ot- who's your favorite diva?

geez the spam is killing me. how is everyone doing? are you all out
at parties? decorating your vehicles like the guy in jette's link?

so the campy nancy sinatra video started me thinking about divas.
who are some of your favorite divas?

peggy lee: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UOYsxbqnRs

On Dec 28, 8:43*pm, ellen <epdps...@gmail.com> wrote:

> geez the spam is killing me. *how is everyone doing? *are you all out
> at parties? *decorating your vehicles like the guy in jette's link?
>
> so the campy nancy sinatra video started me thinking about divas.
> who are some of your favorite divas?
>
> peggy lee: *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UOYsxbqnRs


I was wondering the same thing myself. Guess everyone is still
ecovering from holiday overload.

I always remember Peggy Lee singing Fever! She was good, wasn't she?

Speaking of Divas, here is a great article I found, with a good
definition and a list of the top Divas:

http://www.vintage-diva.com/what%20is%20a%20diva.htm

My favorites are listed here including Liz Taylor, Marilyn Monroe,
etc.

"marcy" <ngtybtnice@aol.com> wrote in message
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On Dec 28, 8:43 pm, ellen <epdps...@gmail.com> wrote:

> geez the spam is killing me. how is everyone doing? are you all out
> at parties? decorating your vehicles like the guy in jette's link?
>
> so the campy nancy sinatra video started me thinking about divas.
> who are some of your favorite divas?
>
> peggy lee: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UOYsxbqnRs


I was wondering the same thing myself. Guess everyone is still
ecovering from holiday overload.

I always remember Peggy Lee singing Fever! She was good, wasn't she?

----Excellent! A favorite version of one of my favorite songs. I also like
Eva Cassidy's version - although not nearly as sultry, & Ray Charles's, too.

Speaking of Divas, here is a great article I found, with a good
definition and a list of the top Divas:

http://www.vintage-diva.com/what%20is%20a%20diva.htm

My favorites are listed here including Liz Taylor, Marilyn Monroe,
etc.

----Not sure if she qualifies as a diva (but I think so), but Aretha
Franklin is a favorite of mine. And to some degree, Linda Ronstadt.

Cathy

"ellen" <epdpster@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> who are some of your favorite divas?
------------------
IMO, the following anecdote about opera singer Leontyne Price defines a true
diva:

"Asked by an interviewer about competitive feelings toward younger stars,
she replied: 'Why should I feel threatened? There'll never be another me.'
"

Eva

Cathy F. wrote:
> "marcy" <ngtybtnice@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:474ad8f7-c56f-486a-8cb6-078744e03b10@z26g2000pre.googlegroups.com...
> On Dec 28, 8:43 pm, ellen <epdps...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> geez the spam is killing me. how is everyone doing? are you all out
>> at parties? decorating your vehicles like the guy in jette's link?
>>
>> so the campy nancy sinatra video started me thinking about divas.
>> who are some of your favorite divas?
>>
>> peggy lee: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UOYsxbqnRs
>
>
> I was wondering the same thing myself. Guess everyone is still
> ecovering from holiday overload.
>
> I always remember Peggy Lee singing Fever! She was good, wasn't she?
>
> ----Excellent! A favorite version of one of my favorite songs. I also like
> Eva Cassidy's version - although not nearly as sultry, & Ray Charles's, too.
>
> Speaking of Divas, here is a great article I found, with a good
> definition and a list of the top Divas:
>
> http://www.vintage-diva.com/what%20is%20a%20diva.htm
>
> My favorites are listed here including Liz Taylor, Marilyn Monroe,
> etc.
>
> ----Not sure if she qualifies as a diva (but I think so), but Aretha
> Franklin is a favorite of mine. And to some degree, Linda Ronstadt.
>

Amy Winehouse is certainly shaping up to be a "diva". Amazing voice,
but prone to making the news for all the wrong reasons.


