Quote Originally Posted by RanRan79 View Post
The Supremes were always hanging on to songs too long. "Somewhere", "You're Nobody", "Sam Cooke Medley"...all in the act too long. Even Diana resurrected "Somewhere" for her act in 73. Sure she didn't do it like she did as a Supreme [[and Mary's "Eyes" changed direction over the years also) but it's still the same song. Sometimes it made the act a little stale IMO. [[Although the Supremes do a killer version of the Sam Cooke Medley I think in Amsterdam in 68, particularly "Shake".)
I guess they figured if it ain't broke, don't fix it. It is interesting how little the act changed. I like to read through old reviews and /or watch old videos and I was surprised to see that they were doing things like QUEEN OF THE HOUSE as late as 1968. But when JML reverted to TCB and SOMEWHERE, that was too much. Even as late as 1976, when Diana dropped THE LADY IS A TRAMP from the act [[after 10 years), Berry made her put it back in.

I agree though that the Sam Cooke Medley was killer in Amsterdam. I only wish there was also video of Flo doing it with them and not the weirdly-done version in the Orient video. I also liked how instead of doing of her own tried and true rendition of SOMEWHERE [[complete with monologue), for her 1973 act, Diana did Aretha's version.