Eric that was perfect <3
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 18 May 2012 17:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
Jody Rosen now:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/05/17/donna_summer_dead_at_63_jody_rosen_remembers_the_queen_of_disco_.html
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 May 2012 18:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
between this and Chuck Brown am gutted, loved Donna growing up and love her. one of those now ords. thanks to those above who wrote so beautifully on her
― H in Addis, Friday, 18 May 2012 20:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
really liked alfred's piece - looking fwd to matos's and eric's
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Friday, 18 May 2012 21:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Mine sucks so bad, people. It was seriously stitched together in a rush from two separate old blog posts from a half-decade ago plus three or four P's of new stuff.
― Count-Dracula-Down (Eric H.), Saturday, 19 May 2012 00:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
lies!!
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 19 May 2012 03:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
Great, great stuff, Alfred.
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 19 May 2012 04:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
Err, yup.
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 19 May 2012 04:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
local newspaper headline: "Donna Summer, 1948-2012 She earned the nickname the Queen of Disco with a string of dance hits, but the singer was always a rocker at heart."
is this rockist bs? she's quoted in the article saying what amounts to "i like janis joplin, and motown" & they allude to her being reluctant to accept the title Queen of Disco but, idk, seems like pretty flimsy evidence
― flopson, Sunday, 20 May 2012 21:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
BUT she was a rocker at heart!
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 20 May 2012 21:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
wasn't rock lucky?!
I Feel Love just missed re-entering the UK Top 40 by a whisker http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jzDTEvunXCiwUKr54fiUWPpZ4NsQ?docId=N0221301337532481253A
― piscesx, Sunday, 20 May 2012 21:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
is this rockist bs?
She was partially rooted in rock, though even more in gospel. At very least, she deserved not to be pigeonholed as disco. Not that there's anything wrong with disco!
― Lee971 (Lee626), Sunday, 20 May 2012 22:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
― flopson, Sunday, May 20, 2012 5:55 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark
'disco' is still a punchline for the general public though, sadly
― chris paul george hill (dayo), Sunday, 20 May 2012 22:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
i.e. "She was more than just the Queen of Disco"
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 21 May 2012 00:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
Why isn't this woman in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame yet? O yea fun fact: unless Michael Jackson/J5 counts, only disco groups inducted to date are white/hetero (also, just occurred to me, not American): Bee Gees, ABBA. Meaning what?
― do dat do dat do do dat dat dat (thewufs), Monday, 21 May 2012 02:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
Meaning Geir is on the board of directors.
― Count-Dracula-Down (Eric H.), Monday, 21 May 2012 03:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
If I were, Donna Summer would have been in there. I don't really count ABBA as disco btw. They were better at doing prime MOR than doing disco. And their best album was pure 80s synthpop.
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Monday, 21 May 2012 07:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
A belated R.I.P here now that the sun has gone down on here a few days ago. :(
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Monday, 21 May 2012 07:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
Mirrored in current cnn.com headline:
Gibb's musical legacy not just disco
― how's life, Monday, 21 May 2012 13:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm a big fan of Spring Affair:
As used by Moodyman:
― Chewshabadoo, Monday, 21 May 2012 13:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
When Rod Stewart and members of the Rolling Stones and Kiss go, I'm positive the obituaries will point out that although they were primarily thought of as rock stars, they also recorded popular disco songs.
― clemenza, Monday, 21 May 2012 13:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
i thought everyone loved disco
― flopson, Monday, 21 May 2012 16:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
I thought the people who hated disco had moved on to hating rap.
― Count-Dracula-Down (Eric H.), Monday, 21 May 2012 16:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
On NPR this morning, they miscomprehended this admittedly badly-written press release, and said that Donna Summer had a huge hit in 1977 with "Rapper's Delight."
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
An interesting (nerdy) article on the making of "Love to love you baby" and "I feel love", incl. mic choices, using tape-as-sync, and an orgy
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/oct09/articles/classictracks_1009.htm
― poxen, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 18:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
I've read in the last week comments about Summer's lack of "technical" competence. How is this even a serious question for a multi-octave singer?
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 18:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
who the hell is saying that
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 18:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
Once in this very thread, I think.
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 18:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
SHOW YOURSELF
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 18:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'd put "Lack of technical competence" slightly above "fat" on a list of dumbest crits you could level at a pop musician
― poxen, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 18:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
this is a woman who scored a hit off a Bocelli opera piece in the late nineties.
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 18:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
It was sort of the height of the Andrea Bocelli craze tho.
― Björk lied (Eric H.), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 18:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
and he wasn't around to see it
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 18:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
You're too short for that gesture.
― Björk lied (Eric H.), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 18:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
The only time I've thought "huh" about Donna's singing was on "No more tears", mostly just cuz I could picture Babs getting cussy at her in the third person on some of the unison bits
― poxen, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 18:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
Practice English past tense verbs with Donna Summer's "On the Radio"!
http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/songs/various-artists/on-the-radio.html
― game of crones (La Lechera), Monday, 18 June 2012 17:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
irregular past tense verbs, that is
― game of crones (La Lechera), Monday, 18 June 2012 17:29 (1 year ago) Permalink