The Top Ten Diva Moments

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Yes, oh, could be legendary, could be legendary. That not as legendary as any of these moments on this list. Of top tens. And what is this list of top tens? Man, Well, this is the top ten diva moments. Now you'll notice that diva moments is different than divas because we feel that that will be too easy.

No, we as witnesses. Thank you Seth Myers for really aptly labeling us.

We as witnesses. We are witnesses to the culture.

We look at the minutial, we look at the moments and the elements that make up an icon, a diva, a legend. And these are top ten moments.

Of just that. Now let's get started, shall we. Unless you have anything to say to preface with what makes a diva? What makes a moment? Not that our listeners need any definition, but go. What makes a diva, I believe.

Is someone who bravely and boldly veers off the path, and yet we didn't know that actually was the correct way the path. For example, unlike on a highway, right, you certainly have one way of driving down on the highway like we are going.

We are headed one way like right.

If Christina Aguilera were to say, hold on, I'm going to start to drive the other direction on the highway, she would be number one on this list. She hasn't done that yet. I'm not necessarily saying she should. But if Christina Aguilera were to drive the reverse direction on a highway, that would be a diva moment.

The diva moment, You're so right, that would shoot straight to the top. We would go. I mean that is that is an essence what all of these moments we're about to unfurl are doing. It's these it's people who decided I'm gonna drive and reverse on the fucking freeway of life.

Yeah, the cultural freeway. These divas drove in the wrong direction on the cultural freeway. And thank fucking god, because now we have an episode.

Thank fucking God.

So bo, should we start at number ten and sort of go all the way down to one, because that's the most exciting way to do it.

I think, So let's start number ten of the top ten deven moments last cult number ten down actually, since this is a moment of shame for this person. But I put this here because I think it's an important framework for what we expect of our divas going forward, because she is really the sacrificial lamb in a lot of ways. Because now it's like, well, everyone's lips, thinking, I mean, we're recording this around Thanksgiving. Everyone at the

Flop flop spectacular, Yes, And that's what I would say, is that I was actually watching live was watching me too. Almost every gay person was watching live this moment on television, I think, because it just how much we were rooting for Ashley Simpson and how horny we were for Juwela, who was probably at the peak of his hotness. And I'll never forget the end when he said live TV and then she goes.

Well, my band started playing the wrong song, and so I thought I'd do a hodown And I was like, wow, she's not only digging in right now, but she's throwing other people under the bus.

Diva behavior diva. She said, my band started playing the song. Individuals she has to see nearly every day, and she said, this is gonna be the way forward. She threw them under the bus, spectacularly, flopped so hard, was never the same. But what did she do?

She picked up the pieces.

She married Diana Ross's son, because guess what game recognizes game.

Diva diva diva gets into the other diva's orbit and everything happens for a reason.

Bowen and I think that had she not done the hoedown and flopped so spectacularly, she wouldn't be part of the dynasty that is Diana Ross. She wouldn't be Ashley Simpson Ross. Everything happens for a reason. Ashley's path led her through the hallowed halls of SNL onto that iconic stage so that she could not sing, blame on other people, then blame it on acid reflex iconic, and then be a Simpson Ross.

And then end up on this list.

That is why she ranks at number ten Top ten Diva Moments Lost Coach number nine.

I know, I know what I'd be a while I love whales Beyonce, this was Beyonce at her most vulnerable and I would say potentially most relatable, which is not why we love Beyonce, right, we love her because she's not relatable. But this moment where she and Kelly and Michelle are stone out of their minds talking to an interviewer on camera. Beautiful vulnerability.

Yeah, I think that all three of them did amazing work in this interview. But I think that really what we're gonna have to remember is that Beyonce not only does she reveal what animals she would be, which I think would literally never happen. Now, I think she's really barely even acknowledging her own humanity, like she she is a goddess, a deity, whatever. She certainly would ever be caught dead doing an interview on camera, let alone in

She wants to touch to one one day, Like so beautiful, Michelle, thank you. She wants to touch she's sexy. She would be what panther?

