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The reason I ask this question is not out of the frustration of hearing it at a wedding reception or a Communion party but hearing it on a live internet radio show.
There is an internet disco show I listen to on Saturday nights. Somewhere between 8-10 pm a d.j. plays a live set. The mixes are usually good, and lots of obscure, non-Top 40 songs are played, but without fail, the last song played is Donna Summer's "Last Dance". Occasionally, the "On The Radio" LP mix of "Heaven Knows" segueing into "Last Dance" is played.
I don't know about you, but I find this to be a travesty. You would a think a d.j. like this would play Grace Jones' "La Vie En Rose" or Ashford & Simpson's "It Seems To Hang On" to close out a set. Furthermore, "Last Dance" ends on such an upbeat note that it leaves you thirsting for more music.
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But if it was 10pm for the end of the set, would a slower song have been appropriate? I could see the point of having a slower tune if it was 2am and the even was winding down. Did the live event end there, or did another DJ follow with more dance music?
I guess the DJ also like the fact that Last Dance has a cold ending, rather than having to fade out the end of his set.
Disco Funk
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It's just an internet radio show. The live mix is on every Saturday evening from 8-10 pm. It's Disco365, and it's been mentioned here on the message board before.
"Everyone knows the real reason why you got that part it was the time you spent on that casting couch"--Antoine Merriwether
"Excuse me, Miss Thing, but both of us spent time on that couch"--Blaine Edwards
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Sorry, I misunderstood what you had written. If this guy is always ending with the same song, it's probably just his signature tune, just like some DJs like to start with a particular tune. And if it's making you thirst for more, maybe that's his intention? Leave you hanging so you'll be checking in the following week. Sounds to me like it's working. :)
Have you tried emailing him to find out why he keeps playing Last Dance at the end of his show?
Disco Funk
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very predicatable...a few times when I played it in my DJ days, I used a personal cassette mix I made and edited out the ballad parts.
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Maybe it's no coincidence that everyone who has posted on this thread so far is from "the other side of the pond"?
"Last dance" was not a Top 40 hit in the UK, it scraped into the 50-somethings, so technically a hit but in reality unknown here by all except disco afficionados. So my reaction wouldn't be negative; but I do know that this is one of the best known disco tunes.
Where is this radio show based? If not in the USA, then maybe that might cast a different light on the choice?
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I have to say that if I had to choose one of my least favourite singles that Donna did in her 'golden period' (that sounds a bit pervy doesn't it?:icon_confused:), i.e. 75-79, it would be Last Dance. I don't dislike it 'cos I love everything the queen did at that time but I remember the disappointment I felt when i first heard Last Dance. I felt that it was the first single she brought out that didn't push any boundaries or innovate in any way, it just sounded like a million other disco records to me (not necessarily a bad thing of course
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It's on par with playing Jolo's Last Call at quarter till closing.......
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That's for sure! So, it's a very bad choice!Originally Written by Salsoul1975
BTW, we saw Donna live last Saturday @ The Lokerse Feesten in Belgium. She looked great, she sang great and she was oh so nice to the people. A real joy. Before her David Byrne also did very well!
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I agree 100%!I have to say that if I had to choose one of my least favourite singles that Donna did in her 'golden period' (that sounds a bit pervy doesn't it?:icon_confused:), i.e. 75-79, it would be Last Dance. I don't dislike it 'cos I love everything the queen did at that time but I remember the disappointment I felt when i first heard Last Dance. I felt that it was the first single she brought out that didn't push any boundaries or innovate in any way, it just sounded like a million other disco records to me (not necessarily a bad thing of course
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It's interesting that Donna's singles did better in the UK in 1977 and early 1978 than in the US. It wasn't until "Last Dance" hit it big in the US that she became a household name here in the States and had one blockbuster single after another. In the UK, however, her singles weren't as successful (although "MacArthur Park" made the Top 5 I think). Ironically, Donna was hot again chart-wise in the UK in 1989 when she teamed up with SAW for "This Time I Know It's For Real", "I Don't Wanna Get Hurt" and "Love's About To Change My Heart". In the US, "This Time" made the Top 10 but the two follow-ups didn't do anything here.
"Everyone knows the real reason why you got that part it was the time you spent on that casting couch"--Antoine Merriwether
"Excuse me, Miss Thing, but both of us spent time on that couch"--Blaine Edwards
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So true, those last few months of '77 were Donna-domination on the charts here! It was amazing 'cos she actually had 2 records in the chart at the same time for ages 'cos some stuff was on GTO (I Feel Love, Love's Unkind, Back In Love Again, I Remember Yesterday) & other stuff was on Casablanca (Down Deep Inside, I Love You, Rumour Has It). It was happiest time in my life!:icon_razz::icon_cool: At 12 I thought life would always be that good (how wrong was I? :icon_confused:)
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I agree with you that it is a bit much that he always ends his set with LD. I have only ever heard it at the end of the Fridge set in London in the 1990s (and it was about 6am). When did DJs play it BITD in their sets when it was popular?
I am intrigued to hear the set, I've never listened to the radio on the internet so would love to know the address, I need to track down Stephen's site/radio broadcast too for that matter.
toto
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Toto, sorry, the system flipped.
If you mean Stephen L. Freeman's radioshow, you can find all the details here:
http://www.discomusic.com/forums/onl...adio-show.html
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