the full pink-package, even with a cassette
the full pink-package, even with a cassette
That house mix is crap! Very amateurish.
Definitely sounds like a fan made mix.
Agreed that house in mix sounds like it was recorded right out of a popcorn box it’s as bad as it gets but I’m sure someone will come along and make an incredible mix or we can all dance and have fun and enjoy the worlds ultimate entertainers music again
This morning on the Today Show, Diana's new release was one of the headlines opening the second hour. Later, Carson Daly played a bit of the video during his PopStart segment.
It is really nice to see the attention this release is getting.
i like Thank You but am not blown away. her vocals sound great and totally happy with that. the production is better than I Love You but not much IMO. it still sounds rather karaoke-ish to my ear.
also the song builds nicely at the very beginning but then stops. I'm not saying it needed to repeat the hysterics of One More Chance from back in the Masser days. but i feel like the song never goes anywhere.
i've only listened to it a time or two so i'll need to spend a bit more time with it. but those are my initial thoughts
I completely agree with this assessment. The song is pleasant but to me definitely lacks excitement.
The only thing I disagree with you about, is that I love the song “one more chance“! Anything Diane recorded with Michael Masser to me is amongst her best recorded output.
She is number 14 on iTunes pop charts atm! The public loves her.
Here is a list of all of the different exclusive versions for the new album, with links to where you can pre-order in each country. The standard black vinyl and CD can be pre-ordered from most retailers and music stores.
Diana Ross Official Store by Universal [[UK based): Currently available for pre-order - Exclusive online-only 2 LP pink vinyl, standard CD, exclusive online-only pink cassette, standard 2 LP black vinyl [[note: if you have issues with accessing this link on your phone, try from a PC/laptop or try the second link for Decca's store)
https://store.universalmusic.com/dianaross/
https://shop.decca.com/search.html?term=diana+ross
Verve Store/Universal [[US based): Currently available for pre-order - Exclusive online-only 2 LP pink vinyl, standard CD, standard 2 LP black vinyl. This store is not currently selling the pink cassette.
https://shop.ververecords.com/collections/diana-ross
Music Vaultz/Universal [[Canadian based): Currently available for pre-order - Exclusive online-only 2 LP pink vinyl ONLY [[For 15% off, use promo code "VAULTZVIP" at check-out)
https://shop.musicvaultz.com/*/*/Tha...nk/70SL0000000
Amazon Exclusive CD with outer cardboard slip-case featuring alternate artwork:
Amazon USA - exclusive CD :
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096TTSDTZ...4023132&sr=8-6
Amazon UK - exclusive CD :
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thank-You-A...4023119&sr=8-3
Amazon Canada - exclusive CD:
https://www.amazon.ca/Thank-You-Alte...4023108&sr=8-2
Japanese CD release [[SHM CD) - No news thus far on whether the Japanese version will have any bonus tracks:
https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UC...d660cca13f87f4
A posting on Facebook says this is #1 on the Itunes UK single chart.
They're exaggerating - it reached a peak of #14 and has since subsided to #26.
Great to see the positive publicity Diana is getting for Thank You but in the current climate and methodology of the chart compilation it is unlikely to make a chart appearance - at least in the UK.
iTune sales in the UK now are pretty low - it's mostly Streaming now for singles.
Streaming in the US is also the main source of listening to music. And there is no money in it for the artist. Thankfully, Diana will have her album released in physical format too in every configuration - except maybe 8 track. And some of them collectable type editions that fans will buy at a premium.
There is a thread in the main forum of SD about how streaming is ripping off the artists
Streaming Just Aint Working For The Artists. No Money For Them
https://soulfuldetroit.com/showthrea...money-for-them
I hate streaming. It's such a shallow, empty, soulless experience, and the artists are being ripped off.
If you wish to help the artist buy the physical product if it is available. That is especially important for the artists whose record sales were modest back in the day. The likes of Diana Ross do not need the money, but many of the other veteran artists do. I know one exceptionally talented male vocalist who enjoyed reasonable success back in the day, but now he is struggling badly. He has been unable to perform live due to covid 19, and the guy barely has a dime to his name. It is so sad.
There is another performer now deceased who also struggled financially in the months prior to their passing. These artists relied on the live work to give them a reasonable standard of living. Without that some of the performers we love and admire are pretty much on the breadline. It really is pitifully sad.
I agree that artists need to be paid from platforms playing their music. This is criminal that other companies can make money from playing their music but none of that revenue reaches the actual artists. How does that happen?
I will say that I absolutely LOVE my streaming service. It allows me to listen to music that I may never have gotten the chance to listen to. I've discovered artists and music that I never knew existed. Music that never gets played on radio or on television. Or music that has been lost to time. I remember last summer listening to all of David Ruffin's albums that he released. Albums that I've never run across in record stores when I use to buy and collect old albums. My streaming service allowed me to do that. I also listen to a lot of jazz and it's right at my finger tips and it is truly awesome. It's almost like having the keys to the world's largest music store.
Very happy with the rollout of her new project. The promotion is strong. There is a huge advertisement in Times Square. Spotify is promoting as well as all media outlets. However, these days, promotion won’t mean anything if fans don’t stream this song. The video has gotten 322K views. That is incredible considering it was only released yesterday. I like the new song very much. Can’t wait to hear the whole album. I think we are in for a treat.
Lots of press and tv being lined up, but most of it will be timed around the release of the album. I was originally told the album was due to drop around July 4th, but the major sites are slating it for release in September.
She does want to come to the UK to promote it in person, but i suspect it is more likely to be via zoom. I honestly don't think she will leave the States this year, but i am told it is not out of the question.