That would be a panther because she's sexy. They were, they were having so much fun. I oh god, that was a nice time in pop culture.

I just wish that because you know they're asked now about that interview and they're like, we were not high.

We were not high.

It's like girls just youd rather be high than just weird completely, but you know they can't compromise their Christianity.

I would be a panther because she is sexy. She wants to touch on one day. She wants to do That's my that My favorite part of the whole interview is Michelle going she wants to touch on one day.

I know, what.

Can I say?

If culture is the ocean, Beyonce is a whale, and that is why Beyonce saying she wants to be a whale, if she could be an animal is number nine on top ten last Lost Culture number three. You can't get better than all the divas getting together. Of course it's gonna be on the list at number eight at least.

At least I mean this was pre Avengers crossover moments, you know, like very much. So it blew your mind to see these people share the stage together. Yeah.

Not. I don't think we'd ever seen anything like the performance at the end of the show when Celine Dion was bravely and boldly going up to Aretha Franklin and trying to outsing her, which, by the way, Mariah has commented on many times since then and said she thought it was extremely disrespectful, and apparently Patti Labell reached out to Mariah afterwards. I guess Patti LeBell had been watching

Well, I think Patty wasn't there because there was the perceived rumored feud between Patty and Aretha, which once Aretha past was quickly debunked. Patty put out a statement saying Aretha and I were always friendly.

Oh she put out a one more statement debunked, debunked. Oh to hear Patty say, debunked. And by the way, if you're a Patty fan, state state on this list. Here's what I'll say about sort of challenging Aretha on stage. That is a Christina aguilar Are driving the wrong way on the freeway.

Moment and you need it. We wouldn't be talking about it if there wasn't a Christina Aguilier driving the wrong way on the freeway moment like that.

Never forget that People magazine did a cover story about Diva's Live and they left Gloria A Stephan out of it. Gloria A Stephan was guest hosting the Rosie o'donald Show and she pulled out that People magazine and she said, they cut me out, and it's true. They acted like it was only four women and Gloria was not in it. And Gloria very classily made a joke and she said, I don't know, maybe I was blocked by Mariah's hair.

And I said, that's the class act. So classy. God, what a gorgeous soul.

And can I say one of my favorite parts of that whole concert, which I watched again and again, is when Gloria A Stephan sings her numbers because she had she had one single.

It's called Heaven's what I feel, and it goes like this. Love sometimes can be like dety.

It can take you to wherever and I don't know how the rest goes, and then she goes.

But I have broken all the rules of You have to listen to this song. Heaven's what I feels. What I feel, Heavens what I feel when them with you. You have to look at you singing the notes. I love glory, I love divas. I love singing Yes. And that is why Diva's Live is number eight on our list of top ten Diva moments. Last culture.

Now is this next one is really major? Number seven? Lady, I think there's no one better to.

Speak to this than you. Thank you as one of the two. I want to say that I was with you the week this came out, the day this came out, when Born this Way the song came out, you and I were going up to Skidmore, to Skidmore College to Saratogas. Wow, you have a good recall. I had forgotten this was the circumstance. This was February twenty eleven and we were going up to Skidmore College, and I mean I remember the way that the words your orient struck me. I said,

She did not change or she bravely went out onto the stage over a decade later with the knowledge that this was not right, and she said.

Your Lebanese, you're orient.

Whether life's disabilities make you feel outcast or tease, make you outcast, bleed or tees bullied to go to go believe ocast, bleed or teas, it's iconic. We need to do we need to do an episode so which is a close read of the born of this why lyrics?

Oh, every line in the glass of herbo in the glass of her boodoir. I mean, wait, we actually need we need to do this. We need to do before that year is over.

We need to do we need to start a new seria called called Lost Coach close read, which is we just take a brilliant pop song and we just literally word by word, go through exactly what it is and and break it down.

