Elvis Costello and The Supremes
by Will
As part of my Holland-Dozier-Holland obsession, I bought a “Supremes Gold” CD. Love it. Also, I discovered that the Supremes song “You Keep Me Hanging On” has the line “Why don’t you be a man about it” which is a line from the Elvis Costello song “Hand in Hand.” Elvis even spits out that line in the same rhythm as Diana Ross — a clear homage/theft! Also, the awesome EC song “High Fidelity” starts off with the title of a Supremes song “Some things you never get used to.”
Elvis Costello, the angry, amphatemine-filled nerd rocker of late 70s Britain, loved the Supremes. Dig it.
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Wow. The Holland-Dozier-Holland Records website is butt-ugly: http://www.hdhrecords.com/
Could your HDH obsession and your web design skills find their perfect union in a redesign of this monstrosity? You should e-mail them and ask.