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Helen Reddy has PASSED AWAY

Helen Reddy has died at 78 years old in Los Angeles.

by Anonymousreply 231October 5, 2020 8:39 PM

So young.

by Anonymousreply 1September 30, 2020 2:22 AM

You and me against the world..... RIP.

by Anonymousreply 2September 30, 2020 2:23 AM

I am no longer woman. Hear no roar.

by Anonymousreply 3September 30, 2020 2:25 AM

I hope she completed a postal vote.... oh and thoughts and prayers.

by Anonymousreply 4September 30, 2020 2:25 AM

Last I saw she was living in some small condo in Australia. Wonder why she was in LA.

Loved her - she had many fine songs and I will always love those songs, even if she wasn't the best person.

by Anonymousreply 5September 30, 2020 2:29 AM

[quote] even if she wasn't the best person

I don't know anything about her as a person. Please explain.

by Anonymousreply 6September 30, 2020 2:31 AM

She was being cared for at the Motion Picture and Television Fund’s Samuel Goldwyn Center for Behavioral Health in Woodland Hills. She had dementia.

by Anonymousreply 7September 30, 2020 2:32 AM

The other thread about her doesn't even have Helen Reddy's name in the thread title. She is too important to gay and lesbian culture to let that happen.

by Anonymousreply 8September 30, 2020 2:33 AM

Was she watching the debates?

by Anonymousreply 9September 30, 2020 2:33 AM

This debate is killing me, too.

by Anonymousreply 10September 30, 2020 2:35 AM

Wow, I was just watching a few of her videos on YouTube yesterday. RIP.

by Anonymousreply 11September 30, 2020 2:35 AM

Is apoplexy still a thing?

by Anonymousreply 12September 30, 2020 2:35 AM

Angie is one of the scariest characters ever to hit the pop charts

by Anonymousreply 13September 30, 2020 2:36 AM

Was she a lesbian?

by Anonymousreply 14September 30, 2020 2:39 AM

RIP.

by Anonymousreply 15September 30, 2020 2:42 AM

Dyke music.

by Anonymousreply 16September 30, 2020 2:44 AM

She's one of those people who only could have been famous in the 70s.

I've heard of the I Am Woman song (which sucks) but that's all.

by Anonymousreply 17September 30, 2020 2:45 AM

1970's gayling me couldn't stand her music.

by Anonymousreply 18September 30, 2020 2:46 AM

I thought she'd have dropped dead when she saw this....

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by Anonymousreply 19September 30, 2020 2:51 AM

She was before my time, but I know she has a special place in the hearts of Eldergays and Elderdykes.

by Anonymousreply 20September 30, 2020 2:52 AM

I was but a wee tot when I saw her for the first time in Sesame street. I even recall a bit guest spot on the Jefferson's when G, WZ, and Flo went to gamble on A Cty. So glad for her today!

by Anonymousreply 21September 30, 2020 2:55 AM

Shortly before she died, Helen Reddy recorded a cover of "Wet Ass Pussy." It will be released posthumously.

by Anonymousreply 22September 30, 2020 2:56 AM

She had amazingly powerful pipes.

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by Anonymousreply 23September 30, 2020 3:08 AM

Her hit "Angie Baby" was my favorite though it wasn't until years later that I found out the song was about necrophilia.

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by Anonymousreply 24September 30, 2020 3:47 AM

Was she ready for death?

by Anonymousreply 25September 30, 2020 4:09 AM

She’s fine, she sends her love.

by Anonymousreply 26September 30, 2020 4:11 AM

R17, you’re a know-nothing twat.

by Anonymousreply 27September 30, 2020 4:12 AM

I agree--go shit on some other thread, r17.

by Anonymousreply 28September 30, 2020 4:13 AM

r27 Not everybody was around fifty fucking years ago.

by Anonymousreply 29September 30, 2020 4:14 AM

we

already

knew

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by Anonymousreply 30September 30, 2020 4:15 AM

I'm sure the eldergays back in the 70s were pissily calling r27/r28 know-nothing twats because they weren't familiar with some silent movie personality from the 20s.

by Anonymousreply 31September 30, 2020 4:15 AM

The 1970s to the 2020s are as far away as the 1920s were to the 1970s. Think about that, motherfuckers.

Time moves on....

by Anonymousreply 32September 30, 2020 4:17 AM

I was born in 1979. I was not around 50 years ago. But I’m culturally literate, and I like music, and the 70s was a great decade for it.

If you think the only stuff worth knowing about and experiencing is the shit that’s going on RIGHT NOW, you’re an idiot and a bore.

by Anonymousreply 33September 30, 2020 4:20 AM

What the fuck kind of argument is that, R32? Eat shit, retard.

by Anonymousreply 34September 30, 2020 4:21 AM

Helen's ready.

by Anonymousreply 35September 30, 2020 4:21 AM

RIP, Mac Davis.

by Anonymousreply 36September 30, 2020 4:31 AM

Nothing could be so pathetic as some troll who feels he has to shit all over a death thread.

by Anonymousreply 37September 30, 2020 4:36 AM

r33 I'm around your age and of course I know a lot of culture from the 70s but a borderline novelty singer whose few hits you never really hear like Helen Reddy wouldn't be someone many people are familiar with.

by Anonymousreply 38September 30, 2020 4:41 AM

Mac Davis deserves his own thread.

by Anonymousreply 39September 30, 2020 4:48 AM

I wish I did, R39.

by Anonymousreply 40September 30, 2020 4:49 AM

SHES DEAD!!!!!! DEEEAAADDD!!!!!!!!

by Anonymousreply 41September 30, 2020 4:51 AM

Dusty Springfield's "I Am Woman" was much better. That crazy drug fucked dyke could sing anything and make it sound fabulous.

