in a wonderful post with a pic of the Grammy Award and music accompanying it: "Forever Came Today"
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in a wonderful post with a pic of the Grammy Award and music accompanying it: "Forever Came Today"
VERY nice to see Ms. Ross acknowledge the others who helped make The Supremes the greatest girl group of all time.
Darin
I was glad to see her make this post. I wouldn't be surprised if the song choice in her post reflects her feelings about the honour itself [ie. long overdue].
I’m guessing she was prompted to post this as why else would she have waited so long. It certainly comes across as an afterthought.
A representative at the actual event would have been a whole lot nicer but hey ho.
agreed I think she just received it and I am glad she acknowledge Cindy Birdsong as well. No one makes Diana do something so I am sure she felt it from her heart to do so. Nuff said.
Makes me wonder if she just simply was sick, got her award now and said thank you to everyone
Are hardcore fans reading way too much into very little? Or is that a stupid question?
Better late than never I suppose. At least she also included Cindy Birdsong in her thank you message.
Something else I’ve noticed is the Facebook comments for this post are in the hundreds and I did not see one negative one - a lot of comments about how we love you all, took way too long, thank you for letting Mary and Flo’s daughters have their moment to sign.
It kind of makes this forum sound like negative nellies.
That being said the positivity of this Forum has elevated into the stratosphere in the last couple years
The legacy of The Supremes in popular music remains in the continued airplay of their great songs.
You beat me to it Carlo, We all have our own individual thoughts and opinions regarding the Grammy awards and Diana’s total lack of involvement. I don't t see why thinking she might have dealt with the situation a little better should be seen as being negative.
I guess to some Diana has to be seen as perfect in all things, being fine as long other opinions are respected.
The Supremes were quite long overdue for this Grammy Award. It was a nice post, I did like that Cindy Birdsong was acknowledged. I have my personal opinions on things but still it was a nice enough post.
Some folks may still feel a certain type of way that she didn't show up with the other Lifetime Achievement Award recipients. We just don't know what transpired. She was quiet about it for a month or so and only acknowledges it now, with ironic timing [[her birthday was coming in a few days). So I get Ollie's original point.
What? No Barbara?:rolleyes::cool:
For me, it's a little too LATE smh.
"Rhonda , what's this box with a Grammy trophy in it ? I thought you said my album lost?"
"It did Mom. But that's the one for being a Supreme".
" Oh sh*t. How many times do I have to tell you all, I was never a Supreme. I was Diana Ross AND The Supremes!!!!"
Very glad to see this.
I think that's always been her truth , but now in this stage of her thinking, she's hardwired it.
And leave it to Ross in her shout out to her girls getting their recognition, to choose as a song in tribute, one that includes none of them!!:eek::rolleyes:. But does that even matter, has it ever mattered.... that's probably her truth too ....
No I don't ...shoot half the time was in the studio by herself recording herself. She may have never known the backgrounds after the early sixties. "Reflections of What Life Use to Be." I truly get it.
A possibility, though not particularly justified milven. Diana had previously never shown the slightest personal interest in anything Supremes related. That would include any awards honouring the group, right down to expanded editions of their albums. A very different scenario to anything honouring her solo career where she has never not attended.
She performs Supremes songs as she knows that what the public expect from her.
This award was in recognition of three women. I doubt Mary and Flo would have been very much amused by Diana choosing a song neither women were featured on to represent a thank you message to the academy. A subtle reminder perhaps as to their perceived significance. Hmmm.
I too doubt that Diana was trying to have a dig at Mary & Flo, or that she even remembers if they were on that particular song 55 years - and several hundred recordings - after it was recorded. It was more about a message in the title, just like Someday We'll Be Together was chosen for Motown 25.
Lol I would think Diana knows Mary and Flo's voices well enough to know if they're on a recording or not. She probably knows their singing voices better than any of us.
I'm not usually this critical, but this is so lame of Diana Ross. After widespread criticism of not being there or at least sending someone in her place [[as she usually does), to post this as an after-thought is in my opinion offensive to the family of Flo and Mary and especially the fans. Once again, we are to believe the Supremes never existed.
It would have been less offensive if she simply had kept quiet.
Do I think Diana chose a song intentionally omitting her fellow supremes ? No
do I think she could care less if she did ?? Hmmm
The cynical part of me thinks she and her team posted it because the upcoming tour is emphasizing that it's a hits tour so they posted it to help lay the groundwork to promote the tour. If that's the strategy then she should have shown up to accept the grammy honor as it would have garnered more attention for the hits tour.
Way way way too much parsing of a basic act
I can’t help but see what this would have been like if she herself had shown up; she and a couple of “also rans” that no one would have known, hurt feelings, and more parsing.
Someone way early said damned if you do, damned if you don’t - but also don’t overthink and parse so thoroughly
I made my thoughts and feelings on Diana's attitude toward the Supremes pretty clear in a couple threads when this mess first went down, so I won't rehash it here. However, I will say I doubt choosing "Forever Came Today" was anything other than Diana's way of saying exactly what the title of the song says. Whether she genuinely gave a crap about the award or not, I can imagine her saying to herself "Which Supremes song might best describe this moment" and going with "Forever Came Today".
She was never going to choose a song she herself didn't sing on, so she wouldn't have reached into the 70s Supremes for a choice. [[Not that she's familiar with any of their songs anyway. The story goes that someone once mentioned "Up the Ladder To the Roof" and Diana started climbing a ladder to the roof, thinking she had been given some kind of command.)
She nearly chose a song from her solo career but someone screamed "Miss Ross!" or "Diana!" or "Diane!" or "Aunt Diane!" or "Grandma Di!" or "Mommy!"..."Are you crazy! You can't choose one of your solo career songs for a Supremes tribute!"
So what does that leave her? Okay, she could have been petty and gave the academy the finger with "Send Me No Flowers". Or maybe she could have gone with "You Can't Hurry Love" as if to say you can't hurry the honor that the group has recently received, but that title isn't really an "in your face" sentiment regarding the award. So why not "Forever Came Today", which says it all? Sure, there's no Mary. No Cindy either, but she wasn't awarded even though Diana shouted her out here. Also no Flo. But it was released under some form of the Supremes name. Any royalties incurred, Mary cashed the check and she sang the song on television. Andantes or not, Mary would probably gladly take the credit.
The fact that Diana posted "Forever Came Today" for anything is alright in my book. It's a bit of acknowledgement of a great song in her catalog. It beats "I Will Survive" which Diana never seems to tire of.:cool: