Exactly. EXACTLY. It was just so TRAGIC to witness and IDK how this garbage went to #1 (when #1s were actually a big deal) This is how I imagine a Beyonce & Adele collabo would sound like .
But I don't hate Barbara's voice completely, I adore "Woman in Love".
I see what you're saying. They're both sopranos - mezzo-sopranos, in fact - so there wasn't so much of a difference.
Wouldn't a Bey/Gaga version of this KILL though?!??!?
A quintessential PWL/SAW song, I Don't Wanna Get Hurt was the second international single from Donna's 1989 album Another Place, Another Time. Donna had reservations about recording and releasing the song; and its understandable. While she sounds great on it, and does her typical superb interpretation of the lyric, it feels like a song written for a young girl - not a grown woman.
My God, I just found that J.Lo "Enough is Enough" cover and I literally CANNOT at how hard she was trying to summon Barbra teas. Just absolute garbage. And the amount of times she stopped and said, "sorry guys I keep going off on the wrong note. Is it the always note?" Utterly terrible. She should never sing.
I love this song. I think some of us should've given the rate more time because her songs are such growers, I know I would've given a lot of songs a higher rate, EXCEPT ONE.
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?
I would have been very upset had I had time to submit my votes in time.
This, along with "Summer Fever", are two of my favorite Donna songs from the respective album.
Written as the one of the final tracks off of her Once Upon a Time, I Love You made the top 40 in 1977. It's meant to be the culmination of a Cinderella finding her prince - obviously voters got it, as the song had received no score lower than 7 ... until those two showed up.
A quintessential PWL/SAW song, I Don't Wanna Get Hurt was the second international single from Donna's 1989 album Another Place, Another Time. Donna had reservations about recording and releasing the song; and its understandable. While she sounds great on it, and does her typical superb interpretation of the lyric, it feels like a song written for a young girl - not a grown woman.
I would've given this one a 7. I feel like the beat isn't here for the lyrics. She should've used this track for a "happier" song, imo.
I've heard this one many more times since I sent in my ratings and I wish I had given it a higher rating than I did. (6) Oh well.
It's so much better than I initially thought. It sounds very Kylie to me.
Yeah, it should have been given to Kylie. This Time and Love's About to feel more Donna. IDWGH would have worked perfectly on Enjoy Yourself (Kylie's 1989 album) and would have marked a nice continuation of the themes explored on first album single Got to Be Certain.
I would've given this one a 7. I feel like the beat isn't here for the lyrics. She should've used this track for a "happier" song, imo.
That's the SAW (Stock/Aitken/Waterman) thing though; often the lyrics and the music don't exactly match. The lyrics are usually sadder and darker than the upbeat two chord progressions. See these two songs as examples:
Hear the music, and then actually listen to the music. It's quite genius when it works.
Now hold uP Ace, this song has got me leanING & bopping along.
There are
Secrets that you never know
Secrets in a private room
Secrets that I kept from you
Pillow talk in the afternoon
And if you hadn't pointed it out to pay attention to the lyrics, I wouldn't have even noticed the aversion they take from the melody. Anyway, this is definitely cute, I need to get into Kylie. I'm gonna start from the latter half of her catalog though, that's always worked out well for me and artists I'm unfamiliar with.
That's the SAW (Stock/Aitken/Waterman) thing though; often the lyrics and the music don't exactly match. The lyrics are usually sadder and darker than the upbeat two chord progressions. See these two songs as examples:
Hear the music, and then actually listen to the music. It's quite genius when it works.
I love the first one and I definitely hear the similarities.
Originally written and recorded by Barry Manilow, who turned it into a top ten hit. Donna drastically reinvented it, though, and her version is the version that is known now. (Well, in the UK, Take That's version is the one known ... but that's another story for another day.)
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