Female singers and their funny-looking thumbs :)

[Mojo]

I have no idea why, but I noticed a while ago a singer holding the mic in a way that looked mighty uncomfortable, and since then became more aware of the different ways in which singers hold their microphones. Not that I have a thumb fetish - if I did, this probably would be a Megan Fox thread instead

Anyway, first off we have the double-jointed thumb...

Xtina:



Her hero, Madonna:



I'm sure it works for them, but dang it looks painful to me.

Then we have the "flat thumb"...

Here's Kelly Clarkson:



Carrie Underwood:



Fergie:



Jessica Simpson:



Mandy Moore:



...and here I was thinking that the whole point of the opposable thumb was to be able to grab stuff and hold on to them

So yeah... maybe, just maybe, I got nothin'

[pwfirst]

Who's looking at thumbs?

[Mojo]

I guess I am

[469roadking]

you know in 33 years of playing and being in bands and seeing countless concerts.....I've never noticed that before. But I guarantee you I will be looking for thumb "technique" next time. ;D

[Mojo]

See, now you'll start seeing it everywhere

[pwfirst]

Watch some music on TV last night,, and you guessed it, looking at thumbs, curse you Mojo.

[Mojo]

Ha ha! The female singer thumb curse

[gasman]

Are you guys sure you're just looking at the thumbs? Or are you looking at the girl and the mic/mic grip and thinking of something else!

[Mojo]

I plead the fifth

[rayden44]

Was thinking the same thing Mojo, but some of those girls have painful looking nails which is probably the cause of this whole thing anyway

[lessonsthatrock]

Too funny. I can't believe we have an entire thread dedicated to the performing female thumb placement on a microphone. Lol.

[Mojo]

Oh, but we do - we are thorough, like that

[foxglove]

Feb 10, 2011 2:31:29 GMT -5 gasman said:

Are you guys sure you're just looking at the thumbs? Or are you looking at the girl and the mic/mic grip and thinking of something else!

Hahaha. Nice.