Obama Inauguration Balls: Ten Miming Moments In Music

INTRODUCING cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Itzhak Perlman, pianist Gabriella Montero, clarinettist Anthony McGill and George Bush on weapons of mass destruction.

Only one of those things was amplified on Obama’s inauguration. Can you guess which one? Answers in the form of a mime.

That’s right. What the world listened to was not a live version of Lord Of The Dance (Shopping mall mix) but a pre-recorded version recorded two days earlier, they said.

Says Carole Florman, a spokeswoman for the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies:

“No-one’s trying to fool anybody. It’s not something we would announce, but it’s not something we would try to hide.”

Of course not. Miming is good honesty lying. Perhaps if Obama had mimed his pledge, things would have gone better?

Sir Elton John accused Madonna of doing it and the President of Turkmenistan has banned it.

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Top Ten Musical Fakes in History

Milli Vanilli

“Girl you know it’s…” “Girl you know it’s…” “Girl you know it’s…”

All together now

“Girl you know it’s…” “Girl you know it’s…” “Girl you know it’s…”

It’s 1989, and Milli Vanilli are headlining the Club MTV Tour, in Connecticut. It’s time for their smash hit single Girl You Know It’s True. Singer Fab Morvan breaks into a jogging –on-the-spot dance routine, and Rob Pilatus exits stage left.

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