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On This Day: July 2, 1980, Lulu and her manager bully then-unknown Sheena Easton on TV

Pop hopeful - Sheena Easton, was told by Lulu's manager, Marion London, that she didn't have the X-factor to make the Big Time.

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by Anonymousreply 54May 22, 2023 11:00 PM

Champagne for Lulu!

by Anonymousreply 1July 3, 2022 1:15 PM

That manager tore her up right to her face! Poor little Shrieking Sheena.

by Anonymousreply 2July 3, 2022 1:18 PM

🦋🌸🌹🌺🎼🎶🎵💗she's always been one of the best voices out there. hands down! 🦋🌸🌹🌺🎼🎶🎵💗

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by Anonymousreply 3July 3, 2022 1:21 PM

Sheena did come across as meek and plain. Most "stars" are until the managers, stylists, coaches, etc get ahold of them and fashion a persona.

by Anonymousreply 4July 3, 2022 1:28 PM

She eventually did change her makeup and hair.

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by Anonymousreply 5July 3, 2022 1:31 PM

"Nice gowns"

by Anonymousreply 6July 3, 2022 1:31 PM

This is THE ONLY thing I know Lulu from.

I guess she was a bigger hit I'm England to be giving advice like a seasoned popstar 13 years after the movie.

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by Anonymousreply 7July 3, 2022 1:33 PM

I bet being told she wasn't edgy enough led Sheena to sing a song about her pussy (Sugar Walls) years later.

by Anonymousreply 8July 3, 2022 1:41 PM

Stardom is all manufactured.

by Anonymousreply 9July 3, 2022 1:51 PM

Leeloo! Lulu!

by Anonymousreply 10July 3, 2022 1:56 PM

[quote]That manager tore her up right to her face!

Sweetie, that's the industry.

by Anonymousreply 11July 3, 2022 2:02 PM

R7 Lulu was a huge singer in the UK. She was actually in the midst of a brief comeback at the time in the US as well. She never really got her fair due though. Her material is quite good, and very varied.

My favorite clip. Donna being playful to Lulu at the American Music Awards, and she's clearly NOT amused (at 1:25). Introduced by Sheena, who's wearing a dust ruffle.

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by Anonymousreply 12July 3, 2022 2:08 PM

My introduction to Lulu was Absolutely Fabulous. She is introduced as an icon. And I happily played along without knowing much about her.

by Anonymousreply 13July 3, 2022 2:16 PM

What were their thoughts on Bonnie Tyler? Did they find Boy George’s rugged individuality too much?

by Anonymousreply 14July 3, 2022 2:53 PM

She turns up as a talking head on TV in the UK all the time, and she is an insincere fake. And she has to burst into “Shout” every time, uninvited. I have a friend who has known her years, and even he says she is a bitch.

by Anonymousreply 15July 3, 2022 2:54 PM

Didn’t she participate in Fists Across America?

by Anonymousreply 16July 3, 2022 2:57 PM

Lulu was a bitch to Sheena in that clip. I love it how the whole time, Sheena is shooting daggers at them both.

by Anonymousreply 17July 3, 2022 4:00 PM

I didn’t really see it as bullying. They were just stating their opinions. You get that kind of stuff from everyone if you’re trying to break through in any performing arts in show biz. Sheena had the last laugh with multiple Grammys and hit songs. All that matters.

by Anonymousreply 18July 3, 2022 4:43 PM

Prince definitely did not see her as boring and pedestrian.

by Anonymousreply 19July 3, 2022 6:13 PM

No shit r19! Prince wanted to tap her ass!

by Anonymousreply 20July 3, 2022 6:16 PM

Aldonza

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by Anonymousreply 21July 3, 2022 6:19 PM

I don't like Lulu nearly as much as I like Mimi!

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by Anonymousreply 22July 3, 2022 6:20 PM

Lulu denied sleeping with David Bowie for ages claiming she never fancied him then promptly changed her tune after he was dead.She definitely did fuck Jason Orange and Maurice Gibb though.

by Anonymousreply 23July 3, 2022 10:16 PM

[quote]I bet being told she wasn't edgy enough led Sheena to sing a song about her pussy (Sugar Walls) years later.

