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Question for any Donna Summer fan of all ages! As some of you who saw my last forum would know that Donna Summer is my absolute favourite artist ever, seen her live, met her as well etc etc. She was dominating the music world throughout the 70s - 80s.
Now my question is this. What in the blue hell actually happened to her career after the 80s? She had a very high profile moment of her career thanks to Another Time and Place album and then after that her steam cooled off again but this time she was really out of the public eye and never really recaptured that spark she once had. The only time I recall hearing about her again was the whole VH1 Live special which was considered a "comeback" for her. The amount of stories I've read as to why she was gone is confusing, apparently she didn't have a record label then, the rumour (which really started off in the 80s but for some weird reason she never took action of it until the early 90s), then she was just a touring artist at that point. Is confusing lol, what happened to her throughout the 90s-00s?. [Edited 12/11/20 5:20am] [Edited 12/11/20 5:22am] [Edited 12/11/20 5:22am] | |
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I often wondered the same. Her career leveled off quit a bit after 1983. She had some R&B hits in the mid 80s put no big crossovers over until "Another Place In Time", which, IMO, was her weakest album of the 80s. After that, her last significant offerring came from "Mistaken Identity" in 1991, in which the single "When Love Cries" was successful on the R&B side but tanked on the Pop charts. Which was really a shame because I think the album was her strongest since SWHFTM. After that, her recording career just kind of went POOF! I think the fact that we saw so many mainstream younger dance artists in the early 90s, Donna just got left behind due to her age. I think a lot of people saw her as a disco relic from the 70s. "It's not nice to fuck with K.B.! All you haters will see!" - Kitbradley
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kitbradley said: I often wondered the same. Her career leveled off quit a bit after 1983. She had some R&B hits in the mid 80s put no big crossovers over until "Another Place In Time", which, IMO, was her weakest album of the 80s. After that, her last significant offerring came from "Mistaken Identity" in 1991, in which the single "When Love Cries" was successful on the R&B side but tanked on the Pop charts. Which was really a shame because I think the album was her strongest since SWHFTM. After that, her recording career just kind of went POOF! I think the fact that we saw so many mainstream younger dance artists in the early 90s, Donna just got left behind due to her age. I think a lot of people saw her as a disco relic from the 70s. Mistaken Identity album was a huge flop as well. Remember the whole disco 70s nostalgia revival? [Edited 12/11/20 10:19am] | |
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i remember bringing this up in a thread comment several months ago...i was the biggest Donna Summer fan on Earth in the late 70s. then she was gone. But when she was on, there was no one bigger then Donna Summer. And she was super beautiful. She and her music were everywhere. Radio, TV, Movies, Variety Shows, commercials. It was like the second coming of Diana Ross. and then it just stopped | |
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RJOrion said: i remember bringing this up in a thread comment several months ago...i was the biggest Donna Summer fan on Earth in the late 70s. then she was gone. But when she was on, there was no one bigger then Donna Summer. And she was super beautiful. She and her music were everywhere. Radio, TV, Movies, Variety Shows, commercials. It was like the second coming of Diana Ross. and then it just stopped Exactly lol! From 75-84 during her prime she was huge! Then after 84 her popularity kinda cooled off until Another Time and Place was out and that helped her a lot and then after the 80s... She was gone, just became a touring artist throughout the 90s, 00s and early 10s. | |
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me and my very first girlfriend used to listen to "Spring Affair" and "Love To Love You Baby" ALL THE TIME and do nasty things, while her mother worked 2nd shift...what a great time to be alive. | |
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RJOrion said: me and my very first girlfriend used to listen to "Spring Affair" and "Love To Love You Baby" ALL THE TIME and do nasty things, while her mother worked 2nd shift...what a great time to be alive.
LOOOL! I can't imagine hers mum's reaction 🤣🤣 [Edited 12/12/20 5:17am] | |
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