70's Donna Summer Hits LP has strange "hits"

**remicks** · June 6th, 2006, 01:43 AM

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This German pressing contains three songs I believe were never released in the USA ( ?)
including VIRGIN MARY ...which I think is on this album only and no other ....

Greatest Hits (Atlantic, 1977)

I Feel Love
Could It Be Magic
Love To Love You - Part 1
Try Me, I Know We Can Make It
Lady Of The Night ... (features castanets !! )
I Remember Yesterday
The Hostage
Spring Affair
Virgin Mary .... ( think NIGHTS WENT OUT IN GEORGIA and lotsa strings )
Winter Melody

THE HOSTAGE is a hoot !!

In it ... Donna's husband is kidnapped and a male voice in the song ( her kidnapped husband) gives her ransom instructions on the phone and says implicity "whatever you do ......do NOT go to the police !! "

Well. the very next line of the song ... Donna .... calls the police ! :roll::evil:

AND for her efforts .... by the end of the song she's preparing to attend her dead husband's funeral !! ...
...... just delightful !:lol::lol:

What I find most interesting about this song .... is that it is quite similar in structure to SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY ....

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**Westwood** · June 6th, 2006, 08:46 AM

Very cool, I have several editions of early Donna albums on cd and some 45s, I think those songs are on them, and I agree, The Hostage is a cool song lol.
By the way, love your picture there, I never saw an alternative No More Tears shot ;)

**BrunoRepublic** · June 6th, 2006, 01:48 PM

"The Hostage" was a minor hit in parts of Europe before she made it big with "Love To Love You Baby".

**markydefad** · June 6th, 2006, 02:19 PM

I picked up that LP also--I couldn't believe how HOKEY these new to me titles were!!! (particularly "The Hostage"!!! YIKES!!!) I thought--"don't ever play this again!!":razz::razz::razz:

**Videoskooter** · June 6th, 2006, 05:17 PM

Originally Written by Graham_Start

"The Hostage" was a minor hit in parts of Europe before she made it big with "Love To Love You Baby".

It was a big hit in Belgium, Holland and Germany (where she was living that time).

After she met me, she recorded "Love to love you baby" and I never got paid for my inspiration. :sad:

But hey, I KISSED HER AND ALL OF YOU DIDN'T :p :p :p :p :p :p

**remicks** · June 6th, 2006, 05:29 PM

Originally Written by Videoskooter

After she met me, she recorded "Love to love you baby" and I never got paid for my inspiration. :sad:

Exactly ... story told is she did all that moaning and groaning on that record from that soured lunch you served her !!:p:lol::lol:

But hey, I KISSED HER AND ALL OF YOU DIDN'T:p:p :p :p :p:p

Didn't she seek you out and kiss you a multiple of times ?

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**Videoskooter** · June 6th, 2006, 05:35 PM

Originally Written by remicks

Exactly ... story told is she did all that moaning and groaning on that record from that soured lunch you served her !!:p:lol::lol:

Didn't she seek you out and kiss you a multiple of times ?

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Remicks, my dearly beloved, I was 12 at that time, so we didn't exactly engage in hanky panky

But, Donna was the first Black girl I saw in real life and she was gorgeous. If people don't believe me: it was @ Discotheque "The Globe" in the city of H..., near Antwerp ;)