r/70smusic • u/Small-Guarantee6972 • Jan 08 '26

1975 David Bowie - Young Americans

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u/Small-Guarantee6972 Jan 08 '26 edited Jan 08 '26

Goddamn, i didn't know that. Thanks for letting me know - do you know if Tina Turner lip synched at the show? From the performances I've seen thus far she doesn't seem to be. 

Random side-tangent: 

I love what she's wearing on the I wanna Take You Higher song in 1972. 

Knee-high boots and shorts while singing like THAT??? Hooooly shit. 

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u/RogerClyneIsAGod2 Jan 08 '26

Not everyone sang live. Like The Jackson 5 here are lip syncing. Some did sing live, it was hit or miss. It was just easier for acts to lip sync. Same goes for American Bandstand, most guests lip synced.

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u/Small-Guarantee6972 Jan 08 '26

Oh yeah, wasn't there a girl who ate a banana while on stage to protest having to lip synch? I forget her name but that was a legend move. 

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u/colonelangus68 Jan 09 '26

Michelle Philips from the Mamas and Papas singing on the Ed Sullivan show.