I'm glad someone did some research.


George Strait deserves it though. I doubt if Trump has ever listened to George Strait's music. I know George is GOP. I think Abbott or someone recommended him to Trump, esp after he held that benefit concert for flood relief. George is talented.

Very disappointing to hear.

what she was famous for - the song "I Will Survive." But that was in the '70s and I haven't heard mention of her in decades. A lot of younger people probably have no idea who she is.

Thanks.

She hit #9 in 1974 with "Never Can Say Goodbye" which was truly one of the most important early disco songs in terms of crossing over to straight white audiences. However, that and "I Will Survive" were her only 2 songs to ever hit the Top 40 in the US. She actually did have a bit more success in the UK.

Too preachy in lyrics and the music itself is "Normal" at best, an origin point of "Four chord" pop culture slop that invaded the late 80s and early 90s.

Time Out magazine in the UK named it #1 in their 2022 list of "The 50 Best Gay Songs to Celebrate Pride All Year Long". Rolling Stone named it #10 in their 2023 list of "The 50 Most Inspirational LGBTQ Songs of All Time". And Billboard magazine this year named it #11 in their list of "The 100 Greatest LGBTQ+ Anthems of All Time".

It was written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris. The song's lyrics describe the narrator's discovery of personal strength following an initially devastating breakup.

to accept a medal from a sexual abuser.

before I google it.... which I'm not bothering to do.

And plenty of younger people probably have no idea who she was....
those who weren't yet born in the disco period

Please don't assume everyone "knows" what you "know", for some of us pop culture is about as useless as geo-trig in an English Lit class.

"Disco icon" is right for Gaynor, and yeah, if you don't know disco music, then you have to look up who the top artists were. The explanation is "disco icon". I had no idea who George Strait is, because I don't know country music. I don't think that means a discussion of his politics must start with a discography for those of us who aren't fans.

I wouldn't have been able to tell you who Gaynor was if you put a gun to my head, and it's evident that the sentiment is at least marginally shared even in this thread. "Everyone" certainly doesn't "know".

I have no axe to grind in regards to anything other than a throwaway comment of not knowing who Gaynor was and disliking the song "I will survive" as a general statement.

this is the first I’ve ever heard of her

I guess you can just buy a Kennedy Center honor these days...

She had an early influential Top 10 Disco Hit in "Never Can Say Goodbye" in 1974. Then in 1978 she did "I Will Survive" which is a truly iconic song (but also happens to to be completely opposite of MAGA ideology). Since then? She hit the Billboard Hot 100 chart exactly once with a song that peaked at #42 (so not even making the Top 40) in 1979. I'm guessing they felt they had to include at least one Black performer and she was the "biggest" star they could find willing to humiliate themselves for Trump.

. . . portrayed an Indian Guru enumerating some of the greatest mysteries in life. At one point he ponders, "That girl Gloria Gaynor who sang 'I Will Survive.' Whatever happened to her?"

to get noticed.

But yeah still odd amounts..
You can’t use political donations for tax refunds or I would have guessed that she has an accountant who works out her charitable donations according to some sort formula..

Odd..

of disco hits, but "I Will Survive" was among those I loathed, not because of the content nor the artist, but because they played the HELL out of it. For me, it got old FAST.

Le poulet a trouve son couteau.

I will survive...without her.

That song was my anthem at one point. But "I Am Woman" has always been a better song anyway.

Obama awarded the same to Gloria Estefan, who ironically was 1,000% Republican due to her family's Cuban support for Baptista.

Sorry. Never even heard of her