Favorite line or sentence sung by Ross?

**Circa 1824** · 10-01-2023, 02:34 PM

My favorite sentence sung by Ross is,

“It must have been hard to tell me,” from Touch Me In The Morning

She nails it!

**reese** · 10-01-2023, 02:43 PM

It is not my favorite but I love when she sings "You had me apologize for things I didn't do" in NO ONE'S GONNA BE A FOOL FOREVER.

**floyjoy678** · 10-01-2023, 02:54 PM

Sometimes up
Sometimes down
My life's so uncertain
With you not around

**johnjeb** · 10-01-2023, 03:09 PM

“Baby, baby, baby don’t leave me.”

It’s my favorite because it’s the first one I ever heard her sing.

**Ollie9** · 10-01-2023, 03:25 PM

“So catch me if you can i’m going back”.

The final line from Goin’ Back.

**lucky2012** · 10-01-2023, 05:35 PM

Today I saw somebody
who looked just like you,
he walked like you do,
I thought it was you.

OMG, Circa, so many lines from so many songs come to mind, simply because Ross is my favorite song stylist & interpreter.

This one is my favorite. [I remember David Letterman making fun of the "silly" lyrics of the Stylistics hit. Ross's delivery of these lines made Letterman's flippant remark irrelevant to me.]

**copley** · 10-01-2023, 06:20 PM

'How can Mary tell me what to do
When she lost her love so true?
And Flo, she don't know
'Cause the boy she loves is a Romeo'

**Starguard4** · 10-01-2023, 06:36 PM

No come on kids, I want you to gather around me, and fold your legs on the floor.
And we're gonna tell the story about the first Christmas.
Alright, Chico, open your book.
Joy, Berry, Terry, everybody open your book and we're gonna sing the song.
And when I say "Ding and Dong", I want you to say the same with me.
Alright ready? Aaha now, open your books. Good, let's go, yeah. Now!

**jobucats** · 10-01-2023, 06:57 PM

Originally Posted by lucky2012

Today I saw somebody
who looked just like you,
he walked like you do,
I thought it was you.

OMG, Circa, so many lines from so many songs come to mind, simply because Ross is my favorite song stylist & interpreter.

This one is my favorite. [I remember David Letterman making fun of the "silly" lyrics of the Stylistics hit. Ross's delivery of these lines made Letterman's flippant remark irrelevant to me.]

YES! Here's a close # 2 to those lines from the DRATS & Temptations "Why":
"Then you walked away, I just stood there numb
I had nothing to say
Into the night you walked away with my life."

A 3rd would be Diana's "on and on and on" in "I Hear a Symphony"

A 4th would be from "Love is Here and Now You're Gone":
"You made your words sound so sweet
Knowing that your love I couldn't keep." [[she sounds so devastated singing those words)

**bradsupremes** · 10-01-2023, 09:08 PM

"All of a sudden that old rain's falling down and my world is cloudy and gray" from Stormy.

Incredible interpretation of that lyric by her. I love her entire vocal on that entire song. One of her gifts was song interpretation and this song is masterpiece of why.

**RanRan79** · 10-01-2023, 10:37 PM

Originally Posted by Starguard4

No come on kids, I want you to gather around me, and fold your legs on the floor.
And we're gonna tell the story about the first Christmas.
Alright, Chico, open your book.
Joy, Berry, Terry, everybody open your book and we're gonna sing the song.
And when I say "Ding and Dong", I want you to say the same with me.
Alright ready? Aaha now, open your books. Good, let's go, yeah. Now!

LOL

That "yeah" is one of my most annoying Diana moments. I cringe every time. Every. Time.

**JohnnyB** · 10-02-2023, 06:11 AM

“You’re the bravest of them all!”

**jobucats** · 10-02-2023, 07:18 AM

Originally Posted by JohnnyB

“You’re the bravest of them all!”

Good one. I got chills as I read this line and recall all the guts Diana put into that line! Quincy really took Diana to some uncharted vocal territories in the musical arrangements from "The Wiz."

**zani57** · 10-02-2023, 07:50 AM

“I have not met a man yet
To escape from my dragnet.”

**ejluther** · 10-02-2023, 10:19 AM

SO many to choose from! At this moment I’m going with “I cry not for myself, but for those who’ve never felt the joy we’ve felt” from IHAS..

