Originally Posted by
sup_fan
now as for the MS&S project, i think that album is remarkably stronger than HE. but one of the all time fatal mistakes hit it - wrong lead single. what should have happened after Walking was:
1. a complete revamp of the Sups' show. update it, modernize it, ditch the silly Dream sequence and the crap like The Way We Were. organize the act with cleaner choreography, reign in the excessive ad libbing
2. increase Scherrie's position in the group so she has more public-facing time. Love Mary and her work in the group. Scherrie needed more presence though since she was leading Walking and more of the singles.
3. motown manage the group again - politically, it was just suicide for mary to decline their request. completely true that motown had had minimal interest in the group and really was just going through the motions. when Walking broke out as a hit and the HE album charted well, motown realized they could have a ready made Disco act in the Sups and figured they might as well take advantage of that.
4. lead off with LYG as the first single form the new album
5. mary not doing solo. once she announced that in Dec 76, everything dropped off for the promotion of the songs and lp