Who was the first band / artist known to have mimed a musical performance?
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The Nairobi Trio created by American comedian Ernie Kovacs was an early use of the art of mime accompanied with music. Click Here for a video sample
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They're not two completely different things.
Miming today does not just mean mime artists, it can also refer to the act of lipsynching.
Indeed, with traditional mime artists no longer as prevalent as before, the word "miming" nowadays is more often used in the context of singers / musicians simulating live performances (most often on television talk shows etc.).
In any case, Milli Vanilli went far beyond mere lipsynching; they led everybody to believe that their voices had been the ones on the original recordings, when this was far from being the case. Most lipsynchers have at least themselves provided the original vocal that is heard on the backing track they are "performing" to.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipsynch#In_music
Well, I could easily have left out the Wikipedia link.
There are mime artists and there are "artists" who mime. Taking the singing / vocal issue out of the equation, if we see a guy on TV pretending to play his saxophone, then he can easily be said to be miming.
The word "mime" can be used both as a noun and a verb, so in that sense the correct usage / definition etc. of it has not necessarily been compromised.
Good vid!
see below! Byt the way, Milli Vannili wasn't that bad an answer I guess.
You folks will excuse me, I trust, if I take my definitions from actual dictionaries rather than wikipedia? It will lead to difficulties I know, but the two terms do actually have different meanings.
mime definition
mime (mīm)
noun
1. an ancient Greek or Roman farce, in which people and events were mimicked and burlesqued
2. the representation of an action, character, mood, etc. by means of gestures and actions rather than words
3. an actor who performs in mimes; specif., a mimic or pantomimist
Etymology: L mimus < Gr mimos, imitator, actor
transitive verb mimed, miming mim′·ing
to imitate, mimic, or act out as a mime
intransitive verb
to act as a mime; play a part with gestures and actions, but usually without words
http://www.yourdictionary.com/mime
lip-sync definition
lip·-sync or lip-synch lip′·-synch′ (lip′siŋk′)
transitive verb, intransitive verb
to synchronize lip movements with (recorded speaking or singing)
Etymology: < lip sync(hronization)
noun
the act or process of lip-syncing
http://www.yourdictionary.com/lip-sync
Oh, thanks for letting me know and here I thought I help :-(
well, If wikipedia says so, I stand corrected, Another case where we are losing the exact meaning of language as we accept inexact definitions and usage, Oh well. But hey, since we aren't being precise in our definitions, how about the silent film stars? Here's a beauty
Milli Vanilli did not mime, they lipsynched. It is two very different things.
