
Donna Summer: She could sing anything, anywhere, with anyone, at any time.
[OCT 5] Happy Sunday all and Happy October! It's a new month so
you know it's time for the new Summer Fever Pick. This month we are
listening to All Systems Go - and having a great time doing it.
:-)
[OCT 5] This week in Donna news, it's mixes. We start with a fan
mix by Q - his
Evening People Mix of Need-A-Man Blues. And then someone made
a mashup of Van Halen and Donna called
I'll Wait For Bad Girls. Now I know it sounds a bit strange at
first, but give it a try. It's surprisingly cool!
[OCT 5] Moving on to Johnnyswim, they released the final new track from
the Deluxe version of When The World Is Over (whish is also
available now.) This song is called Stranger and features a guest
appearance by Anthony Ramos. Both the song and the album are
available in all the
usual places.
And
BroadwayWorld.com even posted an article about the new song.
[OCT 5] Don't forget that Johnnyswim is
currently on
tour with part 2 of the When The War Is Over Tour, and they will
follow that up with a Christmas tour later this year. And, as they
have done in the past, Johnnyswim is doing
Merch To Go
where you can order your swag before you get to the venue, and then pick
it up at your convenience on concert night.
[OCT 5] In Bruce news, don't forget he has a
couple of
dates coming up in December. The
Taunton Gazette has a short article to promote the December 12 show.
[OCT 5] That brings us to YouTube. This week we will celebrate the new
Summer Fever Pick. So we start off with the
official video for the title track. Then we have a TopPop
performance of
Jeremy, and a live performance from Italy of
Love Shock. And finally there is a TV performance of
Dinner With Gershwin, and an
interview that includes clips from the set of the original unused
video for that song.
[SEP 28] Happy Sunday all! In Donna news this week, her official
YouTube channel posted a newly restored video of
Dinner With
Gershwin from Top Of The Pops. The only trouble is, it is
blocked in the US - and possibly other places. I assume that has to do
with the clip being from Top Of The Pops which is a UK show. If you
don't have access to the video ((a VPN might help you out there!)
you can watch a clip on
Facebook.
[SEP 28] In Johnnyswim news, Their new song Who's Gonna Love Me is
available in all the
usual places.
And don't forget the second leg of the
When The War
Is Over tour has started. It looks like they will still be doing the
Merch-To-Go thing where you can order your t-shirts, etc starting the
day before the show and then just pick them up at the merch table before
or after the show.
[SEP 28] If you need a little more Johnnyswim this week, catch their
interview in
Relevant where they talk about the album in relation to their mental
health journeys.
[SEP 28] Bruce fans - catch his
singg-along Facebook video for Damn Lonely On The Road. Or watch the
lyric video that's also on Facebook. Whichever video you
prefer, get your practice in singing along for when you attend his
December
concerts.
[SEP 28] Brooklyn Dreams fans - Beautiful Dreamer is now streaming at
the usual places.
[SEP 28] That brings us to YouTube. First up is a reaction video to
If
There Is Music There. The video host was blown away by it - as
were so many of us when e first heard it. :-) So let's look
at some other ballads. This one is a personal favorite of mine
partly because I feel like this was her goodbye to us fans. It's her
cover of
Netherlands. Another is
Power Of One, and
Dreamcatcher which for some reason I haven't played in awhile.
And of course we have to include Donna's version of
Starting Over Again, and
Worth The Wait - both fan favorites. :-)
[SEP 21] Greetings all! Let's start off with the upcoming singles box
set.
The Second Disc has an article about it. This one has more details
than most of the listings I have seen so far. They actually go
disk by disk and tell you the tracks and where they originally came from
(Label, catalog number). There is also a 64 page booklet with a
new essay by Christian John Wikane that draws from new and archival
interviews with Donna, Bruce, and a ton of other people including
collaborators and others. (If I had to guess, I'd say the Donna
interviews are archival. Unless Christian knows a good medium or owns a
Ouija board? LOL)
[SEP 21] In Johnnyswim news, they have a new song out as of
Friday. It's called losing You and can be found in all the
usual places.
Antimusic.com also wrote an article about it. And don't forget
the second leg of the
When The War
Is Over tour kicks off this week in Los Angeles on the 25th.
[SEP 21] Also in Johnnyswim news, Amanda appeared on the
Funjelah podcast (#53) recently, so go check that out. In this
episode they talk about touring, kids, family, health.... all the
things. :-)
[SEP 21] Bruce Sudano fans - he's got some new performance dates coming
up in December. Catch him supporting Fantastic Cat (any relation
to Honey the cat? LOL) in Portsmouth, NH, Fall River, MA,
and Northampton, MA. That's December 11, 12 and 13.
