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Title: The best Motown single
Post by: Kat Kid on August 02, 2013, 12:46:00 PM: Rules:

1) Must have been released on Motown or Tamla Records.
2) Must be the best single.

Stevie Wonder- Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO8nlZKrVi4)
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Post by: steve dave on August 02, 2013, 12:47:05 PM: Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night)
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Post by: michigancat on August 02, 2013, 12:48:20 PM: I think this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T5xWkO56GI
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Post by: Kat Kid on August 02, 2013, 12:48:31 PM: The Supremes- Keep Me Hangin' On (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3bjMtqpGBw)
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Post by: michigancat on August 02, 2013, 12:48:50 PM: this is so hard, kat kid! :sdeek:
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Post by: Kat Kid on August 02, 2013, 12:49:19 PM: I NEVER SAID IN THE RULES THAT IT WOULD BE EASY OR SIMPLE OR THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE ANSWER
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Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on August 02, 2013, 12:50:09 PM: Marvin Gaye- What's Goin On

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f39Zs0gB87c (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f39Zs0gB87c)
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Post by: michigancat on August 02, 2013, 12:50:40 PM: could it possibly be Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - Dancin in the Street?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KhbM2mqhCQ

probably not.
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Post by: Kat Kid on August 02, 2013, 12:53:31 PM: Marvin Gaye- Let's Get It On (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j3okb3kuts)

(this might violate one of my rules, was released under "Hitsville U.S.A." a Barry Gordy/Motown subsidiary can I get a ruling Michigancat?)
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Post by: 8manpick on August 02, 2013, 12:53:51 PM: Quote from: EllRobersonisInnocent on August 02, 2013, 12:50:09 PM
Marvin Gaye- What's Goin On

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f39Zs0gB87c (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f39Zs0gB87c)
Almost luked this... +1
Title: Re: The best Motown single
Post by: Kat Kid on August 02, 2013, 12:53:52 PM: Quote from: michigancat on August 02, 2013, 12:50:40 PM
could it possibly be Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - Dancin in the Street?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KhbM2mqhCQ

probably not.

yeah, don't think so, but too soon to tell imo.
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Post by: michigancat on August 02, 2013, 12:54:36 PM: Diana Ross was OK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izzKUoxL11E
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Post by: pissclams on August 02, 2013, 12:55:29 PM: gotta be from the supremes, diana ross's voice back then was incredible
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Post by: pissclams on August 02, 2013, 12:55:41 PM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23UkIkwy5ZM
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Post by: Kat Kid on August 02, 2013, 12:55:51 PM: The Temptin' Temptations- Ain't too proud to beg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHoQVnlinQE)

bonus points for being the soundtrack to the greatest fatty video ever
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Post by: michigancat on August 02, 2013, 12:56:30 PM: Glady Knight's version of "Heard it through the Grapevine"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah1cvL_ez-M
Title: Re: The best Motown single
Post by: Kat Kid on August 02, 2013, 12:56:38 PM: Quote from: michigancat on August 02, 2013, 12:54:36 PM
Diana Ross was OK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izzKUoxL11E

reeeeeeallly good.
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Post by: Kat Kid on August 02, 2013, 12:58:31 PM: How did Gordy never sign Aretha? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waS0rKeuzg8) :sdeek:
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Post by: Institutional Control on August 02, 2013, 01:01:46 PM: Midnight Train to Georgia

/thread.
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Post by: Kat Kid on August 02, 2013, 01:01:53 PM: The Supremes- What Becomes of the Brokenhearted (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNIt5_FJ8Js)

Probably my favorite Diana Ross work.
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Post by: michigancat on August 02, 2013, 01:02:19 PM: I really enjoy Stevie Wonder's "Made to Love Her"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pYux5-d1Es
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Post by: asava on August 02, 2013, 01:05:36 PM: Whoa. This is so tough...

Marvin Gaye - Pride and Joy

and I am absolutely not positive with that answer. In other news, I just picked this up not too long ago...

http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Motown-Story/release/2155548 (http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Motown-Story/release/2155548)

pretty amazing look into the world of motown. had no idea how much smokey robinson shaped everything.
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Post by: Daddy Claxton on August 02, 2013, 01:06:25 PM: Smokey Robinson - Indestructible

:bill:
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Post by: Kat Kid on August 02, 2013, 01:07:54 PM: The Commodores- Brick House (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5EmnQp3V48)
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Post by: AppleJack on August 02, 2013, 01:09:02 PM: This thread should have required 1 post and then been closed.

Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
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Post by: asava on August 02, 2013, 01:09:37 PM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-_kO7orwwg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-_kO7orwwg)

what. a. babe.
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Post by: asava on August 02, 2013, 01:16:35 PM: i think i concur with "Where Did Our Love Go." Incredible.
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Post by: michigancat on August 02, 2013, 01:16:54 PM: I think we've decided Diana Ross was their best artist. Wow!
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Post by: CNS on August 02, 2013, 01:18:02 PM: Quote from: michigancat on August 02, 2013, 01:16:54 PM
I think we've decided Diana Ross was their best artist. Wow!

