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Which is your favorite Supremes song?

I heard a song earlier...I thought what the fuck is that it's so good and it was Nathan Jones (you've been gone too long) - that was the NEW Supremes.

Anyho

My fave original Supremes is Someday We'll Be Together.

what's yours?

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by Anonymousreply 129December 18, 2020 4:18 PM

Stop! In The Name of Love

by Anonymousreply 1October 24, 2020 11:14 PM

Me too r1. Followed by Baby Love.

by Anonymousreply 2October 24, 2020 11:15 PM

I'm not sure I disagree, OP, but I will say, this, every damn time I hear it, love it, love it, love it:

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by Anonymousreply 3October 24, 2020 11:18 PM

You Can't Hurry Love - though personally, I keep trying to rush it.

At 2:05 Diana's earing falls off and she catches it like a pro.

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by Anonymousreply 4October 24, 2020 11:18 PM

I'm partial to "Reflections." I like the interesting blipping, radar-like sounds that are interspersed throughout the song, and I love the dark, minor key tone.

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by Anonymousreply 5October 24, 2020 11:18 PM

I'm going twice.

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by Anonymousreply 6October 24, 2020 11:19 PM

I like another moody one -- You Keep Me Hangin' On. Perfect for the edgy, neurotic quality of Diana Ross's voice.

by Anonymousreply 7October 24, 2020 11:20 PM

Love the hair on this. Diana is Queen!

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by Anonymousreply 8October 24, 2020 11:20 PM

Great minds, R5. Reflections for me too.

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by Anonymousreply 9October 24, 2020 11:20 PM

R6 "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" wasn't a Supremes song. It was the first solo hit for Diana after she struck out on her own.

by Anonymousreply 10October 24, 2020 11:22 PM

OMG - I boobed. So did the guy who posted that video.

by Anonymousreply 11October 24, 2020 11:23 PM

that is a song I admire, but I can never quite like r10. Is that a "singer's song"? Cause I get the artistry, but I have just never actually liked it. Or as so often, maybe it's just me.

by Anonymousreply 12October 24, 2020 11:25 PM

"Back in my Arms Again."

by Anonymousreply 13October 24, 2020 11:26 PM

[quote]Great minds, [R5]. Reflections for me too.

OMG watch The Gojo's dancing to it on Top Of The Pops (The British 60s chart show)

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by Anonymousreply 14October 24, 2020 11:26 PM

"Stoned Love" and "Up the Ladder to the Roof" are the greatest. Whoever that pipsqueak frog woman was with the wispy little voice, once she left things got much better.

by Anonymousreply 15October 24, 2020 11:27 PM

I do love stoned love. it was weird for them, but damn, I do like it.

by Anonymousreply 16October 24, 2020 11:29 PM

R14 That was hilarious!

by Anonymousreply 17October 24, 2020 11:30 PM

Up the Ladder To the Roof is one of Motown's very greatest singles.

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by Anonymousreply 18October 24, 2020 11:30 PM

[quote]I do love stoned love. it was weird for them, but damn, I do like it.

Try to post the videos, you gurls - makes this more fun and musical

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by Anonymousreply 19October 24, 2020 11:31 PM

r8 I can not believe they put 20 something girls in those grandma clothes. I also can't believe that outfit was every cool and hip looking. Who was getting a hard on from those ghastly clothes?

They had a lot of fun or sexy gown, being pop stars and all, what they wore in that clip looks like something a 50+ year old woman would wear. The 60s were so odd when it came to conservative youth style.

Here are some conservative yet sexy, youthful, and fun gowns on the ladies.