Tickets are
on sale now.
[SEP 21] That brings us to YouTube. This week, since I have been
hearing so much about freedom of speech (or the lack of it - it's US
politics, if you know then you know) I thought I'd look at some of
Donna's songs that have been blacklisted for one reason or another.
It's a short list, but it comes with explanations. LOL First
up, and the most obvious one is
Love To Love You Baby. Reportedly it was banned by the BBC back in
the day. I'm sure the reason why is no mystery to anyone. (Sex... the
reason was sex. Go listen to the song if you didn't know that.
LOL)
Then I read that the military junta in Argentina (late 70s/early 80s)
blacklisted
Prelude To Love and
Could It Be Magic. I didn't read a reason, but it has to be sex
again. I mean, really? Fun side note, of you search for
blacklisted Donna songs in Argentina AI also lists A Love Trilogy - the
title track. Um, there is no title track. LOL (Sorry AI, you
got it wrong!) Also in Argentina, Bad Girls got a little makeover
-
the album art, not the music. (But I'll link to the
music anyway.) So apparently the whole hooker theme was frowned
upon. As a result, the removed Officer Bruce from the front cover, the
hands at the wheel of the car on the back cover (but they left the girls
under the lamppost oddly enough), and the inside gatefold art was
totally replaced with portraits of Donna. (No bad girls, pimps, or
johns...)
And finally in 2010, Wendy's put out a "Disco Fever" CD that was
included in the kids' meals. The CD contained the song Last Dance.
Well, some people misheard the lyrics and thought Donna sand "when I'm
bad I'm so horny" when what she actually sings is "when I'm bad I'm so
so-ho bad." Wendy's pulled the CD and apologized saying that they
accidentally used the adult version of the song. (There is no alternate
adult version of the song - only people who misheard the lyrics.) I
remember at the time news stations reporting on the controversy and none
of them would actually play the part of the song in question so that
people could hear for themselves. My favorite thing about the
controversy is a theory I found when I was looking this up.
Someone suggested that maybe a bad actor edited the version Wendy's
used to include the word "horny". Yeah. Sure. LOL So here is
Last Dance (the single version). The controversial part is at 2:52
(or thereabouts.)
Oh and before you think I went insane or something by posting the single
version of Could It Be Magic above instead of the live clip I usually
post, I just wanted to show you the studio version that people were
blacklisting. But of course I have to also now give you the
live version with Barry and Donna, because how could I possibly
resist? LOL
[SEP 14] Happy Sunday all! In case you haven't heard yet, the Disco mix
of Run is out now at all the
usual places. Do
NOT miss it! It's a really good one! :-)
[SEP 14] We have chart news this week! Run debuted at #30 on the
Billboard Adult Contemporary radio ranking chart for September 13.
According to
Billboard this is her first appearance on that chart since Sand On
My Feet in 2008.
[SEP 14]
Beatportal.com has an article about the new disco mix of Run - which
is my favorite of the mixes so far. :-)
[SEP 14] Yahoo posted a couple of articles of interest this week. First
is a list of every
song of the summer from the last 50 years. Bad Girls is the entry
for 1979. They also posted an article listing
20 iconic songs of the 1970s. That list includes Last Dance.
[SEP 14] In cover news, Dua Lipa performed a
cover of Bad Girls in Boston recently.
[SEP 14] Johnnyswim fans - where should I start? They have a new song
out now called Break My Heart. It is available in all the
usual places.
You can also watch
a
video of them singing it on the subway. This is the second of
4 new tracks that will be included on the Deluxe version of When The War
Is Over. Look for that on October 3.
[SEP 14] There is an article about the new song on
Antimusic.com. That article also mentions new concert dates which
brings me to - a
Christmas Tour
running the first couple of weeks in December, and a performance on the
Moon River At Sea Sixthman cruise, sailing November 11-15, 2026 from
Miami, FL to Nassau, Bahamas on Norwegian.
[SEP 14] Johnnyswim also made an appearance on The Today show this week
performing I'm Alright. You can
watch it here.
[SEP 14] In Bruce news, he's made a new playlist on Spotify called
Point Of View. As you may have guessed from the title, the playlist
is 11 songs from several albums that share Bruce's observations about
the world we're living in.
