Favorite. Divas. Ever.

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I get really swoony when I hear the likes of Annie Lennox, especially doing, "Would I lie to you?"

I love Diamanda Galas, too, doing her rendition of "I put a Spell on you".

And Kate Bush? She's not really known as a "Diva", but that voice is not from this world. Pick any song.

What say you, Diva-loving honeys?

[patrice]

1. I love Annie Lennox, especially with Dave Stewart.

I have some tapes and CDs.

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3. That woman- I adore her.

There are so many singers who think they have powerful voices, and they may, but Annie Lennox has to live with hers. I mean that in a very positive way. What would I do if I had that voice? What a powerful woman.

[dajoki]

25. another annie lennox nut here

i have never heard such a beautiful voice in my life!! have you heard her sing "whiter shade of pale". it puts me in a trance.:)

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32. Did she redo that?

OK, I have GOT to hear that. Thank you for the heads-up.

[dajoki]

40. 1995 on album "medusa"

very much worth the download or purchase

[nytemare]

54. Her voice can be so warm and so icy!

She just has some pipes. I loved "Cold" off of her "Diva" album, and "Thin Line Between Love and Hate" from Medusa.

[patrice]

41. I've always admired her voice and we have a couple of serious singers

in our Family, so I have a basis of comparison.

Annie Lennox is also a Pioneer Womyn.

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46. Please- give me a link, darling!

Thanks in advance. Pioneer Womyn sounds exciting.

*fawn, fawn*

[patrice]

48. My sisters aren't commercial performers.

One has been a middle-school teacher, and parish music manager, for about 30 years. She and another sister sing for Family gatherings and, of course, in their Churches, Though the teacher leads others, and designs productions, more than she performs.

I haven't looked Annie Lennox up in the INternet. I have cassettes, CDs, and maybe even a couple of LPs. Lost track of her for a while, but used to listen to her several times a day about 20 years ago.

She was/is ahead of her time.

[Wetzelbill]

2. I'd die for the Gwen Stefani of 1997

The sexiest thing I have ever seen.

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4. I remember that Gwen Stefani.

Embarrassing disclosure ahead: I thought she was the main character in Tank Girl. At first. Oops.

:blush:

[Wetzelbill]

31. ha, that was adorable

I can't tell you what I thought at first. This is a family show. :)

[Heidi]

5. Divine.

Period. There is no greater diva. I _love_ Divine.

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7. You_Are_Great.

WTF's not to love? And how could I have forgotten Divine, god rest her soul? And how are you, my funny, pretty friend?

[Heidi]

8. Smooch!

I feel pretty, oh-so-pretty! But not as pretty as Divine. (She went to the effort of makeup, so she's a better woman than Heidi!)

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14. Heidi has the greenest eyes the world has ever seen.

The best shrines, and the nicest art.

PPPTHTBLTHTHTHLT!

:P

[Heidi]

17. Heh. Heidi is blind as a bat!

When I wear my glasses, they're Coke-bottle thick. When I wear my contacts, they're clear and you can see my green eyes, but I _still_ squint.

Nearsightedness goes a long way toward seeing people's inner goodness, though, so that's an advantage. :hug: 4SugahSmack

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52. *hug back at ya!*

:hug:

how warm.

[Cannikin]

6. Megan Mullally aka Karen Walker

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10. HOLY SHIT.

You know, I know this is a childish sentiment, and forgive me for my timing, but I would like to know if maybe we could freeze her and keep her alive forever? I suspect that at some point, the RIGHT point, she could be allowed to go ahead and RULE THE WORLD. The M&Ms commercials could be something we could all enjoy as political levity, and the rest of her talent can be dispensed piecemeal among those who are worthy?

Are you with me on a "Freeze Karen" campaign?

[terrya]

22. Oh, I completely agree with you.

Easily the best thing of "Will and Grace".

Supposedly, she has a show on tour...a one woman show. I'd LOVE to see her in it. :-)

And...here's a fan site.

http://meganmullallyforever.tripod.com/

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27. Megan Mullally Forever?

So I'm NOT alone in wishing we could freeze her? YAAAAAY!

:bounce:

[terrya]

28. Nope, you're not.

:-)

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

9. Leontyne Price. I win.

[blondeatlast]

12. Hey, great minds, buddy! nt

[Misunderestimator]

19. Good choice... and Maria Callas

[bicentennial_baby]

20. Oh Maria...

I'm going to see her grave in a few weeks...will have pictures

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23. O, hell YES!

Appreciation pouring here til someone fixes my faucet!