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by Anonymousreply 42September 30, 2020 4:53 AM

I'm sad.

by Anonymousreply 43September 30, 2020 5:05 AM

A 1970s gay icon dies and there are people hissing, pissing on and joking about her?

R43 is the real thing. Many of the others here, not so much.

by Anonymousreply 44September 30, 2020 5:10 AM

Jesus r44 it's not like Helen Reddy was that well-known after the 70s. She wasn't Stevie Nicks or Cher.

by Anonymousreply 45September 30, 2020 5:14 AM

Has she met Delta Dawn ?

by Anonymousreply 46September 30, 2020 5:22 AM

Reddy should have been a bigger star. She certainly had the pipes and stage presence for it. She wasn't very 'cool' though, like the aforementioned Nicks and Cher. She lacked that 'it' factor.

Someone once wrote about her 70's fellow travelers and countrymen, the Bee Gees, that as performers they came across like an anachronism, something lifted out of the music scene in the 50s. Very old-fashioned, more for the middle-aged dinner club circuit than arenas or stadiums (although they did fine in the latter). Reddy came across like that, at times more Broadway than LA scenester.

Didn't she have a really bad drug problem at one point? Cocaine, late 70s/early 80s. Seem to recall it factored into her bitter divorce, her husband was also her manager for many years. He got into trouble too - tax issues?

by Anonymousreply 47September 30, 2020 5:27 AM

She seemed like a genuinely nice woman. Not greedy for money or fame or attention.

by Anonymousreply 48September 30, 2020 5:38 AM

[quote]Jesus [R44] it's not like Helen Reddy was that well-known after the 70s. She wasn't Stevie Nicks or Cher.

The 70s are the DL default decade. For many here they never ended.

by Anonymousreply 49September 30, 2020 5:40 AM

It was before my time but it was the "camp" decade, hence its popularity here.

by Anonymousreply 50September 30, 2020 5:42 AM

[quote] The 70s are the DL default decade. For many here they never ended.

For me it's the 50s.

by Anonymousreply 51September 30, 2020 5:42 AM

Homer Simpson sends his condolences.

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by Anonymousreply 52September 30, 2020 5:43 AM

r49 I've always found it very sad.

by Anonymousreply 53September 30, 2020 5:43 AM

[quote] I've always found it very sad.

Me too. Visually, environmentally, politically and economically it seems like a depressing time.

by Anonymousreply 54September 30, 2020 5:50 AM

It was an interesting time. An intelligent time. A creative time. a musical time. A sexy time. A liberating time. A very American time. The best era to be young-ish of the twentieth century....oops forgot Gay Lib.

by Anonymousreply 55September 30, 2020 6:13 AM

But you can't live in the past. I had a blast in the late 90s/early 2000s but my god I don't live there.

by Anonymousreply 56September 30, 2020 6:24 AM

I loved her as Nora in Pete's Dragon

by Anonymousreply 57September 30, 2020 6:25 AM

I used to get her mixed up with Linda Ronstadt. To me there were just two dark-haired women with good voices.

I gravitated more towards Cher and Donna Summer . Go figure

by Anonymousreply 58September 30, 2020 6:33 AM

Did MISS Michael Learned comment? Her son, Lucas, is married to Helen’s daughter, Traci.

by Anonymousreply 59September 30, 2020 6:35 AM

Who the hell is Michael Learned?

by Anonymousreply 60September 30, 2020 6:37 AM

Goodnight, Ma.

by Anonymousreply 61September 30, 2020 6:42 AM

[quote]Me too. Visually, environmentally, politically and economically it seems like a depressing time.

That's like saying New York in the 70s was all violence and decay. If you think that you're not getting it.

by Anonymousreply 62September 30, 2020 6:43 AM

[quote] Her son, Lucas, is married to Helen’s daughter, Traci.

OMG what happened to Traci?

by Anonymousreply 63September 30, 2020 6:46 AM

Someone check on Anne Murray, stat!

by Anonymousreply 64September 30, 2020 6:50 AM

[quote] That's like saying New York in the 70s was all violence and decay. If you think that you're not getting it.

Your probably correct. I didn’t live through the 70s, so most of what I’ve seen is dreary.

by Anonymousreply 65September 30, 2020 6:52 AM

HR was suffering from dementia. Way too many people are suffering from dementia and Alzheimers, they are also getting these disorders at much younger ages.

Alzheimers must be environmental. My elderly relatives lived well into their 90s, they died from their hearts simply giving out. One grandparent smoked, he died from heart disease. No heavy drinkers in my family. When you hear a person in their 50s has Alzheimers, you have to figure there must be an environmental component.

by Anonymousreply 66September 30, 2020 6:52 AM

[quote] That's like saying New York in the 70s was all violence and decay. If you think that you're not getting it.

