Your Favorite Post Diana, Supremes' Track

[Dayna]

Whats your favorite post Diana, Supremes' Track..?
It's so hard because I have three, but I choose "High Energy"..The More I listen to it the more things I find that I love..This is the definition of Pretty Disco."my Favorite kind".

[Cory Ander]

Whats your favorite post Diana, Supremes' Track..?
It's so hard because I have three, but I choose "High Energy"..The More I listen to it the more things I find that I love..This is the definition of Pretty Disco."my Favorite kind".

very pretty...wonder why this isn't on the post-Diana Supremes Greatest hits album I have? I'm limited to choosing from that album and I'd probably choose "Stoned Love". By the way, whom do you consider the "True Diva" of the trio? 3/2/2010

[Dayna]

very pretty...wonder why this isn't on the post-Diana Supremes Greatest hits album I have? I'm limited to choosing from that album and I'd probably choose "Stoned Love". By the way, whom do you consider the "True Diva" of the trio? 3/2/2010

:icon_eek:..Put me on the spot.. lol..
OK..All the ladies are fabulous..Scherrie has the best pipes and could carry a track by herself most successfully IMHO,Susaye can blow as well and has presence ..but I would have to say Mary because she was there from the beginning, she can stand in front of the three and carry a track and has enough self confidence to stand in the background and still shine~!

[drlove]

Dayna darlin', you and I (amongst many others, I'm sure) share a true affinity for the 8 great talents who have been known to the world as "A Supreme". From their 1970 to 1977 post-Diana period, I'd probably have to go with (as a favorite) one of the best "F*** YOU !" songs of all time: I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do The Walking (1976).

I've had to utter their lyric "You take my very best and give me LESS ....I'm tired and I just can't take no more !" probably a few times more than I care to admit, but the girls' hopeful chant in the bridge ("Walk on Heart ....") always helps me yell "NEXT !" and avoid settling for less

YouTube - THE SUPREMES - Let My Heart Do The Walking (1976)

[Dayna]

Dayna darlin', you and I (amongst many others, I'm sure) share a true affinity for the 8 great talents who have been known to the world as "A Supreme". From their 1970 to 1977 post-Diana period, I'd probably have to go with (as a favorite) one of the best "F*** YOU !" songs of all time: I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do The Walking (1976).

I've had to utter their lyric "You take my very best and give me LESS ....I'm tired and I just can't take no more !" probably a few times more than I care to admit, but the girls' hopeful chant in the bridge ("Walk on Heart ....") always helps me yell "NEXT !" and avoid settling for less

YouTube - THE SUPREMES - Let My Heart Do The Walking (1976)

Yes~! Definitely in the top three that I had a hard time choosing from..That and the other was "Let Yourself Go".. Scherrie's vocals are Supreme:icon_smile: .

[markydefad]

I'm going with STONED LOVE

[drlove]

thanks, marky, for that clip ....as not all cd or radio versions include that gorgeous slow intro by then-lead singer Jean Terrell.

[markydefad]

thanks, marky, for that clip ....as not all cd or radio versions include that gorgeous slow intro by then-lead singer Jean Terrell.

You're welcome good doctor! Yeah, I looked for the longest timing and got a nice compilation of Supremes stills.

"Stoned Love" rocks!!! Killer drum beat! Especially love the 3:47 mini-breakdown: just drums + whoops from the girls!

[whitesockedfunk]

"High Energy" most definitely, the two minute plus intro is just beautiful!!!

[Dayna]

"High Energy" most definitely, the two minute plus intro is just beautiful!!!

Here you go with that great taste again~! wink

[whitesockedfunk]

I much prefer the Scherrie/Susaye years to the Jean Terrel years whose voice gets a bit tiring to listen to after a few songs i.m.o.

By the way, the Scherrie & Susaye "Partners" album is excellent too. Would make for an excellent release by Reel Music.

And Dayna- thanks! :icon_cool:

[thommy2458]

OK,Miss Dayna-I'll pick something different,here goes:



Love the energy on the dancefloor this generated-and this video is really good!

[Dayna]

OK,Miss Dayna-I'll pick something different,here goes:

Thom, Both the song and video are delicious~!! :icon_smile:

[DISCODISK]

thanks, marky, for that clip ....as not all cd or radio versions include that gorgeous slow intro by then-lead singer Jean Terrell.

DRLOVE nice to have on a 45, theres two u.s promos the red vinyl one has long short versions, 'in the back of my mind' [?] it came out on motown yesteryear too and general released in spain with a nice pic cover:icon_razz:

[SandraDee]

I remember dancing around the house to this when it came on the radio when I was 6 & I absolutely loved it to pieces! (was it ever in doubt that I would proceed to become well-acquainted with Dorothy?)

[DISCODISK]

"High Energy" most definitely, the two minute plus intro is just beautiful!!!

im lucky enough to have the u.k only promo of love i only knew /high energy
once by accident i put it on and the deck was on 33 it sounded great!i play it like that often it should be released :icon_cool:

[remicks]

*****


I think its a lot of hooey! that The Supremes supposedly got short shifted after her highness departed.
So many fantastic songs went in their direction right until the end ....they got much more of the cream than any of the other Motown acts after 1970 .

