Kelly is to singing what the great Eleanor Powell was to dancing!

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Fastbak	Kelly is to singing what the great Eleanor Powell was to dancing!	Lead	[-]
Property of Kelly Clarkson Posts: 550 (04/20/08 2:49 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None I've had this thought for a while and yesterday's amazing performance of Ave Maria to the Pope confirmed it. Eleanor Powell for those who don't know was a popular tap dancer who starred in MGM musicals of the late 30s and early 40s. She was concidere the best female dancer of the probably the best dancer of the century. Depression era audiences loved her movies like Born to Dance, Rosalie and teaming with legend Fred Astaire in probably the greatest tap sequence in movie history in Broadway Melody of 1940. Astaire himself admitted that he was intimidated by Eleanor's prowess. Like Kelly it wasn't just her incredible stamina and skill that made her great. It was also that she clearly loved dancing. Doing these jawdropping routines she never lost that dazzling smile. She just radiated joy in what she was doing. I get that same thrill and feeling of amazement when I watch Kelly sing. Powell combined ballet like grace to tapdancing the way Kelly operatic vocals to pop and contemporary. They both elevated the form to art IMO. She had power but she could float in her movements like Kelly could be so soft as a feather singing. Like Kelly she was sexy and sweet at the same time, down to earth and Heavensent at once. Last Edited By: Fastbak 04/20/08 3:00 PM. Edited 2 times.
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So... Posts: 5613 (04/20/08 2:53 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I don't know Eleanor Powell, but I think I understand what you're saying.
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Ridiculous Posts: 2840 (04/20/08 5:44 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I don't know her either, but i'm sure she was great Kelly is soooo talented.
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Property of Kelly Clarkson Posts: 555 (04/20/08 5:50 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Man I wish I knew the markup codes for adding videos to a post.
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ADDICTED Posts: 2560 (04/20/08 6:01 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Fastbak, are you really Dennis Miller? LOL.
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Property of Kelly Clarkson Posts: 556 (04/20/08 6:06 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	You mean if I'm a now unfunny overliterate windbag? checks for beard Nope. Anyway the first time I became aware of Eleanor Powell was when they had a Hollywood song medley at the 2000 Oscars. They showed a clip from each film while the song from it was performed by singers like Faith Hill and Queen Latifah. During "I Got You Under My Skin" and they showed a few scenes from Born To Dance. I recognized the guy in it right away as a young Jimmy Stewart but the girl dancing in it blew me away. Last Edited By: Fastbak 04/20/08 6:12 PM. Edited 2 times.
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Passenger Posts: 75 (04/21/08 4:00 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	fastbak, good comparison! totally agree w/ u but never would have thought of it myself. haha.
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Property of Kelly Clarkson Posts: 880 (04/21/08 7:01 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I thought this thread could use a couple more video links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCK3VbA8vt0&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLHGR6ML7LQ Last Edited By: Proudfan 04/21/08 7:04 AM. Edited 1 times.
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Property of Kelly Clarkson Posts: 557 (04/21/08 11:13 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post
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ADDICTED Posts: 2562 (04/21/08 1:35 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Fastbak wrote: You mean if I'm a now unfunny overliterate windbag? checks for beard Nope. Anyway the first time I became aware of Eleanor Powell was when they had a Hollywood song medley at the 2000 Oscars. They showed a clip from each film while the song from it was performed by singers like Faith Hill and Queen Latifah. During "I Got You Under My Skin" and they showed a few scenes from Born To Dance. I recognized the guy in it right away as a young Jimmy Stewart but the girl dancing in it blew me away. LOL, no, no. I was thinking more of his famous "over the head" references in his stand-up and monologues. I hadn't heard of Eleanor Powell before, but thanks for the videos. Very talented indeed.
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Property of Kelly Clarkson Posts: 587 (05/09/08 12:23 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I thought of Eleanor Powell when I saw Kelly's performance of 'Ave Maria' for the Pope because I only saw one other thing that was that perfect, beautiful and filled me with awe performed by one person and that was this dance routine by Eleanor to "Fascinatin' Rhythm" in the movie "Lady Be Good".
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Property of Kelly Clarkson Posts: 594 (05/09/08 2:21 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I'm glad you started this thread, not just because I know who Eleanor Powell is (but she was just a little older than I) but because there are some things I wanted to say but kind of didn't want to start a thread similar to others in the past. I'm not sure about the Powell comparison, but for sure, Kelly is a unique talent, coupled with great character and the warmest personality going. I know I'm still a relative newbie as a KC addict, only a bit over a year since I re-discovered her post Idol career, but I just found out how deeply under my skin she is when I was away for 3 weeks effectively without a computer, or at least one with sound, and although I was having a great time, I missed not being able to listen to her Pope performance. Of course, one of the first things my jet-lagged mind led me to when I got home was to listen to her wonderful Ave Maria. It also reminded me that what made me such a fan was seeing her on Idol Rewind and falling in love with her voice, the kind of voice that can handle any kind of song, but which I love most for the songs with rich sounds, long notes that show off the depth of her voice. I went back and watched some You Tubes from Idol as well as several live performances in the years since and it blows you away. I don't like missing many days without listening to her, she soothes me, even with her rockier stuff. She is the best. The one in-person performance I've seen reinforced what everyone here and most critics say about her live voice being so good and I can't wait to see her in person again. I love her voice, I love the way she wraps herself inside and around the songs when she sings, and I love her writing. While I don't quite get the people who don't see what I see, it's enough for me to enjoy her for myself. Eleanor Powell or not, I'm glad I'm here to enjoy Kelly Clarkson.
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So... Posts: 5732 (05/09/08 3:27 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Last Edited By: cc 07/03/12 4:10 PM. Edited 1 times.
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ADDICTED Posts: 2248 (05/09/08 3:43 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	lol whut
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Property of Kelly Clarkson Posts: 632 (05/09/08 8:05 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Fastbak wrote: I thought of Eleanor Powell when I saw Kelly's performance of 'Ave Maria' for the Pope because I only saw one other thing that was that perfect, beautiful and filled me with awe performed by one person and that was this dance routine by Eleanor to "Fascinatin' Rhythm" in the movie "Lady Be Good". � �� Wow!! That's one talented lady right there!! Great video!