Originally Posted by
benross
"possibly some of the most boring ever laid down. Money, Baby I Need Your Loving, Hang On Sloopy.."
sup_fan, in my opinion, Hang On Sloopy was one of the two least interesting song choices on the album; the rendition by all three Supremes was better than most of their work on the slapped-together covers on A Bit Of Liverpool, but the A'Go-Go album would have been better with some other Motown reinterpretation. Mary made herself known in a positive way with her background on Get Ready, and both she and Florence really stepped to the fore on Baby I Need Your Loving, especially from 1:40 to 2:04 [[behind the lead lyric beginning with "when you see me smiling...") and again from 2:20 onward [[behind the lead lyric beginning with "in the midnight hour...). Especially in the 1:40 segment, Florence and Mary with their urgent "I need you and I want you..." seem to be building in intensity much the same way they did on Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart, where they sang "Keeps me crying..." and their contributions are one reason why Baby I Need Your Loving is one of the two or three best covers on the album, at least in my mind.
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