Thank you so much for doing more Donna. For the amount of talent and beauty she had she is probably the most overlooked singer in the business. She deserves her props. Please do some more of her her musical vault is full of treasures. You look like you could be her daughter. You're great!
Thanks for another Donna reaction!! Yeah, she was trying to give a voice to the "ladies of the night" and sing about what was really going on out there. They are real people just like the rest of us. The part where she says...Now you and me, we're both the same, though you call yourself by different names and other lines in the song let you see them in a different light. I will FOREVER love Donna!!!
I've read Donna got the "seed" of the idea for this song. Looking out the window of a LA building. Where she saw the "working girls" on the street. With her talent she came up with a real good song. About real people, who are looked down on by most.
The problem with modern music is there aren’t enough whistles or cowbells. But seriously . Sympathy for women and their struggles reached its epitome with this song. It’s hard to imagine but society cared little for hookers. Donna Summer gave them a voice and credence , it’s freaking epic .
I always loved that song just epic at that time of her career she was already an icon 🥰👌I just love Donna summers what an exceptional voice one of a kind
I played this Donna Summer cassette constantly when I was 15-16. Our pom-pon (dance team) wanted to do a dance routine to this or Hot Stuff, but our coach told us it probably wasn't a good idea 🤣. We just loved the beat and didn't really think about the meaning as anything more than going out with the girls and "partying"!
The story behind the song is interesting; a secretary at Donna's record label (Casablanca) came back from lunch one day complaining that she , once again, had been mistaken by the cops for a prostitute because of the way she was dressed. Donna overheard the secretary talking about it and got the idea for Bad Girls. She co-wrote it with all of the members of Brooklyn Dreams. This was about two years before she actually put the song out. She did a demo of the song and the label head of Casablanca, Neil Bogart, got ahold of it and told Donna that it was too rock'n'roll for her. He wanted to give it to Cher, who had just been signed to Casablanca. Donna snatched the demo from Neil's hand and said 'You're not giving it to Cher. It's my song!"
This is the recording, but set to Bad Girls from her TV special. The "bad girls" are actress Deborah Lee Scott (brown hair), 1960s Icon Twiggy (blonde), and Pat Ast (red big top) who was a good friend and always hung out with Andy Warhol who Donna also knew. Pat Ast is also in the video Supernatural Love, which was filmed at a restaurant I have been to and then it became a dance club which I also went to-I loved that building.
1979 This song came out.... On the Heels of Free Love, the Swinger Culture, Cocaine Abuse and really just self indulgence of all kind... The fight for equal rights had died down, Aids was in its infancy, Crack was taking over the US; The anti war issues, police brutality was ramping up... People were looking for any release from the grind of trying to work and still be broke... The Music of the Mid to Late 70s reflects that just do what feels good... Soon Aids would be more then a Gay issue, Crack would destroy families and neighborhood and a new conscience would grow of young people scream to be heard about bad Policing in the inner-Cities... This is also my 2nd year of High School so I had front row seats for it all...
The police officer became her husband Bruce Sudano and they are still married right up to the time of her death, his band was called The Brooklyn Dreams, they named their daughter Brook-Lynne
Back then that was the time and this is from the 70s not the 80s, before 83 people were sex wild! Then came aids that changed it all!!! Queen of Disco and all pop music back then, Donna was on top of the world!
The 80's were the best time to come of age. People were just people, there was a lot less talk about people's race, etc, and political correctness did not yet exist. We all just came together, had fun, and I heard David Lee Roth in an interview once sum it up as" the clothes smiled, the music smiled, and we all just had fun." By the 90's we started getting grunge rock, darker perspectives in music, tv, etc, and political correct nonsense started infecting society and dividing people.
Donna was on Casablanca Records when she firest came to America from Germany, and was with them through the On the Radio release. Neil Bogart, head of Casablanca Records who gave her an office in their building which was on Sunset Blvd. and known for having street walkers. But, the building was beautiful and that part of Sunset was just after all the famous rock clubs, and then a giant medical building an an entertainment and business building, my bank, and then Beverly Hills (all within 1/2 mile). A woman named Nellie Prestwood who worked at Casablanca, left for lunch, and when she was walking down the sidewalk either to or from a restaurant, the police pulled over and harassed her. When she got to Casablanaca, she was in tears, and Donna came running to her and asked her what was wrong, and Nellie said, "They thought I was a bad girl". And, there you have it. Also, on the recording, Donna sings "You're such a dirty bad girl", but the story is that she receifed a lettter from a prostitute who opened her heart about how that line made her feel, and because Donna renewed her faith in God (which to her means you love everyone and judge no one) and so she alway sang "Naughty" instead of dirty. There is the line, you and me, we're both the same but you call yourself by a different name... meaning that everyone has something to sell in life for whatever reason. Whether you are selling your songs, your talent, or if you're an actor selling your skills and talent; or if you are a RUclips star, or if you are an attorney, even Moms are trying to sell everything that makes them a good mom and taking that information and passing it on to others-- we all are "selling" something even if there is no money involved. And, it isn't a bad thing, it is part of being a human being. So, the "prostitute song" was a real live experience to a very sweet young woman who was not a hooker and not a slut, who I had the pleasure of meeting at an Art Opening for Donna in LA and she came to dinner with our little group -- it was a red carpet event, and several celebrities were there. It was really fund. Twice I got to walk a red carpet because of an invite from Donna. lol
I cant believe you are taken aback about this song (classic) after the Cardie B and Megan the Stallion collaboration WAP :) They tend to glorify a certain kind of profession,. By-the-way I'm humming Roxanne as we speak :)
Sunset Blvd in Hollywood was known for it's female prostitutes that used to hang out on the Boulevard. The album with this song had that theme.. My favorites from Donna are On The Radio and MacArthur Park.. definely not prostitute songs Guaranteed!!
Love your reviews, but this was the seventies during the height of the Disco era and Donna was the Queen of Disco. During the seventies, you could sing about anything and have it be a hit song as long as the best was slamming.
The ONLY difference DayOne,, is that girls that date rich men (who buy them things)....would not be WALKING THE STREETS AT NIGHT! lol...They have nice clothes, a nice car, nice jewelry and a nice place to live! lmao...
I'm not exactly an example of disco, but I went out to the disco and danced in late 70s. I picked out the sexiest girl on the dance floor, went up to her and asked for next dance. We danced. She said I held her too tight.....haha Be honest Day One Reacts..would you have been at the disco had you been around in 1979? It was good clean fun unless one wanted it otherwise....and one could keep it clean. It was a choice.
I don’t think it was about prostitutes, but it was about easy women lol. This was pre-AIDS and one night stands were pretty common with the young bar and party crowds.
Come on young people you don't think we had great music back in the seventies we knew how to have fun going out to the disco club's I was a 19 year old guy going out to the disco club's and dancing with all the beautiful ladies Come on girl our music was innocent compared to today's music nothing but nasty words and you call that music nothing is better than the seventies music 🎶 😌 🤧 🤷 💯 ✨ 🎶 😌 🤧 🤷 💯 ✨ ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
It's not a prostitution song and neither is She Works Hard For The Money. In bad girls, it's about how boys SAY they want the sweet, innocent girls, but it's the bad girls they chase. In Hard For The Money, it's straight up female empowerment and how a woman can work hard and take care of herself without relying on a man if she puts her mind to it. The prostitution implications were societal imprecations that were hyper sexualizing Ms Summer in a (in my opinion) pretty lame attempt to denigrate and or humiliate her because much of society was not prepared for a beautiful, talented, successful and yes, sexy black woman. Diana Ross, etc were real aberrations to "the norm" for black women at the time and they knew that they were somewhat there on sufferance and conducted themselves more discretely, but Donna Summer came in and by God TOOK what she wanted and deserved and was totally unapologetic about it. Lots of people weren't prepared for that
This was 1979. A lot of songs in the 70's had socially conscious subject matter. This album was a a two record set that had a few songs about "hookerism" lol
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Your reaction was priceless, I was giggling when you trying how to express your thoughts!
It was 1979! Donna’s voice is one of the best ever!
I forgot how catchy the "toot toot- hey- beat beat" was
Thank you so much for doing more Donna. For the amount of talent and beauty she had she is probably the most overlooked singer in the business. She deserves her props. Please do some more of her her musical vault is full of treasures. You look like you could be her daughter. You're great!
1979...Donna was great. Big fan...fab voice.
"Is this another prostitution song?" LOL, that was hilarious!!
She asked was the 80s prostitution central? lmao
this was a SEVENTIES song.
