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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Mar 10, 2008 10:59:29 GMT -5
Because you know and I know that we can't let metal have all of the fun here.
So- my favorite alumnus (and favorite artist ever) is Stevie Wonder. Yours?
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Post by Just "Dan" is Fine, Thank You on Mar 10, 2008 11:49:43 GMT -5
Favorite song of the genre is "I Wish it Would Rain."
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Post by icansleep on Mar 10, 2008 11:59:08 GMT -5
I'm not entirely sure if any of these acts were signed to the Motown label, but here are a few of my favorites from the Motown-era...
Oooh Baby Baby - Smokey Robinson And The Miracles
You Are Everything - The Stylistics
The Bells - The Originals
My Girl - The Temptations
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Post by Bobby Womack on Mar 10, 2008 12:01:21 GMT -5
older: marvin, smokey robinson, the isleys, the supremes, the temptations, the jacksons, the commodores, rick james, teena marie
more recent: debarge, raphael saadiq & tony toni tone, erykah badu, boyz ii men, india.arie
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Post by Samoa Kenny on Mar 10, 2008 12:29:44 GMT -5
I love Motown... The Temptations are probably the greatest act, but "Tracks of my Tears" is probably the greatest song... ever.... and once you really get into the Jackson 5 catalog there is some really amazing stuff... try, "I don't know why I love you"
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Post by Joe Neglia on Mar 10, 2008 13:53:16 GMT -5
If you like Motown at all, track down the documentary Standing in the Shadows of Motown; it's a fantastic look at the Funk Brothers, the backing band that did the actual music for just about every hit that came out of the label.
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Post by Libertine on Mar 10, 2008 13:56:00 GMT -5
The English group The Fall tried to get a deal on Motown Records around 1983. At the time they were a rather strange art-rock group.
Somehow they got to a pitching stage and alls they could take was a copy of their latest album 'Hex Enduction Hour'.
The first few lines on the first song contains the lyric "...all you obligatory n*****s."
Imagine that. A room full of Motown suits being greeted by a racial slur in an hysterical Northern English brogue.
Slightly off-topic, but the story amuses me.
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Post by gimmieabreakbrain on Mar 10, 2008 14:09:57 GMT -5
"Sam and Dave" rules all!
also I have a soft spot in my heart for "The Swanky Modes"!
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Post by mo on Mar 10, 2008 14:27:08 GMT -5
Huge fan of The Temptations, the Ruffin-era stuff and much of the Edwards stuff is just classic. Holland-Dozier-Holland were a great songwriting team.
Favorite songs would either be "Just My Imagination" or "Baby I Need Your Loving"
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