Product: Hot Summer Night [VHS] (1983)
Rating: 4.0
Another Shade of Summer
This concert recording is well worth the effort to find, as it contains some very rare live versons of Summer's 80's work.During her 1983 tour she bascilly had 2 new albums out (She Works Hard For The Money, and Donna Summer), and another album recorded but not yet released (I'm A Rainbow). See my reviews of all of these recordings.Here is the breakdown of songs included on the set list from these albums;Donna Summer; Love Is In Control, State of Independance.She Works Hard..; She Works Hard..., Women, Unconditional Love.I'm A Rainbow; Romeo, Don't Cry For Me Argentina.Cats Without Claws (from 1984); Forgive Me.Romeo was also released that year on the soundtrack to Flashdance, and was added to the set list by requests from fans early in the tour. Don't Cry For Me Argentina, was also part of her 1981 greatest hits Tour, and became a show highlight, and to me the read here is the best. A short verson of her mega-hit opens the show (MacArthur Park), and On The Radio and a stellar Last Dance are also featured. A 4 song medly represents the landmark Bad Girls album, and contains Dim All The Lights, Sunset People, Bad Girls and Hot Stuff.Since the late 1980's, Donna has returned to doing her Greatest Hits as the basis for her live shows, and her concerts to this day have become a giant celebration, with the venues becoming huge dance halls. This concert gives us a rare view of what Donna had hoped to achieve in a decade domintaed by Madonna, and Prince.