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Thread started 06/15/06 4:10pm

miguelbulcao

Barbra...what makes her so "special"?

I don't know!

I loved Yentl has a kid!

I've sung "Woman in love" at the karaoke and I was not drunk!

Why is she so sucessfull?
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Reply #1 posted 06/15/06 4:12pm

GangstaFam

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Reply #2 posted 06/15/06 4:13pm

thesexofit

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She did all those movies too. Musically, not for me. Iam not against sentimental, sap driven songs, but, i prefer male vocals when it comes to that sorta thing. Must be the lonely housewife in me.


"papa, can u hear me" mad
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Reply #3 posted 06/15/06 4:14pm

RipHer2Shreds

Because there was a time when people actually bought records from people that could sing. She wasn't always crazy, but she sure got there fast once she decided she wanted to be a movie star.
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Reply #4 posted 06/15/06 4:14pm

miguelbulcao

GangstaFam said:



Mecha Barbra!!!!! razz

Where's Robert Smith??? eek
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Reply #5 posted 06/15/06 4:19pm

GangstaFam

miguelbulcao said:

Mecha Barbra!!!!! razz

Where's Robert Smith??? eek

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Reply #6 posted 06/15/06 4:20pm

miguelbulcao

GangstaFam said:

miguelbulcao said:

Mecha Barbra!!!!! razz

Where's Robert Smith??? eek



Where's Morissey? lol
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Reply #7 posted 06/15/06 4:27pm

GangstaFam

miguelbulcao said:

Where's Morissey? lol

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Reply #8 posted 06/15/06 4:29pm

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She was a true original in her day. She blew people away with her voice and vocal stylings. If you ever get a chance to hear her early material such as 'Sleeping Bee'....you can see how she would have made jaws drop. No one sounded like her...and she was always on the quirky, awkward, side and I think many responded to that...sorta the 'People's Diva'...people could relate to her..she didnt seem as assertive as she is now. She put out an album every year and starred on Broadway and then onto film..just look at all the material she put out each decade...especially the 60's and 70's....she was never out of the public's sight for long.

I'm a fan...not a die hard but I do love me some Babs..
Every minute of last night is on my face today....
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Reply #9 posted 06/15/06 4:31pm

miguelbulcao

GangstaFam said:

miguelbulcao said:

Where's Morissey? lol



Can imagine what's being done from the waist down of the cartoon!!! lol
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Reply #10 posted 06/15/06 5:09pm

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Cause she painted Oprahs microphone white!!
The Most Important Thing In Life Is Sincerity....Once You Can Fake That, You Can Fake Anything.
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Reply #11 posted 06/15/06 5:11pm

RipHer2Shreds

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Cause she painted Oprahs microphone white!!

falloff They did go on and on about that.
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Reply #12 posted 06/15/06 11:11pm

Pizzat

She doesn't need dramatics to fill a space. Even Mariah, Whitney, Celine, etc, confirmed belters have a quality of 'strainin'. Streisand opens her mouth and there it is. She knows it, too.
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Reply #13 posted 06/16/06 2:00am

DavidEye

She just announced a tour and the "good seats" are $700 eek

Madonna's $350 tickets seem like a bargain,by comparison lol
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Reply #14 posted 06/16/06 2:10am

HamsterHuey

VANITYSprisonBYTCH said:

She was a true original in her day. She blew people away with her voice and vocal stylings. If you ever get a chance to hear her early material ....you can see how she would have made jaws drop. No one sounded like her...


My mom was into her and Neil Diamond, so I heard loads of her old stuff up to Guilty.

For old times sake I got the four cd box Just For The Record for two reasons; because I wanted a nice retrospective, but the reason I actually got this was the fact it features an entire nightclub performance (The Bonsoir) and it is just a blast; the voice, the humour, that laugh.

My other guilty pleasure is The Way We Were...

Even though many people will just label her camp, this is one classy lady with loads of passion and that's another draw.
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Reply #15 posted 06/16/06 2:16am

Cloudbuster

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GangstaFam said:



woot!
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Reply #16 posted 06/16/06 2:22am

GangstaFam

HamsterHuey said:

My mom was into her and Neil Diamond.

Mine too.

"I'm five. I'm five. I'm a big girl now I'm five."

barf
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Reply #17 posted 06/16/06 2:40am

Icicle

I think it`s much about her image, the nose and the scary nails, the "Hello, gorgeous" line...

If you don`t like her love songs, check out her live medley of "Sweet inspiration/Where you lead",
it`s nothing like the songs that make people dislike her...
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Reply #18 posted 06/16/06 2:42am

mynameisnotsus
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Like all great voices, she has a very beautiful 'soft' vocal and seems to be able to blow the roof off the building in the next phrase. She is such a 'loaded' icon but if you can be bothered to strip all that away and listen to her voice, she's still very special.
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Reply #19 posted 06/16/06 3:31am

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VANITYSprisonBYTCH said:

She was a true original in her day. She blew people away with her voice and vocal stylings. If you ever get a chance to hear her early material such as 'Sleeping Bee'....you can see how she would have made jaws drop. No one sounded like her...and she was always on the quirky, awkward, side and I think many responded to that...sorta the 'People's Diva'...people could relate to her..she didnt seem as assertive as she is now. She put out an album every year and starred on Broadway and then onto film..just look at all the material she put out each decade...especially the 60's and 70's....she was never out of the public's sight for long.

I'm a fan...not a die hard but I do love me some Babs..


wink Have to agree- The early 60's/70's stuff was remarkable-
she appeared like somekind of Bjork type singer...not a typical beauty, she had the most amazing voice and was so funny-
aswell as mind blowing when she did an emotional standard...
the first decade or so produced some great albums- check them out!
"There is no such thing in life as normal..."
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Reply #20 posted 06/16/06 8:33am

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Barbra and Burt chillin' in the days of Reunite'.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...0beautiful
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Reply #21 posted 06/16/06 8:37am

Graycap23

She has great pipes.....but $700? Please.

There are people starving in this country.
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Reply #22 posted 06/17/06 7:04am

CandaceS

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DavidEye said:

She just announced a tour and the "good seats" are $700 eek

Madonna's $350 tickets seem like a bargain,by comparison lol


A new goal for Madge!! Maybe on her next tour? wink
"I would say that Prince's top thirty percent is great. Of that thirty percent, I'll bet the public has heard twenty percent of it." - Susan Rogers, "Hunting for Prince's Vault", BBC, 2015
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Reply #23 posted 06/17/06 9:35am

Harlepolis

Her charisma, I guess.

I think she embodies showwomanship to the extreme IMO.

Not too fond of her as a "musician" but she's most def a top-notch entertainer with a unique personality. Her broadway musicals and movies are to go home for.

I personally love her acting nod
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Reply #24 posted 06/17/06 4:16pm

HamsterHuey

Harlepolis said:

I personally love her acting nod


eek

"Harle, can U hear meeeee?"

cool
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