This is such a beautiful song who’s version do you love the most
This is such a beautiful song who’s version do you love the most
I love them both, but i will stick with Diana's version which i heard first.
Whitney's, of course. It's the definitive version and the one that helped make her a star.
Both of them are Devine heaven it’s the Ross Version which I love I find it quite loving but Whitney Houston has covered so many Diana Ross songs she clearly loves her🤎🧡💙
Diana's was the first I heard and I still prefer it. I prefer Diana's versions over those of other "stronger" singers, e.g. It's My Turn [[Aretha), Endless Love [[Mariah), Hold Me [[Whitney & Teddy). Diana Ross is best at interpreting a song's lyrics and, of course, she is my favorite vocalist.
Love the Diana Ross version more.
Yuck to anyone else's version of Endless Love - stick with Diana and Lionel
Team Diana. Whitney is wonderful, but sometimes her bombastic 'bellow 'till they scream' style does not fit a lyric.
Team Diana..ive always found something vulnerable about her performance on this track..not a side we usually hear in her
I hated the song when SE was first released but have since come to like it a little more.
I agree with you nomis in that Diana’s interpretation of the song has a tender, almost vulnerable quality to it. The thing that spoils things most for me are the cheesy sounding
oohs and ahhhs in the background.
The WH version is ok, but for me lacks the warmth of the DR version.
In Your Arms [[Hold Me) - another great track from Silk Electric and the definitive version.
Potential UK hit single.
You never know if she trusts you she will listen
What is all this Whitney stuff? Am I the only one who recognizes Teddy Pendergrass on this song? It's like calling "Endless Love" Lionel Richie's version. Or "Aint No Mountain High Enough" Marvin's version with no mention of Tammi.
That being said, Diana's version is nice enough, but to me it sounds like a Karaoke version of the much better Teddy and Whitney version. I much, much, much more prefer the duet to Diana's.
No, you are not the only one who recognizes the late, great Teddy Pendergrass on "Hold Me." If memory serves it was his first radio hit after he resumed recording after his car accident. It was a hit because of HIM. Whitney was a bonus -- and a hell of a bonus. Their version is definitive.
Ross' version doesn't really rate with me. She has so many more truly beautiful ballads that she sings with more enthusiasm and conviction, with much better production and arranging than "In Your Arms."
I don’t care for the duet - except Teddys warm vocal. It seems clumsy and disjointed to me. Don’t care for Whitney on it - in fact, it’s probably my least favorite of her vocals.
I like Ross’ but, I think the whole thing sounds a bit cheese-ball, yet, it succeeds as an album cut and may have done ok as a single. I think it’s possible to have made a big hit with that record but it needed better production, it’s just not slick enough. Every time I hear it I think it’s just isn’t All that it could be. I actually love the verses, but I think the chorus needs work.
It would have sounded much better in the hands of a more experienced producer, but despite that Ms Ross's voice sounds more sincere than Ms Houston's rather forced delivery, and i don't think Teddy sounds at all good on it. Of course this was recorded after his terrible accident. He would have killed it a few years earlier.
So Close was pretty dire - the fact that it was just outside the top 40 was a testament to Diana.
I bought it of course but if it hadn't have been Diana it wouldn't have got anywhere near my collection.
They did squeeze in It's Never Too Late as an extra single from Fools but at this stage they were just mirroring the US schedule.
As I understand it, they were still the same circumstances in the UK as when Diana had been at Motown [[unless maybe there'd been a change of personnel) so it's disappointing they weren't as imaginative as they had been in the past when choosing singles.
Still In Love could also have done well.
I absolutely love fulfil your love it’s just shows that Diana Ross can sing any type of song and that song was better than most of the rock songs but out there it was incredible incredible incredible
The more I listen to so close The more I love it is better than most songs that Arianda grande puts out just listen to that voice so Close is not as bad as you think it is because it brings you closer and closer
This duet was released by TP almost a year before it was included on WH's debut album. So I'd consider this a TP single and not a WH single. Tit for tat I suppose, but giving props where they are due.
Yes it was. I bought that particular TP album, and it was my introduction to Whitney Houston. It disappointed me greatly. I was and still am a huge Teddy fan. I actually met him in the UK just a few short weeks before his terrible accident.
I have to say i loved his voice way more than i loved the person. He was a wonderful singer and those solo Philly albums and the Harold Melvin albums remain close to my heart.
He was an incredible live performer. I was mesmerized by his stage presence, star quality and charisma, and as for that voice.... Wow.
He was most certainly up there with Marvin. I am grateful i was able to see both of these titans of music in a live setting. It was both an honour and a blessing.
"Hold Me" by Diana Ross wins this duel. It's amazing how Diana Ross' vocal performances makes one focus on the vocal highs of the song and not the production aspects of the song.
Exactly right not too many singers out there as such a beautiful voice as our Diana
I love both versions, but Whitney & Teddy just top it for me
Yeah, I'm amazed at how many people prefer Diana's version...in this forum. I'm sure outside the forum there would be a different ratio rate. Not that I'm faulting anyone for preferring Diana's version. We all like what we like. But I personally don't see the appeal in comparison to what Teddy and Whitney did with it.
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