Ashlee Simpson, the anti-diva of youth, rolls into the Big Apple this week for a concert appearance despite her often criticized live singing skills.
So far, reviews of her shows on her nationwide tour have been mixed. The Seattle Times said "there was no lip-synching" at her show there last month. But the paper also quipped,"there was no singing, either."
In Minneapolis last week, the Star Tribune newspaper gave her high marks for her perky covers of Blondie, the Pretenders and Madonna. But they also didn't give her any praise for her singing. Not that she needs to sing -- she can always pull a "Saturday Night Live" and run off the stage, leaving her real bad to happily soak up the spotlight for once and play the rest of the set like the pros they are.
Now the raven-haired rebel is appearing in New York City — home of the infamous StopAshlee.com petition that has already collected an amazing 350,000 signatures. Folks have been flooding the website just want to make their thoughts known -- that they are sick of the fact that Ashlee is promoted as a star and isn't able to do the one thing she was created for: singing.
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Not that she's doing much of it on the tour anyway, and doesn't have to. Her audience loves her and she won't be boo'd off the stage like she was at the Orange Bowl. Ashlee has being careful to play only short, hour-long sets that include a few breaks and a brief showcase of acoustic songs. And any criticism by newspaper reviewers has been drowned out by the throngs of adoring fans, who are usually female, and mostly pre-teens.
Still though, Ashlee's got it right. Teens go to a teen idol concert to see dancing, panting, strutting, ass-shaking, hair-flippin', videos, smoke, bubbles, lights, special effects, pyro flashes and some bouncing boobs. Singing? Nah. It's a show -- so what if Ashlee can't sing the notes? Her fans are gonna out scream her anyway.
Not that she's doing much of it on the tour anyway, and doesn't have to. Her audience loves her and she won't be boo'd off the stage like she was at the Orange Bowl. Ashlee has being careful to play only short, hour-long sets that include a few breaks and a brief showcase of acoustic songs. And any criticism by newspaper reviewers has been drowned out by the throngs of adoring fans, who are usually female, and mostly pre-teens.
Still though, Ashlee's got it right. Teens go to a teen idol concert to see dancing, panting, strutting, ass-shaking, hair-flippin', videos, smoke, bubbles, lights, special effects, pyro flashes and some bouncing boobs. Singing? Nah. It's a show -- so what if Ashlee can't sing the notes? Her fans are gonna out scream her anyway.
