Timmy84 said:

Musicslave said:

I don't know if its her vibrato or what. I wondered the same thing, because I've heard better from her.

I have avoided hearing Marsha live for a while... something about her voice live sounds a mess.

Have any idea what she's doing that makes her sound this way live? It's that goat yodel like thing she does to her voice that gets irritating sometimes. Just hold the note Marsha, no need for the extra. Still like her record though.

People actually watched this trainwreck piece of shit show? Sould Train should have died when real sould died.

Musicslave said:

Timmy84 said:

I have avoided hearing Marsha live for a while... something about her voice live sounds a mess.

Have any idea what she's doing that makes her sound this way live? It's that goat yodel like thing she does to her voice that gets irritating sometimes. Just hold the note Marsha, no need for the extra. Still like her record though.

It is yodeling. It sounds good on record but it don't really translate well live.

Terrib3Towel said:

People actually watched this trainwreck piece of shit show? Sould Train should have died when real sould died.

No me. I was watching "Columbo" over on the ME Network. Awards shows like that are the reason I have no desire to have cable anymore....even if I could afford it.

Timmy84 said:

Musicslave said:

Have any idea what she's doing that makes her sound this way live? It's that goat yodel like thing she does to her voice that gets irritating sometimes. Just hold the note Marsha, no need for the extra. Still like her record though.

It is yodeling. It sounds good on record but it don't really translate well live.

Yodeling????????? Oh hell naw! I knew R&B wasn't shit these days but they have completely lost ALL hipness and gotten downright fucking dorky! If you had accused someone back when I was growing up of liking yodelling, they would have beat your ass. I don't know why I'm surprised though considering how backwards R&B has become in the last 20 years so why not yodelling? Next they'll being bringing out accordions.

vainandy said:

Terrib3Towel said:

People actually watched this trainwreck piece of shit show? Sould Train should have died when real sould died.

No me. I was watching "Columbo" over on the ME Network. Awards shows like that are the reason I have no desire to have cable anymore....even if I could afford it.

It's a shame how horrible TV has gotten, I spend 75 percent of my day online. The other 25 in class lol.

Okay home from work, watching it on my DVR now. Will be giving my synopsis as I view along. Watching the Original 7ven now and why oh why am I so in love with Jesse now

What was going on with all these billion and one camera angle though? It was irritating the hell out of me. I just want to see the performance dammit and the cameras were every fucking where. Urgh.

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Ewww Marsha sounded horrible She should have just sat this one out if she knew her voice was off. Common should have done that song by himself. She fucked up the whole performance.

Okay the Gladys tribute:

Oh my Freddie Jackson.... he needs prayer.

1. Tamar was just okay.

2. Lawd has Chrisette gained bookoo weight? She wasn't that impressive either.

3. Oh no they got Marsha up here again? don't mean no harm, but it looks as if she gaining some of that weight back. She still looks good but she sounds awful.

4. Mary Mary, loved them.

5. Natalie Cole, can't help but to love her. (was it just me or did they never do a close up on Natalie Cole until she presented the award to Gladys???)

Gladys was preaching on that stage.

Loved that performance with BeBe too.

kitbradley said:

Did they even bother to mention anything about Teena Marie and Vesta or did they just decide to only acknowledge Heavy D?

ummm...sure didn't

and i knew Gil Scott-Heron wasn't gonna be mention

Is Cee Lo performing bare foot?

funkpill said:

kitbradley said:

Did they even bother to mention anything about Teena Marie and Vesta or did they just decide to only acknowledge Heavy D?

ummm...sure didn't

and i knew Gil Scott-Heron wasn't gonna be mention

I couldn't help but think the only reason they even did what they did for Heavy D was because it had just happened.

I too, found the non-acknowledgements of the passings of Teena, Vesta and Gil, quite disheartening, when so much airtime was wasted on the Braxtons and the Housewives of Whothefuckcares!

I can't bring myself to watch these awards shows anymore.

missfee said:

Ewww Marsha sounded horrible She should have just sat this one out if she knew her voice was off. Common should have done that song by himself. She fucked up the whole performance.

She was so deep in that wig I barely noticed her singing. It was an odd performance.

funkpill said:

kitbradley said:

Did they even bother to mention anything about Teena Marie and Vesta or did they just decide to only acknowledge Heavy D?

ummm...sure didn't

and i knew Gil Scott-Heron wasn't gonna be mention

That was shameful...awards shows usually do a whole montage of everybody who passed away that year.

This was a really low rent production with only a few highights.

The Earth Wind & Fire tribute:

1) Miguel...who the hell chose this fool for this tribute? What the hell did he sing? All I saw was him shuffling all across the stage saying "yeah, c'mon, yeah".

