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Jimmy Mack (luke)
6-Zenith
Username: luke
Post Number: 557
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 205.188.116.138
| | Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 9:29 am: �� |   ��� |
Diana at Farewll show. I like this album--Diana is "on" as are Mary(really letting lose) and Cindy and we have Marvin, Claudette(with an apparent little dig from Diana) etc What do others think?Mary had 2 solos and Cindy sort of one--was this tyical? Did Mary and Cindy both have solos on Talk of Town? |
Reese (reese)
4-Laureate
Username: reese
Post Number: 149
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 12.15.168.234
| | Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 10:12 am: �� | ��� |
I like this album a lot as well. I received it for an Xmas present when I was about 9 years old. At the time, I was thrilled to death, and played it non-stop.
As an adult, I still love the album. But for a farewell performance, having only nine hits is a bit stingy. Plus a whole side of LET THE SUNSHINE IN is a bit much. But as a performance, I think it completes the arc started by the Copa and continued by the Talk Of The Town lps.
As far as I can tell, Mary sang CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU for quite a while. She was still singing it as late as 1973. I don't know of any Cindy leads while Diana was in the group. And neither Mary or Cindy have any leads on the Talk Of The Town album.
At one point, Deke Richards, the producer, was going to post the story of how the album was put together. But he hasn't gotten around to it yet. |
Jimmy Mack (luke)
6-Zenith
Username: luke
Post Number: 558
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 64.12.116.138
| | Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 10:10 pm: �� | ��� |
Thanks for info Reese-hope to hear from Deke. Was Farewell ever on cd? |
Shawn1 (shawn1b)
4-Laureate
Username: shawn1b
Post Number: 143
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 65.30.14.44
| | Posted on Friday, August 27, 2004 - 2:45 am: �� | ��� |
Cindy does part of the lead on Falling In Love With Love and Let The Sunshine.Mary sang Can't take My Eyes Off You till the 80's are early 90's.Shawn |
Jimmy Mack (luke)
6-Zenith
Username: luke
Post Number: 560
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 205.188.116.138
| | Posted on Friday, August 27, 2004 - 9:57 am: �� | ��� |
thanks Shawn--didnt know about C on FIL(never noticed her on that-thought just Mary)--on Farewell? |
DRIVINGWHEEL (drivingwheel)
2-Debutant
Username: drivingwheel
Post Number: 14
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 69.144.179.189
| | Posted on Friday, August 27, 2004 - 12:11 pm: �� | ��� |
You can also hear Diana "on top" on FALLING IN LOVE WITH LOVE......one of the few times Miss Ross does "back-up" for Mary/Cindy during these last few years of DRATS. |
roddee (rod_rick)
2-Debutant
Username: rod_rick
Post Number: 24
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 64.12.116.138
| | Posted on Friday, August 27, 2004 - 1:09 pm: �� | ��� |
I had know idea that Cindy was singing a lead part on Falling In Love With Love |
DRIVINGWHEEL (drivingwheel)
2-Debutant
Username: drivingwheel
Post Number: 15
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 69.144.179.189
| | Posted on Friday, August 27, 2004 - 6:42 pm: �� | ��� |
Cindy is not "lead" on the track, Mary is....but Cindy is quite prominent.....like her microphone has been "turned up"....and then you can barely hear Diana singing soprano towards the end of the number. Would love to have been there to see just where they were all standing?, LOL! |
Jimmy Mack (luke)
6-Zenith
Username: luke
Post Number: 562
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 152.163.252.200
| | Posted on Friday, August 27, 2004 - 6:49 pm: �� | ��� |
Wondered the same thing dw--hard to imagine Miss Diana behind Mary.!! |
Reese (reese)
4-Laureate
Username: reese
Post Number: 157
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 12.15.168.241
| | Posted on Monday, August 30, 2004 - 11:00 am: �� | ��� |
FAREWELL did make it to cd. But it was released under the title CAPTURED LIVE ON STAGE.
I thought Cindy might be on FALLING IN LOVE WITH LOVE, but I was never sure.
I imagine that maybe Mary and Diana switched mikes for these numbers. On FAREWELL, after CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU, Diana playfully says to Mary "Get back to your microphone."
