I love her wigs, I love her looks, I love her being a diva for forty frickin’ years, but I worry that she has no real hair–those wigs can’t be good for her scalp.
And yes, I will be singing Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves to myself for the next few days. Unless I start singing Halfbreed.
Watched the concert at the bar (it’s a gay bar…how could they NOT have Cher’s Farewell (for now) concert on the TV?). I loved it! The tribute to her years with Sonny was beautiful. Was that the original Sonny vest she had on?
Loved her remarks about the gay fans and the drag queens…almost fell off the barstool.
I liked the show last night. Of course, that’s what I said the morning after the first time I saw it, back in 2000 when it was the “Believe” tour instead of the “Farewell” tour. A cow-orker had gone to see her when she was in Madison last year saying farewell and I was initially jealous but upon hearing that she was doing essentially the same show again I got over it.
I almost started a thread about her last night but I was just a wee bit too toasty. I did save it though so here’s what I think.
Okay, maybe it’s my inner drag queen but dang I like her. Sure she can be wacky but what the heck, I think she’s earned it.
She was first popular in the 70’s when I was going through puberty and being a short, plain, blonde girl I wanted to be the tall, thin, dark, exotic Cher.
I constantly borrowed my sister’s Cher album and played it all the time. I knew all the songs by heart. I think I eventually ended up with that album (Never let your little sister help you pack when you move out. ; ) )
And yes, I loved the costumes! I went through a “I want to be a fashion designer” stage and I still have a secret desire to make and wear costumes like she wears (well, not the one on the Navy ship because I don’t have the butt for it.)
She’s going on 58 years old and damn, she still looks good. (I don’t care if she’s had work done, so hush).
Her career has been going for about 40 years now. She’s had comeback, after comeback in her music career. She’s had a somewhat successful acting career as well (Oscar winner!).
And she used the one name long before Madonna came along.
Watching her “Farewell Concert” on TV and hearing a lot of her old songs brought back a lot of memories. But the song of hers that I think gets me most is from 1998, “Believe”. It came out about the time that I broke up with my boyfriend and some of the lines of that song really got me and fit the situation. I listened to that song a lot then when I started getting depressed and it really helped me.
Anyway, I think she’s had an amazing career. She’s been going strong for a long time, and yes, I admire her for it.