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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
I LOVE the way Betty Buckley totally upstages Brightman on Memory at the 2006 Kennedy Center Honors - watch her sell those last few notes to the back row - nee the parking lot!!!! And - BB is likely well into her 60's with that powerhouse, blockbuster voice!
Poor Brightman and her comparatively anemic voice. Notice how much further the mic is from BB's mouth than SB's mic was.
Betty once said her mic failed in her first performace of this in Cats and she used her full voice unmic'd - could you imagine that  |
Well, I have always loved the light, airy quality of Sarah Brightman's voice, but Buckley is undeniably more powerful, and for this song, emotive: the last, high note is sublime. She gave me instant chills. Notice, also, the kind of loud gasping breaths Sarah took; my father (a trained singer) would always point that out to me, and now I can't help but zero in on it, when I hear it.
Sarah's extra-long hair is so beautiful, and she looks like such an angel. She reminds me of a silent film star.
So, is that a shot of Michelle Lee in the audience? Yikes! If so, that's some creepy plastic surgery. meow.
Thanks for pointing this out, it is fun to see!