Don't you think you sound like one of those white men who tried to stop them from charting on the pop charts in the 60s just because they were black though? They were pop, they served EXACTLY what Katy or Britney serve today, just better and of course more fabulously. They were not the same as Aretha Franklin or even Labelle for that matter.
The host here even says it best.
An ill-informed barb. Just because someone SAYS something about an act, that doesn't mean it's factual. Why is it so hard for some of you to do your research?
Marvin and Tammi's 'Ain't No Mountain" is more notorious. I'll give you the others. But they just aren't on the same level as Donna's set of hits. Diana's hits are just that, hits. There was never anything progressive about them. Musically, the Rihanna of her time. I hate to say that, but it is what it is.
If anything Donna was the Rihanna of her time.
Much like Rihanna, Donna is credited for innovating something she had absolutely no part in making. She threw her vocals on it and got on stage and touched herself to sell sex to stay relevant. She started her career a little after Diana went solo and was always in her shadow because Diana was already headed for legend status just like our dear Beyonce.
And then....two decades later came a woman who combined the pop sensibility of Diana (and the powerballadry of Streisand) with the soulful quality and virtuosity of Aretha.....
An ill-informed barb. Just because someone SAYS something about an act, that doesn't mean it's factual. Why is it so hard for some of you to do your research?
I don't get where you're going with this, the entire drama behind that group was Diana being made lead for the sole fact that she appealed to white audiences, POP AUDIENCES.
Much like Rihanna, Donna is credited for innovating something she had absolutely no part in making. She threw her vocals on it and got on stage and touched herself to sell sex to stay relevant.
Much like Rihanna, Donna is credited for innovating something she had absolutely no part in making. She threw her vocals on it and got on stage and touched herself to sell sex to stay relevant. She started her career a little after Diana went solo and was always in her shadow because Diana was already headed for legend status just like our dear Beyonce.
Donna wishes.
Are we really going that route? If that's the case, let's strip The Supreme's of their legacy because Holland-Dozier-Holland penned a lot of their hits. The girls just "threw their vocals on it and got on stage" and sang hits written by others.
Donna's music was more progressive. Hell "Love To Love You Baby" was the beginning of the maxi-single, which Diana followed on numerous occasions:
Diana was doing R&B cuts and mid-tempos in the early 70s. Donna put an end to her and caused Diana to have to do disco to get a few hits. Just more evidence that Donna is the musical pioneer Diana never was.
Much like Rihanna, Donna is credited for innovating something she had absolutely no part in making. She threw her vocals on it and got on stage and touched herself to sell sex to stay relevant. She started her career a little after Diana went solo and was always in her shadow because Diana was already headed for legend status just like our dear Beyonce.
Donna wishes.
Absolutely not.
Donna was no Rihanna. Same with Diana.
The instrumental garnered the fame, not the lyrics, I mean...
Quote:
Ooh
It's so good, it's so good
It's so good, it's so good
It's so good
Ooh
Heaven knows, heaven knows
Heaven knows, heaven knows
Heaven knows
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
Fallin' free, fallin' free
Fallin' free, fallin' free
Fallin' 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
Ooh
I'll get you, I'll get you
I'll get you, I'll get you
I'll get you
Ooh
What you do, what you do
What you do, what you do
What you do
Ooh
I feel love, I feel love
I feel love, I feel love
I feel love
