Stamp Your Feet - Donna Summer's New Single

Donna's voice has a deeper quality on this recording. Though it could be how her vocals were treated in the mix, I think it's just a natural progression of her voice. Donna's unmistakable presence is still there. Such power!

Lyrically, this is an empowerment song; one of those "I've been down before, but I got up again. Be Strong!". The Production is very clean. Thumping beats are met with rich synth pads. Musically, the bass reinforces the chord changes without any addition moment, giving that deep open sound similar to some New Age compositions.

The song starts with a pep-rally chant (think of Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl" if you must) where Donna spells out "S-T-A-M-P". A few bars later, the grand pads come in to smooth it out.

Verse glides along with electronic accents swirling around in the background. The melody feels a little more free-formed than a structured pop song. Not something that you can easily sing along to, unless you're one of those devoted Donna fans who lip-synchs to her songs in the mirror!

Chorus brings it together with a declaration to "Stamp Your Feet On The Ground. Make It Really Loud" (obviously, this song is not intended for anyone who lives in an apartment building). Then the next line... is she's saying "Make a big ass sound"?!?! You tell me! Vocals in the chorus have that filtered effect which seems to be popular right now (Janet, Paula Abdul...).

Overall, I feel like this single was made to appeal to a more contemporary audience rather than to give us another Donna "classic". I do like the song, but I wish the verses were a little more melodic. I'm wondering if radio will give her a chance with this one.

Donna Summer - Burgundy Records

source: http://soandthus.blogs.co...-feet.html

Great news!

Also the promo for a pre-release track called "I'm a fire" was sent with remixes.

My God that's awesome! I will pick this up when it comes out! Donna kicks serious ass!

Holy shit! They said it would never happen. That album cover is awesome..,maybe her best and she has had some pretty great covers! Can't wait, can't wait, can't wait. BTW, the cover is so good but how do we know if it's for real!
[Edited 2/20/08 19:18pm]

Awesome! Thanks for the info...
Does anyone know if a release date has been mentioned?
Her website says it's under construction till Spring.
[Edited 2/20/08 19:51pm]

lopaka said:

The best site for Donna news even more so than when her own is opened is donna-tribute.com and the webmaster (webmistress, Cathy) is posting fast and furious any info she finds. I think there are two different releases dates. One is June 1, the other May something. We'll have to wait and see.

MikeMatronik said:

that's correct,and on your other thread,I provided some links where you can download these remixes:

http://prince.org/msg/8/261485

lopaka said:

The album is due on May 6,but this could change.

VinnyM27 said:

Yeah,Cathy is great.Her site is the best place for Donna Summer news.The Endless Summer forum over there is excellent,too.

www.donna-tribute.com


I post there from time to time.

....now, hold up for just a second...






"Crayons"?

rushing07 said:

yeah,it's an odd title for an album,but here's some insight on why Donna chose that title...


For those of you wondering about the title 'Crayons',well...Donna mentioned it at the Florida concert.She said it's like when you are a kid and you open a box of crayons with all the various colors and flavors to play with.The new CD is like that...it will have lots of different flavors of music.

SoulAlive said:

Mariah would be so proud

rushing07 said:

It's similiar to what Madonna is doing with her new album.The song "Candy Store" has the same theme.....see which flavors you like and I'll have it for you....These ladies are trying to present their albums as a bunch of different colors and flavors Some would say that they need to grow up,lol.

rushing07 said:

Cinnie said:

SoulAlive said:

Do crayons really have different flavours?
Or has Donna been smoking again?

love that cover!

rushing07 said:

PricelessHo said:

I like the cover,but I'm not in love with it....yet

"I'm A Fire" has been sent to club DJs,it's being promoted as a new dance hit.

PricelessHo said:

...is it just me...or does she look like JANET in that picture...?

^she does. that's actually the 1st thing that came to my mind.

MikeMatronik said:

Definitely natural progression. Males are lucky, the female voice can go down a tone by 35. So many female singers have ruined their voices over the years, Gwen Stefani (sounds crap now), Siouxsie Sioux (sounds like a man on her solo album), Mariah (new cracks since Charmbracelet), Britney (inconsistent, no longer able to sing with authority). Can't think of other examples, but it's very common.

SoulAlive said:

Nice soulful vocals on this song. Thats all the track is good for. Because the music sounds cheap.

henree said:

Actually...I wouldn't say "cheap"...more like "dated".
Sounds like something that would've been on the air 5 or 10 years ago.

PurpleJedi said:

It does sound like 90's dance music and I love it

Thank you for the news. Ms.Summer looks very lovely on the cover.

and in the clip, she looks like Beyonce

I like the bridge, I'm not crazy about the rest of the song though I love her older stuff.

I think Crayons is a nice enough to name to spark my interest in the checking out the rest of the album though.