In current months, Franki Valli, 90, has raised some issues. In movies of his reside performances, he appeared to overlook lyrics and hardly transfer his lips whereas singing, prompting allegations of lip-synching.

Valli put out an announcement not lengthy after: “I know there has been a lot of stuff on the internet about me lately so I wanted to clear the air. I am blessed to be 90 years old and still be doing what I love to do and as long as I am able, and audiences want to come see me, I am going to be out there performing as I always [sic]. I absolutely love what I do. And I know we put on a great show because our fans are still coming out in force and the show still rocks. … I get a chuckle from the comments wondering if someone forcing me to go on stage. Nobody has ever made me do anything I didn’t want to do.”

In a brand new interview with The Washington Post, Valli once more addressed the potential for him lip-synching: “If I say I’m not, you either believe me or you don’t.”

Graham Nash and Ann Wilson Aren’t Buying It

Some different musicians do not consider Valli, together with Graham Nash, who was interviewed for a similar Washington Post article.

“Frankie Valli is not singing,” he stated. “He’s just lip-syncing badly to a tape. As a musician, if you’re not singing, you shouldn’t be onstage.”

Nash, 82, provided up his longtime good friend Joni Mitchell for instance of an getting old artist using their voice in new methods at reside reveals, as an alternative of sticking to authentic notes and preparations.

“She certainly doesn’t have the top-end range that she used to have,” he stated. “But, at the same time, there is a beauty. What we are getting instead of a top range is incredible phrasing in a lower range.”

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Ann Wilson of Heart additionally supplied her response and opinion.

“Oh, my God. His face is completely still. He looks like he’s not even there. I suppose he’s not,” she stated. “I think that’s the moment when you have to decide whether to walk offstage or not. You really have to look at your morals and go, ‘Do I just want to go up there and phone it in, give a bulls— performance because I’m me, or do I take the high road?’”