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Thread started 11/02/07 2:55am

SoulAlive

70s Eurodisco song of the day: "Now I Need You" by Donna Summer (1977)

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

This has always been my favorite song from the 'Once Upon A Time' album.It's a dark,haunting Eurodisco track with an eerie beat.The background vocals on the chorus sound almost creepy lol What I really love is how this song segues into the next song ("Working The Midnight Shift")....the synthesizer work by Giorgio Moroder is trippy! It feels like you're at a disco in the late 70s,stoned out of your mind and having all these crazy illusions,lol.

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Reply #1 posted 11/02/07 3:03am

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Reply #2 posted 11/02/07 5:52am

unkemptpueblo

eek damn. Never heard this before. Is the rest of the album like this?
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Reply #3 posted 11/02/07 5:55am

RipHer2Shreds

I looooove that whole segment of that album. Gonna listen to it now! Now I Need You is brilliant.
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Reply #4 posted 11/02/07 5:59am

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unkemptpueblo said:

eek damn. Never heard this before. Is the rest of the album like this?


hmmm not really.The album was a 2-LP set,and the entire Side Two could be considered the "Eurodisco side".It starts off with "Now I Need You",then segues into "Workin The Midnight Shift",then closes with "Queen For A Day".All three songs are very edgy and electronic....this was basically early techno.


as for the rest of the album....most of the songs are standard disco ("Faster and Faster To Nowhere","Fairy Tale High","I Love You") and there's a few R&B tracks ("A Man Like You" being the best).It's a concept album based on the Cinderella tale.
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Reply #5 posted 11/02/07 8:51am

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SoulAlive said:

unkemptpueblo said:

eek damn. Never heard this before. Is the rest of the album like this?


hmmm not really.The album was a 2-LP set,and the entire Side Two could be considered the "Eurodisco side".It starts off with "Now I Need You",then segues into "Workin The Midnight Shift",then closes with "Queen For A Day".All three songs are very edgy and electronic....this was basically early techno.


as for the rest of the album....most of the songs are standard disco ("Faster and Faster To Nowhere","Fairy Tale High","I Love You") and there's a few R&B tracks ("A Man Like You" being the best).It's a concept album based on the Cinderella tale.


That one side is amazing. it's like "I Feel Love" but with actual song's attached to the driving electronic beats. "Now I Need You" is the best of the great bunch, though.
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Reply #6 posted 11/02/07 1:33pm

Justin1972UK

eek

I need to listen to this album.
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Reply #7 posted 11/08/07 2:45am

SoulAlive

VinnyM27 said:

it's like "I Feel Love" but with an actual song attached to the driving electronic beats.


Exactly."I Feel Love" is cold and robotic and it's really just Donna whispering over Giorgio's synthesizer."Now I Need You" is superior because it actually has a melody.There's an actual song there.
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