Life w/ Judy Garland: Me & My Shadows — Page 2

DGrant is absolutely right. Liza electrifies a stage, and Lorna just does not have that presence. Given the choice, however, I'd rather listen to Lorna sing any day.

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You missed Rath's breaking news on a thread last week: Lorna's Songs My Mother Taught Me comes out in August.

Luft's Songs My Mother Taught Me to Be Released on CD

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Updated On: 6/29/05 at 01:26 PM

Because talent and recognition do not always go hand in hand. And I am not saying that Lorna is a singer that deserves a recording contract or radio play. But comparing the two voices, she is more talented in my opinion.

And let's be honest - Liza hasn't exactly burned up the airwaves or the top ten lists with studio albums.

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Liza has had a Grammy nomination though. And her Steppin' Out tour (aka the Radio City show) made her Billboard's top boxoffice draw that year. And, despite everything she's been through, she still gets work (which in itself says a lot about how people feel toward her).

Updated On: 6/29/05 at 01:34 PM

Milli Vanilli had a Grammy too, doesn't make them talented.

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I do have to admit that I enjoyed her performances on Arrested Development.

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I have nothing against Liza - she's fantastic, and I've seen her live more times than I can count. But as a singer, and a singer alone, I prefer Lorna.

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Still;
I wish Lorna wouldn't perform and make a career out of her mothers material as she is attempting to do. And she has been doing it for a while. Years ago I saw her open for Don Rickels at the MGM in Las Vegas. And she performed much of the same stuff that is now in her show. It was even creepier because at the time MGM had Dorothy stuff all over the place.

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Updated On: 6/29/05 at 02:24 PM

Well, Dame, she hasn't been able to get attention any other way. I'm sure it's not her first choice either, or she would have been doing it all along.

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I would hardly call doing Minnelli on Minnelli at The Palace 'cashing in'. Liza was pretty well established herself by the time she did that. Besides, the show related to her father's work not her mother's. And I suspect that most of the Judy/Liza/Lorna fans really don't know much about Liza's dad (who was certainly the most visionary of the bunch).

Just finished watching this movie again. It is a gem. I thought I'd revive this thread as well

In my opinion she was the greatest female entertainer of the 20th Century. I have to go with Streisand as the greatest singer. (Ducking)

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I think that Judy would be fine with Lorna "cashing in" on her music. Judy was intelligent enough to know that it's "Show BUSINESS", and with all her money troubles throughout her life, she'd be all about going after the buck by whatever means available. Now, I'm sure that she wouldn't want some cheesy disrespectful tribute to her, but from all accounts, "Songs My Mother Taught Me" is anything but that. If Lorna is achieving financial solvency by singing her mom's music, warble away, baby.

As to the earlier observations about why Davis took over so early from Blanchard in the mini-series, I read somewhere that even Judy Davis was against the switch so early. If she had had her druthers, Davis would have started at the Palace appearance in 1951, and left all the MGM years to Blanchard. Even Judy Davis thought she was too old to convincingly portray an "Esther Smith" Judy.