Donna Summer

Around 100 million copies of her records have been sold worldwide. Reading these books is encouraged by the band as they provide a stronger insight to Tool's music and inspiration, and the philosophies used in their music. As of 2005, Summer has gotten 5 Grammy and 6 American Music awards, as well as 24 gold and platinum certifications from the USA and 19 gold and silver certifications from the UK. Tool have listed the following books as recommended reading in their official newsletter. Summer added to her credits in October 2004, when she performed "God Bless America" during the seventh-inning stretch at Game 2 of the 2004 World Series at Boston's Fenway Park.
. In 2003, Donna Summer released a greatest hits compilation called "The Journey", which rocketed into the UK top 10 in the following year thanks to her appearance on ITV1 show Discomania. Tourmates Fantômas and Meshuggah were cited as influences.

A new remix of "I Feel Love" was a big UK hit all over again in 1995. Tool are currently working on their fourth full length album which is expected to be released in 2005. In the 1990s, Summer has continued to work, producing numerous dance hits such as "Melody Of Love", which became the Billboard number one dance hit of the year, "I Will Go With You", the dance version of the beautiful Andrea Bocelli song "Con Te Partirò" and "You're So Beautiful", a club anthem she co-wrote with legendary DJ Tony Moran. In addition, the members of Tool avoid press, rarely grant interviews, and have only appeared in two of their music videos, "Hush", and very briefly in "Sober". The first single "This Time I Know It's For Real" became a huge hit, first in Europe and later in the United States, and brought her back to the top of the charts. The length of the music video for "Parabola" clocked in at an unheard of ten and a half minutes, almost condemning it from being aired on mainstream music channels. Summer's career began to slow down drastically in the mid 1980s but was revamped in 1989 with her Stock Aitken Waterman collaboration "Another Place and Time". Though the singles for Ænima received significant radio play, 2001's Lateralus featured songs averaging six and a half minutes in length, unwieldy for even the most ambitious disc jockeys.

Summer continued her work with Geffen, later releasing the smash hit She Works Hard For the Money, which included a well-remembered hit in the title track. The music video for the song was also renamed by MTV America to "Track #1" for its offensive connotations. This song was the inspiration for Quincy Jones to later create with Michael Jackson "We are the World". Tool has long clashed with conventional television and radio due to their dark musical content and dry disposition: "Stinkfist", the first single from Ænima was initially shortened for radio play until overwhelming fan response compelled them to play the track uncut. Instead, Geffen had Summer drop Moroder and Bellotte, her long-time songwriters, and paired her with music sensation Quincy Jones on the self titled album "Donna Summer", which produced the dance hit "Love is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)", a Top 40 hit "Woman in Me" and the Vangelis penned "State of Independence", which became a huge hit in Europe with its New Age feel and star chorus that included Christopher Cross and Michael Jackson. Indicative of their various influences (King Crimson, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Rush among them), Tool's music features a firm grasp of musical structure, unconventional time signatures, and inventive, often counter-mainstream culture subject matter. The follow-up album, I'm a Rainbow, was not released until 1996 because Geffen did not think it was good enough. Their music includes elements of heavy metal, progressive rock, psychedelia and art rock.

Her first Geffen album was The Wanderer (1980), which included more rock and roll and R&B influences. Paul d'Amour left the band in 1995 and was replaced by Justin Chancellor of the UK band Peach shortly after recording for their third major release, Ænima, began. Summer then decided to leave Casablanca and sign to Geffen Records, then just starting up. Tool is a rock music group formed in the United States in 1990 by vocalist Maynard James Keenan, guitarist Adam Jones, bassist Paul d'Amour, and drummer Danny Carey. When a greatest hits album, On the Radio, became a #1 hit, Summer was the first artist with three consecutive #1 double albums. High Priest by Timothy Leary. Summer's songwriting was showcased on Bad Girls (1979), which included a hit single in the title track, as well as "Hot Stuff", which won Summer the Grammy for Best Female Rock Vocalist. Hellboy: The Lost Army by Mike Mignola & Christopher Golden.

After acting (and releasing a Grammy-winning song on the soundtrack) in the comedy Thank God It's Friday, Summer released a live album Live and More, which became another smash hit album and included a cover of "MacArthur Park". American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis. Once Upon a Time was released soon after I Remember Yesterday; it was another concept album, concerning the fairy tale of Cinderella. Black Spring by Henry Miller. This song, which became a major hit, is enormously influential in the development of disco, electronica and techno music, thanks to Moroder's innovative production. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. I Remember Yesterday (1977) included the memorable hit single "I Feel Love", the first hit song recorded with an entirely synthesized backing track. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Continuing to work with Moroder and Bellotte, Love Trilogy (1976) and the concept album Seasons of Love (1976) were hits, though not as popular as Love to Love You Baby. Dune by Frank Herbert. This established a pattern that made Summer unusual in the disco world: she focused just as much, if not more, on full-length albums instead of singles. The Origin Of Satan by Elaine Pagels. This was followed by an album, Love to Love You Baby, critically acclaimed then and now, notable for including a seventeen minute version of the titular hit. Four Treatises Of Theophratus Von Hohenheim Called Paracelus by Paracelus. Casablanca Records soon began distributing the album in the United States, and it became a sensation there as well. Ouspensky.

