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PrintableVoicesCarry said: DavidEye said: Her 80s albums are spotty,I admit.Sometimes it seemed as if she didn't know what direction she wanted to go in.The so-called demise of disco must have confused her. I think the problem was that she found Jesus and got boring (they do not go hand in hand, but for her they did). Which is not to say she didn't record some great material, but the fire in her vocals was gone. It's as if she was consciously trying to NOT be sexy anymore.  She's gotten better in recent years, as she's begun to embrace her past again.Yeah,I admit,I prefer the slutty 70s Donna to the more conservative 80s Donna | |
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DavidEye said: VoicesCarry said: I think the problem was that she found Jesus and got boring (they do not go hand in hand, but for her they did). Which is not to say she didn't record some great material, but the fire in her vocals was gone. It's as if she was consciously trying to NOT be sexy anymore. She's gotten better in recent years, as she's begun to embrace her past again.Yeah,I admit,I prefer the slutty 70s Donna to the more conservative 80s Donna Ironically, she was never really slutty. She never did put in a performance like "Can't We Just Sit Down (And Talk It Over)" after 1979, though. She didn't have to be slutty, but she had to have passion, I think. | |
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VoicesCarry said: DavidEye said: Yeah,I admit,I prefer the slutty 70s Donna to the more conservative 80s Donna Ironically, she was never really slutty. She never did put in a performance like "Can't We Just Sit Down (And Talk It Over)" after 1979, though. She didn't have to be slutty, but she had to have passion, I think. true,she wasn't really slutty...just very sensual,I guess | |
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DavidEye said: RipHer2Shreds said: Yeah, she did. Love those hand claps. And this song? I dunno...I'm just not into it.  I'm a longtime Donnna fan, but anything from The Wanderer on is spotty for me.Her 80s albums are spotty,I admit.Sometimes it seemed as if she didn't know what direction she wanted to go in.The so-called demise of disco must have confused her. Yeah, it was pretty obvious that she didn't know which direction to go. But I was all kinds of excited in 1994 (can't recall the exact year offhand) when I heard Melody of Love.  Was happy to hear a good dance tune from her. | |
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RipHer2Shreds said: DavidEye said: Her 80s albums are spotty,I admit.Sometimes it seemed as if she didn't know what direction she wanted to go in.The so-called demise of disco must have confused her. Yeah, it was pretty obvious that she didn't know which direction to go. But I was all kinds of excited in 1994 (can't recall the exact year offhand) when I heard Melody of Love. Was happy to hear a good dance tune from her."Melody Of Love" (from 1994) was a nice return to form after the less-than-spectacular 'Mistaken Identity' album from 1991.What's funny is that she spent much of the 80s trying to abandon dance music and position herself as a "pop artist".By the late 80s,she came to her senses and began identifying herself as a "dance music artist" with songs like "This Time I Know It's For Real".It took her awhile,but she finally figured out that dance music fans are her most loyal audience. | |
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DavidEye said: VinnyM27 said: I'm pretty sure she bought them. Aren't both "I Got Your Love" and "You're So Beautiful" from "Angel"...although, we have yet to see hear the real verison of "Beautiful" on a disc yet. I think she owns "Angel". As far as making a better album...listen to all of her one offs! She has a great album in her, no doubt. Then again, all of her one offs are probably one offs for a reason....I don't think I could imagine an album filled with nearly all single worthy tracks like that (I would add songs like "Any Way At All" and "That's the Way" to the mix....not necssarily her contributions to Christian compilations, which I'm not familar with). Hey, let's figure out how many mew studio songs Donna has done since "Mistaken" (excluding the "Christmas Spirit" album). "Carry On" "Any Way At All" "Melody of Love" "Wherever There Is Love" "Ordinary Miracle" (sadly, never appeared anywhere besides that bad movie) "Dream Catcher" "Love Is The Healer" "I Will Go With You" "Power Of Love" "You're So Beauitful" "Dreams A Lot Theme" "That's The Way" "Power Of Love" "I Got Your Love" "Are You Brave" (from the "Mister Rogers Tribute"...I'm not hardcore enough to buy this but on Amazon, they are selling it with the remasterd "Christmas Spirit", now titled "20th Century...."). I'm sure I'm missing a bunch, too. David, help me out. A few of those songs,I've never heard.There are a few others that could be added to the list: "La Vie En Rose"---she recorded a cover version of this Grace Jones classic,sometime around 93 or 94.I've never heard it though. "My Life"---it appears on the 'Live And More Encore' CD "I Don't Wanna Work That Hard"---another rare track that appears on the 'Live and More Encore' DVD,but not the CD. any others? I did forget the songs from her LAME special. Which ones haven't you heard? The only one I haven't heard is the Mister Rogers song. " "Ordinary Miracle" was from some unoffical sequel to "Dirty Dancing"...not the recent one. This movie was made in the early to mid ninties. Never really sat through it and I'm not sure if it ever got comerically released but it appeared on either the "We" movie channel, which I used to get or something like that (maybe "Oxygen", which I also used to get). The only thing I rememer is that the song plays at the end credits. It actually begins while the movie is still playing and there is dialogue, so it's hard to hear the very start. Anyway, I had and maybe still do have two different MP3s of this, probably from the less than legal Napster days. It was not offical. One was taken directly from the movie, and one might have been an offical mix. This was never released commerically, sadly. I figured you would know the history of this track...unless you already do. | |
