Favorite "The Supremes" Song (1 Viewer)

Encyclopedia Brown · May 24, 2020

rockaction · May 24, 2020

Classic songs. Very hard to choose one. Would depend on my mood. I'll pick "Where Did Our Love Go" for the "babybaby" backup refrain.

Uruk-Hai · May 24, 2020

Diana Ross is my least-favorite classic Motown singer, but they knew how to build songs around what she could do.

I chose "You Keep Me Hanging On". The band is absolutely cooking (I don't recall which of the Funk Brothers is playing guitar on this, but he deserves a Nobel Prize in physics). This is music made to blast in mono out of a 20 oz dashboard speaker in a '66 GTO.

Encyclopedia Brown · May 24, 2020

Uruk-Hai said:
Diana Ross is my least-favorite classic Motown singer, but they knew how to build songs around what she could do.

Wow

rockaction · May 24, 2020

Encyclopedia Brown said:
Wow

Believe it or not, I second that emotion. Maybe it's Diana being Diana that does it, but there are other classic Motown singers I like a whole lot better.

Uruk-Hai · May 24, 2020

Encyclopedia Brown said:
Wow

She wasn't even the best singer in her own group, but Berry Gordy wasn't infatuated with Florence Ballard. These are all better singers, IMO:

Marvin Gaye

Martha Reeves (criminally underrated)

Mary Wells

Levi Stubbs

David Ruffin

Gladys Horton

Eddie Kendricks

Smokey Robinson

That said, the actual records credited to The Supremes are some of the best ever recorded - anytime, anywhere

bushdocda · May 24, 2020

Went Other for ‘Stoned Love’ which was post Ross. Big fan of all the choices and Motown.

https://youtu.be/D2ce7FWOAM8

Encyclopedia Brown · May 24, 2020

Uruk-Hai said:
She wasn't even the best singer in her own group,

Diana's delivery has always struck me as deeply resonant. In Reflections when she sings "the hurt that YOU have caused" it just feels so personal, like she is burrowing into your soul.

You are one of the most insightful musical guys on this board, so I defer to you. I can't explain it, but Diana has always just gotten to me.

Leroy Hoard · May 24, 2020

I second the Martha Reeves love. By far the best version of Dancing in the Streets.

Uruk-Hai · May 24, 2020

Encyclopedia Brown said:
Diana's delivery has always struck me as deeply resonant. In Reflections when she sings "the hurt that YOU have caused" it just feels so personal, like she is burrowing into your soul.

You are one of the most insightful musical guys on this board, so I defer to you. I can't explain it, but Diana has always just gotten to me.

No deferring needed, my friend. We like what we like.

Ross not being my ideal singer doesn't mean she's not in the top .001% in rock history. I love all of those Supremes records. I chose "Hanging" because that's my favorite vocal of hers.

Uruk-Hai · May 24, 2020

Leroy Hoard said:
I second the Martha Reeves love. By far the best version of Dancing in the Streets.

She was a powerhouse. If you're into to such distinctions, she was more "rock" than "soul" as a vocalist. Besides "Dancing In The Streets", "Nowhere To Run" is another classic performance.

-OZ- · May 24, 2020

Voted can't hurry love, although the tune that comes to my mind when I see the title is Phil Collins :bag:

FairWarning · May 24, 2020

You Keep Me Hangin' On - the Vanilla Fudge version.

simey · May 24, 2020

"Someday We'll Be Together" is my favorite.

Favorite "The Supremes" Song (1 Viewer)

The Supremes

Come See About Me

Where Did Our Love Go

Baby Love

My World Is Empty Without You

Reflections

Back In My Arms Again

Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart

I Hear A Symphony

You Keep Me Hangin' On

You Can't Hurry Love

Stop In The Name Of Love

Love Child

Someday We'll Be Together

Love Is Here And Now You're Gone

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