Dionne Warwick files for bankruptcy- Page 2

[Roscoe]

Posted: 3/27/13 at 3:40pm

She made a real pig of herself in the 1990s with all those charity concerts that raised a lot of money for her but not much for the charities concerned, and then she pointed the finger at responsible charities and questioned their fundraising and how much they spent to raise a dollar. It got really ugly.

[DAME]

Posted: 3/27/13 at 3:44pm

There was a whole segment on 20/20 about this a few years back. I wish I could find it.

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 3/27/13 at 4:15pm

She has long seemed like an unpleasant person to me--not necessarily mean spirited, but just one of those celebs who I would never want to encounter.

Which in a way is too bad--all 12 albums she did between 1963-1972 produced by Bacharach and David (and mainly written by them) as well as the late 60s incredible Soulful album are some of my tope recordings of the time. When you hear her do a standard like I Loves You Porgy or one of the more complex Bacharach/David songs like Check Out Time or The Last One to be Love I really think she had one of the most amazing voices range and interpretation wise ever--up there with greats like Ella.

After the falling out with Bacharach and David (and their own falling out partly over it,) I pretty much lose interest in her music. Sure some of her comebacks like the BeeGees stuff is nice in a very MOR way but not a scratch on the early stuff (sadly that goes the same for her later Bacharach work like That's What Friends Are For or the much hyped reunion withBacharach and David for the Isn't She Great soundtrack.) Part of that is the material but a huge part is her voice simply deteriorated so astonishingly.

Two or so years back she was on CNN promoting some reunion with other 60s vocalists and she actually said (several times) that she is a severe chain smoker, always has been (fair enough,) but then said the only reason she would quit is if she ever found that it had ANY negative effect on her voice. She obviously lives in some fantasy world--yeah most singers' voices deteriorate with age but rarely to such an astonishing degree.

[Playbilly]

Posted: 3/27/13 at 4:25pm

Time for her to take the long way home. That's what friends are for. Or:

Gotta get off, gonna get
Have to get off from this ride
Gotta get hold, gonna get
Need to get hold of my pride

When did I get, where did I
How was I caught in this game
When will I know, where will I
How will I think of my name

When did I stop feeling sure, feeling safe
And start wondering why, wondering why
Is this a dream, am I here, where are you
What's in back of the sky, why do we cry

Gotta get off, gonna get
Out of this merry-go-round
Gotta get off, gonna get
Need to get on where I'm bound

When did I get, where did I
Why am I lost as a lamb
When will I know, where will I
How will I learn who I am

Is this a dream, am I here, where are you
Tell me, when will I know, how will I know
When will I know why?

[theaternut]

Posted: 3/31/13 at 1:20pm

The damage she has done to her once glorious voice with years of smoking is her second biggest sin. Following the one where she cheated people out of money they thought was going to charity.

[ArtMan]

Posted: 3/31/13 at 1:32pm

Playbilly...Nice touch. The theme from Vally of the Dolls. I was at a concert years ago that I was volunteering, where she performed. A guy who paid big bucks for his tickets took a picture of her during the concert. She started screaming at him over the microphone. I was quite embarrassed for him and her. I thought it was a little too much.