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DavidEye said: jthad1129 said: can anyone say, BOX SET!! I would love a good retrospective with two cds of unreleased material
 I hear 'ya! Hopefully Donna and Universal will hear, too. Perfect for the unreleased stuff! | |
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VoicesCarry said: RipHer2Shreds said: Yeah, she did. Love those hand claps. And this song? I dunno...I'm just not into it. I'm a longtime Donnna fan, but anything from The Wanderer on is spotty for me.Yeah, everyone loved "You're So Beautiful", but it was a Tony Moran song. What's the point of having Donna sing a song if you're not going to showcase her vocals? I swear the vocals could have been by ANYONE considering how many filters they went through before the reached the final mix. There are great vocals in there, but yes, every mix hides them. She actually co-wrote the song. | |
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DavidEye said: RipHer2Shreds said: Yeah, it was pretty obvious that she didn't know which direction to go. But I was all kinds of excited in 1994 (can't recall the exact year offhand) when I heard Melody of Love. Was happy to hear a good dance tune from her."Melody Of Love" (from 1994) was a nice return to form after the less-than-spectacular 'Mistaken Identity' album from 1991.What's funny is that she spent much of the 80s trying to abandon dance music and position herself as a "pop artist".By the late 80s,she came to her senses and began identifying herself as a "dance music artist" with songs like "This Time I Know It's For Real".It took her awhile,but she finally figured out that dance music fans are her most loyal audience. I would say after "Melody" (and let's include the very pleasant AC song "Any Way At All"), Donna was back on track....yet she never did make a full album! | |
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VinnyM27 said: DavidEye said: "Melody Of Love" (from 1994) was a nice return to form after the less-than-spectacular 'Mistaken Identity' album from 1991.What's funny is that she spent much of the 80s trying to abandon dance music and position herself as a "pop artist".By the late 80s,she came to her senses and began identifying herself as a "dance music artist" with songs like "This Time I Know It's For Real".It took her awhile,but she finally figured out that dance music fans are her most loyal audience. I would say after "Melody" (and let's include the very pleasant AC song "Any Way At All"), Donna was back on track....yet she never did make a full album! and that was a huge mistake on her part.The mid-90s was the perfect time for her to attempt a comeback.We were going through the 70s revival,and suddenly,"disco" wasn't such a bad word anymore (lol).She should have released an edgy yet fun disco/techno album in 1995 and it would have been huge.Instead,she stayed out of the limelight,allowing Cher to beat her to the punch in 1999. . [Edited 12/15/05 1:14am] | |
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DavidEye said: VinnyM27 said: I would say after "Melody" (and let's include the very pleasant AC song "Any Way At All"), Donna was back on track....yet she never did make a full album! and that was a huge mistake on her part.The mid-90s was the perfect time for her to attempt a comeback.We were going through the 70s revival,and suddenly,"disco" wasn't such a bad word anymore (lol).She should have released an edgy yet fun disco/techno album in 1995 and it would have been huge.Instead,she stayed out of the limelight,allowing Cher to beat her to the punch in 1999. . [Edited 12/15/05 1:14am] Correct. Dance music was still pretty popular than and she easily could have had at least another top ten hit single if not an album that went at least gold. Shame.... | |
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So,has this maxi-single finally been released yet? | |
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DavidEye said: So,has this maxi-single finally been released yet?
Apparently but Borders wasn't carrying it when I tried to buy it on the day of release. I never tried after that. | |
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VinnyM27 said: DavidEye said: So,has this maxi-single finally been released yet?
Apparently but Borders wasn't carrying it when I tried to buy it on the day of release. I never tried after that. I'll look for it this weekend at Tower Records but somehow,I doubt that I will find it
I wish Donna would just release a full album!! I'm tired of getting a song here,a song there.I want a full,complete,16-track album. | |
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DavidEye said: VinnyM27 said: Apparently but Borders wasn't carrying it when I tried to buy it on the day of release. I never tried after that. I'll look for it this weekend at Tower Records but somehow,I doubt that I will find it
I wish Donna would just release a full album!! I'm tired of getting a song here,a song there.I want a full,complete,16-track album. You know how she has the Christmas message and sometimes says "I'm recording a new album,,,". She didn't even make that promise this year. . Then again, that could mean it will be a total shock, but I'm doubting it. | |
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