--
Jette Goldie
jette@blueyonder.co.uk
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http://wolfette.livejournal.com/
("reply to" is spamblocked - use the email addy in sig)

ellen <epdpster@gmail.com> wrote:

> geez the spam is killing me. how is everyone doing? are you all out
> at parties? decorating your vehicles like the guy in jette's link?
>
> so the campy nancy sinatra video started me thinking about divas.
> who are some of your favorite divas?
>
> peggy lee: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UOYsxbqnRs

For that above-and-beyond-ordinary quality that a diva must have, I have
several that make my short list: Elizabeth Taylor, Earth Kitt, Diana
Ross and Cher. :-)

--
Keera in Norway * Think big and then ask for more.
http://home.online.no/~kafox/

"Jette" <bosslady@scotlandmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Amy Winehouse is certainly shaping up to be a "diva". Amazing voice,
> but prone to making the news for all the wrong reasons.
----------------
I don't think she's long for this world. A trainwreck waiting to happen,
I'm afraid.

I don't think Aretha Franklin is long for this world, either, unless she
gets help *soon*. She has got to be over 300 lbs. at this point. For an
admirer, it's painful to look at her.

Surprised no one has mentioned Madonna or Beyonce.

Eva

Eva wrote:
> "Jette" <bosslady@scotlandmail.com> wrote in message
> news:0Crdj.69605$c_1.15764@text.news.blueyonder.co .uk...
>> Amy Winehouse is certainly shaping up to be a "diva". Amazing voice,
>> but prone to making the news for all the wrong reasons.
> ----------------
> I don't think she's long for this world. A trainwreck waiting to happen,
> I'm afraid.
>

Since she seems to particularly "go off the rails" in live
performances, I wonder if she's a "stage fright" sufferer, having a
"wee bit dutch courage" to go onstage and forgetting to stop? Maybe
she should stick to the recording studio and let everyone enjoy her
brilliant albums!


--
Jette Goldie
jette@blueyonder.co.uk
http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
http://wolfette.livejournal.com/
("reply to" is spamblocked - use the email addy in sig)

Eva <EvaDStructionNOT@NOTverizon.net> wrote:

> I don't think Aretha Franklin is long for this world, either, unless she
> gets help *soon*. She has got to be over 300 lbs. at this point. For an
> admirer, it's painful to look at her.

I haven't seen a picture of her in a good while. I'm sorry she's in this
condition. She has a such a gorgeous voice.

> Surprised no one has mentioned Madonna

I can never quite like Madonna. She's fascinating but not likeable. And
she doesn't act like a diva, IMO. Neither does Dolly Parton.

> or Beyonce.

You can't be a diva if your mom still dresses you.

--
Keera in Norway * Think big and then ask for more.
http://home.online.no/~kafox/

Keera Ann Fox wrote:
> Eva <EvaDStructionNOT@NOTverizon.net> wrote:
>
>> I don't think Aretha Franklin is long for this world, either, unless she
>> gets help *soon*. She has got to be over 300 lbs. at this point. For an
>> admirer, it's painful to look at her.
>
> I haven't seen a picture of her in a good while. I'm sorry she's in this
> condition. She has a such a gorgeous voice.

Aretha at age 19 - 2 mp3's if anybody's interested (hope this works):

"Who Needs You?"

> http://download.yousendit.com/42EC62B5620D0F7B


"Right Now"
>
> http://download.yousendit.com/990B329643314FF9


>> or Beyonce.
>
> You can't be a diva if your mom still dresses you.
>

ROFL!!

--
pax,
ruth


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"Keera Ann Fox" <thinkbig.shrinktofit@online.no> wrote in message
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> Eva <EvaDStructionNOT@NOTverizon.net> wrote:
>
> > Surprised no one has mentioned....Beyonce.
>
> You can't be a diva if your mom still dresses you.
---------------
LOL! I see Chakolate's next signature line here.

