Diana Ross Plays Every 1960s Broadway Leading Lady

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/15/13 at 10:40pm

In case you need something to make you feel good tonight.

http://youtu.be/llP7_LE8-9s

[DAME]

Posted: 4/15/13 at 10:40pm

LOVE

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/15/13 at 10:43pm

The "Mame" at the end is just amazing.

[atcsm2]

Posted: 4/15/13 at 10:54pm

Absolute perfection - this is how it's done

[fashionguru_23]

Posted: 4/15/13 at 10:57pm

Does her dress during the Mame section, remind anyone else of the Bob Mackie dress Carol Burnett wore when they spoofed Sunset Blvd?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/15/13 at 11:14pm

I'm pretty sure Bob Mackie did Diana's dresses

[atcsm2]

Posted: 4/15/13 at 11:31pm

I think he dressed her for this show

[all that jazz]

Posted: 4/15/13 at 11:33pm

You made my night, PJ. I had just finished watching The Wiz so I'm currently in a Ross Rush.

Those were some of the most stunning costumes ever. Loved her Eliza and her Fanny. There will never be a diva as fabulous and talented as Miss Ross. Simply spectacular.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 4/16/13 at 2:13am

This is amazing! Those costumes...Jesus.

[SweetLips]

Posted: 4/16/13 at 3:41am

OMG the memories of that wonderful time are flooding back.
Thank you.

[Boybooshka]

Posted: 4/16/13 at 6:25am

Wow, love it! thanks for posting.

[best12bars]

Posted: 4/16/13 at 6:38am

So well done. Such a huge talent!

[AnthVoice2010]

Posted: 4/16/13 at 8:39am

Every time somebody screams that Diana Ross stole Florence Ballard's career out from under her or that Mary Wilson was equally as talented, should stop and watch this for a minute.

No, vocally, She's not a Merman or a Streisand but she does everything she possibly can with the voice she was given. Her phrasing is completely unique and refreshing and insanely musical.

Her poise and sense of presentation is spectacular.

And…the charisma drips off her.



Florence Ballard could never have gotten through this medley and worse – we wouldn’t have lasted 3 minutes watching her

[DAME]

Posted: 4/16/13 at 6:08pm

She is on tour again this summer. She really puts on a quite wonderful show.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 4/16/13 at 7:12pm

This was Diana's big solo spot from a 1969 special she did while she was still with The Supremes. It was called G.I.T. On Broadway and co-starred The Temptations

[BroomstickBoy]

Posted: 4/16/13 at 7:45pm

I always thought she had a very pleasant voice, one that hits the ear just right.

I love her phrasing.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 4/16/13 at 7:58pm

"Florence Ballard could never have gotten through this medley and worse – we wouldn’t have lasted 3 minutes watching her"

I don't agree with that. Ballard and Ross were two very different types of singers. Gordy decided to go with the lighter, sexier sound of Ross. It is documented that in Supremes concerts, Ballard always took the lead on the song "People". Had Gordy put as much time and attention into Ballard as he put into Ross, Ballard may have achieved a level of stardom reached by Aretha Franklin. Even in the musical Dreamgirls, the most known song is given to the Ballard character.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 4/16/13 at 8:36pm

This clip is my new obsession. My boyfriend is looking at me with this astonished look on his face and asking, "AGAIN?!?!?" To which I responded: "HELLS YEAH!!!"

[Kad]

Posted: 4/16/13 at 8:37pm

Her Eliza Doolittle dress is AMAZING.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/16/13 at 9:34pm

Kindly do NOT come on to my thread building some sort of straw-man argument so you can trash talk Florence Ballard.

No one was speaking about Florence Ballard. This thread was about Diana Ross.

I hate when you do that. You come on to some thread just to inject negativity. It's why no one likes you or wants to play with you.

I'd appreciate it if you'd erase the unnecessarily foul comment.

[AnthVoice2010]

Posted: 4/17/13 at 10:54am

You thought that was foul - then bite down on this.

Florence Ballard had a nice big voice…as do thousands of others girls ..

She had no interesting sense of phrasing and her musicality is weaker than Ross. Her version of “People” is competent. Nothing more.

On top of it, Florence loved her food (Which Diana never did) and that never leads to superstardom.

On top of that, Florence had no charisma.

On top of that, her attitude sucked. "Yes, Florence you choose the name "The Supremes" - yes we know!" They would all say, rolling their eyes. (much like everyone does to Pal Joey)

Berry never had any intention of making Ballard a star…ever….

There is no comparison to Aretha who possessed one of the greatest female voices of hers or any other generation.. Aretha was courted by recording companies from the age of 13 on due to her Father and his religious and show business connections.

DreamGirls turned Florence into a myth that simply did not exist and was not really true at the time or now.

Name a Vandella other than Martha…exactly…

Florence Ballard is not Effie. Never was. Had she been, she'd be alive today.

Pal Joey…it’s time to change your depends, dear..


Rarrrgggggghhh

Updated On: 4/17/13 at 10:54 AM

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/17/13 at 11:14am

No one is going to read a single word of that, and no one will sit with you in the lunchroom.

[AnthVoice2010]

Posted: 4/17/13 at 11:16am

I find that very negative...please cease and desist from saying the word lunch room in such an offensive manner.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/17/13 at 11:19am

And it's not because anyone loves Florence Ballard that much. You set her up as a straw-man and then attacked her as if the point of the thread was to defend her and you were the sole voice of reason to rail against her inadequacies.

No, the reason no one will read what you write is that your relentless compulsion to come onto a thread like this and negate what other are saying is icky and creepy.

[AnthVoice2010]

Posted: 4/17/13 at 11:26am

Are you on meds......?

Honey, If Florence was still alive, she's eat that straw man...