Streisand

[redmustang]

Posted: 8/24/11 at 11:04pm

Is anyone else bothered by Barbra's photograph on the cover of her new CD?

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 8/24/11 at 11:15pm

Bothered how?

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 8/25/11 at 12:15am

As in "hot and ..."

[redmustang]

Posted: 8/25/11 at 1:42am

Absolutely NOT "as in hot and..." I just feel it looks like a random, candid shot. Lips together, hair hanging, squinting eyes. She just looks tired. Surely, they had other photos to choose from. This just looks like 20 other poses we've seen over the years on other cd covers. I expected something classy. Something special. Never a raving beauty, she has been photographed beautifully at times. Or how about a drawing or sketch, like on the Forum album. I just was hoping for something unique, like she herself is.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 8/25/11 at 8:19am

You mean that the picture has been so airbrushed that she looks younger now than when she was in Funny Girl on Broadway?

--Roz Kind

[Urban]

Posted: 8/25/11 at 10:43am

I think she is looking slightly like Jocelyn Wildenstein in the photo in question. Not a good look.

[fflagg]

Posted: 8/25/11 at 11:50am

If I recall correctly, the bland cover photo of this bland new album is taken from her recent book of "How I Wasted My Life Decorating Houses that 12 People Are Allowed to See."

She was so busy that she could not spare the time to pose for new pics [God forbid with her close chums, the Bergmans] for this project of 10 dull ballads.

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 8/25/11 at 11:54am

I think she has a "My **** smells better than your ****" look on her face.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 8/25/11 at 11:58am

The photo doesn't bother me at all. I love the new CD because

(a) I have always been a Streisand fan

and

(b) Alan & Marilyn Bergman are two of my all time favorite songwriters.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 8/25/11 at 12:04pm

I like her, too, but I do think it's an odd photo choice.

[romantico]

Posted: 8/25/11 at 12:13pm

I don't think it is an old photo but Streisand should have had someone like Greg Gorman or Bruce Weber or Patrick DeMarchlier take a nice in studio portrait of her. I also think it would have been nice to have Alan and Marilyn in the picture with her.

Updated On: 8/25/11 at 12:13 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/25/11 at 12:38pm

...and share the spotlight? Are you HIGH??!

[tommyboy]

Posted: 8/25/11 at 1:16pm

Babs looks like she squeeked out an SBD and blaming it on her dog.

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/25/11 at 1:45pm

Reminds me of what they did to Brad Pitt at the end of "Benjamin Button."

Actually, what creeps me out is one of the Flash ads using this photo has her head turn slightly as it comes up. Gives it that "Exorcist" look of Regan's head coming around while she's on the bed.

Scary!!!

Updated On: 8/25/11 at 01:45 PM

[Gothampc]

Posted: 8/25/11 at 1:50pm

Mem'ries, of the way I used to look
Misty, clouded, airbrushed mem'ries
Of the way I looked

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 8/25/11 at 1:57pm

At least she doesn't look like a Bene Gesserit from Dune.

As for the current album, it looks like a fan photo to me. Like there was absolutely no thought behind it. Pale skin, pale hair, in front of a pale background with little regard to staging or styling. Either they had only one chance to take a photo or the rejected shots must be the stuff of nightmares. I can't get over that hair. But then, her hair usually looks weird on her album covers.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 8/25/11 at 2:06pm

"But then, her hair usually looks weird on her album covers."

Yeah, especially on that picture you posted. Green hair? What was she thinking?

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 8/25/11 at 2:09pm

She kinda looks like that baby Streisand from American Idol a few years ago. Was her name Michaela Gordon or something?

[fflagg]

Posted: 8/25/11 at 2:17pm

THE WAY WE WERE album cover I believe features her in black but the way your light hits the cover makes it seem green. Although my glasses are tinted so who knows. . . :)

Over the years some of her covers are quite striking; lately, you want to strike her for how ridiculous the covers [and recordings] are.

Tony Bennett's "Duets 2" releases in about 1 month; wanna bet this will outsell hers and earn him a few more Grammys?

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 8/25/11 at 2:20pm

Black or green, it still looks like she's searching for the Kwisatz Haderach with her Gom Jabbar.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 8/25/11 at 2:53pm

"How I Wasted My Life Decorating Houses that 12 People Are Allowed to See."


Okay, that made me laugh out loud!


Now at a book store near you...

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/25/11 at 3:20pm

A book store? You mean that place where I buy my coffee and my greeting cards?

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 8/25/11 at 3:28pm

I don't mean this harshly, but given that decorating seems to consist of accepting the third version of everything built and then painting or upholstering it in burgundy, I'm not sure how much time it could have taken out of her schedule.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 8/25/11 at 4:19pm

That's it, Jordan. The bookstore is right next to the drugstore where you buy your cigarettes and beer.

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 8/25/11 at 5:06pm

Mister Matt, you're right, it does look as if not much thought went into it...but seeing as she agonized over the shade of peach for the liner notes (as per her TV interview from this past Sunday), I'm sure that can't be the case!

I'm not too keen on the shot myself, it looks like she's standing outside of a motel or something. Her last album was had a much nicer cover.