WHET k.d. lang?

She hasn't released an album in nearly a decade.

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by Anonymousreply 220December 17, 2018 9:27 PM

She's fine! She sends her love!

by Anonymousreply 1January 7, 2017 4:47 PM

Pollyann.

I don't recall this one at all. Lots of vocal acrobatics and sly winking from k.d. lang.

33 years ago?

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by Anonymousreply 2January 7, 2017 4:48 PM

She did a record with Neko Case. Case Lang Viers. I've got it in my Spotify queue but haven't listened yet.

by Anonymousreply 3January 7, 2017 4:51 PM

Yeah, she did the Case/Lang/Veirs album last year. I like it a lot.

by Anonymousreply 4January 7, 2017 4:57 PM

Thanks, r3. I am listening to their concert right now!

Also a Neko Case fan.

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by Anonymousreply 5January 7, 2017 4:57 PM

Love Neko's voice, but I am not crazy about her songs.

kd lang lives in Portland, no? Any sightings?

by Anonymousreply 6January 7, 2017 5:03 PM

And she did a country-ish collaboration with a band called Siss Boom Bang in 2011?

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by Anonymousreply 7January 7, 2017 5:04 PM

Best rendition of Cohen's Hallelujah, ever.

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by Anonymousreply 8January 7, 2017 5:04 PM

k.d. is an amazing voice, great singer. Johnny Carson had her on and back again a week later. I grew up in Toronto and first saw lang and the Reclines at the Brunswick house, where among other amazing things her set included her singing "Stand By Your Man" while standing at the men's urinal. k.d.'s voice really was the second coming of Patsy Cline and she belonged in country music. They didn't like her kind or her politics. She is great friends with Loretta Lynn though. Lang still sounds amazing with that rich syrupy voice and incredible power. She was wonderful as always on the Tony Bennett Tribute a few weeks ago.

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by Anonymousreply 9January 7, 2017 5:20 PM

Serenading Tony Bennett.

Will anyone even want to attend the Kennedy Center Honors performance during the upcoming Czardom period?

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by Anonymousreply 10January 7, 2017 5:20 PM

Musicians reach their creative peak in there mid twenties. It shouldn't be surprising when they've faded from public view by their 40s.

by Anonymousreply 11January 7, 2017 5:32 PM

This duet thrills me every time.

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by Anonymousreply 12January 7, 2017 5:39 PM

Not only is your assertion ridiculous, it is incorrect R11. A healthy female voice reaches peak power and maturity around the age of 40. You might like the young sound of Barbra Streisand for instance, but she sang better in her late thirties and early forties. Most popular singers damage their voices from overuse and improper technique, that's a different story.

[quote]Listen to any singer, and compare their voice before 35—and then from 35 to 45, and you will see a world of difference. It is this age-range, from 35 to 45, in which a singer enters the second stage of voice development. During these years, the voice fills out and becomes stronger and more colorful; and yet, the voice is still growing. A singer reaches full maturity around 45, when the voice is at its most colorful stage. After the age of 55 the voice begins to decline. The vocal bands are not as flexible and the voice has become weighty, producing at times a slight wobble in the vibrato.

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by Anonymousreply 13January 7, 2017 5:54 PM

k.d. is radiant here, singing with Bennett and this wonderful pianist.

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by Anonymousreply 14January 7, 2017 5:55 PM

I love her "Live By Request" album.

by Anonymousreply 15January 7, 2017 5:56 PM

Love, love, love k. d. lang! Her voice was perfection, and continues to be perfection.

by Anonymousreply 16January 7, 2017 6:08 PM

She played near UCLA in 2015 - likely on tour. Sadly, I didn't know until the day of and couldn't attend.

The 2010 Winter olympics asked Cohen to play Hallelujah and he refused saying kd lang owns that song now and she should sing it.

So she did (the lighting is amazing):

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by Anonymousreply 17January 7, 2017 6:13 PM

I linked to a version with only stills by mistake. Here's the video version of the 2010 Olympics:

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by Anonymousreply 18January 7, 2017 6:14 PM

that old bitch is in her 50s

by Anonymousreply 19January 7, 2017 6:53 PM

Classic case of FLB. (Famous Lesbian Burnout).

by Anonymousreply 20January 7, 2017 7:00 PM

OP, she just released an album in 2016 - with Neko Case and Laura Veirs.

She hasn't had a true solo album out for a while, that's true - the album she released in 2011 was good, but it was with a band. Her last old-style, vocal focused "k.d." album was 2008's "Watershed."

She just appeared at the Tony Bennett 90th concert, which was broadcast by NBC in December. She sounded phenomenal. She has probably lost two or three notes at the ends of her ranges, as anyone will with age, but she still sounds amazing.

I love k.d. Truly, truly love all of her music. Love that she's living in Portland, love that she's living a life out of the celebrity eye.

[quote] Classic case of FLB. (Famous Lesbian Burnout).

Hardly. She's doing what she wants to do, how she wants to do it. She never wanted the intense glare that surrounded her when she came out and released Ingenue, an intensely personal album.

by Anonymousreply 21January 7, 2017 7:01 PM

k.d. lang with Dame Edna and an uncomfortable Ivana Trump!!! When did you first realize you were....Canadian?