:loveya: and Maria Callas, too.

[patrice]

49. One of the most Queenly.

[blondeatlast]

11. Maria Callas, Leontyne Price.

I won't say that the word has been cheapened, though.

Annie Lennox and Karen Carpenter get my votes as well.

[leftofthedial]

13. matcom

will pitt

[Misunderestimator]

15. ronnykmarshall

sniffa

:D

[leftofthedial]

16. :-)

:thumbsup:

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37. SECONDED.

ronnykmarshall.

If you have a way with EVERYTHING, you're a diva. When I hear you sing, please God, then you'll be on my Diva list and that's a promise.

My goodness, how does it feel to sparkle.

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18. HOW COULD I HAVE FORGOT LAURYN HILL?

"Killing me Softly"?
How? Someone give this dog a bath with a cold hose. Schnell.

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26. Stromin my pain with his fingers (one time, one time)

Singin my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song x2
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly with his song

Yea yea yea do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do

I heard he sang a good song,
I heard he had a style,
And so I came to see him and listen for a while
And there he was this young boy
Stranger to my eyes
Singin my life with his words (two times, two times)
Killing me softly with his song x2
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly with his song

I felt all flushed with fever
Embarrased by the crowd,
I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud,
I pray that he would finish
But he just kept right on

Repeat chorus

Wooooooaaaa ohhhhhhhhhh laaaa la la la la la la ohhh la laaa woaaa laa
Aaaalaaaaaa

Repeat chorus until fade

[GOPisEvil]

21. Queen of the Divas: Aretha!

:thumbsup:

[Tallison]

29. Seconded! (Amazing it took 'til the 21st post)

[GalleryGod]

34. Exactly. Who Else Could Pinch-Hit for Maestro Pavarotti ?

And ab-sol-ute-ly NAIL Nessum Dorma :applause: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[progmom]

36. I was so proud of her that night.

My heart was bursting.

[bicentennial_baby]

24. Edith Piaf

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38. Have you read her autobiography ?

She is passion personified! She's a rocket. Scrapping along til she made it. Amazing story she has.

[bicentennial_baby]

44. Not yet, but I'm going to Paris soon

Hoping to get an appointment to see the Musee Piaf, and I will be leaving flowers at her grave in Pere Lachaise.

[Zuni]

30. Hey Sugar

you are my favorite Diva :loveya:

:hi:

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35. Naw! I coudn't sing my way out of a paper bag in a shower stall.

But I have been known to wheedle.

But my wheedles sound like yodels.

But if you can live with that, then so can I. :loveya:

[Zuni]

39. I think it is really cool you have an Ambrose Bierce sig

He was quite a character. I have his civil war diary somewhere

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42. That's from The Devil's Dictionary

and OF COURSE you have his Civil War diary somewhere, you imp!

"Positive: Mistaken at the top of one's voice".

"Brute, n. see Husband".

"Contempt, n. The feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be opposed".

I appreciate your appreciation, Tondelayo.

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50. PS- Have you eaten that Jacob's Ladder yet

to improve your bad-boy image?

Some of us would like to know!

[Bake]

33. ARETHA FRANKLIN, BABY!! R-E-S-P-E-C-T!!!

The Queen of Soul!!

Bake

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45. Let's Hear it for Aretha.

I swear. She changed the texture of vocals and gave it class. I love her, and her presence in the Blues Brothers movie added to her class.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

43. Julia Migenes Johnson

in the role of Carmen in the film version of that Opera. She had a phenomenal voice, although probably not the VERY greatest range or power of her time. But she was also a fantastic and gorgeous actress and looked very bit the part of the Gypsy girl, playing opposite Placido Domingo. Apart from the incredible music and acting, the film version of Carmen, with its outdoor sets on location (not on the opera stage) is stunningly beautiful, one of my favorite films of all time.

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47. AH, I will HAVE to see that!

Thank you for yor reccommendation, dear aint_no_life_elsewhere!

I will have to see that. There is the famous "Carmen" musical interlude, the most joyous one I've ever heard not counting the Marriage of Figaro, but I must hear her voice.

[patrice]

51. Nina Simone.

[nytemare]

53. Billie Holliday!

You go to my head, and you linger like a haunting refrain, and I find you swimming round in my brain, like the bubbles in a glass of champagne!

And of course, Annie Lennox and Aretha who where already mentioned.