[SEP 14] And that brings us to YouTube. This week I am celebrating Run,
so we have the videos for the
Disco Mix, The
Lollapalooza version, the
Ibiza version, the
Tomorrowland version, and the
Piano Diaries version that started this recent adventure. :-) We
also have the original
unreleased version that was originally slated to be on the Crayons
album.
[SEP 07] Happy Sunday all! We start this week off with a new compilation
coming November 28 from Demon Music Group. This one is called Summer
Time: The Singles Collection 1974-2010. It's a limited edition 40 (yes I
said 40) CD set with 136 tracks.
ImportsCD.com has the product image and track listing.
[SEP 07]
Billboard has compiled a top 10 list of songs for each summer from
1958 to 2025. Donna makes the list in 1978, 1979 (twice) and 1983.
[SEP 07] Marcia Hines reminisced about Donna in a
recent interview. She was a friend of Linda's back in Boston and
knew Donna from back then.
[SEP 07] In Johnnyswim news, their new song
Sweet Tangerine
is out now in all the usual places. They plan to make a video for
it soon - but you can still stream the song on YouTube now if that
is your preference. They have also added a new t-shirt to their
merch page. It's the "scream if you're sensitive" shirt and while
it's somewhat different in feel from the new song, it is cool and
perfectly appropriate for the Halloween season.
[SEP 07] As you may remember, Johnnyswim wrote the music for the
upcoming musical One Day: The Musical. There is an
Instagram reel that talks about the musical.
[SEP 07] Moving on to Bruce - he has a new song out too. This one (and
you may have heard it if you've seen him in concert) is called
Damn Lonely On The Road and it is from his upcoming album
Sketchbook. You can find the new song in all the places you find
your music.
[SEP 07] You can also catch Bruce live on his couch on Facebook with
American Sunset.
[SEP 07] That brings us to YouTube. This week let's celebrate the Summer
Fever Pick. So we have the Suecase Hall video for
Cats Without Claws, Q's South Of Paradise mix of
It's Not The Way, a televised performance of
Forgive Me, the official video for
There Goes My Baby, and the Solid Gold performance of
Supernatural Love.
[AUG 31] Greetings all and Happy Labor Day Weekend to all my American
friends! Tomorrow is a new month so of course we have a new
Summer Fever Pick. We'll start the
fall off by celebrating Cats Without Claws. (Which is a
description that doesn't describe either cat I live with!
LOL)
[AUG 31] First up, we can look forward to yet another mix of Run from
Toby Gad. This one is the Disco Mix and will be out on September
9.
Beatport.com has a sample of it and I think this might be my
favorite mix so far. (Unless I'm just infatuated with it because it's
the latest mix. LOL)
[AUG 31] Also in remix news, fanmixer Q is celebrating the 50th
anniversary of the Love To Love You album with his new Dressing Up To
Get Undressed mix of
Need-A-Man Blues.
[AUG 31] In AI news, somebody did an AI video for
I
Love You based on the Once Upon A Time album art. It's
actually not bad. Usually when I run into an AI video my first reaction
is more along the lines of "this is awful!" LOL
[AUG 31] Johnnyswim fans - don't forget that
tickets are
available for the second half of the When The War Is Over Tour (with
special guest Shua). Now the official start of that part of the tour is
still a few weeks away, but to hold us over, Johnnyswim will be
releasing the first bonus track from the album this week on September 5.
The song is called Sweet Tangerine and I can't wait to hear it!
[AUG 31] That brings us to YouTube. Since it's Labor Day weekend, let's
do some songs about work - or at least have "work" in the title.
The obvious one of course is
She Works Hard For The Money. Then there is one I think most of us
can Identify with,
I Don't Wanna Work That Hard. Once Upon A Time had us
Working The Midnight Shift, Mistaken Identity told us to
Work That Magic, and Lady Of The Night said
Let's Work Together Now. And finally, Rupaul said You
Better Work! (Oops, wrong diva! LOL But he IS a Donna fan.
:-) )
[AUG 25] Greetings all! Let's just jump right into things. First
up, Professor Of Rock presented the Top 5 Haunting Female Vocal
Performances of the 70s on
98KUPD. Donna is on the list with Love To Love You - at #7.
(Actually the post is called the top 5, but they actually list 10 songs.
I guess somebody messed up the title. LOL)
[AUG 25] Then MSN posted
a slideshow called Darkness and Light: Donna Summer's Life In
Photos. I don't think there is anything we haven't seen before -
well, except for the 4000 ads mixed in! LOL (Plus a couple of
random photos that aren't Donna. You'll spot them. )
[AUG 25] In the land of covers, the REDHOUSE cover of MacArthur Park
will be out Friday - the 29th. So head over to
the
website to check that out.