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by Anonymousreply 20October 24, 2020 11:32 PM

fair enough r19. I was piggybacking on another comment, but if anyone wants to post a Supremes song, well, dammit, that is what gay men are for, really.

by Anonymousreply 21October 24, 2020 11:34 PM

"Let Yourself Go" is the best post Diana Ross Supremes song, and the dancing and posing in this video is great

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by Anonymousreply 22October 24, 2020 11:35 PM

Reflections (China Beach theme song).

by Anonymousreply 23October 24, 2020 11:35 PM

14 did the Brits like The Supremes?'

by Anonymousreply 24October 24, 2020 11:35 PM

Oh, yes YUUUUGE, R24

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by Anonymousreply 25October 24, 2020 11:39 PM

Marvelous R18, simply marvelous.

by Anonymousreply 26October 24, 2020 11:44 PM

New Supremes - this one is largely forgotten

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by Anonymousreply 27October 24, 2020 11:47 PM

[quote]My fave original Supremes is Someday We'll Be Together.

Although released as the final Diana Ross + the Supremes single, neither of the other two sang on this cut. It was Diana with some studio backup singers.

by Anonymousreply 28October 24, 2020 11:49 PM

This!!!!

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by Anonymousreply 29October 24, 2020 11:49 PM

Great, R29 and great to hear again.

by Anonymousreply 30October 24, 2020 11:51 PM

I love "Forever Came Today"

This Ed Sullivan clip is over 50 years old but it is all so modern. The gowns, the attitude. Love the color scheme, the set.

Starts at 0:27

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by Anonymousreply 31October 24, 2020 11:53 PM

Standing In the Crossroads Of Love.

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by Anonymousreply 32October 24, 2020 11:57 PM

{quote]I love "Forever Came Today"

Haven't heard that in YEARS. Good one. THE HAIR!

by Anonymousreply 33October 24, 2020 11:58 PM

Another post-Ross classic: Nathan Jones.

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by Anonymousreply 34October 25, 2020 12:04 AM

Great, R34 - a finger clicker (don't the Americans say "snapper"? - I prefer clicker)

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by Anonymousreply 35October 25, 2020 12:07 AM

They’re all so good but this is my favorite.

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by Anonymousreply 36October 25, 2020 12:08 AM

Upside Down

by Anonymousreply 37October 25, 2020 12:11 AM

Another vote for Up the Ladder to the Roof, a post-Diana recording.

by Anonymousreply 38October 25, 2020 12:12 AM

[quote]My fave original Supremes is Someday We'll Be Together.

With only one original Supreme.

by Anonymousreply 39October 25, 2020 12:16 AM

R39 Truth. By the time this was recorded, Diana had already made plans to leave the group. There was a lot of bitterness and acrimony among the girls, so Diana recorded the lead vocals, and studio singers, not Mary and Cindy, provided the backup.

by Anonymousreply 40October 25, 2020 12:18 AM

“Someday We’ll Be Together” is a Diana Ross song, although the Supremes did get billing.

by Anonymousreply 41October 25, 2020 12:21 AM

Love this frothy, sweet gem. I'm happy when I hear this.

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by Anonymousreply 42October 25, 2020 12:26 AM

The Happening

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by Anonymousreply 43October 25, 2020 12:27 AM

[quote]With only one original Supreme.—Gay card please.

It's true I'm not too queeny about music. I prefer the Four Tops - cos I is BUTCH!

by Anonymousreply 44October 25, 2020 12:27 AM

Most of their stuff was really lightweight and tended to sound the same, but listening to these songs now, they sound like masterpieces compared to what passes for music today.

Yeah, I know...I'm old. But it's the truth.

by Anonymousreply 45October 25, 2020 12:30 AM

r39 r40 r41 See R28

by Anonymousreply 46October 25, 2020 12:31 AM

r37 Not a Supremes song.

by Anonymousreply 47October 25, 2020 12:31 AM

I don't think at that time Mary and Cindy were doing the backup vocals in the studio anymore.

by Anonymousreply 48October 25, 2020 12:31 AM

Diana Ross & the Supremes version

Lead vocals by Diana Ross

Background vocals by Merry Clayton, Patrice Holloway, Maxine Waters, and Julia Waters

Male backing vocals by Johnny Bristol

Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Arranged by Wade Marcus

by Anonymousreply 49October 25, 2020 12:32 AM

R49, was that before Maxine went into politics?

