Donna Summer has died

[Reginald Tresilian]

Donna Summer has died#1

Posted: 5/17/12 at 11:52am

After a battle with cancer Updated On: 5/17/12 at 11:52 AM

[beautywickedlover]

Donna Summer has died#2

Posted: 5/17/12 at 11:54am

Such sad news! She was a very talented woman!

Updated On: 5/17/12 at 11:54 AM

[tazber]

Donna Summer has died#2

Posted: 5/17/12 at 11:55am

RIP

So sad.

....but the world goes 'round

[StockardFan]

Donna Summer has died#3

Posted: 5/17/12 at 11:55am

I didn't even know she was ill. How sad.

KFTC!!!!!

[madbrian]

Donna Summer has died#4

Posted: 5/17/12 at 12:05pm

What a talent. Forget about the 'Queen of Disco' moniker, she would have been a star in any musical era. So sad.

"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

[MrMidwest]

Donna Summer has died#5

Posted: 5/17/12 at 12:08pm

one of my fave voices

"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter

[Eris0303]

Donna Summer has died#6

Posted: 5/17/12 at 12:11pm

RIP to Aunt Oona from Altoona

"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".

[PalJoey]

Donna Summer has died#7

Posted: 5/17/12 at 12:11pm

And with her goes another piece of my youth. She was never my "diva," I saw her live only once when she was older, but whenever I was with a group of friends dancing at a Pier Dance, or with since-departed friends at a disco when discos played disco, or at Tea in the Pines or in Ptown--or when I was traveling and in a strange city in a bar or dance club, or when I was exercising and developed a sudden urge for the extended mix of "MacArthur Park," her music would make me feel happy, make me feel connected to other people who felt happy from her music, and we would dance and dance to "The Last Dance," knowing that if it really was the last dance, at least it was a fun one.

Here's the whole 17:52 extended mix. No one will ever have the recipe again.

http://youtu.be/VF_o7aSjl_E

[Elphaba]

Donna Summer has died#8

Posted: 5/17/12 at 12:15pm

PalJoey I could not have said it better. I am beyond sad. She got me through so many tough times in my 20's.

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story... AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956

[Unknown User]

Donna Summer has died#9

Posted: 5/17/12 at 12:18pm

Happily this means we'll hear all that wonderful music blasted the next couple of months- everywhere. Maybe bars will go back to playing "Last Dance" at closing time.

[Jane2]

Donna Summer has died#10

Posted: 5/17/12 at 12:21pm

Oh no. HUGE fan here. I hope we DO start hearing lots of her music. She personified disco for me, and the disco era was the best time I had in my life.

<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES

[best12bars]

Donna Summer has died#11

Posted: 5/17/12 at 12:22pm

I saw her on New Year's Eve in 1995 at Universal Amphitheater. She was fantastic. Her voice hadn't aged a bit.

She was a rare talent.

I remember hearing a story (and no, I'm not trying to diss Streisand by telling this) from a close friend of Paul Jabara, who had just written Enough Is Enough.

Streisand and Summer got together with him to sing through the song and decide (particularly Streisand) whether or not they wanted to record it. It was a first sing-through, and neither lady had seen or heard the music before. He handed them both the charts and played through it at the piano.

When they started to sing it, according to Jabara, Donna was flawless. She was ready to go into the studio right then. She could sight-read perfectly and retain everything he told her about the song. Streisand, on the other hand, could barely make her way through it. She wasn't a good "first impression," in other words. That has nothing to do with how she eventually performed it on the recording.

But I enjoyed hearing how impressive Donna was musically. She had a gift and knew how to use it well.

RIP

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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Updated On: 5/17/12 at 12:22 PM

[doodlenyc]

Donna Summer has died#12

Posted: 5/17/12 at 12:23pm

Such a fan of her voice...RIP.

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[StageManager2]

Donna Summer has died#13

Posted: 5/17/12 at 12:25pm

Her "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" was one of my favorite renditions.
The truth is I never left you...

Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia

[Brian07663NJ]

Donna Summer has died#14

Posted: 5/17/12 at 12:26pm

SO upset to hear this news. I attended her concert in Atlantic City right after the Crayons album was released in 2008. I wasn't a big fan prior to going in but I came out considering her to be one of my most favorite concerts ever! She was a real Diva. Very sad...

[Borstalboy]

Donna Summer has died#15

Posted: 5/17/12 at 12:34pm

Very sad, but DAMN what a career!

The Italian-synth sound she and Giorgio Moroder pioneered was one of the most influential musical movements of the seventies. Without it, 80's pop simply wouldn't have happened. You can hear it in everything from Flock of Seagulls to Madonna to New Order. It may have been even more influential than punk. Brian Eno, David Bowie, and John Lennon were all fans of Donna Summer.

In case you haven't noticed the Italian synth sound has made a roaring comeback in the last couple of years, with Britney, Annie, and the DRIVE soundtrack.

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali

[Borstalboy]

Donna Summer has died#16

Posted: 5/17/12 at 12:40pm

"I Feel Love" still feels fresh to me after all these years. Nothing else sounded like this in 1977.

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali

[PalJoey]

Donna Summer has died#17

Posted: 5/17/12 at 12:40pm

Donna Summer Dance Party on the Off-Topic Board!

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"I Feel Love":

http://youtu.be/E40Zaso-49k


"On the Radio":

http://youtu.be/8oHIgynH6UQ


"Love to Love You Baby":

http://youtu.be/V5AztWseIdU


"She Works Hard for the Money":

http://youtu.be/1TKQcWEXSKU


"Hot Stuff":

http://youtu.be/Ja5P62me094


"Bad Girls":

http://youtu.be/fgRcUtpxh70


"This Time I Know It's for Real":

http://youtu.be/SDbw9AVMsOM


"Could It Be Magic":

http://youtu.be/hG3RSIHhoSo


And it's the "Last Dance":

http://youtu.be/Q-cP5-t1lzA

[Unknown User]

Donna Summer has died#18

Posted: 5/17/12 at 12:58pm

"Love to Love You Baby" more than any other song was the bridge that brought disco, 12" singles and the extended remixes home. The song was so popular in clubs that Casablanca demanded a longer version (DJs had been playing it over and over and over) and so produced a 12" single that was over 17 minutes long. It was the first single to top the new "Dance Club play" chart and sold a half million copies.

[Kristie-K2]

Donna Summer has died#19

Posted: 5/17/12 at 12:59pm

Loved her...My heart just broke!!!

[Unknown User]

Donna Summer has died#20

Posted: 5/17/12 at 1:07pm

She always was trying to get her life story workshopped for Broadway and now I'm sure,.. it's bound to happen.
With decades of music hits- it's a no brainer.

remember when she went anti-gay?
Then had a change of heart years later?

I'm sure they will pick it up on the West End.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Donna Summer has died#21

Posted: 5/17/12 at 1:20pm

BWW's headline "Recently Deceased Donna Summer Sings EVITA" is . . . startling.

[wexy]

Donna Summer has died#22

Posted: 5/17/12 at 1:23pm

Sad news RIP

'Take me out tonight where's there's music and there's people and they're young and alive.'

[songanddanceman2]

Donna Summer has died#23

Posted: 5/17/12 at 1:26pm

So sad, RIP X

Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna

[Gothampc]

Donna Summer has died#24

Posted: 5/17/12 at 1:34pm

One of the greats! Nobody could sit still when her music was playing. She takes with her a bit of a very fascinating era.
One of my Faves

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