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OMG anyone else watching Shania Twain at Glasto?

236 replies

Ihaveahamster · 30/06/2024 16:16

She’s absolutely awful!

Her voice is harsh and rough, she’s out of tune and out of rhythm. Dreadful.

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RaraRachael · 30/06/2024 19:12

It's all so subjective. I'm trained in music to a reasonably good standard so can tell if somebody's out of tune but have a friend who will listen to the same thing and declare it to be "pitch perfect"

Clafoutie · 30/06/2024 19:20

frenchnoodle · 30/06/2024 18:20

Meat Loaf was the same, his voice was terrible near the end of his career.

Monitor problems don't help though, that adds to the issues as finding the right key becomes a nightmare.

I can only think of two singers able to perform when monitors have broken, Stevie wonder and Freddie Mercury and a very much doubt Freddie Mercury could do it in the 85 to 86 period when his voice was cracking all over the place. I think unless you have perfect pitch, or almost perfect relative pitch it messes your ability to sing in key up.

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Céline Dion reportedly managed perfectly when her ear piece failed. There is someone with perfect pitch, and a true singer.

NonPlayerCharacter · 30/06/2024 19:23

Clafoutie · 30/06/2024 19:20

Céline Dion reportedly managed perfectly when her ear piece failed. There is someone with perfect pitch, and a true singer.

She is a particularly technically skilled singer, like Mariah Carey. Most mainstream singers, even very famous ones, haven't got that level of skill. (I'm leaving off theatrical singers.)

Elderflower14 · 30/06/2024 19:37

She was diabolical... Compared to how fantastic Cat Stevens was last year!! He was brilliant!!! Mum and I watched him at home. After seeing Bruce at Hyde Park CS was the highlight of my year!

Neolara · 30/06/2024 19:44

FailBetter · 30/06/2024 16:58

He was the best thing from last year. Whole audio is on youtube.

Oh my - that made my day!

whynotwhatknot · 30/06/2024 19:49

sorry but shhe was bad time to all it a day

at one point she forgot what te next song was

if illness has damage her voice then stop she an affor to

MaturingCheeseball · 30/06/2024 19:54

She may “look great”, but she doesn’t look like Shania Twain, does she?

Isittimeformynapyet · 30/06/2024 20:00

Chocoloca · 30/06/2024 17:55

She had an illness damaging her vocal cords.

I was a chef, but a neuro condition damaged my hands and wrists. I no longer get paid to cook.

Isittimeformynapyet · 30/06/2024 20:02

Peaceandquietandacuppa · 30/06/2024 17:31

Love to see you do it better?!

I see it's already been pointed out to you how ridiculous this comment is 😂

SureJanOK · 30/06/2024 20:07

I saw her in Glasgow a few years ago and she was great.

I feel like I'm watching the musical equivalent of Joe Biden.

She was such a recluse for such a long time as well. Even before the Lyme disease. When she was with the weirdo husband. Can't understand what is making her come and hawk herself around every festival this summer. Does she have money problems or is she having a last hurrah before retiring? Sort of a late mid-life crisis where she's trying to prove she still has it?

I was supposed to be seeing her at Stirling Summer Sessions but I cancelled when I realised it was "standing in a field" as opposed to something civilised! Can't say I'm sorry now tbh.

I'm sorry to say all these things.

SureJanOK · 30/06/2024 20:09

Did anyone read her book? Again, I was surprised by it. She's always seemed a private person but it had loads of details about losing her virginity, her husband cheating on her* and her stepdad touching her.

*page after page of how angry she was at her best friend/PA. She seemed to blame her much more than the husband.

Isittimeformynapyet · 30/06/2024 20:09

JustSaltPlease · 30/06/2024 18:49

She looks absolutely incredible

Incredible is the word, ie not credible. You do know it's not real don't you...

3luckystars · 30/06/2024 20:13

WTF? She is unrecognisable and drunk!

