow-court-convicts-8-for-protest-in-2012.html?_r=1\">influences the courts\u003c/a>, decides whether \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/31/opinion/russias-oligarchy-alive-and-well.html\">businesses succeed or fail\u003c/a>. And he has enacted a bizarre and horrifying law \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/06/russia-enforcing-gay-propaganda-_n_4737521.html\">banning gay \"propaganda.\"\u003c/a> After his second consecutive term, he strongly endorsed the election of fellow United Russia party member Dmitri Medvedev, generally regarded as Putin's patsy. After Medvedev's term was up, Putin was able to run for another term since it would be non-consecutive. When citizens protested the inauguration of his controversial yet technically legal third term, \u003ca href=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/06/us-russia-protests-idUSBRE8440CK20120506\">he had them arrested\u003c/a> in Bolotnaya Square.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Putin's criminalization of homosexuality and harsh treatment of protesters were the targets of Pussy Riot's infamous \"punk prayer,\" titled \"Mother of God, Drive Putin Away\" and performed February 21, 2012, at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Dressed in their signature colorful balaclavas, Pussy Riot \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN5inCayfnM\">assembled at the altar and rocked out\u003c/a>. They were eventually \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN5inCayfnM\">subdued by security personnel, with much difficulty\u003c/a>. The Orthodox community, a close supporter and important voting block of Putin's United Russia party, was predictably outraged. Blasphemous, neon-colored feminists screaming in the sacred sanctuary? Something had better be done about that. So on March 3, Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich were arrested and charged with \"hooliganism\".\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The very next day, Putin was re-elected to a third term with a suspiciously high 80% of the vote. On May 6, the eve of his inauguration, upwards of 20,000 protestors took over Bolotnaya Square; a battle against police ensued and over 500 protesters were arrested. Seven months and a trial later, Samutsevich was released on probation, but Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina were sentenced to prison camps in the \"Gulag.\" The harsh sentences made headlines in the U.S., and rallied pro-speech, anti-Putin activists in the West. The reaction in Russia was less controversial (\u003ca href=\"http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/09/27/a_pussy_riot_letter_from_prison\">according to one survey,\u003c/a> 55% of Russians prefer \"order\" to \"human rights\"). The day after his 60th birthday, Putin declared Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova \"got what they asked for.\" With that problem locked away, Putin was able to focus on preparations for the coming 2014 Winter Olympics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As 2013 came to a close, the heat was on. Negative press was mounting around the world. First, the ongoing incarcerations, including the temporary disappearance of Tolokonnikova. Next, the gay \"propaganda\" bill. And now, criticism of the Winter Olympics preparations in Sochi. On top of that, there was the seizure on August 11 of a Greenpeace ship and detaining of its crew, the \"Arctic 30.\" Putin had to demonstrate his benevolence to the world. Enter Putin's amnesty law, dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Russian Constitution. Just in time for Christmas, the law granted amnesty to Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova, and some of the Bolotnaya Square protesters, as well as scapegoated oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, and the \"Artic 30.\" Gratitude was not shown; Alyokhina told reporters she would have refused amnesty if given the choice, rather than being forced to participate in Putin's PR stunt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just before the Winter Olympics, Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina toured through the news outlets of Western Europe and the US. The media darlings' visit to New York culminated in a benefit show on February for Amnesty International, where they were introduced by Madonna at Barclay's Center. The next day, a mysterious open letter appeared on the official (but otherwise recently inactive) Pussy Riot website. The letter announced that Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina were no longer members of Pussy Riot. Hinting at an internal dispute, it was pseudonymously signed by the nicknames of the group members, including (with the whiff of disinformation) the nicknames used by Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina. Both Russian and Western media jumped on this story without verifying the letter's provenance. Initially confused, Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina refuted the letter a few days later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11208\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 320px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/02/25/making-sense-of-russia-through-pussy-riot-and-t-a-t-u-sochi-olympics/0597dbb5-4b9f-47dd-8ee6-02e6c0505003/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11208\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-11208 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/0597dbb5-4b9f-47dd-8ee6-02e6c0505003.