{"id":3720,"date":"2011-01-12T08:17:42","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T16:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/?p=3720"},"modified":"2011-01-12T08:20:37","modified_gmt":"2011-01-12T16:20:37","slug":"hot-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/12\/hot-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From Keith Forsey
Subject: Re: More Johnny Weir<\/a><\/p>\n

shitty mix<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Whew!

Sittin’ here eatin’ my heart out waitin’<\/span>
Waitin’ for some lover to call<\/span>
Dialed about a thousand numbers lately<\/span>
Almost rang the phone off the wall<\/span><\/p>\n

While we were listening to Blondie, singing "Hanging On The Telephone", on the stations we wouldn’t listen to was a phenomenon.\u00c2\u00a0 Disco. Led by its queen, Donna Summer.<\/p>\n

It was easy to ignore her.\u00c2\u00a0 Until "Bad Girls".\u00c2\u00a0 Yes, suddenly Ms. Summer went rock.\u00c2\u00a0 Better than all the bands on AOR.\u00c2\u00a0 Sure, there were disco beats, but oh the POWER!<\/p>\n

Four sides.\u00c2\u00a0 All playable.\u00c2\u00a0 There was the title track, the slow-burner "Dim All The Lights" and the closer "Sunset People".<\/p>\n

And the slam dunk opener "Hot Stuff".\u00c2\u00a0 Composed by Pete Bellotte, Harold Faltermeyer and Keith Forsey.<\/p>\n

The Stones haven’t had an opener this good since "Miss You", and that predates "Hot Stuff".\u00c2\u00a0 "Hot Stuff" blows out of the speakers and in walks this woman strutting her stuff…<\/p>\n

This was Donna Summer’s peak.<\/p>\n

But it wasn’t Keith Forsey’s.\u00c2\u00a0 Who had previously been known as a drummer, hell, he beats the skins on the "Bad Girls" album.<\/p>\n

Keith struck gold again, make that platinum, with "Flashdance….What A Feeling".\u00c2\u00a0 Lady GaGa may wear her outfits, but after this movie hit and the track dominated the airwaves every pre-menopausal woman cut the neck out of her sweatshirt and showed her shoulder.\u00c2\u00a0 It happened just that fast.<\/p>\n

But Keith didn’t only do disco.\u00c2\u00a0 He cowrote Simple Minds’ iconic hit, "Don’t You (Forget About Me)".<\/p>\n

Never mind emerging completely from Giorgio Moroder’s shadow and having huge hits with Billy Idol as a producer.<\/p>\n

And let’s not forget cowriting Glenn Frey’s "Heat Is On" from "Beverly Hills Cop".<\/p>\n

People will still be listening to Keith Forsey’s music long after the ice has melted beneath Johnny Weir’s skates.<\/p>\n

I had no idea he was a reader.<\/p>\n

I love my life.<\/p>\n

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