Diva Canon #7: DIANA ROSS

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

DIANA FACTS:

Her middle name is 'Ernestine'.

She used to sh4g Gene Simmons out of KISS.

She once served a two-day jail sentence.

She is actually a MERMAID hence the fishtail dresses.

The original diva (if you don't count Marie Antoinette) made sure she had a separate credit on pretty much every song she appeared on for maximum importance. As such, I have only included singles where Diana is named separately. I nearly made this a smaller, Supremes-only poll, but the whole point of canonizing is to weed the wheat from the chaff, and there's certainly a lot of chaff down here. EIGHTEEN ticks? Ndoobedoobedoo!

[Poll #879379]

Comments

PUB QUIZ MOTOWN CURSE

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

This Diana canon epitomises the curse in that I'm sure LOADS of these are songs that everyone knows without being able to put a name to them. I sat there blankly looking at the list going "I'm SURE I know and like all of these but I've no idea how they go right now".

There are moments in my life when I think Can't Hurry Love is the greatest pop song ever written. Like wandering out of Carl Craig at The End last Saturday to hear it being played, anachronistically, in the other room.

Re: PUB QUIZ MOTOWN CURSE

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Can't Hurry Love is an amazing tune SULLIED by Phil Collins.

Re: PUB QUIZ MOTOWN CURSE

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

This happened?????!!!!!!!

The Supremes pick-only-three was MUCH harder than the Solo Diana try-to-remember-18.

Re: PUB QUIZ MOTOWN CURSE

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

But that is the strength of canonism - at the end the collective poptimist knollidge will suggest which ones are worth a re-listen!

Re: PUB QUIZ MOTOWN CURSE

[nicolars.livejournal.com]

Yes, it was very difficult.