Quick Aretha Note

After much denying on Aretha's part, one of her producers finally admitted that her NBA Finals performance was, in fact, lip-synched. So I guess that settles that!

(I'm also happy to report that Linda's ludicrosity.com article, according to google, was the first online news source to bring it up! Not implying that anyone took their lead from us, of course, but it's still nice to know.)

Now the question is, does it matter? Certain teen superstars have made a career of lip-synching (I especially love Britney's once-a-minute, adjust-the-headset-mike conceit). And maybe the reason Aretha's was so obvious is because she doesn't have a lot of experience "faking it." Perhaps if her voice was off that night, she thought her fans would rather hear a good recording than a bad live performance. (And really, she may have been right.) It's not as if she grabbed a CD from ages ago -- it was just from last year, so I'm sure she's still "got it".

Unlike the Lakers. :)