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55. "I'll forget your tender kiss

I'll be brave after this kiss
I'll say Hello my darling
It we should meet again
You'll forbid the tears to slip
You'll behave, bite your lip
And say Hello my darling
If we should meet again
If we do meet again
Our moments can't be sweet again
Oh my love, go my love
Though it's a bitter pill, I know my love
Please remember not to sigh
Over this last goodbye
Just say Hello my darling
If we should meet again"

-Billie Holliday

[gmoney]

75. "Just One of Those Things"

Billie did a great job with this Cole Porter classic:

Just One of Those Things

As Dorothy Parker once said to her boyfriend: "Fare thee well!"
As Columbus announced when he knew he was bounced: "It was swell, Isabelle, swell!
"As Abelard said to Heloise: "Don't forget to drop a line to me, please."
As Juliet cried in her Romeo's ear: "Romeo, why not face the fact, my dear?"
It was just one of those things,
just one of those crazy flings,
one of those bells that now and then rings,
just one of those things.
It was just one of those nights,
just one of those fabulous flights,
a trip to moon on gossamer wings, just one of those things.
If we'd thought a bit of the end of it when we started painting the town,
We'd have been aware that our love affair was too hot not to cool down.
So, goodbye, dear, and amen! Here's hoping we meet now and then.
It was great fun, but it was just one of those things!

[porkrind]

56. Stevie Nicks

:)

(BTW, annie lennox makes me want to shove an icepick in my ear)

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57. No way.

De Gustibus non est disputandum, so we'll agree to disagree.

On the other hand, "Silver Spring" sends shivers down my spine.

[bridgit]

58. diva plavalaguna ~

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60. Now THERE's a diva.

Able to pull precious rocks out of her stomach in order to save the universe?

As she's dying?

:thumbsup:

[Bok_Tukalo]

59. I don't even know what a diva is

<ope>

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61. Think of Diana Ross without the meanness.

God & hope, she was mean. We like divas but we really hate meanness. She was mean. She may have had that "listen to me voice" but she was mean. Mean Divas never rule the world. And our interest in freezing them wanes considerably the meaner they get. Do you see what I mean?

[Bok_Tukalo]

63. I never understand what you mean

I'm just hypnotized by your voice.

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66. O, I'm hypnotized by yours.

And if you were a shrill-singing woman, you'd be a diva. We'd HAVE to freeze you for posterity, and you'd simply have to understand.

[swag]

62. PJ Harvey

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64. PJ Harvey.

Goes with Liz Phair, goes with Ani DiFranco!!!!

Divas, all.

:loveya: and them!

[swag]

65. La Lupe

Wd be remiss if I did not post La Lupe, since she claimed to be devil-possessed during performance (reminding me of Diamanda, whom someone listed, and who, when I saw her, seemed quite possessed, if only by her fearsome performing self).

Side note: La Lupe owned a club in Madrid, not for from the Tavern of the Conspirators (north of the Paseo del Prado) called La Lupe, now owned and staffed by descendents of hers, including a very hot, tall barmaid who sold me, by my insistence over her objection, a tall glass of La Lupe, which is actually meant to be consumed in shots by a few friends.

I didn't finish my La Lupe, but I did dance happily, in prescient honor to Jimmy Jazz, to a dee-jayed "Hateful," from London Calling, as performed in tribute by No Doubt, the only recording by the latter group that I can halfway enjoy.

Time to cook the sockeye salmon, green beans, and rice, then. Too many words, as usual.

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69. Was that the same "Lupe" that Edie played???

Whee! Quel hoot, my dear!! Quel hoot!

[swag]

72. I applaud your memorious and estimable noggin.

I had forgotten that Edie played Lupe Velez. Not the same Lupe, but snaps to your associative brain.

Cheerio. Have a great week, li'l sis.


http://www.warholstars.org/filmch/lupe.html

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73. You rock smilie.

And you too, my dear fine, foxy poppa. Geeze, I'm a lucky dog, and I'll never get over it.

[Cornjob]

67. I'm kinda partial to k d lang!

What a voice!

I recently heard Martha Wash (of the Weather Girls) on a TV concert.
Holy smokes! can she wail!

[swag]

68. I'm kinda partial to the name "cornjob."

Again, welcome to DU.

on edit: oh, you've been here since last October.

Forgive me, o' cornjob.

I still love the handle.

[mr_hat]

70. Sarah Vaughn. Jeez...

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71. Hey mr_hat_Jeez!

Sarah Vaughn.

(smacking forehead)

OK, I'd forgot there weren't only 5 or 6 divas. Forgive us?

[mr_hat]

74. Sure. But 69 posts before she was mentioned? Double-jeez.