Divine - Shoot your Shot

This blog sure loves Divine and all of John Waters universe... so enjoy!

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Various Artists - A Date WIth John Waters (New Line Records 2007)

History's already shown that the self-proclaimed master of "bad taste" has always had impeccably good taste, even at his most extreme. A large part of the reason that his aesthetic has had a real and unabated influence since the early 1970s is that there's nothing forced or ironic about his approach to film-making, including the soundtracks to his movies, which the director terms "little-known, weird vintage music." Waters says that the selections on A Date are "all romantic seduction music I would play if I had you over." Naturally, it's an off-kilter patchwork selection; most folks would not try to seduce someone with either an Ike & Tina Turner number or "Sometimes I Wish I Had a Gun," sung by Waters habitué Mink Stole. The collection is fun and veers from mellow crooners and hopped-up rhythm and blues to forgotten rocker hits from the '50s ("Tonight You Belong to Me" by Patience and Prudence) and '70s ("Jet Boy Jet Girl" by Elton Motello). If the collection sells well, the director promises to bring you Breaking Up with John Waters...

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Divine - Unforgettable Hits (Dance Street 2002)

Harris Glenn Milstead (October 19, 1945 – March 7, 1988) was an American singer and actor best known by his drag persona Divine. He starred in many of John Waters' films, including Mondo Trasho, Multiple Maniacs, Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, Polyester, and Hairspray, as part of Waters' regular troupe of actors known as Dreamlanders. The New York Times said of Milstead's films in the 1980s, "Those who could get past the unremitting weirdness of Divine's performance discovered that the actor/actress had genuine talent, including a natural sense of comic timing and an uncanny gift for slapstick.

In the 1980s, Divine released several dance music records which were club music hits in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia. Divine's records comprised synth-heavy Hi-NRG music, most of it composed, created, performed, and produced by Bobby Orlando. In the United States, Divine's highest-charting songs were "Native Love", peaking at #21 on the Club Play Singles chart, and "Shoot Your Shot", which reached #39 among Club Play Singles. Divine's early UK releases on the Design Communications label included "Love Reaction" (which "borrowed" elements of New Order's big hit "Blue Monday") "Shake It Up", and "Shoot Your Shot". All of these releases were big gay club hits and minor mainstream chart hits. The Stock, Aitken & Waterman-produced song "You Think You're A Man" was Divine's most successful UK hit, reaching #16; the song was also a Top 10 hit in Australia, reaching #8 (Due in part to a popular promotional tour in that country which included an appearance on the popular Australian music show Countdown.) Among the material Divine released on the Proto label in the United Kingdom was "I'm So Beautiful" (the follow-up single to "You Think You're A Man"), "Walk Like A Man" and "Twistin' the Night Away". *wikipedia

DIVINE - "Unforgettable Hits" - Original Versions - (1982/1983)

1. Shoot Your Shot
2. Jungle Jezebel
3. Native Love
4. Love Reaction
5. Shout It Out
6. T-Shirts & Tight Blue Jeans
7. Psychedelic Shack
8. Shake It Up
9. Kick Your Butt
10. Alphabet Rap

DIVINE - "Unforgettable Hits" - The Remixes - (1996)

1. Shoot Your Shot (Jon Of The Pleased Wimmin remix)
2. Jungle Jezebel (Hyper Go-Go remix)
3. Native Love (Jon Of The Pleased Wimmin remix)
4. Love Reaction (Jon Of The Pleased Wimmin remix)
5. Shout It Out (Check Point Charlie remix)
6. T-Shirts & Tight Blue Jeans (Check Point Charlie remix)
7. Psychedelic Shack (Hybrid remix)
8. Shake It Up (Aquarius remix)
9. Kick Your Butt (Hybrid remix)
10. Alphabet Rap (Hyper Go-Go remix)
11. Native Love (Mark Moore remix)

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