Originally Posted by
jobeterob
Forever Came Today was complex but it just wasn't a memorable song with a good hook; it sure wasn't as catchy as Where Did Our Love Go, Stop in the Name of Love or You Can't Hurry Love.
Over the years, the complaints I've heard about Forever are that it stopped and started, went and started etc. Also, what the heck does "Forever Came Today" mean? It's a fairly vague concept; you meet someone and they are forever? Did the Lord walk into your life? Did you die and meet your maker?
That being said, many people have suggested Forever Came Today was the most underrated Diana Ross and the Supremes single ever.
To me, a song like You Keep Me Hanging on was complex and it had Diana as agile as she ever was, blowing through that song whereas on Forever, another complex song, you have it going one speed for a few words, then picking up, the slowing down, then pausing etc.
I will also add that if the fans had known at the time that there were no Mary, Cindy, or Florence on those songs, there would have been hell to pay. But it was a totally different era where news moved a lot slower and we were all a lot less informed.
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