I guess Angela WAS listening, then!
Thanks for another Donna reaction!! Yeah, she was trying to give a voice to the "ladies of the night" and sing about what was really going on out there. They are real people just like the rest of us. The part where she says...Now you and me, we're both the same, though you call yourself by different names and other lines in the song let you see them in a different light. I will FOREVER love Donna!!!
I've read Donna got the "seed" of the idea for this song. Looking out the window of a LA building. Where she saw the "working girls" on the street. With her talent she came up with a real good song. About real people, who are looked down on by most.
Late 70s Angela. Donna wanted to give a voice to those girls. These songs around real life and real situations. RIP Donna
She’s definitely the queen of disco
I Love Donna and her emotive voice. One of the best ever for sure
An artist 70s babies missed out on. Us boomers were at the right age for this diva. RIP to the legend Donna Summer
The problem with modern music is there aren’t enough whistles or cowbells. But seriously . Sympathy for women and their struggles reached its epitome with this song. It’s hard to imagine but society cared little for hookers. Donna Summer gave them a voice and credence , it’s freaking epic .
hot stuff AND bad girls need to be played together back to back. just the way they were on the album.
I always loved that song just epic at that time of her career she was already an icon 🥰👌I just love Donna summers what an exceptional voice one of a kind
Great, classic disco song.
The LEGENDARY Ms Donna Summers
I played this Donna Summer cassette constantly when I was 15-16. Our pom-pon (dance team) wanted to do a dance routine to this or Hot Stuff, but our coach told us it probably wasn't a good idea 🤣. We just loved the beat and didn't really think about the meaning as anything more than going out with the girls and "partying"!
You giggle; yet, it's actually a deep, sad song; concealed within a fun dance tune.
The story behind the song is interesting; a secretary at Donna's record label (Casablanca) came back from lunch one day complaining that she , once again, had been mistaken by the cops for a prostitute because of the way she was dressed. Donna overheard the secretary talking about it and got the idea for Bad Girls. She co-wrote it with all of the members of Brooklyn Dreams. This was about two years before she actually put the song out. She did a demo of the song and the label head of Casablanca, Neil Bogart, got ahold of it and told Donna that it was too rock'n'roll for her. He wanted to give it to Cher, who had just been signed to Casablanca. Donna snatched the demo from Neil's hand and said 'You're not giving it to Cher. It's my song!"
This is the recording, but set to Bad Girls from her TV special. The "bad girls" are actress Deborah Lee Scott (brown hair), 1960s Icon Twiggy (blonde), and Pat Ast (red big top) who was a good friend and always hung out with Andy Warhol who Donna also knew. Pat Ast is also in the video Supernatural Love, which was filmed at a restaurant I have been to and then it became a dance club which I also went to-I loved that building.
Had the biggest crush on Donna back in the day.
YOu are a refreshing piece of work. I love Ya!!
1979 This song came out.... On the Heels of Free Love, the Swinger Culture, Cocaine Abuse and really just self indulgence of all kind... The fight for equal rights had died down, Aids was in its infancy, Crack was taking over the US; The anti war issues, police brutality was ramping up... People were looking for any release from the grind of trying to work and still be broke... The Music of the Mid to Late 70s reflects that just do what feels good...
Soon Aids would be more then a Gay issue, Crack would destroy families and neighborhood and a new conscience would grow of young people scream to be heard about bad Policing in the inner-Cities...
This is also my 2nd year of High School so I had front row seats for it all...
The police officer became her husband Bruce Sudano and they are still married right up to the time of her death, his band was called The Brooklyn Dreams, they named their daughter Brook-Lynne
Fue la primera!! Precursora del pop!! Le abrió la puerta a todas las que vinieron después!!!
Welcome aboard! Donna was one BADDD Girl!!! Donna was awesome!
This was before AIDS.
This song was released in 1979.
The AIDS scare got big in 1981. There was no cure or treatment then.
Once upon a time in Los Angeles, Sunset Blvd showed presence of ladies of the evening. This song & Sunset People we’re written about it.
"I Feel Love" changed dance music forever, but "Love to Love you baby" is one of the sleaziest top 40 songs in history, way more sleazy than "WAP."
What do you mean "sleazy"?
I had the extended version of "Love to Love You Baby " on vinyl, the song was almost 12 minutes long.
This was Donna’s funky disco track.
