Mom had this album back in the seventies and we'd both sing along with it. I also loved Cleo on "The Muppets". Talent, beauty and class. Bitches, take note.
Anyone Else Love Jazz Singer, Cleo Laine? "Control Yourself".
by Anonymous | reply 12 | September 29, 2024 8:59 PM |
oP I had to do a double take, I thought that was my 6th grade caftanned teacher!
by Anonymous | reply 2 | May 27, 2022 6:00 AM |
Control yourself, contain yourself Restrict yourself, restrain yourself And always let tranquility be your goal Control yourself, contain yourself And if you can't, explain yourself And try to act agreeably on the whole Life is far too short to spend it in a huff Try to be the sort of guy who laughs When things get rough
by Anonymous | reply 3 | May 27, 2022 6:03 AM |
Never heard of her but she's great. Pretty. Her caftans flutter nicely in the breeze because you've got to air that out from time to time.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | May 27, 2022 6:04 AM |
listening to cleo laine tonight / surprised this thread didn't get any traction back in May
over half of Cleo's RCA output appears to be unavailable to stream on the major platforms....her Carnegie Hall albums, etc
youtube is really a hodge podge of stuff.
another reason to hang on to all those records tapes and cds....
by Anonymous | reply 5 | September 17, 2022 3:21 AM |
Somebody gave me one of her records, once. I played it a few times but she really was not my style.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | September 17, 2022 3:29 AM |
She was at every expensive hotel bar in SF in the 1980s. Never saw her, don't know anyone who did. Seeing her music here, I now know that I missed nothing.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | September 17, 2022 6:13 AM |
Love her! Bumping this thread because I just listened to Dame Cleo's transcendent recording of "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever."
by Anonymous | reply 8 | September 29, 2024 8:49 PM |
She was fun as Princess Puffer in the original production of The Mystery of Drood on Broadway, and as the Witch in the LA production of Into The Woods.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | September 29, 2024 8:52 PM |
I love me a lounge act.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | September 29, 2024 8:58 PM |
^^ yes! I only know her from that recording, tho.
I was obsessed with this song for a while. Like, would sing it to the mirror, holding a hairbrush. [italic]As an adult!
by Anonymous | reply 11 | September 29, 2024 8:59 PM |
R3 I gotta say I love those bullshit lyrics.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | September 29, 2024 8:59 PM |