Hits "click," immediately--immediately--remembers Rod Stewart's "The Motown Song." (Which would probably finish last anyway, so full speed ahead.)
― clemenza, Friday, 13 November 2020 17:28 (three years ago) link
Not passionate about any of these, but Nightshift for the delay on "Marvin... Marvin... Marvin..."
My favourite fake Motown song is About the Weather by Magazine.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 13 November 2020 17:30 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 19 November 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
nightshift. but I like the Billy Bragg song
― brimstead, Thursday, 19 November 2020 02:22 (three years ago) link
I don't mind the other two, but far and away "Levi Stubbs' Tears" for me.
― clemenza, Thursday, 19 November 2020 03:37 (three years ago) link
I put "Nightshift" at the #1 spot on that Motown poll from several years ago; I suspect I was trying to provocative, but I really do love that song: had an "everybody shut up for the next four minutes" moment in the car about a month back when it came on the radio.
I like "When Smokey Sings" as well; hadn't heard "Levi Stubbs' Tears" until just now (!)
― Langdon Alger Stole the Highlights (cryptosicko), Thursday, 19 November 2020 16:29 (three years ago) link
― clemenza, Friday, November 13, 2020 12:28 PM (six days ago) bookmarkflaglink
Making a shitty Motown pastiche/tribute record with the Temptations is weirdly impressive. (See also: Stewart's worthless cover of "This Old Heart Of Mine" with Ronald Isley)
I was about to say that if Stewart had been on this poll, there would've been two acts who played Sun City during apartheid. But when I looked it up just now, I saw that the Commodores had actually cancelled their planned 1989 shows there. Prior to the cancellation, keyboardist and founding member Milan Williams quit the band in protest.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 19 November 2020 16:46 (three years ago) link
Came to "Levi Stubbs' Tears" through Marcus' "Speaker to Speaker" column, which ran for a while in Artforum.
http://greilmarcus.net/2019/03/11/speaker-to-speaker-levi-stubbs-tears-11-86/
― clemenza, Thursday, 19 November 2020 17:14 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 20 November 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link