[AUG 25] Moving on to Johnnyswim. As you know, the second half of
the When The War Is Over tour starts next
month in LA.
But we are getting more than the tour. There is going to be a
deluxe edition of When The War Is Over with 5 previously unreleased
tracks. Starting September 5, our favorite duo will be releasing a
track a week - so mark your calendars for that! And as always, watch
their Instagram for more announcements, photos, or random silliness.
:-)
[AUG 25] Moving on to Bruce, he posted a short clip from his show at
Bar Lubitsch on Facebook. He has also been announced as a
showcase artist at the 2026 Folk Alliance International conference.
That takes place in New Orleans January 21 to 25.
[AUG 25] And for all you Brooklyn Dreams fans out there, Lover In The
Night is now available on all streaming services.
[AUG 25] That brings us to YouTube. I thought this time I'd do full
concerts - 1 from each decade. So we start off with Donna live in
Italy in 1977. Then we have the
Hot Summer Night concert from 1983, a live show from
Japan from 1991, and finally a live concert from
Long Island in 2008. And while we are talking about YouTube -
I've noticed a lot of AI and clickbait junk up there lately. Stuff like
"The shocking secret that Donna took to her grave" and then if you watch
it you either find that there was no secret, or the "shocking secret"
was something stupid like her locker combination from high school.
Try to avoid those videos. They only exist to draw clicks to earn a
little ad revenue for the ... well, I'd say creator, but I think most
are created by ChatGPT or something. So maybe I'll stick with uploader.
Hey, maybe I should make my own stupid video - "Donna Summer was
secretly an alien from outer space!" That could work - I actually have
proof.
;-) (Love ya Donna!)
[AUG 17] Happy Sunday all! Let's start off with release news. The
Ibiza mix of Run is now available to stream. That joins the Piano
Diaries, Tomorrowland, and Lollapalooza mixes. (I think the Piano
Diaries is my favorite right now, but that can change any time depending
on my mood. LOL)
[AUG 17]
GuitarWorld.com has an article about the guitar Jeff "Skunk" Baxter
used for that solo in Hot Stuff.
[AUG 17] In Bruce news, Watching Darkness Fall was recently added
to The Alternative Root Magazine
YouTube playlist. And don't forget, if you are in the West
Hollywood area, Bruce is playing
Bar Lubitsch
this Tuesday, August 19.
[AUG 17] Johnnyswim fans - our favorite duo has been bopping around
Europe (and having a great time judging by the photos :-) ), but
they are coming home to start the second leg of the When The War Is Over
tour on September 25. Check
their website
for locations, dates and ticket info. And watch
their Instagram for updates.
[AUG 17] I think that brings us to YouTube. I'm going to do some
more "before and after" clips. First up, 2 songs from I'm A
Rainbow. This is the
released version of People Talk. And this is
the
version that circulated on the bootlegs that were around before the
album was finally released. True Love Survives also has a
released version and the
bootleg version. Then we have the
original released version of Can't We Just Sit Down (And Talk It
Over.) Later when I Remember Yesterday was remastered,
this version of the song magically appeared. Heaven Knows was
recorded by both
Donna and
The Brooklyn Dreams with both artists appearing on both recording.
And finally, The Brooklyn Dreams recorded a song called
Hollywood Knights that was used in a film by the same name.
But
a
different version of that song was used over the closing credits and
it featured a certain diva.... :-)
[AUG 10] Greetings all! Not much happening at the moment, but for
those of us who speak English, on December 31, The English translation
of the book by Andrea Bufalini and Giovanna Savastano, called Donna
Summer: The Rainbow Voice, will be available for sale at
Amazon. [Affiliate
Link] Currently it is available only in the original Italian and
French.
[AUG 10] Bruce Sudano fans - don't forget he'll be performing in West
Hollywood at
Bar Lubitsch
on August 19. (That's a week from Tuesday.) If you are in the area, drop
in and check out the tunes, and say hi to him.
[AUG 10] Also in performance news, don't forget that Johnnyswim will be
performing in Los Angeles on September 25, and then the rest of the
second leg of the tour runs from October 2 to 25. Ticket (and VIP) info
is available on
their website.
And as always, keep an eye on
their Instagram for various updates on the tour - low ticket alerts,
run club, merch, random silly things, etc.
