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Hee haw!^
They sure kept away from full visuals once the segment got going. I'm thinking if the superman cape part of the dress were a different color that might've helped. Also the camera angle...

speaking of outfits, those worn for Ed Sullivan sure weren't flattering. Both Mary and Flo look mother-to-be. I wonder if part of the staging was because when side-by-side those dresses made Flo look...

This is Ross at her best ....handling the highest degree of mangled phrasing.... and this song is a mouthful!!!

but what in the world is the line @ 2:03

sure don't recall that in the song...

Yes he says here, SSSSSuuu ......then more mumbled words to the effect of ....oh hell with it :p

I think Ed felt bad, he sure jumped in with a resounding YAAA! right at the end to compensate

Hmmmm its something that ends in a long juicy 'SHSSSSS'

here ssszzz?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VuxfQMsUK4

after Ed fails in an attempt to remember who he is introducing , what word does he mumble after he says "the girls" ??

Was this Supreme trying to sound like Aretha here??.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXjBMcdSKS0
Odd to me that this cut off Aretha's LP attracted attention at Motown.



[I don't get...

Because of the amount of content,
the year 1974 is being divided into three threads.

This is Part II:
May - August
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Previously on Motown and Billboard's Hot 100/ Top 40:...

So we've got
Pam and Marilyn getting together to do some songwriting. Pam and producer Michael Masser are coming off LAST TIME I SAW HIM a hit written by the two of them , and she and Michael...

That's a good point. Trying to pass YOUR LOVE IS SO... as disco was really a stretch, and counterintuitive to recording a Richard Perry project. Were they getting desperate at that time and seeing...

Yes the Supremes could easily shift their style to something more contemporary because they themselves were reinvented as well. Diana had crafted herself to a high level of respectability over a...

Plus they visually went from black & white to living color.

Billboard’s Hot 100/ Top 40
Chart #14
April 06, 1974

Number of singles reviewed this week: 122
last week: 95

Record World:

WILLIE HUTCH - Motown M1292F

Regarding LOVE HANGOVER , this is all just fantasy-on-parade since there's the apparent lack of the real story.

Masser and Sawyer wrote the b side of Thelma's 45 of THANK GOD FOR GPS [aka DO YOU...

NATHAN JONES ran off with Lola!! L-O-L-A, Lola !! ~ who knew???

So you are of the opinion that LOVE HANGOVER was written specifically for Diana by the two ladies?

What do you think of the idea that they submitted LOVE HANGOVER to Masser , who most likely...

It seems like the LOVE HANGOVER story is a bit of a mysterious one ....how it came to be. Was it conceived as a disco tune in the first place? Or did Hal Davis take it in that direction?

I've...

Ive decided to make this angle into a new thread

How Did The Song LOVE HANGOVER Come About?

somebody must have been hungover when they left out ......

Billboard’s Hot 100/ Top 40
Chart #13
March 30, 1974

Number of singles reviewed this week: 91
last week: 95

Record World:
STEVIE WONDER "DON'T YOU WORRY 'BOUT A THING" [prod. by S....

Disco was centered around a very limited demographic ... 18- 23 year-old gays There were plenty of record buyers who couldn't care less about dancing in a club [including many 18-23 year old...

"SOMETHING NICE" could've been an upgrade as the title, except ..
.... I don't find the songs to be particularly nice. :rolleyes:

Diana needed some fresh air from being stuck over in that subforum.

Well that's my thought .....The Supremes segment was just one piece of a much bigger concept for that show....and not treated in any way as especially special. I think certainly everyone had...

I think it was calculated. In '76 disco was still mostly a gay thing. Diana Ross didn't have to play to that crowd, she already had them.

As said SNF hadn't broken yet taking disco to the...