**ejluther** · 10-02-2023, 10:21 AM

And, at this moment, I’m going with a bit from LILAIIMH [[especially from the live version on Sullivan):

“Now, when you're ill
You take a pill
When you're thirsty
Drink your fill
What you gonna do, oh yeah
When love gets a hold
A hold on you”

**ejluther** · 10-02-2023, 10:28 AM

And now at this moment, I’m going with this from A-Go-Go’s “Baby, I Need Your Lovin’” [[quite possibly my very favorite bit from her/The Supremes ever):

“In the midnight hours, When I reminisce and I start feeling’ blue
That’s when, baby, I need you - yes, I do.
And when I run out of things to do, my mind falls on you, yeah…
Baby, and that’s when I need you…yes, I do…”

Again, SO many to choose from!

**Circa 1824** · 10-02-2023, 11:41 AM

How about this tearjerker ….

”Now you say you want to leave, oh oh oh.” From Sparkle

**drlorne** · 10-02-2023, 12:29 PM

I wish there were easy emoji's....your choices would be plastered with hearts. I'm not a lyric person so I don't really know any "punchy" lines although I can sing most of the Supremes songs. But I very much appreciate your favourites and it makes me appreciate her as a song stylist which I had never really considered before. It's always been about the music for me.

**Boogiedown** · 10-02-2023, 12:57 PM

At first I was afraid, I was petrified .....

**Boogiedown** · 10-02-2023, 01:00 PM

Originally Posted by Circa 1824

My favorite sentence sung by Ross is,

“It must have been hard to tell me,” from Touch Me In The Morning

She nails it!

.... everybody's got their life to live ...

**marybrewster** · 10-02-2023, 02:04 PM

"There used to be three of us,
seen all over town,
now there's only two,
someone's missing,
guess who."

**jobucats** · 10-02-2023, 02:32 PM

Originally Posted by ejluther

And now at this moment, I’m going with this from A-Go-Go’s “Baby, I Need Your Lovin’” [[quite possibly my very favorite bit from her/The Supremes ever):

“In the midnight hours, When I reminisce and I start feeling’ blue
That’s when, baby, I need you - yes, I do.
And when I run out of things to do, my mind falls on you, yeah…
Baby, and that’s when I need you…yes, I do…”

Again, SO many to choose from!

Yes, again, they are some memorable lines and Diana interprets them to a 'T'. She doesn't sound so cutesy and delivers them in a very raw, sincere styling. By the way I prefer the mono version of Baby I Need Your Loving especially during this section.

**lockhartgary** · 10-02-2023, 06:29 PM

From "Love Child"

"Don't think that I don't need you
Don't think I don't wanna please you
But no child of mine will be bearing
The name of shame I've been wearing"

I LOVE the way the tension builds as she sings those lines!!

**jobeterob** · 10-03-2023, 02:49 AM

Don’t you know that you must erase
All the tear stains from my face

**jobeterob** · 10-03-2023, 02:52 AM

Johnny put too much joy in his veins
And now you’re tryin to tell me he’s gone
I don’t believe you
I’m just going to sit here
And rock him in…. my arms

**Ollie9** · 10-03-2023, 03:03 AM

Originally Posted by jobeterob

Johnny put too much joy in his veins
And now you’re tryin to tell me he’s gone
I don’t believe you
I’m just going to sit here
And rock him in…. my arms

Always did pull at the heartstrings that one.

**psychedelic jacques** · 10-03-2023, 04:43 AM

In the desert where it is hot
Or in the North Pole where it's not.

**Starguard4** · 10-03-2023, 07:44 AM

Got a telegram
Mama passed away while making home made jam

**ejluther** · 10-03-2023, 07:52 AM

Originally Posted by Starguard4

Got a telegram
Mama passed away while making home made jam

Ha! Actually, it’s a real testament to her that that line doesn’t sound even worse than it does! Same with
“Out of the pot she ate
Never used a fork or a dinner plate”
Cringe!

**Starguard4** · 10-03-2023, 08:03 AM

Originally Posted by ejluther

Ha! Actually, it’s a real testament to her that that line doesn’t sound even worse than it does! Same with
“Out of the pot she ate
Never used a fork or a dinner plate”
Cringe!

I totally agree, but how about...

Always had her stockings low
Rolled to her feet just didn't know

**jobucats** · 10-03-2023, 08:50 AM

Originally Posted by psychedelic jacques

In the desert where it is hot
Or in the North Pole where it's not.

Yes, Diana's vocals on "Take Me Where You Go" are all cutesy and girlish. Another line from that song which Diana's delivers with so much "syrup" is "you may be a prince or a pauper."