You know what is the model for that episode. But I'm sorry to be self referential. Our Gilaine Maxwell episode. We did a close read on her name and it was poetry.

I have to say, it's a very much a front runner for the top one thousand moments of Lost Coach just to be a number one that episode.

It's a serious runner. Absolutely. Now, I just want to say before we move on that I had to wear a man Need Gaga moments to choose from. This was the clear winner to me for for this list.

And I have to say, like, I think that you, as a Lady Gaga scholar and influency, I think that it is really up to you to say this, and you know, we've had so much. We've had, of course, the Oscars performance of Shallow. We've had, of course the Super Bowl performance where she said where she caught the football at the end. We of course have her performance an American horror story. Yeah, we have when someone threw up on her, when she we have when she became

No, it's this. You know was closely going to beat this out, but her getting fucked on a desk in house of Gucci. But no, that's not the one. That could never be. This is your Lebanese or orient is the one? Can I say?

We need the Lady Gaga erastour And it has to include film. It has to include film. She has to figure that out.

It's gonna happen. It's gonna happen, for sure.

I wonder if when Joker folio comes out, that it's just gonna blow this whole list away.

I mean that ever, all top ten entries will be from Joker. I can't believe. I cannot believe. I have to see that. We're gonna love it? Are you kidding me? I guess it's the most violent film of all time. That's what they were saying.

They were like someone saw the script and was like, I don't know how they're gonna make this on paper is the most violent film of all time.

I can't wait. It's so Gaga. I love it, love it. Okay, this is why numbers Lemnies.

Your orient My Lady Gaga is number seven on Top ten Demon Moments Lost.

Culture, number one hand.

Show Fergie wha, Why was she singing Barrakuda? Why was she singing that song she wanted to? It doesn't matter, It doesn't matter why we are. That moment was post reason, post thought, like there was there. You don't you can't think about it too long because it will not make sense. You're right, I flopped even suggesting we shouldn't think about it.

I think it could go either way. It could go either It's Fergie and Fergy acts on instinct and that's why we love her. This woman released the single London Bridge, where the cover was her standing in front of Tower Bridge, not London Bridge. This woman doesn't care. This woman does what she wants, and that's why we love her. She said, you know what I have to say. I survived a meth addiction. Okay, I have been to hell and back.

I'm gonna stand in front of Tower Bridge and say, lundy, lundy, lundy, shut up, shut up. And if anyone says anything to her, it's kind of like shut up because let me. Let me also point you in another direction, which didn't make the list because this is on the list, but her performance of the Italian and the film nine was deserving of the Oscar Win period.

Period period, point blank. Now this one handed cartwheel, we still talk about it today, and what else is there to say? I mean, this is this was before Pink was on her silks. This was oh yeah, a pop star doing full gymnastics while giving you a vocal. This was this opened the door? It did?

It open the door so wide because the door needed to be wide for a cannon to fit through it, so that Pink could be shot out of it. And let me tell you something. There's no Pink without Fergie. And I say this knowing full well that Pink started before her.

I think I think Fergie altered Pink's trajectory. You know who's not on the list, Pink, and that's and that might be something that I reconsider because we love Pink.

Here Pink is on roll mention for getting shot into the sky during the song so what during her recent arena tour. But when there's moments like this on the list, it's going to be very hard to break through.

Oh yeah, this is a very competitive list.

This was morning culture, Like mornings weren't the same after this, Like, forget about morning show culture, forget about performance culture. This changed the way people wake up because Fergie was saying, I woke up and got together a performance where I did a one hindred cardwell to a song not even on my album.

She was able to take the spotlight away from people like Matt Lower, Katie Kuric made near to Fierra. I'm not sure what, I'm not sure when this happened. I have no idea. It had nothing to do with the people on the show. This is what every artist who does the Today Show dreams of, which is to create a moment that is actually like impressive. It's not like Hillary Duff like doing little dance moves with her arms on the Today Show. It's pure talent. I'm sorry, this

But Stacy, by the time this episode comes out, will have performed on the Today Show.

