Linda Eder or Barbara Streisand?- Page 2
Linda Eder or Barbara Streisand?
CurtainPullDowner
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Marquise
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Mamie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/26/04
#27Apples or Oranges??
Posted: 6/4/06 at 1:15amStreisand. Hands down.
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PJ
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#29Apples or Oranges??
Posted: 6/4/06 at 1:59amPJ pretty much summed it up. It's like asking who's funnier, Lucy or Debra Messing.
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blueroses
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
#30Apples or Oranges??
Posted: 6/4/06 at 2:14amOh my God. Streisand! Although I can certainly appreciate her ability, Linda Eder never really did anything for me.
Sant
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/12/04
#31Apples or Oranges??
Posted: 6/4/06 at 7:30amStreisand, definitely. Eder's singing, to me, sounds painful. Doesn't sound at all as easy as Streisand's.
#32Apples or Oranges??
Posted: 6/4/06 at 8:04amBarbra, as I don't think there'd be an Eder without a Streisand. It's obvious to me that Linda spent many years in her bedroom singing along with Streisand's LPs. Hell, so did I!
#33Apples or Oranges??
Posted: 6/4/06 at 8:30amLinda. I was in a store yesterday and they were playing her version of "Someone Like You." Her concert is coming up soon on the island, isn't it?
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SeptemberKel
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#34Apples or Oranges??
Posted: 6/4/06 at 8:36amAs much as I love Linda, I would have to say that I much prefer Barbra. Her voice gets me every time.
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JohnBoy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/06
#35Apples or Oranges??
Posted: 6/4/06 at 9:14am
It's like asking who's funnier, Lucy or Debra Messing.
Is that what Debra Messing is, funny? Thanks for the clarification.
bwayondabrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/05
#36Apples or Oranges??
Posted: 6/4/06 at 9:22am
Barbra, by far
she is one of my favorite performers of all time
hands down
:)
#37Apples or Oranges??
Posted: 6/4/06 at 9:41am
I love them both, but like someone said Linda is Babs without the attitude and there probably wouldn't be a Linda without Streisand's influence and exposure. The world is big enough for them both 
How about having them record a duet?
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robyn525600
Broadway Star Joined: 9/26/03
#39Apples or Oranges??
Posted: 6/4/06 at 12:33pmLinda Eder - not only does she sing better but she's a nicer person.
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PaigeByPaige
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#40Apples or Oranges??
Posted: 6/4/06 at 12:46pm
That's easy...
ELAINE PAIGE
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All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre live. That's why it persists.
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CurtainPullDowner
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PaigeByPaige
Stand-by Joined: 10/26/05
#42Apples or Oranges??
Posted: 6/4/06 at 1:01pmNope.
All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre live. That's why it persists.
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#43Apples or Oranges??
Posted: 6/4/06 at 1:59pmI like them both vocally. But I like Linda a bit more because she actually tours! I am over the Barbara Streisand stage fright thing! And I wasn't too happy with her making a statement, from California, about Amendment 2 here in Colorado and then not doing anything to support her statement. If she really wanted to help, she could have done a benefit concert here. I am kinda over her!
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the one
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#44Apples or Oranges??
Posted: 6/4/06 at 2:46pmLinda Eder--her voice is much more pure than Barbra's nasal voice.
Mamie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/26/04
#45Apples or Oranges??
Posted: 6/4/06 at 2:57pmWhen I answered I wasn't talking about popularity or niceness or acting ability or political views or touring or anything else. I was simply responding to the pure flowing gold of Barbra's voice.
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#46Apples or Oranges??
Posted: 6/4/06 at 3:23pmBarbra - that's not even a question for me! The voice, the emotion (which, in my opinion, Eder lacks - she does nothing for me)- nothing and no one can beat that.
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Peter
Leading Actor Joined: 5/28/03
#47Apples or Oranges??
Posted: 6/4/06 at 4:28pmIve seen them both in concert and theres no question whatsoever to me that Eder has the best voice, the better range and a purity that Streisand always lacked IMO. It would be easy to say Steisand is the better interpreter and has more of an emotional connection to her songs, but then again you're always aware that she is putting on a "performance" and she goes way overboard to me in the quest for a perfect performance. I prefer Eder.
#48Apples or Oranges??
Posted: 6/4/06 at 4:42pm
Peter - I would agree that Barbra tends to border on the elaborate, but this seems to have emerged later on in her career. There are a many a time when Barbra simply stood there and sang, and expressing so much through her hands, and obviously through her voice. This was around the sixies and her work then was truely amazing.
To me, she created a lot with her voice and imagination, giving a new life and meaning to a lot of songs she was singing. I always that the Barbra had the most clear singing voice out of a long line of singers. Some of her best works came around this time in my opinion. Such as "Down With Love", "I Stayed To Long At The Fair", "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home", etc. Her comedy is genuis I think, in songs like "Value", "A Kid Again/I'm 5", "Sweet Zoo", "I Hate Music", etc. Linda, who has an amazing voice, seems to have just that, a really good voice. She does have a strong connection to her work and to her audience but Barbra seemed to have it all. Every song seemed a new adventure, and a lot of the times it seems like Linda just belts them out. Which is still no easy feat. But when it comes down to it, Barbra to me is the real deal.
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