Liza Minnelli Sings Rose's Turn

I found this video elsewhere on the web, but no place to leave comments. So feel free! How do you think she compares to the divas who've performed this song: Angela Lansbury, Rosalind Russell, Bette Midler, Tyne Daly, Patti Lupone, Bernadette Peters,Betty Buckley, etc? Who gives your favorite vocal delivery? Who's acting of the song moves you the most? Enjoy!

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Music

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• Angela Lansbury
• Rosalind Russell
• Bette Midler
• Tyne Daly
• Patti Lupone
• Liza Minnelli
• Bernadette Peters
• Betty Buckle

[rhylmark]

i still dont get it.. i love ns midler but why didn't they ask ,s minellie to do that part.. ind u its still not too late

[apsara81cloud]

@rhylmark she has her detractors, but--wow--if they could cobble her together to deliver something it would be riveting. Partly in a reality TV show kind of way, I must admit; but also because of her own historical dna rooted in stage and screen, not too mention her unique talent and presence

[hostingdude]

When you say absurd things, you're gonna be rightly called an "idiot."

I most certainly CAN and WILL comment on anything I desire. I'm not going to limit my opinions to only the positive.

Liza's performance here is LOW-GRADE HAM-HACK DRUNKEN GARBAGE.

Has Liza given good performances? Perhaps - not many I've seen, and I've seen her LIVE, several times (almost always disappointed). Who else here can say that?

Again, were Liza not born to fame, she'd be LUCKY to get into community theatre.

[apsara81cloud]

my my hostingdude, what little chippy you have on your shoulder. There are all sorts of entertainers who had a leg up through being born into a showbiz family. Though not a huge fan, I always find her fascinating when I come across her. I don't think she would have such a following if she didn't have some special spark. Lorna has a good voice, but little of that entertainer fire, despite her lineage. Now some people adore Nicolas Cage, and I cannot for the life of me get that one..........

[AtLastOnTheGround]

I mean, it's not unlike Liza to be spastic, but wow. Just wow.

[apsara81cloud]

I knew it! you are..........David Gest!

;-]

[adaircairell]

I think some of you are getting it wrong. Liza is an actress as well as a singer - this is her acting. It's not shouting (what do you think of LuPone if this is shouting?!). It's her interpretation of a tortured number. It's brilliant.

[hostingdude]

@michael301 Nice spelling, Your Majesty. Don't trip on your train, me lady.

[hostingdude]

@PhaedrusNYC

Why? Because I see as much as I can on/off/off-off Broadway. Because HotTix often doesn't have much in the way of last-minute choices on weekends. Because I was going with friends who had chosen the show. Because OTHER PERFORMERS are also in shows. Because, in one instance, I was in Vegas and I was intoxicated and I thought Liza would be fun to laugh at (that night she wasn't too bad). Because I see it all: the good, the bad, and the ugly. A bad show beats good TV any day.

[PhaedrusNYC]

@hostingdude Why would someone pay money to see a "worthless" performer live?

[filmmekker]

@rhylmark It's too late for Liza...she couldn't sing it anymore.

[ChrisRandomSinger]

Why do I love this so much?? I can't stop watching it! I think it's quite good, but I must agree about the random "Damnit" thrown in between "for" and "me" WTF??? LOL!

[Goomgam]

Liza's ragged performance only reminds me that if Garland had done the movie instead of Roz Russel, she would have given the greatest musical performance ever filmed. Perhaps no one has sung it as well as Bernadette or played it as well as Lansbury, but Garland would have been the best in every way.

[alien8me]

I'm am such a fan of Gypsy. The movie, the play, all forms of Gypsy! Rosalind, Ethel, Bette, Bernadette, Angela.. all of them. I've never considered Liza in the part of Rose but, gee whiz man, this is some GOOD stuff right here! WOW! Perfect!

[mb0616]

laugh out loud funny, 3:26.