Hot Stuff

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   December 3, 2005

   Clive Davis

   Mick, a Donna fan!!! I’d never have guessed.
   I like “Hot Stuff” too, but if you measure her against the great singers of the Motown/Stax era, I don’t think she comes off that well. But leaving aside how good she really was, the point I was really trying to make was that pop/cultural critics of the day never tried to pretend she was anything other than an entertainer, albeit one with a particularly raunchy image. Maybe I missed it, but I don’t think academics built careers on claming she was some huge social force. Yet they do it with Madonna, whose music is even more lightweight. I just don’t get it…

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   December 3, 2005

   Mick H

   No I wouldn’t want to compare her with some of the greats, as you say, but I thought she was pretty damn good at what she did. I don’t agree with this view that all disco was crap: there was lots of good music, Chic for instance, as well as Donna. And yes, it never claimed to be anything more than what it was – music to make you feel good and dance to.

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   December 4, 2005

   laban

   “I Feel Love” is one of the greatest singles ever, though Mr Moroder perhaps deserves the credit for that. But Donna’s version of Jon&Vangelis “State of Independence” is pretty good too.
   “Chic, for instance”
   KC, Shalamar, The Whispers “And The Beat Goes On”, Kool and the Gang, and a host of one or two hit wonders. I could go on …

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