Popular vocal coach reacts to Diana Ross Thank You!! Very cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAkFsqXYREk
Thank you very much Carlo for the list. I have ordered everything on it expect the SHM CD. I´ll probably just get that closer to release date and when more info is available about it.
I hope we will get some other international/exclusive versions of the album, especially if they will include any bonus tracks.
I was unable to make out a word in the song till I read the lyrics. The word is "healing". Looking forward to some long remixes. The song has a summery bounce!
Thank You has gone straight on to the "A"-playlist at Radio 2 the most listened to Station in the UK!
I thought she was singing Thank You go or That.
Not sure.
Glad it's doing well for her.
Its okay. I'm not really into the autotune sound they have going on nowadays. Its good but not good enough to bring her back to relevance in my opinion.
It is as good as one could reasonably expect in the current musical climate. I am just grateful for anything that will ensure the abysmal " i love you" will not turn out to be her musical swansong.
It is not her finest hour i agree, but it is thankfully by no means the best track on the forthcoming album.
The interesting thing is that they actually hardly used autotune [[or perhaps I misunderstand what you mean with autotune sound) on this song. They could have easily smoothed notes out, corrected some of the pitches, but clearly they didn't. I like that the song clearly shows how the voice of a 77-year-old singer sounds like [[although I would not have mind if they had left those spoken "thank you's" in the background). And what I like about the song is that it actually SHOWS Ross's relevance -- it is not trying to turn Ross into Beyoncé or whoever, but it literarily celebrates the fact that a 77-year-old legend still can release music... that's relevance for me enough.
As we wait for this magnificent album to drop one of the songs that sounds quite interesting is
If the World just danced With any luck this will be a wonderful Dance track
"If the World Just Danced"
"If the World Just Danced"
I agree. No one, I think the lady included, is expecting that she will storm the Hot 100 with it and reach number 1 at 77 years old. No other woman has done it.Streisand, Cher, Bette, Dionne, etc did not hit the Hot 100 with songs from any of their last albums. Aretha did with her, in my opinion, awful cover of Rolling in the Deep.
I just hope the promotion is kept steady and consistent up until, through and after the album is released. Hoping for official remixes of Thank You as well.
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Something ... interesting. I've been listening during my Doordash part-time job to a National Review podcast about the recording career of Neil Young, who has a career timeline roughly equaling that of Diana Ross. Less-than-great lps are acknowledged but not obsessed over. Why, I wonder non-rhetorically, are Diana Ross fans unable to move on from lps they did not care for?
I am guilty as charged regarding that one.
I will tell anyone who will listen just how disappointed i was in Everything is Everything, Last Time i saw him, Why do Fools, Silk Electric, Workin;Overtime, and I love you. I am every bit as eager to discuss those turkeys as i am discussing Diana Ross70, Surrender, Touch me in the Morning, The Boss, Baby it's Me, Force behind the power and Take me Higher.
I have "moved on' as you describe it, but i am always ready to go back and debate the lowlights of her career as well as the many highlights.
Very well stated Mr B. I believe the majority of fans on this forum to be sorted, balanced people who enjoy discussing the highs and sometimes lows of such an amazing career. Problems only arise when the very few who are unable to cope with such candid conversation start labelling other fans trolls or haters.
Most of this rather childish behaviour seems to have been eradicated, but can on occasion still be witnessed........Alas.
It's fine for the majority of the time these days Ollie. I find very little to annoy or upset me these days.
Most members can identify that one members meat can be another members poison. It's great how we all hear things differently for example the Workin' Overtime project which i know you love and i hate, but i love to hear the reasons why you love it so much. It has even made me go back to the album in the hope i can hear something good i may have missed on previous listens. I always come away disappointed, but for some reason i do like to regularly re assess these much criticised projects just to confirm that i do indeed still dislike them. I like to take the good with the bad.
Yeah, makes no sense to me. I'm a fan. I like to discuss it all when it comes to the music, the stuff I love and the stuff I hate. If that makes us trolls, then I sing, in a remixed version of the Floaters' "Float On", "Troll on, troll on, troll on...Troll, troll, troll on..."
I bought the expanded edition of ltish when it was released. Whilst i would stop short at saying it was good, i did find some of the outtakes better than some of the released album, and i know others on here felt the same way. I wouldn't feel too bad about not picking it up. It sure as hell ain't worth 40 bucks of anyones money.
Well argued, Mr. B! Yet, I can't help but thinking of something I once heard somewhere that went something like 'Let he who be without shins cast the first bone'. Or something. I'm glad our Miss Ross has such a reliable and stoic champion to accompany her perambulations and, should UK concerts come to fruition we'll all be wishing you well as always!
Thank you so much. A lot may yet happen and nothing has been confirmed as to whether the shows will go ahead or if i will be joining the party.
I took the sensible step of taking out insurance for both last years and this years cancelled shows. Therefore i was paid in full for doing basically nothing, but the figures i have been quoted to cover next years shows are quite frankly mindblowing and totally unreasonable. It's pretty much 50/50 whether i join in the fun and frollicks at this stage,but your gift to Ms Ross remains safely stored in my loft, and will be presented to her when i am able to do so.
I like the new song. No, it's probably not going to catapult her to the top again. She might get a hit album out of this though. You can't rule that out. But at this point in the game, my desire for music from legacy artists such as Diana Ross is that artistically the music is good, that it doesn't pander or attempt to chase fads or compete with the newbies. IMO she delivers with this new single. It's really nice. I love the vibe. I'm proud of her.
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