_She reads the audiobook herself which surprised me. Not sure why, maybe it's more common than i thought._this is honestly very impressive, I wonder how many days they tracked. doing an audiobook is very fucking tiring; you every time you say a word weird or skip a definite object or whatever you start that over, I guess in her cased the engineer just grabs it all and puts it back together instead of stopping, dragging back & punching (which saves a little time) -- but seriously, it takes a week to do 200+ pages, it's WORK.
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 29 November 2023 23:57 (seven months ago) link
Live at the Bon Soir is amazing. It's a shame they didn't have the noise reduction technology in 1962 to clean up the recording and make this her debut album. I know her actual debut won the Grammy for Best Album, but this live collection is better. The ease and relaxed humor she has at age 20 in front of what was purportedly a sophisticated crowd is almost uncanny.
― Josefa, Thursday, 30 November 2023 14:05 (six months ago) link
Babs' half-sister covering Max Frost & The Troopers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmZl1BCaBuI
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 19 February 2024 20:21 (four months ago) link
you know i've been wondering if i should explore Barbra's catalog! i do love her voice.
― Swen, Tuesday, 20 February 2024 15:24 (four months ago) link
My two cents:
Get Live at the Bon Soir instead of her actual debut album.My Name is Barbra and Color Me Barbra are great examples of her classic style.Stoney End is perhaps the most successful of her "contemporary" albums.
Barbra Streisand... and other musical instruments is her most bizarre album.
― Josefa, Tuesday, 20 February 2024 15:46 (four months ago) link
Chris Molanphy's Hit Parade podcast just had an episode on her music and chart career, and I learned quite a lot!
https://slate.com/podcasts/hit-parade/2024/02/how-barbra-became-the-original-taylor
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 20 February 2024 16:06 (four months ago) link
I'm waiting for the biog to come out in paperback because i don't care who you are, that hardback can not be easily read by a human.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 20 February 2024 16:13 (four months ago) link
Chris made the case for its best form being audiobook, not least because song clips are part of it. Based on the shared snippet I'm inclined to agree!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 20 February 2024 16:16 (four months ago) link
Damn yeah that does sound good. Bono's is like that, so it must be A New Thing these days.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 20 February 2024 16:27 (four months ago) link
lol at Roslyn Kind up there, she's such a total half-Barbra!
― Josefa, Tuesday, 20 February 2024 16:56 (four months ago) link