RIP Lena Horne
RIP Lena Horne
#1RIP Lena Horne
Posted: 5/10/10 at 12:40am
We lose another great artist...
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/arts/music/10horne.html?hp
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
Updated On: 5/10/10 at 12:40 AM
--Aristotle
#2RIP Lena Horne
Posted: 5/10/10 at 1:02amRIP you beautifully talented woman, you! :'(
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#2RIP Lena Horne
Posted: 5/10/10 at 1:16amWow, this passing upsets me a great deal. Thank-you to a great woman and talented performer!
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#3RIP Lena Horne
Posted: 5/10/10 at 8:08am
RIP Ms. Horne.
Another legend gone.
....but the world goes 'round
#4RIP Lena Horne
Posted: 5/10/10 at 8:17am
Here she accepts her special Tony Award for the 1981 The Lady and Her Music, which I was lucky enough to see three times, and sings "If You Believe" from The Wiz.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8bG_Rml0cg
#5RIP Lena Horne
Posted: 5/10/10 at 9:38am
RIP
I saw "Lady and Her Music" as well, and it was electric.
God bless her!
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#6RIP Lena Horne
Posted: 5/10/10 at 9:43am
RIP to a legend.
Another of MGM's stars has ascended. The first and only African American star in their roster.
What a life. What a career. What a talent.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#7RIP Lena Horne
Posted: 5/10/10 at 11:28am
Such a loss.
Let's hope SHE is remembered at next year's Oscars roll call.
There should be a tribute to her immediately for her body of work and contributions.
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#8RIP Lena Horne
Posted: 5/10/10 at 11:40am
I saw her twice in her 1 woman show at The Pantages Theatre here in LA back in the day.
What a talent. RIP.
JustAGuy
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#9RIP Lena Horne
Posted: 5/10/10 at 11:57am
Seeing "Lena Horne, The Lady and Her Music" was one of the most memorable evenings I've ever spent in a theatre. She was a consummate performer...a true artist in every since of the word.
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#10RIP Lena Horne
Posted: 5/10/10 at 12:25pm
We need some Lena links here. For starters, Lena and Judy were great friends, in real life and on camera:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlYxppElUM4
Now, Here's Lena singing some Broadway:
"Cockeyed Optimist" and "Some People"--she would have made a HELL of a Rose!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBbnweRRmZI
This one will surprise you. "Love Me or Leave Me" followed by Yip Harburg and Harold Arlen's "The Eagle and Me" from Bloomer Girl:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMgO5PtlYVk
Cole Porter's "My Heart Belongs to Daddy":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0La15_Ziwo
And his "From This Moment On":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9IGeeD30Kw
And a lovely "You'd Better Love Me" from High Spirits, the musical version of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiHVsFi-Fk8
#11RIP Lena Horne
Posted: 5/10/10 at 1:10pm
Here is the very first time I ever saw Lena Horne perform anything. I was a kid, watching THE COSBY SHOW:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxp47BPI9FY
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
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Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#12RIP Lena Horne
Posted: 5/10/10 at 2:32pmI really wish we could have LADY AND HER MUSIC released on DVD.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#13RIP Lena Horne
Posted: 5/10/10 at 2:33pmSo sad...
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Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#14RIP Lena Horne
Posted: 5/10/10 at 2:54pmi love her. she was so classy with a a hint of sass and groove in her. what a woman. her legend will live on.
sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#15RIP Lena Horne
Posted: 5/10/10 at 5:00pmElegance, grace, natural beauty and talent that sparkled like brightest diamond. Rest in peace lovely lady. We will miss you.
nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#16RIP Lena Horne
Posted: 5/10/10 at 6:09pmI saw The Lady and Her Music twice. Once from front row center. Glorious.
#17RIP Lena Horne
Posted: 5/10/10 at 7:33pm
TCM just did a terrific montage tribute to her, and GOD she was beautiful and talented.
Thank you TCM for reminding me.
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#18RIP Lena Horne
Posted: 5/10/10 at 9:21pm
I was hoping to find that famous 60 Minutes Ed Bradley (RIP) interview he did with her on YouTube in full, but I don't see it anywhere on it.
She was stunning and a legend. She should've been a bigger crossover superstar than she was. But race relations made sure that would not happen.
Fred Sanford was certainly enthralled by her. This hilarious Lena Horne episode was just shown on TV Land, as anticipated, in the aftermath of her passing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF1yAFk7ods
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKyfOVBQQaw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E37lMoZg_eQ
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