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Barbra Streisand to Play Madison Square Garden Aug 3 2019. Does anyone still care?

Who wouldn't want to pay top ticket prices to see a performer way past her prime!

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by Anonymousreply 411October 30, 2019 5:01 PM

The voice is not there anymore. I would never pay to see her now.

by Anonymousreply 1June 9, 2019 7:37 PM

I have zero interest, but people will flock to see her.

by Anonymousreply 2June 9, 2019 8:07 PM

She needs to do smaller venues and scale back her arrangements for her voice the way it is now, not the way it was 30 years ago.

by Anonymousreply 3June 10, 2019 12:56 AM

I can’t wait because she is and always has been a marvel on stage and in person. It’s always a masterclass and very entertaining.

by Anonymousreply 4June 10, 2019 1:09 AM

She's an icon and still has a good singing voice. Don't be so hard on her.

by Anonymousreply 5June 10, 2019 1:14 AM

How will she have time to film Gypsy?

by Anonymousreply 6June 10, 2019 1:17 AM

And her enthusiastic new audience of millennials who adored her latest album will be ignited the phone wires and internet on Monday to buy tickets!

by Anonymousreply 7June 15, 2019 4:21 PM

I don't see why she doesn't just do a concert version of Gypsy if she wants to play that role so desperately. It'd sell out in a minute.

by Anonymousreply 8June 15, 2019 4:33 PM

She'll sell out because she is worshipped like some sort of goddess in the greater NYC area.

And it will be awful, and the critics will savage her because her voice is gone and because she's so pretentious.

by Anonymousreply 9June 15, 2019 4:39 PM

I actually enjoyed watching her concert on Netflix from a few years back. Her voice isn't what it used to be, but it's not a total embarrassment and she seemed more relaxed and fun than she's ever been.

by Anonymousreply 10June 15, 2019 4:42 PM

Wouldn’t she need a fat suit to play Madison Square Garden convincingly—it’s much bigger than she is?

by Anonymousreply 11June 15, 2019 4:46 PM

She still sounds a thousand times better than Dionne Warwick.

by Anonymousreply 12June 15, 2019 4:56 PM

That's not saying much, r12.

by Anonymousreply 13June 15, 2019 4:58 PM

I have my ticket!!

by Anonymousreply 14June 15, 2019 4:59 PM

Old NYC queens will go.

by Anonymousreply 15June 15, 2019 5:11 PM

Old and middle-aged Lawn Guyland and NJ Jewish women will go too.

by Anonymousreply 16June 16, 2019 2:19 AM

Barbara Streisand at 77. Yes, her looks and voice have changed but she's still got the goods. A Legend forever.

Most people would LOVE to have the voice she has now much less back in the day.

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by Anonymousreply 17June 16, 2019 4:04 AM

The anti-vaxxers will be there in full force.

by Anonymousreply 18June 16, 2019 12:32 PM

In Hyde Park in July

by Anonymousreply 19June 16, 2019 12:41 PM

Come on now, she's not That fat! Oh, whoops, I thought she was going to Play MSG in a film..... never mind.

by Anonymousreply 20June 16, 2019 2:54 PM

Honestly, Barbra sounds better at 77 than Celine Dion sounds at 51.

They showed a clip on TV of Celine singing live(for a change) in Vegas, and she sounded like a lesbian Elvis impersonator.

by Anonymousreply 21June 16, 2019 8:16 PM

Celine is an immortal vocal goddess. Beloved around the world. She's sung most nights of her life for the last 30 years. Streisand is a cold pretentious delusional ASS who rings every $$$ she can out of her few thousand remaining fans. She also uses pro-tools (autotune) on record and in concert for the last 6 years. She refused to sing for her fans when she had a voice, but will do anything for applause now. The most obnoxious female performer in history. Bitch can't sing. NO WALLS!!

by Anonymousreply 22June 16, 2019 8:29 PM

Celine Dion can't touch the greatness and cultural legacy of Barbra Streisand. However, Babs should be playing the Cafe Carlyle, not Madison Square.

by Anonymousreply 23June 16, 2019 8:39 PM

Babs should do Stonewall Inn.

by Anonymousreply 24June 18, 2019 7:27 PM

Barbara plays Madison Square Garden? I'll bet $100.00 on the Garden.

by Anonymousreply 25June 18, 2019 7:29 PM

But what about Shirley Bassey?!

by Anonymousreply 26June 18, 2019 7:30 PM

You need to get a vaccination to attend her concert R18?

by Anonymousreply 27June 18, 2019 7:31 PM

Because she can't sing it, R8. Certainly not "live."

by Anonymousreply 28June 18, 2019 7:39 PM

I'll be in stall #6, taking raw loads.

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by Anonymousreply 29June 18, 2019 7:47 PM

I saw Barbra in concert in 1994. It was perfection. It's no longer perfection, but she's a legend. She will sell out because those who haven't seen her may think this is their last chance before she stops concert performances altogether.

by Anonymousreply 30June 18, 2019 8:57 PM

Or is reported as dead, R30

by Anonymousreply 31June 18, 2019 9:01 PM

$283.00 for the cheap seats. A couple of THOUSAND for a floor seat.

Does she need the money at this point that bad? It's not like she hasn't been performing on a reguar basis. This is just vulgar, and to add insult to injury, she can't even acknowledge that she performs for her fans. Last tour it was she had to buy a new painting? So let's milk people of every cent.

by Anonymousreply 32June 18, 2019 9:04 PM

I think she has unending hunger for success and to be highest grossing artist in a venue with highest ticket prices. She will record a new album in 2020 just to get #1 for the new decade. She knows nobody can beat her. She is 77, pretty sure this is her final concert in Europe. In US she may have a concert here and there but not for many years. She may look younger than her real age but her body and voice are showing age. People will pay a lot because they know she will stop one day, probably soon.

by Anonymousreply 33June 18, 2019 9:10 PM

She's a baritone now, so there's that.

by Anonymousreply 34June 18, 2019 9:14 PM

Will she sing "Old Man River"?

by Anonymousreply 35June 18, 2019 9:51 PM

I'm with r3. If Streisand appeared at the Beacon or Carnegie Hall she'd sell out the place with even higher ticket prices. That I'd find a way to pay for. The sound in a stadium like the Garden flattens the voice.

by Anonymousreply 36June 18, 2019 9:57 PM

[quote]The sound in a stadium like the Garden flattens the voice.

Maybe she's happy for excuses.

by Anonymousreply 37June 18, 2019 10:09 PM

Lordy, Babs is older than me

by Anonymousreply 38June 18, 2019 10:10 PM

Not only no but hell no!!!

by Anonymousreply 39June 18, 2019 10:23 PM

Is she only doing one night?

by Anonymousreply 40June 18, 2019 11:56 PM

Everything she says or sings is on a TelePrompTer

by Anonymousreply 41June 19, 2019 12:00 AM

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

by Anonymousreply 42June 19, 2019 12:02 AM

Her ticket prices are outrageous. She can certainly still sing, but not how she used to and to charge that much for a shell of her former self is sad.

by Anonymousreply 43June 19, 2019 12:19 AM

$283 for the cheap seats is gouging the customer. I love Barbra, but come on, girl. Knock off that shit.

by Anonymousreply 44June 19, 2019 12:39 AM

I don’t go to concerts anymore. I am not up for today’s music. Artists I grew up with are in their 60s or 70s.

by Anonymousreply 45June 19, 2019 1:00 AM

Don't you queens know that Barbra is poor? She needs this money to add another ice cream joint to her mall and add some alabaster stone to her cliff overlooking Malibu. And the siding on Grandma's house needs to be redone. Her cook famous for those wheat flour almond pancakes that she devours wants a little more than minimum wage, and there's a sale on a new Rembrandt.

by Anonymousreply 46June 19, 2019 1:30 AM

I'd LOVE to see her really poor.

by Anonymousreply 47June 19, 2019 1:38 AM

$283 for the low end tickets is nothing short of a heresy. Johnny Mathis, who will be heading Westbury in July, set that as his TOP front row ticket price, and he's just as much of a legend and in far better voice than this aging red menace harpy. Her balls are unending, and shame on those gullible old queens and aging yentas from Long Island and Westchester who would shell out good money to hear cuts from one of the worst albums ever made (Walls) and in a voice that's morphed into an amalgam of Bea Arthur and Brenda Vaccaro with hair and wardrobe that make Endora look like Glinda. Pity.

by Anonymousreply 48June 19, 2019 1:38 AM

Streisand and son Jason. Matching noses.

Early in her career she was told to get a nose job on that big beak but she declined because she feared it would affect her singing voice.

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by Anonymousreply 49June 19, 2019 1:47 AM

R49, where did you come from? 1965?

by Anonymousreply 50June 19, 2019 1:49 AM

While she's gone I'm going to rob her basement.

by Anonymousreply 51June 19, 2019 1:49 AM

She's still The Greatest Star - she knows it and you know it.

Hello Gorgeous!

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by Anonymousreply 52June 19, 2019 1:53 AM

Maybe Dionne Warwick can open for her.

by Anonymousreply 53June 19, 2019 1:55 AM

If you can't afford it or object to the price, don't go.

by Anonymousreply 54June 19, 2019 1:56 AM

For Pete's Sake - leave Babs alone!

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by Anonymousreply 55June 19, 2019 1:58 AM

R54 We sure as fuck won't!

by Anonymousreply 56June 19, 2019 1:59 AM

One would be lucky to see her. There are very few true icons in our modern age. The internet has destroyed that mystique. Time has taken the rest. She's a legend. Seeing her in any capacity is to be in the presence of rare greatness. She doesn't have to prove anything. She's been there, and still standing. Clubs, Broadway, Albums, TV, Movies, Concerts, she's done them all. A supporter of the gay community. A singular, one of a kind talent. Respect, children. That's what she should get. What she deserves. Deal with it.

by Anonymousreply 57June 19, 2019 2:00 AM

R57, Streisand is not an icon of the MODERN age.

by Anonymousreply 58June 19, 2019 2:02 AM

I said IN our modern age, fool. Meaning that most of the old school icons are gone. Sinatra, Elvis, ain't gonna be buying tickets for them any time soon.

by Anonymousreply 59June 19, 2019 2:10 AM

Comparing vapid contemporary performers to Streisand is hilarious. Keep up the comedy!

by Anonymousreply 60June 19, 2019 2:15 AM

My dad's vile 3rd wife (Jewish) insisted they go see Babs in Vegas. Tickets were $2500 each, plus hotel and airfare. I asked him how she was and he said "Fine, I just kept thinking we could have gone on a great weeks vacation for that money".

by Anonymousreply 61June 19, 2019 2:16 AM

R56 Tony Bennett is a greater icon of the modern age, older, wiser, been around far longer, and curiously, still considered cool and hip to certain factions of the younger and even millennial audience. Yes, millenial and gen Z. Streisand is no longer considered "cool." Was she ever! She's a relic from another era. Even the gaylings don't get her, don't listen to her, and certainly don't respect her. Before she was ever an icon, she was a ruthless, greedy schnorer always out to make a buck and would be the first to bid a heartfelt "fuck you" to her many fans who spent their last dollar buying her crap through the years if they were to complain about the outrageous ticket prices. For someone who's talent is a fraction of what it was, that's highway robbery. I can respect her achievements, her early music, and her iconic status, but I will NOT spend another dime on her, least of all these ridiculous, insane prices for nosebleed heaven in Madison fucking Square Garden, of all places!

by Anonymousreply 62June 19, 2019 2:18 AM

$2,500?! Did they get a lapdance?

by Anonymousreply 63June 19, 2019 2:20 AM

Nice try, R59. NO DEAL.

by Anonymousreply 64June 19, 2019 2:24 AM

R57. Barbra is my all-time fave. Everything you say is true, it's just that Barbra's ticket prices are a rather out of reach. She's beginning to saturate the market by playing the same locations or areas. We have heard the same music over and over again. I would go to see her again, but come on with the ticket prices even for the cheap seats.

by Anonymousreply 65June 19, 2019 2:58 AM

Thank you. Yes tickets are outrageous. Just wanted to add some context to this thread.

by Anonymousreply 66June 19, 2019 3:03 AM

I wouldn’t pay MSG prices. Luckily her tickets have always been cheaper here in Europe.

by Anonymousreply 67June 19, 2019 3:07 AM

Will there be any special guest stars or something?

by Anonymousreply 68June 19, 2019 3:13 AM

Maybe she'll bring out the fagelah son again!

by Anonymousreply 69June 19, 2019 3:23 AM

Kris Kristofferson is her opening act in London. He'll probably do the same in NYC.

by Anonymousreply 70June 19, 2019 3:28 AM

I live in New York but I'm going to Barbra's London concert in Hyde Park.

by Anonymousreply 71June 19, 2019 3:30 AM

Surely she'll call on Mandy to provide a little eye candy?

