What percent of LOVE HANGOVER's success do you credit to Ross herself??

[Boogiedown]

In a way, I think disco was forced down the throat of the masses. By that I mean to say, as Sup says everyone and their mother was releasing something disco, that it wasn't that the public only wanted disco, the industry decided to a large degree that disco is what they would give the public, which of course was all about money. Still, during disco's reign, other types of music were successful and hitting big.

So I said that to say, when it comes to BIM, I don't think it was a misstep at all. Granted, if I were in on the decision making, after "Hangover" I probably would have had Diana do a dance album. But looking at BIM, not only was it a critical success, it really is a damn good album. And it put up pretty good numbers, despite the travesty of promotion. Because Motown completely screwed up promotion and single releases, markets were often left to choose their own "singles", and some of the songs were well received in certain markets. There was a place for BIM in the general public's music consumption judging off of these elements. So imagine had the album actually been properly promoted and the singles given a schedule that wasn't created by someone coked up, I think it would have been an easy top 10 million seller.

Disco was centered around a very limited demographic ... 18- 23 year-old gays There were plenty of record buyers who couldn't care less about dancing in a club [including many 18-23 year old gays.] The disco crowd was looking for the new ...and there were plenty of new artists to fill the need. Someone like Diana Ross was welcome to the party ...but only if she delivers in the process. To go full-tilt disco would've been a high career risk should she fail. She'd come across as a desperate has-been. Even if successful, there were plenty of older fans who weren't hungry for her to go that route....don't want to alienate them.

Diana got very lucky. She landed some good disco.
Plenty didn't. Aretha. Elton. Mary Wilson.

Originally Posted by Boogiedown

So once in the studio and when her engine got properly lubed, did Diana start to feel it?? Did she apply her A game??
JLoveLamar
If those moans of ecstasy at the beginning are any indication, I'd definitely say she felt it

hee haw!
What was her liquor of choice that Hal Davis primed her with that session?

[midnightman]

Disco was centered around a very limited demographic ... 18- 23 year-old gays There were plenty of record buyers who couldn't care less about dancing in a club [including many 18-23 year old gays.] The disco crowd was looking for the new ...and there were plenty of new artists to fill the need. Someone like Diana Ross was welcome to the party ...but only if she delivers in the process. To go full-tilt disco would've been a high career risk should she fail. She'd come across as a desperate has-been. Even if successful, there were plenty of older fans who weren't hungry for her to go that route....don't want to alienate them.

Diana got very lucky. She landed some good disco.
Plenty didn't. Aretha. Elton. Mary Wilson.




hee haw!
What was her liquor of choice that Hal Davis primed her with that session?

Courvoiser