As you quite rightly say there is more chance of Elvis and Tupac being found alive and well on Fantasy Island whilst recording a duet of Love Twins.
These occasional bizarre tweets are the best we can hope for.
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I truly mean no disrespect whatsoever, and proceed accordingly. I wonder if it's [[much!) younger fans who pose these sorts of propositions. As a 'vintage' fan I, for one, have heard well more than enough Motown recollections to last me a lifetime. Additionally any long-time Diana fan is highly cognizant of Diana not being a backwards-looking person, nor has she ever been particularly smitten with dishing dirt about her professional or personal life. After all, she loved singing The Lady Is A Tramp for years and I think the song's lyrics have several important parallels to her. Diana seems far more Jackie Kennedy than Wendy Williams. At this point all I want is for her to be happy; if she tours again, I'll probably be there. If she records again, I'll give it a try. Yappin' about 40 year old albums? I'll pass.
Why was this cancelled.
This would be great to have or have on netflix
We all know it’s never likely to happen sup, but it sure makes for a great fantasy.
I for one never tire of hearing personal recollections of how an album was put together and the recording process involved. Certainly the age of an album makes not the slightest difference. Perhaps it’s my inner child that prevents me from becoming jaded and always eager to learn more......Who knows?.
I’m hoping that if or when we ever get that final book, Diana will be more forthcoming in sharing her memories of the recording of some of those classic albums, not to mention her film outings. We can all but hope.
The Absolutely lucky. It would most certainly be interesting to here her take on things. Perhaps a book discussing her music career alone would be the way to go. The concepts for certain albums. Songs she likes or is not terribly fond of. The reason she was drawn to certain producers.....We can only dream. ;)
Diana had some interesting things to say about her musical career in billboard in 1993 for her anniversary she said she didn't like later Supremes hits like lovechild she also said she was told she couldn't include a live recording of her and marvin gaye on stage in 1983 for the forever box set by Motown because it wasn't up to standard but she really wanted to put it it was fascinating interview
Strange since love child has been in her show for almost twenty years.
I thought it was living in shame she didn't like but seems like an interesting article to read
Perhaps that’s the reason why ‘Secret’s Of A Sparrow’ was so scant on musical info. Her feelings on such like had all pretty much been revealed in that interview.
I didn’t know she hated “Love Child” and most probably “SDWBT”. From this revelation and from what Bluebrock has revealed, there appears to be rather a large proportion of her own recordings she doesn't much care for.
Love Child, all singles and probably albums released 68-69
Everything Is Everything
Last Time I Saw Him
Baby It’s Me
Ross 78
Why Do Fools
Silk Electric
ross 83
Workin’ Overtime.
I Love You.
And that’s just the ones we know of. I wonder if this is one of reasons she is reluctant to discuss her music in much depth?.
From memory she is asked what she thinks of later singles love child and I'm livin in shame tackling social issues and she replies that she prefers the earlier hits and doesn't like the later release's something along those lines anyway
In her book, Diana wrote that she enjoyed songs like LOVE CHILD and I'm LIVIN' IN SHAME but for her, they weren't as wonderful as the older HDH songs that were written especially for them, like BABY LOVE, COME SEE ABOUT ME, and STOP!
When she did LOVE CHILD and SHAME, she said they were about someone else's life. So when she did them, she likened it to doing a movie.
Her music has had such an impact on people’s lives that it’s hard to understand her indifference. She has mentioned she likes to hear how certain songs have helped people during difficult times in their lives, but that appears to be about it.
I think it’s performing live that is of most interest to her. roar of the greasepaint, smell of the crowd.
As a music buff i find it a little frustrating, but nothing that stops me being any less of a fan.
I cannot put into words how frustrating i found her own indifference to her music.
It was even more frustrating to hear her recall her indifferent albums far better than the stronger one's. She could talk you through Everything is Everything, Last time i saw him and Diana and Marvin, but if you mention Diana Ross70, 76 or Surrender and you would be met with a wall of silence. It actually upset me initially, but i quickly got over it and i have laughed about it for the past 30 years.
This is the main reason why we will never ever get her to publicly discuss any individual albums in any detail.
i'm guessing here but i wonder if the reason she remembers the poor albums is because she had little to no involvement with ANY of the albums. she wasn't determining track listing, deciding on cover art or anything along those lines. just was just constantly recording and performing and motown pulled together whatever they wanted.
because Everything, Last Time and the duet album were such disappointments, perhaps they really stick out in her mind because of that fact. and while she still wasn't involved in these [[relative) duds, because they were such let downs, there was more attention from her regarding them
On memory she said ruffin was gaye I sat there stunned
One of the IDOL contestants, Phil Stacy, sang I'M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME. During a taped interview after his rehearsal, Diana said it was a song she did with Marvin Gaye and it brought back a lot of memories.
Now I wouldn't want to correct The Boss either. But considering the interview was taped, it is telling that no one on the show bothered to look it up. They could have easily edited that comment out.
I wonder what those "fond memories" were! She either had a very vivid imagination or maybe she was going through a tough time.
There is no excusing such comments, but as you rightly point out production staff could have surely done some research and edited out the unfortunate comments.
That situation would never have occurred on my watch. Not sure who was taking care of her at that particular time but he/she was certainly not doing their job to an acceptable standard.
I’m completely sympathetic to the horror Miss Ross was going through at the time, however, it’s still no excuse for that short of a show – especially when you’re breaking records at radio city music Hall. Either do the show or don’t do the show, but don’t short change the people that came to see you do your best. I wasn’t there, but everyone I know who was there was not happy.
Wasn’t she performing 2 shows a night on some of those dates?
‘you’re right - many fans would have understood, but I think the majority would still feel shortchanged. Another 15-20 minutes would have made all the difference - including A frank talk about her mom and flying back and forth would have made a warm moment no one would ever forget. Diana Ross Pouring her heart out to us sold out radio city music Hall…… I get chills just thinking about it.
As we all know only too well Ms Ross is not someone prone to sharing her personal issues in public.
Piers Morgan has been trying to secure her as a guest on his UK Life Stories tv programme for many years to no avail. She would never agree to airing her linen dirty or otherwise in public.