You’re probably correct. I didn’t live through the 70s, so most of what I’ve seen is dreary.

by Anonymousreply 67September 30, 2020 6:53 AM

[quote]Someone check on Anne Murray, stat!

Anne is fine. she's on a beaver hunt in Ottawa right now, if you know what I'm saying.

by Anonymousreply 68September 30, 2020 7:14 AM

I know what you’re saying.

by Anonymousreply 69September 30, 2020 9:48 AM

Helen Reddy was in my history books with the lyrics of I am Woman printed out and there was a lot about the women's movement in the US. I think most of many ages know who she is.

by Anonymousreply 70September 30, 2020 10:15 AM

I think I saw a clip of Helen singing I am Woman with Jane Fonda at a big rally at the Washington Monument

by Anonymousreply 71September 30, 2020 10:17 AM

Now this is freaky. When I was a kid, my parents took me to my first concert at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado. The two performers that night?

Helen Reddy and Mac Davis

by Anonymousreply 72September 30, 2020 10:32 AM

OmG - freaky, R72.

by Anonymousreply 73September 30, 2020 10:48 AM

Miss HR already..." and when one of us is gone, and the other is left to carry on. Memories will have to do.."

by Anonymousreply 74September 30, 2020 11:07 AM

Delta Dawn Down

by Anonymousreply 75September 30, 2020 11:12 AM

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by Anonymousreply 76September 30, 2020 11:19 AM

I fear Olivia Newton John is next.

Us Aussies are worried!

by Anonymousreply 77September 30, 2020 11:21 AM

She was the Joan Fontaine to Anne Murray’s Livvy

by Anonymousreply 78September 30, 2020 11:28 AM

78 is the new 27!

by Anonymousreply 79September 30, 2020 11:29 AM

my infant daughter in a high chair would lover her Disney anthoogy / but when Candle on the Water from Petes Dragon would come on track 3/ she woud wail and scream bloody murder until we switched to the next track ...

by Anonymousreply 80September 30, 2020 12:26 PM

Helen Reddy has NOT passed away. Helen Reddy is DEAD. She DIED. Take you passed away religion elsewhere.

by Anonymousreply 81September 30, 2020 12:36 PM

Christ. R42, she was a goddamn legend, that was great.

by Anonymousreply 82September 30, 2020 1:02 PM

Dusty was in a class of her own. That woman was such a rare and unique talent.

by Anonymousreply 83September 30, 2020 2:12 PM

I agree that Helen Reddy has not passed AWAY. She has passed ON. There's a difference.

by Anonymousreply 84September 30, 2020 3:32 PM

What was on her...oh, forget it.

by Anonymousreply 85September 30, 2020 3:34 PM

Here's the truth. Helen Reddy with ONE song she wrote changed the trajectory for women around the world. Go ahead and shit on this but it's the fucking truth. Music can be powerful and she was a great example of it. Just think about it.

by Anonymousreply 86September 30, 2020 4:52 PM

.........

by Anonymousreply 87September 30, 2020 5:32 PM

Angie Baby was my favorite by her.

by Anonymousreply 88September 30, 2020 5:48 PM

R86 = Helen Reddy's publicist

by Anonymousreply 89September 30, 2020 5:56 PM

who?

by Anonymousreply 90September 30, 2020 5:57 PM

Helen Reddy is one of those "you really had to be there" type of entertainers.

by Anonymousreply 91September 30, 2020 6:13 PM

I was going to administer CPR, but Helen told me to leave her alone.

by Anonymousreply 92September 30, 2020 6:14 PM

Well at least I know what I’m going at Halloween 🎃 as: Hellen Deady!

by Anonymousreply 93September 30, 2020 6:19 PM

^I hope I’ll pass^

by Anonymousreply 94September 30, 2020 6:21 PM

She had been on steroids for decades due to addison's disease and she onlt had one kidney. I wonder if that factored into her health problems?

by Anonymousreply 95September 30, 2020 6:37 PM

r89 = bitter cunt

by Anonymousreply 96September 30, 2020 6:41 PM

Growing up in the seventies there were so many weekly variety shows - Carol Burnett, Sonny and Cher, Tony Orlando and Dawn, Flip Wilson etc plus daytime - Mike Douglas, Merv Griffin, Dinah Shore etc - Helen Reddy was featured prominently on these shows at least once a season as I recall - so we all grew familiar with her in our living room - not to mention she had heavy rotation on AM radio - her voice is a happy memory for me.

by Anonymousreply 97September 30, 2020 7:20 PM

Helen Reddy was my first concert. I’m in the process of getting ready (no pun intended) to sell my parents’ house and am removing so many record albums and singles that were left behind. I had discarded most, but kept some, including those of Helen Reddy. Tuesday morning, before learning of her passing, I decided to take everything out to the curb for garbage pick-up. The only thing that survived being tossed was an early Beatles album.

by Anonymousreply 98September 30, 2020 7:45 PM

Dont you have charity shops in the USA where you can take things like that to?

by Anonymousreply 99September 30, 2020 7:55 PM

R95, that causes dementia? Don't think so. Her other medical conditions could have caused her death, but come on she was almost 80.

by Anonymousreply 100September 30, 2020 9:10 PM

R98, last year I unloaded hundreds of old record albums as a donation. Big Brothers Big Sisters picked them up. Goodwill stores take them too, though they're not picking up lately because of Covid.

