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darkshade 
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 Topic: Donna Summer dead at 63 (1948-2012)Posted: May 17 2012 at 12:30 |
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RIP
I used to like Hot Stuff when I was 11 or 12. HOT STUFF BABY THIS EVENING |
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Posted: May 17 2012 at 12:34 |
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She had her moment in the mid late 70's. Really dug " Daddy Cool" and even Jon & Vangelis's " State Of Independeance" RIP DS
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darkshade
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Posted: May 17 2012 at 12:35 |
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Found out it was from cancer. 63 is not that old.
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akamaisondufromage
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Posted: May 17 2012 at 12:51 |
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Actually pretty progressive for disco! And she was pretty sexy
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Posted: May 17 2012 at 12:56 |
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Yes. She wasn't bad at all.
Did she have that single...doobie doob n doobie doobe doob n doobie doobie doob doo?
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Coldness doth get away with the badness.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: May 17 2012 at 13:01 |
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...no..it was someone else.
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Coldness doth get away with the badness.
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darkshade
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Posted: May 17 2012 at 13:01 |
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doobie?
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Posted: May 17 2012 at 13:05 |
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While not wishing to start a prog/not prog debate, she showed an admirable sense of adventure in her music. The side long song "Love to love you baby" had a basic structure along the lines of "Close to the edge". Girogio Mauroder's production and use of electronic sounds were new and exciting and we should not under estimate Summer's ability to write a good song. Try "Queen for a day" from "Once upon a time" for an example of a wonderful album track.
RIP Donna, your music will live on for sure.
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Posted: May 17 2012 at 13:07 |
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^ That's what I said!
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Posted: May 17 2012 at 13:15 |
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Ah..it was Diana Ross. Sorry.
I had this album.
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Posted: May 17 2012 at 13:33 |
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Just heard this on the news, so sad. RIP Donna
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Posted: May 17 2012 at 15:18 |
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No more hot stuff, RIP Donna. |
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Posted: May 17 2012 at 16:59 |
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I've voice my approval of Donna Summer many times here, she will be missed. |
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Posted: May 17 2012 at 18:41 |
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More than a Queen of Disco, been influential upon my younger days ... my condolence.
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Posted: May 17 2012 at 19:10 |
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RIP
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Posted: May 17 2012 at 19:56 |
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RIP Donna. Yes, disco sucked. But she was so much more. My lifelong love and obsession with synth-pop began with I Feel Love. Those pulsating synths were so perfect with her voice floating over them. Think about it...the driving incessant pulse of the synths, and her voice hovering above and then coming down into the mix. Maybe not prog, but truly progressive. She gave us much special music.
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Posted: May 18 2012 at 04:36 |
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Sad news. RIP Donna.
I'm going to stick my prog neck on the line here, and say I marginally prefer her version of 'State of Independence' to the Jon & Vangelis original. It's certainly better produced. The original sounds like it was recorded in a plastic lunchbox. Runs for cover... |
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Posted: May 18 2012 at 06:09 |
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Well made & produced "disco" was so much more than the word itself suggests & Donna Summer recorded & released the real cream of the crop.
Donna Summer, a true 1970s icon - RIP |
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Posted: May 18 2012 at 08:12 |
Agreed. I prefer her version of State of Independence above the original by a wide margin.
RIP.
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