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Hudson producer defends Super Bowl miming
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 3 February 2009
The producer who pre-recorded Jennifer Hudson’s vocals for her much publicised performance of the American national anthem at the Super Bowl on Sunday has defended the star’s decision not to sing live.
Ricky Minor said that as this was the first time Hudson had performed in public since the murder of three members of her family last year, it would not have been wise to leave any room for error. In fact, he said that no artist should ever sing live in public.
I’m not sure I agree with either of those suggestions. The latter certainly, and as for Hudson’s special situation, I’m pretty sure people would have been more impressed with a fully live performance, even if Hudson had made a mistake. As it is, it just looks like her people, and perhaps she herself, didn’t think she was ready to start singing in public again, which would suggest that she probably shouldn’t have.
But whatever, here’s what Minor had to say: “This was such an important performance, because it’s the first time everyone has seen Jennifer [since the murders]. But she’s in such a great place, with such great spirits, and time can heal her wounds. She’s on fire right now and totally grounded. [Miming was] the right way to do it. There’s too many variables to go live. I would never recommend any artist go live, because the slightest glitch would devastate the performance”.
Despite some media criticism for the miming, Minor says Hudson has had a huge number of calls and messages telling her how good it was. Jamie Foxx apparently sent a text saying: “Amazing. It brought tears to my eyes”. Though given the recent tragedies in Hudson’s life, her first day back at work would probably have that effect whatever.
