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Daily Question ~ Motown!
by Nochnoi
Posted on 07 November 2009 | 4:03 pm 
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Hitsville U.S.A. Home of the Motown Museum ~ Detroit, Michigan
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Motown Records celebrates 5o years of music magic this month!
All over the country special tribute concerts will be held to mark this half century anniversary of a sound that helped shape the music of generations of fans. Here in Detroit we get the privilege of having Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Otis Williams and many others performing at the event, which is also a fundraiser with all proceeds going towards the Motown Museum. Very cool!
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Here is a nice montage of the Motown years.
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Here is a link for a really nice tribute video that had no embed code, but worth watching if you are in to Motown.
When I was growing up, the Motown sound was it. There was no where in Detroit you could go and not hear that special sound, it permeated the very fabric and soul of the city. Motown is Living For The City.
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Stevie Wonder doing “Superstition” on Sesame Street
The Daily Question is…
Are you a fan of Motown? How did the music of Motown play a part in your life?
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As someone who grew up in the rural South I can agree with EdV that Motown helped get the kids together. I remember when we were taken into assembly and told that we would have black kids joining us the following year and we should show politeness to them and the principal did not want any shenanigans. WE were the only high school in the county that did not have racial incidents.
I did not go to the dances, it was couples time, if you did not have a date you didn’t go, but I remember watching Ed Sullivan and hearing all the greats.
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The thing that Motown doesn’t get credit for, is their huge influence in making the civil rights movement popular amongst the young, white population of the time. I met many kids from , let’s say, “southerly” climes, who said that, until they heard Motown, they thought that Blacks only sang spirituals. They became huge fans, and it’s hard to hate people who can make you dance. Motown put a face on Blacks in this country – on the radio, and (thanks mainly to Ed Sullivan) on television. That irresistable music won as many hearts as the eloquence of Dr. King.
In those days, music was the rallying point for young people, and the movements, in general, and Motown introduced many to African-Americans for the first time – and what an introduction. They not only broke barriers in the music industry, they broke barriers in radio (remember that Black music was called “race music” back then, and only played on certain stations, but this music FORCED stations to play it), television, and society at large.
Bravo.
November 7th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
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What about the Philly sound?
Agreed on the fact that Motown made a certain kind of music more acceptable among certain circles. Although if any of those people had half a brain they would have been already listening to blues.
November 7th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
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I agree. Being raised in the South myself, it put Black people in an entirely different light than I was used to.
Although my parents were politically liberal and were not opposed to the civil rights movement, they really didn’t see it being their concern and still referred to Blacks as Negroes or Coloreds. My maternal grandmother was old school and would not even speak to a Black person.
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I added a video of what I think is a pretty good version of “Superstition” by Stevie Wonder when he was on Sesame Street. Nice groove…
November 7th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
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November 7th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
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Stevie is soooo good! Glad you liked it
November 7th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
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Always loved that song too, both Stevie’s and Jeff Beck’s version. Stevie originally wrote the song for Jeff Beck before recording it himself.
Stevie’s has funk while Beck turns it into kick ass rock.
November 7th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
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I am not sure if I have heard Beck’s version of it… I will have to check that out.
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I always loved Motown. It’s hard to think of an American music group whose sound embodied the ’60s more than The Supremes.
Although I have to admit my absolute favorite R&B song was recorded in LA, Tina Turner’s River Deep, Mountain High.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
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Guaranteed to get the hips going… great Tina track.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
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I still get chills when I hear that.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
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Yup….
November 7th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
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Saw her live at the Verizon Center last year …still doing high kicks on the catwalk in 4 inch stilettos!
November 7th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
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I envy you that.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
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AND the catwalk was a 30 foot rotating ladder extended out over the audience!!! AND she was running back and forth….I would have been wetting myself and hanging on for dear life
November 7th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
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If I’d have been rotating over the heads of an audience I would have been double checking I hadn’t rushed out in a hurry!!!
November 7th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
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I saw her in LA in the early ’90s, she was spectacular.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
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Keep your pants on!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJGoNeM3WzY
November 7th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
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That yeah, yeah, yeah after all that imagery of deeper, wider, rivers flowing…
November 7th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
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I take it back…I think this comment was one of the most erotic things I’ve ever heard!