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by Anonymousreply 22January 7, 2017 7:04 PM

She should change to a man.

by Anonymousreply 23January 7, 2017 7:07 PM

Writer's block is a bitch.

by Anonymousreply 24January 7, 2017 7:11 PM

She could do more conceptual remake albums if she's stuck for songs, r24. My favorite of all her work is the little-loved Drag, with songs all directly or tangentially related to cigarettes or addiction.

She likes Loretta Lynn, as I do (except for the recent Trump enthusiasm), and I think she could do well with a LL tribute album, going back to full-on country. She could do some gender variants on some old classics, and maybe revisit the old (and sometimes quite funny) Ernest Tubb duets with some surprising new partners.

Behold below the languid, almost post-coital remake of The Hollies' The Air That I Breathe from Drag.

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by Anonymousreply 26January 7, 2017 7:20 PM

The Loretta Lynn album is a great idea with maybe some Tubb, Hank Williams or Conway Twitty!! I don't want her to do a tribute album to Leonard Cohen or any more collaborations with Jane Siberry or Neko Case. Lang should put out one more great torch and twang album while her voice is still good.

by Anonymousreply 27January 7, 2017 7:36 PM

She's too busy eating all the snatch she can get her fingers on. She LOVES eating pussy.

by Anonymousreply 28January 7, 2017 7:39 PM

She's figuring out ways to break up Ellen and Portia's marriage.

by Anonymousreply 29January 7, 2017 7:42 PM

k.d. lang is way too cool and sweet a person to give a rusty fuck about Ellen and Portia. Long before Ellen had her first nervous breakdown k.d. lang was out and proud and paying the price for it. She's a hero. Funny and shy, but not lacking in pussy.

by Anonymousreply 30January 7, 2017 7:53 PM

k.d. lang moved to Portland OR about a year and half ago. I have seen her walking around in the Pearl District and I have smiled and said hello to her which she gave right back. She looks happy. She also does cameo roles in "Portlandia."

by Anonymousreply 31January 7, 2017 8:06 PM

I love k.d. and lament the fact that she gets so little radio airplay. Too hip and lesbian for your local country, adult contemporary or MOR/standards station. I think my favorites tend to be from her Reclines era, like that killer clip from Carson. And bring on the Conway and Loretta, R27!

by Anonymousreply 32January 7, 2017 8:12 PM

one of the best voices ever. Her cover of A Case of You is even better than the original... breathtaking

by Anonymousreply 33January 7, 2017 8:15 PM

I love that song, R26. Aside from Ingenue, that's my favorite song of hers.

She's really more of an interpretive singer. I think unlike a lot of "vocalists" she can write a decent song with the right collaborators, and has on several albums. But her voice comes to life when it interprets the work of others.

R33 - k.d.'s version of Mitchell's "Jericho" is for sure better than the original.

R31, that makes me happy. She always seemed like an essentially nice person in everything I've seen and read. I'm glad she's somewhere where she can do her own thing.

by Anonymousreply 34January 7, 2017 8:45 PM

Fun fact: "Constant Craving" - and most of "Ingenue" was written when k.d. was in love with Wendy Melvoin - yes, of Wendy and Lisa fame - an passionate love that was apparently not returned.

Curiouser still: Wendy played on that album and has played on several other k.d. albums since.

by Anonymousreply 36January 7, 2017 8:47 PM

Wow. She looks like someone here. A very young rakish John Lennon? Can't put my finger on it, exactly. From the Way Back Machine.

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by Anonymousreply 38January 7, 2017 9:16 PM

R39: No she's not ugly. She's not 'pretty', but is quite handsome.

by Anonymousreply 40January 7, 2017 9:19 PM

I'm a dude, gay man. Before her weight gain I found kd to be so damn sexy. Of course she is handsome, and lovely. I love her.

by Anonymousreply 42January 7, 2017 9:23 PM

Where did you hear that R36? I always thought Ingenue was written about a married woman kd had an affair with. Here's a pic of Wendy, you know who, and kd.

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by Anonymousreply 43January 7, 2017 9:24 PM

the weight gain was most likely from anti-depressants. After divorcing her partner of 7 years, Jamie Price, she got out of LA and moved to Portland. The breakup was hard on k.d.

by Anonymousreply 44January 7, 2017 9:35 PM

Her cover of David Wilcox's My Old Addiction - inspired by Chet Baker's heroin addiction and suicide - is really stunning, balancing hope and despair, intimacy and detachment. I was truly moved by this version.

She is a great interpreter and should really try her hand at more offbeat stuff like this.

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by Anonymousreply 45January 7, 2017 9:43 PM

Jane Siberry's exquisitely sad and humane song "The Valley" gave kd a chance to explore the more narrative aspect of her singing. Of course we know her for the tear and cry in her voice, beautiful tone, powerful wails , perfect pitch and excellent vibrato, but she can sing pretty up in her head voice too, ha. This is not a great quality video but she's fun to watch :)

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by Anonymousreply 46January 7, 2017 9:44 PM

[quote]I always thought Ingenue was written about a married woman kd had an affair with.