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Interscope Russia\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/0597dbb5-4b9f-47dd-8ee6-02e6c0505003.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/0597dbb5-4b9f-47dd-8ee6-02e6c0505003-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/0597dbb5-4b9f-47dd-8ee6-02e6c0505003-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/0597dbb5-4b9f-47dd-8ee6-02e6c0505003-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/0597dbb5-4b9f-47dd-8ee6-02e6c0505003-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/0597dbb5-4b9f-47dd-8ee6-02e6c0505003-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Interscope Russia\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>At the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony on February 8, t.A.T.u., the crown jewel of Russian pop culture, performed their hit song \"Not Gonna Get Us\" on the world stage. Lena Katina and Julia Volkova had been on separate trajectories, developing solo careers with the the occasional performance as t.A.T.u. But they were brought together again by Opening Ceremony director Konstantin Ernst. According to the \u003cem>New Yorker\u003c/em>, Ernst is \u003ca href=\"http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2014/02/the-man-behind-the-opening-ceremony-for-the-sochi-games.html\">\"the premier visual stylist of the Putin era,\"\u003c/a>\u003cem> \u003c/em>and through his leadership at Russia's Channel One network, that visual style has shaped the image of one nation under Putin. I missed the Opening Ceremony, but read that the t.A.T.u. performance was edited out by NBC for \"time\" purposes. (Perhaps because t.A.T.u. sang the original Russian version of their song, \"\u003ca title=\"Nas Ne Dogonyat\" href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nas_Ne_Dogonyat\" target=\"_blank\">Nas Ne Dogonyat\u003c/a>\", and NBC knows \u003ca href=\"http://www.tvguide.com/news/returned-bridge-viewers-1074256.aspx\">American audiences don't like subtitles\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not far from the Olympic Park, Pussy Riot took to the streets of Sochi. They were arrested on dubious charges of theft on February 18, and released the same day. The following day, they filmed a music video for their new song \"Putin Will Teach You How To Love.\" During the public performance, the group was assaulted by whip-wielding Cossacks. The whole attack was captured on camera, and the next morning, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjI0KYl9gWs\">Pussy Riot's \"protest music video\" was up on YouTube\u003c/a>. It seems nothing can keep them silent; not the police, not the corrupt legal system, not even a militia in ornamental costume. The world is listening now, and Pussy Riot will be heard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, as quickly as they reunited, t.A.T.u. broke up again on February 18, a week and a half after the Opening Ceremony. Citing a litany of personal disputes, Lena Katina stated in a vlog that she couldn't continue working with Julia Volkova. Any suspicions that the reunion was orchestrated on a flimsy premise were confirmed. Perhaps Putin's facade of the new Russia, so meticulously constructed and ringing hollow, will be proven unworkable. But who knows -- Mussolini famously made the trains run on time. \u003ca href=\"http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/rear-window-making-italy-work-did-mussolini-really-get-the-trains-running-on-time-1367688.html\">Except that he didn't\u003c/a>, and the myth persists regardless. And despite Putin's much-ballyhooed amnesty law, last week, eight of the Bolotnaya Square protesters were convicted with dubious evidence, on charges of rioting and violence against police. Seven were sentenced to four years in prison on Monday. Outside the courtroom, Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina were arrested, along with dozens of protesters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The day before, t.A.T.u. premiered their final, posthumous single on Russia's Love Radio. The title, \"Love In Every Moment,\" might serve as an ironic epitaph to the duo's disbandment. The original music video for \"Not Gonna Get Us,\" the song t.A.T.u. performed at Sochi, starts with mugshots of the duo and proceeds with the story of Lena and Julia escaping capture, fleeing to Siberia in a tanker truck, even running over their manager. Lovestruck, the duo sing the whole way as they leave a trail of wreckage. Toward the end of the music video, the girls climb out of the cab onto the roof of their getaway truck, and embrace each other as they speed blindly through a blizzard in the darkness. Russia pushes on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11064\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/02/19/faking-it-on-stage-from-the-red-hot-chili-peppers-to-britney-spears-lipsync-super-bowl/rhcp-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11064\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11064\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/rhcp.jpg\" alt=\"rhcp\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/rhcp.