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

Posted: 5/31/05 at 1:54pm

WOOO FREAKIN' HOOOOOO!!!!
Songs My Mother Taught Me CD

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

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

Posted: 5/31/05 at 1:54pm

Is it the whole show, dialogue and all?

Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.

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

Posted: 5/31/05 at 1:55pm

FABULOUS news! Lorna's so underrated.

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Posted: 5/31/05 at 1:56pm

It is not clear in the article.

I don't need the dialogue - I'm just THRILLED to finally have a CD of ALL LORNA.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

Updated On: 5/31/05 at 01:56 PM

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Posted: 5/31/05 at 1:59pm

This was a wonderful show - and it's also great to have those fully recreated orchestrations recorded.

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Posted: 5/31/05 at 2:03pm

You don't need the dialogue, that's absolutely right. Amazing voice, but the stage patter made me cringe a little.

Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.

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

Posted: 5/31/05 at 2:04pm

I'm not surprised, pop. I saw her show at the Rainbow Room a couple of times, and her patter was always the weakest part. She is not comfortable unless she is actually singing.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

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

Posted: 5/31/05 at 2:05pm

All you need is Lorna's glorious voice and Judy's glorious arrangements and orchestrations by Mort Lindsay and Nelson Riddle and Kay Thompson and Roger Edens!

But I'm sure the climax of the show will be intact: a version of Judy's "Born in the Trunk" sequence, rewritten for Lorna to tell her kids "How Grandma Got to Carnegie Hall."

Updated On: 5/31/05 at 02:05 PM

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

Posted: 5/31/05 at 2:05pm

Great news! It's good to see her talent come out of the shadows!

#10

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Posted: 5/31/05 at 2:09pm

She's doing her show in New Jersey on June 29th(?) -- ironically Gay Pride night here in NYC. I can't wait to finally see this show.

Saw her sing many times and am blown away by her voice. She does the BEST "Carolina In The Morning" I have ever heard.

"ubiquitous"

#11

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Posted: 5/31/05 at 2:11pm

I saw this show and found it creepy and phony. I was still entertained... but I have no respect for her.

HUSSY POWER! ------ HUSSY POWER!

#12

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Posted: 5/31/05 at 2:22pm

It's Sunday the 26th, Andy. And yes it is Gay Pride!

#13

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Posted: 5/31/05 at 2:23pm

creepy and phony were 2 words bandied about a lot in the devastating reviews the show received in London, which ended up cutting the run short by a week or so.

Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.

#14

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Posted: 5/31/05 at 2:24pm

Poor Lorna. She finally conceded to trading on Mama's name to get noticed and it backfired.

Whatever. We'll still get a gorgeous CD out of the deal.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#15

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Posted: 5/31/05 at 2:26pm

"And Daddy didn't smack Mama around....much!"

"Christ, Bette Davis?!?!"

Updated On: 5/31/05 at 02:26 PM

#16

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Posted: 5/31/05 at 2:32pm

Her show was actually very good

#17

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Posted: 5/31/05 at 2:36pm

My mother wanted to name me Lorna...

#18

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Posted: 5/31/05 at 2:38pm

The show, which was held over for several months in Los Angeles, is unabashedly emotional--which was too messy for the London critics, plus I don't think the Brits are as into 12-step recovery stories as we Americans are. They tend to see them as self-congratulatory, and, well, they are!

Loving Lorna Luft has always been more difficult than loving other divas: she lacks the vulnerability of her mother and the electricity of her sister. But, like Horton, she has always said what she meant and meant what she said. That gives her a tough-girl air that can rub people the wrong way. But being a little tough was how Lorna survived, something that is worthy of its own respect: She's been through Brenda Frazier, so to speak, and she's here.

Lorna's just an old-fashioned belter whose voice can pop popcorn. To hear her sing those arrangements is nothing short of thrilling.

Updated On: 5/31/05 at 02:38 PM

#19

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Posted: 5/31/05 at 2:48pm

Lorna's not Liza - and I'm not entirely sure that's a bad thing. She a very down-to-earth woman who has been a fabulous mother, and has kept her feet on the ground.

The only thing connected to Lorna that I saw as 'creepy' was the manager she has that stuck to her like a virus.

I hope there's no problem with rights to Somewhere Over the Rainbow so that they can include that melding of Judy's rendition with the new song written for Lorna.

#20

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Posted: 5/31/05 at 2:50pm

"Lorna's not Liza"

I know that's right - Lorna got the voice.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#21

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Posted: 5/31/05 at 2:51pm

And the resistance to addiction.

Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.

#22

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Posted: 5/31/05 at 2:52pm

Actually not, pop. Actually not...

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#23

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Posted: 5/31/05 at 2:57pm

I got an email telling me this yesterday I believe and I flew out of my seat! This is one happy camper let me tell you!

This CD is going to be played 24/7 around my house. Lorna is a complete treasure. I'm looking forward to this CD more then the RENT movie. That's how much I love Lorna.

#24

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Posted: 5/31/05 at 2:58pm

I am sure she is a lovely woman. And her book is a great read. And the miniseries she produced was in a word FABULOUS. The cd might prove to be a good listen. But I disliked the show and all it attempted to stand for.

HUSSY POWER! ------ HUSSY POWER!

#25

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Posted: 5/31/05 at 3:06pm

She talks about her addictions in the book. She was the one who introduced Liza to cocaine--after Sammy Davis Jr introduced it to Lorna. It was "the thing" back then.

But Lorna also inherited her father's iron will, and when she decided to quit, she quit cold turkey. Some people can and some people can't. After getting Liza into recovery (the first time), Lorna resisted admitting she had a problem herself, until the Family Program at the legendary Hazelden Institute showed her how addiction becomes a family disease. She credits Hazelden and Al-Anon, the sister program to AA for families and spouses of addicts, with keeping her sane.

Lorna has two kids, Jesse and Vanessa. Jesse is a goodlooking college kid (str8, boys--shaddup!) and Vanessa is a beautiful teenager with her grandmother's eyes and an eerily grown-up voice...

Updated On: 5/31/05 at 03:06 PM

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