And I can guarantee you neither of us didn't one hand in a card. We are not do you enough? No? That no, that we did not. All right, that is all why one head of cartwhel on Today's Show by Fergie is number six on the top ten demon moments last Cult. Here's a call back, number five. Where are my background singers? Pat I'm mean I was cackling just thinking about this the other day. A moment of pure joy.

Oh, I don't know the song.

I don't know the song?

Where are the cards? Can't you gotta fe go with the cards?

This cord I mean, Pierre, she did not know the song this Christmas. This is a moment of pure panic that is immediately landing as pure joy to the audience. I feel sorry for whatever Patty, miss LaBelle was feeling in that moment. She must have felt very disoriented and embarrassed. But wow, all these years later, she is bringing joy to the hearts of the world with that. I hope she's.

Proud now and thinks of it as a funny thing. I don't know, but I really hope that she can see humor and where's my background singer? Because unfortunately, it is the moment in her illustrious career that has landed her on this list and.

Probably others probably listen, she has had an amazing career, but the diva moment is this is yelling on the mic in in our nation's capital for a Christmas celebration, screaming where the background singers are? Where are they? The behavior?

And also, you know what's crazy is like they didn't even come on right away. No, she was right, Yeah, it took what we're gonna say, it took them a while to get out there.

Where were the background singers? Do we ever get the answer to that question? Where were they? And I gotta say the way, and I love background singers, love so gifted and so gifted. They showed up and they were trying to play it off as if nothing happened. But at that point you gotta be a little you gotta look a little guilty for coming on so egregiously late for Patty LaBelle. Honestly, I hope they heard an earfall. Yes, what do you think they were doing? I bet they

Okay, maybe if they were smoking some hookah at the Capitol, then I could respect it because that would be the equivalent of them driving the wrong way on the freeway for Glas style. Okay, hookah at the Capitol on Christmas, And that's why you're late for Patty LaBelle.

The one song you have to do.

Forget about the fact that hang all the missile, I'm Gonna get to know your bed. What I loved was just when she started like belting and like guessing riffing at the song, honestly clocking in an iconic rendition.

Oh, I mean, I will always remember the melody of I'm Gonna add them all I can.

Because I know the words and I don't have that downsingers.

Mean that is iconic Patty, Thank.

You, oh man, and this is why, thank you for making it seasonal. This is why that where our background singers is number five. That's Patti LaBelle on the list of top ten Diva moments Lost Culture, number.

Four, singing, singing, Whitneys the gift, the gift. And you know, obviously there are a lot of spoken moments from Whitney that are iconic, but none of them are why we love her. None of them are why she is a diva. She's a diva because she is one of the best recording artists of all time.

We could have said when she sang, and we could have said when she said, I listened to singers very rare, listen to people who cannot sing. We could have you know what I was thinking about putting on here?

Why are you down there?

To Brandy? But none of these really get it across.

Which is the reason why she's able to say all these things and do all these things is connected to her own singing, So it would be actually disrespectful. And this has been so far a list of great respect, a great respect to say that the number one thing we love about her is anything other than singing.

Okay, I mean, she is purely evocative. If you say the words singing, you think Whitney. You think Whitney. If you hear the if you say the words and I, you think about Whitney. If you say the words, I believe the children you're going to finish that thought are our future. Teach them well the way of speaking of the greatest love of all That music video of her, of her just walking, just coming down the fire escape.

Oh you know what, I didn't go to Skidmore that year. And you know what that actually really makes me remember something, which is I was doing Marazzad. We had performances. I was in the musical at NYU called marat Sad. It was a punk rock musical interpretation of the play The Assassination of marat By. Yeah, the marquis and the assistant director looked at all us before and said.

Do this one for Whitney, and we all understood like that we would do it for Whitney, but we also laughed. That reminds me of not to bring up another death and not to I just not to relate this, but I had a story pirate show the day that Robin Williams passed away, and I think someone said, let's do this for Robin. You know that we say such sentimental silly things upon a upon an icon's passing.