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/rhcp-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: EMI\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp class=\"size-medium wp-image-11037\" dir=\"ltr\">If you weren’t too busy drooling over the adorable Bruno Mars (like I was) during the halftime show of the Super Bowl, you may have noticed something a little off when the Red Hot Chili Peppers burst on to the stage with their song “Give It Away Now.” No, I’m not talking about \u003ca href=\"http://style.mtv.com//wp-content/uploads/style/2014/02/anthony-kiedis-super-bowl-halftime-leggings.jpg\">Anthony Kiedis’ tights\u003c/a>, I’m talking about their amps. It turns out the only thing turned on was Kiedis’ mic and the play button on their pre-recorded musical track. As an act of punkness and acknowledgement that faking it is pretty lame, they only half-assed their miming, not bothering to even plug in their instruments in an attempt to maintain a shred of dignity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Could they have plugged in their guitars just the same and given it the old college try so as to not bum out the people who choose to believe in the total live-ness of a live performance? Sure, but RHCP really just didn’t want to be phonies. “We thought it better to not pretend. It seemed like the realest thing to do in the circumstance.” Their self-awareness is refreshing but not always shared with other musicians who often find themselves in similar situations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’re a tough crowd; we demand a lot from our artists. And why not? They make a bazillion dollars to keep us perpetually entertained. So when it comes to pop stars, we want the live show to sound exactly like the album, and we want to believe that it’s sheer talent that makes it sound that way. We don’t have patience for technical difficulties, out of tune instruments or flat voices. So they give us what we want and we happily allow the wool to be pulled over our eyes, simply accepting each live performance as truly live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On occasion, however, that cloak of perfection is accidentally nudged aside, revealing the ugly truth of the music industry’s profusion of pre-recorded musical performances. Sure, I guess \u003cem>sometimes\u003c/em> musical miming is necessary (like when the NFL makes you do it), but when an artist is caught faking it, the outcome is pretty hilarious. Luckily, the internet has beautifully captured many occasions when a perfectly pre-recorded musical moment goes humiliatingly wrong. Here are some of the most notorious live performance mishaps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/Tc2_tCMmV00\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Though she confidently made a name for herself singing her heart out in \u003cem>High School Musical\u003c/em>, Ashley Tisdale opted to perform Wham’s “Last Christmas” at the 2007 Rockefeller Center tree lighting event with a safety net. Though the song’s been a Christmastime hit since the year before Ms. Tisdale was born, she somehow managed to never really learn the lyrics. No wonder she looked so relaxed during her performance; her mind wasn’t all bogged down with song words. As for the ones she did remember, you can hear Ashley’s final, off-key “la, la, la,” live as her mic is switched on at 3:42. Oops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/YoPknTL397E\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">In 2009, Britney Spears ignited quite a controversy in the land down under. Apparently, Australians had been under the assumption that the former Mouseketeer actually sings her songs while performing her elaborate stage act live. When they discovered that Britney’s Circus tour would be vocally pre-recorded, they were outraged. The Minister for Fair Trading of New South Wales, Virginia Judge, led the crusade to expose Britney’s big lip-sync. With tickets to the pop diva’s Aussie shows ranging anywhere from $200-$1,300, Judge simply wanted concertgoers to know what they were paying for: inauthenticity. To add insult to injury, fans claimed the vocally pre-recorded spectacle wasn’t even that great. Double damn for ol’ Britney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/EdRrCZ9DDcw\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">In the olden days of the early ‘90s, people were absolutely shocked to discover 1990’s Best New Artist Grammy Award winners Milli Vanilli had been lip-syncing frauds the whole time. As it turns out, the concept for Milli Vanilli was developed prior to Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan hopping on board. Their award-winning single, “Girl You Know It’s True” had already been completed by the time the duo had signed on to the group. The dance-band’s creator, German producer Frank Farian, admitted in a press conference that he had put the beautiful but talentless faces of Rob and Fab in front of the voices of less-attractive, much more talented singers. Four days after they received the award, their Grammy was taken away. It shouldn’t have surprised U.S. audiences that much, in retrospect. In late 1989, the group was performing live on MTV when the pre-recorded track to “Girl You Know It’s True” began to skip repeating “girl you know it’s, girl you know it’s, girl you know it’s….” until a humiliated Rob and Fab ran off-stage. It remains one of the best and most memorable lip-sync failures of all time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/5RrLAgi_mBY\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">You’d think, with the Milli Vanilli “Girl You Know It’s True” lip-sync disaster being rehashed annually in various VH1 countdown shows, newer artists would strive to be extra careful in the future. Apparently, Ashlee Simpson thought otherwise. 