Dusty Springfield died 20 years ago

GOOD

Gemma Arterton will play Dusty in an upcoming biopic.

Dusty was with Norma Tanega for awhile. Here's Norma singing a quirky little tune called "Walkin' My Cat Named Dog" in 1966:

loved dusty. brilliant singer. died from breast cancer......

love her.

R3 = WE KNOW

Who is he? I have never heard of him, any relation to Rick Springfield?

I thought it was like ten years ago...

I only want to be with Death!

Related to Buffalo Springfield.

When Dusty Springfield was in concert, Princess Margaret was in attendance in the royal box. Dusty had a huge gay and lesbian following. At the concert, the gay men in the audience adored her and were quite vocal with their worshipful praise. Dusty said "It's nice to see the royalty isn't confined in the box!" It was hilarious. Princess Margaret was not pleased. She demanded an apology and she prepared a written apology letter for Dusty to sign. Reportedly, Dusty signed it.

Princess Margaret was a cunt.

Details on forthcoming biopic

MARY!

You don't have to say you love me

Lick my Lady Ham

Didn't Lulu deliver the eulogy at Dusty's funeral?

I love Dusty’s songs.

[quote] Didn't Lulu deliver the eulogy at Dusty's funeral?

One of them

She closed her eyes and counted to ten

VERY overrated. The GAYS LOVE HER though.

That's because she was crazy, R18.

[quote]VERY overrated.

Bullshit.

I really like those three albums she did in the late ‘70s/early ‘80s: It Begins Again (1978), Living Without Your Love (1979), and White Heat (1982). It’s a shame she didn’t make another album until Reputation in 1990.

Love her! Her sound, her openness to soul, her hard work. But not a happy person. Must have been hard to be a well-adjusted lesbian in 50s 60s England.

Being undiagnosed bi-polar didn't help either, R22.

They filmed a concert she did in London in the 70s at the Albert Hall. It was painfully bad.

She was so butch and she tried to hide it behind all that hair and make-up. She looked like a clown.

BEFORE the clown look.

I didn’t think she looked like a clown. She didn’t wear any more makeup in the ‘60s than other female pop singers. I thought she was beautifully made up in the ‘70s.

R25

She looks like a young Bea Arthur.

[quote] I thought she was beautifully made up in the ‘70s.

UM...OK.

R29

Yow. Was she finally diagnosed by that time?

R29, wasn’t that in the 80s? I think she looks nice in this interview:

[quote]VERY overrated.

"Dusty in Memphis" Obviously you're not familiar with it. Either that or you enjoy being a contrarian for the sake of being a contrarian.

It's brilliant all the way around. One of the very best albums from the 1960s by a solo female artist.

Dusty in Memphis was definitely her high-water mark, but she had a lot of albums that I like just as well: A Brand New Me, Cameo, The Look of Love.

[quote]"Dusty in Memphis" Obviously you're not familiar with it.

Well, you're wrong. I've had the record for years. Vinyl and CD. Even she said she struggled making it in the shadows of truly great singers like Aretha Franklin.

& the gays rate Dusty above Aretha. What a joke!

[quote]the gays rate Dusty above Aretha.

This gay does. Never got Aretha.

Gays liked watered down '60s soul.

Aretha...now that's overrated. She was ok in small doses but her dim-bulb fans equate caterwauling with singing.

Dusty interpreted lyrics. Aretha just yelled them.

Dusty and Aretha had quite a lot in common: Mental illness, traumatic childhoods, physically abusive relationships etc.

Oh, and substance abuse.

Dusty did have rather a long face but her eyes, cheekbones and smile were lovely.

I've always thought this style (wig?) was her most flattering.

Wonder what she looks like now...

[quote] the gays rate Dusty above Aretha.

Actually, only sad, fat queens need to "rate" anyone.

I love and appreciate the work of both artists. I happen to like Dusty more, but that's because her music resonates with me more, not because of any chart anything, or "everything else thinks this so why don't you" fuckery.

Late 70s Dusty singing about a man in the closet.....

One of the greatest singers ever.

[quote]Wonder what she looks like now...

Like the contents of a vacuum cleaner bag, Rose.

Dusty sends you her regards, R41.

You're goddamned right I liked the Supremes, r36, you watered-down hole.

R36 insists on showing her ignorance about soul music. You’re aware there are many sub-genres within soul, right? Aretha’s style isn’t the be-all, end-all.

Dusty was my mother's favourite. Love her.

[quote][R36] insists on showing her ignorance about soul music. You’re aware there are many sub-genres within soul, right? Aretha’s style isn’t the be-all, end-all.

It is. She was THE QUEEN OF SOUL.

& there's no way you can accuse me of being ignorant about soul.

Listen - you gurls love Dusty and The Supremes (& probably Lulu) and that's fine. I won't post again.

She was the queen of SCREAMing.

r50, where did our love go?

R43: That song should have been the theme to [italic]Small Wonder[/italic].

[quote]there's no way you can accuse me of being ignorant about soul.

You’ve proven that you are.

SCREAMING is the way "vocalists" sing today

I guess they're channeling Aretha, r55.

It's my thread you bitches!

MINE!

So young!

This would be called cultural appropriation now!

Heavenly

Dusty in Memphis is perfection. It never occurred to me to compare Dusty to Aretha, I’m not sure I understand that at all. People she shared songs with - Cilla and Dionne - I get that. Give me Dusty any day.

I remember a clip of her hosting top of the pops (in b&w) and John Lennon was incredibly rude to her. Now it’s obvious to see it was because she’s a lesbian. Although I think he was generally an arsehole to everyone.

Dusty opened her second album with "Won't Be Long". She went on to cover "Don't Let Me Lose This Dream".

And of course, Aretha made sure to cover those honky bitches who joined her label via "Son of a Preacher Man" and "Oh Me Oh My".

[quote]Although I think he was generally an arsehole to everyone.

Correct.

R61, I’ve never thought that of that clip (which is one of my favorites, combining the Beatles and Dusty!) as John being rude to her. I suppose the “let’s see your scabs” line (or whatever it is) IS rude, but comes off to me as playful in context of how he says it.

I’ve always taken the “She Loves You!” announcement with Dusty responding coyly “she does?!” as a gay reference. I bet she knew all about him, too.

Supposedly Linda McCartney and Dusty became quite close during the period when they were both fighting breast cancer, and Dusty was devastated by Linda’s death.

Here’s the John and Paul section of the interview, btw:

That’s not the interaction I was referring to - I’ll try and find it.

When the Motown artists went to England, Dusty aired them on her show. For this duet, Berry Gordy wanted her to choose Diana Ross, but Dusty insisted upon Martha Reeves. I'm so glad Dusty did so; the two sound great together.

The two remained good friends until Dusty's death.

I’m sure her gay fandom got a boost when she recorded “What Have I Done To Deserve This” with Pet Shop Boys in 87.

Dusty is easy for drag queens to do!

I always thought Dusty's early 80s album should have been a hit. Very Pat Benetar-esque.

Love the songs, although apparently she didn't and was in a weird relationship with Carole Pope at the time.