Whats your favourite Motown and Stax record?

[pegman1]

...Whats your favourite Motown and Stax record?

[waynepunkdude]

Ottis Redding - Sitting on the Dock of the Bay.

Not sure if that counts.

[pegman1]

I really like that tune, think its a great summer song.

[waynepunkdude]

[quote name='pegman1' post='527041' date='Jun 28 2009, 08:34 PM']I really like that tune, think its a great summer song.[/quote]


Most Sunday mornings I crack it on in my bass room and play along with my P-bass. Great stuff.

[pegman1]

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='527043' date='Jun 28 2009, 08:36 PM']Most Sunday mornings I crack it on in my bass room and play along with my P-bass. Great stuff.[/quote]

Good call, I really like jammin along to How sweet it is to be loved by you. Great tune.

[pegman1]

The Temptations - I'm Losing You

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leD9kTMWS9M"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leD9kTMWS9M[/url]

[boabskiboab]

Marvin Gaye - Grapevine (Legendary)
Smokey Robinson - Tears of a clown (Close 2nd)

[pegman1]

Good choices.

[Cat Burrito]

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='527030' date='Jun 28 2009, 08:24 PM']Ottis Redding - Sitting on the Dock of the Bay.

Not sure if that counts.[/quote]

It's a Stax classic so it ought to!

For me (& it [b]will [/b]change tomorrow!) Get Ready from the Motown vaults & Green Onions from Stax

[pegman1]

What about Soul Limbo. Always used in the cricket adverts.

[chris_b]

Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
Inner City Blues - Marvin Gaye
Superstition - Stevie Wonder

Soul Man - Sam and Dave
Respect Yourself - The Staples Singers
Mr Big Stuff - Jean Knight

[nick]

Difficult question there's so many!

[pegman1]

Hold on I'm Coming - Sam and Dave

[Balcro]

As Nick says -- Difficult question there's so many! All of the same top quality.

Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Stevie Wonder.
Dancing in the Street - Martha & the Vandellas.
I heard it through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye.
Road Runner - Junior Walker & the Allstars.
If I were a Carpenter - Four Tops.

Balcro

[pegman1]

The quality is so high.

[clauster]

Stax - Respect
Motown - Goin To A Go-Go

[steve-soar]

[quote name='nick' post='527093' date='Jun 28 2009, 09:21 PM']Difficult question there's so many!



[/quote]Nice.

The Tracks Of My tears, Smokey Robinson

Papa Was A Rolling Stone, The Temptations

God, there's hundreds.

[pegman1]

It takes 2 baby.

[Platypus]

Bernadette: The Four Tops

one of my favourites

[anthomp]

Four Tops
"Same old song"

always a good work out too!

[spike]

Motown, Smokey Robinson - I Second That Emotion

Stax, Sam & Dave - Soul Man

but I'll no doubt have two different favourites tomorrow

[stingrayfan]

Neither Stax or Motown but similar ilk:

Jackie Wilson - Sweetest Feeling.

[BottomEndian]

Apart from all the corkers above,

Isley Brothers - "This Old Heart of Mine (is Weak for You)"
Diana Ross - "I'm Still Waiting" (cheesy, I know, but there's just [i]something[/i] about it...)
Martha & the Vandellas - "Nowhere to Run"

And I've got a very soft spot for R. Dean Taylor's "There's a Ghost in My House". Cracking bit of Northern soul. It comes across kinda like a punk record, but a decade too early. In fact, I think The Fall covered it...

[BottomEndian]

[quote name='stingrayfan' post='527261' date='Jun 28 2009, 11:35 PM']Neither Stax or Motown but similar ilk:

Jackie Wilson - Sweetest Feeling.[/quote]
Well, if we're going OT (and I'm not saying we should), then I'd give a shout-out to Erma Franklin's "Piece of My Heart". Coincidentally, she also did a corking version of "Sweetest Feeling".

[molan]

Motown - Ain't No Mountain High Enough the full length Diana Ross version, just listen to Jamerson on this especially from about 4:30 onwards:




Stax - Watcha See is Watcha Get - mostly for the vocal harmony parts but also for the fabulous groove:



Although in this version the suits and dancing are pretty impressive too!

And before anyone mentions it I do know that the Dramatics original single was actually released on Volt rather than Stax


EDIT - Given this weekend's events maybe I can add some early Jackson 5 songs as 'bonus' Motown choices?

Check Jamerson on both of these (plus some more great dancing on the Soul Tarin coverage

Edited June 28, 2009 by molan