14 years after the Milli Vanilli fiasco, Jessica’s kid sister hit the SNL stage. Her first (pre-recorded) song, “Pieces of You,” went off without a hitch. As she and her band geared up for their second song, “Autobiography,” however, they got a big, bad surprise when the tape for “Pieces of You” again came blasting through the speakers. To her credit, Simpson did do a very awkward jig for a few seconds before fleeing the stage and eventually the music business altogether. Ouch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/fN4FS36B7go\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>50 Cent has been shot nine times. Nine! He has also won five Grammys and owns a sick mansion in Connecticut (a home which formerly belonged to Mike Tyson). He is, no doubt, tougher than most of us. He seems like the kind of guy who doesn't do things halfway. He's pedal to the metal, all the time. Except for at the 2007 BET Awards, when 50 decided to use a pre-recorded vocal track for his live performance. This decision was extra confusing considering 50 wasn't doing any strenuous dance moves or aerial tumbling; he was just rapping. Nevertheless, he opted for a little extra cushion...and he would have gotten away with it too, if it hadn't been for that pesky warm-up jacket that required two hands to remove and thus forced the star to move the microphone as far away from his face as possible as a line to his song “Amusement Park” rang out, clear as a bell. Things didn't get any better when the DJ decided to play the instrumental version of the second verse as 50 tried to sing along. From the looks of this video, it appears that Snoop Dogg still dug it though.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"http://www.liveleak.com/ll_embed?f=f333cdd34b4a\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>The U.S. thought we were sending our best California girl to rep the States at the December 2013 NRJ Music Awards in Cannes, but after showing a montage about what an accomplished pop star she is, Katy Perry totally blew it. Doomed from the get go, Katy's initial attempt at performing her chart-topper, \"Roar,\" was interrupted by the show's host, when he completely stopped her elaborate performance and politely instructed her to start over because the lip-sycning was so off. When Katy returned to the stage, she was singing live, but she clearly hadn't planned on doing so. Aggressive choreography is extra tough while you're singing, but Katy gave it a shot. It didn't sound that good. Unfortunately for Katy, even though the disaster went down all the way in Europe, a video of the double 'oops' went viral almost instantly and we all knew about it before she fell asleep that night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So I guess the moral of the story is: kids, if you decide to fake it at your big, live performance, you should still probably schedule some time to practice just in case.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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It turns out the only thing turned on was Kiedis’ mic and the play button on their pre-recorded musical track. As an act of punkness and acknowledgement that faking it is pretty lame, they only half-assed their miming, not bothering to even plug in their instruments in an attempt to maintain a shred of dignity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Could they have plugged in their guitars just the same and given it the old college try so as to not bum out the people who choose to believe in the total live-ness of a live performance? Sure, but RHCP really just didn’t want to be phonies. “We thought it better to not pretend. It seemed like the realest thing to do in the circumstance.” Their self-awareness is refreshing but not always shared with other musicians who often find themselves in similar situations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’re a tough crowd; we demand a lot from our artists. And why not? They make a bazillion dollars to keep us perpetually entertained. So when it comes to pop stars, we want the live show to sound exactly like the album, and we want to believe that it’s sheer talent that makes it sound that way. We don’t have patience for technical difficulties, out of tune instruments or flat voices. So they give us what we want and we happily allow the wool to be pulled over our eyes, simply accepting each live performance as truly live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On occasion, however, that cloak of perfection is accidentally nudged aside, revealing the ugly truth of the music industry’s profusion of pre-recorded musical performances. Sure, I guess \u003cem>sometimes\u003c/em> musical miming is necessary (like when the NFL makes you do it), but when an artist is caught faking it, the outcome is pretty hilarious. Luckily, the internet has beautifully captured many occasions when a perfectly pre-recorded musical moment goes humiliatingly wrong. Here are some of the most notorious live performance mishaps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/Tc2_tCMmV00\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Though she confidently made a name for herself singing her heart out in \u003cem>High School Musical\u003c/em>, Ashley Tisdale opted to perform Wham’s “Last Christmas” at the 2007 Rockefeller Center tree lighting event with a safety net. Though the song’s been a Christmastime hit since the year before Ms. Tisdale was born, she somehow managed to never really learn the lyrics. No wonder she looked so relaxed during her performance; her mind wasn’t all bogged down with song words. As for the ones she did remember, you can hear Ashley’s final, off-key “la, la, la,” live as her mic is