Sounds like the plot of the movie salmonberries, (1991) It's a fascinating movie and k.d. is terrific in it.

by Anonymousreply 47January 7, 2017 9:44 PM

oh who cares what happened to that ugly thing?

by Anonymousreply 48January 7, 2017 9:45 PM

Not the type of voice I'd pay money to go see.

by Anonymousreply 49January 7, 2017 9:49 PM

I'm sure you'll have plenty of opportunities over the next 50 years to watch Taylor Swift lip-synch, R49.

by Anonymousreply 50January 7, 2017 9:55 PM

at least taylor isn't fat, old and fat.

by Anonymousreply 51January 7, 2017 9:57 PM

R50 - don't drag me into this conversation!

by Anonymousreply 52January 7, 2017 9:57 PM

Her version of "A Case of You" is lovely, but, with the arrangement and her playing around with the melody, it's just too different from the original for me to really love. But, as always, her voice is incredible.

by Anonymousreply 53January 7, 2017 9:58 PM

at least k.d. lang doesn't lip -synch and require a vocoder.

by Anonymousreply 54January 7, 2017 9:59 PM

Because the most important thing about a musician is how they look, R51.

by Anonymousreply 55January 7, 2017 10:00 PM

That clip at R46 is sublime. Her voice is exquisite.

by Anonymousreply 56January 7, 2017 10:00 PM

r55, it DOES matter how a singer looks if she became famous when she or he was young in part for being physically sexy, and K.D. did. That contributed to her appeal as much as her great voice did--and she's a mess now.

by Anonymousreply 57January 7, 2017 10:02 PM

k.d. lang can always lose weight but Taylor Swift will never be able to sing

by Anonymousreply 58January 7, 2017 10:11 PM

(1) No, it doesn't, (2) no, she didn't, and (3) no, she isn't.

by Anonymousreply 59January 7, 2017 10:12 PM

k.d. most certainly did not become famous for being sexy. The big boned gal from Southern Alberta was lucky to be from Canada. Yes she was oddly sexy and quite lovely to watch sing, but no one was calling k.d. lang sexy and she never marketed herself as such EVER. She is quite subversive about that sort of thing. Against all odds k.d lang became famous and celebrated for her pure glorious voice and astounding vocal talent.

by Anonymousreply 61January 7, 2017 10:19 PM

k.d. receives the Juno Hall of Fame award from that other Canadian sexpot Anne Murray. I feel sorry for Americans in general and american musicians in particular. Where else but Canada would k.d. been given the chance to become a star? This is a sweet tribute and don't think Canadian's don't like to come home for our little awards shows. Leonard Cohen, Michael Buble, Murray, Shania and Tony all contribute to k.d.s tribute. Sweet.

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by Anonymousreply 63January 7, 2017 10:59 PM

Why doesn't she just transition and get it over with? Or has she already?

by Anonymousreply 64January 7, 2017 11:13 PM

Can any DL's shed light on the origins of Lang's mysterious alter-ego Miss Chatelaine?

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by Anonymousreply 65January 7, 2017 11:18 PM

Wasn't Miss Chatelaine her big FUCK YOU to Nashville?

That she could be a sweet and pretty feminine beauty queen (like they wanted) but that was all inconsequential next to her voice and songwriting skills?

by Anonymousreply 66January 7, 2017 11:58 PM

R65- I think Miss Chatelaine has something to do with a women's magazine that is popular in Canada- the magazine is called Chatelaine.

Chatelaine gave K.D. an award as Woman of the Year and it sounded like K. D. was surprised by it so she did a sort of tribute and dressed up in an over-the-top 'girly' way for the video.

by Anonymousreply 67January 8, 2017 12:19 AM

She was doing lady drag early on. See r2.

by Anonymousreply 68January 8, 2017 12:23 AM

R67 - Chatelaine, the Canadian homemakers magazine, wanted to a feature on k d lang, and as part of the feature, a makeover. Make her into a 'real woman'. So, very tongue in cheek, k d exploited that absurdity by writing the song, and making herself femme for the album Ingènue .

by Anonymousreply 69January 8, 2017 12:29 AM

I know a lesbian who thought that old Vanity Fair cover with KD and Cindy Crawford was the sexiest thing ever.

by Anonymousreply 70January 8, 2017 12:51 AM

Lang's version of Cole Porter's So In Love is gorgeous. Elegant, languid and simple. Her voice is very sexy.

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by Anonymousreply 72January 8, 2017 1:12 AM

Confident people can be immensely attractive and sexy. I know a woman; I've known her since childhood; that to this day seems to me like a big dyke (she is built just like kd lang and probably goes to a barber shop to get a haircut ), yet she's happily married and has a kick ass smart daughter in college. She is very successful, comfortable with herself and airs such confidence that I'm totally getting why her husband is into her. I enjoy her company. A very smart woman.

I never met kd lang, but I can see how she can have that "something" that attracts her partners. Besides, true artist are very seductive people. Vulnerable too, but very attractive when creating.

by Anonymousreply 74January 8, 2017 1:35 AM

[quote] Fun fact: "Constant Craving" - and most of "Ingenue" was written when k.d. was in love with Wendy Melvoin - yes, of Wendy and Lisa fame - an passionate love that was apparently not returned.

You sure, R36? Because one of kd's exes was in a relationship with a good friend of Wendy Melvoin's.

by Anonymousreply 75January 8, 2017 1:42 AM

My introduction to K.D. was the1988 Calgary Winter Olympic closing ceremonies. Everyone was talking about her the next day.

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by Anonymousreply 77January 8, 2017 2:44 AM

Check out 2nd song -3 Cigarettes. ( i've been looking for this for years, but could only half remember it. Glad someone started this thread.)

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by Anonymousreply 78January 8, 2017 4:17 AM

R78, YT allows you to cue a clip.

Park the clip where you want it to start. Click on SHARE. Click where is says START. Copy and paste the url that shows up next to it.

