Mary Wilson's Voice: Perfection

[floyjoy678]

I agree also. The Jean, Mary and Lynda line up we're exciting live and Lynda had a strong soprano that was much needed to balance out Mary's strong alto, it hadn't been there since Flo left. And I do think Lynda added some spunk and sass back into the group, she reminded me a lot of Florence and I think that was why she worked so well with Mary. But as we all know Jean wanted out by this point and it ended up being very short lived...

[RanRan79]

I agree also. The Jean, Mary and Lynda line up we're exciting live and Lynda had a strong soprano that was much needed to balance out Mary's strong alto, it hadn't been there since Flo left. And I do think Lynda added some spunk and sass back into the group, she reminded me a lot of Florence and I think that was why she worked so well with Mary. But as we all know Jean wanted out by this point and it ended up being very short lived...

I think it was Mary who said that Florence gave her stamp of approval for Lynda, and as far as I'm concerned that's the best endorsement a "replacement" Supreme could get. Lynda did add personality to the group, which IMO was something that was missing since the 60s lineups. I've read accusations that Lynda sings too loud or screams. If so, I haven't heard that in any of the performances I've seen of her with Jean and Mary. If she does it now...well that's unfortunate.

Floyjoy do you think Jean would have still wanted out if Mary had agreed to leave Motown? I suspect that move would have gone a long way to smoothing over some of the tension.