I will be really surprised if the Top 5 isn't all '70s!
If, as usual, we end up with the biggest hits on top of the countdown, then that's a likely possibility. But she has some massively appealing work from later on that I hope voters didn't ignore!
If, as usual, we end up with the biggest hits on top of the countdown, then that's a likely possibility. But she has some massively appealing work from later on that I hope voters didn't ignore!
Music and Lyrics by: Donna Summer, Michael Omartian
Backed by Musical Youth, of "Pass The Dutchie" fame, Unconditional Love was the second single off the She Works Hard for the Money album. Donna, only a messianic bent probably brought on by her conversion into born-again Christianity, wrote an ode to real peace and brotherhood, with a reggae slant. ATRL clearly wasn't here for it, as it got not one ten from any voter.
I really can't at how Dinner with Gershwin is the musical precursor to Midnight in Paris. Trendsetter! We know where Woody gets his ideas now.
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Originally posted by supaspaz
I can see it now:
"Soon-Yi, baby, I know I used to take away your phonograph privileges back in the day when you would blast Donna Summer too loudly in your room, but I want to thank you, because that one 'Dinner With Gershwin' song has really stuck with me over the years and I think I'm ready to adapt it into my next Oscar-winning film."
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Originally posted by @michael.
I hope the first track gone is Down Deep Inside, The Wanderer (), or Dinner with Gershwin
Written by Brenda Russell, Dinner with Gershwin was leadoff single to Donna's 1987 album All Systems Go. (imagine that! they thought this was first single quality!) Although it reached the top ten on R&B radio (!!!!), it flopped on Pop. It's influence spanned decades, though, and as we've established, Woody Allen owes his most recent Oscar to this song. So Donna is an OSCAR INSPIRATION as well.
Music and Lyrics by: Giorgio Moroder and Donna Summer
Although she had incorporated other genres into her special blend of dance before, The Wanderer marked Donna's first foray into full on non-dance music; this time new wave. Donna did this in means of artistic exploration, and also in an effort to keep up with the rapidly changing musical climate - by the tailend of 1979, disco was out and rock was in, in a big way. This was also Donna's first release on the newly founded Geffen label. It was a big hit, continuing her string of top ten singles in the U.S.
), or Dinner with Gershwin
the first song