[AUG 10] That brings us to YouTube. I thought I'd go with a before
and after theme this time. (You'll see what I mean.) First up is La
Dolce Vita. We have a
clip Nathan filmed of Donna singing it about the time they wrote it,
and the audio for how the
song was posthumously released. Next is an interview that has
footage of the original
unreleased video for Dinner With Gershwin, and then the
actual video that was released. Then there is I Will Live For
Love which started life as
a ballad, but was actually released as
a dance mix. And finally there is Bad Girls. This is the
single version that was released. But when the Bad Girls album
came out as a Deluxe Edition with extra tracks, we got this
demo version. And then when Brooklyn made Love To Love You
Donna Summer, we got a
different demo. I have to say, it's fun to see how a song
evolves from conception to release.
[AUG 3] Happy Sunday all! I'm trying to get back on track with the
updates. It's a new month so that means it's time for a new Summer Fever
Pick. This month we'll be celebrating
She Works Hard For The Money.
[AUG 3] There isn't much happening since the last update, but we
do now have the Toby Gad
Lollapalooza mix of Run. I have to say that it's a lot fun
getting mixes of a "new" song every couple of weeks. :-)
[AUG 3] Also in the land of new mixes, fan mixer Q has put out his
Made To Be Broken mix of Pandora's Box. He paired the mix with lots
of clips of early Donna. :-) He also made a suite called
I
Got Your So Beautiful Power Of Love. This is a suite made of
official mixes (with a Q touch here and there) to create an imaginary LP
side like some of Donna's 70s albums had.
[AUG 3] In the land of covers, REDHOUSE is working on his version of
MacArthur Park. There is no firm release date yet, but he's hoping to
have it out some time this month. Keep an eye on the
REDHOUSE
website for updates - and to check out some of his other work.
[AUG 3] There is a new book out in the Findagroove series that looks at
Donna's music from the early recordings in Germany up to the final
recordings before Donna left us. It's available in both paperback
and Kindle format, and you can check out a sample on the
Amazon website.
(Paid affiliate link)
[AUG 3] I think that brings us to YouTube. Let's celebrate the
Summer Fever Pick this week. So first up is
She Works Hard For The Money from the 1984 Grammys. Then we
have
Unconditional Love from a 1984 Disney TV special - sharp eyes may
spot Mimi in the crowd. Then we have the single version of
Stop Look & Listen, and a Suecase Hall video for
Love Has A Mind Of Its Own. Finally as a bonus we have
I
Don't Wanna Work That Hard from Live & More Encore. I know
that song was written well after Hard For The Money, but it appeals to
my quirky sensibilities to put a song about not wanting to work
with a song that celebrates working. :-)
[JUL 28] Greetings all and happy... uh... Monday. What a weird day
for an update. LOL So as I'm sure you noticed, I've been MIA.
I ended up with pneumonia. I was sick for a few days before I went to
the doctor, then while I was waiting for test results, I decided that
probably the ER was the place to be. I was right and I spent a couple
days in the hospital. I am very much on the mend now and can do pretty
much anything I want as long as I don't over do it. I have learned
a couple of things though. First of all, if you ever wonder if you
should go to the ER, the answer is YES. You can be pretty sick
before you realize just how sick you are. Second, pneumonia
doesn't present how I thought it would. I thought I'd feel like I had
bronchitis or at least a cold. Nope. I was only exhausted. And third,
fever brings on some pretty deep thoughts. I'm pretty sure I may
have come up with the answer to world peace... only I can't remember it
now. LOL But I'm doing fine now, enjoying an excuse to be lazy,
and enjoying the mental health break I got when I couldn't follow the
news of the day. (I did get home in time to see the latest South Park
though, - OMG! LOL)
[JUL 28] So on to the news. I'm a bit out of touch still, but I'll give
you what I got. First up, MSN posted
an article about how Debbie Harry is a big Donna Summer fan. (I knew
there was a reason I always liked Debbie! LOL)
[JUL 28] Johnnyswim fans - they added a date in LA on September 25.
Tickets and VIP passes are
available now.
[JUL 28] Moving on to Bruce. He's posted a video for
Watching Darkness Fall. It's mostly footage of Bruce performing the
song, but with a few extra things cut in. Bruce is also on the
Music Is a Love and a Commitment podcast (link goes to
Spotify), and he's set up a playlist on Tidal for his
Stories Behind The Songs. (That's actually a really cool idea. More
artists - well established ones with a decent body of work - should do
something like that.) Oh, and I almost forgot - Bruce will be in West
Hollywood on August 19 playing at
Bar Lubitsch
with Waldo Bliss. So if you are out that way - go check it out.
