Cher's Dancing Queen

[Karin Schill]

Thank you for telling us about the concert @Alexis
I am so happy to hear that you also had an amazing time at the Cher concert. I thought you would.
You are right about her having a good aura and being strong but without being mean. I agree about her being lovely.

Oh yeah it's hard to stay in your seats when some of her songs come on, you just wanna get up and dance!

So great that you got to fulfill a lifelong dream to see Cher. I felt that way when I got to watch Roxette in concert back in 2015.

Her shows always sell out and fast. Sounds like you were close enough to get those great pics. I have been to I think it's up to 9 of her shows now. The last one I had nose bleed tickets but it was still great fun. I even flew to Las Vegas to see her at Caesars palace on her birthday. I think that was in 2008. I am bad with dates.

That is a great song for her to end on. The audience always joins in singing with her. I just love her!

Cool, it sounds like you are a real fan since many years back! How did you become a fan of Cher?

I wouldn't label myself as a fan. But she is one of my favorite female singers. I remember hearing some of her songs on the radio as a child. But except for that I really didn't discover her until Believe came out in 1998. I began to like her then and I got my mom her greatest hits CD for her birthday. Of course I made sure to borrow the CD and rip it.
I've liked her since then and also bought her Heart of Stone CD some time in the 2000s. It is a great CD that I've listened to ever so often. A few years ago I also listed Cher among my 15 favorite female artists of all times. Still now having watched her in concert I find myself wanting to get more of her old work. Today I stopped by the second hand record shop and were lucky to find the Love Hurts album on LP so I am listening to that right now. It is great too. I recognize some of the tracks since before and some are new to me. It makes me feel all happy.

I also bought her book "The First Time" which I am currently reading. I feel like I am getting to know Cher by reading her book. So that can be recommended to others. But I bet you've already read it ages ago, right?

I even have all of the Sonny and Cher shows on DVD.

Cool. I have been watching a lot of clips from their shows on YouTube lately. They were great, so talented and funny. Both singing and acting.

I find myself being curious about Cher as an actress too. I have seen her in Mamma Mia 2 and Silkwood and I think that's about it. So I am gonna try to get hold of some more of her old films. Moonstruck and Good Times are high on my list of movies to get since well one she won the Oscar for and the other one was her first movie.

 

[That Bowie Girl]

Cool, it sounds like you are a real fan since many years back! How did you become a fan of Cher?

I can't even remember now. I always loved the way she dressed and how cool I thought she was. I remember hearing her songs Dark Lady and Half Breed played and I just thought both songs were great. I didn't see her in concert until her final farewell concert I think that was 4 tours ago. That was when I became a big fan. I even went on ebay and bought some of her collectibles like the Bob Mackey Cher Doll.....from there we saw her 7 more times on that tour. Then I went to Vegas to see her and then we saw 1 show on her Dressed to Kill tour. Mr. TBG even loves going to her shows.

We ended up buying the Sonny and Cher show on DVD as we had never seen it before. It was a great purchase. She was gorgeous and Sonny as hilarious and they would bring on Chaz when he was very little......so cute. They had tons of amazing guest stars including David Bowie.

She was funny too she would always wear wigs to match her guest stars like here it was orange when The Jackson 5 were on she had an afro.

Farrah Fawcett was also a guest star.

I wouldn't label myself as a fan. But she is one of my favorite female singers. I remember hearing some of her songs on the radio as a child. But except for that I really didn't discover her until Believe came out in 1998. I began to like her then and I got my mom her greatest hits CD for her birthday. Of course I made sure to borrow the CD and rip it.

If she is in your top 10 I don't understand why your not a fan......you sound like one!

Love Hurts album on LP so I am listening to that right now. It is great too. I recognize some of the tracks since before and some are new to me. It makes me feel all happy.

On the last leg of her final farewell tour she came out from the top of the stairs in a beautiful gold dress. It was amazing and she sang this. It was the first time I had heard her sing it live. It was beautiful. I am glad you found that on LP.

I also bought her book "The First Time" which I am currently reading. I feel like I am getting to know Cher by reading her book. So that can be recommended to others. But I bet you've already read it ages ago, right?

I read Cher's book, Sonny's book and Chaz's book. I wanted to see both sides of their stories and Chaz's was as interesting as the name Becoming Chaz. I enjoyed reading all 3.

Cool. I have been watching a lot of clips from their shows on YouTube lately. They were great, so talented and funny. Both singing and acting.

You really don't have to buy the series there are so many clips on youtube now.

