ab3@stat-l (Rsk the Wombat) (06/15/84)
I was wondering if anyone else out there was as disappointed as
I was at LR's new album...yup, the torch songs are very pretty, and the
Nelson Riddle Orchestra is just the right bunch of folks to have behind
her (for these tunes), but whatever happenned to the firey-voiced lady
of "You're No Good" and "Hurts So Bad" and "Can't Let Go"?
Oh, the lady could've been another Janis...
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Rsk the Wombat
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{ allegra, cornell, decvax, hplabs, ihnp4, ucbvax} !purdue!rskboyajian@akov68.DEC (Jerry Boyajian) (06/19/84)
> ... but whatever happenned to the firey-voiced lady > of "You're No Good" and "Hurts So Bad" and "Can't Let Go"? > > Rsk the Wombat I would imagine that there were people at the time that SIMPLE DREAMS and LIVING IN THE USA were released that wondered what happened to the plaintive-voiced lady of "He Dark the Sun", "Silver Threads and Golden Needles", and "We Need a Whole Lot More of Jesus (and a Lot Less Rock and Roll)". She could have been another Loretta Lynn. I sympathize with you. I'm not terribly excited about her singing big- band torch songs, Gilbert & Sullivan, or grand opera (she's apparently doing "La Boheme" as her next project), but I admire her for trying not to get stuck in a rut, and doing something different. --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC Maynard, MA) UUCP: {decvax|ihnp4|allegra|ucbvax|...}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian ARPA: boyajian%akov68.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA
judy@ism780.UUCP (06/23/84)
#R:stat-l:-11200:ism780:20500006:000:833 ism780!judy Jun 19 14:51:00 1984 I didn't purchase the album because I heard it was bad. But I caught her on HBO (and was glad I didn't purchase the album). I think several things happened. 1) She has been working technically on her voice. It shows and it is a nice voice. 2) She never could act. When doing loud popular songs, all you have to do is belt. And if you aren't a technically proficient singer, you tend to put a lot of emotion into it to cover up the technical deficiencies. Now that she has solved them, she is concentrating too much on the technique and too little on the meaning and impact of the songs. This would improve if she could learn to act. Also, I noticed you could hear every intake of breath even when she had plenty of time to breath. It's not noticeable with electric guitars backing her up. But it drove me to distraction.