People are remembering. Here the FLOS mark the 50th Anniversary of "Someday We'll Be Together"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByplDJfeDHc
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People are remembering. Here the FLOS mark the 50th Anniversary of "Someday We'll Be Together"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByplDJfeDHc
For those who missed the original recorded in 1961........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IQBqfrukto
From the first to very last recording of "Someday, Well Be Together" [[I know it was recorded again after this, but is the last one with Diana, Mary and Cindy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEYVvw5au28
How come Mary shuns Marv?
I had never heard the original 61 version before. Not to inspiring lol.
I have no memories of the song when first released as i was to young. I do think quite possibly that it might not have been as successful had it been Diana's first solo single.
The plaintive, wistful lyrics and the fact that it was the Supremes last single together lent the song further pathos. Had it been released at a later date it might not have had the same impact.
I agree. It was the perfect farewell song for Diana. Sombre, wistful and emotional. It worked far better as the final DRATS single rather than Diana's debut. A perfect way to move from one decade to another.
I still maintain that Reach out and touch was a great choice for Diana's solo debut. Had she performed it on Ed Sullivan as originally planned i am sure it would have gone top 10.
I saw a documentary last night about lawyer Roy Cohn. He taught our current President to double down, lie, never admit that you were wrong, and to deflect tp something else when he is boxed in a corner. I don't think that we will ever see our lying President admit that he was wrong. Marv won't either. With his backing by Ralph, we just have to live with it and hope that SOMEDAY........
i don't know. i do agree that with more tv promotion, it could have done better.
But i still think the dreamy waltz atmosphere of the song is just not that exciting. The supremes debuted with Ladder and good god! a totally new sound, theme and it builds to a tremendous ending.
Reach certainly builds but it's just never worked for me
Imagine if Mountain had been her debut!!
^^^ No. No. No. No. No.
The most important thing is that your incessant arguments have ruined what should have been a perfectly good thread.
I'M BEGINNING TO HATE YOU ALL.
^144 you bring up a very valid point. We've all been guilty of egging on [[and sometime even engaging) in inappropriate behavior.
I think all of us should step back, exhale and refocus ourselves on the music and the Supremes. Let's engage in POSITIVE dialog and avoid mud slinging - either to the girls or to Soulful members. And if someone DOES make an inappropriate comment, you can always block them or simply ignore their post.
144 - i do hope you don't abandon the forum. we've had too many members slip away over the years. the only way these work and provide value is if we share and dialog. I hope you'll stay around :)
Well I think it's sad that you refuse to admit your "mistake". You want people to take your word for stuff but even when there's proof that you're wrong you stick with your story and it diminishes your word. You should be more mature than that at this stage of your life.
But you are right about one thing, this thread should be about the music [[although it is your fault that the thread moved from the music to your disdain for Diana Ross).
As far as my "Someday We'll Be Together" memories go, since I was born many years later, my earliest memory of the song, I believe, is when it was used on an episode of "The Wonder Years".
Not even. More like this...
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Or insert any movie about the certifiably insane.
Think about the period of time it was released in. While certainly the promo around the song being Diana's last with the Supremes didn't hurt, this was also at the height of the Vietnam War. I can imagine that this song's lyrics were very real for those with loved ones serving overseas or even with some who had perished. I think it was destined to hit #1 as Diana Ross and the Supremes or simply as Diana Ross. Even without the war element, "Someday" as the debut single would've probably been viewed by the public as Diana's goodbye to the Supremes anyway.
"Reach Out" is a great song, but there's no way that I would've greenlit it as the first single. Luckily it struck a cord with the public and became a hit anyway, but I have to believe that everyone involved was surprised when it did. This was the time of the feel good song. Songs about humanity and togetherness were all the rage, so in that regard I guess releasing it as a single may have made some sense. But most of those type of songs were upbeat and rousing. "Dreamy waltz" is a great description of the beat. I figure that in addition to the lyrics, what got the public on board was Diana's vocal. She sounds like she means every word.
I think reach out is a great song. It is a legendary song in popular music. It’s funny to see so many people reference the waltz tempo now. I don’t recall people discussing it until it was mentioned in one of those books. I always felt it was more gospel. Not denying what it may be, but when I hear it, I don’t think waltz.
I hear gospel too. I don't get people who think hear a waltz in it. Maybe I need to hear it again but I don't hear waltz. Definitely hear the gospel. One of the alternate versions even starts things off with a gospel organ.
I guess music experts recognize the waltz beat. But Diana’s lead vocal, the background voices of A&S, and Val’s piano playing are gospel-ish.
Diana herself referred to REACH OUT as a waltz in her interview for THE MOTOWN STORY boxed set in 1970. She said that was one of the reasons Berry didn't want to release it but it became a "good enough smash" as a debut single for her solo career. For years, she mentioned it was her desire to release it and Berry objected. Then all of sudden in MOTOWN THE MUSICAL, Berry says that it was his idea to release it and Diana objected.
In any event, I think it is a great recording. Diana's vocal is fantastic. I don't know if I would have released it as her debut. Then again, besides AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH, I don't know what else on her debut album might have been single-worthy. I might have gone back to the Bones Howe material and released TIME AND LOVE and/or STONEY END.
Has anyone on this forum ever danced the waltz to "Reach Out And Touch"?. If so was it easy?.
I have never ever thought the song hada waltz tempo, just a tinge of gospel. I agree with RanaRan in that Diana sings every word like she really means it.......A Diana classic.
Yea, a good point. I had never thought of the song like that before. I was forgetting about that time capsule and what a time of upheaval it really was.
Owing to it's plaintive lyrics and the fact that it was such a huge hit, the song might have achieved the same as the 40's second world war song "We'll Meet Again" by Vera Lynn in bringing hope and comfort to the families of loved ones whose sons were out there fighting. With that in mind it could indeed have ended up a huge solo hit for Diana.
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This is a true classic.looooove this song.
Sad but yet uplifting. To bad they didn't get together again but this song is one of my favorites and one of their biggest hits
I would like to point out a few artists complained about working with the Bee Gees. I think it was Kenny Rogers who stated he was told to copy Barry's demo but then one of the brothers complained he didn't make his own. He said he followed orders from Barry. I can see confusion there and I would have listened to Barry also.he seemed in charge. I think this was the same with Diana but the only complaint I heard was she turned down Islands in the Stream.
I do think Chain Reaction was the last song recorded for the album.
I would love to see Diana record with Barry again.he has written some great songs. Wonder if there were out takes from the Eaten Alive sessions.
Someday we'll be together is a classic.
Huge amount of airplay.
My memories are of the Ed Sullivan show n Hollywood palace.
In real life.....Viet nam was in full swing...
I remember Diana saying at some point ...let's bring all our boys back home.
That has always stuck in my head
I remember we were having another really rough winter that year. The weather was horrible. I remember my brother and I would leave the radio on overnight in our room. This song, Eddie Holman's "Hey There Lonely Girl", R.B. Greaves "Take A Letter Maria" and the Originals "Baby I'm For Real" were very popular at the time and I remember them playing it seemed day and night.
Even in Dearborn! lol