Quote Originally Posted by sup_fan View Post
Seems like most everyone agrees that Diana's version of Mountain is one of the highlights of her career. and i agree. love it

And we've all heard and read about the "mountain backlash" for her subsequent singles. how almost anything released would pale in comparison. Remember Me did well but, surprisingly, Surrender didn't. I think Surrender is exciting and so dramatic. love it

What about Reach Out, I'll Be There?

Had she not done Mountain, do you think this song would stand on its own? Or if it had been remade first, do you think it would have had the same impact? And let's go with the lp version on Surrender vs the Ross version or the 45 single version
Maybe SURRENDER repeats the same lines a bit too much? Without enough story line to back it up? That odd give it to me part makes me think of odd parts of NO MATTER WHAT SIGN YOU ARE. Horrible non-ending too. Not bad overall just incomplete, imo.

I do think that without MOUNTAIN , REACH OUT ILL BE THERE would've fared much better . Not likely reaching the same level, but definitely far more appreciated. Those two remakes so close together and so early in her new solo career seems a bit risky also. Listening to ROIBT , it strikes me that there is a bit of LOVE HANGOVER to its composition. The slow sleepy first part that builds into something more . ROIBT is sort of a similar sounding also ran to AINT NO MOUNTAIN , in the same way that NO ONE GETS THE PRIZE is to THE BOSS imo, which without THE BOSS likely could've done something .