Summer recorded "Love to Love You Baby" which was a huge European hit. D. Lady of the Night, Summer's first LP, was released in 1975 with moderate success in Europe. Fourth Way by P. In that year, she, Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte (who met assisting Three Dog Night in the studio) worked together to produce "The Hostage", a European hit. What The Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula. The single was unsuccessful, however, and Summer had to wait until 1974 to launch a solo career. Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baignet, Richard Leigh & Henry Lincoln.

In 1971, Summer released "Sally Go 'Round the Roses", her first solo recording. The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine. After resettling in Munich, Germany, Summer married Helmut Sommer ("Summer" is an anglicization of his last name) and did various musical jobs in studios and theatres for several years. The Legacy of the Beast. She eventually settled in Europe, joining the Viennese Folk Opera and participating in numerous musicals. The Mayan prophecies. A few months before graduating high school, Summer dropped out and joined the German productions of Hair, Godspell, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Show Boat. The Dancing Wu Li Masters.

She later joined a rock group called the Crow. Hearts Aflame by Johanna Lindsey. Born Donna Gaines in Boston, Massachusetts, Summer began performing in her church's choir. Archaic Revival by Terence McKenna. Her work is still critically acclaimed and remains one of the few disco artists accepted by modern rock critics. Interior Design with Feng Shui by Sarah Rossbach. Even though she is one of the best-known artists of the disco era, Summer has covered different genres including R&B, rock and roll and inspirational music, earning her Grammy Awards in those categories. Diary Of A Genius by Salvador Dali.

Summer was a rarity in the 1970s disco scene because her career began before the disco explosion, and continued afterward. Art and Physics by Leonard Shlain. Donna Summer (born December 31, 1948) is an American pop music singer best known for a string of disco music hits in the 1970s which earned her the title "Queen of Disco". Earth by David Brin. 2003 The Journey: The Very Best of Donna Summer. Nothing In This Book Is True ... by Bob Frissell. Encore. Squeak the Mouse by Massimo Mattioli.

1999 Live and More.. The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks. 1998 Greatest Hits. And the Ass Saw the Angel by Nick Cave. 1994 Endless Summer. Love and Sleep and AEGYPT by John Crowley. 1994 Christmas Spirit. Behold the Protong! by Stanislav Szukalski.

1993 Anthology. Behind the CD tray on Undertow is a picture of a cow licking itself. 1991 Mistaken Identity. On European and other releases, the song appears as track 10 after a period of silence following "Flood.". 1990 The Best of Donna Summer. The final track of Undertow, called "Disgustipated," appears as track 69 on early pressings of the US copies of the disc, on others it appears at track 30(the intervening tracks are all 3 second blank tracks). 1989 Another Place and Time. The Opiate EP has a secret track called "The Gaping Lotus Experience." It fades in six minutes, six seconds into track six ("666").

1987 All Systems Go. This tribute is performed on acoustic instruments. 1987 The Dance Collection. In a similar vain, 'A Gothic Acoustic Ensemble Tribute to Tool' was released in 2004. 1985 The Summer Collection. A second volume of string tribute titled The String Tribute to Tool Volume 2: Metamorphic was released in 2003, again containing various tool songs from all four albums. 1984 Cats Without Claws. Tool's songs are mostly multi-sectioned, and the band's sophisticated grasp of harmony allows for an interesting instrumental interpretation.

1983 She Works Hard for the Money. The lack of percussion is sometimes countered with "clicking" arco techniques. 1982 Donna Summer. A number of Tool songs are rearranged for classical music string instruments (violins, viola, cello and a double bass) with at least three musicians. 1981 I'm a Rainbow (originally set for release in 1981, finally released in 1996). The String Tribute to Tool: Third Eye Open is a tribute album released in 2001. 1980 The Wanderer. Tricky appears, uncredited, in the video for "Parabola.".

1980 Walk Away. Timothy Leary is also an influence and his "Think for yourself, question authority" monologue introduces the live version of "Third Eye" on Salival. 1979 On the Radio. Samples of his comedy are featured on "Third Eye" and the booklet for Ænima has a tribute painting of him. 1979 Bad Girls. Comedian Bill Hicks influenced and is well respected by the band. 1978 Live and More. Henry Rollins appears briefy on Undertow, reciting a spoken word piece on "Bottom.".

1977 Once Upon a Time. Early pressings of the CD featured the song spelled "Lateralis," but this was corrected on subsequent copies. 1977 I Remember Yesterday. The title track from "Lateralus" was also released as a single, however no video was produced for it. 1976 Four Seasons of Love. Most of these videos were created with the help of interpretive dance duo Osseus Labyrint. 1976 A Love Trilogy. "Hush" was the only video where the band members appear prominently, although they appear briefly in "Sober".

1975 Love to Love You Baby. The band's singles and accompanying music videos include: "Hush" from Opiate, "Sober" and "Prison Sex" from Undertow, "Stinkfist" and "Ænema" from Ænima, and "Schism" and "Parabola" from Lateralus. 1974 Lady of the Night. Paul d'Amour (bass). Maynard James Keenan (Vocals). Adam Jones (Guitar).

Justin Chancellor (bass). Danny Carey (Drums).