Donna Summer [merged]

[Hot4Latinos]

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[bluehorizon]

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Love u Donna...RIP

 

[7seven7]

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Very sad that another gr8 performer has died. Michael, Whitney and now Donna. Hard to imagine club music [or any] w/o any of there songs. I just heard "Last Dance' the other day and was singing it in my car. I <3 love <3 that song!. Thx for posting it gsdx

 

[streetblackcock99]

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They say Kelly Rowland is the Donna of this gen, I fuck with that tbh, nieces, truetea.

 

[pausanias_usa]

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For me, Donna Summer was the soundtrack to my gradual coming-out during the 70s. By the 80s, punk / new wave had erased her from my consciousness.

But I still remember those young, sweaty days in the disco!

 

[RobertE]

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RIP Donna! I had a LOT of good times out on the dance floor to your songs! Lots of good memories!

 

[Orlandude]

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Gee, could it be that younger people weren't alive in 1977? How would they possibly know that.

 

[vulgar_newcomer]

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I've often wanted to cover Donna Summer "I feel love" in a extreme or black metal cover. I mean all the bands are putting out excellent covers of "Beat it" by Jackson. What held me back was the lyrical content. Can you play something like Satan burn my tongue to hell and then cover "I feel Love"??????????
I think the answer is yes, yes you can and that double blast beat bass drum can roll the floor with some odd tuned ESP F414 bass that would make Slayer swoon.

She was cool and not my type of music, I liked her.

 

[buffxqui]

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The real VOICE!

Rest in peace and thanks for all the memories.

 

[buffxqui]

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Who's Donna Summer??

I've never heard of her until today.

The fact that you don't know who Donna Summer is tells me you no nothing about music but that's not really important.

The fact that posted that comment in this thread says a lot about you as a human being and that's more important.

 

[Red Storm]

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RIP Donna Summer, may you rest in peace

 

[Hot4Latinos]

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The beautiful...
And the sensitive
And the oh, so very young
We are adapting to your silence
I can live here without you
At least, I'm learning
But I cannot live without your songs - Stevie Nicks

OT, but what song is this?

 

[operafan]

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Depends on who you believe. The statements (in essence, the "AIDS is God's punishment of sinful lifestyles" ones that weren't that uncommon at the time) were put into the press, and for many months, they went unanswered. When gay groups started calling for her head (and returning her albums to shops), she made a statement stating that her comments were taken out of context, and that her manager had shielded her from hearing about the ensuing controversy. She did sue New York magazine over posting her quotes as fact, but it was settled out of court.

Lex

I'm kind of surprised that Lex is the only one to bring up her AIDS comments. She certainly denied having meant what was reported but it has always complicated my memory of her.

 

[BreakTheIce]

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So sad. She brought the O in Disco.

R.I.P

 

[FuryOfFirestorm]

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I have to go track down a copy of her Bad Girls album. I remember when my cousin would play that CD at least once a day.

 

[Joshua_me]

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:-(

So sad and SO unexpected. ( I didn't even know she was sick - fucking cancer...)

Yes, most of us love "Love to love you Baby", and "Last Dance", and "I Feel Love" (amongst many others...)

But I'd recommend buying/downloading the album, "The Wanderer"

Actually, get it on CD if you can, the MP3 version sucks. (As do most MP3's, but don't get me started....)

It's a great, underrated album, and perhaps her last *great* one.

Frankly she was about 10 years older than I thought she was, but still WAY too young to die.

Thanks, Donna, for all the great music. I wish I had been old enough to experience the "Club 54" years.

Your talent and your voice will live on for decades to come.

 

[Beachguyj]

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I was thinking about her the day before she died because of the album cover thread. I was going to post some of her covers, but didn't, and she died down her in Florida too. I would have thought she was older than 63 since she was famous in the early to mid 70s.

 

[braex27]

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Very sad. RIP.

No More Tears is a great song. And so is McArthur Park.

 

[G-Lexington]

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But I'd recommend buying/downloading the album, "The Wanderer"...It's a great, underrated album, and perhaps her last *great* one.

It wasn't my favorite by her, but it was a great attempt at a "rock" album by her.

I wanted to like her last album "Crayons" a lot more than I did. I think they spent a bit too much time chasing trends and not enough time following her muse.

I'm kind of surprised that Lex is the only one to bring up her AIDS comments. She certainly denied having meant what was reported but it has always complicated my memory of her.

I know Gloria Gaynor went that same route. I recall an interview where she said something along the lines of she "realized" that people were using her music to get in the mood to fornicate and sin, and so she wasn't going to sing those songs anymore. I don't think she ever singled out gays specifically, although that was usually her fanbase. She apparently went back on that sentiment a few years later, once she realized that that's where the money was.

Lex

 

[ravenstar]

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I grew up on her music. My mother had her albums in the 70's. I've had Last Dance stuck in my head for days lol.