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Thread started 03/12/09 10:30pm

scriptgirl

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80s Jam of the Day: "Mirror Mirror" By Diana Ross

"Lack of home training crosses all boundaries."
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Reply #1 posted 03/12/09 10:44pm

SoulAlive

Excellent song! music I like this one alot.The 'Why Do Fools Fall In Love' album is great.
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Reply #2 posted 03/13/09 12:28am

scriptgirl

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It is definitely a quality track.
"Lack of home training crosses all boundaries."
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Reply #3 posted 03/13/09 12:53am

SoulAlive

scriptgirl said:

It is definitely a quality track.


It certainly is nod Diana's music in the first half of the 80s is superb.She released some quality singles from 1980-85.
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Reply #4 posted 03/13/09 5:57am

scriptgirl

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What song did she release in '85
"Lack of home training crosses all boundaries."
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Reply #5 posted 03/13/09 5:59am

SoulAlive

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What song did she release in '85


In 1985,she released three great singles:

"Swept Away"
"Missing You"
"Telephone"


All three of those songs are excellent.
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Reply #6 posted 03/13/09 6:00am

SoulAlive

actually,"Swept Away" was late 84,I believe.
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Reply #7 posted 03/13/09 7:58pm

scriptgirl

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Thanks for that info!
"Lack of home training crosses all boundaries."
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Reply #8 posted 03/13/09 8:10pm

lastdecember

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SoulAlive said:

scriptgirl said:

What song did she release in '85


In 1985,she released three great singles:

"Swept Away"
"Missing You"
"Telephone"


All three of those songs are excellent.


Excellent indeed!

"We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F
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Reply #9 posted 03/13/09 8:12pm

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scriptgirl said:

What song did she release in '85


In 1985,she released three great singles:

"Swept Away"
"Missing You"
"Telephone"


All three of those songs are excellent.


nod

Diana had a great five-year period after leaving Motown. biggrin
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Reply #10 posted 03/13/09 8:40pm

SoulAlive

"tell me mirror mirror on the wall
I thought you said you had the answer to it all
You never told me I was gonna take the fall
tell me mirror mirror on the wall"

headbang I'm gonna have to pull this album out!
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Reply #11 posted 03/14/09 6:26am

Allnall

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"tell me mirror mirror on the wall
I thought you said you had the answer to it all
You never told me I was gonna take the fall
tell me mirror mirror on the wall"

headbang I'm gonna have to pull this album out!



Wow....talk about a step back into time!!!

SoulAlive....you might agree on this....

I had not heard this song in probably a good 10yrs or so....and as soon as I launched the player I said to myself...wait, this melody sounds very, very familiar....some other artist had a song that sounded similar...

And then, because I know I have a fixation with EWF music, I wondered if it was one of their old tunes, and then it struck me...

Listen to "Fall In Love With Me" from 1983's Powerlight, and tell me that ignoring the chorus parts of each song, that the melody of Mirror Mirror is very close to that of FILWM.....


Compare..Maurice singing:

I'm well inclined to use a line that comes from a learning tree...yeah, yeah

With Diana singing:

Chapter one, when I was young I came to you with my problems...

Maybe it is me...but they sound very similar...maybe the passage of time has made it more noticeable..
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Reply #12 posted 03/14/09 6:43am

SoulAlive

yeah,now that you mentioned it....there is a similarity in those verses.
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Reply #13 posted 03/14/09 7:58am

lastdecember

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And of course the backing vocals and production on "Swept Away" by Daryl Hall, got to give him his due

"We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F
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Reply #14 posted 03/14/09 11:51am

SoulAlive

I'm tempted to call 'Swept Away' her best 80s album,but then I have to consider her 1980 Chic-produced album,which is just excellent from beginning to end.
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