RaininSummer · 30/06/2024 20:20

Watching Shania now and it's making me really sad. I felt like this last week seeing Blondie too.

FeelingHotHotHotFeelingHotHotHot · 30/06/2024 20:38

JustSaltPlease · Today 18:49

She looks absolutely incredible

Shania has always been pretty IMO, and she looks OK still. But she doesn't look 'incredible.' She just looks reasonably good... As a few posters have said though, she does look somewhat different to the Shania of the 1990s. Basically, she looks like a nearly-60-year old woman who has had botox and fillers, and veneers on her teeth.

She is attractive, but she looks her age. As does EVERYONE - within 3-4 years.

OMG anyone else watching Shania Twain at Glasto?
OMG anyone else watching Shania Twain at Glasto?
NonPlayerCharacter · 30/06/2024 20:47

FeelingHotHotHotFeelingHotHotHot · 30/06/2024 20:38

JustSaltPlease · Today 18:49

She looks absolutely incredible

Shania has always been pretty IMO, and she looks OK still. But she doesn't look 'incredible.' She just looks reasonably good... As a few posters have said though, she does look somewhat different to the Shania of the 1990s. Basically, she looks like a nearly-60-year old woman who has had botox and fillers, and veneers on her teeth.

She is attractive, but she looks her age. As does EVERYONE - within 3-4 years.

Looks pretty incredible to me.

NonPlayerCharacter · 30/06/2024 20:48

SureJanOK · 30/06/2024 20:07

I saw her in Glasgow a few years ago and she was great.

I feel like I'm watching the musical equivalent of Joe Biden.

She was such a recluse for such a long time as well. Even before the Lyme disease. When she was with the weirdo husband. Can't understand what is making her come and hawk herself around every festival this summer. Does she have money problems or is she having a last hurrah before retiring? Sort of a late mid-life crisis where she's trying to prove she still has it?

I was supposed to be seeing her at Stirling Summer Sessions but I cancelled when I realised it was "standing in a field" as opposed to something civilised! Can't say I'm sorry now tbh.

I'm sorry to say all these things.

It's possible that she loves what she does, even if she's not doing it very well right now.

SprinkleOfSunak · 30/06/2024 20:49

I didn’t even notice her voice that much (only watched her sing two songs), as I couldn’t get over how amazing she looked!

HairyFarnbarn · 30/06/2024 20:51

Appalonia · 30/06/2024 17:37

Genuinely curious, so they not do sound checks at Glastonbury? A lot of pp seem to have had sound issues!

Because there simply isn’t time. If the acts start at midday then the headliner only could sound check in the morning if they want or need to.
everyone else builds their gear at the back of the stage and then rotates onto the stage during the break between bands. Then you get a quick line check to make sure it is all working and off you go.
same at nearly all festivals.

Clafoutie · 30/06/2024 20:56

MrsMonzo · 30/06/2024 17:07

She wasn't amazing, but as a big Shania Twain fan I went into full on mum-mode singing along wearing my cowboy hat. The kids actually left the room out of embarrassment for me.

I love that you did this, good for you 😎👍 What do kids know?! I am a Shania fan too, though must admit something seemed off today. But the crowd seemed to be enjoying it, and hopefully she did too.

Appalonia · 30/06/2024 21:18

She's 58 and looks like a stunning 45 year old. Whatever work she's had done is very subtle. And her hair is incredible!

Greaterorlesser · 30/06/2024 21:19

FailBetter · 30/06/2024 16:27

Vote to have Rick Astley back doing Morrissey <3 <3 <3

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Yes yes YES

Appalonia · 30/06/2024 21:31

Rick Astley was bloody brilliant at Glastonbury!

Ohgoodlord · 30/06/2024 21:54

Appalonia · 30/06/2024 21:18

She's 58 and looks like a stunning 45 year old. Whatever work she's had done is very subtle. And her hair is incredible!

It's a wig.

3luckystars · 30/06/2024 21:56

She does look great but deffo had a few jars. Good for her.

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