Linda Eder or Barbara Streisand? — Page 2
#28
Posted: 6/4/06 at 1:15am
Streisand. Hands down.
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#30
Posted: 6/4/06 at 1:59am
PJ pretty much summed it up. It's like asking who's funnier, Lucy or Debra Messing.
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#31
Posted: 6/4/06 at 2:14am
Oh my God. Streisand! Although I can certainly appreciate her ability, Linda Eder never really did anything for me.
#32
Posted: 6/4/06 at 7:30am
Streisand, definitely. Eder's singing, to me, sounds painful. Doesn't sound at all as easy as Streisand's.
#33
Posted: 6/4/06 at 8:04am
Barbra, 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!
#34
Posted: 6/4/06 at 8:30am
Linda. 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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#35
Posted: 6/4/06 at 8:36am
As 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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#36
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.
Is that what Debra Messing is, funny? Thanks for the clarification.
#37
Posted: 6/4/06 at 9:22am
Barbra, by far
she is one of my favorite performers of all time
hands down
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she is one of my favorite performers of all time
hands down
:)
#38
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?
How about having them record a duet?
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#40
Posted: 6/4/06 at 12:33pm
Linda Eder - not only does she sing better but she's a nicer person.
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#41
Posted: 6/4/06 at 12:46pm
That's easy...
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#43
Posted: 6/4/06 at 1:01pm
Nope.
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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#44
Posted: 6/4/06 at 1:59pm
I 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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#45
Posted: 6/4/06 at 2:46pm
Linda Eder--her voice is much more pure than Barbra's nasal voice.
#46
Posted: 6/4/06 at 2:57pm
When 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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#47
Posted: 6/4/06 at 3:23pm
Barbra - 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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#48
Posted: 6/4/06 at 4:28pm
Ive 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.
#49
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.
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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