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Post by florencebrewster on Oct 20, 2016 4:57:38 GMT
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Post by florencebrewster on Oct 20, 2016 5:00:47 GMT
The new image, This is why the sites are down.
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flo
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Post by flo on Oct 20, 2016 5:04:26 GMT
I can't believe how far Diane has dropped.
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Post by BossRoss on Oct 20, 2016 5:07:50 GMT
I want you to know that I ONLY look at the pictures when I come to this site. I don't care what you morons have to say! If you were at Soulful Detroit Ralph would have deleted this thread and banned your ignorant asses!
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Post by chainreaction on Oct 20, 2016 5:11:04 GMT
I want you to know that I ONLY look at the pictures when I come to this site. I don't care what you morons have to say! If you were at Soulful Detroit Ralph would have deleted this thread and banned your ignorant asses! Dear you are not at Soulful Detroit. Enjoy the pretty pictures, honey. The mind of a F@ckin child!
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Post by roberta75 on Oct 20, 2016 5:14:42 GMT
I want you to know that I ONLY look at the pictures when I come to this site. I don't care what you morons have to say! If you were at Soulful Detroit Ralph would have deleted this thread and banned your ignorant asses! Dear you are not at Soulful Detroit. Enjoy the pretty pictures, honey. The mind of a F@ckin child! You are a low life ghetto trash. My family would never use the F word.
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Post by DatsyMay on Oct 20, 2016 6:06:42 GMT
I don't understand why there is so much hate towards Ms Ross by fans of members of The Supremes. What happened? Why the animosity? Please fill me in.:scratch:
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Post by Troubleman84 on Oct 20, 2016 6:07:56 GMT
The history is kind of complicated.
See all Supremes fans know and understand that Florence Ballard was the founder of the group. She was the one who was suggested by Paul Williams and Eddie Kendricks before they became Temptations to form a singing group in which their manager Milt Jenkins formed as a sister group to the group Paul and Eddie fronted. Flo also gave the girls their name (before 1961 they were known as "The Primettes").
And by many accounts was the group's original lead singer. When they joined Motown in 1961, the group shared leads more often. Diana actually sung on a lot of songs as lead but Florence Ballard also sung some leads on unreleased material around the time. In 1962, '63, the makeup of the Supremes changed when Berry Gordy, who was attracted to Diana's ambition (apparently they shared the same ambition to become hugely successful), decided that Diana become the official lead, which neither Flo nor Mary rejected at first.
By 1966, however, there was tension within the group especially after word leaked that Diana and Berry were "doing some hanky-panky". Flo felt like she was cut out of her own group and drank as a source of rebellion. All Mary could do was sit there and watch as the group disintegrated.
Then Berry began cutting Flo's leads from Supremes shows. For like two years, Flo was known to fans for singing the Barbra Streisand standard "People" (though Diana had a lead near the end of the song) and after complaining of hoarseness, Berry instead of allowing Flo to recover vocally for the song, found out that Diana would sing the entire song.
This angered Supremes fans, who thought Diana was the cause of Flo being ousted by the group in 1967. They felt she wasn't a true friend, that's why at Flo's funeral, after she died from coronary problems in 1976, they booed Diana when she came to the funeral. They also felt Diana was wrong for reportedly pushing Mary during their "reunion" at Motown 25 in 1983.
Ever since Mary's "Dreamgirl" came out, Diana has been referred to as someone who "slept her way to the top".
Diana's fans have tried to defend Diana but they always get screamed at, lol. Especially when Diana's fans attacked Mary for her actions, lol.
It's a complicated story.
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Post by Duran Duran on Oct 20, 2016 6:09:08 GMT
I don't understand why there is so much hate towards Ms Ross by fans of members of The Supremes. What happened? Why the animosity? Please fill me in.:scratch:
If you read Mary Wilson's 2 books, you'll know why. In some editions, the books are combined. Some of the other acts didn't like Diane either, like Gladys Knight & Martha Reeves. Let's just say that "Miss Ross" wasn't very kind to people, and some Motown performers disliked that Berry Gordy put her over everybody else such as Brenda Holloway, The Spinners, and Kim Weston. During the Motown 25 taping, Diane got mad at Mary for some reason and pushed her in front of the entire audience and cameras. Gordy has the footage in a vault, never to be seen again. Fans of Flo Ballard really dislike Diane, as they feel that Diane & Gordy not letting her do leads and kicking her out of the Supremes (Flo created the group), and Gordy blacklisting her contributed Flo's downfall and death. Patti Labelle was mad at Diane because she took Cindy Birdsong from her group
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Post by ollie9 on Oct 20, 2016 6:15:42 GMT
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Post by captainjames on Oct 20, 2016 6:24:17 GMT
Berry Gordy played Motown like a popularity contest or something, like whoever intrigued his interest, he'll pick that person. To him, no one shared his ambition and his goal more than Diana Ross. That's why she did what she did so she could also earn her place. When she realized her ambition was being used for Berry Gordy's interest, that's when she left Motown
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Post by captainjames on Oct 20, 2016 6:28:53 GMT
I want you to know that I ONLY look at the pictures when I come to this site. I don't care what you morons have to say! If you were at Soulful Detroit Ralph would have deleted this thread and banned your ignorant asses! Dear you are not at Soulful Detroit. Enjoy the pretty pictures, honey. The mind of a F@ckin child! You are not the only who can post pretty picture, DEAR!
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Post by BossRoss on Oct 20, 2016 6:32:19 GMT
When I come to this site, I look at the pictures and that is ALL I do. I don't read this crap! I didn't know brain donors could still post!
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Post by chainreaction on Oct 20, 2016 6:39:38 GMT
Correction, all you can do is look at the pictures.
When I come to this site, I look at the pictures and that is ALL I do. I don't read this crap! I didn't know brain donors could still post!
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Post by tonyturner on Oct 20, 2016 21:16:53 GMT
I wish that you had not posted this. A lot of people are in denial that it is over. Slowly, all of the long term sites are down. The ones that are still active haven't been updated in years. There is only one yahoo group for Ross that had activity this month, most have been dead for quite awhile. In 1997 she had about 400 groups. I couldn't find an active Google group for Ross, but Cher has 354.She can shop for toilet tissue and you never see fans bother her, only a random picture. When she finally landed in Vegas, it was at the Venetian Room, which has a capacity of 1800. Tickets are still on sale for her upcoming dates. Cher played nightly to 5,000 sold out each time. Sad.
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