[JUL 28] I think that brings us to YouTube. First up - the
Tomorrowland version of Run by Donna and Toby Gad. Then we
have Q's Beyond The Radio Suite of
On The Radio. This is about a 2 hour mix, so it's based more
on the album than the song. And here's a find! Sunshine's
Take It To The Zoo. Somebody took footage of the ladies working in
the studio, and combined that with footage from Thank God It's Friday,
and some other footage of Donna with the Brooklyn Dreams and came up
with a fun video for the song. And finally (and I am not going to
link to any of these), I noticed a ton of new AI generated shorts (that
look nothing like Donna) and a bunch of probably also AI generated
clickbait trash. Just so you know - clicking on that garbage only
encourages them to make more. I can pretty much guarantee you that
the clickbait stuff has nothing you didn't already know - the info is
just framed in the most lurid way they can (so that people will click.)
I guess it's nice in a way that these scammers think Donna is popular
enough to make money off of, but it's also damn annoying.
[JUL 28] So I'll be back again in about a week with the next update. It
might not be Sunday - I'm still figuring out my schedule. But I
will be around. :-)
[JUL 13] Greetings all and Happy Sunday! This week brings more upcoming
mixes of Run from Toby Gad. He said in
an interview that a Trance Run Tomorrowland mix will be out July 14
(tomorrow), an EDM Run Lollapalooza mix on July 29 and the House Run
Ibiza mix on August 11. You can here clips of at least 2 of the new
mixes
here.
[JUL 13] In fan mix news, Q has put out his
Awful Spin Mix of Love To Love You part 1. It's his 50th
anniversary tribute to the song.
[JUL 13] In Johnnyswim news, they have added a tour date in LA on
September 25. They will also be in
Lewistown NY on July 19 with Grace Potter. As always keep an eye on
Johnnyswim's
website for ticket info, VIP opportunities, and merch.
[JUL 13] Also in Johnnyswim news, apparently there are some songs that
didn't make the final cut for When The War Is Over. Abner said on Insta
they are looking at putting those songs on a possible deluxe edition.
(Yes please! LOL)
[JUL 13] Moving on to Bruce,
JamTV.it posted an article about Watching Darkness Fall. It is in
Italian, so if that's not your language you know what to do - find a
cute Italian to translate for you. ;-) (Or just use Google
translate - but that's not as much fun. LOL)
[JUL 13] That brings us to YouTube. This week we celebrate the Summer
Fever Pick. So we have the official videos for
Love Is In Control and
The Woman In Me. Then we have more State Of Independence that
you can even deal with. LOL We start with the
music video, then we have Donna discussing the song on
Top 2000 A GoGo, a video showing some of the
making of State of Independence, and finally a video
commentary about the song as it relates to Quincy Jones' career.
[JUL 6] Greetings all and a belated Happy Canada Day and Happy July 4 to
all who celebrate. It's a brand new month so you know what that
means - time for the new Summer Fever Pick. This month we are up to
Donna Summer - the album
produced by the late great Quincy Jones.
[JUL 6] With the holiday, there hasn't been much going on. Johnnyswim is
on a family vacation - some of which was spent with Bruce, so he's
pretty quiet too on the visible work front. He did post a video of
him singing a bouncier version of
Watching Darkness Fall on Facebook the other day though. And
then later he did the
third verse a bit slower so people can follow the words.
[JUL 6] In Donna news, SiriusXM 70s on 7 has been playing a countdown of
the 50 top American artists of the 70s according to Billboard. They've
run it a few times over the holiday weekend, with the latest airing due
to start in a few minutes. But if you have the app, you can catch it on
demand. On the app it's in 2 parts just because the show is so
long. They had Donna in at number 5 and for her they played Hot Stuff
and Last Dance. (I was in and out all weekend, so I only heard the
countdown in bits, but as I recall, The Carpenters were #1 and the
Jackson 5 were #2. I don't know who came in at 3 and 4. Maybe I'll
listen later and find out. :-)
[JUL 6] That brings us to YouTube. Let's go with the holiday theme
(more or less). So we'll start with
God Bless America,
The National Anthem and a fan video for
Livin' In America. Moving on we have a few other songs that have
resonated with me lately:
Mistaken Identity (live in Japan), a fan video for
Let There Be Peace, an audio only clip for
Someday, and a fan edit of
Begin Again (from Ordinary Girl).
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