Back then that was the time and this is from the 70s not the 80s, before 83 people were sex wild! Then came aids that changed it all!!! Queen of Disco and all pop music back then, Donna was on top of the world!
This video is taken from her 1980 TV Special. There are some good live performances on RUclips as well. Hot Stuff should be next.
And it was a HIT TOO!
lol-omg Angela! crying😂
Oh yeah !! That's why she called them Bad Girl. Nothing different today from the 80s . She just decided to make a song about those women.
The 80's were the best time to come of age. People were just people, there was a lot less talk about people's race, etc, and political correctness did not yet exist. We all just came together, had fun, and I heard David Lee Roth in an interview once sum it up as" the clothes smiled, the music smiled, and we all just had fun." By the 90's we started getting grunge rock, darker perspectives in music, tv, etc, and political correct nonsense started infecting society and dividing people.
Monster hit for Donna in 1979!
Donna was on Casablanca Records when she firest came to America from Germany, and was with them through the On the Radio release. Neil Bogart, head of Casablanca Records who gave her an office in their building which was on Sunset Blvd. and known for having street walkers. But, the building was beautiful and that part of Sunset was just after all the famous rock clubs, and then a giant medical building an an entertainment and business building, my bank, and then Beverly Hills (all within 1/2 mile). A woman named Nellie Prestwood who worked at Casablanca, left for lunch, and when she was walking down the sidewalk either to or from a restaurant, the police pulled over and harassed her. When she got to Casablanaca, she was in tears, and Donna came running to her and asked her what was wrong, and Nellie said, "They thought I was a bad girl". And, there you have it.
Also, on the recording, Donna sings "You're such a dirty bad girl", but the story is that she receifed a lettter from a prostitute who opened her heart about how that line made her feel, and because Donna renewed her faith in God (which to her means you love everyone and judge no one) and so she alway sang "Naughty" instead of dirty. There is the line, you and me, we're both the same but you call yourself by a different name... meaning that everyone has something to sell in life for whatever reason. Whether you are selling your songs, your talent, or if you're an actor selling your skills and talent; or if you are a RUclips star, or if you are an attorney, even Moms are trying to sell everything that makes them a good mom and taking that information and passing it on to others-- we all are "selling" something even if there is no money involved. And, it isn't a bad thing, it is part of being a human being.
So, the "prostitute song" was a real live experience to a very sweet young woman who was not a hooker and not a slut, who I had the pleasure of meeting at an Art Opening for Donna in LA and she came to dinner with our little group -- it was a red carpet event, and several celebrities were there. It was really fund. Twice I got to walk a red carpet because of an invite from Donna. lol
I'm jealous as all hell.
This song was a huge hit !
Check out Donna Summer HEAVEN KNOWS duet with Brooklyn Dreams live.
I know how much you like Donna summer, try this... The Queen is back, doo a summer, 'down deep inside', the theme from the film 'the deep'.
80s had everything the dirty stuff and the lovey dubby stuff too (:
"Picking up al kinds of strangers, if the price is right. You can't score if your pocket's tight, but you want a good time. "
You got it in one girl
Just go with it!
You really need to listen to her sing STATE OF INDEPENDENCE.
She was the QUEEN of DISCO .nothing else 2b said.
Listen to enough is enough by her and Barbara Streisand
... BIG CLASSIC / BIG RESPECT / OLD SCHOOL REPRESENT / FUCK NEW SKOOL ...
Hot Stuff/Bad Girls was actually one song on the album, released as two songs to the charts. So really, it's just the one prostitution song.
"Not child in the city" by Nick Gilder is another great prostitution song from the late 1970s
Love the content of your channel. Would like to suggest / see your reaction to 'Dirty Work' by the music group Steely Dan- 1972
Disco had an over the top look to it. Donna Summer exemplifies that here. Disco was a fun time.
HOT STUFF segways into BAD GIRLS, they should AlWAYS be played together.
Listen to the words, it's a comment on what some women have to do to get by. "Bad girls, talking bout sad girls.
Was the 80s prostitution songs?
No,actually the 80s were stalker songs . You'd be surprised at how many came out that decade
There is my bad girl, I miss my rollerskates.
You should try the Mary Jane Girls and their megahit, In My House. Once again, I think you’ll dig it! You are so much fun!
The disco era...drugs were flowing, bodies bumping, and the only limitation was your imagination.
