I already shared tracks from
Diana Ross' album Upside Down, and below are three more albums from 1980 by black female artists I listened to. A suitable
time to give one's attention to with Black History Month in February.
Album: Me Myself I by Joan
Armatrading
Listen to:
Me Myself I
Is It Tomorrow Yet
Album: Warm Leatherette by Grace Jones
Listen to:
Pars (Jacques Higelin cover)
Private Life (The Pretenders cover)
Album: Fame soundtrack by Various Artists
Fame won the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. Michael Gore also won an Oscar for Best Original Score.
Listen to:
Fame performed by Irene Cara
Hot Lunch Jam performed by Irene Cara and cast
Fame is such a great song...and movie. Need to revisit the music of Grace Jones. She was too out there for me when I was 9. Imgine that.
ReplyDelete@Wendell: Yes, Fame is a classic. The Fame movie I wasn’t so keen on except the joyous spontaneous dance sequences.
DeleteThat was very young! Warm Leatherette is decent but not Grace Jones’ best. I may do a top 10 of her songs this year.
I love the Fame soundtrack. That was probably one of the most brilliant 80s soundtracks. Poor Irene Cara went through so much for that soundtrack. If I recall correctly she quit music after that album b/c of how they treated her.
ReplyDelete@msmariah: That treatment of Cara sounds harsh! I’ll google her to see what happened to Irene Cara’s career. All I know is she had 80s hits from various soundtracks (Fame, Flashdance, D.C. Cab)
DeleteLove the Fame mentions. My favorite from the film would be "Out Here On My Own".
ReplyDelete@Josh: Thanks for sharing your pick from Fame. Just gave it a listen again. Irene Cara’s has a beautiful voice.
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