KELLY OSBOURNE/NY POST article

But the real question is how on earth did Woo learn to type and send e-mails to gossip pages?

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All I can say is that I have seen Ms. Osbourne live, on stage with her band (I went on a lark -- a friend of a friend was promoting the show and I was comped). Perhaps, she sounds fine singing Xmas carols in a living room, but on stage in a large music venue, she sounded like a female William Hung with worse intonation (I'm not exaggerating). No sense of pitch or rhythm or diction or tone -- simply awful. I left after less than a half an hour along with more than a few others (people were actually booing her at her own event).

And look I have no problem with someone who has a real punk rock voice, if that's what she was trying to do; I've heard and liked Courtney Love and Shirley Manson and Siouxsie Sioux and Karen O and lots of other female rockers ....who know how to sing. But, at least the night I saw her, Ms. Osbourne displayed no discernable grasp of even the basics of singing live on a stage. Yes, she's young, and I'm not trying to be unfair, and perhaps with training she can improve, but based on my own two ears, at this stage of her musical development, IMO she's nowhere near ready to handle the role of Tracy Turnblad.

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she cant be worse then Marissa

Margo, I respect your opinion...If she ever auditions, I will give the little minx your regards!

Hey all, PLESAE don't use use this thread to bash anyone (besides me, I can take it!)...it's unnecessary

well, I am getting on a plane now...hours off-line!!!!! AAEIIIIGGHHH!!!!!!

Tickets were comped, Margo...tsk,tsk. A likey story.

Oh, please, people. If you want to know the very definition of "desperate" you should have seen the poor promoter trying to scrouge up a crowd to go to a Kelly Osbourne concert at Irving Plaza. He was literally handing out free tickets to people walking past the venue (when my friend called me about going, he told me I could invite as many people as I wanted -- for the sake of my other friendships (and my personal well-being) I didn't call anybody I knew to go with me.

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You have the cool, clear eyes...

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Marissa was ALRIGHT. That's it. She was decent, but God knows WHY she got the Tony. Nobody can tell me that there weren't any auditioners that were better singers. I mean, come on! I'm sure that most of us agree that Marissa was infectiously bubbly and sweet and funny and cute and charming, but her voice wasn't all that hot. And in regards to Kelly Osbourne: I've seen her sing live. I wouldn't really like to see her sing live again. I just don't think she could pull it off. No disrespect to Marissa OR Kelly!! Congrats to Marissa on her win and I wish her success in everything... same to Kelly. I just didn't see it with Marissa and I don't see it with Kelly.

Well I will disagree with you. It is all about "PASSION"
and Marissa had so much PASSION for the role. Same goes for Harvey.

Updated On: 1/17/05 at 10:04 PM

I think that they are all rumors anyway... she is on a show right now, and it's pretty successful.

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Margo, you're killing me. This thread is a riot! I would have LOVED to see Kelly Osbourne with you.

Regarding Marissa, I thought she was delightful on stage. Unfortunately, that delicious demo recording of HAIRSPRAY with Annie Golden and Pattie Darcy spoiled me forever. While Annie Golden could never actually play Tracy, she sure knew how to wrap her throat around those Shangri-Las-inspired vocals. As much as I like Marissa and Kerry Butler, whenever I listen to the OBC of HAIRSPRAY, I pine for Annie and Pattie.

Updated On: 1/18/05 at 12:07 AM

Oh, that's okay. HAIRSPRAY is a great show, but it's not the only one out there. I don't NEED to be in HAIRSPRAY to be successful. It'd just be a fun gig. There are lots of fish in the sea, folks! I'm not dissing HAIRSPRAY; I'm just being realistic.

And if he were to turn me down because I disagree with the fact that Marissa won the Tony, then shame on him! There is no reason to deny my talent just because I think that there were other extremely talented ladies who deserved the Tony. :)