You can't miss her!!! I've been with her from the ❤️ begining. Yes you pick up quick, don't you.
Unfortunately a lot of young women and men fall into a bad place and do what is necessary to survive. It ain't about love at all.
I cant believe you are taken aback about this song (classic) after the Cardie B and Megan the Stallion collaboration WAP :) They tend to glorify a certain kind of profession,. By-the-way I'm humming Roxanne as we speak :)
Too many people have forgotten about the real value in life and love unfortunately.
Sunset Blvd in Hollywood was known for it's female prostitutes that used to hang out on the Boulevard. The album with this song had that theme.. My favorites from Donna are On The Radio and MacArthur Park.. definely not prostitute songs Guaranteed!!
Love your reviews, but this was the seventies during the height of the Disco era and Donna was the Queen of Disco. During the seventies, you could sing about anything and have it be a hit song as long as the best was slamming.
Roxanne is the 7o's.
Bad Girls is the 7o's.
Now for the 7o's trifecta play Lady Marmalade by Patti Labelle and her group, Labelle. Enjoy.
The ONLY difference DayOne,, is that girls that date rich men (who buy them things)....would not be WALKING THE STREETS AT NIGHT! lol...They have nice clothes, a nice car, nice jewelry and a nice place to live! lmao...
NYC was like prostitution and crime central before the ckeanup (by Guilani)
React to donna summer I feel love
She wrote this about the prostitutes walking the streets of L.A. by her record label.
If the PRICE is right. Yeah, I think it's pretty clear right from the start that the "bad girls" are the ladies of the evening.
I'm not exactly an example of disco, but I went out to the disco and danced in late 70s. I picked out the sexiest girl on the dance floor, went up to her and asked for next dance. We danced. She said I held her too tight.....haha
Be honest Day One Reacts..would you have been at the disco had you been around in 1979? It was good clean fun unless one wanted it otherwise....and one could keep it clean. It was a choice.
I don’t think it was about prostitutes, but it was about easy women lol. This was pre-AIDS and one night stands were pretty common with the young bar and party crowds.
Except she says if thr price is right. Lol
yes it is lol the oldest profession
Come on young people you don't think we had great music back in the seventies we knew how to have fun going out to the disco club's I was a 19 year old guy going out to the disco club's and dancing with all the beautiful ladies Come on girl our music was innocent compared to today's music nothing but nasty words and you call that music nothing is better than the seventies music 🎶 😌 🤧 🤷 💯 ✨ 🎶 😌 🤧 🤷 💯 ✨ ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Notice the cop got into the back seat with her.
No, this was the only "prostitution song " I can recall, lol, that's funny
When she asked, "Is this another prostitution song", she was referring to her video reaction of The Police's 'Roxanne'.
It's a 1979 songs it's a disco, yes it talks about prostitution.
This was not '80s! It was late '70s Disco. The '70s was the heyday of porn & the sexual revolution.
Lol !!!!!
Donna Summer stopped singing this type of music when she became a born again Christian in the early 80's
This is actually 1979.
🤣🤣🤣
It was NOT the 80s young lady. It was the 70s
70'S AND IT IS CALLED BAD GIRLS, DUH.
It's not a prostitution song and neither is She Works Hard For The Money. In bad girls, it's about how boys SAY they want the sweet, innocent girls, but it's the bad girls they chase. In Hard For The Money, it's straight up female empowerment and how a woman can work hard and take care of herself without relying on a man if she puts her mind to it. The prostitution implications were societal imprecations that were hyper sexualizing Ms Summer in a (in my opinion) pretty lame attempt to denigrate and or humiliate her because much of society was not prepared for a beautiful, talented, successful and yes, sexy black woman. Diana Ross, etc were real aberrations to "the norm" for black women at the time and they knew that they were somewhat there on sufferance and conducted themselves more discretely, but Donna Summer came in and by God TOOK what she wanted and deserved and was totally unapologetic about it. Lots of people weren't prepared for that
Some
Isn't Tic-Tok just 2022's version of today's prostitution?
The oldest profession in recorded history…
All I know this is a bad jam
No comment. Lol
Songs about HO-ING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
Another prostitution song? that's funny!
Never be a voice like that again!
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This was 1979. A lot of songs in the 70's had socially conscious subject matter. This album was a a two record set that had a few songs about "hookerism" lol