I love the boss.

Hudson said:

I love the boss.

Loooooove this song! One of her best

One of her finest 80s singles this one has a slight rock vibe to it,with lots of guitar.

I remember jamming to this on the radio...

One of my favorites from her.

[Edited 8/23/12 8:38am]

Written by the Great Michael Sembello! Here is his demo recording as given to Diana Ross.

^^ thanks for posting that.I love hearing early demo versions of songs

This was the second single from Diana's 1981 Why Do Fools Fall In Love album,which she actually produced herself.That was a bold move back then.Her previous album,the Chic-produced Diana,was a huge success.It would have made sense to go back into the studio with Bernard and Niles for the follow-up,but Diana had other plans.She wanted control and she got it.

SoulAlive said:

This was the second single from Diana's 1981 Why Do Fools Fall In Love album,which she actually produced herself.That was a bold move back then.Her previous album,the Chic-produced Diana,was a huge success.It would have made sense to go back into the studio with Bernard and Niles for the follow-up,but Diana had other plans.She wanted control and she got it.

Intresting...I always assumed the Nard and Nile didn't want to go back, given the turmoil with the Diana project.

After Motown didn't like the "Chic Mix" of the album, and took the masters and completely overhauled the record to make it sound more like a "Diana Ross," i figured the producers said, to hell with you.

I actually wasn't much of a Diana fan until she released "Mirror, Mirror". I remember a talent contest from grade school. One of my classmates SANG the crap out of this song!

I was a teenager when this came out and I thought it was a cool song. I heard it blasting from car radios all around.

The fact that as teens, we didn't give a second thought that a lot of artists from the 50's, 60's and 70's were still making decent music in the 80's and we thought it was cool.

Nowadays, you're a washed up has been after a decade.

G3000 said:

SoulAlive said:

This was the second single from Diana's 1981 Why Do Fools Fall In Love album,which she actually produced herself.That was a bold move back then.Her previous album,the Chic-produced Diana,was a huge success.It would have made sense to go back into the studio with Bernard and Niles for the follow-up,but Diana had other plans.She wanted control and she got it.

Intresting...I always assumed the Nard and Nile didn't want to go back, given the turmoil with the Diana project.

After Motown didn't like the "Chic Mix" of the album, and took the masters and completely overhauled the record to make it sound more like a "Diana Ross," i figured the producers said, to hell with you.

yeah,Diana probably burned her bridges with them

G3000 said:

I was a teenager when this came out and I thought it was a cool song. I heard it blasting from car radios all around.

The fact that as teens, we didn't give a second thought that a lot of artists from the 50's, 60's and 70's were still making decent music in the 80's and we thought it was cool.

Nowadays, you're a washed up has been after a decade.

Teens were pretty cool back then.

Hudson said:

G3000 said:

I was a teenager when this came out and I thought it was a cool song. I heard it blasting from car radios all around.

The fact that as teens, we didn't give a second thought that a lot of artists from the 50's, 60's and 70's were still making decent music in the 80's and we thought it was cool.

Nowadays, you're a washed up has been after a decade.

Teens were pretty cool back then.

I know, it sure sounds like it

G3000 said:

I was a teenager when this came out and I thought it was a cool song. I heard it blasting from car radios all around.

The fact that as teens, we didn't give a second thought that a lot of artists from the 50's, 60's and 70's were still making decent music in the 80's and we thought it was cool.

Nowadays, you're a washed up has been after a decade.

EXACTLY!!! I vividly remember artists like Barbara Striesand, Diana Ross, The Beach Boys, Tina Turner, etc. all being popular with teens. We played their music along with the "new" acts of the day like it was nothing. Now, it's as if the industry thinks that someone over the age of 40 should not be making music. If they are, they should make it for "old" people.

daPrettyman said:

G3000 said:

I was a teenager when this came out and I thought it was a cool song. I heard it blasting from car radios all around.

The fact that as teens, we didn't give a second thought that a lot of artists from the 50's, 60's and 70's were still making decent music in the 80's and we thought it was cool.

Nowadays, you're a washed up has been after a decade.

EXACTLY!!! I vividly remember artists like Barbara Striesand, Diana Ross, The Beach Boys, Tina Turner, etc. all being popular with teens. We played their music along with the "new" acts of the day like it was nothing. Now, it's as if the industry thinks that someone over the age of 40 should not be making music. If they are, they should make it for "old" people.

It was still like that in the 90's sometimes, but got worse in the 00's, I remember janet was not even 35 and some simpleton called her very old

alphastreet said:

daPrettyman said:

EXACTLY!!! I vividly remember artists like Barbara Striesand, Diana Ross, The Beach Boys, Tina Turner, etc. all being popular with teens. We played their music along with the "new" acts of the day like it was nothing. Now, it's as if the industry thinks that someone over the age of 40 should not be making music. If they are, they should make it for "old" people.

It was still like that in the 90's sometimes, but got worse in the 00's, I remember janet was not even 35 and some simpleton called her very old

4 SURE!!! It ticks me off for the industry to do that.

yeah,it's amazing how ageism is such a big problem now.Back in the day,nobody cared about an artists' age.If your song was good,radio played it and it became a hit.

kitbradley said:

I actually wasn't much of a Diana fan until she released "Mirror, Mirror". I remember a talent contest from grade school. One of my classmates SANG the crap out of this song!

Really?? Wow! You didn't like alot of her earlier work?

daPrettyman said:

G3000 said:

I was a teenager when this came out and I thought it was a cool song. I heard it blasting from car radios all around.

