Does this trigger you?

[dodgechargerfan]

Not what I remembered, but Nirvana did it.

 

[Honkridge]

Goofball Maiden

 

[Lerxst]

I don't pay close enough attention. These days I just figure they have wireless.

I was watching the news this AM and a commercial for a glass bottles came on. The premise is a band jamming out and they clink beer bottles at the end of a song.
The guitarist is playing a strat w/ a clearly visible empty input jack on close up, center frame. I chortled.

 

[dmn23]

Goofball Maiden

That's what I was thinking of, not Petty.

 

[dodgechargerfan]

Goofball Maiden

I think that's the one I was recalling.

 

[tiger roach]

I’m not convinced Chevy is really singing in this one.

 

[Gary Blanchard]

Who was it that purposely goofed off and made it obvious they weren't playing while performing on a show in the 60s or 70s?

Lovin' Spoonful did that on Ed Sullivan when they did Summer in the City.

 

[smurfco]

That's what I was thinking of, not Petty.

Maiden, Petty, they’re essentially the same, easy mistake

 

[dodgechargerfan]

Lovin' Spoonful did that on Ed Sullivan when they did Summer in the City.

THAT’S THE ONE!

Thank you.

 

[Gary Blanchard]

THAT’S THE ONE!

Thank you.

They do their best, but when the traffic sounds come in, John just throws up his hands, shrugs, then goes back to pretending.

 

[DFB]

Yep, it does. It also annoys me when I see a band and the singer is supposedly playing guitar but you can't hear it in the mix at all.

Like Springsteen?

 

[Motorik]

Like Springsteen?

Oh God, yeah. What was up with that? I feel like all the 80s live footage has him banging away at the guitar and not a note coming out. And I like his guitar playing, I don't know why they did that.

 

[Chicken Man]

Oh God, yeah. What was up with that? I feel like all the 80s live footage has him banging away at the guitar and not a note coming out. And I like his guitar playing, I don't know why they did that.

At times, he's got Nils Lofgren, Little Steven, his wife, and himself on guitar. I'm sure the soundman has one or two of them nearly muted at all times.

 

[Motorik]

At times, he's got Nils Lofgren, Little Steven, his wife, and himself on guitar. I'm sure the soundman has one or two of them nearly muted at all times.

That's a good point.

 

[Gary Blanchard]

When I did the shoot for this video, I had a cord plugged in, just in case it showed. Of course, here you are hearing an acoustic guitar and seeing an electric...

Artistic license, dammit!

 

[MonkeyZero]

When Taylor Swift played the CMA's back in 2013 we had 10th row center in the big arena for all of the acts. It was very clear she was not playing her guitar. That time it did annoy me since every other band was out there bringing it.
Killer weekend that was. We watched music from 10am to almost 2am for 3 days straight.

 

[randols]

Johhny Cougar did it back in the day.

 

[DinoMikeSr]

What band made fun on top of the pops by actually showing they were not playing or singing? Was it VanHalen? Iron Maiden?