In a message dated 10/06/2001 7:09:37 AM Central Daylight Time,
LeaAnn@k... writes:
LeaAnn@k... writes:
<< Actually she has mentioned Striesand and she said that when Shtiesand
began her career she was all chest...and she stopped singing for a couple of
years because she was damaging her voice and she "learned" to sing properly.
She says there is a profound difference in early Striesand and later
Striesand.
>>
Yeah, the difference is I LIKE the early Streisand and I think the later
Streisand sings underpowered schlock. (Anyone think I have strong opinions
on this subject?) If you listen to her retrospective collection of 60s-80s
literature, in the 60s, she did a nightclub act in which she sang "Who's
afraid of the big, bad wolf?" and popped out a glorious high B-flat. Not in
chest. And it doesn't sound disconnected from the rest of her voice -- it
comes out of a mix. A hard mix in the lower register, yes. But she knew
what she was doing.
I can't think of any time from 1962 through the late 1980s when Streisand
took a few years off. I think as the years went on she got some bad advice
about repertoire (worst thing she ever did was meet Barry Gibb!), and started
singing with a more precious quality. But the voice was SUBLIME in her
youth. She and Julie Andrews were my first inspirations.
Christine Thomas
Wauwatosa, WI
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-- La forza del destino, Giuseppe Verdi
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