What a feeling was a mega hit and Irene has a pretty voice, but I think her acting skills were great too. Her roles in Fame, DC Cab and Sparkle were great. Im kinda torn-I think she did both well What cha think?

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Who could forget when she almost married Rerun on "What's Happening"? lol.

Always liked her voice. "Fame" and "Flashdance" (the songs) are awesome.

Nick715 said:

Who could forget when she almost married Rerun on "What's Happening"? lol.

Always liked her voice. "Fame" and "Flashdance" (the songs) are awesome.

OMG!! I did she was great in what's happening Her voice is kinda unique. Kinda gravely sounding and soft at the same time. Lovely singer.

Vocally,she always sounded very similiar to Donna Summer.She even used Donna's producer (Giorgio Moroder) on her 1983 What A Feeling album.

Irene has a very strong, expressive voice. She was it for a brief time in the early '80s. It's unfortunate her career was derailed like it was due to record company B.S. I've been meaning to get her 'Hot Caramel' CD from last year. I really liked the song I heard on Music Choice.

She faded away much too soon I barely heard anything about her after 1984.I know there were some drug problems.

SoulAlive said:

Vocally,she always sounded very similiar to Donna Summer.She even used Donna's producer (Giorgio Moroder) on her 1983 What A Feeling album.

Yeah they do sound alike and I didn't know they had the same producer.Not to go there, but does it seem like Irene was more Pop or R & B to u?

yanowha said:

Irene has a very strong, expressive voice. She was it for a brief time in the early '80s. It's unfortunate her career was derailed like it was due to record company B.S. I've been meaning to get her 'Hot Caramel' CD from last year. I really liked the song I heard on Music Choice.

I was wondering what happened to her Music industry struck again. I haven't heard that cd, but I would love to have a greatest hits cd from her.

nursev said:

SoulAlive said:

Vocally,she always sounded very similiar to Donna Summer.She even used Donna's producer (Giorgio Moroder) on her 1983 What A Feeling album.

Yeah they do sound alike and I didn't know they had the same producer.Not to go there, but does it seem like Irene was more Pop or R & B to u?

Irene was definitely more pop.

SoulAlive said:

She faded away much too soon I barely heard anything about her after 1984.I know there were some drug problems.

Yeah its sad to see some one who can really sing not do well and this is the first I heard about her having drug issues

my favorite song by Irene this performance is the highlight of that movie

"Out Here On My Own" from the movie 'Fame' (1980)

SoulAlive said:

nursev said:

Yeah they do sound alike and I didn't know they had the same producer.Not to go there, but does it seem like Irene was more Pop or R & B to u?

Irene was definitely more pop.

SoulAlive said:

my favorite song by Irene this performance is the highlight of that movie

"Out Here On My Own" from the movie 'Fame' (1980)

Just Beautiful Bruno and Leroy were great too

nursev said:

yanowha said:

Irene has a very strong, expressive voice. She was it for a brief time in the early '80s. It's unfortunate her career was derailed like it was due to record company B.S. I've been meaning to get her 'Hot Caramel' CD from last year. I really liked the song I heard on Music Choice.

I was wondering what happened to her Music industry struck again. I haven't heard that cd, but I would love to have a greatest hits cd from her.

She sued her record company for not paying her her royalties. And if that wasn't enough, I read she and David Geffen were "romantically involved" with the same guy. All this lead to years in court and some serious industry blackballing. An astounding 24 years between her most recent and previous albums.

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yanowha said:

nursev said:

I was wondering what happened to her Music industry struck again. I haven't heard that cd, but I would love to have a greatest hits cd from her.

She sued her record company for not paying her her royalties. And if that wasn't enough, I read she and David Geffen were "romantically involved" with the same guy. All this lead to years in court and some serious industry blackballing. An astounding 24 years between her most recent and previous albums.

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Damn talking about being screwed by the industry. The royalties was enough, but the romantic involvement is some serious mess I kinda figured something terrible like being blackballed happened to her. Her career was at its highest and then she just dropped like a stone. Shit ain't right.

nursev said:

SoulAlive said:

She faded away much too soon I barely heard anything about her after 1984.I know there were some drug problems.

Yeah its sad to see some one who can really sing not do well and this is the first I heard about her having drug issues

there were some "cocaine issues" throughout the 80s

SoulAlive said:

nursev said:

Yeah its sad to see some one who can really sing not do well and this is the first I heard about her having drug issues

there were some "cocaine issues" throughout the 80s

aww you just wouldn't think Irene would get involved in that, but I guess the music industry will make u do anything.

If a drug problem was the reason for not working, the entire entertainment industry would have shut down in the '80s.

yanowha said:

If a drug problem was the reason for not working, the entire entertainment industry would have shut down in the '80s.

nah,it wasn't her sole reason for not working,but I'm sure it affected alot of things in her life

yanowha said:

If a drug problem was the reason for not working, the entire entertainment industry would have shut down in the '80s.

now that's the truth

I've always really liked Irene Cara, even would wear my hair like her when I was a kid Always thought she was so beautiful and talented. She should have been even bigger than she was, its terrible that she was blackballed in the industry. Well, at least she has 2 major iconic songs under her belt that are timeless classics. Another classic she did is "Anyone Can See", another one of my favorite songs by her

EDIT:

http://www.youtube.com/wa...g3laxzLbw0

^the actual music video for the song. Gotta love those early 80s music videos!

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NaughtyKitty said:

I've always really liked Irene Cara, even would wear my hair like her when I was a kid Always thought she was so beautiful and talented. She should have been even bigger than she was, its terrible that she was blackballed in the industry. Well, at least she has 2 major iconic songs under her belt that are timeless classics. Another classic she did is "Anyone Can See", another one of my favorite songs by her

http://www.youtube.com/wa...g3laxzLbw0

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Yeah she was beautiful and her songs still sound great even with all the music industry B.S. can't keep a great voice like that from getting to people

nursev said:

NaughtyKitty said:

I've always really liked Irene Cara, even would wear my hair like her when I was a kid Always thought she was so beautiful and talented. She should have been even bigger than she was, its terrible that she was blackballed in the industry. Well, at least she has 2 major iconic songs under her belt that are timeless classics. Another classic she did is "Anyone Can See", another one of my favorite songs by her

http://www.youtube.com/wa...g3laxzLbw0

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Yeah she was beautiful and her songs still sound great even with all the music industry B.S. can't keep a great voice like that from getting to people

Yep, I agree

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NaughtyKitty said:

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OMG! I love this-she looks and sounds great! Love it

I like her voice very much, never had the time to research why she fell off, but if it's true what ya'll are saying then it's a sad story.

GoldDolphin said:

I like her voice very much, never had the time to research why she fell off, but if it's true what ya'll are saying then it's a sad story.

Sad indeed-hate to hear things like this.

her 1983 single "Why Me" finds her in pop/rock territory

^^Wow,that song sounds just like Blondie's "Call Me",which was also produced by Giorgio Moroder.

I really like this one...."Breakdance" from her 1983 album 'What A Feelin".....