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    Diana Ross and The Andantes- I'm So Glad I Got Somebody [[Like You Around)

    Great underrated song from the underrated songwriters Lawrence Brown-George Gordy-Allen Story and Anna Gordy Gaye. The Andantes are SOARING on this. Those "OHHHS" at the 11 second mark and 1:06 Mark.

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    Yes it is a great tune. Glad it is not just me who appreciates it.

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    I like the song. It was amongst the 45s that my parents bought me for my first little record player. But when I listen to the record now, Diana's voice sounds really strained and overworked, which it probably was.

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    I like this very much. You're right, reese, Diana does sound a bit weird but overall she's still great. And so is the song!

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    I can't say that I ever really loved this track. I remember as a youngster first hearing it as the flipside to 'I'm Living In Shame'. I too thought that Diana Ross sounded strained on this track and the backing vocals sounded generic. For a song celebrating love, to me it lacked a sense of joy.
    I began thinking around this time that Motwn's female groups [[Supremes, Vandellas, Marvelettes) were all starting to sound the same. Now of course I know it was because the Andantes were often used for the entire background vocals which I feel robbed those groups of much of their individuallity.
    However, music is such a personal experience so I'm glad others love this track.

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    I always wondered if the background vocals for this and Marvin Gaye's "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" were done in the same session as there is the same "Ooo" passage in both.

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    Add me to the list of fans that always loved this song!

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    It's about a half key too high for her. If "we" can hear this anomaly 50 years later, it makes one wonder why the producers didn't hear it at the time. Diana did her best with the key she was given. My conjecture is [[and I have the same guess about numerous Motown tracks) that the company was turning out tracks almost 24/7 and thorough attention was simply not possible. I'm not knocking Motown -- just considering this was all occurring 40-50 years ago with far less technical equipment, great producers who were "still learning" all aspects of production and distribution, etc. The flip side is that it is truly amazing that they turned out as many "impeccable" tracks as they did year after year!:-)
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    Diana's version of "Over The Rainbow" wins my award for song cut in the wrong key. At least it was never used on a Supremes album at the time which means someone must have realised.
    It would be very hard not to lol.

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    Even as a young adolescent, to me this song was "filler." Sadly, most Supremes albums contained one or two or more "fillers" that were of lesser quality than the others. Maybe this is why Supremes LP's are not considered classic albums. This is one area that Berry was short-sided in his thinking.
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    while I agree this isn't the most dynamic song DRATS ever cut, I do like it. and I think the problem with their 60s albums is that they're not cohesive. but if the tracks are shuffled between lp sets, it works better. I've posted quite a few of these on various threads here. I think the Let Sunshine In would have worked better if it was more of a traditional pop/cover tunes set. So on my alt version playlist is did:

    Aquarius/Sunshine
    Composer
    Hey Western Union
    Up Up and Away
    What Becomes of Broken Hearted
    I'm LIving in Shame

    No Matter What Sign
    Love Makes me Do foolish things
    Will this be the day
    Don't break these chains of love
    you ain't living until you're loving
    hey jude

    Then Cream of Crop would be more of an adult contemporary/MOR set of

    Someday
    You Gave me Love
    Stormy
    You're Gonna Hear from me
    Till Johnny Comes
    I'm So Glad I Got Somebody

    Discover Me
    Loving You is sweeter than ever
    When it's to the top
    Beginning of the end
    The look of love
    I'll set you free

    And yes, I redid Reflections and LC lps so that the tunes listed here were replaced with other, more appropriate content for those lps. IMO these versions are a bit more cohesive of a project and less choppy/uneven

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    I've always liked "I'm So Glad" a lot. It displayed a mid-tempo, soulful side to The Supremes. And, as always, I LOVE The Andantes' back-up vocals. Their intricate harmonies are classy and exquisite.

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    Very pedestrian,nothing much there,just album filler.

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    Loved it then ....love it even more today....

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    Quote Originally Posted by arr&bee View Post
    Very pedestrian,nothing much there,just album filler.
    Hmm. I have always wondered about "filler". Do you think that when the song's composers set out to write the track, they had no intention of it ever being a single, or ever being a hit? So they just wrote a song for the sole purpose of filling up an album?

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    Someone said:
    "Filler", aka the opposite of "killer", can be identified as such:

    1. Sounds like it was written in about 20 minutes

    2. Usually one of the last tracks on a record

    3. Never, ever performed live

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    Quote Originally Posted by jack020 View Post
    Someone said:
    "Filler", aka the opposite of "killer", can be identified as such:

    1. Sounds like it was written in about 20 minutes

    2. Usually one of the last tracks on a record

    3. Never, ever performed live
    Ha! I like it. Thanks jack

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