Patti LaBelle: BET and You
 

I don't know about everyone else but I love Patti LaBelle. I really cannot wait for the day that I get to see her perform live. Whenever I have seen her perform on TV, I have always been mesmerized by her performance because she is such a consummate performer.

Anyway. . . on OCTOBER 30, BET will honor her on their WALK OF FAME or something.

What is/are your favorite Patti LaBelle song(s)? I can never name just one of anything.

My Favorites:
1. My Love Sweet Love from Waiting to Exhale Soundtrack
2. If Only You Knew
3. You are My Friend
4. When You've Been Blessed
5. Does He Love You
6. You Are My Solid Ground

like you soror, i am a huge patti labelle fan. guess i'll have to reprogram the tv, so i can watch it on b.e.t. (i've been boycotting). anyway, my top 3 all-time patti (as a solo artist) favorites...

my love (this will be my wedding song)

if only you knew

love, need and want you


favorite labelle song:

what can i do for you?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
 

I forgot Love, Need, and Want You. . . I typed the message when I came home from a loooooong day but I have always loved that song.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaand I was going to use that song for my wedding as well but I guess first I would need to have a boyfriend :p -- tee hee. It's all love SOROR, all love.

CT4,

I have seen her perform live many times, and I am here to tell you, if you like Patti you will love her show, because she puts on a hellava show. I'm talking shoes coming off and flying into the rows of people. I'm talking rolling on the floor. Her show is a sight to be seen, but you get your monies worth...and that you can believe.

:D

Patti
 

There is no explaination when it comes to the Diva herself, Miss Patti LaBelle. I can't say I have a favorite song, because I love each on of her songs. They all have special meaning and a unique flavor to them.. She deserves the honor, but in my opinion, it should have been a long time ago. Do Your Thing, Patti Patti:cool:

Mannnnnn, I just hope they find some people to really do her songs some justice. The lady of Soul awards tribute was so-so, it could have been better. I was kind of disappointed.

They need to get:
Yolanda Adams (she sang a secular tune last night in tribute to John Lennon)
Whitney (if she can lay off the pipe)
Monica
Mary
Christina

Definitely YOLANDA!! There are very few people who can handle her intensity and sing with her passion. They might try KElly Price.

KeKe Wyatt who sang the remake of MY FIRST LOVE with Avant has a Patti remake out of If Only You KNew -- it is pretty decent.

They need to get her old BlueBelles to sing as well.

Tamia might work. Jill Scott as well. OOOO I know Chaka Khan. Faith Evans could probably do it as well. Hmmmmmmmm I agree her tribute, props, etc are long over due.

LOL!

Words cannot express how I love me some Patti! I've seen her perform, too and she puts on one dynamic show.

I LOVE all of her songs, but my favorite is Somewhere Over the Rainbow.

You know Luther has to be included in this tribute. It just wouldn't be right w/o him.

He is singing, and I forget which song that he said he was going to sing. But you know that he will be there.

DVD
 

Patti has a DVD out that's as close as you can get to being at her concert. It's really good. Luther is on there too.

My favorite out of Aunt Patti's collection are:

You are My friend (she sang this at my aunt's funeral this past winter ~ they were very close)

She sang a rendition of The Lord's Prayer at the funeral and it was the best I've ever heard to date (so thats another one of my favorites that she sings although it is not on album).

Good Tribute
 

It's on and I FLEEEEEEW HOME FROM class and only miss Robert Townsend's opening commentary.

So far I am really enjoying Jamie's comedic skits. I loved Jill's and Brian's duet performance and City High's.

They are getting ready to do the duet with India and Musiq -- so far so good.

I thoroughly enjoyed this but feel a tribute to her was LONG OVERDUE.

It was WONDERFUL to see LaBelle perform but GET RID of Mariah's 1/2 dressed behind.

LOVED IT, LOVED IT, LOVED IT!!! :D

I absolutely LOVE myself some Patti LaBelle....especially,
If Only You Knew
When You've Been Blessed
Somebody Loves You!