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by Anonymousreply 72June 19, 2019 3:33 AM

Streisand and later Merman and Tony Bennett we're guests on Judy Garland's mid 1960s tv variety show Judy ended the series with concert without guests, so Mary Martin was not on the show.

There guests on an earlier special we're Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra.

by Anonymousreply 73June 19, 2019 3:45 AM

Barbaric Strainsand butchering Liza Minnelli's hit "Losing My Mind":

(that autotune at 1:26 and throughout.. oof)

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by Anonymousreply 74June 19, 2019 3:47 AM

I hope she sings with her half-sister Roslyn Kind again. They were great together.

by Anonymousreply 75June 19, 2019 3:48 AM

Will she still do "Second-Hand Rose" or the "Roller Skate Rag"?

by Anonymousreply 76June 19, 2019 3:53 AM

r65: Wait for the CD and DVD. And you are right, most of the material will be songs she has performed many, many, times. And it's likely she'll perform several of the dreary stinkers from "Walls".

You were expecting "Guava Jelly"?

by Anonymousreply 77June 19, 2019 3:58 AM

She should perform a "Woman in Love" / "Oops I Did It Again" mash-up. The two songs sound very similar!

Imagine Babs in a red cat-suit with backup dancers.

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by Anonymousreply 78June 19, 2019 4:04 AM

Good God. Babs is older than Trump.

by Anonymousreply 79June 19, 2019 4:06 AM

Will a certain Brooklyn schoolmate finally bring her flowers again?

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by Anonymousreply 80June 19, 2019 4:10 AM

Please do "Clopin Clopant".

by Anonymousreply 81June 19, 2019 4:12 AM

R80, well Neil has Parkinson's, so he's perfect for the crowd.

by Anonymousreply 82June 19, 2019 4:14 AM

r12 and r53: I got your number, hussy.

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by Anonymousreply 83June 19, 2019 4:37 AM

R74, "Losing My Mind" is from the Sondheim musical Follies and is known as such. One would have to be a mega Queen for a Day to refer to it as a "Liza Minnelli's hit."

by Anonymousreply 84June 19, 2019 10:15 AM

And that Liza and the PSB cut it...

by Anonymousreply 85June 19, 2019 10:21 AM

Barbra also has the nerve to take multiple breaks during the show and send out singers who we could give a hoot about. I remember she sent out Il Divo when she was “Back to BROOKLYN” and then her son. We weren’t paying for that shit.

by Anonymousreply 86June 19, 2019 11:05 AM

So the consensus should be to stay home!

by Anonymousreply 87June 19, 2019 11:38 AM

I've been a major fan for decades and have never once thought of paying the outrageous prices to see her live. The DVD will give you a better view anyway.

by Anonymousreply 88June 19, 2019 11:41 AM

Is Lainie still stealing chickens from Krogers?

by Anonymousreply 89June 19, 2019 11:42 AM

No, you can see her in The Valley for $40 at Vitello's. Maybe Liza too if you're lucky.

by Anonymousreply 90June 19, 2019 2:35 PM

Does anyone know what this tour is for? Another painting, mall expansion?

by Anonymousreply 91June 19, 2019 2:54 PM

How much of the net revenue from this concert will end up down the gullet of Barbra’s fatass stepson Brolin fathered with that brunette WKRP girl?

by Anonymousreply 92June 19, 2019 3:12 PM

Jason has drained his trust fund. Needs a refill.

by Anonymousreply 93June 19, 2019 3:21 PM

I doubt that, Jason's probably set for his lifetime. It was the mom and sister who were living in semi-squaler.

by Anonymousreply 94June 19, 2019 3:45 PM

Squalor

by Anonymousreply 95June 19, 2019 3:49 PM

Suggest listening to some of the tracks from Walls- Lady Liberty, Take Care of This House. She must have been vocalizing because her voice is markedly turned around from the more recent rasp and loss of power. Please don't tell me she is autotuned. I know someone very well who works with her recording team. Kind of interesting that on the CD she does her best singing in years, but the duet CDs are the ones that sold so well. The best is not often what is popular.

by Anonymousreply 96June 19, 2019 4:05 PM

How’s the ticket sell so far?

by Anonymousreply 97June 19, 2019 4:13 PM

Better than the gap-toothed slut, I imagine.

by Anonymousreply 98June 19, 2019 4:28 PM

R97 here

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by Anonymousreply 99June 19, 2019 4:30 PM

Of course the duets sell better- people buy them because it's not just Barbra.

by Anonymousreply 100June 19, 2019 4:50 PM

I thought Barbra's Losing My Mind was one of her better recordings in the past decades. Well sung and super close to the original Broadway arrangement, which she usually tends to steer away from for some reason.

Still, I can't imagine paying that much to see her live. I've always enjoyed many of her performances and her songs, but that's insanity.

I've also kinda soured to her when I realized how goddamn lazy she really is. For years, she squandered her vocal gifts and never performed live. She'd almost always pick the worst projects to attach herself to in the film world. I can't imagine there was a time when she wanted to be taken seriously as a dramatic actress. If she'd really wanted to, she could have done Gypsy when she was 20/30 years younger and it would have probably been a huge hit then.

by Anonymousreply 101June 19, 2019 5:13 PM

Most of her best singing and recording are not her "hits" at all. Some like Parade and the title song to Clear Day are great pieces, but by in large her best work is the most obscure. Take Care of This House (Bernstein) is in my opinion one of the best things she has ever done (on the Walls CD).

by Anonymousreply 102June 19, 2019 5:16 PM

I was really surprised to read she was doing this. I saw her last concerti in Brooklyn at The Barclay's center, and it was clear she was really over whatever desire she had left for live performing. It was a really mechanical night, and hardly memorable. I didn't feel ripped off, but I knew from that not to bother if she ever performed live again. And they all end up on Netflix and iTunes anyway.

by Anonymousreply 103June 19, 2019 5:28 PM

I saw her in Vegas a few years ago, had a great time. Her voice sounded pretty good.

by Anonymousreply 104June 19, 2019 5:58 PM

My mom was the biggest Streisand and Cher fan, but funny enough Cher always seemed to me to be much younger. Barbra's voice was much better in the 1960s-70s, it had better timbre and less nasal quality. From the 1980s onwards, she relied on nasal tone for her high notes, something she didn't do as often in the earlier decades.

by Anonymousreply 105June 19, 2019 6:05 PM

She's a semi-talented, appropriately clothed version of Madonna. It's over you old cow!

by Anonymousreply 106June 19, 2019 6:18 PM

I saw her at Barclay's in 2012 and the crowd was largely disappointed, especially the younger members of the audience. The general sentiment was 'I don't get what the fuss was all about" and "it wasn't worth what I paid." Yet in 1994 when I saw her at the Garden, the electricity and anticipation in that place was like nothing I had ever experienced. In those final notes of the overture before she came out, you feel every pulse in the place. It was thrilling and her voice was equal to the occasion, although she started to crack during the last couple of numbers. I remember the time every project she did and every move she made was monumental to the gay community. When "The Broadway Album" first came out in Nov 1985, Tower Records ran out of cassettes and vinyl. They only has CDs which were still new and rather pricey. They had to take back orders.

It makes me think of that song "Napoleon" from "Jamaica." "What used ta be a roosta is just a dusta now."

by Anonymousreply 107June 19, 2019 6:28 PM

r96: She does sound very good on "Walls", but most of the material her weakest in many years. I give her props for doing something very personal to her that she knew probably wasn't going to sell as many units as her more recent albums. But the last thing anybody wants to hear are political songs reflecting on or mourning over the state of the country. I think she was stunned at how badly "Walls" did - it barely made the charts before falling off completely into oblivion. That's why she decided to tour again - she needed to follow up a disaster with a success (and the tour is selling well, despite the outrageous prices) and she needs the adulation and psychological boost knowing her fans have not abandoned her.

by Anonymousreply 108June 19, 2019 6:28 PM

Then she should do a smaller club at more sensible prices, and she'd feel love like she's never gotten.

by Anonymousreply 109June 19, 2019 6:31 PM

Oh I don't know R109- her concert tapes seem to show a lot of love coming from the audience, she has a devoted husband and people who have work for and with her for decades, and lots of very very good friends. So I think she knows she's loved. Prices for modern concerts are set by rubrics for the type of performer, the expected audience, current market metrics and costs. It's formulaic.

by Anonymousreply 110June 19, 2019 6:51 PM

After her stint at the Village Vanguard (that resulted in one of her best recent albums), I really thought she might go the way of Mabel Mercer and start playing more intimate venues, focusing on lyrics and less on high-powered delivery. Who knows? She still might.

by Anonymousreply 111June 19, 2019 6:59 PM

That's bullshit about the costs. Barbra could give back to her fans with reasonable ticket prices to break even. Does it matter to her if she dies with $50O million or $510? Evidently, it does.

by Anonymousreply 112June 19, 2019 7:14 PM

The 283 bucks would be a better value at a venue like Village Vanguard or the Blue Note. It really is her best bet at the stage of her life and performance ability. I agree R111 that Vanguard was probably the best of her latter day concerts. It emphasized her strengths in subtlety and nuances and heightened the connection with the audience. Something the mega screen at the Garden will not and cannot accomplish.

by Anonymousreply 113June 19, 2019 7:16 PM

Still too ugly for ice cream.

by Anonymousreply 114June 19, 2019 7:18 PM

No it's not R110. Ticket prices for performers as formulaic. Sorry if you don't know. There is so much bullshit around Streisand. Good it doesn't get in the way more or less. If you don't like her or the prices- don't go- or watch Netflix. I guess you have to vent anger like many on these threads.

by Anonymousreply 115June 19, 2019 7:23 PM

She needs the money to build a restaurant in her basement mall.

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by Anonymousreply 116June 19, 2019 7:33 PM

How about the 52nd anniversary of her Central Park concert for free! Would 135,000 queens and Jewish fraus show with their pillows, blankies, and merry widow bras?! It could be videotaped for another CBS special! The only difference is the fact that there's no longer any voice and she's in dire need of bilateral hip replacements. Other than that, Marty Erlichman, let's go!

by Anonymousreply 117June 19, 2019 7:44 PM

I saw her the last time around.

meh

by Anonymousreply 118June 19, 2019 8:00 PM

I’ve seen her in all her tours since 1994 and if she could only whisper she is worth it. So much history on that stage. She always gives her best.

by Anonymousreply 119June 19, 2019 8:37 PM

I suspect her money is running out.

by Anonymousreply 120June 19, 2019 8:56 PM

Totally Agree with r111 & r113. I was hoping "Love Is The Answer" would have been a career-changer for her (less soupy arrangements, more intimacy and interpretive swinging) ...more jazz, less belting. But I fear it was just a 'one off' moment. :-(

by Anonymousreply 121June 19, 2019 9:11 PM

One constant that has endured for the entirety of Babulas's career is $$$.

by Anonymousreply 122June 19, 2019 9:48 PM

R120 She could sell something if it was true.

by Anonymousreply 123June 19, 2019 10:05 PM

I don’t want to watch a granny perform

by Anonymousreply 124June 19, 2019 10:06 PM

Been there, done that

by Anonymousreply 125June 19, 2019 10:14 PM

It's time to hang it, hon. I know.

by Anonymousreply 126June 19, 2019 10:23 PM

The only way she continues to get away with such brazenness is by the idiots who pay. Boycott!!!!

by Anonymousreply 127June 20, 2019 6:39 PM

r96, I agree with you: WALLS is actually a terrific album with her best singing in years. She belts the hell out of some of those songs.

