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

Chain Reaction

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Strange that the Bee Gees wrote & sang backing vocals for this but appear nowhere in the video (which receives bafflingly high rotation on Hits!TV). Perhaps Diana refused to share the stage? In any case, this song has the MOST KEY CHANGES EVER. I defy you to name a song with more.

Re: Chain Reaction

[koganbot]

I don't remember "Chain Reaction," but the Easybeats' "Friday On My Mind" holds the record for Hit Single With The Most Chord Changes (if not key changes - to tell you the truth, I'm not always sure what counts as a key change).

[apologies if this is a double-post: live journal is glitching on me today]