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Thread started 08/29/04 7:14pm

artist08

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Wow! Chaka, try to find the key!

Anyone else hear Chaka Khan sing and wonder if she was EVER gonna hit a right note? That was ROTTEN!
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Reply #1 posted 08/29/04 7:18pm

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artist08 said:

Anyone else hear Chaka Khan sing and wonder if she was EVER gonna hit a right note? That was ROTTEN!



HEe Hee
poor lady she tried but she knew...disbelief There was no going there
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Reply #2 posted 08/29/04 7:22pm

bds70

she sucked. period amen.
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Reply #3 posted 08/29/04 7:45pm

PurpleCharm

Yeah, she sounded really bad. I guess everyone is entitled to an off night.. eek
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Reply #4 posted 08/29/04 7:48pm

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WOW, Chaka sounded bad? eek I really ain't watchin' that show now...
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Reply #5 posted 08/29/04 7:49pm

Rhondab

it was more like she could hear to find the key.....i think it was very loud in that place....
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Reply #6 posted 08/29/04 7:56pm

Zelaira

She did suck but so did Jessica Simpson's Rambling...
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Reply #7 posted 08/29/04 8:45pm

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She did suck but so did Jessica Simpson's Rambling...



You got that right. I was sick of both of them. Their performances were definitely
pooptoast worthly.
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Reply #8 posted 08/29/04 8:47pm

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After a Amazing vocal performance last year in mpls and scratchy tonight, i was like....damn sad
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Reply #9 posted 08/29/04 8:48pm

SammiJ

chaka was dissapointing...maybe she should cut down ont he bags of hair she uses so it wont weigh her down -- that might help out with her breathing, therefore, helping her sing better razz
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Reply #10 posted 08/29/04 8:51pm

Zelaira

Why is it that way for Chaka sometimes? She can be Really Great and really Shitty sometimes? I saw her one New Year's Eve in NY at the Roxy and she wasn't That Great either. She is one of my Favs but not Always Great Live.
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Reply #11 posted 08/29/04 9:07pm

Hotlegs

Zelaira said:

Why is it that way for Chaka sometimes? She can be Really Great and really Shitty sometimes? I saw her one New Year's Eve in NY at the Roxy and she wasn't That Great either. She is one of my Favs but not Always Great Live.



She had 2 many shots of absolut martini before getting on stage.
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Reply #12 posted 08/29/04 10:08pm

Starmist7

Chaka did not sound right at all...wonder what happened?!! TRIPLE disbelief disbelief disbelief
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Reply #13 posted 08/30/04 12:16am

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The question SHOULD be could Chaka hear herself? Was her ear monitor working or was she just singing off memory? It sounded to me like she couldn't hear the track and was singing without listening. All those posting on this thread who can outsing Chaka raise your hands.....now everybody with your hand up....post proof or STFU. Chaka is not known for lame performances. Everybody has one or two bad ones. We're not even sure if there weren't technical problems. Cut her some slack.
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Reply #14 posted 08/30/04 2:55am

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BlaqueKnight said:

The question SHOULD be could Chaka hear herself? Was her ear monitor working or was she just singing off memory? It sounded to me like she couldn't hear the track and was singing without listening. All those posting on this thread who can outsing Chaka raise your hands.....now everybody with your hand up....post proof or STFU. Chaka is not known for lame performances. Everybody has one or two bad ones. We're not even sure if there weren't technical problems. Cut her some slack.

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Reply #15 posted 08/30/04 4:19am

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BlaqueKnight said:

The question SHOULD be could Chaka hear herself? Was her ear monitor working or was she just singing off memory? It sounded to me like she couldn't hear the track and was singing without listening. All those posting on this thread who can outsing Chaka raise your hands.....now everybody with your hand up....post proof or STFU. Chaka is not known for lame performances. Everybody has one or two bad ones. We're not even sure if there weren't technical problems. Cut her some slack.



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Reply #16 posted 08/30/04 4:55am

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BlaqueKnight said:

The question SHOULD be could Chaka hear herself? Was her ear monitor working or was she just singing off memory? It sounded to me like she couldn't hear the track and was singing without listening. All those posting on this thread who can outsing Chaka raise your hands.....now everybody with your hand up....post proof or STFU. Chaka is not known for lame performances. Everybody has one or two bad ones. We're not even sure if there weren't technical problems. Cut her some slack.


hate to say it, but seeing Post-Rufus Chaka is a 60-40 gamble...60% you'll get a fairly good show, 40% you'll get something awful. I've seen her 6-7 times, including with Prince. it got to the point where i expected something terrible and was pleasantly surprised. back in the 80's when she was drunk and coked out half of the time, she gave some truly terrible performance. One of them is the concert video she released in 1985 This Is My Night. That had to be the worst ever performance EVER recorded..she was drunk, off key and missed her cues throughout the whole show. why Warn A Brutha's even released that trash is beyond me.
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Reply #17 posted 08/30/04 5:34am

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I was dissapointed in Chaka's voice.. She was horrible.. and normally i hear her and I would know its her right away.. I was shocked that THAT was coming out of her mouth... Very dissapointing!
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Reply #18 posted 08/30/04 6:00am

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Chaka mad.
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Reply #19 posted 08/30/04 7:24am

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BlaqueKnight said:

The question SHOULD be could Chaka hear herself? Was her ear monitor working or was she just singing off memory? It sounded to me like she couldn't hear the track and was singing without listening. All those posting on this thread who can outsing Chaka raise your hands.....now everybody with your hand up....post proof or STFU. Chaka is not known for lame performances. Everybody has one or two bad ones. We're not even sure if there weren't technical problems. Cut her some slack.


