Taxicab Classics - “Upside Down” by Diana Ross
There’s no two ways about it. Taxis tune into radio stations that play one of two kinds of music. MOR and disco/soul. This essentially means summat for ‘the dads’ and summink else for ‘the mums’. This doesn’t include Clint’s Disco Taxi in Bolton, which lets you sing away in the back of the cab to various pop atrocities.
For me, top of the disco pile (and my mum would agree) is Diana Ross‘ sublime “Upside Down”. The track is taken from the criminally underrated 1980 LP “Diana” and hit number one all over the world. The song is from the pen of Chic masterminds Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, apparently on a whim after Ross told the legendary songwriter-producer duo that she wanted a song her children could dance to. And how! Click over to listen to the bona-fide, stone cold, dance floor classic.
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How can u say Diana 1980 was an underrated album it sold 4 million copies and was one of her biggest selling album…so you got one right the cd was spectacular and was a major hit for her…one number one song “upside Down” and a top ten wih “I’m Coming Out” So correct yourself with that criminally underrated…IT WAS A SMASH
How can u say Diana 1980 was an underrated album it sold 4 million copies and was one of her biggest selling album…so you got one right the cd was spectacular and was a major hit for her…one number one song “upside Down” and a top ten wih “I’m Coming Out” So correct yourself with that criminally underrated…IT WAS A SMASH
It is so sad that people to this day always find something negative to say about Diana Ross. She is one of the most successful women of the rock era and her achievements in music, theatre and business as well as her acting has proved she is more than an entertainer but a mega-star, a DIVA. The album DIANA was one of her best selling albums and spawn 4 singles three in the top 10 and 3 hitting number one. Check your sources before you belittle the Diva.
When I say “criminally underrated” I mean that it is unfairly overlooked in ‘Best Albums Ever Made’ polls time and time again.
The third comment… I’m not sure how I’ve belittled Ms Ross as I’ve done nothing but heap praise on this brilliant body of work.
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