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AaronUniversal said: VinnyM27 said: DavidEye said: VinnyM27 said: DavidEye said: Era 7.Her 1999 'Believe' CD is the first album I bought by her,and I love the follow-up 'Living Proof' even more.I do like some of her older recordings,just never felt compelled to go out and buy them.
Her 1979 Disco hit "Take Me Home" is another favorite.I'd be interested in hearing some of her other Disco songs from this period,when she was signed to Casablanca Records. [This message was edited Fri Dec 5 4:29:35 PST 2003 by DavidEye] Get "The Casablanca Years" (which still might be in print) which contains both of her disco albums for that label (released in the same year). It isn't bad but nothing great. There are a lot of ballads and the second half was little less commerical (and sold poorly if it all) but contains some more rock oreinated stuff and a slightly politcal side. It is also worth noting that she made a rock album for Casablanca with a band called Black Rose (and actually, her name might not even appear on the original album's jacket but I think the album was released by Black Rose and self-titled). It rocks much harder than her Geffen stuff ever could and was a pretty big leap in a very short time from her disco albums (although "Prisoner" had a rock twist in some of its songs). Did you know that Donna Summer (another Casablanca artist at that time) played one of her new songs for label president Neil Bogart and he told her "Great song,but I think it's more suitable for Cher to record".Donna was pissed and she told him that only SHE would record the song,not Cher...lol...depending on whose version of this story you believe,the song in question was either "Hot Stuff" or "Bad Girls". I know. That story changes all the time. As you probably know, Donna wrote (and even recorded any early verison of) "Bad Girls". It was pretty much her song while "Hot Stuff" came from Pete Bellotte and a few others that worked on the album. It might have been a case where Neil saw "Hot Stuff" and thought it was for better for Cher (at first blush, it more suited Cher than Donna, who did very little rock before BGs) but Donna was probably offered it first (since those were her people that wrote it) and refused to let go. I'm pretty sure the song must have been "Bad Girls" as it came out of Donna's mouth and it sounds like a werid story to make up (I think she would know better than us). Also, I heard the same story about "Bad Girls" the song on Oprah. Maybe "Hot Stuff" was just a rumour (Donna sure has a lot around here). Heck, maybe it was both! I even heard that the song in question might have been..."My Baby Understands", Donna's self-written Janis tribute! I think that song would have sounded good out of Cher but Donna sang the hell out of it and she desreved it. interesting story. all parties interested should look for the Cher track "Bad Love" she did with Georgio Morodor from the movie Foxes... it's like a cross between "Hot Stuff" and "Bad Girls" It used to be hard to find but now is available via "The Essentail Collection" and the import verison of "The Very Best Of Cher" (I think). | |
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