I love this performance for many reasons, not the least of which is that Donna Summer is smokin' hot! Other things to love:
- The solo performer into full band reveal, especially at the end when the lights are more pulsating. You know that there are at least 6 people back there, but they only show the full band a few times and it's such a tease! Just the barest glimpse of backup dancing. As I mentioned before, I love the lighting in these concerts - focused spotlights, rich colors flooding and moving across the stage, pulsing lights, lights + fog, etc. Actually, a lot of looks are things Chris has played with in other shows - except a moving spot. That would be awesome.
- Her moves - Her upper body shifting from fluid to robotic. At some points she also backs off the mic and doesn't even try to pretend to sing into it and it sounds like all the vocals are coming from the backup singers you can't see.
- Accumulating harmonies: by the end they're in 4 part harmony
this reminded me of an interview I heard on Fresh Air, Donna was talking about her first hit single, Love to Love You Baby, how she recorded it in the studio and was kind of messing around and improvising lyrics and pretending to be Marilyn Monroe, and then it became a huge hit and suddenly she was a sex goddess.
ReplyDeleteActually here's the link to the podcast:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1491690
And here is how they describe the interview:
Summer grew up singing gospel in church choirs in Boston and, in her teens, joined the German cast of Hair. While abroad she recorded Love to Love You Baby, which became a huge hit.