Best openly lip-synching performances (1,109 views)

[Breakfast in D-sharp]

This is a thread not for calling out musicians earnestly pretending to be performing live, but for celebrating those who not only don't mind the audience knowing they're miming but have a bit of fun with it. My favourites include these two from Top of the Pops (UK music show notorious for not permitting artists to sing and play live):

Mud's Lonely This Christmas, featuring a ventriloquist's dummy and an abundance of artificial snow


and The Associates' performance of 18 Carat Love Affair in which Alan Rankine feeds his chocolate guitar to the audience

[BassSquared]

Cool thread idea! Here's footage of an Iron Maiden "performance" on some German TV show where they were told they would be miming to a backing track. In response they proceeded to fuck around and switch instruments throughout the show, with the exception of Adrian Smith who remains dead serious through the entire thing:

['S]

Was going to say before, nearly forgot. Pretty much every Amanda Lear performance ever.

[Breakfast in D-sharp]

Perry Como amid some roller skaters going Round and Round:

[slugger]

The flautist from Canned Heat pulling all kinds of silly shenanigans

[Baronessa]

She just doesn't care. It adds to the performance though.