2) Musiq and Bootsy, loved Bootsy, Musiq was just okay to me.

3) Lalah Hathaway...voice was way too deep to sing the song, but she was on key and I can appreciate that more than most of them damn performances throughout the whole show.

4) Eric, Robin and Joe.....I love Joe. He did good. Robin, was Robin, he was okay. Eric was really really good.

5) Damn how many times Cee Lo going to perform? But Stokely such a breath of fresh air.

missfee said:

Ewww Marsha sounded horrible She should have just sat this one out if she knew her voice was off. Common should have done that song by himself. She fucked up the whole performance.

Marsha sounded horrid! Damn, I was thinking, Is she ok? Also, whoever styled her needs to be fired pronto! That dress was so unflattering. I think she has almost put all of her weight back on but damn! Don't get me started on that wig too

One thing I noticed is that Heavy D got a bigger tribute than Ashford. That was a bit odd and no mention of Vesta?

I didn't notice Miguel sounding terrible. I guess i'm in the minority because I enjoyed his performance.

Thanks for posting about this show, I was able to find a couple of links online.

Really enjoyed the Heavy tribute though it made me sad. There was such genuine love and respect for that brother. That was my childhood on stage.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...a0u0INs-lE

missfee said:

The Earth Wind & Fire tribute:

1) Miguel...who the hell chose this fool for this tribute? What the hell did he sing? All I saw was him shuffling all across the stage saying "yeah, c'mon, yeah".

2) Musiq and Bootsy, loved Bootsy, Musiq was just okay to me.

3) Lalah Hathaway...voice was way too deep to sing the song, but she was on key and I can appreciate that more than most of them damn performances throughout the whole show.

4) Eric, Robin and Joe.....I love Joe. He did good. Robin, was Robin, he was okay. Eric was really really good.

5) Damn how many times Cee Lo going to perform? But Stokely such a breath of fresh air.

I'm sorry, but what? You think Lalah was way too deep to sing the song?

Have you ever heard the song as performed by Earth, Wind and Fire?

I think Lalah did very well but she just couldn't go deep enough for me!.

.

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missfee said:

Okay the Gladys tribute:

Oh my Freddie Jackson.... he needs prayer.

1. Tamar was just okay.

2. Lawd has Chrisette gained bookoo weight? She wasn't that impressive either.

3. Oh no they got Marsha up here again? don't mean no harm, but it looks as if she gaining some of that weight back. She still looks good but she sounds awful.

4. Mary Mary, loved them.

5. Natalie Cole, can't help but to love her. (was it just me or did they never do a close up on Natalie Cole until she presented the award to Gladys???)

Gladys was preaching on that stage.

Loved that performance with BeBe too.

Okay, I'll go ahead and say it since it doesn't seem like anyone else has yet. Booty Booty Booty Booty rockin everywhere!

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

funkpill said:

ummm...sure didn't

and i knew Gil Scott-Heron wasn't gonna be mention

I couldn't help but think the only reason they even did what they did for Heavy D was because it had just happened.

I too, found the non-acknowledgements of the passings of Teena, Vesta and Gil, quite disheartening, when so much airtime was wasted on the Braxtons and the Housewives of Whothefuckcares!

See, this is why I didn't bother watching because I knew they were going to throw some dumb bullshit in there somewhere. I hope they didn't have that Candi girl from that Housewives show parading around up on stage, with her non-singing ass.

Musicslave said:

missfee said:

Okay the Gladys tribute:

Oh my Freddie Jackson.... he needs prayer.

1. Tamar was just okay.

2. Lawd has Chrisette gained bookoo weight? She wasn't that impressive either.

3. Oh no they got Marsha up here again? don't mean no harm, but it looks as if she gaining some of that weight back. She still looks good but she sounds awful.

4. Mary Mary, loved them.

5. Natalie Cole, can't help but to love her. (was it just me or did they never do a close up on Natalie Cole until she presented the award to Gladys???)

Gladys was preaching on that stage.

Loved that performance with BeBe too.

Okay, I'll go ahead and say it since it doesn't seem like anyone else has yet. Booty Booty Booty Booty rockin everywhere!

LMAO!

Okay, I'll go ahead and say it since it doesn't seem like anyone else has done it yet.

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YOU!

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scriptgirl said:

I'm surprised Patti was there via video tribute.

maybe the bad press she's been getting of late kept her off the performers list via her pending lawsuits.

1. Patti LaBelle Sued By West Pointer Over Guard Attack

2. New York City mom is suing R&B legend Patti LaBelle for allegedly abusing her and and her 18-month-old daughter. (patti supposedly “started cursing and screaming” and flung water from a bottle she was holding at Roseanna Monk and her daughter.)