But that's okay, Yeah, that is okay because guess what. I bet a little part of you did do it for Robin, and I know a little part of you did it for Whitney, just like we're just like the little parts of us are doing this for Whitney right now. And all this is why Whitney Houston is number four the top ten demer moments Lost coach.

For her singing for her singing number three, I don't know her, Mariah Carey.

So whereas Whitney, of course we have to because it would be disrespectful to not first and foremost say you're singing, we've boiled Mariah down to I don't know her for.

Good reason, because, especially upon reading the meaning of Mariah Carey, this moment makes total sense now and it actually speaks to It speaks to Mariah's relationship to her work. She cares about the way the work comes together and when it gets taken and when the work gets taken away from her and given to someone else, maybe Jennifer Lopez. Then she acts out in her dieva way that we all know and love her. For first of all, you don't get to be a bigger Lamb than me. I'm

And I would say that like it does give me the essence of Mariah, and that it is superior because she is. And it also does something for me every day where I say I don't know her, like anyone who is in my ship, anyone who's trying to be in my image, anyone who's trying to suck with me, anyone who's anyone who's who's managed by my ex husband.

I don't know her. I don't know her. Tommy Matola found dad.

I mean, so, did you ever see the Watch It Happens Live where they played a game with Mariah called does she know her?

Yes? And then Mariah had the funniest little quip. She said, well, apparently I'm very forgetful. Well, apparently I'm very forgetful. So funny, And they said.

Demi Lovado had something to say about how nasty Mariah is to Jennifer Lopez, and Mariah said, I don't know her either, she said, and then she said, she.

Has a problem. She can come to me like a woman, and she could say, I have a problem. Here's what I think. That's how you handleshit. And you know that Demi Lovado was found dead when she heard that. I mean, Demi can punch her way out of that one. I'm sorry to say, I'm gonna beat this bitch up. And I don't know her. I mean, it is it is the perfect way to like let something slide off, just to be like this doesn't belong to me, this person,

I literally don't know her. It's so powerful any of the mess you're talking about with like what they might have said about me. I don't know her period. I don't have knowledge of the personhood. I don't have knowledge of the personhood of this individual. I don't know her.

Cut cut cut. Thank you Mariah for giving us that.

And of course, your incredible singing and songwriting prowess is legendary, but you are mostly for words. I don't know her, and that is why you rank at number three. I don't know her. Mariah on Top ten Diva Moments Lost, speaking of things people said out serving their singing talent.

Number two. Okay, beautiful gowns are I mean, this is a hilarious thing to say about our current braining pop icon, the Beatles of our generation. Taylor Taylor, and.

She said after probably the fourth person that she had been asked about, and even Alicia Key's got good writer, young producer, Taylor got.

Okay, great gown down, beautiful gowautiful gowns. I think maybe I think Taylor keeps your ear to the ground, and I think maybe this was something that sprung her into You always need an I'll show them attitude. Didn't show biz, don't you? And that was Taylor Swifts.

Don't blame me, yes, she said, she said, oh she has something to say about my singing.

Get in the studio. We're recording. Don't blame me. Don't blame me. Love made me crazy, doesn't you?

Jo in it ry and I will say that Aretha would be so shook to hear that we're complimenting Taylor's vocals in a thing where she said, Okay, great gowns, beautiful gown So let's just go back, do we.

Nevin it's a great song.

Use a.

I mean she goes hard reputation. I mean we're talking about reputation, narrate the Franklin entry, Okay, I mean Aretha, we obviously know the vocal prowess, but this was one of her last great contributions to the culture. Great gowns, beautiful guns.

I mean, the whole thing is funny that maybe even good writer, young producer might be funnier, funnier than and then of course Nicki minaj manaj I.