When they sang it on THE HOLLYWOOD PALACE tv show, they each stood on diffrent elevations on a set. Mary at the top, Cindy in the middle, and Diana on the bottom. |
Randy Russi (randy_russi)
4-Laureate
Username: randy_russi
Post Number: 158
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 169.139.180.100
| | Posted on Monday, August 30, 2004 - 11:20 am: �� | ��� |
When I saw Diana, Mary, & Cindy as Diana Ross &
the Supremes in Orlando, FL, April 3, 1969, Diana
was on the right, Mary in middle, Cindy left and
that's from the audience view. They didn't
change positions when singing this song, but it
seems Diana kinda moved over and shared Mary's
mike (which was on a stand) as she sang the back
ups with Cindy. Cindy did no solo. Falling In
Love...was Mary's only solo.
By the way, the gowns they wore were the ones
Mary, Cindy, & Jean wore for their first lp, Right
On. These gowns were worn by Diana & group on
a Hollywood Palace performance. |
Shawn1 (shawn1b)
4-Laureate
Username: shawn1b
Post Number: 151
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 65.30.14.44
| | Posted on Monday, August 30, 2004 - 1:59 pm: �� | ��� |
Well Mary told me that Cindy is singing part of Lead Falling In With Love(On The Farewell Album) .I too thought it was just Mary thinking she had just falling the trap of kinda mimicing Cindys voice for a good blend .But Mary said it was partly Cindy singing .Shawn |
SDF (handsome)
6-Zenith
Username: handsome
Post Number: 488
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 170.118.158.14
| | Posted on Monday, August 30, 2004 - 2:22 pm: �� | ��� |
To add about the song "Falling In Love With Love"
Cindy is actually carrying the background of the song by herself at a point, while Diana & Mary are harmonzing the lead. It was the same thing Florence did on the original recording on the The Supremes sing Rodgers & Hart.
Another example of this was with the O'Jays, when Eddie & Walter would trade off and sing together live, the other guy (Powell- forgot his first name would carry the background).
Handsome |
Kdubya (paladin)
5-Doyen
Username: paladin
Post Number: 245
Registered: 5-2004
Posted From: 206.185.64.23
| | Posted on Monday, August 30, 2004 - 3:14 pm: �� | ��� |
Handsome his name was William. (RIP) |
Jimmy Mack (luke)
6-Zenith
Username: luke
Post Number: 581
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 64.12.116.138
| | Posted on Monday, August 30, 2004 - 3:38 pm: �� | ��� |
Great info--thanks people. |
SDF (handsome)
6-Zenith
Username: handsome
Post Number: 492
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 170.118.158.14
| | Posted on Monday, August 30, 2004 - 4:09 pm: �� | ��� |
Thanks Kdub!
Talk about CRS!
Handsome |
Kdubya (paladin)
5-Doyen
Username: paladin
Post Number: 247
Registered: 5-2004
Posted From: 206.185.64.23
| | Posted on Monday, August 30, 2004 - 4:18 pm: �� | ��� |
Handsome you should know me by now, that somethings I remember very well. The Ojays have been a favorite of mine since ....well let me see I think it all started with "Look Over Your Shoulder"...yeah I know they had stuff before that but that was the one cut we would practice singing under the streetlamps.....and in the breezeways of the buildings that I stayed in my youth.......you know my brother.....around 53rd & State Street......ya feeling me....if not I'm gonna have to call Don & DVD Mike .........
Kdubya |
SDF (handsome)
6-Zenith
Username: handsome
Post Number: 497
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 170.118.158.14
| | Posted on Monday, August 30, 2004 - 5:46 pm: �� | ��� |
Yeah Kdub, I's feel ya!
The CRS was in reference to me, not you :o)
Handsome |
motownboy (motownboy)
3-Pundit
Username: motownboy
Post Number: 31
Registered: 4-2004
Posted From: 67.125.57.133
| | Posted on Friday, September 03, 2004 - 12:25 am: �� | ��� |
I think DRIVINGWHEEL has it right when he said:
"Cindy is not "lead" on the track, Mary is....but Cindy is quite prominent.....like her microphone has been "turned up"....and then you can barely hear Diana singing soprano towards the end of the number."
Remember that it was Mary who did the lead on the version of "Falling In Love With Love" on the "Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart" LP..... |