I know exactly what you're talking about, Blaq. To my ear, she sounded more like someone who could not hear herself than someone who was having a bad vocal day.
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Reply #20 posted 08/30/04 7:26am

Rhondab

OdysseyMiles said:

BlaqueKnight said:

The question SHOULD be could Chaka hear herself? Was her ear monitor working or was she just singing off memory? It sounded to me like she couldn't hear the track and was singing without listening. All those posting on this thread who can outsing Chaka raise your hands.....now everybody with your hand up....post proof or STFU. Chaka is not known for lame performances. Everybody has one or two bad ones. We're not even sure if there weren't technical problems. Cut her some slack.


I know exactly what you're talking about, Blaq. To my ear, she sounded more like someone who could not hear herself than someone who was having a bad vocal day.



RIGHT!!!!
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Reply #21 posted 08/30/04 7:27am

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Zelaira said:

Why is it that way for Chaka sometimes?


I think she may have hit that bottle before she came out there last night. whistling

drink
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Reply #22 posted 08/30/04 10:24am

Hotlegs

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BlaqueKnight said:

The question SHOULD be could Chaka hear herself? Was her ear monitor working or was she just singing off memory? It sounded to me like she couldn't hear the track and was singing without listening. All those posting on this thread who can outsing Chaka raise your hands.....now everybody with your hand up....post proof or STFU. Chaka is not known for lame performances. Everybody has one or two bad ones. We're not even sure if there weren't technical problems. Cut her some slack.


hate to say it, but seeing Post-Rufus Chaka is a 60-40 gamble...60% you'll get a fairly good show, 40% you'll get something awful. I've seen her 6-7 times, including with Prince. it got to the point where i expected something terrible and was pleasantly surprised. back in the 80's when she was drunk and coked out half of the time, she gave some truly terrible performance. One of them is the concert video she released in 1985 This Is My Night. That had to be the worst ever performance EVER recorded..she was drunk, off key and missed her cues throughout the whole show. why Warn A Brutha's even released that trash is beyond me.


Ditto. I recall seeing her with Rufus in the 70's and the same thing occurred. She needs to lay off of the absolut martini
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Reply #23 posted 08/30/04 10:27am

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yeah, she got of to a horrific start, but I thought she pulled it together by the middle of the song.
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Reply #24 posted 08/30/04 10:28am

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Chaka mad.



falloff Is that a Land of the Lost reference?
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Reply #25 posted 09/01/04 12:56am

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MSNBC.com

Singer Chaka Khan blames vocal cords
Singer gave off-key performanceat MTV Video Music Awards
The Associated Press
Updated: 6:12 p.m. ET Aug. 31, 2004

NEW YORK - If you thought Chaka Khan sounded a bit off-key during her performance with rapper Kanye West at the MTV Video Music Awards, you were right.

The R&B diva is blaming strained vocal cords for her screeching performance at Sunday’s awards show in Miami.

A statement released Tuesday by her publicist, Brit Reece of PMK/HBH, said Khan had to cancel a performance in Park City, Utah, Friday night because her voice was strained and she was under doctors’ orders not to perform.

However, she “received a cortisone shot just hours prior to her VMA performance to honor her commitment to Kanye West.”

Reece said the shot helped her a bit, but she still struggled through the performance of “Through the Wire,” which contains a sample of Khan’s old hit, “Through the Fire.”

Reece said Khan’s voice has been strained because of intense recording for an upcoming album due out in October.

For now, Khan is resting her voice, not speaking.

“She’s supposed to perform this weekend in the Bahamas, and as of now she is going to do it,” Reece told The Associated Press. “She’s resting her cords completely this week.”
© 2004 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5878520/
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Reply #26 posted 09/01/04 4:20am

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found1 said:

minneapolisgenius said:

Chaka mad.



falloff Is that a Land of the Lost reference?

lol No. But it sounds like one, doesn't it?
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Reply #27 posted 09/01/04 11:41am

Harlepolis

Boy, would I spend my rent money just to see what would ya'll mofos do when she pass you the mic? wink

Shit, even Sarah Vaughan had her shares of off-nights.

Cut the sista some slack, suckas rolleyes
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Reply #28 posted 09/01/04 2:16pm

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Chaka has been off for years. She sings like a bad fretless bass player who is sharp or flat and never hits the true note. I am tired of hearing the jazz technique as an excuse.

I love her stuff on albums but this is not the first time by any means. Even big shows like Hard Rock Live with better than avg monitor systems she been off.

Hey she still has a great back catalogue just hasn't been the best live.

Still not as bad as Mary J. who I swear has a curse over half the nation who list her as a talented singer.


I will say those Anthony Jackson basslines make any voice sound 10x better.

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Reply #29 posted 09/02/04 12:35am

4HisGlory

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she sucked. period amen.


lol lol lol
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