Eva

Eva <EvaDStructionNOT@notverizon.net> wrote:

> "Jette" <bosslady@scotlandmail.com> wrote in message
> news:0Crdj.69605$c_1.15764@text.news.blueyonder.co .uk...
>>
>> Amy Winehouse is certainly shaping up to be a "diva". Amazing voice,
>> but prone to making the news for all the wrong reasons.

> I don't think she's long for this world. A trainwreck waiting to happen,
> I'm afraid.

I'd say she's still young and robust enough to be able to recover from
a lot more abuse, but what she's at risk of are accidents like an
overdose or a car accident.

> I don't think Aretha Franklin is long for this world, either, unless she
> gets help *soon*. She has got to be over 300 lbs. at this point. For an
> admirer, it's painful to look at her.

> Surprised no one has mentioned Madonna or Beyonce.

Madonna is pretty fat free, but has plenty of muscle. It wouldn't
surprise me if she had a lot more upper body strength than most men.
Healthy female endurance athletes like Laura Radcliffe look like
that. They're possibly under the fertility and menstruation limit, but
that's one of the modes of healthy female operation our evolutionary
heritage has supplied us with.

I do agree however that Beyonce looks pathologically starved.

--
Chris Malcolm cam@infirmatics.ed.ac.uk DoD #205
IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK
[http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/]

Chris Malcolm <cam@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote:

> I do agree however that Beyonce looks pathologically starved.

Huh? Last time I looked Beyonce was far from starved.

You must mean one of the Frustrated Housewives. ;-)

--
Keera in Norway * Think big and then ask for more.
http://home.online.no/~kafox/

Keera Ann Fox <thinkbig.shrinktofit@online.no> wrote:
> Chris Malcolm <cam@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote:

>> I do agree however that Beyonce looks pathologically starved.

> Huh? Last time I looked Beyonce was far from starved.

> You must mean one of the Frustrated Housewives. ;-)

Not sure who they are. Another pop group? I googled up a recent photo
of a starved looking Beyonce, but not being familiar with pop stars it
could easily have been "a" Beyonce rather than "the" Beyonce :-)

--
Chris Malcolm cam@infirmatics.ed.ac.uk DoD #205
IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK
[http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/]

Chris Malcolm <cam@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote:

> Keera Ann Fox <thinkbig.shrinktofit@online.no> wrote:
> > Chris Malcolm <cam@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> >> I do agree however that Beyonce looks pathologically starved.
>
> > Huh? Last time I looked Beyonce was far from starved.
>
> > You must mean one of the Frustrated Housewives. ;-)
>
> Not sure who they are. Another pop group?

I can see why you haven't heard of them. The show is called that in
Norway, but its original title is "Desperate Housewives". Sorry for
leading you astray. Anyway, those ladies strike me as pathologically
starved.

> I googled up a recent photo of a starved looking Beyonce, but not being
> familiar with pop stars it could easily have been "a" Beyonce rather than
> "the" Beyonce :-)

Just one photo? There are plenty of others that show her quite curvy.

--
Keera in Norway * Think big and then ask for more.
http://home.online.no/~kafox/

fun responses with some classic comments. like the links as well.

so was granny a diva? or just a straight shooter? i find myself
relating to her more & more...
http://www.tvland.com/video/index.jhtml?bcpid=174317557

On Jan 2, 6:49 pm, ellen <epdps...@gmail.com> wrote:
> fun responses with some classic comments. like the links as well.
>
> so was granny a diva? or just a straight shooter? i find myself
> relating to her more & more...http://www.tvland.com/video/index.jhtml?bcpid=174317557

eehhh (stomping & pumping my fists) -guess that didn't work. if so
inclined or just miss seeing granny with her rifle, click on the
beverly hillbillies & then the clip entitled 'bang bang'

On Jan 2, 6:49 pm, ellen <epdps...@gmail.com> wrote:

> so was granny a diva? or just a straight shooter? i find myself
> relating to her more & more...

this wasn't exactly what i was thinking, but:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwTXqwHXLyk