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Discussion: Once Upon a Time: The Donna Summer Singles Rate
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You have very unconventional Donna taste, Ace.
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I just played it an hour ago. It really *****!
The next song out is ... an all-star affair.
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But it's like the only time she'll ever be in a rate here.
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Originally posted by @michael.
I hope the first track gone is Down Deep Inside, The Wanderer (  ), or Dinner with Gershwin |
Other than Unconditional Love, I was pretty spot-on
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Originally posted by Clump
But it's like the only time she'll ever be in a rate here.
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Barbra's going far, believe that! State of Independence is next, methinks!
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27.
State of Independence
Average Score: 6.31
Highest Score: 9 [Patrick]
Lowest Score: 3 [supaspaz]
A cover of a Jon & Vangelis tune released the year before, State of independence was one of the first tracks Donna recorder with Quincy Jones. The second single off of Donna Summer, the backup choir in the bridge has a load of famous face/ QJ friends: Dionne Warwick, Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson! But supa was NOT here for it. Neither was the buying public, as it was not a real hit anywhere - except the Netherlands, which seems to have a real soft spot for The Queen.
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Patrick 
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26.
Spring Affair
Average Score: 6.77
Highest Score: 8 madonnas, supapsaz, BoyonBoyWonder, Diamond Dust, Porygon2z
Lowest Score: 4 [YoYo]
Music and Lyrics by: Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellote
Taken from one of Donna's first albums, Four Seasons of Love, Spring Affair proved to be as liked, but not loved with our voters as it did with the public. Perhaps removing something from such a conceptual album (meant to represent the growth of a romantic relationship) was not the smartest choice?
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Also, the yellow graphics are getting punched out
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Originally posted by Ace Reject
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Spring Affair
Average Score: 6.77
Highest Score: 8 madonnas, supapsaz, BoyonBoyWonder, Diamond Dust, Porygon2z
Lowest Score: 4 [YoYo]
Music and Lyrics by: Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellote
Taken from one of Donna's first albums, Four Seasons of Love, Spring Affair proved to be as liked, but not loved with our voters as it did with the public. Perhaps removing something from such a conceptual album (meant to represent the growth of a romantic relationship) was not the smartest choice? |
Oh that purple looks so good
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One more for the night - what is it?
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Originally posted by Ace Reject
One more for the night - what is it?
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"Supernatural Love" or "Love is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)"
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25.
When Love Cries
Average Score: 6.81
Highest Score: 9 [Amaru]
Lowest Score: 3 Geezus Haberdash
Music and Lyrics by: Donna Summer, Keith Diamond, Paul Chiten, Anthony Smith, Larry Henley
I can see why you like this, @michael; it wouldn't be out of place on Let's Get to It, Spellbound or Erotica. (PROMO?!?!?!) I myself thought it sounded like Naomi's Love and Tears, which is pretty impressive considering it was recorded three years before that song. Off of Mistaken Identity, and her most straightforward urban release ever, When Love Cries flopped. I'm all for it until that rap part. 
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Originally posted by Ace Reject
I can see why you like this, @michael; it wouldn't be out of place on Let's Get to It, Spellbound or Erotica. (PROMO?!?!?!) |
Woah, I just realized that  Why am I so attracted to that style of music? 
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There are also some parts where Donna sounds like Mariah
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 @ my taste aligning with the rankings.
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I wanna see where my first 10 lands 
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Originally posted by GeezusHaberdash
@ my taste aligning with the rankings. |
You punching the songs down one by one  . I hope you did "Could it be Magic" good sis? 
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Originally posted by supaspaz
because my taste is always way off from the rest of ATRL
3. No More Tears (Enough is Enough)
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Yeeeeeesss, I do know it won't survive
Yeeeeeeeess, I do know that I am alive
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Originally posted by Ace Reject
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I want to love this one, but it's just SO ridiculous. I wish they had amped up the camp in the production to match the song content, because then it would a total guilty pleasure.
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Originally posted by Ace Reject
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I have a soft spot for this song. Part of me knows it's kind of terrible, but that chorus is just BLISS.
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Originally posted by Ace Reject
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Theme from the Deep (Deep Down Inside) |
I'm a little surprised to see this one so low. That mix of synths and cascading strings is fantastic! I wonder what voters found lacking.
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Quote:
Originally posted by Ace Reject
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State of Independence
Lowest Score: 3 [supaspaz]
But supa was NOT here for it. |
Really? Just me? I could not have been the only one who found this song to be completely and utterly absurd.
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Originally posted by Ace Reject
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BOOOO!!! Not "Spring Affair" already! The harmonies, those "oohs," that chorus—it's heavenly!
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Originally posted by Ace Reject
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Wow, I do NOT remember this song. Listening to it again, I can definitely see those comparisons to Spellbound and Erotica. This sounds like something I'd actually like to hear Janet cover.
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