by Anonymousreply 50October 25, 2020 12:34 AM

My Favorite Things

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by Anonymousreply 51October 25, 2020 12:39 AM

R51 that one is VERY gay. OMG.

by Anonymousreply 52October 25, 2020 12:41 AM

Baby Love

I Hear A Symphony

Love Child

"Up the Ladder to the Roof," the 1970 hit single recorded by The Supremes for Motown. It was the first Supremes single to feature new lead singer Jean Terrell in place of Diana Ross, who officially left the group for a solo career two weeks before the recording of this song in January 1970.

by Anonymousreply 53October 25, 2020 12:46 AM

Not at all, R52. It simply showcases Ross' considerable versatility which was a significant part of her immense success. She really shined with the standard popular material. It's how they captured the attention of the parents and grandparents of the kids who bought their hits. Look what they do with an Irving Berlin 1925 song.

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by Anonymousreply 54October 25, 2020 12:57 AM

Love Is Here and Now You're Gone

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by Anonymousreply 55October 25, 2020 12:58 AM

This song stinks, but THAT. WIG.

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by Anonymousreply 56October 25, 2020 12:59 AM

"Back in My Arms Again"

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by Anonymousreply 57October 25, 2020 12:59 AM

[quote]Not at all, [R52].

Four gurls swishing around in pink chiffon singing Favorite Things? Yes...at all. Gayest thing I've seen all day.

by Anonymousreply 58October 25, 2020 1:01 AM

R46 see r58

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by Anonymousreply 59October 25, 2020 1:02 AM

R58, I think you just bested yourself, baby! The fact that you knew their dresses were made from "pink chiffon" should be the gayest thing you've seen all day. Haha

by Anonymousreply 60October 25, 2020 1:07 AM

[quote]The fact that you knew their dresses were made from "pink chiffon"

I didn't know _ I used to word to make my point.

by Anonymousreply 61October 25, 2020 1:08 AM

I loved how this one made be smile.

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by Anonymousreply 62October 25, 2020 1:09 AM

r43, that song needs to be illustrated by the Supremes actually in performance--and here it is!

It is so amazing just for Mary Wilson's movements.

That's poise with a "P,"... as in "professional."

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by Anonymousreply 63October 25, 2020 1:14 AM

Automatically Sunshine

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by Anonymousreply 64October 25, 2020 1:16 AM

One I never heard until 2011, when it was released as a bonus song on the extended version of the More Hits album, "Oowee, Baby." It could easily have been a hit in 1965.

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by Anonymousreply 65October 25, 2020 1:24 AM

OP, that’s also my fave!

by Anonymousreply 66October 25, 2020 1:26 AM

I like their version of These Boots.

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by Anonymousreply 67October 25, 2020 1:27 AM

I think this is Della's favorite - some shit about wanting it played at her wedding if she ever tied the knot again.

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by Anonymousreply 68October 25, 2020 1:33 AM

I can't think of a single Supremes song I DON'T like.

Like R43, my favorite is[italic]The Happening.[/italic] For years it was the ringtone on my cellphone. Funny thing: I didn't like The Supremes at all when they first appeared on the scene in the mid-'60s, thinking they were "too bubblegum." It took about five years for me to appreciate them, and now I think they are probably the greatest girl group of all time.

by Anonymousreply 69October 25, 2020 1:34 AM

60s: Reflections 70's: Stoned Love

I also enjoy their live performance of I Guess I'll Miss the Man in the early 70s.

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by Anonymousreply 70October 25, 2020 1:36 AM

"I Hear a Symphony"

by Anonymousreply 71October 25, 2020 1:36 AM

I Hear a Symphony is the best Supremes song. The woman they nod to before they begin favors Barbara Eden.

