Aretha at the Tonys
Aretha at the Tonys
#0Aretha at the Tonys
Posted: 6/6/05 at 7:03pm
Does anyone agree with me that Aretha was horrible at the Tonys last night? And does anybody know what happened to her incredible voice? I wonder is 40 years of belting out crazy high notes had anything to do with it.
Updated On: 6/6/05 at 07:03 PM
Thesbijean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/9/04
#1re: Aretha at the Tonys
Posted: 6/6/05 at 7:08pm
Wait, Aretha performed???
I was informed that Jabba the Hut, her standby did...
#2re: Aretha at the Tonys
Posted: 6/6/05 at 7:11pm
OK thesbijean, that was just WRONG!!!!
Give me a moment to stop laughing now.
Ok.
That said.....it was indeed a low point of the award ceremony. Were they even attempting be be "dueting"? It appeared to me that each singer was following their own timing!
#3re: Aretha at the Tonys
Posted: 6/6/05 at 7:12pmSHE WAS HORRIBLE!!!! ick i erased that part of the tape!
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#4re: Aretha at the Tonys
Posted: 6/6/05 at 7:13pm
I would like to see her & Jackman do a revival of WSS with him as Tony & her as Maria
I am all for alternate casting
MojaniD
Stand-by Joined: 5/19/05
#8re: Aretha at the Tonys
Posted: 6/6/05 at 7:17pmI was there and cringed at every last note. They were both pretty bad but her screeching was intolerable. yikes. My friend made a funny but horribly wrong joke about her... I dunno if Ill offend anyone if I post it though (had to do with her size these days)
DefyGravity23
Stand-by Joined: 3/28/05
#9re: Aretha at the Tonys
Posted: 6/6/05 at 7:18pmit was horrible.....she didn't seem to care that she wasn't blending or even going at the same time as him. I felt bad for Hugh.
nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#10re: Aretha at the Tonys
Posted: 6/6/05 at 7:45pmOh, give the girl a chance. Let her do Evillene in The Wiz revival.
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#11re: Aretha at the Tonys
Posted: 6/6/05 at 7:47pmCmon she wasnt that bad. I mean, you have to admire her because among many things, shes Aretha Franklin dammit.
bowbow
Swing Joined: 6/6/05
#12re: Aretha at the Tonys
Posted: 6/6/05 at 7:56pm
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#14re: Aretha at the Tonys
Posted: 6/6/05 at 8:00pm
hmm cuz FOR GOOD and that actress have EVERYTHING to do with aretha franklin sucking royaly last night?
(btw... it was said that it took more gold to make her dress last night than it did to decorate Trumps house... i thought it was so wrong it was funny... sorry if it offends).
#15re: Aretha at the Tonys
Posted: 6/6/05 at 8:49pm
I thought it looked rather like she decided to wear the Egyptian shower curtain from a Target themed bathroom set (the other parts, of course, being soap dishes that look like "Egyptian" hands and a toothbrush holder shaped like King Tut's head).
Born2cthelightsofbway
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/04
#16re: Aretha at the Tonys
Posted: 6/6/05 at 8:50pmI agree, she really did not sound very good last night.
#17re: Aretha at the Tonys
Posted: 6/6/05 at 8:52pm
But some people can be excused once in a while.
Because she's Aretha Franklin. Come now.
#18re: Aretha at the Tonys
Posted: 6/6/05 at 8:55pm
My dad compared her to a dying cat.
It's really sad. I was expecting something great. I did not recieve something even remotely good. Aretha's voice has not held up.
I wonder... Why didn't they get someone younger? Mariah Carey could have sung that wonderfully. She just released a major album. She would bring in viewers. It could ruin her "street cred" though. Whatever. Beyonce should have done it. Aretha was just .. so... BAD!
#19re: Aretha at the Tonys
Posted: 6/6/05 at 8:57pmNO MORE BEYONCE
dreamboy2004
Understudy Joined: 5/24/03
#20re: Aretha at the Tonys
Posted: 6/6/05 at 9:06pmI can't believe that Aretha was so bad. That has to be one of the worst performances in Tony history. Why did it seem like Hugh Jackman and Arethea were in a competion. It was like she was trying to outsing him and he trying to to do the same with her. Now if they wanted to go for old school Divas they could've gotten maybe Patti Labelle, or even better my all time favorite Miss Diana Ross. Diana would've been perfect. I have heard her do a perfect rendition of Somewhere when she was with The Supremes.
#22re: Aretha at the Tonys
Posted: 6/6/05 at 9:44pm
I agree, but she would have been better than Aretha. She could have done it in Italian! That would go with the whole Tuscan Piazza theme. Right? 
#23re: Aretha at the Tonys
Posted: 6/6/05 at 9:48pmi don't blame her. whoever selected her and that song had a screw loose. hugh (or any number of b'way performers) could have sung a lovely solo.
#24re: Aretha at the Tonys
Posted: 6/6/05 at 10:00pmHugh was wrong for that song. His voice is too broad. Kelli O'Hara would have sounded gorgeous singing that song.
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