Whenever I watch videos of Lesley performing at this time I always think the same thing... Why are there no videos of her singing "Immortality", "Paranoia", "Other Lady", "The Road I Walk" et cetera? Such a shame. And the fact that every interviewer always asks "what have you been doing all this time?", anyone would think Lesley's singer/songwriter career was a closely guarded secret! She deserved so much more attention but was too modest to go around promoting herself. It's sad to see all the negative comments here. They strike me as strangely judgmental, bitter, insulting and in some instances ignorant. Whatever effect pursuing education had on Lesley's career in the late 60's (as well as Mercury's determination to stop her growing up) it wasn't beyond saving in the 70's. Lesley was performing better than ever at that time and I believe that everybody who ignored "Someplace Else Now" and "Love Me By Name" ("THEE ONE") are the real reason Lesley became doomed to obscurity. Lesley Sue Gore forever!
This interview was conducted in 1980. It was also in 1980 that Lesley Gore came into the restaurant I was working in as a waiter in New York City. I complemented her on her performance in the concert film the TAMI show that was being shown at a theatre in Manhattan. When I complemented her she immediately gave me a look that could kill. All she needed to do was say "thank you." But instead she chose to respond to a compliment in a horribly rude fashion, but she also seemed extremely hostile. Is this the way that Ms. Gore treated her fans? Has anyone else experienced this with Ms. Gore? By 1980 few people recognized Lesley Gore on the street as she did not look like her 1960's self. In fact I would not have recognized Ms. Gore in the restaurant unless the host had pointed her out to me as she was totally unrecognizable by this time.
+JACK ANTHONY I had the same response from her around this time when I went to a nightclub. The only thing I can think of was that she picked up that I was gay and was fearful that I might ask her about herself. All I said to her (when she was at the entrance to thank the few who attended her show) was "I love your music, Ms. Gore". She shot me a dirty look and said nothing. Years later she lied saying everyone either knew she was a lesbian or she herself didn't know (while she had a female lover).
(Continued) in 2000 she did a TV interview about her family life. Her mother ( Mrs Goldstein) appeared along with her brother. The woman she had been living with for years was not mentioned. Lesley said she never married ( a man) and had children because she was too busy with her career ( it had been almost dead for decades) When she FINALLY came out several years later, she, of course, was going to lead us all to liberation..I certainly didn't expect her to be out in 1963, but 2000? When she had nothing to lose? ... I'm sorry, she was a repulsive human being with a laundry list of personality problems. Her music was fun only in the juvenile sense. ( "You Don't Own Me " was a atypical exception) No one can say Judy's Turn To Cry is great art and is pretty much forgotten unless you grew up in the 1960's. In fact, it promotes stereotypes and violence
JACK ANTHONY l love Lesley Gore. Her personal life is her business. Lesley had alot on her plate. No one is perfect. Read her bio and you will know that she was stalked and threatened twice in her life. I personally don't hold anything against her. She's only human. I've watched her concerts and seen the room full of people. What ever she was going threw shouldn't be taken seriously. RIP sweet Angel.
@@bettymartinez7027 Yes, I know that she was stalked twice at least and her life threatened. However, I was a waiter across from Lincoln Center and she came in quite often to our fashionable restaurant and she knew our staff quite well. We were there to serve her. There really was no need for her to respond so rudely to a one sentence compliment. It was like she was a bitch on wheels. And even after she was rude she continued coming into our restaurant and the host purposely sat her in my section again. I subsequently treated her respectively but curtly and I never again showed any special deference to her....I did not even flash my smile as I usually did with all customers. She seemed satisfied with that as long as she got her food and her numerous orders of Heineken beers.
I love Lesley's voice but sadly agree with the others that she was flawed as a person due to her bourgeois values. Her biggest crusade in the 60' s was advocating getting a college degree. It didn't help her as she just about never had a job other than singing. Her being in school actually hurt her career at its peak. My degree hangs on my wall and wasn't worth it. Yet I would not tell others what to do. At a time when teenagers were protesting, she was really into grades.
I have to somewhat disagree with Jorrietheman. You Don't Own Me was a feminist anthem although it was followed up what the return to " the boy cheats but I love him anyway " theme. I wonder how much Mercury Records is to blame. They circulated a photo of Lesley at "choir practice " when she was Jewish. In the 1970's I met Herb Wiener, who wrote It's My Party. Although he was a homosexual himself he called Lesley " a dyke" and said she was unpleasant to be around. This was the first I heard she was Lesbian as she was still in "the closet".
Dottiecurran Herb needs to look at himself being gay and to call Lesley that terrible name. What a hypocrite. He is the one who double dealt her by giving the song to Phil for his girls also.
Well, first of all, she lived in an era when women had finally reached the possibility to get an actual education, which was something they couldn't do in the past decades, so you can see why she felt like she was something important to her. Secondly, besides that, it was her choice, it's what she really wanted to do, so you don't have to judge her because of that. If you knew her better, you would know how much of an amazing woman she was, and you wouldn't be so quick to judge her.
RIP sweet princess.💯💯💯💯🎙️🎤👏👏👏😘
I appreciate her honesty.
Whenever I watch videos of Lesley performing at this time I always think the same thing... Why are there no videos of her singing "Immortality", "Paranoia", "Other Lady", "The Road I Walk" et cetera? Such a shame. And the fact that every interviewer always asks "what have you been doing all this time?", anyone would think Lesley's singer/songwriter career was a closely guarded secret! She deserved so much more attention but was too modest to go around promoting herself.
It's sad to see all the negative comments here. They strike me as strangely judgmental, bitter, insulting and in some instances ignorant.
Whatever effect pursuing education had on Lesley's career in the late 60's (as well as Mercury's determination to stop her growing up) it wasn't beyond saving in the 70's. Lesley was performing better than ever at that time and I believe that everybody who ignored "Someplace Else Now" and "Love Me By Name" ("THEE ONE") are the real reason Lesley became doomed to obscurity.
Lesley Sue Gore forever!
This interview was conducted in 1980. It was also in 1980 that Lesley Gore came into the restaurant I was working in as a waiter in New York City. I complemented her on her performance in the concert film the TAMI show that was being shown at a theatre in Manhattan. When I complemented her she immediately gave me a look that could kill. All she needed to do was say "thank you." But instead she chose to respond to a compliment in a horribly rude fashion, but she also seemed extremely hostile. Is this the way that Ms. Gore treated her fans? Has anyone else experienced this with Ms. Gore? By 1980 few people recognized Lesley Gore on the street as she did not look like her 1960's self. In fact I would not have recognized Ms. Gore in the restaurant unless the host had pointed her out to me as she was totally unrecognizable by this time.
+JACK ANTHONY I had the same response from her around this time when I went to a nightclub. The only thing I can think of was that she picked up that I was gay and was fearful that I might ask her about herself. All I said to her (when she was at the entrance to thank the few who attended her show) was "I love your music, Ms. Gore". She shot me a dirty look and said nothing. Years later she lied saying everyone either knew she was a lesbian or she herself didn't know (while she had a female lover).
(Continued) in 2000 she did a TV interview about her family life. Her mother ( Mrs Goldstein) appeared along with her brother. The woman she had been living with for years was not mentioned. Lesley said she never married ( a man) and had children because she was too busy with her career ( it had been almost dead for decades) When she FINALLY came out several years later, she, of course, was going to lead us all to
liberation..I certainly didn't expect her to be out in 1963, but 2000? When she had nothing to lose? ... I'm sorry, she was a repulsive human being with a laundry list of personality problems. Her music was fun only in the juvenile sense. ( "You Don't Own Me " was a atypical exception) No one can say Judy's Turn To Cry is great art and is pretty much forgotten unless you grew up in the 1960's. In fact, it promotes stereotypes and violence
JACK ANTHONY l love Lesley Gore. Her personal life is her business. Lesley had alot on her plate. No one is perfect. Read her bio and you will know that she was stalked and threatened twice in her life. I personally don't hold anything against her. She's only human. I've watched her concerts and seen the room full of people. What ever she was going threw shouldn't be taken seriously. RIP sweet Angel.
JACK ANTHONY By the way,I was born in 1960 and look nothing like myself. Lesley aged beautifully.
@@bettymartinez7027 Yes, I know that she was stalked twice at least and her life threatened. However, I was a waiter across from Lincoln Center and she came in quite often to our fashionable restaurant and she knew our staff quite well. We were there to serve her. There really was no need for her to respond so rudely to a one sentence compliment. It was like she was a bitch on wheels. And even after she was rude she continued coming into our restaurant and the host purposely sat her in my section again. I subsequently treated her respectively but curtly and I never again showed any special deference to her....I did not even flash my smile as I usually did with all customers. She seemed satisfied with that as long as she got her food and her numerous orders of Heineken beers.
I love Lesley's voice but sadly agree with the others that she was flawed as a person due to her bourgeois values. Her biggest crusade in the 60' s was advocating getting a college degree. It didn't help her as she just about never had a job other than singing. Her being in school actually hurt her career at its peak. My degree hangs on my wall and wasn't worth it. Yet I would not tell others what to do. At a time when teenagers were protesting, she was really into grades.
I have to somewhat disagree with Jorrietheman. You Don't Own Me was a feminist anthem although it was followed up what the return to " the boy cheats but I love him anyway " theme. I wonder how much Mercury Records is to blame. They circulated a photo of Lesley at "choir practice " when she was Jewish. In the 1970's I met Herb Wiener, who wrote It's My Party. Although he was a homosexual himself he called Lesley " a dyke" and said she was unpleasant to be around. This was the first I heard she was Lesbian as she was still in "the closet".
Dottiecurran Herb needs to look at himself being gay and to call Lesley that terrible name. What a hypocrite. He is the one who double dealt her by giving the song to Phil for his girls also.
Well, first of all, she lived in an era when women had finally reached the possibility to get an actual education, which was something they couldn't do in the past decades, so you can see why she felt like she was something important to her. Secondly, besides that, it was her choice, it's what she really wanted to do, so you don't have to judge her because of that. If you knew her better, you would know how much of an amazing woman she was, and you wouldn't be so quick to judge her.
I am flawed too
we're all flawed
it's called being human