Tony Hadley had a chance to work with Giorgio Moroder - Here he is guesting on Radio 1. He's a legend. A proper one.
I'll be sharing a few variations of below from time to time.
The video producer does something exceptional. Most pop vids have a theme, very few (FOALS - Exit) are uniquely thematic in a way that keeps surprising till the very 'the' end. It covers a lot of histo-cultural ground with arguably the most relaxing disco number not just then, still now.
Donna Summer - I Feel Love (Moreno J Deeper Love Remix)
Lots of still images of Donna Summer in her prime. She was more than an attractive person; she had moments of stunning beauty. I noticed her strong but graceful posture and unmissably broad shoulders years and years ago, but I never mentioned it to anyone until now.
Donna Summer at some point in time or maybe over a period of time too, transcended physicality (improv), and her voice must surely be prima facie evidence of the word unforgettable?
If Donna Summer asked me to cover for a broken NY date, I would have bitten off my chewed fingernails in a heartbeat and dropped everything; any time in the past, now, without hesitation, and of course if she accepted my invitation, that would apply to any theoretical time in the infinite future.
WOW, I just had my ass kicked by an unplanned Punk version of I Feel Love and it works terrifically while taking Donna & Giorgio in a direction that, as William Shepherd wrote for Wings in 1985 - "I didn't think, I never dreamed, that I would be around to see it all come true**
Try it. You don't have to love it as I do, but at least have an informed opinion. Venus Hum of Blue Man Group, is the kind of woman I''d like to meet, without knowing anything. Guys too but a woman so unique it is pleasurable to identify through their energy though sometimes the absence of it can be just as instructive, but words are powerful (Spells), and it's hard to conceal this kind of life carved through rock. The male group are fixed but she's often around as I understand it. I took one look at their audience and saw immediately they're a bit spesh.
Three months ago the algo served up Donna Summer, live in Italy (I suspect) during the year of Lilibet Diana's Silver Jubilee (1977). I was too busy to update it here and thought I'd bookmarked it, but after Venus Hum's inspiration, I tracked it down.
I'm not a musician
I wish I was, though three times in my life I've been blessed to be with musicians, and each time because of the marijuana I've inhaled, the ability to join in with rudimentary instruments and conducting has overtaken me, and I've inexplicably had a moments of clarity, and the blessing of inexplicable comprehension exploding sweetly, but it's the ability to join in and understand where everyone else is at rhythmically and musiscally that never fades in memory including dementia.
The happiest occasion was in Chok-D Bar and restaurant I lived next door, and Alek the owner started unknown to me his circle of friends impromptu act, so I joined in and we were on fire, before we all came to an intuitive end. A nearby table started applauding us and all the patrons then joined in clapping, while my friends were looking at me wide eyed for participating in the ensemble and adding a Jazz drumming percussion to our improv band that I'd previously never knowingly worked for.
Three times a Titan has breathed 'Apollo' in my life.
When I listened to Donna Summer sing this latest live rendition. I don't think more than a handful can today smash out the singing with a faithfulness to the studio recording. Tina Turner, Carol King, Aretha Franklin, Carly Simon (Martha's Vineyard a decade on from Donna in 1987) but the vocoder as killed all that, so again, listen first and make up your own mind.