I've seen every concert she's done since 94: 94, 2000, 2006, and 20012. I did not go to the 20018 concert because I felt her voice was giving out. When I saw it on Netflix, I was right, but even at that there was an absolutely exquisite "I Didn't Know What Time it Was." That's the thing about Barbra: even in her compromised vocal condition, she can still manage to thrill with certain songs. I'll be curious to hear this new one, which will surely be televised at some point, either the London concert or the NY one. I had thought her belting days were long gone, yet she belts on WALLS and it's very good. So we'll see. I still love her, and will always love her.

by Anonymousreply 128June 20, 2019 7:12 PM

R128 Are you for real! The voice is processed, autotuned, with one of the worst renditions of "Imagine and "What a Wonderful World" ever recorded. Who the fuck needs an album lamenting the deplorable political climate and hellbound status of this world, along with another cynical and "ironic" version of "Happy Days Are Here Again."

Barbra is 77. For Christ's sake, she can't belt any longer and shouldn't have to. She is an interpretive singer whose strengths have always been in her subtleties and nuances. That precision would be so much better accomplished in smaller venues and jazz clubs if she truly cares to continue performing. Just seeing her in an up close intimate fashion such as the Village Vanguard would warrant the higher ticket prices and she would probably sell out much faster. But no. Her ego and avarice will not allow it. She has to prove to her handler s that she is in the same league with Cher and Diana Ross, and can at almost 80, still ask for and GET top ticket prices for inferior and strained delivery.

You may love her, and you're entitled to. I do as well, but I would rather enjoy her early albums, as I often do, in the privacy of my own home, when she was at her very best, and be reminded of why she became a huge star in the first place. Without having to pay a dime!

by Anonymousreply 129June 20, 2019 8:39 PM

R128 I think London will be recorded, but I could be wrong. R129 Imagine/What A Wonderful World is terrible and boring. I’m going to London concert because tickets are much cheaper. I wouldn’t pay those MSG prices.

by Anonymousreply 130June 20, 2019 9:21 PM

I think Imagine/What A Wonderful World is a very clever arrangement and not boring in the least.. I'm the least political person on the planet but I also thought WALLS had some of her most impassioned singing in recent memory. And the MAGIC/MUSIC/MEMORIES concert on Netflix is spectacular, with atypical material, beautifully performed.

by Anonymousreply 131June 20, 2019 10:03 PM

Why does she have her own mall? To display her possessions?

by Anonymousreply 132June 20, 2019 10:19 PM

Diana Ross, Bette Midler, Cher even Madonna are much more engaging performers.

by Anonymousreply 133June 20, 2019 10:24 PM

Streisand always had the better voice, but all the others put on better shows and seem more passionate.

by Anonymousreply 134June 20, 2019 11:14 PM

Streisand has a mall because she likes nothing better than a Sale and this way she can have them all the time.

by Anonymousreply 135June 20, 2019 11:51 PM

R132, no. To display her NAILS!

by Anonymousreply 136June 21, 2019 1:17 AM

I saw her at the Barclay Center in 2017. It was embarrassing. People were leaving en mass during the last song, not even bothering to wait for it to finish let alone stay for the encore. All the worst things you heard about her were on full display, admitting it was all about the money (to buy a painting), that she directs because she likes to tell people what to do, the gratuitous use of the word "fuck," preaching about global warming and politics when people were there for the music. Her voice was crap and the facade was shattered....she really is a nasty, greedy, shallow, bitter cunt.

by Anonymousreply 137June 21, 2019 1:24 AM

R137=Lainie Kazan

by Anonymousreply 138June 21, 2019 1:26 AM

R137 is the same poster who trashes her every chance he gets. Probably was not at that concert for obvious reasons. Some people are very sick.

by Anonymousreply 139June 21, 2019 1:35 AM

Ever been to her shows R134? And why do her shows always win Emmys and not the others, not to mention rave reviews?

by Anonymousreply 140June 21, 2019 1:37 AM

R138 and R139, both of you are wrong. I was a big fan of hers for years. Saw the 1994 MSG show twice....she was sublime and charismatic. I don't think I've ever posted anything negative about her until now. Next I'll be accused of being a Russian bot. People are so offended by the truth that they need to attack the truth speaker.

by Anonymousreply 141June 21, 2019 1:44 AM

Then you should allow people to have their opinions without shitting all over them. It's unnecessary. If you no longer like her singing, why are you on this thread?

by Anonymousreply 142June 21, 2019 1:49 AM

How can someone have an opinion of something they've never seen?

by Anonymousreply 143June 21, 2019 1:51 AM

R142, read the title of the thread. It is asking people's opinion. Who are you talking to?

by Anonymousreply 144June 21, 2019 1:58 AM

Her 1994 Garden appearance was simply extraordinary, the absolute pinnacle of concert achievement. The only other singer who equaled it was Garland at Carnegie Hall. Truth.

by Anonymousreply 145June 21, 2019 2:26 AM

She really is full of herself.

by Anonymousreply 146June 21, 2019 3:34 AM

She looks great in OP's pic.

by Anonymousreply 147June 21, 2019 3:43 AM

She looks photoshopped in OP's pic.

by Anonymousreply 148June 21, 2019 3:46 AM

I'm a huge Streisand fan - but she can be clueless how she presents herself on her album covers. That photo is laughably over-the-top and photoshopped to death: Barbra seated in a fantasy dressing-room jammed with congratulatory rose bouquets, interrupted looking over a score while her Chinese silk robe slips off just enough to reveal her sexy undergarments. It's not quite as bad as "A Collection" (of her stretched on a Stickley couch while her boobs pop out of her tight jacket or the "Walls" booklet, looking like a Malibu Marie Antoinette: "I always feel better when I visit my garden. It makes me smile."

by Anonymousreply 149June 21, 2019 4:09 AM

Back in the day, I was friends with a guy who did the photo touching for one of her album covers. He made $40k- seriously. Obviously Barbra didn't pay, but still!

by Anonymousreply 150June 21, 2019 5:47 AM

If she had only that voice - she would still disappoint. What a grotesque human being, singer and performer. She won't be remembered as even a good singer. She ruined most songs she "interpreted." She never serves the song or the composer, she made everything serve her voice and ridiculous orchestrations. She's proven for 50 years to have hideous taste in how she presents herself. Not one younger singer admires her - though many mention Aretha, Whitney, Celine, Ella, Mariah and Gladys Knight as vocal heroes. Streisand doesn't have as many followers as Nancy Sinatra!

And she does use autotune/pro tools as anyone with ears can attest. She looks and sounds ridiculous live. Tacky old bitch phones it in for $500 a seat and up. What city is this, did I sing the song? Wasn't I great - do you like my tits?

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by Anonymousreply 151June 21, 2019 6:17 AM

geez, you're a cunt.

by Anonymousreply 152June 21, 2019 6:21 AM

OY, jesus christ, I'm too lazy to sing in tune. Okay, that's enough. I'm bored. Was this song a big hit? I'll never forget these words - do you like my tits? I have this in black too. Guten Taag Free. Nuclear winter. Recycle. Buy my merch on the way out. You'll never forget me, thank christ.

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by Anonymousreply 153June 21, 2019 6:32 AM

I saw her at the Anaheim Pond in 1994. It was thrilling and a night to remember forever. She was in top form. The voice was spectacular. She was gorgeous. Her gowns were gorgeous. She was in her early American architectural period, and the set looked like Thomas Jefferson;s Monticello. When she came down the staircase, the audience went wild. A thrilling night.

Barbra was back.

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by Anonymousreply 154June 21, 2019 8:44 AM

^25 years ago, and she was well past her vocal prime then.

by Anonymousreply 155June 21, 2019 9:23 AM

I wouldn't see her these days, but if people are still interested good for her.

by Anonymousreply 156June 21, 2019 3:37 PM

She looks like a literal witch on the cover of "Walls"

by Anonymousreply 157June 21, 2019 11:25 PM

R 157 And what you see is what you get.

by Anonymousreply 158June 22, 2019 8:46 PM

Love Barbra, not crazy about her current long straight hairdo. I prefer her '90s look:

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by Anonymousreply 159June 22, 2019 9:13 PM

Grandma Streizand wears a wig R159.

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by Anonymousreply 160June 23, 2019 3:39 AM

R157 Both she and the album cover look way too somber - all that grey! It's depressing.

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by Anonymousreply 161June 23, 2019 3:48 AM

In that pose she looks like she's taking a shit in the pit.

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by Anonymousreply 162June 23, 2019 3:49 AM

Barbra Streisand is pretty much loathed or forgotten - but her contribution to hair crimping will never be forgotten.

by Anonymousreply 163June 23, 2019 4:09 AM

R151, like others here, is such a fucking cunt that it’s almost hilarious.

She can’t sing? She can’t interpret? She’s lazy? She’s cheap? She’s auto tuned? She’s gross? My God — why the fuck are you so ANGRY??? I don’t get it.

Prices too high? Don’t go. You like others better? Good for you. But to be this over the top pissed off about any entertainer is fucking crazy.

by Anonymousreply 164June 23, 2019 4:41 AM

Does she crimp her gash hair?

by Anonymousreply 165June 23, 2019 8:37 AM

She'll be able to expand her base when her autobiography comes out (2025?). ONLY IF she dishes heavily and does a book tour and TV blitz. That may not even work because her original fans will be dead by then.

R164, you must be new here.

by Anonymousreply 166June 23, 2019 12:47 PM

They were also filing out early from the Nassau Coliseum on LI a couple of years back. Obviously Babs wasn't the only one who was bored.

by Anonymousreply 167June 23, 2019 12:56 PM

Streisand could never be objective or honest enough to write a compelling autobiography, because people such as she are perpetually the victim and never wrong. Only if she experienced an epiphany or deprogramming and spilled the last bean on her legendary cuntery, OCD disorder, nymphomania, addictions, eating issues, hoarding, and insufferable greed could she make for a somewhat interesting book with whatever aging queens still have a pulse by the time of its release.

It would also require an extensive book tour and signing and posing for pictures with fans, something of which the 80+ Babs would need plenty of Xanax and Clonopin for. Unless she's still delusional enough to think a book would still sell without those efforts--and that's quite possible, too.

by Anonymousreply 168June 23, 2019 1:07 PM

I saw Judy Garland a few months after Carnegie Hall. Streisand has a better voice. But, at her best, Garland was a more compelling performer.

by Anonymousreply 169June 23, 2019 1:15 PM

Does she need the money?

by Anonymousreply 170June 23, 2019 1:21 PM

Yes she needs MORE money R170. And applause. Jim had to buy all the copies of her last album with money Barbra loaned him. No WALLS people.

by Anonymousreply 171June 23, 2019 6:40 PM

I cannot imagine that audience. Old Jews and old queens.

by Anonymousreply 172June 23, 2019 7:27 PM

No. There will be a hoard of new worshipers born since A Star is Born who met on Facebook and traveled long distance to be there...they like to sing along.

by Anonymousreply 173June 23, 2019 7:37 PM

Obviously, she does not need the money. She could have stopped working in the 70s if she had wanted to. She needed a project, something to keep her busy. And perhaps she felt that, at nearly eighty years old, a time of reckoning might be a good or interesting thing to undergo. She has never looked back at her career, never listens to her own records or watches her own movies. Now, she's had to do that and her opinions on her life, her co-stars, studio heads, other musicians, the politics of the day....all of that will be very interesting to read. She says she hopes it will be published in two volumes, and I hope so too. Apparently she has a lot to say about certain things in her past. I'm hoping she will be up front about her most notable affairs: Ryan O'Neal, Anthony Newly, Pierre Trudeau among others.

by Anonymousreply 174June 23, 2019 7:42 PM

Her hometown of Brooklyn's Barclay Center isn't good enough for her anymore? Fuggedaboutit !!!

by Anonymousreply 175June 23, 2019 8:11 PM

[quote]Apparently she has a lot to say about certain things in her past. I'm hoping she will be up front about her most notable affairs: Ryan O'Neal, Anthony Newly, Pierre Trudeau among others.