**Starguard4** · 10-03-2023, 09:02 AM

Originally Posted by jobucats

Yes, Diana's vocals on "Take Me Where You Go" are all cutesy and girlish. Another line from that song which Diana's delivers with so much "syrup" is "you may be a prince or a pauper."

You could be a prince or a pauper
A shoemaker working with leather
We could live in a cottage
A hut, so what
Long as we're together

**jobucats** · 10-03-2023, 09:02 AM

I love this thread. It appears that many of the submissions are not just on the lines themselves; however, focusing on the way Diana delivers the lines. Over the years, she has demonstrated that she indeed one of the greatest stylists while not necessarily having the strongest or even the 'best' voice.

**Starguard4** · 10-03-2023, 09:03 AM

Originally Posted by Starguard4

No come on kids, I want you to gather around me, and fold your legs on the floor.
And we're gonna tell the story about the first Christmas.
Alright, Chico, open your book.
Joy, Berry, Terry, everybody open your book and we're gonna sing the song.
And when I say "Ding and Dong", I want you to say the same with me.
Alright ready? Aaha now, open your books. Good, let's go, yeah. Now!

Having somehow gotten over the kid's resistance to opening their books [[3 times she had to ask), they finally all get down to it, and then we get the reprise version...

Very good, now darlings.
And now we're gonna sing "Ding Dong" to all the children around the world,
and wish them a very merry Christmas, alright? Ready?

**Glenpwood** · 10-03-2023, 02:00 PM

Girls Girls Girls!!!! You Are Passion...

I mean Edna Garrett aka Charlotte Rae was served with that one LOL...

Ok, in all seriousness from a more modern day Ross interpretation...

Last night while we were talking, the way that old friends do
I suddenly got lost in my yesterdays with you
I told you that in my heart, you would always be the one
That I'd lie waking in the dark, pray that you will come

**SatansBlues** · 10-03-2023, 03:00 PM

He makes promises he doesn't keep.
Sometimes I don't see him all week.
Just keeps me, keeps me cryin, myself to sleep.
[[He brings) Nothing but heartaches.
[[He brings) Nothing but heartaches.

**Starguard4** · 10-03-2023, 03:19 PM

Just like a thief in the night
You stole
My heart away
But now that you stolen it darling
I've only got
One thing to say

Tighter, pull 'em tighter
Till I feel love's sweet pain
'Cause these chains of love
Keep me from going insane

**Boogiedown** · 10-03-2023, 09:46 PM

Respectfully, I say to thee
I'm aware that you're cheating

**Circa 1824** · 10-03-2023, 09:50 PM

“Now you need a lot of lovin’, and my darling you need it now!”

There is a begging in her voice when she sings this line from Mother You, Smother You. Check it out.

**Thornton** · 10-03-2023, 10:26 PM

"Through the mirror of my mind
time after time
I see reflections of you and me"

I love how she sounds vaguely disinterested but is also confident in her delivery.

**TNSUN** · 10-03-2023, 11:56 PM

Opening words to "Touch Me in the Morning"
"Oh my man, I love him so": My Man
"I'll Still Be Free": "It's My Turn"

**Roberta75** · 10-04-2023, 01:09 AM

In a world without you I will
always hunger. All I need is your love
to make me stronger.

when she sung that live on Johnny Carson I was so moved. A fabulous live rendition IMO.

**jobeterob** · 10-04-2023, 01:10 AM

Originally Posted by Boogiedown

Respectfully, I say to thee
I'm aware that you're cheating

What’s this song again? So familiar but I don’t know it

**Boogiedown** · 10-04-2023, 02:14 AM

Originally Posted by jobeterob

What’s this song again? So familiar but I don’t know it

boy .....you turn me .....

**Starguard4** · 10-04-2023, 05:44 AM

You were the sunshine baby
Whenever you smile
But I call you Stormy... today

All of a sudden
That old rain's fallin' down
And my world is cloudy and gray
You've gone away

Oh Stormy, oooh Stormy
Bring back that sunny day

**Starguard4** · 10-04-2023, 05:48 AM

Originally Posted by jobeterob

What’s this song again? So familiar but I don’t know it

Well well well... someone just doesn't get it. Perhaps he's not heard of Google LOL

**ejluther** · 10-04-2023, 08:47 AM

Originally Posted by Starguard4

I totally agree, but how about...

Always had her stockings low
Rolled to her feet just didn't know

YIKES!, right?

**RanRan79** · 10-04-2023, 10:05 AM

On "Endless Love" when Lionel sings "and I" and Diana comes in on the "I", I just love that part.

On "Never Again" when she sings "but I'll never...come back to you", I felt that.