by Anonymousreply 101September 30, 2020 9:13 PM

R95 yes...it was a part of her health issues. She had been on dialysis for the past several years.

by Anonymousreply 102September 30, 2020 9:15 PM

I wrote this years ago here on a thread about early days of MTV. On a Carol Burnett appearance circa 1971 or so I swear the first incarnation or notion of a “music video” was performed by Helen as a guest on Carol Burnett. I remember watching as a 5 year old. Helen sang the song but behind her was a cut out of a two story house w separate rooms. An actress acted out the song as Helen sung it. I have often thought that was the nascent concept of MTV.

by Anonymousreply 103September 30, 2020 9:26 PM

103 Posts and no mention of her in AIRPORT 75 as a nun singing to a young Linda Blair?

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by Anonymousreply 104September 30, 2020 9:48 PM

Helen Reddy was permanent co host of the Midnight Special for about a year at one point.

Who's the Dustybot on here all of a sudden? She had a good voice, but shit, she was hardly on the level of Callas or even Streisand.

by Anonymousreply 105September 30, 2020 9:53 PM

Streisand is repulsive. thank god she was not on that level.

by Anonymousreply 106September 30, 2020 9:57 PM

R103 I remember this so clearly! She was singing "Angie Baby" and the song was being acted out behind her! I've searched for that clip on YouTube, but have never been able to find it.

by Anonymousreply 107September 30, 2020 10:01 PM

You owe me a blow job R107. Unless you're a frau. Then I want money.

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by Anonymousreply 108October 1, 2020 12:34 AM

R108. Love you. R103 here. Jesus. That stuck in my mind from five years of age.

by Anonymousreply 109October 1, 2020 1:06 AM

“She” flaked out of a pride concert because “she” was a TERF. I hope they burn “her” fat transphobic d¥ke corpse on a pyre of Harry Potter books. And it’s because of “her” that Disney almost went bankrupt. Every shitty movie they have made in the last 40 years was made as a reaction to “hers” being a flop. It would not have been had the studio cast a trans womxn of colour in the role of Nora. And don’t say they would never do that if they would let Wendy Carlos compose the score to TRON 5 years later.

“She“ was really a man like all transphobic d¥kes. All “her“ biggest hits were written by man except for the one “she“ hated yet never shut up about. And if “she” were any kind of feminist or progressive, you wouldn’t be making movies with Republicans.

Hell, I’m a man and I am more of a feminist then “she“ ever was. “She” ruined the 1970s. Now “she” is just another dead TERF, the only good kind. Go suck girl cock in hell until Linda Blair gets there, bitch!

by Anonymousreply 110October 1, 2020 1:10 AM

Yeah, me too, R5. I saw her in an Australian news feature clip on YouTube around that time showing her in her new condo and how she’d supposedly decided happily to divest herself of most of her pricey accumulated bling and possessions and was now gladly living a simpler, quieter existence there.

by Anonymousreply 111October 1, 2020 1:30 AM

Even the devil doesn’t want Madonna.

by Anonymousreply 112October 1, 2020 1:32 AM

r110 = J.k. Rowling. Don't you have something else to do?

by Anonymousreply 113October 1, 2020 1:33 AM

R110, Helen looked like a 1970s dyke, but she wasn't :(

by Anonymousreply 114October 1, 2020 1:39 AM

Reddy's home was in a senior assisted living campus for the entertainment community. It's huge! It's in Woodland Hills Ca in The Valley. Yes, that one.

by Anonymousreply 115October 1, 2020 1:43 AM

WHERE ARE THE TRIBUTES?

This woman pioneered feminism back in the 70's. I AM WOMAN was the face of the FUCKING MOVEMENT!

Gloria Steinem, where are you?

Jane Fonda, she had you sing on one of her specials. Stop lecturing everyone for five minutes and SAY THANKS.

Barbra? Hello, Miss Feminism., are you there? Always wanting to talk about women. Put away the jealousy for five seconds.

Where are the elder female politicians?

After all she did for feminism? You know had groundbreaking she was for the cause.

This is a fucking disgrace at a time when women's rights are on the chopping block. We need this anthem more than ever and we need to pay tribute to the woman who SANG IT AND SAY THANK YOU.

by Anonymousreply 116October 1, 2020 1:43 AM

"This woman pioneered feminism back in the 70's."

You believe the publicity, huh, R116?

by Anonymousreply 117October 1, 2020 1:45 AM

r117 = ignorant fucktard.

by Anonymousreply 118October 1, 2020 1:46 AM

agree, r116.

by Anonymousreply 119October 1, 2020 1:47 AM

R118 = born in 1999

by Anonymousreply 120October 1, 2020 1:49 AM

AGAIN, Helen Reddy with ONE song she wrote changed the trajectory for women around the world. Go ahead and shit on this but it's the fucking truth. Think about the women back in the 1970 who had zero path to success except to be Mommies. PLUS, Reddy was one of the first women to talk and write songs about divorce. The women LEAVING the a man. Unheard of back then in the mass market pop music entertainment. Music can be powerful and she was a great example of it. Just think about it.

by Anonymousreply 121October 1, 2020 1:54 AM

It shocks me that Helen Reddy's death has gotten more coverage than Donna Summer's. Donna's went mostly unnoticed by the world.