November 7th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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Not beautiful by any means… but she is sex on legs!!!
When Madonna tries being sexy, groping her crotch etc.. and britney starts gyrating, you feel like saying… “Don’t bother… I have a week old lettuce in the fridge that has more sex appeal than you……. wanna see sex appeal…..take a lesson….. look at Tina… and Shirley Bassey ain’t no slouch neither”You’ve either got it, or you ain’t…. not something you can ”aquire”…. and she has it in spades!!!
Most sensible thing Prince Charles ever said was when he told Tina “You have great legs”
November 7th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
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I disagree, I’ve always found her to be beautiful, especially when she was younger. As is said, “Even the ugly may sometimes be quite beautiful, the merely pretty – never”.
November 7th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
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I meant not beautiful in the traditionally accepted way.
She is one of those women, who are not “pretty” or gorgeous… but because of their inherent womanliness, sex appeal etc. they are more beautiful than your starlets and beauty queens.
So, I agree with you… maybe I just put it badly.
Susan Sarandon is another…. knock the spots of women half her age.
Both of them would stop a room when they entered.
November 7th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
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Tina is still hot… she is a goddess!
November 7th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
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Smokin…. even when she is just giving an interview in a black polo neck dress…. like I said.. you can’t aquire “IT”
November 7th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
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I have all my music channels defaulted to Sixtie’s Soul and R and B
November 7th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
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I veer between rock and Ella….. quite a Catholic taste in music. Today, I listened to the following CD’s… Ella… Led Zep… Holst’d “Planet Suite”, and a Rufus Wainwright CD….. then I listened to the play on Radio 4…. go figure!!!
Hi sweetheart… 
Motown always reminds me of clubs and parties.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
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Holst.:
November 7th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
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Motown always reminds me of making out in the back seat of a car…(I have Catholic tastes, too!)
November 7th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
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Never went out with many guys whose cars had back seats………
November 7th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
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I guess Model T’s don’t have back seats…
November 7th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
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Dunno about your ferrin cars.
Nearest i got to a “”T”" was a MG TF……. and that didn’t have much wriggle room in the front.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
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Fat ass?
November 7th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
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No.
Big tits.
November 7th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
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Your date needed a “Mansierre”?
http://media.ebaumsworld.com/picture/Yermo77/ManBoobs.png
November 7th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
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Dunno about those “Mansierre” italian cars… but I wouldn’t have touched that even if it came with a Bentley!!!!!!
He was skinny actually. 6′4”.
The big tits were mine.Still are.
November 7th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
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Whatever…
November 7th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULw1RHHPv5g
November 7th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
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Thanks, that was great! There’s also a clip I’ve seen on TV which shows her recording it. My god, what passion!!!!!!!
November 7th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
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Also saw her live in KC ….late 90’s?? can’t remember the date..her kicks were a tad higher then
November 7th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
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EDV will need to put a sweater on !!!!
November 7th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
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Actually it more in line with wanting to pull my pants off. When she starts going yeah, yeah, yeah it’s one of the most erotic things I’ve ever heard.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
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You’ve never heard my neighbours!!!!
November 7th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
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oooooo…I think your comment was one of the most erotic things I’ve ever heard!
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WHAT A STOOOPID QUESTION!!!!
MOTOWN IS MY LIFE!!!