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by Anonymousreply 79January 8, 2017 4:22 AM

k.d. started performing in Edmonton in the early 1980's. She used to go shows at a few clubs, the one I remember is the Sidetrack Cafe. She played there often with her band, and even then, people said she'd be a star one day.

Gossip wise, in those days she was still known as Kathy in the local gay community, and I've been told she was quite the slut.

by Anonymousreply 80January 8, 2017 4:23 AM

She still has an incredible voice. The other thing I like about her is that when she does a duet with someone, she doesn't try to out-sing them or try and sing over them.

Has she ever been invited to do a New Years Eve show? Because Dick Clark Productions would get their money's worth instead of booking Mariah "Lets Do The Lift" Carey.

by Anonymousreply 81January 8, 2017 4:31 AM

R75 I remember reading this in DNA magazine

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by Anonymousreply 83January 8, 2017 4:38 AM

She looks like Lee Pace. Is Lee Pace her baby?

by Anonymousreply 86January 8, 2017 4:55 AM

I had recorded Tony Bennett's 90th BD and just watched it, I was away for xmas. K.D. Lang was great in it although she's put on quite a bit of weight. Her voice is really god's gift. I don't give a shit about Taylor Swift or Beyonce or Rihanna, KD is the real deal.

I was a fan from the beginning...I even remember watching a documentary abt her on Bravo (back when they showed art films and documentaries lol). It's been a long time...I have never seen her in concert...i hope she continues her fab career! Watching Tony Bennett's bd show brought tears to my eyes...I was so touched. what a legend.

by Anonymousreply 87January 8, 2017 4:58 AM

Oh yeah, I remember that famous cover of her with cindy crawford, cindy looked really good in it. KD said it was a dream come true...I wonder if they got it on afterwards lol.

by Anonymousreply 88January 8, 2017 4:58 AM

Thanks for the link, R83. I guess it may be true. Wendy and Lisa were never married, though they were in a long term relationship.

by Anonymousreply 89January 8, 2017 5:03 AM

R45, thanks for the link. I have the CD, it's been years since I've listened to that song...gotta go dig it out and burn it to my ipod!

by Anonymousreply 90January 8, 2017 5:13 AM

I also remember the Vanity Fair cover with Cindy Crawford, that was quite the scandal at the time!

by Anonymousreply 91January 8, 2017 5:37 AM

[quote] A healthy female voice reaches peak power and maturity around the age of 40. You might like the young sound of Barbra Streisand for instance, but she sang better in her late thirties and early forties.

That may be true for many female singers but not in the case of Barbra Streisand IMO. In terms of clarity, intonation, projection, resonance,tonal color and vibrato control I would argue she peaked between '65 and '75. By the mid-80s she had developed a coarser vocal timbre(not what I consider "mature") and her vibrato became tremulous, breathy and unsupported. He voice was just so incredibly forceful and sophisticated in the late 60s and I think 8 Funny Girl performances a week a LOT to do with that.

By her own admission she was a lazy singer and without the discipline to keep her instrument in top condition one can tell by the "One Voice" concert that she was in decline.

by Anonymousreply 92January 8, 2017 6:21 AM

I've been on listening to kd lang on youtube for the past 2 hrs. She is soooo amazing, so soulful, expressive and one of a kind! What a fucking voice!

I hope to see her one day in concert!

by Anonymousreply 93January 8, 2017 6:31 AM

I like her song "Anywhere But Here" from the movie soundtrack that came out in the late 90s.

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by Anonymousreply 94January 8, 2017 3:13 PM

It's nice to see all the kd love.

by Anonymousreply 95January 8, 2017 3:29 PM

I wonder if KD ever comes to the DL? She's awesome and she has a really sexy voice!

by Anonymousreply 96January 8, 2017 3:52 PM

Agree with r81. Any number of live clips on this thread prove she could sing to the rafters, but smart singer that she is, she knows when and when not to, because it's not all about her, it's about the song, and in some cases, the duet partner and the setting.

Check her out with Tony Bennett in '94 performing Moonglow backed by just a trio. Lang matches but never surpasses the much older Bennett - and both of them fit perfectly with the very gentle swing provided by the drummer, bassist, and especially pianist. (And how great that she's still showing up for Bennett 23 years later!)

She seems to really love collaboration and working with bands. I am excited to listen to the rest of the new one with Neko Case.

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by Anonymousreply 97January 8, 2017 4:00 PM

yes R97, i saw a few clips of her singing with bennett and she so good. I don't like the trio, esp the one with the glasses, she isn't good.

by Anonymousreply 98January 8, 2017 4:09 PM

I'm a fan of even her lesser work, perhaps more now than when it was released.

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by Anonymousreply 99January 8, 2017 4:24 PM

The new collaboration isn't really great, but "Atomic Number" is nice.

I think they may have thought about a "Trio" type album, but ended up having it be songs where kd took the lead on a few, Neko on a few and Laura on a few. You can barely hear the others in it.

Still, k.d.'s body of work is pretty solid.

by Anonymousreply 101January 9, 2017 2:38 AM

Still utterly glorious 25 years later.

Ingenue really needs to have an anniversary remaster and reissue. (With a vinyl reissue to boot, please.)