by Anonymousreply 122October 1, 2020 1:56 AM

"born in 1999"

Yes, Gen Z is known for its overwhelming love of Helen Reddy

by Anonymousreply 123October 1, 2020 2:00 AM

R121, you are treading water...very murky water.

by Anonymousreply 124October 1, 2020 2:03 AM

Re. celebrities paying tribute - I know Dana Delaney put out a nice tweet about her

by Anonymousreply 125October 1, 2020 2:06 AM

She was the only Hollywood feminist who actually practiced what she preached even when it came at the expense of her own career. That makes her easier to take seriously than someone like, say, Taylor Swift. Who will give a shit about her when she dies?

by Anonymousreply 126October 1, 2020 2:08 AM

Taylor Swift will be remembered. Are you one of those freaks who hate her because she's against Trump?

by Anonymousreply 127October 1, 2020 2:16 AM

I was a gayling back then, but Helen Reddy had no particular status as a gay icon. The lesbians liked her, though, maybe because she didn’t wear underwear. Didn’t Bette Midler have a joke about that?

by Anonymousreply 128October 1, 2020 2:21 AM

No, actually Bette Midler‘s joke about her was “she oughta be arrested for loitering on stage.“

by Anonymousreply 129October 1, 2020 2:34 AM

How so, r124? Explain, please.

by Anonymousreply 130October 1, 2020 2:43 AM

That Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady was this 70's Gayling's favorite Helen Reddy song.

by Anonymousreply 131October 1, 2020 2:44 AM

Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on?

Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?

And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today

To take you to his mansion in the sky

by Anonymousreply 132October 1, 2020 2:47 AM

r89 = r124 = still a bitter cunt

by Anonymousreply 133October 1, 2020 2:47 AM

[italic]Family Guy[/italic] outlives another guest star.

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by Anonymousreply 134October 1, 2020 3:16 AM

FF OP for no link. Fat lazy whore.

by Anonymousreply 135October 1, 2020 3:59 AM

She had a unique tone to her voice that I always liked.

I came across this video today. I think someone was once looking for this performance of Angie Baby from the Carol Burnett show.

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by Anonymousreply 136October 1, 2020 4:00 AM

[quote] WHERE ARE THE TRIBUTES?

MP Joanna Cherry tweeted a nice one today.

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by Anonymousreply 137October 1, 2020 4:17 AM

R108 Yes, I owe you a blow job! Thank you for this!

And like you, R103, this segment has stuck with me all these years, too. In fact, every time I hear the song, I think of this.

by Anonymousreply 138October 1, 2020 11:48 AM

R107, you are too stupid to live. Type Helen Reddy Angie Baby in youtube and it was the 4th video in line.

by Anonymousreply 139October 1, 2020 12:08 PM

R22...Either you're attempting to inject race where it doesn't belong or you were living under a rock when Summer died. As one of the most influential women in rock & roll, she was mourned & recognized as such, very prolifically & very affectionately.

by Anonymousreply 140October 1, 2020 12:09 PM

Hey, R139, if you read the YouTube comments, you'll see that this video was just recently uploaded. So it's quite likely that the video wasn't there prior to Helen Reddy dying.

So I guess if R107 is too stupid to live, you're too stupid to read.

by Anonymousreply 141October 1, 2020 12:14 PM

The recent bio-pic I Am Woman made on her life is a pile of shit.

by Anonymousreply 142October 1, 2020 12:20 PM

Before somebody posts an "we know" post, I'll apologize for the repeat link. Anybody else here having problems seeing preview or watching videos on this site? I can't tell what a posted video is unless I open it in a separate window.

by Anonymousreply 143October 1, 2020 12:39 PM

November3rd 2019 is NOT fairly recently, R141. So suck it.

by Anonymousreply 144October 1, 2020 12:45 PM

R140 here...My bad. My comment is in reply to R122!

by Anonymousreply 145October 1, 2020 12:50 PM

R136 meet R108.

by Anonymousreply 146October 1, 2020 12:53 PM

Olivia Newton-John, Hugh Jackman, Seth MacFarlane, Jamie Lee Curtis, Viola Davis, Patricia Arquette, and Jane Lynch have all posted tributes.

by Anonymousreply 147October 1, 2020 12:55 PM

R144 seems quite agitated. Is she Angie Baby herself?

"You're a little touched, you know..."

by Anonymousreply 148October 1, 2020 12:56 PM

The only two Helen Reddy songs I like are I Am Woman & Leave Me Alone. Angie Baby and another are OK I guess.

Though I do think the line 'Spread my loving arms around the land' in I Am Woman would have been better if it had been 'Spread my loving legs around the land'.

by Anonymousreply 149October 1, 2020 1:00 PM

yeah, yeah, I know, R108. Sorry. As I said, I can't easily see videos here anymore to know what has been posted.

by Anonymousreply 150October 1, 2020 1:08 PM

[quote]Though I do think the line 'Spread my loving arms around the land' in I Am Woman would have been better if it had been 'Spread my loving legs around the land'.

If Joni Mitchell had sung the song, it would've been.

by Anonymousreply 151October 1, 2020 2:32 PM

"Olivia Newton-John, Hugh Jackman, Seth MacFarlane, Jamie Lee Curtis, Viola Davis, Patricia Arquette, and Jane Lynch have all posted tributes."

