I strongly suspect Nile will be involved with a couple of tracks. Hopefully they will be more like the Diana album than the Workin Overtime album!
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Can't say I would be particularly looking forward to Nile Rodgers' involvement.
Workin' Overtime imo was a complete mess, the only track with merit being Bottom Line and while it's hypothetical as to how the "original" diana! might have performed the final blockbuster was re-mixed by Russ Terrana.
Now Mark Ronson's involvement is definitely exciting.
I think that any involvement on Nile's part would be along the lines of his recent collaborations with Daft Punk, John Newman, his new Chic album, etc, not anything like Workin' Overtime... an odd and quite dated LP which in my opinion somehow manages to sound nothing like a Nile Rodgers or Diana Ross album at all... :p
Indeed.
My hope [[dream lol) is that he could do one side, laying down the tracks with his band and Diana coming in to do her vocals as she did back in the day.
If Diana does do Glastonbury I would love to see Nile & Chic as her backing band. She could do the complete diana album - 40 years after the success of her biggest ever album - as well as a couple of the newer tracks.
And of course, Kimberley & Folami would make great backing vocalists for her other hits including Supremes songs.
Well I can dream, can't I? :)
Well he mentioned quite a few times over the past five years leading into the Chic album that he wanted to work with Diana [[& Debbie Harry) again.
If she does Glastonbury it will likely be 2021 when the new album will have been out for a few months. There is one major obstacle to her agreeing to do it which i shall not go into here, but hopefully that can be overcome.
I am sure Nile would jump at the chance to join her at Glastonbury. He has already played there to great acclaim. If it all comes to fruition it promises to be very exciting with other big names likely to join her.
Going slightly off topic Janet Jackson's debut at Glastonbury has been greeted with much ridicule over the weekend. One member of the audience claimed she had achieved the unique feat of miming whilst sounding out of tune at the same time. Ouch!!!
it strikes me that Mark Ronsons new album is being described as particularly sad laden, and Diana Ross now pinpoints that's specifically the kind of songs she doesn't want to do ??
Odd coincidence or the two must have had a conversation framed around this.
^ That is so true...
She honestly don't need to do more sad songs. When it comes to "dark" material she did, "Every Day Is a New Day" is the tops on that. I rather for her to make the OPPOSITE of EDIAND now.
This was great. I loved it.
At her Toronto concert she said she has experienced so many facets of the music industry, from 45's to mp3. She may not do a complete physical album, but just stream a few songs.
We'll see.
I can definitely hear her singing this. This is a great song.
She said that at her Toronto concert as well. She's is a good place and wants to sing upbeat songs. But even the Supremes songs were about love lost, but they were very danceable....even though I sang along, I really didn't pay attention to the content of the lyric.
In all these announcements has it mentioned a record label? Would be interested to know which label is gonna take a punt on this...
Well Boogie, I have downloaded Mark Ronson's new album... it's not bad and not wholly sad. The songs are lyrically sad [[and some of the vocals are) but the style is fairly upbeat, disco-ish pop. I'm not a massive fan of any of the people he has collaborated with though, Diana would be much better!!!
Hi Tom - The new Ronson album was created to reflect the feelings he's experienced post-divorce. His lp would, of course, have little to nothing to do with music he would create for Diana. Talented producers can produce music of more than one mood, as I' sure you [[if not others ...) can understand!
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/13/a...sultPosition=1
Do you really think she is that interested in making an album? Don't misunderstand me, I hope she is going to record, with great producers, and they'll come with exciting new stuff. I love her actual voice and she can be very effective with appropriated material. But Diana knows that music isn't selling anymore unless you are a trendy young act. Barbra, Madonna, Cher, all those iconic superstars are ending with mediocre results in term of sales.
Why would she be an exception?
That was always my guess, Bluebrock. Supporting a major album release must be grueling, and we all know that Diana is supportive and involved with her now-extended family in a big, big way so I'm sure the grin & greet 'thang just isn't appealing to her any longer.