Patti LuPone audiobook preview
#2
Posted: 8/29/10 at 5:38pm
I'm sure it'll be a nice book, but I don't like her reading it. It feels flat. I don't know. Anyway.
#4
Posted: 8/29/10 at 5:47pm
She's speaking too slowly and over-enunciating.
And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."
#5
Posted: 8/29/10 at 5:50pm
That's it exactly. It's like she wants to make it perfectly clear as to what she's saying. It just makes it sound stupid.
#6
Posted: 8/29/10 at 6:11pm
It sounds like William Shatner reading Patti's book through a Patti LuPone voice changer.
#7
Posted: 8/29/10 at 6:11pm
I wasn't really a big fan of it either. I would hope it sounds better as she gets into it, but I wouldn't be surprised if she sounded the same throughout.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#8
Posted: 8/29/10 at 6:15pm
"Patti Ann, tie up that DAMN SHEEP." I enjoyed that. She is just over-enunciated. And the actually writing just seems a little stale, and than there's a few gems. But hell, I'll buy it.
#9
Posted: 8/29/10 at 6:18pm
Heaven forbid a phone should go off while you're listening to it.
#10
Posted: 8/29/10 at 6:19pm
I've read it, and I enjoyed it.
For better or worse, it really sounds like her; her voice definitely comes through on the page.
For better or worse, it really sounds like her; her voice definitely comes through on the page.
#11
Posted: 8/29/10 at 6:48pm
Forgive me if this was posted already, but there's an excerpt of the book available on Scribd. It's only the prologue and first two chapters, but it's something! (There's some adorable pictures, too)
Patti LuPone: A Memoir
Patti LuPone: A Memoir
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#12
Posted: 8/29/10 at 7:02pm
Thanks "givesmevoice"! 
Very anxious to read the book when it comes out.
Very anxious to read the book when it comes out.
#13
Posted: 8/29/10 at 9:30pm
I love the part where Patti tries to make it seem like she discovered Laura Benanti
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#14
Posted: 8/29/10 at 9:33pm
I think she meant discovering Laura for herself. She may not have been familiar with her work before Gypsy.
#15
Posted: 8/29/10 at 9:48pm
No one, but NO ONE, will ever accuse her of bad diction again.
I like it.
I like it.
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#16
Posted: 8/29/10 at 9:54pm
I'm sure you are right ljay....but I just think it is funny to imagine Patti thinking to herself that she discovered Laura
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#17
Posted: 8/29/10 at 9:55pm
"No one, but NO ONE, will ever accuse her of bad diction again."
You got me there Namo! I was just about to complain about her reading voice on the audiobook, then I realized I complain about her slurring words when she sings. To do both would make me a hypocrite.
You got me there Namo! I was just about to complain about her reading voice on the audiobook, then I realized I complain about her slurring words when she sings. To do both would make me a hypocrite.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
#19
Posted: 8/29/10 at 10:14pm
Oh Im still getting both versions-hardcover and audio-make no mistake! :)
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
#20
Posted: 8/29/10 at 10:21pm
Same here! I'm just surprised at the delivery, is all. There are flashes here and there where I can hear hints of what I was expecting in her delivery, but then she goes back into "READ ING" mode.
And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."
#21
Posted: 8/29/10 at 10:54pm
Ah, so it wasn't Tyne, Lansbury OR Peters who 'broke the mould', but Patti.
Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.
#22
Posted: 8/29/10 at 11:04pm
She should have Bernadette read the audio version.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
#23
Posted: 8/29/10 at 11:07pm
Haha...the life story of a brassy Sicilian broad as recited by the voice of Betty Boop...love it!
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#24
Posted: 8/30/10 at 12:21am
Okay, the William Shatner comment was pretty funny... ; )
But I don't have as much problem with the delivery. I just wish she had recorded the audiobook at a live reading with an audience or something. That would make her a little more animated, personal, and I feel like we should get to hear her laughing and chuckling at her own stories, but we're just getting the words on the page.
But why am I complaining... I know I'll love every single minute of it!! : )
But I don't have as much problem with the delivery. I just wish she had recorded the audiobook at a live reading with an audience or something. That would make her a little more animated, personal, and I feel like we should get to hear her laughing and chuckling at her own stories, but we're just getting the words on the page.
But why am I complaining... I know I'll love every single minute of it!! : )
#25
Posted: 8/30/10 at 2:04am
Is it going to be available on audible.com? I've been waiting for this to become available to finally get my free audio book download.
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