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by Anonymousreply 102January 9, 2017 2:44 AM

I recently found out k.d. does not live too far from me. If I ever see her again walking around I'm going to ask her out for a coffee, a beer or maybe dinner. I just want to see that gorgeous smile again.

by Anonymousreply 103January 9, 2017 3:33 AM

The Pearl is small. Surely you'll bump into her there, R103.

by Anonymousreply 104January 9, 2017 3:53 AM

R104 I'm out there in the street just about every day food shopping, having an espresso, or just getting exercise. I hope to be at the right place and time just to see her. Timing is everything. I am not an obsessed stalker and do not have her address so don't get me wrong.

by Anonymousreply 105January 9, 2017 4:00 AM

stalker alert at R103! LOL

I've watched a few videos on youtube...she is just so amazing and her voice is so sexy on some songs...damn she was really hot when she was younger.

she sings with such emotion and feeling...

I read that she cuts her own hair lol.

by Anonymousreply 106January 9, 2017 4:02 AM

I hadn't listened to kd in a while, but I've been going through these clips and her voice is just knocking me out all over again. A real vocalist with real talent. Something that is sorely lacking in our current pop culture.

by Anonymousreply 107January 9, 2017 4:39 AM

What's the story with kd and her ex-partner? Not surprised to hear that kd was slutty in her youth, she also had an affair with Melissa Etheridge's first wife Julie Cypher.

by Anonymousreply 108January 9, 2017 4:43 AM

who knows? yes, Melissa Etheridge wrote in her auto bio that KD and her ex had an affair.

She's since moved to Portland...maybe she is seeing someone...she is a scorpio, vegan and buddhist. That's all I know about her.

Who was "constant craving" about? That whole album was about a married woman, but who?

by Anonymousreply 109January 9, 2017 4:51 AM

[quote] I am not an obsessed stalker and do not have her address so don't get me wrong.

I think it's cute.

by Anonymousreply 110January 9, 2017 4:52 AM

R109, scroll up for some answers.

by Anonymousreply 111January 9, 2017 4:53 AM

I have a vague memory of reading somewhere that kd wrote "Constant Craving" and a few other songs on "Ingenue" because she had a mad crush on a married woman but it was unrequited. Kd got all fucked up over that for a while. It was a long time ago, though, so I may not be remembering correctly.

by Anonymousreply 112January 9, 2017 5:05 AM

Wendy Melvoin of Wendy and Lisa was the woman. She wasn't married legally at the time, and I think this may have been well after her relationship with Lisa ended, but she was unavailable and/or uninterested.

Wendy is now, if I remember right, with the director of The Kids Are All Right.

by Anonymousreply 113January 9, 2017 3:13 PM

When straight American wants a lesbian, it wants a big-boobed bombshell like the ones on HBO.

by Anonymousreply 114January 9, 2017 4:17 PM

This woman is talented. One of the best voices I personally have ever heard.

by Anonymousreply 115January 9, 2017 4:20 PM

R114 Our collective bag of fucks on what mainstream America wants is completely EMPTY

by Anonymousreply 116January 9, 2017 9:55 PM

All that kd does these days is eat pussy. She loves loves loves sticking her tongue into a snatch. She's morbidly obese now from all that snatch. Pussy juice has tons of calories.

by Anonymousreply 117January 9, 2017 11:07 PM

She is a vegan and animal lover! And that voice!

She's heavier now but she's in her 50s so probably menopause? Don't women gain a lot of weight at this time?

by Anonymousreply 118January 9, 2017 11:14 PM

I bought Shadowland in high school, I just dug up the CD and I'm listening to it now again...her voice is pure heaven! I love you so much KD Lang...if you're reading this! (don't all gay peeps know and post on DL?) Please do a bit of country or cover an elvis song please! or cover a rock and roll song. that would be heaven. you're just the best! rare, rare, talent! nobody sounds like her!!!

by Anonymousreply 119January 10, 2017 1:07 AM

She looks a lot like Jake Gyllenhall in r2's video.

I love her voice. It's just beautiful.

by Anonymousreply 120January 10, 2017 1:13 AM

She needs to come up off the muff and release an album!

by Anonymousreply 121January 10, 2017 1:23 AM

When k.d. was interviewed by Elvira Kurt a few years ago, she was told that some lesbian publication had named k.d. #31 on a list of butchest lesbians. K.D. acted mock offended that she wasn't higher on the list, ha. She asked who was number one? Rachel Maddow. Isn't Rosie butcher than Rachel? I don't understand lesbian drama but I love k.d. lang.

by Anonymousreply 122January 10, 2017 2:04 AM

R117 would surely feel at home in Trump's company.

This is an anonymous board, so I don't expect manners, mindfulness, but I still expect the posters to understand the difference between normal and abnormal. What R117 posted is not only something a normal person would not say out loud, it is something a normal person would not be capable of conceiving. I mean, who even thinks about another human being in R117's fashion?!

by Anonymousreply 123January 10, 2017 2:23 AM

Her '90s albums are incredible: Ingenue, All You Can Eat and Drag are all excellent. she seemed to lose momentum after Invincible Summer, although had success with the Tony Bennett album and her definitive version of 'Hallelujah".

