tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917776121387891817.post6308353067554792214..comments2024-03-28T09:12:52.113-04:00Comments on Stirred, Straight Up, with a Twist: Pet SoundsTJBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09180041865489453236noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917776121387891817.post-81908151096626942462009-12-03T01:46:15.318-05:002009-12-03T01:46:15.318-05:00Muscato - I simply cannot picture Petula Clark as ...Muscato - I simply cannot picture Petula Clark as Norma Desmond. Very strange casting.<br /><br />Poseidon3 - Pet does, indeed, hold the record for the most performances of any actress in <em>Sunset Blvd.</em> For better or worse. And her singing is VERY erratic nowadays - she can sound great, or absolutely wretched.<br /><br />MJ - Considering that it was 1976, those boys were remarkably handsome and clean-cut; not a shag 'do in sight.<br /><br />Thombeau - So maybe I'll see you there, we can forget all our troubles, forget all our cares...<br /><br />MJ - Heavy.<br /><br />Labuanbajo - My best friend saw Pet in <em>Blood Brothers</em> and said she was spectacular.<br /><br />normadesmond - Dean Martin also had a major case of the hots for her.<br /><br />Dean - I love Pet singing standards. Her 1962 jazz album, <em>In Other Words</em>, is great! So is her 1957 <em>You Are My Lucky Star</em> album, a tribute to Hollywood film songs of the 30's and 40's.TJBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09180041865489453236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917776121387891817.post-15224194631556624862009-12-03T00:00:03.258-05:002009-12-03T00:00:03.258-05:00LOVE Pet! I think my favorite song of hers is &quo...LOVE Pet! I think my favorite song of hers is "Beautiful in the Rain". Also love her version of "A Foggy Day in London Town".<br />At first, I thought that was Cloris Leachman in the Burlington sock ad! :-)Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05595514820176726864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917776121387891817.post-22685527444911581862009-12-02T23:17:59.503-05:002009-12-02T23:17:59.503-05:00and don't forget that the crazy classical pian...and don't forget that the crazy classical pianist glenn gould was mad for petula.normadesmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17325110017442011627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917776121387891817.post-38597228432766122912009-12-02T19:17:46.421-05:002009-12-02T19:17:46.421-05:00I'm so honored! And also a little annoyed that...I'm so honored! And also a little annoyed that Ellen and Norma beat me to the punch with their id of Veronica Lake.<br /><br />And don't forget Pet's turn on Broadway in "Blood Brothers" sometime in the early 90's.Labuanbajohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02868669229565228124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917776121387891817.post-21463402534470930922009-12-02T15:16:46.585-05:002009-12-02T15:16:46.585-05:00And I love TO pet!And I love TO pet!The Mistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07109289531733623207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917776121387891817.post-27078884369539642952009-12-02T15:03:25.706-05:002009-12-02T15:03:25.706-05:00LOVE THE PET.LOVE THE PET.Thombeauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610129742797260253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917776121387891817.post-58234126445496664832009-12-02T13:58:17.534-05:002009-12-02T13:58:17.534-05:00I want a conga line of gays with colourful socks t...I want a conga line of gays with colourful socks to follow me down to her sunken living room for cocktails.The Mistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07109289531733623207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917776121387891817.post-50273335644857667442009-12-02T07:56:50.580-05:002009-12-02T07:56:50.580-05:00I'm pretty sure that Pet has played Norma D. m...I'm pretty sure that Pet has played Norma D. more times than any other stage performer! I never saw it, though. <br /><br />I did see her in concert a few years back and she was utterly delightful and sounded wondrous. Then several weeks after that she was on some PBS special and sounded like shit!! Strange.<br /><br />My favorite song of hers is "I Know a Place," but I like most of her 60s output.Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917776121387891817.post-63989466201961848512009-12-02T00:36:37.775-05:002009-12-02T00:36:37.775-05:00Sixties Pet is Divoon; Seventies Pet is a lounge-a...Sixties Pet is Divoon; Seventies Pet is a lounge-act hoot - but anything later than that...<br /><br />I once trucked out to Newark to catch her in <i>Sunset Boulevard</i> (what can I say? I was dating one of the tour promoters) and...<br /><br />It wasn't pretty. It wasn't even funny. It was just baffling and rather sad.<br /><br />But we'll always have "Downtown".Muscatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657061324487851341noreply@blogger.com