Reaction to Donna Summer {MacArthur Park Live 1978} 

Most people do not realize Donna Summer vocal abilities, range and versatility. Her voice was naturally powerful and she can sing the high and difficult notes almost effortless. She was far more than a disco Queen. One of the greatest singers of all time. Such power, control and depth in her amazing tone. No one sings like Donna!!! Had number 1 hits until 2011 right before she died.

Donna Summer was so beautiful! And that voice? Incredible! She was a class act! RIP beautiful lady.

Donna Summers was a beautiful woman with a phenomenal voice.

Any Donna Summer song is beyond amazing. She can singggggggg. Class personified.

Donna was a BEAUTIFUL lady among the GOATs of female singers!! She's on my list with Karen, Linda, and Cyndi.

Donna Summer was a VERY classy lady who was confident on stage and projected a classy sexy image! Disco wouldn't have happened without her. There were other great singers of the disco era, but Donna was the pinnacle of perfection of that genre.

My fav of the Disco Queens. That voice... That face ...I had a huge crush

Nobody did it like Donna, she could sing anything, she never lost that voice right up to the end. A true Pro in every sense of the word.

Donna Summer was a vocal powerhouse. Her range was out of this world. RIP

Donna Summer song effortlessly. Her voice is so strong. She could sing anything. Rest In Power

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ DONNA SUMMER !!!

She was big. Donna and the Bee Gees dominated late '70s disco era. That song was a'60s classic by Richard Harris and also with watching. Great arrangements on both. Last Dance is one of her best. Yes women we're sexier without all overdone cosmetics today.

I have to add to this... Oh hell yes!! I saw her in concert when I was younger (9th grade)in 1979. It was also my first official concert too.. My older sister had two tickets and she asked me if I wanted to go..I didn't know what to expect.. I remember getting dressed up in corduroy pants, a shirt and suit jacket.. The show started a little late because it was a new venue (Buffalo Convention Ctr.) and the stage ,seating and sound equipment all were new...so things were a bit confusing at first.. But .there was..Donna.. patiently waiting at the top of the stairway stage. .Once the crowd settled down ,the lights went dim and the music started...Oh My Lord...She came down and started the show and I will never forget it!..I was so blown away by her voice..That incredible range and versatility.Donna sang a few songs at first (Once upon a time, etc.. FairyTail High..) then calmed everyone down by stating that this is a new place,new equipment so sit back and enjoy the evening..I remember her saying that she's played in alot worse places than this.Then she was on to the next song effortlessly singing..What a show she put on for the rest of the evening.The orchestra,the costumes..she was sexy,bawdy and funny at times.It is etched in my mind. Of all the concerts I saw after that...nothing compares .

What an amazing voice this lady had👌

I’ve always loved Donna Summer. She was so talented. Whenever she released an album I knew it would not disappoint. She was a Christian. She grew up singing in the church. She passed away from lung cancer years ago. I auditioned for a theater group in Washington DC in the 70s and sang that song. Of course, not like Donna! She had so many great albums like “Once Upon a Time”, “Four Seasons of Love” “Alive and More” “Bad Girls” “The Wanderer” etc. Her songs have wonderful lyrics and great music for dancing. I still listen to her music. Thanks for your reaction to one of my favorite entertainers.

On The Radio, Hot Stuff, and Bad Girls, I feel love, Dim the lights, and Last Dance all songs worth hearing.

Queen of Disco❤🕺

She was fucking amazing. Every time i hear one of her songs i get chills, tears and deep feelings 😍 her voice was amazing until the very last concert and i even liked it more when it was more mature. So much love for this woman

She was the queen of Disco; unfortunately, she's deceased, but she had one of the greatest voices ever! May God bless her soul.

The voice of my high school years. We took many trophies for our HS kickline with this song. This song and 'Heaven Knows' will always be my favorites of hers.

One of the best live performers ever!!!!!!

Only one Donna Summer. Still listen you her music, regularly. The Queen. Saw her in Virginia, Open Air concert.

She was one of my favorite singers. She was sexy, but yes classy. She had a lot of hits, all great! Bad Girls, Heaven Knows, Last Dance, Dim All the Lights, On the Radio, Hot Stuff, She Works Hard for the Money, etc.

Originally sung by Richard Harris (yes, the actor) in 1968.

When she came to Barcelona Spain, she got everybody on their feet 💃🏼

She was great! Such a great singer and a great human being!!!

She always remained classy.

She sang studio quality live...always! She could sing anything! I was at this concert too. She recorded a live album from this concert in 1978. NO one can sing like her.

Love her voice!! She was the Disco Queen! Looked like you wanted to dance with her 😂😂

She’s an Angel! Also she had great collaboration with Barbara Streisand thanks for reacting!

Beauty, Class, Elegance, Style and Awesome Vocals! Donna had all of that. Unfortunately, today's female singers mostly have some vocals only.

She had a voice. Always loved her voice!

Donna Summer had natural talent and ability, her vocal ranges was astonishing, he grace, style, and presentation was esquiette. She was elegant, glamourous, and sexy. She didn't have to try that hard to be any of those accolades, she just was.