1. I Heard It Through The Grapevine – Marvin Gaye
2. My Girl – Temptations
3. Reach Out I’ll Be There – Four Tops
4. Where Did Our Love Go? – Supremes
5. What’s Goin’ On? – Marvin Gaye
6. Dancing in the Street – Martha & The Vandellas
7. I Want You Back – Jackson 5
8. Superstition – Stevie Wonder
9. Please Mr. Postman – Marvelettes
10. My Guy – Mary Wells
11. (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave – Martha & The Vandellas
12. Do You Love Me? – Contours
13. Let’s Get It On – Marvin Gaye
14. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
15. The Tracks of My Tears – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
16. Shotgun – Jr. Walker & The All Stars
17. I’ll Be There – Jackson 5
18. Baby Love – Supremes
19. Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone – Temptations
20. Uptight (Everything’s Alright) – Stevie Wonder
21. I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) – Four Tops
22. The Tears of a Clown – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
23. Stop! In the Name of Love – Supremes
24. You’ve Really Got a Hold On Me – Miracles
25. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) – Temptations
26. Baby I Need Your Lovin’ – Four Tops
27. You Are the Sunshine of My Life – Stevie Wonder
28. Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
29. Money (That’s What I Want) – Barrett Strong
30. Leavin’ Here – Eddie Holland
31. Shop Around – Miracles
32. You Keep Me Hangin’ On – Supremes
33. You Can’t Hurry Love – Supremes
34. Endless Love – Lionel Richie & Diana Ross
35. Signed, Sealed, Delivered – Stevie Wonder
36. Ooo Baby Baby – Miracles
37. Nowhere To Run – Martha & The Vandellas
38. It Takes Two – Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston
39. War – Edwin Starr
40. I Second That Emotion – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
41. Super Freak Part I – Rick James
42. Living For the City – Stevie Wonder
43. I Heard It Through the Grapevine – Gladys Knight & The Pips
44. Higher Ground – Stevie Wonder
45. Ain’t Too Proud To Beg – Temptations
46. I Can’t Get Next To You – Temptations
47. Cloud Nine – Temptations
48. Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today) – Temptations
49. Smiling Faces Sometimes – Undisputed Truth
50. This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak For You) – Isley Brothers
51. What Becomes of the Brokenhearted? – Jimmy Ruffin
52. Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler) – Marvin Gaye
53. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) – Marvin Gaye
54. Playboy – Marvelettes
55. Jimmy Mack – Martha & The Vandellas
56. Don’t Mess With Bill – Marvelettes
57. Since I Lost My Baby – Temptations
58. Don’t Leave Me This Way – Thelma Houston
59. All Night Long (All Night) – Lionel Richie
60. Going To a Go-Go – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
61. Fingertips Part II – Stevie Wonder
62. The One Who Really Loves You – Mary Wells
63. Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye) – Gladys Knight & The Pips
64. Love Hangover – Diana Ross
65. Upside Down (Inside Out) – Diana Ross
66. Brick House – Commodores
67. I Wish It Would Rain – Temptations
68. Beechwood 4-5789 – Marvelettes
69. The Hunter Gets Captured By the Game – Marvelettes
70. Bernadette – Four Tops
71. Somebody’s Watching Me – Rockwell
72. Hello – Lionel Richie
73. It’s the Same Old Song – Four Tops
74. You’ve Made Me So Very Happy – Brenda Holloway
75. Jamie – Eddie Holland
76. Your Precious Love – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
77. Quicksand – Martha & The Vandellas
78. Come and Get These Memories – Martha & The Vandellas
79. Keep on Truckin’ Part I – Eddie Kendricks
80. Needle In a Haystack – Velvelettes
81. (I’m a) Roadrunner – Junior Walker & The All-Stars
82. ABC – Jackson 5
83. I’m Coming Out – Diana Ross
84. Give It To Me Baby – Rick James
85. Cruisin’ – Smokey Robinson
86. My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me) – David Ruffin
87. Three Times a Lady – Commodores
88. Heaven Must Have Sent You – Bonnie Pointer/The Elgins
89. Let It Whip – Dazz Band
90. It’s a Shame – Spinners
91. Baby I’m For Real – Originals
92. The Bells – Originals
93. He Was Really Sayin’ Somethin’ – Velvelettes
94. Come To Me – Marv Johnson
95. I Need Your Lovin’ – Teena Marie
96. The Love You Save – Jackson 5
97. What Does It Take (To Win Your Love?) – Jr. Walker
98. Function At The Junction – Shorty Long
99. Does Your Mama Know About Me? – Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers
100. Greetings (This Is Uncle Sam) – Monitors/Valadiers
November 7th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
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November 7th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
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Have Pandora on now listening to my Motown channel!
ALSO…listened to it the whole time on my 14.5 hour transatlantic flight…
November 7th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
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Wow… I must consider you an honorary Detroiter!