"Barefoot" is such an amazing song. Salmonberries is a fine film.

by Anonymousreply 124January 10, 2017 2:29 AM

She's the person who should do a Leonard Cohen cover album. Her "Bird on a Wire" is extraordinary, and her "Hallelujah" was Cohen's favorite. Can you imagine her singing "Joan of Arc"? Jesus, somebody in Portland bring it up to her!

by Anonymousreply 125January 10, 2017 3:06 AM

She got super fat and lives in Oregon

by Anonymousreply 126January 10, 2017 3:17 AM

For some reason, I love that kd lives in Portland.

by Anonymousreply 127January 10, 2017 3:57 AM

R126 ≠ fascinating conversationalist

by Anonymousreply 128January 10, 2017 4:00 AM

R125, she'd also do amazing covers of Famous Blue Raincoat and Song of Bernadette. I've posted one of my favorite songs, so subtle, but so much emotion.

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by Anonymousreply 129January 10, 2017 4:38 AM

I live in Portland, I wonder if I would recognize her if I saw her? I'm not into her music, perhaps I should give it a try.

For a vegan, I'm surprised she is so heavy. She must have gotten off the healthy diet and slid into more junk food. I'm vegan and 59 yo and am a bit thinner than I was in college.

by Anonymousreply 130January 10, 2017 6:00 AM

I've known a few overweight vegans. I also don't know how that's possible, but it does happen.

In spite of the extra weight, I think kd looks pretty damn good at 55.

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by Anonymousreply 131January 10, 2017 6:04 AM

Grow up, you idiot:

[quote]She's too busy eating all the snatch she can get her fingers on. She LOVES eating pussy.

[quote]Lezzies Unite!

[quote]All that kd does these days is eat pussy. She loves loves loves sticking her tongue into a snatch. She's morbidly obese now from all that snatch. Pussy juice has tons of calories.

[quote]She looks like a man.

by Anonymousreply 133January 10, 2017 6:20 AM

This thread was great while it lasted. k.d. has one of the best voices in the world and is also a great singer. The two seldom meet.

by Anonymousreply 134January 10, 2017 6:23 AM

I concur about k.d. doing a Leonard Cohen tribute album. Jennifer Warnes' Famous Blue Raincoat is one of my favourite albums. But I would love to see k.d. tackle his catalogue. The great thing about k.d. is that she doesn't always go for the well-known songs. I'm sure she would pick some obscure songs from the Cohen canon.

by Anonymousreply 135January 10, 2017 6:39 AM

More dyke drama - k.d. dated Leisha Hailey from "The L Word" for a while. Well, according to Leisha's Wikipedia, anyway (and probably edited by Leisha herself).

by Anonymousreply 136January 10, 2017 12:20 PM

She's amazing in concert but I wish she'd get her shit together and release better albums. The last two were pointless, she doesn't need to collaborate with anyone, just sing Bitch.

by Anonymousreply 137January 10, 2017 1:32 PM

Wrangling Loretta Lynn, Brenda Lee, and Kitty Wells would not have been so easy for any newcomer, let alone a outsider butch lesbian from Canada dressed more like Porter Wagoner than a country queen.

I think k.d. lang must be very personable and approachable to other singers. She never seems to threaten them, but instead puts them at ease and lets them shine as themselves.

Remember that she assembled this quartet in the eighties in Nashville. It was pre-Ellen, and though she wasn't officially out yet, she was clearly not in, and she still cracked the scene.

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by Anonymousreply 138January 10, 2017 1:45 PM

We HEART KD - KD is all-man!

by Anonymousreply 139January 10, 2017 1:46 PM

^r138: I always knew that Brenda Lee was tiny, but never realized the giant height of Kitty Wells. The arrangement of the three from shortest to tallest with kd lang weaving around them is quite entertaining.

by Anonymousreply 140January 10, 2017 1:47 PM

Late 80s duet with Dwight Yoakam on the Gram Parsons classic Sin City.

They should do a whole record together.

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by Anonymousreply 141January 10, 2017 1:51 PM

Super sexy cover of Steve Miller's The Joker.

The line "really love your peaches / wanna shake your tree" gets a whole new imagery.

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by Anonymousreply 142January 10, 2017 1:54 PM

KD is hung like a glazed donut!

by Anonymousreply 143January 10, 2017 2:02 PM

[quote]The line "really love your peaches / wanna shake your tree" gets a whole new imagery.

Ha ha, so true, R142.

Thanks for the link, I just listened to it.

by Anonymousreply 144January 10, 2017 3:44 PM

She was on Portlandia in the past few years, in a small part, and she sang. Sounds as great as ever. Love her.

by Anonymousreply 145January 10, 2017 3:50 PM

[quote]For a vegan, I'm surprised she is so heavy.

News flash -- foods vegans eat have calories too. If you take in more calories than you burn off, eventually you will get fat.

KD is fat and I think she's cool with it. I am FWIW. I think it kind of suits her to be chunky.

by Anonymousreply 146January 10, 2017 3:53 PM

[quote]Super sexy cover of Steve Miller's The Joker.

She's sexy here singing it live.

Check her out as she sings "really love your peaches / wanna shake your tree" at the end. Ha ha.

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by Anonymousreply 147January 10, 2017 3:59 PM

Touring is hard. I'm sure she's been taking it easy.