Awesome!!!! Donna Summer has never disappointed.

Yes, one of the most powerful voices of all time... and, like you said, effortless for her! I LOVED her back in that day - I was 14 years old when this came out and it was on the radio all the time. I remember I had several of her songs on the 45 records. So very much dating myself. She and the other powerhouse voice of all time, Barbra Streisand, do a duet together and it will blow you away too called, "Enough is Enough".

I think she is one of the truly underrated female vocalists of the 20th century. I'd put her in the top ten for sure. And best of all, she was just a delightful person. I had the distinct pleasure of being invited to dinner with her and her husband once by her record company. I totally expected her to be every bit the diva that her reputation suggested. But no. She was soft-spoken, polite, approachable, kind, smart, funny...all the things you'd hope a person to be. What a talent, and what a loss when she left us much, much too soon.

The most fantastic voice i have heard. If you weren't impressed you would be dead!

Absolute Goddess.

I love the way it made you move. She will never be replaced. Thank you for bringing her music to a new audience.

May she R.I.P. but she had a amazing voice an was very beautiful an classy

I was 19 when this song came out. I was a rock guy but I was so in love with Donna Summer and her music. She was a beautiful gracious woman. I saw her live in the 90's at the westbury music fair in long island with my wife. She was beyond great with an amazing voice. She sang amazing grace and it sent chills down my spine and brought a tear to my eye. She also explained to the audience that she wrote one of her biggest hits " Dim all the lights" for Rod Stewart but he turned it down. She hits notes that are insane on that fantastic song.

LOL!! You already did a reaction to her song No More Tears (Enough is Enough) with Barbra Streisand. Donna was IT in the 70's and early 80's! She had an AMAZING voice! So powerful but she made it look SO easy! VERY underrated singer. You have to know her.... Hot Stuff, Bad Girls, Last Dance, On the Radio, She Works Hard For the Money.... so many! I LOVE HER! Ask your Mama! LOL!!

Huge fan of her.

Saw her in Detroit multiple times. Beautiful and Sexy.Great voice.

Oooo “Love To Love You Baby”...one hot song!!!🤐

This is one of my favorites too

Excelente voz femenina la d Donna Sommer. ! Qué belleza de mujer ...

Her voice 🖤🙌🙌🙌.. the On The Radio album of greatest hit is perfection. My dad was a wild guy, he had a Porsche which was hatchback, so a fancy car in the 70’s wasn’t questioned I guess... She was a Queen, truly! Not bad for a first ever concert ☺️💃🏻

A True Diva

A girl from New York City (Brooklyn, I think), she was beautiful and talented. "Last Dance" was my favorite.

Of course it needs be said that this was written by Jimmy Webb, one of the best songwriters of his generation.

Ten years earlier Richard Harris (English actor - check him out. An amazing man) recorded this song and blew me away.

Class is the word. Thank You1

MacArthur Park is the name of the song .Love her voice

I love Donna Summer. I had her LPs in the 70s. Did the hustle. Bad Girls, ya beep .... Beep. She worked hard for the money.

The True Game Changer!! All the Whitney's Madonna's Mariah's ... All followed in her footprints!! The one True Queen!!❤

I have never heard this concert version before though I remember the song from the 70's,its been jazzed up to a disco feel and Donna Summers does a great job,but originally it was done more as a ballad Macarthus Park and was sang by a well-known British actor unfortunately I can't remember his name but became very popular on the radio also I think in the early 70's,there is a video of it on RU-vid somewhere.

What an amazing performer she is! Great choice Cara! Sad that I missed the premier 😪

Love her. This song is great and the love the original version as well..but it was Ms Summers version i heard first and Love

In the early 80's Donna Summer's was EVERYWHERE in Italy. Posters in all the shops, her songs played at all the discotheques. She kinda was overplayed for me but the Italians could not get enough of her songs. Even now I still kinda pass when it comes to her songs. But of course she has a great voice.

Donna Summer was fantastic. React to Morissette Amon singing " Akin La Na Lang" on the 107.5 Wishbus. You will be blown away.

Donna Summer was a Diva that didn't act like a Diva.

Jimmy Webb wrote this song about a girl he used to date. She worked at a bank across the street from MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, CA. He would join her for lunches in the park, and during one of those lunch dates it started to rain, and a family that was having a birthday picnic nearby had to abandon their food, which included a birthday cake. That's why it's in the lyrics. Weird, but true, and really cool. They did not end up together, but Jimmy Webb and his ex-girlfriend are still friends to this day.

Donna's death was a tragedy. Only 63, she died from lung cancer & was a non-smoker. Second hand smoke is a killer. RIP

I was born in 78 my mom hated Disco but I love most of it

loved hot stuff as a kid my brother used to play it

Never smoked a cigarette in her life. Got caught in the rubble in 9-11 and ended up passing from lung cancer. Breaks my heart cause i loved her so 💔 rest in peace queen

YOU HAVE MANY GREAT REQUESTS FOR DONNA HERE HERE IS ONE TO ADD BARBRA STREISAND WITH DONNA SUMMER NO MORE TEARS. THIS WILL BLOW YOUR MIND.

yes her was effortless!!! I saw her a dozen times over 40 years and she never. had. an. off. night. Classy and sexy. Yes. That is it exactly.