I bet baby Hugh was running around the house as a kid singing "Delta Dawn"

by Anonymousreply 152October 1, 2020 5:54 PM

I thought the Mac Davis reference was just a tongue-in-cheek reference to another semi-forgotten early-70's icon...but then I realized holy shit, he died too!

On the same day, no less!

Somebody please check on Tony Orlando!!!

by Anonymousreply 153October 1, 2020 6:12 PM

Oh god r153 now you've done it. The old queens on here will be buzzing that you called Helen Reddy "semi-forgotten."

She WAS, but don't tell the elders that!

by Anonymousreply 154October 1, 2020 6:46 PM

[quote]I thought the Mac Davis reference was just a tongue-in-cheek reference to another semi-forgotten early-70's icon...but then I realized holy shit, he died too! On the same day, no less!

Also, both were 78.

by Anonymousreply 155October 1, 2020 6:58 PM

She made her big-screen debut in the disaster movie “Airport 1975” (released in 1974) as a guitar-playing nun who comforts a sick little girl (Linda Blair) on an almost certainly doomed 747. Ms. Reddy always liked to point out that Gloria Swanson and Myrna Loy were also in the cast. She made her big-screen debut in the disaster movie “Airport 1975” (released in 1974) as a guitar-playing nun who comforts a sick little girl (Linda Blair) on an almost certainly doomed 747. Ms. Reddy always liked to point out that Gloria Swanson and Myrna Loy were also in the cast.

by Anonymousreply 156October 1, 2020 7:09 PM

Are you saying she made her big-screen debut in the disaster movie "Airport 1975"? R156?

by Anonymousreply 157October 1, 2020 7:11 PM

She was unique and had her own style of adult contemporary pop that was all her own. The tone of her voice was at times odd. Her look and style was very everyday 70s (mostly). She seemed like a singing mom, which she was of course. I like Angie Baby and You and me against the world very much.

by Anonymousreply 158October 1, 2020 7:14 PM

R10 so does Ann Murray

by Anonymousreply 159October 1, 2020 7:17 PM

R74 that line breaks my heart. I think about me and my mom.

by Anonymousreply 160October 1, 2020 7:21 PM

She never had an image.

by Anonymousreply 161October 1, 2020 7:23 PM

Anybody have any idea where she's going to be laid to rest?

Tanya Tucker and I have been dreaming of pissing on her grave for decades!

by Anonymousreply 162October 1, 2020 7:39 PM

[quote]Donna's went mostly unnoticed by the world.

Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Dolly Parton, Elton John, and many a more A lister celeb paid tribute to Donna Summer when she passed. Obama even made an official statement.

by Anonymousreply 163October 1, 2020 8:58 PM

Donna Summer's death didn't get a huge amount of media coverage.

I was surprised that Kenny Rogers' recent death also didn't get as much media coverage as it should have. He was an enormous star back in the day.

by Anonymousreply 164October 1, 2020 9:31 PM

R163: Helen Reddy and Mac Davis are linked via Susan Clark. Outside of Helen's role in [italic]Airport 1975[/italic], Mac Davis was a guest star on [italic]Webster[/italic] in 1986.

by Anonymousreply 165October 1, 2020 9:48 PM

Shit Kenny Rogers death was on my tv forever it seemed. It was covered to the maximum amount. Especially by A&E, CMT, etc.

by Anonymousreply 166October 1, 2020 9:50 PM

Not by the major mainstream outlets, r166. For a man who was such a major star, there wasn't a lot.

by Anonymousreply 167October 1, 2020 9:52 PM

Donna Summer got inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a year after she passed.

When the President makes a statement, that's pretty big.

Summer also hadn't been much of consistent recording artist for the twenty five years prior, so it wasn't like they had a whole lot to cover. VH1 and BET did show a marathon of videos though.

by Anonymousreply 168October 1, 2020 9:54 PM

R167 pfffffft

by Anonymousreply 169October 1, 2020 10:01 PM

R168 doesn’t know Donna Summer’s recording catalog. Stupid ass.

by Anonymousreply 170October 1, 2020 10:02 PM

It's true r167.

by Anonymousreply 171October 1, 2020 10:11 PM

r165 Reddy recorded Davis's hit "I Believe in Music" as an early B-side, he also guest starred on her short-lived tv series The Helen Reddy Show in the summer of '73.

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by Anonymousreply 172October 1, 2020 10:54 PM

[quote]doesn’t know Donna Summer’s recording catalog. Stupid ass.

What is your fucking point? Other than derailing a thread on Helen Reddy to air some grievance you've had for the last eight years?

Start your own fucking thread on Donna Summer being ignored if you're that outraged. Dumbass.

by Anonymousreply 173October 1, 2020 10:59 PM

It’s just your fucking perception, r67!

by Anonymousreply 174October 1, 2020 11:03 PM

[quote]Helen Reddy and Mac Davis are linked via Susan Clark. Outside of Helen's role in Airport 1975, Mac Davis was a guest star on Webster in 1986.

Helen Reddy and Mac Davis were both on Broadway at about the same time, Helen in "Blood Brothers" and Mac in "The Will Rogers Follies." Maybe they shared a cab to the theater district.

by Anonymousreply 175October 2, 2020 12:10 AM

Both ugly

by Anonymousreply 176October 2, 2020 12:15 AM

Give her love...