The fact that as teens, we didn't give a second thought that a lot of artists from the 50's, 60's and 70's were still making decent music in the 80's and we thought it was cool.

Nowadays, you're a washed up has been after a decade.

EXACTLY!!! I vividly remember artists like Barbara Striesand, Diana Ross, The Beach Boys, Tina Turner, etc. all being popular with teens. We played their music along with the "new" acts of the day like it was nothing. Now, it's as if the industry thinks that someone over the age of 40 should not be making music. If they are, they should make it for "old" people.

There were tons of them still recording on into the 1980s and most of them were still being successful....Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, The Chi-Lites, Tavares, The Four Tops, The Isley Brothers, Tina Turner, Ashford and Simpson, etc. ...... and they weren't shipped off to the tired ass adult contempory crowd either. Many of them threw down HARD.

Jams like "Hot On A Thing", "Bottoms Up", and "Bad Motor Scooter" by The Chi-Lites were far from the nursing home crowd. If anything, The Chi-Lites got harder in the 1980s because they were mainly known for slow jams in the 1970s. The 1980s was known for getting off and older folks got off just as hard as the younger folks back then. What trips me out though, is nowadays, it's the younger folks who are more suitable for the nursing homes because the older folks are the ones complaining because they're too damn slow for them. Now, you KNOW something's wrong when young folks don't have the energy that the older crowd has. It's kinda like role reversal.

SoulAlive said:

yeah,it's amazing how ageism is such a big problem now.Back in the day,nobody cared about an artists' age.If your song was good,radio played it and it became a hit.

It's because back then, it was about music and talent. Hell, if you could jam your ass off you would get airplay and they didn't give a damn who you were. I mean, Yellow Magic Orchestra, an all Japanese band, having one of the hottest jams "Computer Games" on black radio and blaring from all black clubs, that's proof right there that if you got off hard, you were gonna be loved. The sound of the music was the only thing that mattered. Nowadays, if you don't look like rough trade straight out of prison out for a night on the town of gay bashing, you ain't even gonna get a record deal, let alone airplay.

SoulAlive said:

kitbradley said:

I actually wasn't much of a Diana fan until she released "Mirror, Mirror". I remember a talent contest from grade school. One of my classmates SANG the crap out of this song!

Really?? Wow! You didn't like alot of her earlier work?

Don't ask me why, but , no I just wasn't into her much before she went to RCA. Part of it may have been because the press, as well as the public, were pitting her against Chaka. Which was probably why I had a bit of a dislike for Diana at that time.

kitbradley said:

SoulAlive said:

Really?? Wow! You didn't like alot of her earlier work?

Don't ask me why, but , no I just wasn't into her much before she went to RCA. Part of it may have been because the press, as well as the public, were pitting her against Chaka. Which was probably why I had a bit of a dislike for Diana at that time.

vainandy said:

SoulAlive said:

yeah,it's amazing how ageism is such a big problem now.Back in the day,nobody cared about an artists' age.If your song was good,radio played it and it became a hit.

It's because back then, it was about music and talent. Hell, if you could jam your ass off you would get airplay and they didn't give a damn who you were. I mean, Yellow Magic Orchestra, an all Japanese band, having one of the hottest jams "Computer Games" on black radio and blaring from all black clubs, that's proof right there that if you got off hard, you were gonna be loved. The sound of the music was the only thing that mattered. Nowadays, if you don't look like rough trade straight out of prison out for a night on the town of gay bashing, you ain't even gonna get a record deal, let alone airplay.

pretty much

vainandy said:

SoulAlive said:

yeah,it's amazing how ageism is such a big problem now.Back in the day,nobody cared about an artists' age.If your song was good,radio played it and it became a hit.

It's because back then, it was about music and talent. Hell, if you could jam your ass off you would get airplay and they didn't give a damn who you were. I mean, Yellow Magic Orchestra, an all Japanese band, having one of the hottest jams "Computer Games" on black radio and blaring from all black clubs, that's proof right there that if you got off hard, you were gonna be loved. The sound of the music was the only thing that mattered. Nowadays, if you don't look like rough trade straight out of prison out for a night on the town of gay bashing, you ain't even gonna get a record deal, let alone airplay.

GOOD POINT!

A good song is a good song no matter who's performing it!

problem is there are fewer "good" songs and the good one's are not being heard.

SoulAlive said:

This was the second single from Diana's 1981 Why Do Fools Fall In Love album,which she actually produced herself.That was a bold move back then.Her previous album,the Chic-produced Diana,was a huge success.It would have made sense to go back into the studio with Bernard and Niles for the follow-up,but Diana had other plans.She wanted control and she got it.

Intresting...I always assumed the Nard and Nile didn't want to go back, given the turmoil with the Diana project.

After Motown didn't like the "Chic Mix" of the album, and took the masters and completely overhauled the record to make it sound more like a "Diana Ross," i figured the producers said, to hell with you

I've always suspected that after the drama Ross put them through, Edwards and Rodgers weren't too keen to team up again with her so soon. Officially the reason given was that they were too busy producing album material for Chic (Take It Off), Debbie Harry (Koo Koo) and Johnny Mathis (I Love My Lady). In their defence, they also didn't do a third album with Sister Sledge either and they were far easier to work with.

SoulAlive said:

yeah,it's amazing how ageism is such a big problem now.Back in the day,nobody cared about an artists' age.If your song was good,radio played it and it became a hit.

It's not about the songs these days any more. How many classics does the 00's have and how many the 80's?...or maybe i'm just getting old