B.S. continually fascinates herself. And charlie. She's the least insightful celebrity in the world. She doesn't even live in the real world. Defensive, delusional and chilly narcissism are her hallmarks + imperialistic greed.

by Anonymousreply 176June 23, 2019 8:35 PM

Two volumes! Jesus H! What will it be called My name is Barbra (Too)?? This Caligula never stops conjuring up demons to vampire money out of her little lamb queers and aging bubbies. Will this be another first for her? The first "stah" who has a two volume autobiography, or three? Like the "Star of the Decade" Tony? Hmmm? Or the Oscar tie with Kate?? Hmmmm? Maybe we can call it Barbra The First Book; or Barbra The Second Book; Barbra The Third Book; like bookends to her first three albums.

Will there be a video companion piece to this bible of dreck? Or 60th anniversary Columbia release? Or TV biopic. The only thing there won't be is HONESTY!!!!! And this is not about to set the record straight on:

Her resentment that she HAD to sing, because no one would give her any acting job. Her ambivalence, not love, for the gay community which was the initial community to accept her, while she would have preferred straight virile handsome men of the day to cream their pants at her wailing. Her treatment of Elliot Gould during "I can Get it For you Wholesale," as well as her disrespect towards Lillian Roth and Arthur Laurents. The abominable treatment her peers received during the making of "Funny Girl" on Broadway.

Her treatment and exploitation of Frank Pierson on "A Star is Born" and confession that she needed a scapegoat to front the fact that she was the real director of the film.

Her minimal contribution to the song "Evergreen," that won her a faux Oscar that she accepted with despicable entitlement and psychotic pride.

Her treatment of Peter Matz on "The Broadway Album" and her frugal and penny-pinching maneuvers to keep the cash flowing cumming in her direction, which cost her a lifetime friendship and collaborator. Matz never forgave her.

The list is endless. If she "writes" this dead sea scroll, I do hope only question is answered truthfully, if at all, and one that author Shaun Considine posed to her in query of a remark she made in the early 1960s: "I hate to sing. I never sing in the bath. I do it only for the money." Does that still apply today? And has it always?

by Anonymousreply 177June 23, 2019 9:40 PM

Ticket selling at the moment

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by Anonymousreply 178June 23, 2019 9:48 PM

R178 Many will be given away.

by Anonymousreply 179June 23, 2019 9:56 PM

She was a huge pinup favorite in the 70's. Her Superman poster was such a success that Playboy wanted her to replicate it for their cover. She's very desirable to a lot of men. Sensational legs and a hot ripe ass.

by Anonymousreply 180June 23, 2019 9:59 PM

R180 And I'm sure every straight hot guido of the 1970s had the Streisand Superman/Playboy pic plastered up on their bedroom wall right next to Farrah's. I wonder which poster which would have taken more jizz!

by Anonymousreply 181June 23, 2019 10:15 PM

Bravo R177.

by Anonymousreply 182June 23, 2019 10:29 PM

R180 is the Streisand was a sex bomb of the 70s troll. I guarantee you he's GAY, speaking for straight men.

Streisand's book will be bought by many and not read. It will sit on the shelf as a trophy, just like those who bought Sarah Palin's book never read it. In order to do that you need a BOOK, no kindle or any of that crap.

by Anonymousreply 183June 23, 2019 11:16 PM

I would like Barbra to donate the proceeds from the concert at Madison Square Garden to the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee and Democratic Senate candidates.

by Anonymousreply 184June 23, 2019 11:21 PM

If Barbra would be truthful and honest in her memoirs, I think it'll be excellent. Knowing her, she'll never get around to releasing it. Much like Gypsy and The Normal Heart, she stalled and stalled until the timing was no longer right and no one cared.

by Anonymousreply 185June 23, 2019 11:49 PM

Will she pose while singing so we only see her "best" side?

by Anonymousreply 186June 24, 2019 12:18 AM

She'll deliver the autobiography in 2022, and after the editor gets through with it (deleting 1,000 pages) she'll claim victimhood and pull it. Lawyers, lawsuits, etc etc. Out of court settlement.

by Anonymousreply 187June 24, 2019 12:59 AM

r=177 Shaun Considine, who has been legally forbidden from ever writing another word about Streisand after the rag of a biography he wrote about her in the 80s.

by Anonymousreply 188June 24, 2019 1:10 AM

Streisand was supposed to have her memoir published a year or two ago and then it was mysteriously put off to another future date. She's such a perfectionist and so controlling that it will be a miracle if her memoir sees the light of day, period. Don't hold your breath...…….

by Anonymousreply 189June 24, 2019 1:20 AM

Lately, her passion for writing has been eclipsed by her passion for cloning.

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by Anonymousreply 190June 24, 2019 3:55 AM

How many people are posting here? One or two?

by Anonymousreply 191June 24, 2019 4:45 AM

There's one Barbra fan, that's you R191. And quite a few of us who have no use or affection for her. The majority of people have never heard of Streisand. Of those who are aware of her, most don't like her.

by Anonymousreply 192June 24, 2019 5:05 AM

Barbra's always seeking the truth. That's what she says. Her autobiography could be fascinating. I hope she completes it.

by Anonymousreply 193June 24, 2019 5:16 AM

She's a moron. But she loves to say nice things about herself. The truth? Barbra Streisand can't handle the truth.

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by Anonymousreply 194June 24, 2019 5:44 AM

Why should she even bother with a book? Unless she's planning on writing a novel.

by Anonymousreply 195June 24, 2019 6:34 AM

"Barbra's always seeking the truth. That's what she says. Her autobiography could be fascinating"

Yeah. It'll be rebuttals to every thing that's been written about her for the last 57 years.

by Anonymousreply 196June 24, 2019 12:40 PM

Shaun Considine's 1985 book "BS The Woman, The Myth, and the Music" was a delicious account of her eclectic career, written in much of a National Enquirer-esque fashion, but pulling no punches and sharing unflattering and likely truthful accounts. Back in the day, she had tried to sue on the grounds of libel, but Considine supported every word he wrote with documentary proof. Considine had worked at Columbia Records in the 1960s and later as a journalist and had personally witnessed many of her notorious behaviors and transactions. The only two other bios worth reading are "Her Name is Barbra" in 1993 by Randall Riese and "Hello, Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand" from 2012, which chronicles the years 1959-1964, the teenage beginnings of her career thru stardom on Broadway. If ever a movie were to be done, it should concentrate on that period alone, which highlights the speed and "serendipity" of her ascension.

An Autobiography by Babula is decades overdue. It is a footnote. Like someone pointed out, another example of missed timing, like "Gypsy."The large majority the interested fans are old, dead, or have come to see her true personality after living under her spell for so long. In short, they no longer care. They know what she's going to write, and it's certainly not going to read:

"I was a cunt to so many, because I was born ugly. I had this sense of entitlement and thirst to succeed, and damn it, I was going to do it at any cost, no matter what had to be done or who had to be hurt. I made you believe my mother was opposed to my career, when she was actually a Mama Rose who flogged my ass into action. She knew I was a face for radio, but knew I had a voice and trained me since I was nay high, contrary to my reports that I never took a voice lesson.That's why at 19 with "no training" I could go on Jack Paar, live television, and soar like a dove. Because that's what an untrained 19 year old does. I eventually sold my soul to the devil so I could have my own shopper's world and property equivalent to a small New England town and so the world could view me as a beauty, a benefactress, the epitome of what a woman should be, and of course, the greatest star."

That you will not hear. And most of us don't give a fuck about double gaited Ryan O'Neal, Warren Beatty, Omar Sharif, and the others. Write a shopping list instead.

by Anonymousreply 197June 24, 2019 2:17 PM

Her manager confirmed Barbra will take the show to Chicago on 6th Aug.

by Anonymousreply 198June 24, 2019 3:15 PM

Great post R197. I loved Shaun Considine's book, though not Liza Minnelli obsessed Randall Riese's too much.

For all of you queens who wait drooling to read Barbra describe her affairs with co-stars or famous hunky guys in her autobiography, note that these "relationships" were for one night to a few months in duration. I doubt they'll get more than a sentence or two if that. While we're on her lists of conquests, note that liberal turned conservative psycho Jon Voight was a Streisand date in 1995.

by Anonymousreply 199June 24, 2019 6:24 PM

r187 is obviously Shaun Considine. And that book was not "delicious" it was malicious and tawdry and salacious and half made up because Considine is a cunt.

by Anonymousreply 200June 24, 2019 8:15 PM

I meant r197

by Anonymousreply 201June 24, 2019 8:16 PM

R200 sounds like Trump.

by Anonymousreply 202June 24, 2019 8:19 PM

The assisted living my grandma's at is hiring bus to this concert. But they can only fill the bus to half capacity because there has to be room for the walkers and oxygen generators.

by Anonymousreply 203June 24, 2019 8:24 PM

Shaun Considine had a terrible misadventure in Central Park when some stupid bitch lost control of her dangerous dogs and they mauled Considine almost to death.

He sued, and the cunt's husband tried to frame Considine with pedo porn, drugs, etc. Then he hired thugs to beat Considine to death--but in fact he hired undercover cops and ended up with a fifteen-year jail sentence. Too bad he wasn't executed along with his wife and dogs.

Incidentally, I think Considine has died, so he wouldn't be posting in this thread.

While we're at it, Ethan Mordden's new Streisand book is useful, too, as an analysis of her records and films rather than a biog.

As for Streisand's autobiog, she's at the point in her life when she can't ever say, "Finished" about anything. It will never appear.

Oh, I forgot this--I'm not sure whether Streisand actually sued Considine or contented herself with his promise never to write about her again.

by Anonymousreply 204June 24, 2019 8:34 PM

I think the agreement that he could never again mention her name in print was the result of the lawsuit, which quietly went away.

by Anonymousreply 205June 24, 2019 8:37 PM

r190, what a lovely picture of four dogs.

by Anonymousreply 206June 25, 2019 3:24 AM

I didn't know what price it was. Till I met you. Oh, what an awful crime it was, now a mime for us, too...

by Anonymousreply 207June 25, 2019 7:25 PM

Did anyone here know Shaun Considine, or any of the other classic Streisand biographers like William Mann or Randall Riese? Somehow, I think of all of them as belonging to a Streisand fan club, with periodic meetings, a club pin, a banner...

Considine wrote also a book about Bette and Joan feuding away forever. Has anyone read it? It's such a great subject. I think I should send a copy to Olivia De Havilland, only she's dead, right?

Has anyone written a book about that other great feud, between the Duchess of Windsor and the Queen Mum (mother of the current queen, Elizabeth II)?

Royal tidbit: If Charles succeeds his mother to the throne, he won't be King Charles III, but King George VII, because his grandmother (the Queen Mum again) made him promise to take the same royal name as her husband, George VI, who died in 1952.

by Anonymousreply 208June 25, 2019 8:33 PM

Did she sing the ballad yet? As soon as The Way We Were starts up or Happy Days or My Man, OY, it's time to head for the underground folks. If she sings IMAGINE - there will be a NYC bombing. Can she lip synch to any of those songs still? Oy, what an annoyance she is.