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by Anonymousreply 72October 25, 2020 1:37 AM

[quote]Four gurls swishing around in pink chiffon singing Favorite Things? Yes...at all. Gayest thing I've seen all day

Please see your optometrist.

by Anonymousreply 73October 25, 2020 1:38 AM

r70 That was part of Motown's investment in the Broadway show "Pippin." I also gave us Michael Jackson's "Morning Glow" and the Jacksons' "Corner of the Sky."

by Anonymousreply 74October 25, 2020 1:40 AM

I love "I Hear A Symphony" also. I always thought it was the inspiration for "Chain Reaction" more than any of their songs. "Reflections" is my fave Ross era track though, post-Diana "Let Yourself Go" and "Stoned Love".

by Anonymousreply 75October 25, 2020 1:46 AM

Way deep down sex... "Come See About Me"....

girl group en excelsis

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by Anonymousreply 76October 25, 2020 1:50 AM

With 12 songs that hit number 1, it's hard to choose. "Where Did Our Love Go" was the song that launched their careers, "Love Child" was their biggest seller and "Baby Love" is probably tied with "You Can't Hurry Love" as their most requested song. But two songs stand out for me: "Stop! In The Name Of Love", because it has the choreography that we all remember, and "I Hear A Symphony" , because it's simply beautiful.

Trivia question: Two hits from the early Sixties mention Flo and Mary in their lyrics. One Is the Supremes "Back In My Arms Again". What is the other one?

by Anonymousreply 77October 25, 2020 1:52 AM

I remember when the New Supremes came to London. They were on Top Of The Pops and the next day I saw them having lunch in The Hard Rock Cafe - which was a very hip place then, believe it or not. I was so pleased to see them. I was about 9.

by Anonymousreply 78October 25, 2020 1:52 AM

It wasn't a hit for them, but it's this song.

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by Anonymousreply 79October 25, 2020 2:00 AM

Here's a very early one with Flo on lead.

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by Anonymousreply 80October 25, 2020 2:18 AM

Stevie Wonder produced the hell out of this single in '73 and Motown put virtually no promotion behind it.

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by Anonymousreply 81October 25, 2020 2:35 AM

STOP!

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by Anonymousreply 82October 25, 2020 2:52 AM

Probably r81 because it was written with a very weak chorus that even Stevie's production couldn't save

by Anonymousreply 83October 25, 2020 2:53 AM

1967 The Supremes - The Happening

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by Anonymousreply 84October 25, 2020 3:25 AM

The Supremes "Up The Ladder To The Roof" on The Ed Sullivan Show, 1970

with Jean Terrell, who took over the lead when Diane left. Mary is still there.

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by Anonymousreply 85October 25, 2020 3:29 AM

^^ Cindy Birdsong also performed on "Up The Ladder To The Roof" with Jean and Mary.

by Anonymousreply 86October 25, 2020 3:34 AM

....

by Anonymousreply 87October 25, 2020 4:14 AM

I grew up in the Mexican-American community of Southern California, and oldies are a huge part of it. But in a lot of cases, the oldies that we listened to weren't the big hits that everybody else knows.

Like this one..."I'm Giving You Your Freedom". In our community, it's a total classic. I was surprised when I got out into the wider world and found out that not a lot of white people, or even a lot of black people, knew it. For us, it was one of their best known and best loved songs.

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by Anonymousreply 88October 25, 2020 5:00 AM

It was the B-side of one of their earliest singles, "Run, Run, Run," r88. Perhaps it was the side they played where you lived. That happened sometimes. I know it from the Where Did Our Love Go album. I don't think I heard either song as a single.

by Anonymousreply 89October 25, 2020 5:04 AM

"And there ain't nothing I can do about it, whoa, whoa whoa.."

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by Anonymousreply 90October 25, 2020 6:42 AM

Reflections, to me, is timeless. I am not a Motown or Supremes fan. I grew up in the 90s. But I remember hearing that song on some TV show when I was just a kid and fell in love with it.

by Anonymousreply 91October 25, 2020 8:16 AM

China Beach, r91.

