If I'm a stupid fucker, yo mama one. Let's just get that out of the way first.
Secondly, why don't you calm down and tell us what's going on my brother. Now over the last few years you and I have had agreements as well as disagreements. You've blocked me and I've blocked you. We've [[obviously) unblocked each other. I've taken my shots at you, you've taken them at me. I know for a fact that I've insulted you waaaayyyyy worst than suggesting you were capable of writing a fake review of a Diana Ross movie, but it's this...this...that has you so mad that you're calling me out of my name and suggesting we have a face to face? I want to assume that this is you having some kind of breakdown.
Now I've always assumed that you were a member of the "sick and shut in" community, unable to leave your home either due to illness or morbid obesity, which would explain why you live in this forum. Of course that's all speculation. But whatever your situation, you will not get me to have a back and forth with you on the internet where we start arguing about what would happen if we came face to face. Let's be honest, of everyone here, you are probably the biggest keyboard warrior around. And I mean "biggest" in every sense of the word.
I will not entertain your childish "I bet you wouldn't say that to my face" nonsense. I realize this is probably a cry for help for you. You're lonely, you want some company, and this is the only way you think you can get someone to come and visit. This aint the way Big Guy. If you want us to show you some love and attention, try to be a little nicer. I bet you have it in you.
Until then...Reach out and touch...
Old Marv thinks hes some kinda tough gal Ida Lupino prison warden RanRan. Hes threatened people here before and always wants to meet on a street corner to duke it out. Hes real pitiful and the only person Diane Ross has got all wound up is his sorry ass. Do you think Miss Ross whos sitting on a quarter billion bucks in a Hollywood Hills mansion gives a hoot what old Marv thinks or says.
I had to go back, I think Mary WAS encouraging her to make a music comeback but Flo wasn't too optimistic about it and that crushed Mary. Flo had said that she probably wouldn't entertain a reunion because of the way the business treated her once they thought [[Motown, not the group) she was "disposable".
so what were the 'secrets' of this sparrow that were revealed in this book ??
I've seen him get downright stupid with some posters, but he usually doesn't do me that way, so I was a bit taken aback. For the record, I haven't had a fight since I was a teenager and I'll be damned if the next one I have is because of a connection to Diana Ross. That's not even something I'm willing to entertain. What a sad individual he has to be to get that riled up over anything going on in this forum. Even when I've been annoyed by, say the racist in the forum, I've never resorted to the suggestion that we meet up. Meet up for what? I don't give that much of a shit about anyone's opinion on the internet. But I guess when you're homebound [[even before Covid) and unable to interact with the public, the goings on in internet land become of increasing importance.
To be fair Roberta, I think he may have been duped along with everyone else that had become involved. It was such a shame that someone took the opportunity to attach Flo's name to a con. Interestingly, I wonder if that chick who is pretending to be Flo's daughter Nicole is the woman who was behind the whole project. She's a twisted individual.
He was ridiculous. He wrote this passage in the book about Diana saying that Flo's parents selfishly wanted Flo to be a singer more than she wanted it for herself. In actuality Diana said Flo's "family" wanted it more than Flo wanted it. Now Diana's statement seems to be bullshit, but it would be nice if she ever clarified what she meant by that. But I found it interesting that Benjaminson criticized Diana for making that statement, but not Mary for saying that the Ballards took from Flo and gave nothing back.
Yeah, they had a MJ week when HIStory came out [[or when his music video to "Scream" premiered, I remember how big of a deal that was), they were airing everything MJ ever doggone did, even the Jackson 5 cartoon series lmao
When I saw Captain EO, I remember being excited to finally see the film, only to see it and cringe the whole time. LOL
It makes more money for the most famous of the Supremes to be critical of her ex-partners than for a lesser famous Supreme to be critical... that's all that was. If Diana deserved the smoke for what she said about Flo, so did Mary. It's only fair. The fact Peter didn't shows how obtuse he is.
OMG!!!! I didn't know this existed. How funny! She was brazenly unrepentant! Ha!
Although, it makes sense that I didn't know because I went cold on her when she released FBTP. I gave her up for all the new contemporary girls who were popular then. I didn't rejoin the Ross cult until EDIAND. I was only vaguely aware of her Superbowl Halftime performance.
Yup, and I was here for it. That's actually the last time I was Michael Jackson crazy. "You Are Not Alone" was out later that summer and it was the jam, but after that I put Mike in the "used to be great" category and moved on. He had lost a lot of what made him captivating during my childhood.
As always. I hope one day when they do a new book on the Supremes, they'll be more fair to all of them. After all, they were human and went through ups and downs, many of which we could only begin to imagine, and yet out of it came all this legendary music. Maybe we'll never get it because we're living in a "what's the tea" era and even now any stories on Diana, true or false, still gets tongues wagging.
Speaking of “dishes”, I’m sure he has a few favorites lol. But seriously, my partner read this thread last night and LOLd as well. Marv thinks that Diana Ross, who had a DUI twenty years ago is somehow Satan incarnate but literally thinks other celebrities who’ve been accused of, and or charged with pedophilia/sexual abuse/assault are great figures in black history on par with Frederick Douglas and Malcolm X??? Can’t make this shit up!
Wise words midnight. I was a complete angel in my teens and early 20’s, but realise now i was probably one of a small minority.
These girls were still very young to be suddenly thrust into the full glare of the media spotlight and all that that entails. With their workload probably quadrupled, they must have been under incredible pressure at times. Diana’s worrying weight loss being just one of the symptoms.
Musically speaking, the Invincible album was a return to form. I actually enjoyed it. "Butterflies" reminded me of the old Mike. But I still wasn't wowed like I used to be. I really think that experience was a once in a lifetime. At his peak, there wasn't anybody bigger than Michael Jackson.
You think so? I think "Another Part Of Me", "I Just Can't Stop Loving You", "Man In the Mirror", "Liberian Girl", "Dirty Diana", "Smooth Criminal" and "Leave Me Alone" were as good or "better" than some of the songs on Thriller. Same thing with Dangerous. Definitely "Remember the Time" was as good as anything he had done before. Quality wise, Mike never slipped until HIStory, IMO.
Both points are valid.
It was hard not to slip after Thriller and his sales sure did. And then he started to go screwy with either his ailments or his syndromes.
But he did have good music after Thriller for sure.
Every time I see those later pictures where his face was deteriorating, I always hope it was a medical condition he was dealing with as opposed to some mental condition causing him to do bad things to himself.
Anorexia nervosa is NOT being skinny because of youth and hard work. Ross did NOT have anorexia !!! She was young, had a high metabolism, and burned more calories than she took in. She was very aware of being super skinny and often made jokes about it. On the other hand, Karen Carpenter actually thought she was fat and regularly dieted.
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Wow, yep time to get a new job.
.....^^ lol!
And in SOAS, Diana talked about working so much that she refused to eat. She strove for perfection especially in those days as lead singer of the Supremes. I don't know why some fans are acting like she wasn't vulnerable. Come on now... people react differently. Diana worked so much she didn't think of food, Karen suffered from low self esteem about her looks so she didn't think of food. You react differently especially when you get so much success when you're still pretty young.
In the book, Diana wrote that it actually got to the point that she couldn't stand the smell of food and when she tried to eat, her jaws would clamp down. She went on to say that she enjoyed working the Apollo because nearby was a steak house where they had steak sandwiches and baked potatoes, one of the few meals she enjoyed.
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