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HatrinaHaterwitz said:

missfee said:

The Earth Wind & Fire tribute:

1) Miguel...who the hell chose this fool for this tribute? What the hell did he sing? All I saw was him shuffling all across the stage saying "yeah, c'mon, yeah".

2) Musiq and Bootsy, loved Bootsy, Musiq was just okay to me.

3) Lalah Hathaway...voice was way too deep to sing the song, but she was on key and I can appreciate that more than most of them damn performances throughout the whole show.

4) Eric, Robin and Joe.....I love Joe. He did good. Robin, was Robin, he was okay. Eric was really really good.

5) Damn how many times Cee Lo going to perform? But Stokely such a breath of fresh air.

I'm sorry, but what? You think Lalah was way too deep to sing the song?

Have you ever heard the song as performed by Earth, Wind and Fire?

I think Lalah did very well but she just couldn't go deep enough for me!.

.

[Edited 11/28/11 16:58pm]

Lalah actually recorded that particular song on some EW&F tribute CD that was released a few years ago. Last night, she pretty much stuck to her original recorded interpretation of the song. I didn't care much for it at first because I thought she should have really cut loose at the end like Maurice does on the original. But, in time, Lalah's more subdued version grew on me.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Musicslave said:

Okay, I'll go ahead and say it since it doesn't seem like anyone else has yet. Booty Booty Booty Booty rockin everywhere!

LMAO!

Okay, I'll go ahead and say it since it doesn't seem like anyone else has done it yet.

[img:$uid]http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e70/SexyBeautifulOne/slap.gif[/img:$uid]

YOU!

THIS ain't about THAT! OK? [img:$uid]http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e70/SexyBeautifulOne/threaten.gif[/img:$uid]

[Edited 11/28/11 17:39pm]

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

missfee said:

The Earth Wind & Fire tribute:

1) Miguel...who the hell chose this fool for this tribute? What the hell did he sing? All I saw was him shuffling all across the stage saying "yeah, c'mon, yeah".

2) Musiq and Bootsy, loved Bootsy, Musiq was just okay to me.

3) Lalah Hathaway...voice was way too deep to sing the song, but she was on key and I can appreciate that more than most of them damn performances throughout the whole show.

4) Eric, Robin and Joe.....I love Joe. He did good. Robin, was Robin, he was okay. Eric was really really good.

5) Damn how many times Cee Lo going to perform? But Stokely such a breath of fresh air.

I'm sorry, but what? You think Lalah was way too deep to sing the song?

Have you ever heard the song as performed by Earth, Wind and Fire?

I think Lalah did very well but she just couldn't go deep enough for me!.

.

[Edited 11/28/11 16:58pm]

Honey you must don't know me. I KNOW almost ALL OF EWF's music, so I don't need to be schooled. And if I don't like the way Lalah sung the song, then I don't like it, point blank. I'm entitled to my own opinion and I'M NOT SORRY, in my opinion, I didn't care for her version of the song and prefer the original. Thank you.

Musicslave said:

missfee said:

Okay the Gladys tribute:

Oh my Freddie Jackson.... he needs prayer.

1. Tamar was just okay.

2. Lawd has Chrisette gained bookoo weight? She wasn't that impressive either.

3. Oh no they got Marsha up here again? don't mean no harm, but it looks as if she gaining some of that weight back. She still looks good but she sounds awful.

4. Mary Mary, loved them.

5. Natalie Cole, can't help but to love her. (was it just me or did they never do a close up on Natalie Cole until she presented the award to Gladys???)

Gladys was preaching on that stage.

Loved that performance with BeBe too.

Okay, I'll go ahead and say it since it doesn't seem like anyone else has yet. Booty Booty Booty Booty rockin everywhere!

Shaolin325 said:

Whoudini and Big Daddy Kane!!!!!

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i was like "oh yeah " when kurtis blow hit the stage. but what happened, why not the lyrical genius kool moe dee? i was so waiting for him to appear.

link: kool moe dee.I go to work

musicman said:

scriptgirl said:

Natalie is the only one that did the damn thing-other than mary, mary-and I love Chrisette. And the weird thing is, I didn't know Natalie coud throw down like that.

You need to pick up the re-issue of Natalie... Live! that was Nat in her prime- doing the damn thing.

Natalie looked and sounded gr8!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. The Time was outstanding & Cee-lo voice is The Truth. Like the duet he did...

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Timmy84 said:

Musicslave said:

I don't know if its her vibrato or what. I wondered the same thing, because I've heard better from her.

I have avoided hearing Marsha live for a while... something about her voice live sounds a mess.

It's surprising because i've seen a clip of her live on youtube singing Teena Marie's Portugese

Love. I also heard that Floetry was good live. That's why i'm dumbfounded by her recent

Soul Train Music Award performances.