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Turtleneck Posted Mon 12 Jan, 2009 5:38 PM |
Today is the 50th anniversary of Motown. Barry Gordy started the company with $800 he borrowed from his sister. I saw a Motown museum exhibit and they went all out for these kids to make them successful. They put them through etiquette courses and everything so that they would be "class acts" wherever they went.
The Supremes
Stevie Wonder
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles |
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DucatiMonster Posted Mon 12 Jan, 2009 11:39 PM |
You missed the Four Tops, and Motown wasn't all glitz and glamour there was a fair amount of gangsterism and drugs involved in the whole scene but they did make some wonderful tunes
anyway have some Nina Simone |
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Turtleneck Posted Tue 13 Jan, 2009 2:12 AM |
DucatiMonster wrote: You missed the Four Tops, and Motown wasn't all glitz and glamour there was a fair amount of gangsterism and drugs involved in the whole scene but they did make some wonderful tunes
anyway have some Nina Simone
I would like my rose-colored glasses back now, please. Gangsters and drugs in Detroit? You must be mistaken! ;o) |
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Turtleneck Posted Tue 13 Jan, 2009 3:03 PM |
"I saw your wife the other day--and she's uglyyyyyyyy!"
"Yeah, she's ugly, but she sure can cook, baby."
Get an Ugly Girl to Marry You
"I don't care if their teeth are big
I don't care if their legs are big
I don't care if her hair is a wig
Why waste time lookin' at the waistline?
'Cause First I Look at the Purse!" |
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ricv64 Posted Tue 13 Jan, 2009 3:13 PM |
always wondered who first did first i look in her purse , I'm too use to the J geils version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNIYcSsX7M0 |
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Turtleneck Posted Tue 13 Jan, 2009 3:23 PM |
I never heard the J. Geils version before. |
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ricv64 Posted Fri 16 Jan, 2009 3:41 PM |
devils angels soundtrack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRH-zgVfVvg
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strongbow1 Posted Sat 17 Jan, 2009 9:55 PM |
The John Barry Seven - Zapata
I love the guitar sound in this
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PRFPQT9esl0
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Turtleneck Posted Mon 19 Jan, 2009 3:04 PM |
| Abraham, Martin, and John by Dion |
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Turtleneck Posted Wed 21 Jan, 2009 2:36 PM |
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
CC Rider/Jenny Take a Ride |
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Scottish Dubliner Posted Tue 27 Jan, 2009 12:38 AM |
Carrying on the hippy vibe (fom other threads),,,
Traffic - Hole in My Shoe (which is trippy)
for my generation Neil
Dubz |
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Scottish Dubliner Posted Wed 28 Jan, 2009 12:12 AM |
Thunderclap Newman
or
Moody Blues
Dubz |
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ricv64 Posted Wed 28 Jan, 2009 1:01 AM |
I'll see your UK flower power with some SF flower power
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjWGr-h8ETA
part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO1EozsUR_o |
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strongbow1 Posted Thu 29 Jan, 2009 5:50 AM |
July - Dandelion Seeds
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sWD69U9k19c&feature=channel_page |
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ricv64 Posted Sat 14 Feb, 2009 1:33 AM |
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJgwj_eGD7k |
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