She also sang, "Let's get to rammin' " at Prince in "You Got the Look."

by Anonymousreply 24July 4, 2022 12:33 AM

Lulu was kind of a slut

by Anonymousreply 25September 1, 2022 10:00 PM

Now that our Cilla is dead Lulu is the leading evil old cunt singer in the UK.

by Anonymousreply 26September 1, 2022 10:26 PM

Dionne Is the leading evil old cunt in the US

by Anonymousreply 27September 2, 2022 1:47 AM

[Quote] Lulu was kind of a slut

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by Anonymousreply 28September 18, 2022 10:28 PM

Lulu's first boyfriend is to her left in the pic above. He was very cute.

by Anonymousreply 29September 18, 2022 10:30 PM

[Quote] Lulu was a bitch to Sheena in that clip

How so?

by Anonymousreply 30September 18, 2022 10:32 PM

Sheena was #7 on the US Billboard top female artist list for the 80s. Not bad for a Scottish singer from Bellshill. Lulu didn’t have any US hits in the 80s.

by Anonymousreply 31September 18, 2022 10:34 PM

[Quote] Lulu denied sleeping with David Bowie for ages claiming she never fancied him then promptly changed her tune after he was dead.

Lulu "changed her tune" in her 2002 memoir. David Bowie died in 2016. At least try to be believable in what you assert.

by Anonymousreply 32September 18, 2022 10:35 PM

[Quote] Lulu didn’t have any US hits in the 80s.

Not true. "I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do)" was a Top 20 US hit for Lulu in 1981.

by Anonymousreply 33September 18, 2022 10:36 PM

I could never miss you more in 1981?? I’ve never heard of it. Have you?

by Anonymousreply 34September 18, 2022 10:37 PM

Yes. It's a lovely song. Melba Moore covered it. And Shirley Bassey covered in Spanish, bizarrely.

by Anonymousreply 35September 18, 2022 10:39 PM

*covered it in Spanish

by Anonymousreply 36September 18, 2022 10:39 PM

It’s not bad. Just played it on Apple Music.

by Anonymousreply 37September 18, 2022 10:40 PM

Sheena immortalized as Annah in Planescape: Torment

Lulu by To Sir, With Love.

Which will stand the test of time?

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by Anonymousreply 38September 18, 2022 11:02 PM

Well, Sheena threw in the towel after "Fabulous." I've never seen clips of Sheena's Local Access TV Talk Show. Did any of you in Vegas watch it?

by Anonymousreply 39September 18, 2022 11:22 PM

R38 ask a 20 something and a senior citizen and get two answers.

To sit with love is one for the toilet bowl

by Anonymousreply 40September 18, 2022 11:41 PM

To Sir With Love was featured in GLEE. Did they do any Sheena songs?

by Anonymousreply 41September 18, 2022 11:50 PM

To sir with love is SHIT. lulu is a turd!

by Anonymousreply 42September 18, 2022 11:59 PM

Another godamned contrary DLer. R41 r38 r33This time the piece of shit is trying to force feed fucking lulu!

by Anonymousreply 43September 19, 2022 12:01 AM

r40 What's the age of seniors these days? Planescape: Torment came out in 1999. It's still considered innovative in it's gameplay and storytelling, and continues to influence newer games.

by Anonymousreply 44September 19, 2022 12:07 AM

Best it Lulu turd

by Anonymousreply 45September 19, 2022 12:12 AM

[Quote] Best it Lulu

Sounds like the name of a Japanese compilation.

by Anonymousreply 46September 19, 2022 12:14 AM

I love Lulu’s 1980s hit.

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by Anonymousreply 47September 19, 2022 12:16 AM

Don't forget "If I Were You."

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by Anonymousreply 48September 19, 2022 12:17 AM

R47 it’s awful. Especially for an 80s song.

by Anonymousreply 49May 22, 2023 5:59 PM

Here's the whole clip......and Dusty Springfield is also there to give advice, though poor Dusty seems more melancholy about her own career woes.

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by Anonymousreply 50May 22, 2023 6:04 PM

Dusty's comments, though, are much kinder and more genuine than cunt Lulu and her cunt manager.

by Anonymousreply 51May 22, 2023 6:13 PM

What did Lulu say that was mean?

by Anonymousreply 52May 22, 2023 8:06 PM

[Quote] though poor Dusty seems more melancholy about her own career woes.

I think Dusty seemed more wary of talking to the interviewer, especially as this was a year of two after her big comeback tour was cancelled due to low ticket sales.

by Anonymousreply 53May 22, 2023 8:07 PM

I saw “BBC Archive” and ended up being sorely disappointed

by Anonymousreply 54May 22, 2023 11:00 PM
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