Barbra Streisand info

Oh, heart be still. Don't tease me.

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Barbra fans will be happy ... she'll be doing LOTS of promotion for THE MOVIE ALBUM, including (it's rumored) some live singing on some of the talk shows.

Cool stuff! From Barbra-famine to Barbra-feast!

- Matt :)

http://barbra-archives.com

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Updated On: 9/5/03 at 07:48 AM

I love that story! Remember the first time Linda Richmond revealed the Barbra obsession on Coffee Talk on SNL? It was an episode hosted by Kirstie Alley and Kirstie's character had a little speech about how Barbra represented hope to her because, "She got out." She captured a major niche of Barbra fandom.

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Re: Barbra -- my one and only Barbra story..of sorts

My college piano professor told me one day that he saw her in FUNNY GIRL on Broadway. Naturally, I quizzed him on the fine details of the experience, queen that I am.

Interesting. The main impression he had was that watching her was like watching a tennis match. During "Don't Rain On My Parade", she paced back and forth from SR to SL and back again. He said it was like she was nervous, or bored, or both.

As far as her recordings go, I like her early stuff the best. Once she found her way around a recording studio and started to attempt to be a rock star, it all sounds too manufactured to me. Give me those Peter Matz arrangements anytime! Again, queen that I am. :)

Oh, Rlb.... NOBODY knew how to frame Barbras voice the way Matz did (though I do love the ultra-Cheesy-RatPack-esque Don Costa arrangement of "You Wanna Bet?"). Since then, she's tended to overwhelm herself in goo. This includes the godawful Bergmans.

That said, Johnathan Schwartz had amazing things to say about THE MOVIE ALBUM, which he deemed her finest since the first BROADWAY ALBUM, so I'm pretty excited. And it's been a long time since a new Barbra recording did "IT" for me! Can't wait to hear "But Beautiful", "I'm In THe Mood For Love", "The Second Time Around" and "You're Gonna Hear From Me" from INSIDE DAISY CLOVER which sounds like the sort of instant gay classic she would have recorded in the mid-60s.

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Who's Jonathan Schwartz?

And, yes, next time I'm in New York I'm gonna check out the "old" Lion . Wow!!!!

- Matt
http://barbra-archives.com

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Lipton is an *ss kisser. He won't get anything good out of her. He'll just fawn all over her.

I remember several years ago, there was an interview with BS where they took her back to an apartment she lived in on Third Avenue. She got all emotional about it.

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Thanks guys..!

Wooooow!!!! Good news. I can't wait for the album. Thanks, MasterLcZ!!!

- Matt
http://barbra-archives.com

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When I was a kid (even into my teens), it was hit or miss whether I'd get to see something really interesting (i.e., cultural vs. the everpresent western TV series).

But when Streisand's first TV special aired (was that "My Name is Barbra"?) I would never have believed I'd be sitting with both my parents watching this show.

We always watched "Ed Sullivan." And when it was on, we always watched "Your Hit Parade." So I guess I shouldn't have been surprised that my C/W-loving father would also have watched a musical special featuring a new singer.

My father's assessment was that she had a good voice, but she was kind of ugly. It always surprises me to hear anyone say that. I have always thought her extraordinarily beautiful.

Some of you may find it interesting that the next day, at school, I heard a classmate named Marjorie Rothman gushing over the show and thanking God that someone Jewish could make such an impact on TV.

Until I heard that, I never gave a thought to her being Jewish. I was a South Carolinian and had only known a few folks who were Jewish (South Carolina in the 1960s was not a bastion of Jewish communities), but I had no idea that they would perceive themselves to be different from me or that I might be expected to perceive myself different from them. After all, I was raised a Southern Baptist, and we read the Bible in Sunday School and the preacher preached from the Bible...and everyone in the Bible were Jewish, so what was the big deal?

I was naive...but I learned that some folks in this world don't like people who are different. And that got me to thinking about other folks who I WAS taught were different...

But then the Civil Rights movement arrived and that settled that for me.

...and I had all these revelations -- and achieved heightened awareness of the ills of society -- because Barbara Streisand starred in a landmark TV special in the 1960s.

Color MY world some more, Barbra.....

Ron

Haha Christine, well just incase she does go to GYPSY, we need to go see the show every day that she's going to be in NYC

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I agree that Lipton will most likely gush over her rather than grill her. She's the one guest he's always wanted but was never able to get.
I hope they show A LOT of old photos from her Brooklyn and Village days. I love when she admits to hitch-hiking to get to her shows on time.

I was listening to "Ballad of the Garment Trade" from I Can Get it for you Wholesale the other day, and my friend had no idea it was Barbra singing until I told her. What a voice! She's so used to her newer stuff that she did a double take when I said it was Barbra. Nothing beats pre-movie days.

And her concerts back then. Man! I love watching A Happening in Central Park and then commparing it to Timeless or even The '94 Concert. Thank God they recorded the Central Park concert. :) Now if only they would release all of those old tv specials on DVD with some Barbra commentary

I can't wait to see the face lift either. If she's willing to go on a bunch of shows, and sing live, they must have done one hell of a job. Maybe she'll even let us see her from her right side.

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