Ned Rorem in Nantucket - 3 January, 1987

from Lies: A Diary 1986-1999, page 60:

Barbra Streisand "special". Many mistakes. Plays with her hair too much, distracting us from the song. Reptilian fingernails. Gives no credit to any songwriter, lest, it would seem, her charisma be deflected.
cite as

Ned Rorem, Lies: A Diary 1986-1999 (New York, 2002), p. 60. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1436392170123 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: Nantucket

Listeners

Ned Rorem
Critic, essayist, Composer, Diarist […]
1923-

Listening to

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music sung by Barbra Streisand performed by Barbra Streisand

Experience Information

Date/Time 3 January, 1987
Medium broadcast
Listening Environment in private, indoors, solitary

Originally submitted by pashworth on Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:49:30 +0100
Approved on Mon, 01 Feb 2016 23:35:25 +0000