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by Anonymousreply 177October 2, 2020 12:21 AM

R176 Mac Davis in his heyday was sexy as fuck.

He used to wear skin tight jeans and had a very nice bulge in 'em.

by Anonymousreply 178October 2, 2020 12:43 AM

[quote]She was the only Hollywood feminist who actually practiced what she preached even when it came at the expense of her own career. That makes her easier to take seriously than someone like, say, Taylor Swift. Who will give a shit about her when she dies?

Maybe the members of her bitch squad that ate her out?

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by Anonymousreply 179October 2, 2020 3:47 AM

Who gives a fucking shit about Donna Fucking Summer and Mac Fucking Davis?

This thread is about Helen Fucking Reddy.

by Anonymousreply 180October 2, 2020 4:13 AM

Will Miss Warwick be sending a box of Famous Amos cookies in remembrance of the money they lost investing in them?

by Anonymousreply 181October 2, 2020 7:11 AM

She and Jeff Wald allegedly blew through their entire $40 million fortune. He had a million-dollar-a-year coke habit at one point, insane even by 70s standards. I had no idea they invested in cookies, but it makes sense given the rest of the story.

by Anonymousreply 182October 2, 2020 7:25 AM

Wrong R172 I believe in Music was the A side, the B side became the hit.

by Anonymousreply 183October 2, 2020 8:40 AM

I always liked her version of "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from Jesus Christ Superstar.

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by Anonymousreply 184October 2, 2020 10:26 AM

I'm inane, I am an imbecile, I'm commerciaaaallll....

gets me every time

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by Anonymousreply 185October 2, 2020 11:59 AM

She showed a sense of humor on this Letterman appearance!

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by Anonymousreply 186October 2, 2020 2:34 PM

R186 This was great!

by Anonymousreply 187October 2, 2020 2:43 PM

I liked her 1983 new wave album

by Anonymousreply 188October 2, 2020 3:53 PM

[quote]I always liked her version of "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from Jesus Christ Superstar.

That makes one of us.

by Anonymousreply 189October 2, 2020 4:01 PM

Helen admitted in her biography that she hated the song.

by Anonymousreply 190October 2, 2020 6:09 PM

[quote]Wrong [R172] I believe in Music was the A side, the B side became the hit.

There are conflicting stories. Reddy's main Wikipedia entry states it was the A-side, but DJ's chose the B-side song (I Don't Know How to Love Him) for her 1st hit. I feel this is probably correct.

The entry for the song itself states it was the B-side though.

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by Anonymousreply 191October 2, 2020 7:36 PM

when one of us is left to carry on..

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by Anonymousreply 192October 3, 2020 7:35 AM

R191 stories be damned.

If you get the 45 (used record shops will have it)

Side one A: I believe in music

Side two B: I don't know how to love him

by Anonymousreply 193October 3, 2020 7:48 AM

R81 Helen Reddy hasn't died.

She moved to her higher life

She has fared us well.

She has met her maker.

She has gone far but no further

She has crossed the bourne.

She has gone beyond the stars.

She has passed to her reward

She has gone over to the great majority.

She has received her home-call.

The hand was placed on her shoulder

She has gone to the Elysian fields.

She went to her rest.

She was taken to the home eternal

She went to her glorious reunion

She has completed the circle.

The trumpets sounded on the other side.

She entered into peace.

She was gathered.

She found the infinite felicities

She has completed the encircled life on Earth bound by God’s blessings.

The Angel of Death softly closed its restful, soothing arms upon her body

by Anonymousreply 194October 3, 2020 8:35 AM

Helen wa so old poor lamb

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by Anonymousreply 195October 3, 2020 9:00 AM

Leave Me Alone

by Anonymousreply 196October 3, 2020 9:13 AM

r184, two versions of that song were in the Billboard Top-40 at the same time (May-June 1971). Yvonne Elliman's original version peaked at #28. Helen Reddy's cover did better, peaking at #13.

The success of "I Don't Know How to Love Him" led to Reddy's being signed to a long term contract by Capitol Records.

by Anonymousreply 197October 3, 2020 10:44 AM

Helen Reddy songs I like:

Angie Baby Ain’t No Way To Treat A Lady Make Love To Me Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) Bluebird Imagination

by Anonymousreply 198October 3, 2020 1:08 PM

Dionne Warwick was on Home & Family yesterday claiming that she was responsible for Helen Reddy's career. She's delusional.

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by Anonymousreply 199October 3, 2020 4:35 PM

r197, thanks for reminding me of Yvonne Elliman, I liked her and had forgotten she ever existed.

by Anonymousreply 200October 3, 2020 5:24 PM

What did Dionne say?

When Michael Jackson passed, she was on TV saying she was like a surrogate parent to him.

by Anonymousreply 201October 3, 2020 5:27 PM

She so wanted more and more of Whitney’s fame.

by Anonymousreply 202October 3, 2020 7:57 PM

Well ok then its settled then r193. Sorry for the confusion.

by Anonymousreply 203October 3, 2020 9:55 PM

Not to keep bumping but this is interesting for some. I had no idea that Jeff Wald has such a crazed Hollywood style rise-crash-burn. What a story - I'd be happy to read his memoirs if he'd do them.