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by Anonymousreply 92October 25, 2020 11:07 AM

R88 Well, exactly! (Boyle Heights and Highland Park, here). When the Supremes first broke I thought they were a girl group from East LA. The album Where Did Our Love Go was the first album I ever bought. (At the Thrifty's at Five Points in Lincoln Heights). "I'm Giving You Your Freedom" totally had that Oldies vibe.

Oh, I'm white. Orale.

by Anonymousreply 93October 25, 2020 3:22 PM

R31 Cindy is very pretty in the video, while Mary looks a bit horsey.

by Anonymousreply 94October 25, 2020 3:51 PM

You Keep Me Hanging On...I love the SOS sounding guitar switching left to right on my speakers! The energy of this one is poppin!

And there ain't nothin I can do about it!

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by Anonymousreply 95October 25, 2020 4:57 PM

I never cared for any of the Supremes’ songs.

by Anonymousreply 96October 25, 2020 5:28 PM

My love for the Supremes is like an itchin in my heart.

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by Anonymousreply 97October 25, 2020 5:41 PM

Not one bad single from '63-'73; I even love the initial run of non-HDH singles (big love for Some Things You Never Get Used To and The Composer) - my bests are Love Is Here & Now You're Gone, Come See About Me, I Hear A Symphony, Up The Ladder To The Roof, Nathan Jones and Automatically Sunshine. Greatest girl group ever.

by Anonymousreply 98October 25, 2020 6:09 PM

r94=Miss Ross

by Anonymousreply 99October 25, 2020 6:18 PM

OP, I actually mistook this song for my favorite, which isn’t yours.

Mine is: Whenever you are are near I hear a symphony...

I think it’s called Symphony?

Whatever it’s called, that’s my favorite.

by Anonymousreply 100October 25, 2020 7:15 PM

That's it R92! Thanks!

by Anonymousreply 101October 25, 2020 8:53 PM

Another favorite of mine: My World Is Empty singing live on the Sullivan show. Look at that showmanship! Only 22 yo here. No way the others could compete with her. She sounds AWESOME here!

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by Anonymousreply 102October 26, 2020 12:13 AM

Love Child

by Anonymousreply 103October 26, 2020 12:47 AM

R102, great choice, one that gets forgotten a lot.

by Anonymousreply 104October 26, 2020 12:51 AM

My World is Empty Without You is a masterpiece recording. HDH and Diana Ross at top of their game. And I like how faint but haunting the background vocals are. The live version, while well performed, is too show biz with the Supremes smiling through the whole song, the Vegas/Copa big band style arrangement, and the background vocals turned up. Turns a haunting pop record about heartbreak into a razzle dazzle bit of entertainment.

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by Anonymousreply 105October 26, 2020 1:03 AM

Reflections: Amsterdam Concertgebouw Live 1968

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by Anonymousreply 106October 26, 2020 1:07 AM

In the recording studio

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by Anonymousreply 107October 26, 2020 1:11 AM

Come See About Me

by Anonymousreply 108October 26, 2020 1:22 AM

Where did our love go?

lip syncing through traffic on the Champs Elysées Paris 1965 (55 frickin years ago!)

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by Anonymousreply 109October 26, 2020 4:02 PM

This is a minor late Supremes song - and its kinda dated - but it still pumps.

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by Anonymousreply 110October 26, 2020 10:29 PM

Probably the most overwrought and campiest Supremes song.

But this lyric is acidic : "I was always so afraid that my uptown friends would see her - afraid one day when I was grown that I would be her."

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by Anonymousreply 111October 26, 2020 10:36 PM

Boss, R14!

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by Anonymousreply 112October 26, 2020 10:49 PM

I'm really surprised that LOVE CHILD isn't more of a favorite.

by Anonymousreply 113October 26, 2020 11:22 PM

Hits medley, 1966

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by Anonymousreply 114October 27, 2020 1:26 AM

R109 What the fuck was that??? The gals hopping down through heavy traffic in Paris 1965 in heels with a rude gendarme shoving Flo. Priceless.