switched on at 3:42. Oops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/YoPknTL397E\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">In 2009, Britney Spears ignited quite a controversy in the land down under. Apparently, Australians had been under the assumption that the former Mouseketeer actually sings her songs while performing her elaborate stage act live. When they discovered that Britney’s Circus tour would be vocally pre-recorded, they were outraged. The Minister for Fair Trading of New South Wales, Virginia Judge, led the crusade to expose Britney’s big lip-sync. With tickets to the pop diva’s Aussie shows ranging anywhere from $200-$1,300, Judge simply wanted concertgoers to know what they were paying for: inauthenticity. To add insult to injury, fans claimed the vocally pre-recorded spectacle wasn’t even that great. Double damn for ol’ Britney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/EdRrCZ9DDcw\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">In the olden days of the early ‘90s, people were absolutely shocked to discover 1990’s Best New Artist Grammy Award winners Milli Vanilli had been lip-syncing frauds the whole time. As it turns out, the concept for Milli Vanilli was developed prior to Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan hopping on board. Their award-winning single, “Girl You Know It’s True” had already been completed by the time the duo had signed on to the group. The dance-band’s creator, German producer Frank Farian, admitted in a press conference that he had put the beautiful but talentless faces of Rob and Fab in front of the voices of less-attractive, much more talented singers. Four days after they received the award, their Grammy was taken away. It shouldn’t have surprised U.S. audiences that much, in retrospect. In late 1989, the group was performing live on MTV when the pre-recorded track to “Girl You Know It’s True” began to skip repeating “girl you know it’s, girl you know it’s, girl you know it’s….” until a humiliated Rob and Fab ran off-stage. It remains one of the best and most memorable lip-sync failures of all time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/5RrLAgi_mBY\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">You’d think, with the Milli Vanilli “Girl You Know It’s True” lip-sync disaster being rehashed annually in various VH1 countdown shows, newer artists would strive to be extra careful in the future. Apparently, Ashlee Simpson thought otherwise. 14 years after the Milli Vanilli fiasco, Jessica’s kid sister hit the SNL stage. Her first (pre-recorded) song, “Pieces of You,” went off without a hitch. As she and her band geared up for their second song, “Autobiography,” however, they got a big, bad surprise when the tape for “Pieces of You” again came blasting through the speakers. To her credit, Simpson did do a very awkward jig for a few seconds before fleeing the stage and eventually the music business altogether. Ouch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/fN4FS36B7go\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>50 Cent has been shot nine times. Nine! He has also won five Grammys and owns a sick mansion in Connecticut (a home which formerly belonged to Mike Tyson). He is, no doubt, tougher than most of us. He seems like the kind of guy who doesn't do things halfway. He's pedal to the metal, all the time. Except for at the 2007 BET Awards, when 50 decided to use a pre-recorded vocal track for his live performance. This decision was extra confusing considering 50 wasn't doing any strenuous dance moves or aerial tumbling; he was just rapping. Nevertheless, he opted for a little extra cushion...and he would have gotten away with it too, if it hadn't been for that pesky warm-up jacket that required two hands to remove and thus forced the star to move the microphone as far away from his face as possible as a line to his song “Amusement Park” rang out, clear as a bell. Things didn't get any better when the DJ decided to play the instrumental version of the second verse as 50 tried to sing along. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11026\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/02/07/motley-crue-calls-it-quits-a-timeline-of-the-highs-and-low-of-their-wild-career/motley/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11026\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11026\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/motley.jpg\" alt=\"motley\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/motley.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/motley-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://myspace.com/motleycrue/mixes/covermix-20/photo/598725\">PR Newswire\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Years ago, a girl friend of mine accused a guy friend of mine of not having enough Crüe in his collection. This, she declared, was an affront to rock n’ roll, for Mötley Crüe were at the forefront of the hair metal revolution. He laughed it off, feeling that the teased hair, rock 'n' roll pyromaniacs were more of a spectacle than anything else. They both were right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">For over 30 years, Mötley Crüe have lived the \u003cem>quintessential\u003c/em> rock star existence. With enough sex, drugs, leather pants, overdoses, and loud music for three lifetimes. Along the way, their once admired wild behavior became a parody of itself, as the band deteriorated into the all-too-common story of rock n' roll excess. Yet whenever a member of the Crüe was knocked down, he found a way