It's not that you're bashing Mary, it's that you've opened the door to it. The title of the thread itself will invite those salivating at yet another opportunity to dog Mary. Fingers crossed that I'm wrong.
That being said, I get that you don't...err...enjoy "Enjoy Yourself".
I don't either. And I agree, it's a pretty bad Mary vocal. But I don't think your question about it has a deep answer. It's likely that she was just a bad fit for the song. It happens. Or she was having an off night. It happens. Yes, Diana had a beautiful voice, and it was often perfectly captured onstage, but no one has a perfect night every night, including Diana, Aretha and Patti.
Also keep in mind this song was chosen to spotlight all three Supremes, or just Diana and Mary [[I'm not convinced that Flo ever had an intended part in the song, that the part about her being scared was some kind of bit). While it should have been priority to choose a song that equally fit the three of them, I imagine that was also a hard thing to do because they were three very different singers. To my ears EY was much more up Diana's lane than Mary's anyway. And with that being said, I don't think the song is all that great either way, and Diana isn't exactly wowing the crowd with it either. Certainly not wowing me.
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