I find myself being curious about Cher as an actress too. I have seen her in Mamma Mia 2 and Silkwood and I think that's about it. So I am gonna try to get hold of some more of her old films. Moonstruck and Good Times are high on my list of movies to get since well one she won the Oscar for and the other one was her first movie.

I haven't seen Mamma Mia yet. Moonstruck was really good. My favorite was Mask. If you check out her IMDB page there are a lot of good movies she was in. But don't waste your money on Chasity or Good Times......they were just horrible to watch and they were both huge flops. I cringe thinking I actually watched them.

 

[Alexis]

I actually think Cher is an amazing actress. She's one of my top favourites actually. Silkwood, Mask, Moonstruck, Suspect, Tea With Mussolini, The Witches of Eastwick and the mini series If These Walls Could Talk are all great and I really love Burlesque too. Her part in Mamma Mia 2 is fun and campy but I wish she would do another film or TV role.

I remember reading in the 1990s that she was going to star in an epic mini series about Cleopatra but then nothing happened.

 

[Alexis]

like the Bob Mackey Cher Doll

I have this also, the Turn Back Time doll. After I saw her show a couple weeks back I went online and bought an original 1970s Mego Cher doll too. She stands proudly on a bookcase right next to a framed Andy Warhol print of Joan Collins.

 

[That Bowie Girl]

I actually think Cher is an amazing actress

I do think she is a great actress did you not get that from how I posted it? All her movies are good. But have you seen Good times and Chasity Alexis? They were terrible

I have this also, the Turn Back Time doll.

Isn't that funny we have the same Cher doll.

 

[Alexis]

I do think she is a great actress did you not get that from how I posted it?

No sorry I did! I could have phrased my post a bit better now I read it back. LOL.

Isn't that funny we have the same Cher doll.

Yea, my ones outfit started to stick to her so she's now wrapped up nude with her clothes in a bag.

 

[That Bowie Girl]

Yea, my ones outfit started to stick to her so she's now wrapped up nude with her clothes in a bag.

Oh my why did it stick to her? Did you take her out of the box..........poor doll.

Get her a barbie outfits so she's not nude.

 

[Richard Channing]

Wow, Adam Lambert's rendition of 'Believe' is stunning!

 

[That Bowie Girl]

Wow, Adam Lambert's rendition of 'Believe' is stunning!

Yes it is! I saw this when it aired on TV.........I have always loved his voice. He needs to do more solo work instead of sticking with Queen. IMHO Queen died when Freddie did.

 

[Karin Schill]

Thanks for the Sonny & Cher clips @That Bowie Girl . I think it's great that you've been able to see Cher in concert so many times.
I've watched a lot of old Sonny and Cher clips on YouTube lately. I think their tv show seems great. They don't make shows or stars like that anymore!

If she is in your top 10 I don't understand why your not a fan......you sound like one!

That is a good question. I guess it's all a definition of what it means to be a fan. I mean I do display some type of fan behavior whereas Cher is concerned. I've been to one of her concerts, I listen to her music, I watch clips on Youtube, I've got some of her albums on LP or CD. I've read her book. I follow her on twitter. Still I don't classify myself as a big fan like I am with for instance Dallas. I guess it is because Dallas means more to me and has had a bigger influence on my life. Like for instance I have travelled to the other side of the world to attend a Dallas event. It's not something I would do for all my favorite tv-shows or artists. See what I mean?

I read Cher's book, Sonny's book and Chaz's book. I wanted to see both sides of their stories and Chaz's was as interesting as the name Becoming Chaz. I enjoyed reading all 3.

The other books seems like an interesting read too. I saw an interview with Cher and Chaz about her coming out as a lesbian on Oprah from the late 1990s. It was on Youtube. It was fascinating to watch.

I haven't seen Mamma Mia yet. Moonstruck was really good. My favorite was Mask. If you check out her IMDB page there are a lot of good movies she was in. But don't waste your money on Chasity or Good Times......they were just horrible to watch and they were both huge flops. I cringe thinking I actually watched them.

Thank you for the movie tips.
I actually haven't been able to watch any more of her movies yet. I put some of her films on my wish list for Christmas but I ended up getting some other stuff instead. I still prefer to have movies on DVD rather than just on digital download. Unfortunately now with Brexit it has gotten more expensive to shop from the UK so I guess it is going to limit my abilities to buy and get hold of DVDs, CDs and books that I am interested in from now on.

 

[Karin]

I just stumbled over this new Cher Christmas song and I absolutely love it!