Originally Posted by
RanRan79
Thanks for reposting this V. I wasn't around for this so this is my first time seeing it. A couple of things stand out to me.
"If we report a kind word about one Supreme, Mary, Flo or Diana, it is often misconstrued as a slap to the other two ladies."
That's so damn sad, but also so very true. I see that all of the time in this forum, especially whenever people say positive things about Florence and/or Mary. It's like some take it as some slap in the face that someone other than Diana Ross gets some praise around here. Idiotic.
"I’d rather tell the truth, for myself, and for an accurate history, than to be popular. And at the end of the day, all I can do is present the facts, even if they are conflicting, and if there is no clear answer, the listener can be the judge. Sometimes we have an answer, sometimes we don’t."
That's how I feel about the entire subject, as I said earlier in the thread. Give me the truth. If Flo and/or Mary are present or absent, I still want the facts. And it makes sense that there will be times when who is present is more ambiguous than other times, so yeah, like Andy says, as the listener I'll judge for myself.
"The Supremes/Andantes situation does exist, but it has absolutely been blown out of proportion. The Supremes background vocals by Mary and Flo, are on most of their records leading up to Flo’s departure."
Blown out of proportion, he says. But you wouldn't know that by some of the posts in the forum by specific people who, as one very recently stated, believe that the Andantes are present more often than not. Andy seems to be of the opinion- backed up by evidence- that it's the other way around. But of course I will not look for the sentiments of others to change course.
"Stop! In The Name Of Love is the latest hot topic, so I’ll acknowledge it here. Listen to the alternate from disc 2 of More Hits, also in a different mix on the box set. Now listen to the live versions on At The Copa, or the video from the Hollywood Palace. They are all consistent. Now listen to the released “hit” version. The voice you are hearing, is Jackie Hicks. Go back to McNair’s Fancy Passes, you’ll hear Jackie there. You’ll hear her on Run Run Run."
Finally, I can definitely see how this statement confused things. Compare this with what George says and this paragraph leads to the question of whether Andy is implying that the Andantes completely replaced the Supremes or if he is saying what George is saying, which is that the two groups are on the song together. And if his point was to say they are together, perhaps some eager to have this to throw around for digs at Flo and Mary took it and ran with it as the song is Diana and the Andantes, because he definitely doesn't come right out with "On Stop In the Name of Love, the voices you hear are the Andantes, not Flo and Mary". Whatever the case, I definitely have a better understanding of how this particular controversy exploded.
But it's dead now as far as I'm concerned.
