Originally Posted by
RanRan79
Yes, disco fever wouldn't really explode for about another year or so, which in my mind is all the more reason to deem the disco Supremes as a bad idea. They were not the group to put disco on the map. Perhaps had the group continued on past 1977 they could've ventured off into disco and been accepted for branching out. But the term disco and it's sound was so far off of the brand Supremes that I just don't see any situation in which this direction of the group was a resounding success. Maybe, just maybe, it would've worked if the leading disco producers of the time had taken over the group, but two of their three albums [[Scherrie years) were produced by the Hollands, and unless I'm missing something, they never had a big disco hit.
Of the songs, do any of them even stand up next to a "Love Hangover" or "Don't Leave Me This Way"? I personally don't think so, even though there are some great tunes. Could the Supremes have taken "Don't Leave Me This Way" to number one? With Scherrie singing lead, probably. But they would've had to luck up on that. And honestly, with that track, just about anyone with half a voice could've taken it to the top.
I like the idea of the Supremes doing what the Pointer Sisters or the Emotions were doing. Even a song like "You Can't Turn Me Off" by High Inergy would've been a good fit for the Supremes had it been given to them instead.
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