Alot of "DIVA" stuff sucks like Celine Dion, but alot of it is pretty good too.
7th January 2008 01:23 PM
Ten Thousand Motels
7th January 2008 01:42 PM
Ten Thousand Motels
One might not like her music or dumb blonde shtick, but beyond that she's a very talented lady. Underrated IMO.
7th January 2008 01:49 PM
Some Guy
7th January 2008 02:13 PM
Factory Girl
Rhianna is very pretty, but the Umbrella song is gut-wrenching horrid.
7th January 2008 02:14 PM
Ten Thousand Motels
7th January 2008 02:15 PM
lotsajizz
'Diva' was a great movie....I just found a DVD copy finally
7th January 2008 02:27 PM
Ten Thousand Motels
7th January 2008 02:44 PM
Ten Thousand Motels
7th January 2008 02:49 PM
gypsy
quote:Ten Thousand Motels wrote:
One might not like her music or dumb blonde shtick, but beyond that she's a very talented lady. Underrated IMO.
She really does play the Spanish guitar very well.
7th January 2008 03:07 PM
Ten Thousand Motels
OK.
The ultimate diva. IMO only. But argue the point.
7th January 2008 03:10 PM
Ten Thousand Motels
7th January 2008 03:14 PM
Ten Thousand Motels
7th January 2008 03:31 PM
GotToRollMe
The Ultimate Diva:
7th January 2008 03:53 PM
TampabayStone
The reason the word was invented.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijEpOSgtSVE
That's how a Diva makes an entrance!!
7th January 2008 03:53 PM
Ten Thousand Motels
7th January 2008 03:56 PM
lotsajizz
I gotta be one of the few guys who likes Dolly for her music--which is GREAT--and not her Barbie doll tits--which are absurd
7th January 2008 04:00 PM
Ten Thousand Motels
quote:TampabayStone wrote:
The reason the word was invented.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijEpOSgtSVE
That's how a Diva makes an entrance!!
Corny. But she did hire some great script writers early on.
7th January 2008 04:05 PM
Ten Thousand Motels
quote:lotsajizz wrote:
I gotta be one of the few guys who likes Dolly for her music--which is GREAT--and not her Barbie doll tits--which are absurd
I'm not against them though.
7th January 2008 04:10 PM
Ten Thousand Motels
Maybe not the greatest diva but the first.
Amalia Rodrigues, the singer-songwriter who powerfully personified her country's brooding Fado (fate, or destiny) music died October 6, 1999, at her home in Lisbon, Portugal.
Fado began as a howl out of the dives and houses of ill repute along the Lisbon waterfront. The lyrics dwell on themes of longing, sadness and fatalism, to a wistful accompaniment made up of guitars and woodwinds. Melodically, Fado draws on Arabic, African and Iberian influences. The Cape Verdean Morna style made famous by Cesaria Evora is a close cousin.
"I don't sing fado. It sings in me,'' Amalia has said. Known to her fans by her first name, Amalia had a creamy mezzo-soprano that expressed every possible reaction to bad luck and disappointment, from outrage to world-weary resignation.
She was born in Lisbon on July 1, 1920 and got her start on the docks of Lisbon's Alcantara port quarter , singing while she sold fruit with her mother and sister. She was famous before she left her teens. When she began to perform in clubs along the waterfront in 1939, her career took off, paving the way for appearences in theatre productions, movies and world-wide concert tours.
In 1974, a coup brought down a half-century of rightist dictatorship, and Amalia was accused of collaborating with the deposed fascist regime. Rumors that she opposed the new government wore her down until she was hospitalized with depression. Ultimately, Amalia triumphed. She recorded a version of "Grandola Vila Morena", a song symbolizing the revolution, and was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Santiago, Portugal's highest honor. She continued to perform around the world until the 1980's, when increasing health problems caused her to retreat from public life.
Today, Fado is often watered down with pop or fossilized in conservatories. New vocalists are singing Amalia's songs, and some of them have beautiful voices, but none of them is as wise, brave and foolhardy as she was. In Amalia's hands, Fado was a black rose with a sultry perfume and long, sharp thorns. She smelled the one, bled from the other, and kept coming back for more. - Christina Roden
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7th January 2008 04:15 PM
TampabayStone
quote:Ten Thousand Motels wrote:
Corny. But she did hire some great script writers early on.
Crazy talk.
7th January 2008 04:24 PM
Ten Thousand Motels
quote:TampabayStone wrote:
Crazy talk.
7th January 2008 04:30 PM
Ten Thousand Motels
7th January 2008 04:33 PM
TampabayStone
quote:Ten Thousand Motels wrote:
Now we're talkin'
7th January 2008 04:45 PM
TampabayStone
7th January 2008 04:58 PM
TampabayStone
7th January 2008 06:18 PM
stonedinaustralia
diana might have had the up her-self diva attitude but not the pipes (nor the looks for that matter) imho
flo was great
7th January 2008 07:21 PM
TampabayStone
quote:stonedinaustralia wrote:
diana might have had the up her-self diva attitude but not the pipes (nor the looks for that matter) imho
flo was great
She got the screws. You made me have to do a little research.
7th January 2008 08:23 PM
texile
yes, there have been many great singers etc......
but miss ross had the balls that a true diva should have -
she's a true survivor.