She probably has one more tour in her, and then she'd likely do a local club thing in Portland or Seattle, I bet, something like a small scale version of the kinds of shows that used to be in Vegas.

by Anonymousreply 148January 10, 2017 4:27 PM

r136 how is that "dyke drama"...simply dating someone?

by Anonymousreply 150January 10, 2017 5:15 PM

It isn't, R150. But R136 is clearly an old queen who thinks that passes for humor or sarcasm.

by Anonymousreply 151January 10, 2017 5:25 PM

I saw her recently on a tribute to Tony Benet on his 85th Birthday. She looks like she's retired, fat gray haired and relaxed, I think she's 75 now.

by Anonymousreply 152January 10, 2017 6:13 PM

Will someone tell me if k.d. lang has gained weight or not? No, no, I don't need to know about her work, just what she looks like. I like to focus on superficial.

by Anonymousreply 153January 10, 2017 8:09 PM

Yes, R11. Tell that to Tony Bennett. Dope.

by Anonymousreply 154January 10, 2017 8:24 PM

If I had KD's voice, I would record a million songs and put them away in a vault like Price and release them whenever or after I die...

She should not waste this rare talent!

I would love for her to sing "ring of fire", an album of love songs...I am looking forward to her next album.

by Anonymousreply 155January 10, 2017 11:18 PM

Aside from Mia Kirshner's performance, she was the best thing in The Black Dahlia.

by Anonymousreply 156January 10, 2017 11:36 PM

I'd love to see her do an album of some contemporary songs and singers.

by Anonymousreply 157January 11, 2017 12:28 AM

I'm with everyone else who wants kd to start recording again!

by Anonymousreply 158January 11, 2017 2:05 AM

For those of you who, like me, wrote off her last solo album Watershed as a melody-lite, meandering mess, listen again.

I gave it a second chance recently and found it hypnotically beautiful. She uses a light touch and limited musical accompaniment, but it fits the introspective lyricism.

It's perfect bedtime music, but not just because it may lull you to sleep.

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by Anonymousreply 159January 11, 2017 2:14 AM

That's really beautiful, r159. Even a bit reminiscent of Karen Carpenter. I love it!

by Anonymousreply 160January 11, 2017 3:35 AM

Get up k.d.! We love you!

by Anonymousreply 162January 11, 2017 10:47 AM

She was very close to the fabulous Miss Peggy Lee, who was rumored to have 'un-natural' urges.

by Anonymousreply 163January 11, 2017 11:12 AM

Are you lost, dearheart at r153?

by Anonymousreply 164January 11, 2017 2:21 PM

And R151 is a midlife crisis queen who eats shit.

by Anonymousreply 166January 13, 2017 12:19 PM

such nice comments, r151 & r166.

by Anonymousreply 167January 13, 2017 12:36 PM

She's a huge pothead, like Melissa Etheridge.

by Anonymousreply 168January 14, 2017 8:19 AM

she went outside and the pigs ate her.

by Anonymousreply 170January 14, 2017 1:01 PM

kd planing a summer Ingenue re-do tour.

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by Anonymousreply 171March 2, 2017 3:39 AM

kd looking a little rough. Hope she's doing OK.

It's an interesting interview about the album, which is now 20 years old.

by Anonymousreply 172March 2, 2017 3:40 AM

That would be 25 years old album.

by Anonymousreply 173March 2, 2017 3:48 AM

My sister mentioned she was in the Women's March in Calgary Alberta.

by Anonymousreply 174March 2, 2017 3:48 AM

I went to school with Kathy and she will be 56 this year. I always thought Constant Cravings was written for a married woman from Castor AB, who left her husband/partner for Kathy. The relationship didn't last long though.

by Anonymousreply 175March 2, 2017 4:19 AM

Someone said upthread that it was about Wendy from Wendy & Lisa, R175.

by Anonymousreply 177March 3, 2017 3:55 AM

If she's going on tour, she should get in shape and lose some weight. Touring is very exhausting, she needs to be in top shape! She will look better too.

by Anonymousreply 178March 12, 2017 1:32 AM

r178 Lesbians don't care.

She knows her audience.

by Anonymousreply 179March 12, 2017 3:21 AM

r171, that was a great interview. Thank you for the link.

by Anonymousreply 182March 12, 2017 3:47 AM

I was just wondering today if she had ever made another album that was as great as Ingenue. I consider that a perfect album, like Carol King's Tapestry. Did she ever work on that level again?

by Anonymousreply 183March 12, 2017 6:06 AM

r183 All You Can Eat is pretty strong but, yeah, nothing she did afterwards is as perfect as Ingenue. I also like Drag.

by Anonymousreply 184March 12, 2017 6:44 AM

I love the cover for Drag.

She should record more! She ain't getting younger...what is she waiting for?

by Anonymousreply 185March 12, 2017 6:46 AM

She had a baby named Justin Trudeau.

by Anonymousreply 186March 12, 2017 6:50 AM

We HEART kd and all true 100% diesels!

by Anonymousreply 187March 12, 2017 9:58 AM

My parents had one of her albums back n the early '90s I think. What a singer. She's a gifted singer AND knows what to do with her voice. I was never a country fan, but K.D. is amazing. My favorite from her:

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by Anonymousreply 188March 12, 2017 10:32 AM

She's rushed in that clip @ r188. The studio version is a nicer, lingering pace. It instantly brings me back to that time.

by Anonymousreply 189March 12, 2017 10:34 AM

Well you know the gays typically don't like any gay entertainer who is too obvious. We prefer those who are otherwise undetectable. You know, the ones we can insist we just know are secret pole smokers and carpet munchers even though we have no evidence to support it.