I highly recommend Donna Summer's MacArthur Park Suite, which is a medley of three songs. It is a studio recording and much more emotionally charged than the live recording. Here is the link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NIr8WXt7PG8.html

Always enjoyed this song..Both of the famous versions of it..1 by Richard Harris the actor is the original and this disco one by Donna Summer...Both have their great points Donna had the voice to do this so very well..the original had that build up in it to the end..but this had that pure disco era vibe..Keep Safe Keep Strong My Dear Friend

Try Dim all the lights from her Bad Girls album. She starts slow then she hits a 30 second note. A great singer and you can appreciate her vocal ability. Nothing wrong saying she was sexy but classy

Last Dance 💃 from Donna please, classy lady

OK, I'm fixing to make someone realllly mad, but here's my evaluation... I love disco, in spite of all the ridicule it receives (those who ridicule it probably can't dance!). I love the gorgeous Donna Summer/"Aunt Oona from Altoona" (RIP, dear sister in Christ). I love this fabulous Jimmy Webb song (dayum, that man can write songs!). But this combo just doesn't work for me. I remember when this song hit the air waves in '68. I absolutely loved it. I wasn't a big fan of Richard Harris, but I loved the song so much, I overlooked the artist. Ever since August 8 of 2017, the only versions I listen to now are the ones performed by Glen Campbell (RIP dear brother in Christ). *_That's_* a combo that works! Glen's vocals are far superior to Richard Harris', and to this day I'm flummoxed as to why Jimmy Webb had Harris record it since Jimmy and Glen were a match made in heaven. As if the vocals weren't enough, there's always a thrilling guitar solo that only Glen the guitar god can deliver. Unmatched perfection. I've seen references to Donna Summer's version in the comment sections of Glen's covers of this song. I'm glad I got to see Donna's version so I can make the comparison. No one delivers on this song like Glen. P.S. Ty, you're right. The sexy was much more classy back then.

Listen to the version from her album Live and More.

Any conversation about the greatest female singers ever should begin and end with Donna Summer, Whitney Houston and Marilyn McCoo.

She's from Boston one of my friends dated her before she became famous

This song was originally done by actor Richard Harris, who mostly talked it. It was a good version, but Donna, the Queen of disco, was just overwhelming.

Best version of this song is the Four Tops, listen to an early version 1970"s than Four Tops Live 1996 MGM Grand Las Vegas.

i love this song, but my preferred version which is full length is Belgium prom 2005. Better warmer sound quality

Class and Sexy is accurate!

"Carrie Underwood"..."Before He Cheats" Please give reaction to Miss Underwood's Video. God Bless!

Donna Summer had a wonderful voice. But I hated disco and I still do.

my favorite song Donna sang it better than the original artist who wrote the song.

A 4 years Old was not allowed in Studio 54

Donna was a gospel singer but the recording industry marketed her as disco queen which she didn’t like

Donna Summer was a favorite of mine also. Ty I know you have been really busy but would you please react to Procol Harum singing A Whiter Shade of Pale live in Denmark. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-St6jyEFe5WM.html You listened to one of their songs there but this song in my opinion truly shows his vocal ability. In fact I think his voice improved with age.

I’d like to suggest you react to Dimash Kudaibergen, a singer from Kazakhstan. Dimash has a 7 octave voice and is called a neo-classical or a crossover singer/performer. He is now 26 years old and has been studying music and voice for 20 years. He just received his PHD this summer and is now studying for his doctorate. He is a very genuine and humble person who loves his family and country dearly. I’d suggest you begin with SOS from the Slavic Bazaar.

Hey, Donna Summers was great... but when she climbs the stairs and does the high note.... there are two things that make me think there was some added sound other than her voice..... first, you see here pull the mic away from her mouth WITHOUT a change in volume like would have happened if it were live....also, after she pulls the mike away and stops singing, there is an instant where the sound goes away... but then comes back... these are both unnatural

Brother...if you want to see and hear class, get yourself to react to Sade.

LIP SINK at 6:33 - she swings the mike away, but her voice continues. LIP SINK

The canned orchestra drowns out the lyrics.

Richard Harris would turn in his grave, and Jimmy Webb would inch closer to his if he heard this discofied mess they made of his beautiful song.Donna Summer will live in infamy for destroying a wonderful piece of music.

LIP SINK - Look at 5:20 - mike is way too far to pick up her loud scream "AaaHaaa". LIP SINK

Probably the shittiest song ever written. But God she does sound good!

Sorry, but she butchered the song. The original by Richard Harris was almost entirely accompanied by an orchestra. The song should be in four parts, Donna Summer did a version of the first of these but then there is a second song, an instrumental interlude and finally a reprise of the first verse. The song is meant to be about the memories of a broken relationship. This does not do it justice.

This song was once voted the worst song in the history of rock 'n' roll although I do not agree. I don't much care for this version but if you listen to this by Waylon Jennings, "If you ain't crying, you ain't listening!

Richard Harris did it better