Young Stevie Wonder is a strong contender.
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Post by: Kat Kid on August 02, 2013, 01:19:13 PM: I think this thread needs to move to a different format:

http://turntable.fm/emaw_music (http://turntable.fm/emaw_music)
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Post by: michigancat on August 02, 2013, 01:21:10 PM: Quote from: CNS on August 02, 2013, 01:18:02 PM
Quote from: michigancat on August 02, 2013, 01:16:54 PM
I think we've decided Diana Ross was their best artist. Wow!

Young Stevie Wonder is a strong contender.

I don't think so. I mean The Supremes just NAILED everything.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TiLJYH1qFQ
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Post by: CNS on August 02, 2013, 01:22:31 PM: Quote from: michigancat on August 02, 2013, 01:21:10 PM
Quote from: CNS on August 02, 2013, 01:18:02 PM
Quote from: michigancat on August 02, 2013, 01:16:54 PM
I think we've decided Diana Ross was their best artist. Wow!

Young Stevie Wonder is a strong contender.

I don't think so. I mean The Supremes just NAILED everything.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TiLJYH1qFQ

Disqualified.

That vid clearly states Toshiba EMI as the label.
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Post by: Kat Kid on August 02, 2013, 01:23:37 PM: TURNTABLE
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Post by: Dugout DickStone on August 02, 2013, 02:04:10 PM: Heart of Rock and Roll

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q61MvucepBs
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Post by: Dugout DickStone on August 02, 2013, 02:15:23 PM: This is actually a pretty great Motown video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q61MvucepBs
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Post by: wELLsculptedbrows on August 02, 2013, 02:29:51 PM: Quote from: michigancat on August 02, 2013, 12:50:40 PM
could it possibly be Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - Dancin in the Street?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KhbM2mqhCQ

probably not.

If not that, then "I Second That Emotion":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI_0tQdEA5k (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI_0tQdEA5k)
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Post by: Cartierfor3 on August 02, 2013, 06:01:38 PM: Back in school we used to dream about this everyday (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHzkICG47LU)
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Post by: steve dave on August 02, 2013, 06:03:15 PM: All Night Long (All Night) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqAvFx3NxUM)
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Post by: chum1 on August 02, 2013, 06:19:21 PM: American Idol
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Post by: Tobias on August 02, 2013, 06:25:01 PM: most people in this thread are very good at properly labeling their youtube links and i wish other posters were as good as you guys
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Post by: StevieWonderSniperSchool on August 02, 2013, 11:58:03 PM: it's pretty obvious that anything involving stevie wonder is the winner
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Post by: john "teach me how to" dougie on August 03, 2013, 01:23:01 AM: The Jackson 5 - Never can say goodbye (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LI1ObQWXis)
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Post by: Headinjun on August 03, 2013, 08:09:52 AM: Quote from: asava on August 02, 2013, 01:09:37 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-_kO7orwwg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-_kO7orwwg)

what. a. babe.

Do we lose man points if we wanna blast this in our new car audio system?
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Post by: michigancat on August 03, 2013, 10:29:45 AM: Quote from: Headinjun on August 03, 2013, 08:09:52 AM
Quote from: asava on August 02, 2013, 01:09:37 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-_kO7orwwg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-_kO7orwwg)

what. a. babe.

Do we lose man points if we wanna blast this in our new car audio system?

You lose them for asking. Like a million of them.
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Post by: michigancat on August 03, 2013, 10:30:24 AM: Quote from: Tobias on August 02, 2013, 06:25:01 PM
most people in this thread are very good at properly labeling their youtube links and i wish other posters were as good as you guys

It's all good and worth your time
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Post by: NDSU Lollypopkid on August 03, 2013, 01:18:15 PM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R7XkZVMjZg

Aint nothing like the real thing baby-Marvin Gaye
Title: The best Motown single
Post by: Tobias on August 03, 2013, 01:20:38 PM: Quote from: michigancat on August 03, 2013, 10:30:24 AM
It's all good and worth your time

definitely in this thread
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Post by: Cire on August 03, 2013, 01:26:09 PM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7dGdrP3pms
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Post by: Cire on August 03, 2013, 01:32:11 PM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iU1LlBHH54&feature=youtube_gdata_playerOr this
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Post by: star seed 7 on August 03, 2013, 04:11:57 PM: Has Boyz II men been mentioned yet? Cooleyhigharmony was my fave when I was in grade school, listened to it like 3 times a day at least.
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Post by: Kat Kid on August 03, 2013, 09:30:21 PM: My dad loved Boyz II Men more than anything for like a year because he thought they went to the same high school as him, Cooley High in Detroit. Once he found out they were from Philly it was kind of sad to watch him just like them a lot.
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Post by: steve dave on August 03, 2013, 10:13:05 PM: kk, I enjoyed that story a lot
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Post by: Headinjun on August 03, 2013, 11:16:36 PM: Not on the label but Motownish.

Solid jam.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNzsYKjIchg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNzsYKjIchg)
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Post by: michigancat on August 05, 2013, 04:17:48 PM: yeesh :fatty:

http://www.myboxofficetickets.com/results-ticket.html?evtid=2077475&event=Diana+Ross
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Post by: michigancat on August 05, 2013, 04:19:20 PM: ok, real tickets are more reasonable

https://www.shnsf.com/Online/mapSelect.asp