YOUR Favourite MOTOWN songs

[Shaun Ponsonby]

MOTOWN, HITSVILLE USA, THE SOUND OF YOUNG AMERICA, whatever you wanna call it, you know you love it, great feelgood music, a lot like Dave's in that respect.

There is NOTHING like a drunken MOTOWN singalong, because EVERYBODY knows the songs: Dancing In The Street, My Girl, Get Ready, I Want You Back, Tears Of A Clown, What's Goin' On?, Reach Out (I'll Be There), Baby Love, Stop! In The Name Of Love, This Old Heart Of Mine, It Takes Two, What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?, War...need I go on?

What is your top 10?

1. Ain't Too Proud To Beg (Temptin'-Tune-Tations)
2. Same Old Song (Four Tops)
3. How Sweet It Is (Jr Walker & The All Stars)
4. You Can't Hurry Love (Supremes)
5. Uptight (Little Stevie Wonder)
6. The Love You Save (Jackson 5)
7. The Tracks of my Tears (Smokey Robinson & The Miracles)
8. Shotgun (Jr Walker & The All Stars)
9. Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell)
10. Heatwave (Martha & The Vandellas)

[Big Fat Sammy]

Its hard for me to narrow it down that far....

Here's my top ten Temptations songs though...lol

1) (I know) I'm Losing You
2) Ball Of Confusion
3) Psychedelic Shack
4) I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)
5) Smiling Faces Sometimes
6) Can't Get Next To You
7) Cloud Nine
8) I Wish It Would Rain
9) Shakey Ground
10) Song For You


If you dig motown, you would love the band I'm in.

[Big Fat Sammy]

I would put Reflections by The Supremes in my top 10 for sure...I'm sure I will think of more top 10 material.

[Big Fat Sammy]

I'll put I Want You Back in my list too...cause its one of the coolest basslines ever.

[LoungeMachine]

STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN

The Story of the Funk Brothers


A MUST SEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


My personal fave? Check out Joan Osborne doing "What becomes of the Broken Hearted"

Gotta love "Shotgun", too

[Shaun Ponsonby]

They are ALL classics.

Fuck it, I'm going to watch MOTOWN 25.

"I can turn the grey skies blue
I can make it rain whenever I want ti to
Oh, I can build a castle from a single grain of sand
And I can make the ships sail on dry land
But, my life is incomplete and I'm so blue
Cos I can't get next to you (Can't get next to you, girl, get get next to you)"

[Big Fat Sammy]

Originally posted by LoungeMachine
STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN

The Story of the Funk Brothers


A MUST SEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Yes it is!!

and The Temptations...the movie as well. The guy that plays Ruffin is unreal.

[Matt White]

MY DAD grew up in DETROIT, the 'real inner city, during the 50s-early 60's............We moved out in 1976.

MOTOWN was always played at our home...and is some of my all-time fav music!!!:rockit2:

Top 10 of Mr. White's:

10.) ABC Jackson 5

9.) My Girl the Temps

8.)(Baby) Where did our Love Go? The Supremes

7.) War Edwin Starr

6.) Tears of a Clown Smokey Robinson & the MIracles

5.) I'll be There The Four Tops

4.) Dancin' in the Streets Martha & the Vandellas

3.) Can't help Myself The Four Tops

2.) Ain't No Mountain High Enough Tammy Terrell & Marvin Gaye

And the #1 BADDEST MOTOWN SONG EVER????????

1.) Poppa was a Rollin' Stone The Temptaions

Kick it one time DETROIT Style!!!!

[Coyote]

1. Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
2. My Girl
3. My Old Piano (Diana Ross)
4. Easy (Commodores)
5. Brick House (Commodores)
6. War