Jessica Singing On The Today Show This Morning

[yepperoo]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3041478/

[Michelley]

It makes me nervous to watch her b/c she acts so weird - making weird faces and saying bizarre things. She comes off as trying WAYYYY too hard to be cool.

[yepperoo]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TeamLachey @ 9/1/06, 02:23pm) 56070</div>
It makes me nervous to watch her b/c she acts so weird - making weird faces and saying bizarre things. She comes off as trying WAYYYY too hard to be cool.
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She was struggling singing, I'm surprised she took the chance! I was also surprise dby her choice of songs. One of the songs was "With You." Maybe she just chose it because it wasn't as taxing on her vocal chords, more like talking. I have to admit I think the short hair suits her.

[OhioluvsNick]

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TeamLachey @ 9/1/06, 02:23pm) 56070
It makes me nervous to watch her b/c she acts so weird - making weird faces and saying bizarre things. She comes off as trying WAYYYY too hard to be cool.
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She was struggling singing, I'm surprised she took the chance! I was also surprise dby her choice of songs. One of the songs was "With You." Maybe she just chose it because it wasn't as taxing on her vocal chords, more like talking. I have to admit I think the short hair suits her.
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she was struggling a lot to sing WOW!

[Michelley]

IMO she always struggles to sing. :Tounge:

[blnlchick]

well her voice was cracked and even 4 that she sounded pretty good 2 me anyawy!♥

[LuvLachey]

She sounds better singing than talking...

[~*baby_gurl*~]

^ true I havent seen it but from what I hear it wasnt that bad

[Michelley]

OK I will be nice to Jessie for a minute. Her voice didn't sound that much different. You could tell she was hoarse but she hit all the notes and did really well considering.

That was painful for me. :Whew:

[yepperoo]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TeamLachey @ 9/1/06, 07:29pm) 56139</div>
OK I will be nice to Jessie for a minute. Her voice didn't sound that much different. You could tell she was hoarse but she hit all the notes and did really well considering.

That was painful for me. :Whew:
[/b]

haha Did you at least like her hair? I did. She needs to toss the hair extentions.

[AJ]

I can be nice too....I umm, liked....her hair! How's that?

[yepperoo]

good! :)

[SpezialK]

Jessica Squeaks Out

by Gina Serpe
Sep 1, 2006, 8:25 AM PT



At least this proves she wasn't using a backing track.

Jessica Simpson, just one week and two nixed TV appearances removed from receiving physician's orders to rest her voice, went on the Today show Friday to perform the second single from her new album, A Public Affair.

She may have been better off following the good doctor's advice.

"My voice is shot," she told anchor Matt Lauer. "I don't know if I had a screaming, crying or coughing attack, or a sneeze or what."

The songbird, who was ordered to keep mum earlier this week after a busted blood vessel bruised her vocal cords, began her two-song morning show set with "I Belong to Me," the follow-up track to her debut single, "A Public Affair."

As Simpson performances go, it got the job done.

Between songs, Simpson attempted to soothe her pipes with a concoction that Lauer described as "gnarly looking."

Unfortunately, it didn't quite do the trick. Despite sounding fairly scratchy during her opening number, Simpson gamely made a go of straining through a second song, "With You."

Toward the ditty's end, when the former reality star was due to hit a high note, her voice cracked, causing her to briefly pause midsong.

"All right, I tried," she said, before starting up again to finish the tune.

While the timing of Simpson's medico-issued gag order couldn't be worse, she appears to have taken it in stride, telling Lauer her first reaction after learning of the vocal damage was "Oh, dang it!"

The diagnosis came as Nick Lachey's ex was due to kick off a wave of publicity for her new album, which was released on Tuesday.

She canceled a scheduled appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman earlier this week, only to appear on MTV's Total Request Live Tuesday. She whispered her way through an interview and autographed CDs for the audience but ultimately bowed out of singing.

"It doesn't really sound like Jessica," the pop star said of herself on TRL. "I'm so sad--I sound like a donkey."

She made another promotional pit stop Thursday night, appearing as a presenter on MTV's Video Music Awards, for which she croaked and flubbed her way through the solo banter, awarding the [wimp]cat Dolls with the prize for Best Dance Video.

(Proving her luck hasn't been all bad, she won a car in a celebrity raffle during the pre-VMA activities. She has also reportedly hooked up with John Mayer.)

"The VMAs were a blast," she said on Today, not that she stayed long to enjoy them. "I was only there for a little bit."

Following her morning performance, Simpson will likely want to give her voice more of a rest before rejoining the promotional circuit--something she doesn't have much time to do.

The Dukes of Hazzard star is tapped to be the first guest under Rosie O'Donnell's View purview Tuesday.

Simpson has also promised to make good on her canceled TV appearances later this fall. [/b]
http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,19915,00.html?fdnews

[yepperoo]

I give her credit for trying and realize it had to be a bummer to fall short in front of your own fans. Oh well,...if they are true fans they will understand.

[Michelley]

haha Did you at least like her hair? I did. She needs to toss the hair extentions
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LOL!! I did like her hair. It looks much better than the fake stuff. Give her a few days and she'll have the extensions back in.

[shades_of_blue]

I was surprised she sang With You but then the more I thought about it, it is probably because that was her #1 hit for a long time.


And I LOVED the short hair look, it was very cute on her, I hate the extentions she usually has.

[LuvLachey]

I like her extensions but I prefer this short cut. It looks good on her.

[SpezialK]

^ I agree.

[yepperoo]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TeamLachey @ 9/2/06, 03:44pm) 56232</div>
haha Did you at least like her hair? I did. She needs to toss the hair extentions
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LOL!! I did like her hair. It looks much better than the fake stuff. Give her a few days and she'll have the extensions back in.
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Yeah! Wasn't it cute!?? Maybe she will read this and keep it short for awhile. I hear those extentions really mess up their regular hair,-- split ends etc., also must hurt with the added weight. She said in an interview some guy was busy twirling her hair and she didn't even know it because it was fake! Can you imagine, he probably thought she was liking it too!!! :LMAO:

[SpezialK]

Did you like her performance or hate it? Vote here!
http://usmagazine.com/blog/index.php?poll_...show_2006_09_01 (http://usmagazine.com/blog/index.php?poll_id=jessica_simpson_todayshow_2006_0 9_01&p=2780&poll_answer_id=2#jessica_simpson_todayshow_2006_09 _01)

[Michelley]

She said in an interview some guy was busy twirling her hair and she didn't even know it because it was fake! Can you imagine, he probably thought she was liking it too!!!
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Geez....another Jessica moment. She didn't know the guy was twirling her hair b/c it was fake??

Hey Jess, guess what?! Real hair doesn't have *feeling* either! It's........HAIR!!

[yepperoo]

I know! hahaha so funny

[abcsoaps]

I was alos surprised she sang With You. And I loved her hair. :)

[jackie7384]

I'm going to be nice and say her hair looked nice. That's it.

[SpezialK]

How do you prefer Jessica's hair, long or short. Take the poll.
http://www.usmagazine.com/blog/2006/09/05/...ssicas-new-bob/ (http://www.usmagazine.com/blog/2006/09/05/us-poll-jessicas-new-bob/)