Now about the show, they could have left City High where they were, and replaced them with someone else, but I loved everyone else including JILL SCOTT [Man, that girl can sang! ;) ] and GERALD LEVERT! I was waiting for her to do 'When You've Been Blessed", but nevertheless, I still loved her encore performance of The Lord's Prayer. It brought tears to my eyes. She is such a wonderful person and the award couldn't have been given to a more deserving songstress.

Ya'll I loved it. . . .I am a big Patti fan. . .I am so glad that they did this for her, she deserves it.

As far as the performances. . .I think everyone did a good job, but Gerald, the deut with Brian McKnight and Jill Scott. . . . LOVED IT.

And to see the Labelle's perform was GREAT. . they all still look good.

Also, what is a show with out Luther. . .he did an excellent job as well.

I thought the show was good. I think Patti should have gotten this a long time ago as well. Now I thought City High was pretty good. I enjoyed them singing the song that they sung....but my favorite :D was of course my main man Gerald. I straight up loved when he spelled out his name, and then did a Pattism by rolling on the floor. :p There was nothing no better than that. That's why of all the people that were on the show, Patty wanted him the most.

GREAT SHOW!!!!
 

The tribute was wonderful! I agree that it was LONG overdue!

All of the performers did a wonderful job. But, Mz. Patti topped it off when she sung Somehere Over the Rainbow (my favorite). She's such an inspiration.

I think it is hard to find REAL PERFORMERS who have the ability to do justice to a Patti song. Many of today's performers lack the intensity and passion for the craft that Patti exhibits in EVERYTHING she does nor do they really have her range when it comes to live performance.

I still enjoyed the "free concert" :p

Was it just me, or did you all notice how good Musiq Soulchild looked in his clothes. There was something really sexy about him having on a suit last night instead of the baggy stuff he usually wears. Also I thought that he and India.Arie moved and grooved really well together. :) Actually when they were singing is when I really thought he was sexy as they were swaying to the beat of the song. :D

Fabulous!!!!!!!!
 

The Walk of Fame was great!!!!!!!! My favorite performance was Gerald Levert. I just love that man. Jamie Foxx is just plain funny. But of course Patti stole the show and is was her's to steal.

I enjoyed the show last night, but is it just me or do you all think more performers should have shown up to give Patti her respect? Everyone did a great job, but when some of them sang twice I was wondering where were some of the old school and the new school artist. Patti has paved the way for so many to sing and unfortunately shake their tails to the point of disgrace on stage. I know Patti requested Gerald Levert and you know Luther was gonna show up (they both did great jobs) but it's so many others that should have performed also to give her the honor she deserves.

Musiq Soulchild looked so much better last night. Maybe I'm just partial to men with haircuts. :p

I liked the show also. I thought that a lot of the performances really didn't do a Patti song much justice. I guess I am comparing them to the way that she would sing them. I do know that i am looking over the fact that every singer would put their own flare on a song. As far as my favorite goes.... i would put that title on Faith Evans at the beginning. She did a really good job of singing that song. My mom says that she forgot some of the words, but she does give her credit and says that that was the best that she has ever heard Faith sing.

I agree with the person in the all access show that said that Stevie would be a good person for next year. He really would. That man has songs for days.... and i mean good ones too.

Faith did well.

Looks like Jill just came off V-cation.

Why for the post show did they not have LaBelle being interviewed together? :confused:

chris tucker???
 

where was he in the show? They showed him singing with robert townsend in the post show, but i never understood what his purpose was or where he came in in the show. I really like him and his eyes.

Re: chris tucker???
 

He wasn't in the show, but he was sitting in about the 1st or 2nd row of the audience.

Get INTIMATE with Patti
 

Patti LaBelle will be fatured on INTIMATE PORTRAIT on Thursday, November 8, 2001 as part of their Women of Strength week.

Patti, Patti!
 

My favorite songs by the consumate diva, Patti Labelle are:

1. You are my friend
2. When you've been blessed
3. Somebody loves you