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Anthony De Rosa (@AntDeRosa)
5/17/12 11:44 AM
RT @ProducerMatthew: Just in - TMZ: Donna Summers dead at 63.
Awwwww maaaannnn......
For you dear lady:
May you lead the heavenly disco. The ball is being installed now.
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)obamanut2012
(26,181 posts)lpbk2713
(42,772 posts)Is anything a target for your "humor" ?
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)I have standards
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)ProgressiveProfessor
(22,144 posts)It was hot during the disco era
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)I think she did The Hustle too.
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CTyankee
(63,926 posts)We thought that was kind of odd...
Laughing Mirror
(4,185 posts)Never heard any version of her performing that Gloria Gaynor classic.
ProgressiveProfessor
(22,144 posts)It may have been an assumption on my part since she did just about everything disco.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)NoGOPZone
(2,971 posts)Logical
(22,457 posts)Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)We're waiting
Logical
(22,457 posts)Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)Let me know if you're going to H&M with it
Quantess
(27,630 posts)At least, that's how it seems.
MineralMan
(146,345 posts)Posted with no explanation or discussion.
marmar
(77,114 posts)malaise
(269,259 posts)Wow! Rest in peace Donna Summers
bigtree
(86,015 posts)Last edited Thu May 17, 2012, 01:08 PM - Edit history (3)
____ Of all the songs Donna Summer has written, one song holds a very special place for her: There Will Always Be a You. Written in Lake Tahoe for her husband, it originally appeared on Side Three of Bad Girls (1979), an album that featured a number of Summers own compositions including Dim All the Lights and My Baby Understands. For me, that was, poetically, one of the best songs that I ever wrote, she enthuses. I just love that song. I always say that people who really know me will regard that song. Theyre going to listen to that song and theyre going to know that its me. Underscoring the poignancy of There Will Always Be a You, Summer shares a story about when a friend of hers from Australia visited her in Los Angeles:
We went to a garden center to pick some flowers for my house. She was out looking at flowers but she was a distance from me and I didnt see her. I went to ask a question of the lady who was the proprietor. As Im standing with this woman, I hear this song that sounds familiar but I couldnt make out what it was. I started walking over to where the song was coming from and all of a sudden my girlfriend popped up she was down looking at something on the ground and there she was singing There Will Always Be a You. I said, What song is that? She said, Thats your song. Whenever I miss you I put that song on because thats the song, to me, that represents you the most.
read: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/the-queen-and-her-crayons-an-interview-with-donna-summer
excerpt from 'There Will Always Be a You', written by Donna Summer:
A ship sailing without end a lost tired, worm down friend and old broken run down shore I keep running back for more at least you thought I would be sure but I give up, I broke it's true still there will always be a you
I am yours and you are mine till the stars fall from my eyes there will always be a you
I will never go away if you wanted me to stay well in a million years I wouldn't go cause I love you so yes I do I love you so I could never leave you I love you I love you don't go away can't go away there will always be a you
At night I cry can't find a reason I'm left alone can't seem to understand at night I cry can't find a reason I'm left alone can't seem to understand there will always be a you there will always be a you
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GoneOffShore
(17,342 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)leftynyc
(26,060 posts)I wasn't a big fan of the disco era but I know your music was greatly loved by many.
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)RIP.
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Odin2005
(53,521 posts)lamp_shade
(14,850 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Her talent wasn't really recognized because she got stuck with that label...one of the greatest singers of her generation...RIP Donna.
CTyankee
(63,926 posts)I, too, still love disco. My grown kids think I'm crazy. I loved John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever...
MerryBlooms
(11,776 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,506 posts)A most excellent ending to many a good night on the disco floor.
RIP Donna, thanks for the music and memories.
Thanks for the thread, grits.
Zalatix
(8,994 posts)ARGH... she was such a GREAT artist. No wonder it's cloudy outside. Damn.
RIP, Donna Summer.
DainBramaged
(39,191 posts)There is no justice
MineralMan
(146,345 posts)Raine
(30,541 posts)I met the love of my life at a disco 33 years ago. Unfortunately he died almost 2 years ago. Donna Summer was a part of it all, this is such sad news. R-I-P Donna.
JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)The music will live on and she through it.
Julie