Julia Gets Wise with Darlene Love

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Lemonada Media

Comedy

4.7 • 10.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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This week on Wiser Than Me, Julia is joined by 81-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer Darlene Love. From her early days singing gospel music in her father’s church to backing up icons like Elvis Presley to finally going solo at age 40, Darlene is a case study in never giving up on your dreams. She tells Julia about raising her sons while building her career, how to balance being strong and kind, and what motivates her to give her best performances. And Julia shares a story with her mom Judith about getting the wrong kind of laugh on the set of Hannah and Her Sisters. Follow Wiser Than Me on Instagram and TikTok @wiserthanme and on Facebook at facebook.com/wiserthanmepodcast. Keep up with Darlene Love @darlenelovesings on Instagram. Find out more about other shows on our network at @lemonadamedia on all social platforms. Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium. Click this link for a list of all Wiser Than Me sponsors and discount codes: https://lemonadamedia.com/sponsors/. For additional resources, information, and a transcript of the episode, visit lemonadamedia.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	I love singing.
0:10.8	I took singing lessons, voice lessons all through middle and upper school.
0:14.8	I was in the Glee Club.
0:15.8	I was a really good mezzo soprano and I always love singing in a group.
0:20.6	I still do.
0:21.6	When I was pretty little junior high, I think we had a big voice recital with a sizable
0:27.8	audience, you know.
0:29.2	And I was meant to sing two songs, two solos in the recital.
0:33.8	The first one was one of those awful Victorian parlor songs called Bendameer's Stream.
0:40.8	I had spent many months rehearsing it and on opening night I got on stage and I started
0:47.7	to sing.
0:50.1	There's a baller of roses by Bendameer's stream and the next line goes and the nighting
0:57.0	girl sings round it all the day long.
1:00.9	But I never got to that second line, okay?
1:04.2	Because my mind went totally blank and I couldn't remember anything.
1:09.8	So I just kept repeating that line.
1:12.8	There's a baller of roses on Bendameer's stream.
1:16.8	There's a baller of roses by Bendameer's stream over and over for the rest of the song.
1:26.8	I am telling you, it was so awful.
1:29.0	I'm making myself sick telling this story.
1:31.3	It was the first time I'd ever experienced anything like that, a real, truly botched performance.
1:37.8	And I mean, I'd love to perform, but I just froze, man.
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