And as along as we are looking at period video - the Tami Show, 1964, Santa Monica Civic - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Beach Boys, Chuck Berry, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, the Supremes and the Rolling Stones. Listen to the screams and for how strong Diana's "weak" voice is...

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by Anonymousreply 115October 27, 2020 1:46 AM

You Can't Hurry Love

by Anonymousreply 116October 27, 2020 2:19 AM

The Old Mill Stream

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by Anonymousreply 117October 27, 2020 3:34 AM

Every hit they had was a great song. I loved their blue double record greatest hits album as a kid.

by Anonymousreply 118October 27, 2020 6:38 AM

R82: Dazzling!! "You Keep Me Hangin' On" is a favorite, as is "Love Is Like An Itching in My Heart"

by Anonymousreply 119October 27, 2020 7:16 AM

My cover of "You Keep Me Hanging On" was much better.

by Anonymousreply 120October 27, 2020 6:16 PM

"Reflections" and the oft-forgotten (?) "Love is Like an Itching in My Heart".

It was one of the few Holland-Dozier-Holland compositions for the Supremes that didn't hit #1 on Billboard. (although it cracked the Top 10 for a week). I love this song beyond measure! No other Supremes song will get me out of my chair, dancing around, faster. It just fills me with joy and makes me smile. I think it's the xylophone. (which needs to make a comeback)

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by Anonymousreply 121October 27, 2020 7:32 PM

My favorite songs are the one where a certain snaggletooth straggly haired bitch ain't singing.

by Anonymousreply 122October 27, 2020 7:54 PM

Supremes had many great songs, but I don't like them much when performed like this.

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by Anonymousreply 123December 18, 2020 12:28 PM

R123 Sad video.

Most post Jean Terrell "Supremes" offerings are sad.

by Anonymousreply 124December 18, 2020 1:15 PM

I agree R124, to an extent. In the studio the last line up of the Supremes sounded great, even if the songs themselves weren't top drawer. But live they were often a mess. The cheesy Vegas big band arrangements, the rushed medleys, and Mary, Scherrie and Susaye all trying to outsing each other. Also even when they weren't trying to outsing one another, they were also trying way too hard to show they were "singers"--there's so much "singing" going on in their shows and it's relentless. Check out this live concert from 1976. No video, and it's a dupe of a bootleg recording so sound quality may not be the best, but still, there's just too much going on, and yet not enough. In short, they're all trying too hard for various reasons, and they forgot that less is more.

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by Anonymousreply 125December 18, 2020 1:36 PM

Thank you R77 for reminding me about “Love Child”, and R105 “My World...” I always thought Baby Love was so cute with that stamping- feet-sounding intro Love Child was in the vein of those social ills narrative songs they made in that era like Elvis’ “In The Ghetto”, very evocative I borrowed the records from an older brother and would listen endlessly though it was from “before my time” I saw Diana, ahem, that’s Miss Ross to me, thrice: First, live in concert solo, we all wore leopard print outfits, the boys in the Gaultier that was au courant; we were way up in the high seats so she was tiny Second time, in the airport in the 90s, she had Vuitton trunks & suitcases strewn along the carousel - I do not lie - and I had the gall to briefly but warmly wish her a happy birthday as our mutual birthday date was the next day, she was gorgeous and gracious I also walked by her once on the UES, she was outside the Birch Wathen Lenox school, she drew my attention due to the mane of hair & because she was talking into a small recorder (this was pre cell phone) & I seem to remember, leaving diva instructions for some underling xo

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by Anonymousreply 126December 18, 2020 2:12 PM

^ I apologize, not sure why no paragraphs appeared

by Anonymousreply 127December 18, 2020 2:14 PM

I can't start threads here I don't believe but someone should start a "Why did the Supremes career go down the ...". Here's an example of how, despite, all the vocal talent, all has gone wrong. I can't decide what is the most ridiculous--the scarf dance, the finger wagging, or the spoken word intro.

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by Anonymousreply 128December 18, 2020 3:28 PM

We think they sound incredible!

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by Anonymousreply 129December 18, 2020 4:18 PM
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