The best of the lot ??

Sorry, "disco" , my dearly beloved , but in spite of the remarkable LET YOURSELF GO
so much of me wants to say NATHAN JONES
was their non-diana best

....So, yes that's it .....NATHAN JONES :icon_biggrin: :icon_cool::icon_cool:





No, no stop that statement .... instead it's ,

It's :




which is that song's most successful version ever. ( #14 Billboard)

BUT ! it is so obvious
when listening to the original 1966 release that peaked at

#88

that Phil Spector and Tina Turner WAS ROBBED :icon_evil: :icon_evil: :icon_evil:








Phil Spector never recovered from this obscene injustice.

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screw those disabling youtube posting b%*t-holes

This is more worthwhile anyway

AMAZING !!!!!




LOVE IT !!!!!



so glad I found it


*****

[Dayna]

This is another Track That I love..Mary sounds so sexy on this track~! With Her smokey sultry voice

[tmob]

This one still gives me chills:



Produced by Stevie, great vocals throughout, funky choreography...an underrated gem.

[paul]

Gave this some long thought and as much as I do love High Energy I give a slight edge to Stoned Love. It's the kind of song I'd enjoy more in different moods.:icon_cool:

[drlove]

Remember to honor Mary Wilson by spinning some of these favorite tracks --- the only Supreme to be with the trio from the early 60s thru 1977 turned 66 today !:icon_cool:

[mrbmarco]

One of my favorites is BAD WEATHER. I remember playing this underground Supreme song at the club. It packed the dance floor. Another one that comes to mind is LOVE TRAIN. This guy who loved the post Supremes used to beg me to play this version. I wasn't to thrilled with it because I thought the O'Jays version was better, but time has changed this. There is nothing really wrong with the song. Both these songs bring back good memories..... STONED LOVE was a jukebox hit. Before DJ's, some bars had a small dance floor. People would feed the jukebox quarters to play their favorite songs. When STONED LOVE came on, everyone got on the floor to dance.. It was such a floor packer that I played it when I started spinning in November of 1973. I always liked the album version because of the intro and the longer instrumental break, something you couldn't get from the jukebox.

[STEPHEN L FREEMAN]

I'd have to say, without question, it's a dead-heat between "Then We Can Try Again" and "I Got Hurt (Tryin' To Be The Only Girl In Your Life)". Both off the 1st, post-Diana, L.P.: "The Supremes - Right On".

If Motown had released a single, putting these two tracks back-2-back, around Memorial Day, 1970, prior to the release of "River Deep, Mountain High" ,and in place of "Everybody's Got The Right To Love" ... they would have had a MAJOR, double-A-side release, that would have gotten Pop and R&B radio-play (...as well as Discoteque rotation) lasting the entire summer. Conceivably, increasing the L.P.'s Gross sales, by up to 30%.

And IMHO (<---Ahhh... The all-purpose safety-phrase! Hopefully, I used it right?), the "70's Supremes" never had another L.P. that came close to the meticulous attention to detail, that went into the Assembly, Arrangement, Recording, Performing and Promotion of "Right On".

This album is perfectly laid-out, with the most seamless flow of tracks, through half-a-dozen Pop genres. From the 1st cut, through the transition to side 2, and ending Side 2 on the most uplifting note of, just about ANY Pop L.P. of the early 70's.

The 1st Motown-mistake was releasing, no-less-than 6 Diana Ross / Supremes-related L.P.'s in 1 year!!! And though every L.P. after "Right On", had at least 1, Top-50(ish), R&B-to-Pop crossover hit... (Except the 'Jimmy Webb' L.P. Which is quite beautiful, but there's not much 'Supremes' left on it, after Webb loads-on all those extra back-up vocalists.) As a collective work, none of them... (Oooops!!! sorry...) "IMHO", none of them were as cohesive, nor had the "Motown-company-priority", traditionally befitting a "Supremes" L.P. release, after "Right On".

Both sides of it's, 2 singles, got either Radio-play, Niteclub-play, or became 'Supremes' cult-classics. And "Right On" was packed with hit material, in every direction. Save, "Baby, Baby" & "Then I Met you". The latter being a Bacharach-esque song, that'll remind you of Dionne Warwick. (...and should've been recorded by Dionne... not 'The Supremes')

Even the somewhat-contrived, Jazz-Pop, swing-beat of "You Move Me", builds into a big, bouncey VEGAS show-stopper. (The only thing missing is some live-applause over the fade-out.)

"...Try Again" & "I Got Hurt..." are both written by James Dean & James Glover, who, 6 years later, would write & Produce the "First Choice - So Let Us Entertain You'" L.P. (Another of those rare releases that scored market-success, in some direction, from every single track!). Which means, 'The Supremes' were doing 'First Choice' material, 3 years before the 'First Choice's, 1st L.P.!