Not that one. Thank you Aretha for your countless contributions. And this might be some recency bias, but we are putting okay, great gowns Beautiful Gowns as number two on this list of the top ten Devon moments, Last Coach number one. Good Look of our greatest Comedian one of the funniest comics.

I think that when Siara tried to come for Rihanna and said she was rooted in an event, and Rihanna responded on Twitter, my bad seeds that I forget to tip you at a restaurant, and Siara said, Honey, I have no time for this.

I'm about to go on stage. And Rihanna killed, are dead? What did you do? What was it? What was it you said? I think Sierra said, I'm sorry, I'm sorry to correct you, but I think Sierra said, you trust me, Rihanna, you don't want to see me on or off stage, and which then prompted Rihanna to say, good luck that.

You speak of, you speak of booking, that stage you speak of, it's that you speak of.

That's really the perfect little ornament, you know. I saw Rihanna at a restaurant. She was very rude.

My bad scenes that I forget to tip you trust me, you don't want to see me on or off stage?

Good look book in that stage you speak of. I mean you have you have a death wish if you want a step to Rihanna, if you don't want that smoke, it's a billion.

Dollars, a blunt and a Twitter log in, and it's the death to all of them. In the words of Wendy okay kay oh, okay oh, it's over knockout, total total koh.

I think this is a worthy spot for number one. I really do, because you and I think about this all the time. You won't see me arguing against a single choice on this list and not this. This does not end here. I would say this was the moment that to find a generation.

This was This was the.

Spoken equivalent of Rihanna's Loud album, Yes, her most experimental spoken word her This was this opened the door, and this opened the door to be Rihanna as a mogul, as a mogul. I think this is one of the only moments that was played out on Twitter, and that is interesting as well, like this is all this is very twenty tens coded.

Yes it was, and also like we should have known we were flying too close to the sun right there, because like it was over after this, I mean, Twitter slowly started to become worse.

And worse, like this was the peak of Twitter. This was this was not knowing the good times of rolling while they're rolling. I mean period. I for iconography, spos for iconography. I love everyone who follows the Last Coach Twitter and who interacts and engages with us on the Last Coach side. Overall, I would say, it is just tour chan now that site. It's It's bad.

I was wondering the other day. I was sort of psychically asking you without directly asking me. I was like, I wonder how much longer we keep the Twitter because it feels.

Like it's I think they're done. I think it's over. Like really mean, we we've been saying this for years, but like I think five of the last nails in the copin were slammed into it at the same time in the last month or so.

Anyway, Yeah, yeah, but I mean, and here we are saying that. I mean, I think one of the most important inventions electronically and technically and socially was Twitter of the past, you know, fifty years, and the peak of it was what Rihanna said that lands on her at number one on this list of top ten. Viva moments lost culture.

Well, I think this was a very comprehensive list. There were some missing entries. I think Pink, as we've said, I think we were missing at Kelly Clarkson moment. I think what would that have been. I think it would would have been her winning a moment like a winning American idol, winning a moment like this winning American Idol. I think we missed something from Hillary Duff, from Miley Cyrus Nicki Minaj.

Did you see Miley Cyrus through her own birthday party? And her birthday party was she finally sang Flowers Live to her friends and family. She said, my birthday party was me singing my own songs, and I said, you better fucking go.

Off, You better go off. Good for you, Miley, Yeah, legend.

But she did not make the list. And that doesn't mean she can't make the list. Doesn't mean that you know, Miley hasn't you know, done many things. But this list was comprehensive and it's complete. And I give it to my sister who put this one together. I merely made one contribution, which was Divas Live and you really, you really ate this down div moment.

You drove the other way on the freeway with this one bit. Thank you Diva, so did you you were at the wheel? Now, Jesus take it, Jesus take it. Carrie Underwood also missing. Now. We hope to provide you some more lists than the new Year, but for now, enjoy the ones that we've given you. There's a lot of great stuff in there, and we hope you learn. We hope you listen. Learn and that's a good word, means shed light. Thank you everyone for listening. Goodbye,