Donna Summer: Search and Destroy?

Any source other than TMZ?

Nooooooo. She was amazing. Even my disco-skeptic dad liked her, I remember the gatefold LP of The Wanderer we had around the house.

Dim all the lights. R.I.P.

just picked up the new philly/tom moulton 4cd boxset and was rejoicing in the widescreen 70s disco groove when i saw this thread revived.

:(

fuck cancer.

r.i.p

Universal Music has tweeted it, and she has an association with them so seems official.

oh no

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEV7TrhkZUk

oh fuck me that's sad

<3 you, lady. RIP.

;_;

only just discovered this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvtAVBF8x8M

dang, local girl too

She made a pile of amazing records, <3 you Donna forever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXjf78OLSrw

holy shit, i had no idea she was sick

this really really sucks :(

Rocking the 15 minute Patrick Cowley megamix of "I Feel Love" as I type. So great.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18109654

Side Two of Once Upon a Time.

now THIS one really gets to me. fuck.

Aw, man. Flights of angels, etc...

OH SHIT. And to think I was excited to see this thread get revived. That's awful. I was just talking to my brother this weekend about how hers is (was...) one of my favorite voices ever. And I just realized I was singing "This Time I Know It's For Real" this morning!!! I guess it is for real this time... ;_;

WTF, why? That was outta nowhere. What a shame. I know she's retained a huge cult following as disco "died" and came back again many times over, but she's still vastly underappreciated in the culture at large. R.I.P.

blasting "state of independence" right now, so odd and so totally uplifting all at once

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NEE-OHGThw

Such an astonishing latter day single for her.

fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck

:(

everyone quit dying

RIP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B05ekks0RqY

very sad

RIP

I thought this was just a regular thread revive until I looked at Google News just now. RIP.

this is hitting me harder than MCA for some reason. damn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1ArZEFwRsY

RIP
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18109654

my #1 dancefloor moment ever was at a club in Barcelona on my honeymoon, Jarvis Cocker was DJing and put on "I Feel Love," it sounded amazing and people went nuts. RIP Donna you made great music.

this is hitting me harder than MCA for some reason. damn

Celeb deaths rarely hit me at a gut level, but yeah, this is one of the exceptions.

This is the part of the thread where I observe once again that we're entering the stage where major artist deaths are going to be coming at a pretty fast clip.

:(

RIP :(

Celeb deaths rarely hit me at a gut level, but yeah, this is one of the exceptions.

― Count-Dracula-Down (Eric H.), Thursday, May 17, 2012 12:50 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This, exactly.

RIP

i'm speechless, one of my first loves when it came to discovering music.

RIP

Ooh it's so good, it's so good
It's so good, it's so good
It's so good

Ooh I'm in love, I'm in love,
I'm in love, I'm in love
I'm in love

Ooh I feel love, I feel love
I feel love, I feel love
I feel love

I feel love
I feel love
I feel love

Ooh fall and free, fall and free
Fall and free, fall and free
Fall and free

Ooh you and me, you and me
You and me, you and me
You and me

Ooh I feel love, I feel love
I feel love, I feel love
I feel love

I feel love
I feel love
I feel love
I feel love

i think my first-ever 7th-grade dance was to a Donna Summer record.

this is so sad....

My first introduction to Donna Summer was in 1979 by way of this Australian commercial for "Four n Twenty" meat pies :/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDwYRzq9LY4

My first introduction to Donna Summer was Freaks of the Industry lol

My first was probably "Beverly Hills Cop" or "Ghostbusters."

Damned infants

I still held out hope that she'd record a good album. 2008's Crayons came surprisingly close.

This is a really sad one. She was one of the people that made me really obsessed with disco.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8fVx-uytBw

God damn. I was always a fan. I was surprised on recent listen how good this stuff has held up.

Shit. Been listening to I Feel Love and Love To Love You Baby loads this year. What else is good by her? I guess Moroder stuff is mostly what I'm after.

TBH, two of my very favorites from her aren't even Moroder tracks -- "State of Independence" and "This Time I Know It's For Real"

Really glad I took the chance and saw her on her Crayons tour. Never got the album itself though. Worth it?

Shit. Been listening to I Feel Love and Love To Love You Baby loads this year. What else is good by her? I guess Moroder stuff is mostly what I'm after.

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy)

Once Upon a Time is her masterpiece. A Love Trilogy and I Remember Yesterday are great too.

Oh and Bad Girls is a great album too. The track I just posted is the last song on the album. One of the best songs they did together.

"Heaven Knows" is a favorite of mine.