"new" 70's Supremes disco tune

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Just rummaging thru some of the older threads and since there's some interest in The Supremes as they make their biggest disco splash on Marky's charts ..... thought i'd bring this forth .... :)

discosavvy
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Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2002 8:25 am Post subject: "Bend a Little" by The Supremes

I just discovered a new example of a disco song from the '70s that hasn't been released till now. On the October 2002 "70's Anthology" by The Supremes (on the Universal label), there's a disco song called "Bend a Little". Some people like it and are wondering why it wasn't released by Motown as a single back in the original disco era.

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I love "Bend A Little," one of the highlights of the '70s Anthology for me.. Also love the instrumental version on the Motown Disco Machine, Vol. 2 LP. I don't think there was any reason why it shouldn't have at least made the album.. Such a tight, funky track too. Though perhaps the lyrics were a tad clumsy in places, they could have easily polished that, to me it was still a keeper..

I remember before the Anthology came out, this track was almost legendary in the Supremes online fan groups. As if I remember this rumour about Diana Ross supposedly throwing a fit and threatening to leave Motown if the Supremes were allowed to release this song :lol: :roll: I doubt that was true, it was good but not THAT good. Still, it's kinda funny though..

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Yeah, this is really a great song. Much better than Where Do I Go From Here IMHO. Now, as for Miss Ross making a scene...who? Diana? Naww.......

All of the Supreme's 70's disco cuts are really class. With promotion they may have gone somewhere (HOW "Let Yourself Go" was never bigger I'll never know...)

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Hah!!! :P

You know that if Miss Ross wanted that song for herself--one call to Berry Gordy woulda had the Supremes vocals erased and Miss Ross in the recording studio vocalizing!!! :lol:

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I doubt Miss Ross coulda' handled it...

Mary Wilson seems to echo the regret that it was never a single in the liner notes. Mind you, I am sure she thinks with promtion, "Red Hot" might've been number 1 for years.

Kidding. I love Mary. Those girls worked & worked & worked and all they got was forgotten.

Grumbles. I'm gonna listen to "Come Into My Life" and sulk now. :cry: