Keeping The Legacy Alive in Supreme Style!!!!!!!

[supremester]

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140614/ENT04/306130141/Review-Diana-Ross-still-Boss-

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[nabob]

Very nice review with the exception of:

After the first encore and a reprise of Donna Summer’s “I Will Survive,”

[smark21]

IT's been corrected now to state Gloria Gaynor.

Nothing new in the set list, though hopefully Come See About Me will be a regular part of this summer tour and not just an occasional guest.

[smark21]

Here's a review/report from the Oakland Press: http://www.theoaklandpress.com/arts-and-entertainment/20140613/diana-ross-heats-up-freedom-hill

[Lulu]

Thanks for posting these. In true form, we're being bombarded by "other" topics so I guess this will be the deal all summer long!

[jobeterob]

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June 14, 2014 at 1:00 am
Review: Diana Ross still 'The Boss'
Susan Whitall Detroit News Music Writer

It took miles and miles of tulle and enough sequins to outfit a road company of “La Cage aux Folles,” but Diana Ross opened the season at Sterling Heights’ Freedom Hill Amphitheatre Friday with a warm performance that defied the temperature.
A smiling Ross sashayed onstage in a shimmering aqua dress singing a few bars of -- what else, her solo hit “I’m Coming Out.” Despite the chill, she gamely tossed away her aqua tulle wrap almost immediately, baring her upper arms even though she was singing to an audience bundled up in fleece, fur and yes -- blankets.
Interestingly, there were many groups of women in the audience, of all ages -- girlfriends doing Supremes shimmys together, mothers swaying to the beat with daughters, or granddaughters. Everybody, even the 250-pound dad beside us oohed and aahed over each costume change [[three, by our count). And no wonder, Ross is the ultimate young woman’s victory tale, the skinny, hard-working girl who sewed her own clothes, earned As and talked her way into a record contract while still in her teens.
With Ross in front of the Supremes, it was an unstoppable, nuclear explosion of girl power. After she sang one of her favorite ‘60s pop songs -- the Spiral Starecase’s “More Today Than Yesterda y” --she tore through a string of those golden Holland-Dozier-Holland gems: “My World Is Empty [[Without You),” “Come See About Me,” “Where Did Our Love Go,” “Baby Love,” “Stop! In the Name of Love,” “Can’t Hurry Love” and “Love child.”
With her arms aloft in the classic goddess pose, she was still the Boss, the kittenish vibrato of 1964 mellowed into a sensual, bluesy soprano that’s every bit as flirty.
The languid sensuality of her voice fits material such as “The Look of Love,” her own steamy “Love Hangover,” and “Don’t Explain,” from her Billie Holiday biopic, “Lady Sings the Blues.”
Ross’ band is tight, and every costume change timed to the second, with the band skillfully distracting the audience with music and even dancing.
As she came out the last time, in red tulle and sequins, Ross said “OK, hands in the air! Feel the energy!” as the band kicked into “Reach Out and Touch.”
After the first encore and a reprise of Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive,” when the lights went up, she spoke again. “It’s so nice to be near home,” Ross said, smiling. “When they turn the lights up, I can see your faces, and I’m so happy to see you! All my family is here in the front.”
Unlike Tony Bennett or Rod Stewart or Michael Buble, Ross has to not only sing -- and the warmth of her tone once again made a mockery of those who ever discounted her voice -- but she also has to come out in fabulous outfits at least three or four times, or risk disappointing her audience. Bennett and the guys have only to bathe and show up in a nice suit.
Unfortunately, Ross’ handlers did not allow press photographs, so our description, and about 8,000 mediocre cell phone photos being posted on social media as we type, will have to do. We can tell you, she looks stunning. The longest zoom lens in the world would have been her friend.
A woman next to us asked, at one point, “How old is she?” Seventy, as of March 26. The woman shook her head. “Amazing.”

[captainjames]

That was a good review - I have seen Diana more times than I can count and not once have I actually been in the audience to hear her sing "Surrender". I think its the piano or Valerie Simpson on the piano that has always held my ear. Anyway I am glad to see "Reach Out and Touch" is back in the set.

[smark21]

Cincinnati review with the critic enjoying Why Do Fools [[even if they are not aware that Ross had a hit with it 33 years ago) http://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/music/2014/06/15/diana-ross-horseshoe-casino-cincinnati/10566441/

[jobeterob]

With songs spanning the Supremes to Billie Holiday and "The Wiz," Diana Ross took fans on a trip down memory lane playing before a sold-out audience Saturday night at the Shoe, the cozy outdoor venue at the Horseshoe Casino.

It was a completely delightful 80-minute set succinctly giving fans a retrospective of Ross' magnificent career, complete with wardrobe changes.

Always the glittering, gracious diva, Ross was spreading her feel-good message of personal empowerment, telling the audience numerous times, "I love you so much." Ross came with a tight five-piece band and three back-up singers. Two were male, so there was no attempt here at any faux Supremes act.

Indeed, the audience was left to do the choreography as the low-key stage show relied on Ross' uplifting charisma.

She opened with "I'm Coming Out," which became one of the first LGBT anthems when it was released 34 years ago.

She quickly ran through a string of songs that the diverse, older audience came to hear: those Motown hits, including "My World Is Empty Without You," "Where Did Our Love Go," "Baby Love," "Stop! In the Name of Love" and "You Can't Hurry Love."

During an extended band jam on "Love Child," it was time for the first wardrobe change as Ross went from a brilliant red gown to a neon-green flowing shawl, later revealing a glistening, sequined midnight-blue gown. The evening ended with Ross in a blinding canary-yellow dress.

Ross tossed out a few tunes from her solo and disco days, such as "Upside Down," "Touch Me in the Morning" and the signature tune from "The Wiz," "Ease on Down the Road." Sprinkled in were catchy pop staples such as "More Today Than Yesterday" and the "Look of Love."

Perhaps most refreshing was her wonderful choice of covers from the R&B/doo-wop era such as "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" [[turned into a tremendous, searing jam by her band) and the righteous Gloria Gaynor anthem "I Will Survive," which, of course, perfectly sums up Ross' occasionally rocky career and personal life.

Ross' voice is doing just fine for a singer who turned 70 in March. She can still belt out a song, even if she doesn't quite have the range of her youth. There were a few stale notes and a little harshness at times replacing those endearing flirty vocals from her girl-group days. But those quibbles were easily overlooked as Ross performed with an exuberance and joy that has always been her trademark.

Perhaps the unexpected high point was "Don't Explain" from the "Lady Sings the Blues" soundtrack. Ross was magnificent on the steamy blues number that her huskier voice these days is perhaps more suited to.

For her finishing tunes, Ross got the crowd swaying with "Reach Out and Touch [[Somebody's Hand)" and a soaring "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" with Ross exiting assuring the crowd, "If you need me, call me."

Cincinnati was just the second stop on Ross' "In the Name of Love" tour, which opened Friday outside her hometown of Detroit. Cincinnati was perhaps fortunate to get the legendary singer. Just 15-20 tour dates are planned over the summer weeks