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Showing posts with label Music Streisand-Barbra. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music Streisand-Barbra. Show all posts

Monday, December 14, 2015

Don Surber: Of mice and Barbra Streisand


Don Surber: Of mice and Barbra Streisand: Barbra Streisand received an award from Robert Redford and gave a speech, the Hollywood Reporter reported : "We have to join forces...

Monday, Dec. 14, 2015


Barbra Streisand received an award from Robert Redford and gave a speech, the Hollywood Reporter reported:

A must read by Don Surber... http://donsurber.blogspot.com/2015/12/of-mice-and-barbra-streisand.html

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Monday, October 16, 2006

20061015 Streisand performed last Friday at Verizon Center in DC



Streisand performed last Friday at Verizon Center in DC

October 15th, 2006

Carroll County Times writer Jordan Bartel informs us that “Barbra Streisand is back on stage.”

In spite of her enormous talent – I was busy re-arranging my sock drawer that evening and I just wasn't able to make it; especially since Representative Nancy Pelosi, San Francisco, CA 8th District, has taken over her body. See: “20061010 Streisand goes emo at Madison Square Garden concert.”

To be certain, Representative Pelosi, who fights for the little guy, can afford the tickets since she is worth over $25 million…

I wonder if Ms. Streisand told audience members to “Shut the **** up!” at this concert?

Apparently “The most riveting moment of Barbra Streisand's Madison Square Garden concert was one of the only unscripted ones.”

Update: Libby Copeland, a Washington Post Staff Writer loved her performance. Ms. Copeland's review of Ms. Streisand's performance appears in the Saturday, October 14, 2006 Washington Post on page C01.

Anyway, Mr. Bartel recently wrote:

Concert Watch: Streisand to perform with Il Divo at Verizon Center

Barbra Streisand is back on stage.

The venerable Streisand, along with multi-platinum selling quartet Il Divo, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Washington, D.C.'s Verizon Center.

Streisand is the music industry's all-time best selling female artist, with 50 gold, 30 platinum and 13 multi-platinum albums. She is second only to Elvis Presley on the all-time music sellers' chart. She is a multiple Grammy winner, and has an Oscar, Tony and Peabody Award to her name.

Il Divo has become the most successful international music act of the past few years, selling more than 12 million albums. Their first two albums, "Il Divo" and "Ancora," achieved 26 top chart positions internationally, including the top debut in the United States.

Tickets range from $100 to $750 and are available through the Verizon Center box office and through Ticketmaster outlets at www.ticketmaster.com.

Verizon Center is at 601 F Street, NW.

-Jordan Bartel

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006

20061010 Streisand goes emo at Madison Square Garden concert


“Streisand Has Outburst at NYC Concert”

Posted by Kevin Dayhoff, October 10th, 2006

Barbra Streisand bellows at concert-goer, "Shut the f**** up. Later apologizes.

Hat Tip: Michelle Malkin: “Babs: ‘Shut the (expletive) up!’” In this post Ms. Malkin has called to our attention an AP piece being carried by Breitbart: Barbra Streisand shows her class.

In Breitbarts post, Barbra Streisand shows her class, we learn:

Streisand Has Outburst at NYC Concert Oct 10 10:07 AM US/Eastern

By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY AP Music Writer

NEW YORK

It was an evening that elicited tears, standing ovations, raucous laughter and shouts of joy from the audience _ and was just in the first few minutes.

Yes, Barbra Streisand's return to touring after a 12-year absence was the extravaganza that it promised to be. Monday night's show at Madison Square Garden was the third stop of a 20-city jaunt across the nation _ a virtual lovefest between the ultimate diva and an adoring, sold-out, celebrity-dotted crowd.

Streisand effortlessly crooned through a select repertoire of the hits she's amassed during her four-decade-plus career. But night's most riveting moment came during what was perhaps the only unscripted _ and truly uncomfortable _ episode in the three-hour show.

There was Streisand, enduring a smattering of very loud jeers as she and "George Bush" _ a celebrity impersonator _ muddled through a skit that portrayed the president as a bumbling idiot.

Though most of the crowd offered polite applause during the slightly humorous routine, it got a bit too long, especially for a few in the audience who just wanted to hear Streisand sing like she had been doing for the past hour.

"Come on, be polite!" the well-known liberal implored during the sketch as she and "Bush" exchanged zingers. But one heckler wouldn't let up. And finally, Streisand let him have it.

"Shut the (expletive) up!" Streisand bellowed, drawing wild applause. "Shut up if you can't take a joke!"

With that one F-word, the jeers ended. And the message was delivered _ no one gets away with trying to upstage Barbra Streisand, especially not in her hometown.

Once the outburst (which Streisand later apologized for) was over, Streisand noted that "the artist's role is to disturb," and delivered a message of tolerance before launching into a serenely beautiful rendition of "Somewhere." That put the focus back on what the audience came for _ her voice, one of the greatest female instruments of her generation.

Streisand's voice, at once soaring and soothing, doesn't seem to have been affected much by her long layoff from performing. Earlier in the evening, she seemed to fall short of her full potential _ moments where she once belted a tune she now seemed to simply sing at a steady register. But once the evening progressed, she got stronger, such as for her performance of one of her biggest hits, "People."

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I got a chuckle when Ms. Malkin wrote: “Maybe she'll end up with a guest lecturer position at Columbia University.”

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