Oh shit, didn't I hit a few good notes during the bridge of What a Wonderful World? Eh??? Did I tell you - your $2,500 ticket is not just buying me Malibu! Did you see my tits? How spectacular is it all in all? Do you like my wig? Naeem Khan made this for me. You're all so very welcome, you'll never forget me. It was only about sixty two dollars and seventeen cents a note! Some of them were more expensive, hahaha. Oy, I've got to go. America the Beautiful I'll sing for free but just a few raspy notes, ok? See my tits again. Don't hate, vote. People's Choice Barbra Streisand. OY. goodnite, you'll never forget me. I want to sing with Adele, she's quite a young talent. And Beyonce, don't you love Bey? Guten Tag. New York City!!!

by Anonymousreply 209June 29, 2019 7:08 AM

British fans are less than thrilled with Streisand's supporting acts : Bryan Ferry, Kris Kristofferson (OK there is a good reason for HIM to be there) Ramin Karimloo, the Kingdom Choir and Richard Marx.

by Anonymousreply 210July 1, 2019 2:23 AM

Kristofferson is 83 years old. What a horrible sight to have to witness them warble Evergreeiiiieeeeiiiinnn together. He must be desperate for money because he hates Barbra. Bryan Ferry loses all old man cool points if he sings with Babs Streusel. Yuk, Then she's going to slobber all over Ramin. She gets a very wet mouth when she pretends to think a man is HOT or SEXY or so CUTE! She never knows their names. Who do the Brits want her to sing with? George Michael would have told B.S. to fuck right off and Harry Styles just said NO thanks, who is she though? He sang with Stevie Nicks before. Smart guy.

by Anonymousreply 211July 1, 2019 5:22 AM

And the proof is in the puddling. Babs is raspy with excruciatingly bad intonation. That's pitchy dogg. Out of breath and out of tune, making no musical sense. She looks relaxed. I give her credit for firing that NAZI designer Donna Karan. But this is local park summer bandshell music singing - nothing as great as Jane Siberry or Jane Oliver or Gladys Knight or Jennifer Warnes does. YUK. OYE. Grotesque singing. Christopherson just stood up and groaned into the microphone. Do y'all want to pay $750 for a mid price seat to HEAR this grotesque medley? She says she never listens to music - did she lose her own EARS? Bitch should be ashamed to charge money for this. But she has none. Shame.

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by Anonymousreply 212July 9, 2019 7:34 PM

Babula Strident's army of (deaf) elderly fans will still lap this shit up and spend their money listening to this raspy harpy croak People and Way We Were for the millionth time.

by Anonymousreply 213July 9, 2019 7:40 PM

[quote] I give her credit for firing that NAZI designer Donna Karan.

Huh?

by Anonymousreply 214July 9, 2019 8:16 PM

Zandra Rhodes made her hippie pink dress, and the old granny glasses. That suits Streisand. I can't stand her but this new look is a big improvement. Barbra's long time NAZI dress & ugly suit designer Donna Karan - has taken her hundreds of millions to somewhere dumb people live in exile. Babs fired her. Google why R214.

Who the fuck cares? Streisand should be giving free half hour concerts in nursing homes now.

by Anonymousreply 215July 9, 2019 8:29 PM

This is what ya payin' for, bitches. It's well worth it!

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by Anonymousreply 216July 9, 2019 8:47 PM

Around 70 000 people showed up to Hyde Park and she sang for 2 hours. Of course her voice has declined, she hasn’t trained it and is 77! But Kris was off, really off. He shouldn’t have been there. I think regular tickets for it were £65.

by Anonymousreply 217July 9, 2019 8:48 PM

The whole concert. She does tribute to Judy Garland at the end. She said Judy and her became close friends after she appeared on her show.

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by Anonymousreply 218July 9, 2019 9:31 PM

There's no defending her R217. She's 77 AND she hasn't prepared to sing for $2,500 a seat?! She's mostly talking and singing very bad indeed. She's lazy and uncaring but she couldn't really sing anymore no matter what she does. That goes back to the year 2000. She should have never sung live again, because that wasn't great. Don't you ancient f@gs proclaim her to be the greatest pop vocalist ever? She's far from it. My question is why did she insist on selling out her smaller legacy by displaying her lack of vocal ability, taste and musicality in the last few decades? For applause and cash? Barbara Striezand is a narcissistic GREEDY bitch. Most of her recordings murdered the musical integrity of the songs, but she once had a beautiful voice. 35 or 50 years ago.

by Anonymousreply 219July 9, 2019 9:40 PM

r218 Yeah that's great and all, but I bet she wasn't molested!

by Anonymousreply 220July 9, 2019 10:43 PM

"She said Judy and her became close friends after she appeared on her show."

BA HA HA HA HA!!!!!

by Anonymousreply 221July 9, 2019 10:45 PM

Woodstock Barbara sure is chatty - but like always she seems to live in outer space. No contact with the real world except to flatter herself. Anyway, all this expensive talk makes less time for her "singing"...but that Ramin Karimloo sounds divine. All By Himself. Then they show lots of Babara clips from back when she was a star.

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by Anonymousreply 222July 10, 2019 6:14 AM

Does Barbra’s pussy stink? Asking for a friend.

by Anonymousreply 223July 10, 2019 7:02 AM

Buppie you're embarrassing me. Wow so many clangers in this "duet." Streisand has never sounded THIS bad. Yes Ramin is wonderful Barbara. You were terrible.

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by Anonymousreply 224July 10, 2019 7:53 AM

Do other sighted performers where sunglasses on stage?

by Anonymousreply 225July 10, 2019 1:45 PM

Karim remembers the lyrics and tries to make an eye contact and connection with Barbra, who had to read lyrics from teleprompter. They was a big one above the mixing table and several on stage, but here she mainly reads from mixing table. She has no time to make a contact because she would then forget the lyrics.

by Anonymousreply 226July 10, 2019 2:17 PM

You've got me to turn to /

With the songs that I sing/

And the magic they bring/

They've helped you be strong now

by Anonymousreply 227July 10, 2019 3:14 PM

My songbird wants her freedom

Now don't you think I know

But I can't find it in myself

To let my songbird go

I just can't let her go

by Anonymousreply 228July 10, 2019 6:11 PM

Her "Second Hand Rose" song in R222's link sounds decent and is the only one where she sounds close to her former self.

by Anonymousreply 229July 10, 2019 7:01 PM

WHY would she sing a song like Second Hand Rose? A ridiculous choice, a song that could (but wouldn't) be sung by anyone. No one wants to hear that tripe in 2019, and it requires very little know-how or vocal ability to sing it.

by Anonymousreply 230July 10, 2019 7:27 PM

Well- suggest R230 you read the reviews from London press rather than viewing YouTube vids which are pretty distorted on here. In fact a number of you on this thread might want to check out what the London reviews were had to say. The stupidity and anger on DL never cease to amaze.

by Anonymousreply 231July 10, 2019 7:40 PM

Apologize for the typos above- the reviews are raves,

by Anonymousreply 232July 10, 2019 7:41 PM

Céline Dion est la reine de Hyde Park. La beauté de sa voix révèle la beauté de son esprit.

Celine is LOVE. A vocal goddess. She is the Queen of Hyde Park.

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by Anonymousreply 233July 10, 2019 7:50 PM

This vocal coach thinks Barbaric did great! You are all wrong!

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by Anonymousreply 234July 10, 2019 7:55 PM

Céline Dion is the LEGEND who can SING, beautifully.

Céline est amour.

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by Anonymousreply 235July 10, 2019 8:00 PM

[quote]She has no time to make a contact because she would then forget the lyrics.

She forgot how to sing too. That duet exposes just how ridiculous Barbara Streusel is.

Listen to the Divine Celine. She sings with real emotion, vocal maturity and beauty. The coloratura and small embellishments, tres belle. Her presence is grand and delightful. She's the greatest star.

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by Anonymousreply 236July 10, 2019 9:49 PM

From r178 links, looks like her concert is selling well. The biatch will probably sell out.

by Anonymousreply 237July 10, 2019 10:16 PM

One London critic has compared Barbra to Shelley's skylark:

What objects are the fountains

Of thy happy strain?

What fields, or waves, or mountains?

What shapes of sky or plain?

What love of thine own kind? what ignorance of pain?

by Anonymousreply 238July 10, 2019 10:23 PM

I believe it was one concert likeall the Hyde Oark concerts are.

by Anonymousreply 239July 10, 2019 10:25 PM

I believe it was one concert likeall the Hyde Oark concerts are.

by Anonymousreply 240July 10, 2019 10:25 PM

No matter how her voice has declined over the years, those 70 000 people at Hyde Park looked happy and seemed to enjoy the concert.

by Anonymousreply 241July 10, 2019 11:20 PM

She sang fine, but she's no Connie Francis.

by Anonymousreply 242July 10, 2019 11:25 PM

R22 Celine is the great one.

by Anonymousreply 243July 10, 2019 11:36 PM

Céline Dion is an anorexic bombast, she never could sing. Babs used to be able to - she's almost 80 fucking years old and should RETIRE NOW. Come on Barbra, keep your promise from 1994 and spare anyone, everyone who once liked you.

by Anonymousreply 244July 10, 2019 11:43 PM

Like I said above R244- read the reviews of Streisand’s concert- this thread is loaded with bullshit. Celine is a terrific singer- I like her although not a lot of her music, She is not the vocal artist that Streisand is and has not nearly the catalogue of music. She is the first to say so. Virtually all the greatest song writers of the 20th century, a couple dozen or more of their songs that have become definitive standards and volumes of obscure more obscure music where Some of us find her real genius. And yes, pop. Some of it real good (Guilty), some of it more ordinary like much of Celine’s power pop catalogue.

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by Anonymousreply 245July 11, 2019 12:32 AM

I went to her concert, that return to Brooklyn one. I left halfway. I wasn't bad. It wasn't just there for me though I think she sings beautifully.

by Anonymousreply 246July 11, 2019 1:12 AM

GO HOME R245.

by Anonymousreply 247July 11, 2019 1:21 AM

JoBeth Williams cares as much as I do...

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by Anonymousreply 248July 11, 2019 2:18 AM

R236, Celine is totally lip-syncing from 3:00 to the end, and quite unconvincingly I might add. This is what she does during all her live performances, because she's incapable of hitting the big notes live.

by Anonymousreply 249July 11, 2019 3:50 AM

Barbra didn't hit any of her notes. Sharps and flats, terrible swings and downright misses. Atrocious "singing."

Celine and Whitney both have better voices than Streisand, but Barbra had a most beautiful tone - long before I was born. She's a complete embarrassment now of course.

by Anonymousreply 250July 11, 2019 4:03 AM

she sing from a coffin? ii thought she passed over yrs ago

by Anonymousreply 251July 11, 2019 4:16 AM

no shit

celine lipsynks for days

by Anonymousreply 252July 11, 2019 4:19 AM

R250, Barbra's voice was in far better shape when she was at Celine's current age of 51. And she never had to lip-sync to hit her high notes either.

by Anonymousreply 253July 11, 2019 4:26 AM

babs should lip sync cause her voice is frail as fug

by Anonymousreply 254July 11, 2019 4:30 AM

Before her London triumph, Babar went and got her cheeks pumped with the corpse of Valentino. You know, she never practices singing?

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by Anonymousreply 255July 11, 2019 5:26 AM

Her last concert was so sad, her voice is shot too hell

by Anonymousreply 256July 13, 2019 7:52 AM

Her shows don't sell out anymore. Yet she continues to plod on.....

by Anonymousreply 257July 13, 2019 7:53 AM

Please, Barbra. Barbra, please.

by Anonymousreply 258July 18, 2019 11:35 PM

they say she uses a wheel chair at the airports, and to get in/out of some venues.

sad.

by Anonymousreply 259July 19, 2019 5:24 PM

From years of being carried by her elderly gay fans and old jews with money, Barbra can no longer walk.

by Anonymousreply 260July 19, 2019 5:56 PM

Who said that, R259? Provide a link.

I think if true it has more to do with her massive weight rather than old age.

by Anonymousreply 261July 19, 2019 6:05 PM

She doesn't use wheelchairs in airports because she always travels on chartered private. He reviews at her Hyde Park gig were raves. Google them and read for your self. And yes her concerts sell out. Nice try.

by Anonymousreply 262July 19, 2019 6:18 PM

I think this may be her...she's getting a pat-down and enjoys it.

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by Anonymousreply 263July 19, 2019 6:22 PM

Barbra looks good there R263. She usually looks so old and slutty.

by Anonymousreply 264July 19, 2019 6:24 PM

[quote] they say she uses a wheel chair at the airports, and to get in/out of some venues.

It's a movie star thing

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by Anonymousreply 265July 19, 2019 10:02 PM

Does she pay Jim to diddle her putty?

by Anonymousreply 266July 20, 2019 5:08 AM

so what if she sings from a walker or wheelchair.

ITS BABS !!!!!

by Anonymousreply 267July 21, 2019 3:54 PM

Why has Babs started to let her tits hang out in public all the time now? Put them away, grandma. No one wants to see your 80-year-old bazongas.

It's like she wants to start singing, "Mammaries...."

by Anonymousreply 268July 23, 2019 8:26 PM

Interesting how B-Cup Babs has not enlarged to a double D. Is it fat or silicone?

by Anonymousreply 269July 23, 2019 8:29 PM

Babra should mud wrestle at Madison Square Garden. Her voice is long gone. People only buy tickets to see her fabulous TITS.

by Anonymousreply 270July 25, 2019 4:53 AM

Babula Strident's Greatest Tits, Volume 15

Sheeple (dedicated to old fraus and eldergays who still worship her and rave about the horrible tattered voice)

Mammaries

Yenta with a Y

I Feel Pretty (even though you never told me I was, momma)

by Anonymousreply 271July 25, 2019 6:15 AM

Double D tits whether fat or silicone on a 77 years old woman are neither fabulous nor sought after viewing.

by Anonymousreply 272July 25, 2019 2:22 PM

What’s her clit like these days?

by Anonymousreply 273July 30, 2019 4:49 AM

Some of the distinguished guests, from Twitter. Click on the link to see entire (twitter) list.

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by Anonymousreply 274August 4, 2019 5:51 AM

Her reviews are disastrous. So they focus on the celebs in the audience.

by Anonymousreply 275August 4, 2019 6:01 AM

She’s 77 and her voice is great when considering that. I was at the show and it was worth seeing as she’s a legend and it’s better than seeing Lil Nas X. Once she’s gone who will fill her shoes?

The Clintons were there and she railed against Trump, even doing a revised version of Send In The Clowns called Who Is This Clown?. She was heckled for a bit by some snowflake Deplorables and I even saw some hillbilly tourists leave in a group after that, which was hilarious, you bet they were saying “I ain’t listening to no libtard, fag-loving, Commie bitch talk shit about our amazing mutherfuckin’ President!!”

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by Anonymousreply 276August 4, 2019 6:28 AM

Barbra could not sing this Hamlisch/Bergman song so exquisitely. Unbelievable the greatness. She's a fucking choir all by herself. The greatest and most glorious vocalist of our time will always be Whitney Houston.

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by Anonymousreply 277August 4, 2019 6:35 AM

Those hecklers and "hillbilly tourists" were most likely paid by Streisand's team to show up, pretend to heckle her and then make a dramatic exit. She's been doing her unimaginative, simplistic political shtick during her concerts since Dubya was in office. Everyone knows by now that she's going to have a go at Trump. Of course her voice is gone and she can't sing anymore, so Babs needs all the talking to serve as filler.

Besides is there anything left to say about the orange buffoon that hasn't been said already? For once I'd have to agree with the people who used to yell, "Just shut up and sing" at idiot celebs like Babs. Then again she can't really sing anymore, so....

Bitch just needs to retire.

by Anonymousreply 278August 4, 2019 6:41 AM

Weak, withered, ridiculous looking, with terrible singing and completely out of tune, streisand wore her own shroud to Madison Square Gardens. She deserves every bit of terrible press she's getting for charging money for her SHIT.

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by Anonymousreply 279August 4, 2019 6:43 AM

Honestly, how much money does she need?

by Anonymousreply 280August 4, 2019 6:45 AM

A raspy great grandma in her nightie breathing hard trying to gasp out a few good notes on Alfie. When the orchestra swells you're meant to applaud in rapture. Streisand is grotesque.

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by Anonymousreply 281August 4, 2019 6:51 AM

Streisand sounds as bad as Dionne Warwick now.

by Anonymousreply 282August 4, 2019 7:03 AM

A disaster. There's a harness under that dress holding her up. She destroyed her own pissy legacy out of narcissism and greed. She can't sing a note in tune anymore, has no vocal power or beauty, just a wayward vibrato, foggy tone, wan attempts at phrasing and that constant rasp. The flowing sleeves of a ghost. Her voice does not even evoke a memory, she embarrassed her audience.

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by Anonymousreply 283August 4, 2019 7:05 AM

I never did understand the hype about her. And there’s no reason for her voice to sound so awful when it’s not like she does dance moves or jumps around on stage like The Rolling Stones.

by Anonymousreply 284August 4, 2019 7:10 AM

REFUND

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by Anonymousreply 285August 4, 2019 7:10 AM

That cheap office chair and the bar table at the front of the stage looks trashy. And the stage looks cheap and ugly.

by Anonymousreply 286August 4, 2019 7:16 AM

Seriously all you old baby boomers bitching here should retire too! I’d go see her any day over this rap/pop bullshit and I’m a Millennial.

by Anonymousreply 287August 4, 2019 7:16 AM

Great show. Awesome atmosphere, and Barbra sounded great.

You can all ignore the Streisand hater who makes one bash post after another on here. So tired.

by Anonymousreply 288August 4, 2019 7:41 AM

^ We most all of us have ears you ancient fuck. The reviews are disasters. She did not sound great. You're a fool R288.

by Anonymousreply 289August 4, 2019 7:47 AM

She sounds great for 77. The voice may be hoarse, but she can still polish her tone and phrase like nobody’s business.

by Anonymousreply 290August 4, 2019 7:50 AM

Dreadful, croaking out almost notes that the audience fills in with memories. Liza has been this bad for decades and the queens eat it up.

Madonna never had talent.

Why do gay men flock to the horrible and cheer for it?

by Anonymousreply 291August 4, 2019 9:00 AM

Don't forget the worship of the ghastly, grotesque ghoul, Judy Garland, by the eldergay crowd, R291

by Anonymousreply 292August 4, 2019 9:08 AM

[quote]Why do gay men flock to the horrible and cheer for it?

Good question. Even worse is they never support their own.

by Anonymousreply 293August 4, 2019 9:17 AM

Can you imagine Streisand encouraging the audience to "sing along" when she was in good voice? That would be blasphemy.

by Anonymousreply 294August 4, 2019 1:09 PM

r279 Donna Summer is rolling in her grave. By comparison, this is what Donna sounded like at her last concert before her passing:

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by Anonymousreply 295August 4, 2019 6:53 PM

Yes r295. I love Donna. She would never appear sounding like Streisand. And she never did.

Here is the great Gladys Knight at 75 years old. Singing the song she borrowed from Streisand 45 years ago. Gladys never gave it back. Gladys is singing state fairs and casinos this summer. What a world. Knight is still giving her all and her older voice is soulful and strong. AND on pitch. Her heart and joy of performing are still there on display. You can see her for 40 bucks.

Streisand charges up to $7,500 a seat to watch her take a shit in Madison Square Gardens.

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by Anonymousreply 296August 4, 2019 9:21 PM

Black voices don’t crack, unless you do “crack”.

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by Anonymousreply 297August 4, 2019 9:47 PM

"Singing the song she borrowed from Streisand 45 years ago"

R296, The Way We Were was written by Marvin Hamlisch and Marilyn and Alan Bergman. It's not Barbra Streisand's song, so it could not have been "borrowed" from her. I think Gladys Knight was gutsy to cover the song. Her version is better than Babs'.

by Anonymousreply 298August 4, 2019 10:49 PM

I don't care if she on a walker with her old jugs hangin out

I wil not ever see that hag perform again

las time she sounded like a heifer in heat.

by Anonymousreply 299August 5, 2019 1:38 AM

You're not very bright are you R298? I acknowledged that Gladys Knight has always sung "Barbra's" song with more beauty and feeling. It is from a movie that starred Barbra Streisand you know, and she did have a #1 record with it. Her recording also won an Oscar AND the Grammy Song of the Year. So Gladys borrowed it, get it? Don't correct a more clever and elegant man.

Not many people cover Streisand's songs. Gladys did and does it better.

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by Anonymousreply 300August 5, 2019 1:39 AM

Netflix had a bunch of her old concert films (plus her most recent one done just for Netflix) and I couldn't help but notice how she changed over the years. I don't mean her looks or her voice. In the early concerts she was very free and self-deprecating and fun. As the years went by thought you could see her becoming more and more vain and the stick in her ass getting wider and wider. I still enjoy her music but I'd never go see or watch another concert.

by Anonymousreply 301August 5, 2019 1:45 AM

Jesus Christ, she sounds LIKE SHIT. The poster is right, EVERY NOTE IS OUT OF TUNE. And the voice is raspy and she has no breath control.

I cannot even believe this but STEVIE NICKS who has not been able to sing in 10-15 years sounds BETTER than Barbra.

Babs is old, and the voice DOES go- my only issue is that she charges so much.

by Anonymousreply 302August 5, 2019 1:53 AM

Not Ariana Grande's mother out-singing Streisand on "Enough is Enough" tonight.

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by Anonymousreply 303August 5, 2019 4:05 AM

let us applaud the guts of the old bitch, to stand in front of an audience with a cane, and belt out the notes, no matter how off key. she has nerve to go on, no voice, but …..onward till one falls into the grave to be eaten by worms.

by Anonymousreply 304August 5, 2019 9:08 AM

This biatch can no longer sing as she used to be but she surely can con her fans to sell out MSG even with expensive ticket price.

by Anonymousreply 305August 5, 2019 1:08 PM

R299 = president of the Older Barbra Streisand Fan Club

by Anonymousreply 306August 5, 2019 1:31 PM

^ Excuse me, that would be R300

by Anonymousreply 307August 5, 2019 1:33 PM

From certain angles on the YouTube MSG clips, four teleprompters are visible.

by Anonymousreply 308August 5, 2019 2:48 PM

From other angles, holograms of four cloned dogs are visible.

by Anonymousreply 309August 5, 2019 2:55 PM

Who are the idiots with too much money and no taste (or hearing) shelling out thousands of dollars to listen to this Streisand hag croak? Are there that many gullible eldergays and older Jewish frauen?

by Anonymousreply 310August 5, 2019 6:49 PM

And so it ends. Like that. She's nothing. It was not an important event to anyone but charlie and some old rich jews. Expensive pretend enjoyment. There was no joy to be found there. For 25 years Barbara has been dribbling out what's left of her voice until there was none. At many $$$ per note, she'd be the first to tell you how much. She itemized it for one crowd. Tacky old bitch. She's nothing at last. No younger people visit her old recordings. She had a very beautiful voice, but she's always been a ridiculous singer. We honestly don't care who she was.

No one will ever ask, "What was the big deal about Whitney Houston?" without a beautiful response.

Barbara Streisand is still here on earth, but already forgotten.

by Anonymousreply 311August 7, 2019 6:59 AM

"No one will ever ask, "What was the big deal about Whitney Houston?" without a beautiful response.'

You had me until that absurd comment, R311.

by Anonymousreply 312August 7, 2019 12:35 PM

Please, Barbra. Barbra, Please.

by Anonymousreply 313August 8, 2019 10:27 AM

Some real trolls on this thread. Easy to Google reviews and notices of her recent concerts. Suffice to say they do not match the trolls. Wonder why such viciousness? Because she's old? Because she is an outspoken progressive? Because she's very wealthy? Jewish, a woman? All the above.

by Anonymousreply 314August 8, 2019 4:18 PM

R314, ARE YOU NEW HERE?

by Anonymousreply 315August 8, 2019 4:36 PM

I do hope she brings out her young young son Jason and allows him to sing, showing the world how talented he is and since he's only 53, he still has time for a whole new career !

" Here boyZ, this is my little Jason. Isn't he cute ? He's young, ever so handsome and best of all boyZ, he's undetectable ! Isn't he a purize ? "

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by Anonymousreply 316August 8, 2019 5:02 PM

She has had a boatload of work done lately, crickey.

by Anonymousreply 317August 8, 2019 10:39 PM

No, R314, it's because we've heard her try to sing in the last five years and it's evident to everyone except her sheeple fans that she can't sing anymore. She sounds awful and there can be no justification for her ticket prices when she's performing that badly.

by Anonymousreply 318August 9, 2019 6:03 AM

she has this walking mechanism under her big billowy caftans that allows her to walk, kinda..

by Anonymousreply 319August 9, 2019 8:10 AM

Why can’t she walk? Her cooter drags across the floor creating drag?

by Anonymousreply 320August 9, 2019 8:19 AM

yes, her fat low hangin cooter drags the floor creating a tripod effect for her to balance and wobble..

by Anonymousreply 321August 9, 2019 8:40 AM

R321

So that's not a new pair of gray bunny slippers ?

by Anonymousreply 322August 10, 2019 5:08 AM

Darlings, a cooter , just like a peen, shrinks almost to nothing when you get to the advanced age of 77. It doesn't drag.

by Anonymousreply 323August 10, 2019 6:34 PM

Ariana was too kind to Barbra, but at least she lit a fire under her blanket. Enough is Enough babs.

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by Anonymousreply 324August 19, 2019 9:56 PM

Nope. I'd take time machine back to 1967, perhaps. It would almost hurt to hear anything less.

by Anonymousreply 325August 19, 2019 9:58 PM

[quote]No one will ever ask, "What was the big deal about Whitney Houston?" without a beautiful response.

The woman was a joke alive and dead. Not to me, but I have witnessed it.

by Anonymousreply 326August 19, 2019 10:05 PM

Whitney Houston is already considered the greatest voice of all time. Her legacy is unreachable. She was no joke. But Streisand's few remaining fans are so threatened by that. Whitney left Barbara in her wake 30 years ago. Nothing will change that. Ever. Whitney always showed Barbra and Aretha the greatest respect. Do the same.

by Anonymousreply 327August 19, 2019 10:12 PM

Barbra sounds good on, surprisingly, the higher head voice notes (her first half of "My Man" sounds almost identical to when she did it in the 60's), but her belt is raspy and barely there. Her trying to get through "Don't Rain on My Parade" was embarrassing. And she still thinks she can do Gypsy when all of Rose's material is almost all belt?

by Anonymousreply 328August 19, 2019 10:18 PM

[quote]Whitney Houston is already considered the greatest voice of all time.

By whom? I have no dog in this fight, but Whitney was a joke the last decade of her life and many people still laugh at her MADtv portrayals on YouTube.

by Anonymousreply 329August 19, 2019 10:38 PM

Back in her prime and she hated to perform, went years without giving a concert. Now she gives concerts!

by Anonymousreply 330August 19, 2019 10:55 PM

R327 is the Whitney Houston troll trying to convince us over and over and over and over. It's not working, dear.

by Anonymousreply 331August 19, 2019 11:23 PM

[quote]Are there that many gullible eldergays and older Jewish frauen?

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by Anonymousreply 332August 19, 2019 11:28 PM

The whole world is a Whitney Houston troll!! No one values Barbra Streisand's music and she is never referenced as one of the great singers. She had a very pretty voice and excellent natural technique. 40 years ago. But she massacres music. Terrible.

by Anonymousreply 333August 19, 2019 11:41 PM

her concerts don't sell out anymore.

rather sad

by Anonymousreply 334August 19, 2019 11:41 PM

OMg so funny 'a walking contraption under her big ass caftans that allow her to walk', I laffed so hard my hernia stitches gave way!

by Anonymousreply 335August 19, 2019 11:43 PM

R324 That outfit, dear God.

And Ariana's ponytail is getting old.

by Anonymousreply 336August 20, 2019 12:58 AM

Years ago, a gay friend (who loved Barbra Streisand), and I would go to see her latest movie. The theater seats were filled with middle to upper class middle aged straight women. They were accompanied with their husbands, who they dragged to the movie theatre. Of course, there were multiple gay men in the audience, usually middle aged couples or with groups of friends. I saw this through “Nuts”, “The Prince of Tides” and “The Mirror has Two Faces.” The demographic never changed!

by Anonymousreply 337August 20, 2019 1:36 AM

R337 there is a group of straight Jew men who worship Barbra and bring their wives.

by Anonymousreply 338August 20, 2019 1:39 AM

R337 what about Little Fockers?

by Anonymousreply 339August 20, 2019 1:39 AM

R337 here.

Of course, R338, you are correct. Yet, this was observation from movie theaters west of Philadelphia, in the suburbs. My father, who is straight, working class, likes Barbra too. He thinks she’s beautiful with a killer bod and he enjoys her music.

I always thought she was beautiful, too. I never understood why people find her unattractive.

R339, my friend and I had a falling out. I ended the friendship shortly after “The Prince of Tides”. I didn’t see “The Fockers” because I wasn’t interested in subject matter.

by Anonymousreply 340August 20, 2019 2:00 AM

Sorry queens, but I NEVER thought she had a good voice.

by Anonymousreply 341August 20, 2019 2:00 AM

For the first time in their careers Diane Ross has a stronger singing voice than Babs.

by Anonymousreply 342August 20, 2019 6:21 AM

R341 is deaf. Or retarded.

by Anonymousreply 343August 20, 2019 6:29 AM

I love Barbra - but that pic in OP's post much have caused Photoshop to crash and burn. Yikes. Not a SINGLE wrinkle. C'mon, Babs...

by Anonymousreply 344August 20, 2019 8:34 AM

Republican or illiterate ALERT at R338.

"group of straight Jew men" should be straight JEWISH men, you idiot.

by Anonymousreply 345August 20, 2019 11:17 AM

I always find it odd when people say Streisand never had a good voice. She had great tone, power, and range at one time. Whitney did, too, and so did Celine and Cher and Judy and all the classic divas. They each have their own unique talents and specialties. Just because you might like one more than the other doesn't mean that another is untalented.

by Anonymousreply 346August 21, 2019 1:06 AM

Cher does not belong in the same sentence as Whitney, Celine, Streisand and Garland. Not as a singer.

by Anonymousreply 347August 21, 2019 1:41 AM

R347 how come?

by Anonymousreply 348August 21, 2019 2:17 AM

R348 = Tone deaf

by Anonymousreply 349August 21, 2019 2:22 AM

Cher is an interpreter of song with a decent voice and fortunately amazing stage presence.

by Anonymousreply 350August 21, 2019 3:32 AM

If you have to explain the difference between Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Aretha Franklin & Barbra Streisand's voices compared to what Cher does - there is no hope. It would take reems of musical, technical, critical and spiritual explanation. They're all gay icons. Only four of them are singers. Four of the greatest female vocalists of ALL time.

Cher is not in the top one five hundred best female singers.

[quote]Amazing stage presence.

Ok.

by Anonymousreply 351August 21, 2019 3:54 AM

Phil Collins recently charged about $250 for cheap seats in Los Angeles at an arena. Acts that Appeal to the 50 and over crowd can charge super premium prices. Also, if an act like Streisand doesn’t perform many concerts, they can draw ticket buyers from multiple surrounding states.

by Anonymousreply 352August 21, 2019 4:16 AM

So, how was the concert? Anyone go?

It's interesting that this happened over two weeks ago and I've seen like nothing about it.

by Anonymousreply 353August 21, 2019 4:17 AM

R353 maybe it didn't happen then.

by Anonymousreply 354August 21, 2019 4:20 AM

Omigod, just found a clip on the tube.

The old lazy bitch has to sit down now when she sings. I've never had a problem with her voice, just the dreck she sings (besides b'way standards)

Walls? Really? What a shitty song.

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by Anonymousreply 355August 21, 2019 4:35 AM

There's plenty of evidence of failure and all those clips of her ridiculousness on this thread. Babra should take up drugs. She couldn't look or sound worse.

by Anonymousreply 356August 21, 2019 4:39 AM

Cher is an entertainer, not a singer and there is nothing wrong with that. Sing a little, dance a little, show some film clips. It's been working for 50+ years.

I'm sure Cher would be the first to say she's no singer- in fact she has. But one thing she has is incredible discipline. To still take singing lessons and work out and diet at her age? Jesus, I'd just lay in bed and have my chef bring me incredible food while I read my financials.

by Anonymousreply 357August 21, 2019 5:23 AM

In the clip at r355 the crazy bitch has a black out mike with a white outfit. Yet mine wasn't good enough.

by Anonymousreply 358August 21, 2019 7:35 AM

Listen Cher is a great broad and all that. But discipline is not talent. She has much more of one than the other. She never actually sings live in front of people - who pay to see her. Never. She's past desperate to remain seen and seem relevant. Just like Barbara Streusel.

There's a grossness to what they both do. Not because they are women. But because they are greedy old people who can't let go of the spotlight. Their fans form a jerk parade. Gross.

by Anonymousreply 359August 21, 2019 7:36 AM

Cher stole G's Oscar for Fatal Attraction. Even I'll admit that.

by Anonymousreply 360August 21, 2019 7:39 AM

Barbara's under caftan walking device is her greatest achievement yet!

by Anonymousreply 361August 21, 2019 8:21 AM

Why is wearing tents? Is she that fat?

by Anonymousreply 362August 21, 2019 8:28 AM

Cher sings live. Look at some YouTube clips from recent concerts.. When she messes up, she'll laugh most of the time.

Barbra Streusel? Is that supposed to be clever, cause it isn't.

by Anonymousreply 363August 21, 2019 8:48 AM

Cher does not sing LIVE and anyone who says otherwise is a very OLD gay man. Cuz her only other fans are drag queens and they all know that Cher lip synched everything since 2003. I've never been to a Cher concert - but my grandmother has. Cher doesn't sing or dance, other people do while she changes wigs and tacky outfits. Her shows are kind of disgraceful. Worse than Barbra's in a way. Because Barbra has some artistic sensibility and still believes she is entertaining people. In her heart Cher knows that she's just robbing old fags of a couple hundred bucks.

by Anonymousreply 364August 21, 2019 9:06 AM

"The old lazy bitch has to sit down now when she sings"

SHE'S 77 YEARS OLD, what do you expect? That she can walk out on the stage with no assistance must be a challenge. Oy.

by Anonymousreply 365August 21, 2019 2:00 PM

The fabulous Miss Peggy Lee lost her voice suddenly in 1976 (stroke?) but soldiered on for another 20 years with almost no voice at all but folks still paid to see her.

by Anonymousreply 366August 21, 2019 2:49 PM

R369 then how come you cheered the loudest when Cher's name was called?

by Anonymousreply 367August 21, 2019 4:17 PM

That was for R360.

by Anonymousreply 368August 21, 2019 4:18 PM

Streisand’s cooter DOES drag across the floor. Trust me.

by Anonymousreply 369August 21, 2019 4:49 PM

Linda Ronstadt is 73, seriously ill and not a very self deprecating person. But, she can still give an honest interview about MUSIC, her career, others singers, past and present. She has non apologetic reasons for trying different things and political views that make sense in theory and backed up with life action. She's fascinating, informative and without pity.

Streisand really is a gross egotistical very rich woman with claws where hands would be, 20 thousand dollar blankets cover her infirmities and a half million dollars in surgery can't hide her fear of death. She's hideous, dishonest and far from reality. And the bitch can't SING! Neither can Linda. What the fuck is Streisand's healthy wealth doing for her? She has a tax shelter cancer ward because all jews are terrified of cancer. OY. What a hideous fraud. I don't much like Linda Ronstadt's blaring voice either, but she's a real woman, an actual mother and citizen and more important musically than Streisand can EVER hope to be. Their generation of singers can't be replaced. Read how alive and honest Ronstadt is in this interview. Streisand offers no real observances about life or politics or Trump or her career. EVER. She's cums in the same can as tunafish. She fights nuclear winters and curly hair and the lack of beachfront property. Oh, and she's for women directors, pay equity AND showing her TITS. She's a gross woman with a pretty ugly career. (Think about it) Streisand is a VERY satisfied woman, in denial about her terrible taste and choices. Her lack of contribution to the field(s) that made her rich probably doesn't trouble her mind at all. She still thinks she was important.

Not compared to to the real women of music, she's not. Past and present, as it turns out.

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by Anonymousreply 370September 2, 2019 4:15 AM

What the hell does Ronstadt have to do with Streisand?

by Anonymousreply 371September 2, 2019 4:57 AM

Read my post again bitch R371. Streisand has nothing to do with anything. She's the most irrelevant "star" of all time. Barbara is a hideous creature. Her music is forgotten, she made terrible movies and ruined most every song she lent her voice to. Fifty other women of her time and place are more important to music and culture than she is. That's what Ronstadt has to do with it!!!

by Anonymousreply 372September 2, 2019 5:54 AM

R372, you're just a sad sack of shit. Your anger about Barbra is truly ridiculous, and I think something is wrong with you.

by Anonymousreply 373September 2, 2019 6:15 AM

Girls! Girls! I am woman enough for all of you!

by Anonymousreply 374September 2, 2019 4:13 PM

Liking or disliking Barbra Streisand, thinking she can't sing now or never could sing, has nothing to do with the fact that Streisand was/is a VERY BIG STAR. Molly Haskell wrote a very perceptive article about this in the NYT in 1975. Worth reading (see link).

"Stars become stars by meaning many things to many people, and Streisand is no different — sexy to some, sexless to others, exhibiting strength or weakness according to the beholder. And it is in the nature of fantasy, and of stars, to reconcile contradictions that would split mere mortals asunder. Garbo was an impossible synthesis of flesh and the spirit: Dietrich of decadence and probity. Streisand's way, however, is not synthesis but alternation. She leaps like a self‐propelling pendulum between the raucous Jewish kook and the cultured lady, her singing voice Wasp, her speaking voice Jewish. It's as if the triumph of stardom wouldn't taste so sweet without the constant reminder of where she'd been."

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by Anonymousreply 375September 2, 2019 11:15 PM

Barbra Streisand was also the biggest female movie star of the 1970s. From 1969 to 1980, she was consistently in the Top Ten of Quigley's* Annual List of Box office Champions. Sometimes as the sole female. In 1977, she was #2 on the list, after Sylvester Stallone.

*In the 20th century, Quigley's List was regarded as one of the most reliable barometers of a movie star's box-office power,

by Anonymousreply 376September 2, 2019 11:29 PM

Commercial appeal does not mean quality, R376. SALES does not mean quality, which I have to point out to so many of you youngsters. Streisand had an appeal that translated to audiences, and I think it would have in any era. That's the point, whether she was #2 or #22 on that insipid annual list of top box office stars.

by Anonymousreply 377September 3, 2019 12:00 AM

[quote] From 1969 to 1980, she was consistently in the Top Ten of Quigley's* Annual List of Box office Champions.

Until she became box office poison.

by Anonymousreply 378September 3, 2019 12:10 AM

[quote] Barbra Streisand was also the biggest female movie star of the 1970s. From 1969 to 1980, she was consistently in the Top Ten of Quigley's* Annual List of Box office Champions.

What a career she once had two generations ago!

by Anonymousreply 379September 3, 2019 12:19 AM

The point is that at her height, she was huge in both popular music and popular movies. That's rare for any artist.

by Anonymousreply 380September 3, 2019 12:20 AM

No, the point IS of no return, and YOU'VE just reached it!

by Anonymousreply 381September 3, 2019 1:14 AM

[quote]The point is that at her height, she was huge in both popular music and popular movies.

And she's only 5'4"

by Anonymousreply 382September 3, 2019 1:18 AM

That's only if she shrink ONE inch, R382. Original height 5'5", at 77, it's probably 5'3".

by Anonymousreply 383September 3, 2019 1:26 AM

Well, she has been using stools in concert her entire career- and FYI, the reviews of these recent concerts are mostly raves, and they all sold out- easy to Google. Her last CD went to #8 and the two prior both to #1. Her entire catalogue is available and all of it sells- because she is one of the greatest singers of all time- studied and listened two by both popular and classical artists. There are some sick fucks on this thread.

by Anonymousreply 384September 3, 2019 1:40 AM

[quote] Well, she has been using stools in concert her entire career

You're purposefully feeding us straight lines, aren't you?

by Anonymousreply 385September 3, 2019 1:55 AM

R385 I’ve been pushing them my entire career.

by Anonymousreply 386September 3, 2019 2:08 AM
by Anonymousreply 387September 3, 2019 2:08 AM

I'm not a Streisand devotee, but Linda Ronstadt is a piss poor comparison. Jesus Christ, that's fucking bad. If you don't understand, get lost, permanently.

by Anonymousreply 388September 3, 2019 2:10 AM

[quote]I’ve been pushing them my entire career.

Straight lines or stools?

by Anonymousreply 389September 3, 2019 2:10 AM

[quote] studied and listened two by both popular and classical artists.

Oh, [italic]dear.[/italic]

by Anonymousreply 390September 3, 2019 2:52 AM

[Quote]because she is one of the greatest singers of all time- studied and listened two by both popular and classical artists.

Where is the evidence that classical artists study her and listen to her? And don't say Glenn Gould because that's the only one Streisand fanatics keep bringing up.

by Anonymousreply 391September 3, 2019 6:21 AM

Second time I showed up for him, Charlie offered me an extra $500 to accompany him to a Judy Collins concert. He was wearing a pimp wide brown suede jacket lapel and plaid bell bottoms! He said they were vintage. He told me I didn't have to fuck him but he insisted on squeezing and pulling on my dick all through that terrible show. Felt okay but was a bit embarrassing. Who the fuck is Judy Collins? She was very pleased with herself and sounded like Meryl in the movie about the woman who couldn't sing? Andyway, so charlie wants to go back to my place at w126 and Amsterdam, but told me that he would need to take a double V if I was charging extra. I said don't worry, just pay the taxi. Charlie won't take uber because he hates brown people - they murder jews. He sure does pay a lot for us black men. he's taken me "out" 5 more times!! And I ain't fucked him yet. But yeah he can suck me off for the five. He's not so bad, except for the teeth and breath. Why do old men always want to kiss just cuz they paid 500? He told me Barbra was a civil rights activist in the 1950s. OK. I said but I won't go to see her because it would hurt my ears - charlie asked how much would it cost for my ears to feel better? He likes being seen with me. Can't blame him for that. SO, I AM going to see Barbra Rosa Parks. For a lot more than $500. She can't be worse than his Judy Garland stories or the Judy Collin whale sounds or his old man denture breath. His ass is in not bad shape for 78. He does work out. Squats a lot.

by Anonymousreply 392October 7, 2019 7:30 AM

Babs should have quit when she was on top; no one would have blamed her for "retiring" after a pretty good run.

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by Anonymousreply 393October 7, 2019 10:08 AM

Actually "The Way We Were" probably was "it"

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by Anonymousreply 394October 7, 2019 10:11 AM

If she had spent 1/10 the time utilizing her talent instead of nurturing her narcissism and neurosis, she might have a career to be proud of.

by Anonymousreply 395October 11, 2019 5:05 AM

There but for the grace of god, luck or circumstance, go you.

by Anonymousreply 396October 11, 2019 6:59 AM

R395 she wanted to be an actress but finished acting for years after Mirror Has 2 Faces.

by Anonymousreply 397October 11, 2019 9:07 AM

No r397, she wanted to be a BEAUTIFUL actress. Sreizand made one terrible vanity project after another. Only bad films were good enough for her. She only had one talent. It was singing. And kind of drecky old fashioned singing. Mmmmm mem or ees....and she saved it for over the credits in all those terrible films my parents wouldn't even go to.

The Mirror has 3 Chins is famously bad. Barbra must always be discovered to be devastatingly gorgeous about half way through her films. It's in her contract. This unusually involves a new lips color, a black dress and some hair crimping. Suddenly any handsome co stars are ejaculating in their pants. It's exciting when Babra shows her hidden beauty. YUCK. She's had success but she should have sung for people when she was able. That was her only talent. Long ago.

by Anonymousreply 398October 11, 2019 9:34 AM

Sometimes I'll wear a choker. Depends on the character's motivation. And my chins.

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by Anonymousreply 399October 11, 2019 9:44 AM

Most singers voices go bad when they reach their mid 60s they don'd have the power in their lungs and the vocal chords thicken, so no I wouldn't pay to see or hear her sing at 77.

by Anonymousreply 400October 11, 2019 10:26 AM

^ Streisand has always been obsessed with her bust. Padding and push-up bras turned her modest B-cups into an explosion of sexy mammaries. It's been so convincing, numerous gays on this very site ooh and ahh over them, though I've never heard it from a straight man. Now, of course, Babs' advanced weight gives her the bust she's always dreamed of., but at her age they look sloppy instead of sexy. Mother Nature always wins, Babs!

by Anonymousreply 401October 11, 2019 1:04 PM

I think Babs was jealous of Bette Midler's big tits and Aretha's Rocky Mountains pachongas.

by Anonymousreply 402October 11, 2019 8:30 PM

R399 I’d like to know what the crew was thinking while the scene was filmed

by Anonymousreply 403October 11, 2019 10:41 PM

R403, the crew were probably too tired, hungry and sleepy to think at that point. I'm sure Babs had them film it over and over again until she had just the perfect lighting and the perfect angle and the perfect pose and the perfect match between her curtains and her dress. I'm guessing they started filming at 6 am one morning and finished at 4.37 am two days later. Followed by six days of editing and altering the scene to make it perfect.

by Anonymousreply 404October 12, 2019 7:18 AM

R403, the crew were probably too tired, hungry and sleepy to think at that point. I'm sure Babs had them film it over and over again until she had just the perfect lighting and the perfect angle and the perfect pose and the perfect match between her curtains and her dress. I'm guessing they started filming at 6 am one morning and finished at 4.37 am two days later. Followed by six days of editing and altering the scene to make it perfect.

by Anonymousreply 405October 12, 2019 7:18 AM

This person still had her voice into her mid-70s and is still fun to listen to...

No plastic surgery, pushup bras,etc. ever necessary.

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by Anonymousreply 406October 12, 2019 10:33 AM

shit I thought she died yrs ago.....weird.

by Anonymousreply 407October 12, 2019 12:05 PM

This was one of the most beloved entertainers of all time, especially to the gays. Why have you all turned on her in this way?

by Anonymousreply 408October 29, 2019 2:44 AM

OMG I had a scary dream last night! I was in an apartment with several others which I assume belonged to Roslyn Kind. I wanted to go home and Roslyn kept insisting that we go visit her mother (who was alive) because we remind her of Barbra. I assumed that Barbra was dead and that the mother thought we knew Barbra. Then I asked how I'd get home...Roslyn kept telling me I could take the 7 train. It didn't happen because they left without me, I had fallen asleep on the floor.

by Anonymousreply 409October 29, 2019 1:32 PM

Now that her tour is over, what's the next big thing for BS?

by Anonymousreply 410October 29, 2019 1:40 PM

[QUOTE]Barbara Streisand To Play Maids

Well, it's about time ! I've always said that she's entirely too homely for female romantic leads.

by Anonymousreply 411October 30, 2019 5:01 PM
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