to dust himself off and sneak back into the spotlight. After 30 years, the band has \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-motley-crue-calls-it-quits-announces-final-tour-20140128,0,5738163.story#axzz2sasvEfEK\">officially decided to call it quits\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Throughout their colorful career, Mötley Crüe have kept things interesting and often times awful. Here are the highlights of their over 30 years on stage:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003cstrong>April 1981:\u003c/strong> After finalizing their lineup, guitarist Mick Mars suggests the name “Mottley Cru.” Nikki Sixx likes it, but decides spelling it “Motley Crue” is way cooler. Their buddy suggests they add umlauts over the “o” so that they’ll appear tougher and pay homage to their favorite beer, Löwenbräu. Sixx does them one better and Mötley Crüe is born. By the end of the month, they open two sold out shows (in the same night) and enter into an exclusive management contact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>June 1981\u003c/strong>: The Crüe plays their first show at the Troubadour in LA, shattering previous attendance records. Babes abound, lured in by the band’s good looks and wild stage show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>November 1981:\u003c/strong> The band drunkenly records their first album, \u003cem>Too Fast For Love\u003c/em>, over four days. They release it on their own label Leathür Records. KROQ plays the title track on a Sunday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>February 1982:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Kerrang\u003c/em>! magazine prints a full page, color photo of beautiful, blonde frontman, Vince Neil. The Crüe still cannot land a record contract with a major label.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>April 1982:\u003c/strong> Mötley Crüe plays to a sold out house (3,500 seats) at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Elvira is there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>May 1982:\u003c/strong> MC signs a 7-year deal with Elektra Records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Summer 1982:\u003c/strong> Mötley Crüe tours Canada and \u003cem>Too Fast For Love\u003c/em> is re-released by Elektra, coming in at #157 on the Billboard charts. They perfect their look and get tattoos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/tb95jqsYTm0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Halloween 1982:\u003c/strong> Nikki Sixx ignites his leather jumpsuit during an encore at SF’s Concord Pavilion. The band is fined thousands for setting the fire and Sixx is extinguished on stage by fire fighters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>March 1983:\u003c/strong> MC land a gig opening for Kiss on the Creatures of the Night tour but are kicked off the tour by Gene Simmons, citing “bad behavior,” after playing only five shows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Summer 1983:\u003c/strong> Nikki Sixx crashes his friend’s Porsche, injuring his shoulder. The hospital prescribes him Percocet, which eventually leads him to a crippling addiction to heroin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Fall 1983:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Shout At The Devil\u003c/em> is released and sells 200,000 copies in its first two weeks. It eventually climbs its way to #17 on \u003cem>Billboard\u003c/em>. MC appears on MTV for the first time. They embark on a 23-city tour in support of \u003cem>Shout At The Devil.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/5dwoIU0iPPo\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>January 1984:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Shout At The Devil\u003c/em> goes gold. The next day it goes platinum. Demi Moore suggests Alcoholics Anonymous to Nikki Sixx; he doesn’t listen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Most of 1984:\u003c/strong> Mötley Crüe tours extensively in Europe, destroying hotel rooms, breaking hearts and reinforcing negative stereotype of both Americans and rock stars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>December 8, 1984:\u003c/strong> Vince Neil throws a BBQ in Redondo Beach. Members of glam-band Hanoi Rocks are in attendance, along with other rockers and Hollywood heavies. After days of booze and drugs, Vince Neil borrows his neighbor’s ‘72 Ford Pantera to go to the liquor store. Speeding home with the booze, Neil slips on a wet spot in the road and collides into oncoming traffic at 65MPH. The other driver is put into a month-long coma, her passenger injured, while Neil’s passenger, 24-year-old Hanoi Rocks drummer \u003ca href=\"http://www.ugo.com/music/razzle-dingley\">Nicholas “Razzle” Dingley \u003c/a>is killed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>January 1985:\u003c/strong> Vince Neil is charged with drunk driving and vehicular manslaughter. He spends 30 days in rehab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Summer 1985:\u003c/strong> The video for MC’s new single, “Smoking In The Boys Room,” a cover of Detroit’s own Brownsville Station, is shot. This single is their first Top 40 hit. Tommy Lee meets '80s babe Heather Locklear and love is in the air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/5oVBvxA0mm0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Fall 1985:\u003c/strong> Vince Neil pleads guilty to vehicular manslaughter. He is sentenced to 200 hours of community service, $2.6 million in restitution to Razzle’s family, and 30 days