Reddy was apparently his anchor throughout much of his climb, their bitter split unhinged him. Apparently the cops were called to their estate repeatedly because he used to show up and beat the crap out of her bf/2nd husband. Lots of bad pr for both, and it hurt her career which shouldn't have nose-dived the way it did in the 80s.

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by Anonymousreply 204October 3, 2020 10:02 PM

Yvonne

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by Anonymousreply 205October 3, 2020 10:36 PM

Disco Helen!

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by Anonymousreply 206October 3, 2020 11:07 PM

R204 Wald was the second husband, are you saying he beat the crap out of himself?

by Anonymousreply 207October 4, 2020 8:29 AM

They were separated, Helen started dating again, and Jeff tried to attack the boyfriend. People magazine covered it pretty thoroughly in an article at the time.

by Anonymousreply 208October 4, 2020 2:24 PM

R204 Good Morning America didn’t want to talk at all about Helen’s music for her 1983 scheduled interview. Only about her divorce and custody battle. GMA told her the public didn’t care about her music anymore.

by Anonymousreply 209October 4, 2020 8:34 PM

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by Anonymousreply 210October 4, 2020 8:41 PM

r208, she was briefly married in Australia and had her daughter Traci. Wald was number 2 and the drummer was number 3.

by Anonymousreply 211October 4, 2020 9:33 PM

Helen's sister was a mainstream singer without Helen's Country and Wester twang

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by Anonymousreply 212October 5, 2020 1:10 AM

I love how she was parodied (sort of) in the film AIRPLANE!

That sound that IV makes when it's pops out of the girl's arm is too funny!

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by Anonymousreply 213October 5, 2020 3:22 AM

[quote]That sound that IV makes when it's pops out of the girl's arm is too funny!

The girl was Vicki from "The Love Boat."

by Anonymousreply 214October 5, 2020 3:55 AM

[quote]Helen's sister was a mainstream singer without Helen's Country and Wester twang

Helen didn't sing with a C&W twang as much as she sang with a heavy Australian accent. You can hear it in the way she pronounced a lot of words and phrases in her songs and it contributed to her unique tone and sound.

by Anonymousreply 215October 5, 2020 3:56 AM

R215 I'm Australian and know the Australian voice. Helen adopted an American twang!

Listen to her Australian sister singing at R212 and below—.

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by Anonymousreply 216October 5, 2020 4:07 AM

Toni Lamond played Madame Rose in [italic]Gypsy[/italic] in an Australian tour in the 1970s, around the time Angela Lansbury played it in London and on Broadway.

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by Anonymousreply 217October 5, 2020 4:09 AM

[quote] I'm Australian and know the Australian voice. Helen adopted an American twang!

I'm American and I know an American twang, Helen did not have one.

by Anonymousreply 218October 5, 2020 4:12 AM

All I want to know is...is this really how Australians pronounce "debuted"?

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by Anonymousreply 219October 5, 2020 4:15 AM

Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady!

by Anonymousreply 220October 5, 2020 4:18 AM

R217 Toni's son Tony (and Helen's nephew) played Bernadette in 'Priscilla Queen of the Desert' right from the beginning.

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by Anonymousreply 221October 5, 2020 4:20 AM

Photographer Francesco Scavullo and makeup artist Way Bandy really worked their magic on Helen Reddy — she looked fantastic on the album covers they did for her, especially “Ear Candy”.

by Anonymousreply 222October 5, 2020 12:02 PM

When I was a girl, we used to complain we were divided into two groups: We were either virgins or we were whores. And then along came Madonna--and now we're all whores."

Helen Reddy, 2010

by Anonymousreply 223October 5, 2020 2:23 PM

Helen didn’t much appreciate her paltry sendoff & is sending Delta Dawn up our gulf as hell to pay!

by Anonymousreply 224October 5, 2020 2:46 PM

The album cover for her 1975 Greatest Hits is one of the all-time worst designed album packages.

by Anonymousreply 225October 5, 2020 3:45 PM

They really did make her look beautiful on those album covers.

by Anonymousreply 226October 5, 2020 4:10 PM

Re her Greatest Hits, I think the record company at the time had the idea to put out a series of similar, cheap-looking Greatest Hits packages on a bunch of their artists. I remember the cover of Carly Simon's was virtually identical to Helen Reddy's, but I think they were the only two who got that treatment before the idea was shelved.

by Anonymousreply 227October 5, 2020 4:36 PM

No correlation between Helen’s ugly greatest hits package and Carly’s. Both ugly yes but two different companies. Helen on Capitol and Carly on Eleckra/Warner Bros.

by Anonymousreply 228October 5, 2020 5:11 PM

Plus, Carly has only put out about three albums when they rushed out a Greatest Hits.

by Anonymousreply 229October 5, 2020 5:50 PM

r216/r218: I maintain she kept a heavy Australian enunciation when singing, which contributed to her own sound. I agree it sounded "twangy", but it wasn't an American twang.

This wasn't unique to Helen, you could sometimes hear it in other Aussie pop singers. Andy Gibb (god help me for the reference) also had a distinctly Aussie singing twang, you can hear it in songs like "Don't Throw it All Away" and others.

by Anonymousreply 230October 5, 2020 8:25 PM

Thanks, R198! Now tell us all about your aunt in Des Moines.

by Anonymousreply 231October 5, 2020 8:39 PM
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