She's probably one of those gaytainers who will never make it really big because she doesn't have our full support. And the straights overall probably don't like her either because she's a bull dyke, and she scares them.

by Anonymousreply 190March 12, 2017 2:17 PM

If I was ever going to fuck a woman, it would be k. d. lang circa 1990.

by Anonymousreply 191March 12, 2017 3:22 PM

I really want to see this tour but don't know if I can handle the overzealous k.d. fans

by Anonymousreply 192March 12, 2017 6:09 PM

Does k.d. have successful groupies?

by Anonymousreply 193March 12, 2017 8:17 PM

k.d. lang on "60 min. Australia" recently, flirting her way through the interview.

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by Anonymousreply 194August 11, 2017 7:36 AM

kd is sexy. to men and women, gay and straight. her voice is phenomenal too.

by Anonymousreply 195August 11, 2017 8:03 AM

Other "Constant Craving" fun fact:

k.d. was credited as a co-composer of The Rolling Stones' song "Anybody Seen My Baby", because they realized after recording it that it sounded a bit too much like parts of "Constant".

by Anonymousreply 196August 11, 2017 8:48 AM

Great singer but there is nothing sexy about her.

by Anonymousreply 197August 11, 2017 8:52 AM

[quote] Can any DL's shed light on the origins of Lang's mysterious alter-ego Miss Chatelaine?

She appeared on the cover of Canada's Chatelaine magazine (which is a women's magazine) in the early 90s, and they insisted she glam up for the cover and use makeup, and she came out looking very femme. Her friends kept teasing her about it (since she's a butch in real life), so she wrote that song about it.

by Anonymousreply 198August 11, 2017 8:58 AM

I don't like most of her 'interpretations' of other people's songs. She fucks up the rhythm on everything. I do like her cover of 'Helpless' and agree she has a pretty great voice and think she looked like a cute boy when she was younger and she seems nice in the bits of interviews I watched.

by Anonymousreply 199August 11, 2017 9:03 AM

She's also going to be acting in the next John Wick film.

by Anonymousreply 200August 11, 2017 11:03 AM

I saw her a few years ago in concert it was amazing. She is playing here again in September, I wasn't going to go but I just might after reading this thread. Has anyone seen her on this tour, was she good?

by Anonymousreply 201August 11, 2017 12:47 PM

Catherine Deneuve said that after 40, a woman has to choose between her ass and her face.

k.d. decided instead she would ruin both.

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by Anonymousreply 202August 11, 2017 12:54 PM

A quick check of her website shows she has had a busy summer touring. She also has merchandise for sale through her website.

My understanding is that for an established artist like Lang with her fan base she will make a living off of concerts and merchandise. Album sales will produce little income. As a matter of fact I think even for major pop artists who fill huge stadiums the financial return from releasing an album is filling the stadiums on the tour associated with the album.

by Anonymousreply 203August 11, 2017 1:25 PM

r202: What did she do to her face?! Awful picture of her.

r194: Love the interview. k.d. is a funny broad. The interviewer looks trans.

by Anonymousreply 204August 11, 2017 1:41 PM

I've loved k.d. since the beginning. Her concerts are phenomenal! Still love her and look forward to seeing her hearing her again!

by Anonymousreply 205August 11, 2017 2:36 PM

Successful singers going into semi-retirement as they got a little older used to be the normal thing to do.

It's only Madonna, Mariah etc who insist on dragging their career out until they look ridiculous that make K.D. Lang's decision to slow down a bit to be questioned.

by Anonymousreply 206August 11, 2017 2:36 PM

[quote][R194]: Love the interview. k.d. is a funny broad. The interviewer looks trans.

The interviewer doesn't look trans to me. She looks like a mature woman without any obvious work done to her face. Totally straight, it appears, but she and kd have a great chemistry and there flirting going on there.

by Anonymousreply 207August 11, 2017 5:46 PM

I have a feeling she would have transitioned if she were younger.

by Anonymousreply 209August 11, 2017 7:19 PM

Just saw her last night in Carmel, CA on the U.S. Ingenue redux tour. Absolutely incredible. She seems happy to be on stage again. Then ran into her today on the street in Carmel and tried to chat with her. Friendly but shy. Really happy to have been at this concert,

by Anonymousreply 210March 2, 2018 10:58 PM

She's so fucking talented. It's a shame that she's virtually disappeared.

by Anonymousreply 211March 2, 2018 11:06 PM

she's busy hanging at the Ruth's Chris eating free bread pudding

by Anonymousreply 212March 2, 2018 11:12 PM

Ever hear her cover of Joni Mitchell's "Help Me?" It's fantastic.

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by Anonymousreply 213March 2, 2018 11:15 PM

R213: she sang Help Me last night and commented that she’s never been able to interpret Joni Mitchell songs right or get the rhythm right. But it sounded perfect to me.

by Anonymousreply 214March 2, 2018 11:19 PM

There was a showing on PBS of the Ingenue concert and I wept from the first notes to the last.

Stunningly beautiful. Words cannot even express.

by Anonymousreply 215December 17, 2018 4:49 PM

That was fantastic indeed, r213. Thank you for that!

by Anonymousreply 216December 17, 2018 5:33 PM

[quote] the weight gain was most likely from anti-depressants. After divorcing her partner of 7 years, Jamie Price, she got out of LA and moved to Portland. The breakup was hard on k.d.

FWIW, Jamie Price got married -- to a man -- a couple years after the breakup, and had a baby. (or adopted?)

by Anonymousreply 218December 17, 2018 6:14 PM

Well, she's also a butch lesbian. She doesn't give two shits about appearance.

by Anonymousreply 220December 17, 2018 9:27 PM

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