Lastly, to the best of my knowledge, "Right On" is also, the singular, "70's Supremes" L.P. to be digitally re-mastered & re-released, in it's entirety. Which still leaves, solely the vinyl L.P. of "New Ways But Love Stays", with the "Stoned Love" reprise, at the end of Side 2. (Which was used in my version for Dayna, that'll open the 4/7, espisode #29, of "Back To Music".) mlk



Oooo...! And a big "P.S." for anyone who doesn't know...
The lyric is actually, "STONE Love". Not "STONED LOVE". I don't recall if it was a typo that never got corrected, or what... (It's been years since I heard Mary Wilson tell this story.) But it became a headache for the girls to constantly explain that fact. And that the message in the lyrics is, actually about "...a 'LOVE' so strong, as to be 'carved-in-STONE'". As opposed to being a reference, in some way, to Pot, or Drugs.

Go ahead... Take it out and listen... They never say "STONED", a single time, in the entire song. It wasn't even spelled that way, on their lyric sheets from the recording session! :oP

[Dayna]

I'd have to say, without question, it's a dead-heat between "Then We Can Try Again" and "I Got Hurt (Tryin' To Be The Only Girl In Your Life)". Both off the 1st, post-Diana, L.P.: "The Supremes - Right On".

If Motown had released a single, putting these two tracks back-2-back, around Memorial Day, 1970, prior to the release of "River Deep, Mountain High" ,and in place of "Everybody's Got The Right To Love" ... they would have had a MAJOR, double-A-side release, that would have gotten Pop and R&B radio-play (...as well as Discoteque rotation) lasting the entire summer. Conceivably, increasing the L.P.'s Gross sales, by up to 30%.

And IMHO (<---Ahhh... The all-purpose safety-phrase! Hopefully, I used it right?), the "70's Supremes" never had another L.P. that came close to the meticulous attention to detail, that went into the Assembly, Arrangement, Recording, Performing and Promotion of "Right On".

This album is perfectly laid-out, with the most seamless flow of tracks, through half-a-dozen Pop genres. From the 1st cut, through the transition to side 2, and ending Side 2 on the most uplifting note of, just about ANY Pop L.P. of the early 70's.

The 1st Motown-mistake was releasing, no-less-than 6 Diana Ross / Supremes-related L.P.'s in 1 year!!! And though every L.P. after "Right On", had at least 1, Top-50(ish), R&B-to-Pop crossover hit... (Except the 'Jimmy Webb' L.P. Which is quite beautiful, but there's not much 'Supremes' left on it, after Webb loads-on all those extra back-up vocalists.) As a collective work, none of them... (Oooops!!! sorry...) "IMHO", none of them were as cohesive, nor had the "Motown-company-priority", traditionally befitting a "Supremes" L.P. release, after "Right On".

Both sides of it's, 2 singles, got either Radio-play, Niteclub-play, or became 'Supremes' cult-classics. And "Right On" was packed with hit material, in every direction. Save, "Baby, Baby" & "Then I Met you". The latter being a Bacharach-esque song, that'll remind you of Dionne Warwick. (...and should've been recorded by Dionne... not 'The Supremes')

Even the somewhat-contrived, Jazz-Pop, swing-beat of "You Move Me", builds into a big, bouncey VEGAS show-stopper. (The only thing missing is some live-applause over the fade-out.)

"...Try Again" & "I Got Hurt..." are both written by James Dean & James Glover, who, 6 years later, would write & Produce the "First Choice - So Let Us Entertain You'" L.P. (Another of those rare releases that scored market-success, in some direction, from every single track!). Hence, 'The Supremes' were doing 'First Choice' material, 3 years before the 'First Choice's, 1st L.P.!

Lastly, to the best of my knowledge, "Right On" is also, the singular, "70's Supremes" L.P. to be digitally re-mastered & re-released, in it's entirety. Which still leaves, solely the vinyl L.P. of "New Ways But Love Stays", with the "Stoned Love" reprise, at the end of Side 2. [I](Which was used in my version for Dayna, that'll open the 4/7, espisode #29, of "Back To Music".) mlk



Oooo...! And a big "P.S." for anyone who doesn't know...
The lyric is actually, "STONE Love". Not "STONED LOVE". I don't recall if it was a typo that never got corrected, or what... (It's been years since I heard Mary Wilson tell this story.) But it became a headache for the girls to constantly explain that fact. And that the message in the lyrics is, actually about "...a 'LOVE' so strong, as to be 'cut-in-STONE'". As opposed to being a reference, in some way, to Pot, or Drugs.

Go ahead... Take it out and listen... They never say "STONED", a single time, in the entire song. It wasn't even spelled that way, on their lyric sheets from the recording session! :oP

MOOSE~!! muahhhhhhh..That's interesting about Stoned Love ,but then again you always do have great tidbits~! the "Bitter Brigade" will give no kudos ,but give dust .........lol..where's my lemon pledge?
KLM...........

[drlove]

Stephen, thanks for your detailed review of the Right On LP .....I think the fans agreed as it was their strongest selling album of the post-Diana period. One of my faves from that LP that I also thought was single-worthy was "Bill, When Are You Coming Back" ......I though Jean T. really hit a home run with her vocals on that one as she interpreted the then-timely Vietnam-era story song.