posted by david on Tue 25 Feb 2003 @ 12:03 AM

I like to make a habit of not commenting on music awards shows but there was something about the Grammys this year that had me utterly fascinated: the Melb Channel 7 delayed broadcast (plugged as "llive" by the obnoxious American voiceover guy) had the audio out of sync with the video. I wasn't paying much attention to the show but I had it on in the lounge while I was wandering about doing other things, listening out for anything interesting. When Coldplay came on to perform I thought I would sit down to watch that much at least. It was then that I noticed the video was slightly ahead of the audio, not by much but just enough to make it seem odd that the drummer was hitting his cymbals well before they made any sound. Then I noticed Chris Martin's piano playing didn't work either... and well, what a mess. When Springsteen came stomping onto stage, it was horrible watching his exaggerated guitar riffs striking well before the sound. Does no one at Channel 7 watch what they're putting to air? I'd imagine it would have been fairly easy to fix if someone had noticed it. What a cock up.