Originally Posted by
RanRan79
TCB was very good IMO, but the Supremes didn't really wow like the Tempts. True, the Supremes were never that kind of group. From the very beginning they considered themselves pure singers. Give them a mic, let them harmonize, find the groove, and as Mary once said, they rarely had a hard time with an audience. Their strength was in singing. Their act didn't consist of electrifying dance routines the way the Marvelettes or the Temptations might have, especially since Flo was in the group and not particularly good at any complicated choreography. However, Cindy came into the group at the perfect time as DRATS was now starting to do many TV spots where they performed elaborate choreographed dance routines to the specialty numbers and Cindy was quite good at this, as was Mary and Diana. But on TCB when the Supremes performed the non hits, they reverted back to their earlier motto of just standing and singing, which is fine when you sound as good as they did, however it looks a bit boring when it follows the way the Tempts handled their segments. "Stop" and "Hangin" were definitely the exceptions. Maybe I would've had them open with the hits medley and save these two more fiery performances for later in the show, if I were going to make any changes.
Bookmarks