From: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org (chakram-refugees-digest) To: chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Subject: chakram-refugees-digest V6 #155 Reply-To: chakram-refugees@smoe.org Sender: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk chakram-refugees-digest Tuesday, September 5 2006 Volume 06 : Number 155 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [chakram-refugees] LL's singing experience ["Jackie M. Young" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 23:52:54 -1000 (HST) From: "Jackie M. Young" Subject: Re: [chakram-refugees] LL's singing experience On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 21:36:12 +0000, "Bianca Russell" wrote: >Lucy is a classically trained singer. She actually toured New Zealand a >few years ago with Kiwi music icon Dave Dobbyn, singing live pub events. - --Yes, but she did this primarily for the "experience" and to get over her fright of singing live, NOT because she had to make a living off of it (so she said in interviews at the time). >Also did a number for the free Auckland show Christmas in the Park, which >is singing to a couple of hundred thousand people live. If I remember >correctly, I think the funds from that event were for Starship Foundation - --Yes, but again, this was for charity, not to make a living. "Professional" usually means "what you do for a living", all the time. LL ACTS for a living, she doesn't SING for a living. Even though she did Grease on Broadway, it was primarily for the "experience" and for a short while to be the token "star" in the cast, backed up by _professional_ singers. If LL were churning out records and aggressively trying to hit the charts, I could see her being called a "professional", but she's not. She's an actress who also sings. Kind of like Carol Burnett is a comedienne who also sings. And I do think LL's singing could improve. As with her speaking voice, she tends to be too breathy and high. She could use more chest resonnance and a larger, stronger sound. Even though I was posting announcements about Celeb Duets, I totally forgot about it when the date came, but from the brief snippets of the entertainment reports I saw, I wasn't that impressed with LL's performance, sorry. Again, like I said earlier, LL's an actress who also sings, not the other way around. Kind of like Barry Manilow (my other obsession) is a singer who also acts. But neither of them do the other thing very well. ;P LOL Just MO, - --Jackie ****************************************************** * Proud to have the same birthday as Lucy Lawless! * * * * "I think New Zealand geographically comes from * * ... Hawai'i." --Lucy Lawless, Late Show, 4/9/96 * * * * JACKIE YOUNG, JYOUNG@LAVA.NET * * * * * ****************************************************** ========================================================= This has been a message to the chakram-refugees list. To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe chakram-refugees" in the message body. Contact meth@smoe.org with any questions or problems. ========================================================= ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 07:28:26 +1200 From: cr Subject: Re: [chakram-refugees] LL's singing experience On Mon, 04 Sep 2006 21:52, Jackie M. Young wrote: > Even though I was posting announcements about Celeb Duets, I totally > forgot about it when the date came, but from the brief snippets of the > entertainment reports I saw, I wasn't that impressed with LL's > performance, sorry. > > Again, like I said earlier, LL's an actress who also sings, not the other > way around. > > Kind of like Barry Manilow (my other obsession) is a singer who also acts. Oh. Barry Manilow. Of course. NO comment. 8-{ > But neither of them do the other thing very well. ;P LOL I'd disagree. I think Lucy's singing is, at least, very good, and extremely pleasant to listen to. She's glorious in Bitter Suite. And her acting is exceptional (one reason why we're here, isn't it?) cr ========================================================= This has been a message to the chakram-refugees list. To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe chakram-refugees" in the message body. Contact meth@smoe.org with any questions or problems. ========================================================= ------------------------------ End of chakram-refugees-digest V6 #155 **************************************