in jail to be served after Mötley Crüe’s world tour ends. The \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents_Music_Resource_Center\">Parent’s Music Resource Center\u003c/a> includes Mötley Crüe’s “Bastard” on the Filthy Fifteen list, stating the lyrics were violent and degrading to women. Tommy Lee proposes to Heather Locklear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Early 1986:\u003c/strong> Mötley Crüe embark on their first headlining European tour. The band does drugs with famous rockers of the 1970s throughout Europe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Spring 1986:\u003c/strong> Lee and Locklear get hitched. Police are called to their honeymoon hotel room to break up a vicious, violent fight between the two. Nikki Sixx learns he is spending $3,500 a day on his drug habit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>Summer 1986:\u003c/strong> Vince Neil starts his 30 day jail sentence. He is permitted to sign autographs for the guards and even entertains a groupie with a one-hour conjugal visit. He is released after serving 18 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>1987\u003c/strong>: Mötley Crüe hangs out with Jon Bon Jovi a lot. They shoot the “Girls Girls Girls” video, which is later banned by MTV due to its topless ladies and general strip club theme. They are sued by a fan who claims she sustained serious hearing damage after attending one of their shows in the front row.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>1988\u003c/strong>: Tommy Lee checks himself into rehab and soon the rest of the band joins him, determined to clean up their collective act. Meanwhile, a 12-year-old fan from Florida sets his legs on fire attempting to imitate Nikki Sixx from the Mötley’s \"Live Wire\" video. The band issues a “don’t try this at home” statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>1989\u003c/strong>: Nikki and Tommy form a music production company called The Terror Twins. This is also the nickname the duo has earned through years of their debaucherous hijinks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Pretty Boy Floyd releases a cover of MC’s “Toast of the Town.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Vince Neil gets plastic surgery citing a deviated septum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cem>Dr. Feelgood\u003c/em> is released and becomes the band’s first Top 10 hit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Vince Neil punches Guns N’ Roses’ Izzy Strandlin in the face at the MTV Video Music Awards as payback for an altercation between Izzy and Neil’s then-wife. Thus began the infamous hair metal feud between Guns N’ Roses and Mötley Crüe. Axl Rose challenges Neil to a fight, Neil accepts the challenge, but so far it hasn’t happened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cem>Dr. Feelgood\u003c/em> goes #1 on Tommy Lee’s 27th birthday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/1XHcPYorSJw\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>1990\u003c/strong>: \u003cem>Dr. Feelgood\u003c/em> goes triple platinum. Tommy Lee moons an audience and is charged with indecent exposure. Nikki Sixx marries Brandi Brant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>1991\u003c/strong>: Nikki Sixx and Brandi Brant have a son. Mötley Crüe wins an American Music Award. The band releases a greatest hits record, \u003cem>Decade of Decadence\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>1992\u003c/strong>: Wild front-man Vince Neil is fired from the band after they grow weary of his consistently obnoxious behavior. John Corabi, singer of the band The Scream, signs on to front the Crüe. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KBPEJ21j7k\">Crüeball\u003c/a> game is released for Sega Genesis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>1993\u003c/strong>: Heather Locklear files for divorce from Tommy Lee. The Vince Neil Band attempts to make a name for itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>1994\u003c/strong>: \u003cem>Mötley Crüe\u003c/em> is released and while it charts in the Top 10, it’s not nearly as popular as \u003cem>Dr. Feelgood\u003c/em>. This is blamed on the new guy and the band’s attempt at embracing a new, more alternative sound. Tommy Lee meets Pamela Anderson at the Sanctuary Club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/P2zgjIGaIo4\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>1995\u003c/strong>: Tommy Lee marries Pamela Anderson in Cancun. Vince Neil’s daughter, Skylar, loses her brutal battle with cancer. After her death, Neil checks in to the Betty Ford rehab center. A tape filmed on Pam and Tommy Lee’s honeymoon is stolen from the couple’s home. It quickly circulates the internet, launching the most infamous of the now very popular celebrity sex tape and catapulting Pam and Tommy into the tabloid spotlight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003cstrong>1996\u003c/strong>: Pam and Tommy Lee file a $10 million lawsuit against \u003cem>Penthouse\u003c/em> and its executives as they claim the magazine was about to publish stills from the stolen honeymoon video. They do not win.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">They have their first child, Brandon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Pam plans an elaborate, headline grabbing birthday party for Tommy called Tommyland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">John Corabi is ushered out of the band as Vince Neil re-enters the fray. 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