--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > He's A Rebel! Because my First Love was a rebel who attended Joan Baez' school for non violence in and became a true CO, doing his *military* time in a VA hospital. Amazing soul was he...
No offense intended, but I don't think that "He's A Rebel" qualifies as Motown. It's more of a Phil Spector thang. :-) As Pure Motown goes, it's hard to top Smokey. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2kxlZDOHeQ> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2kxlZDOHeQ <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2kxlZDOHeQ> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgp5QOqwH-s> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgp5QOqwH-s> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgp5QOqwH-s <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgp5QOqwH-s> > On Thursday, October 31, 2013 4:32 PM, "emilymaenot@..." emilymaenot@... wrote: > > Share, what were your favorite Motown songs? > > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: > > I feel so lucky to have grown up in such an amazing time for music. I can still remember the first time I heard I Wanna Hold Your Hand. Goose bumps! But Motown was also wonderful during my teen years as well as the protest music. > > On Thursday, October 31, 2013 2:29 PM, TurquoiseB turquoiseb@ wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" wrote: > > > > This song changed my life fifty years ago. > > > > I guess I'm not the only old fart who feels that way about it: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I4pIULFGLI > > Still tripping on Crosby, Stills and Nash after discovering > this treasure, I thought I'd post the song that started it all. > > As I remember the story, Steven wrote the song and taught > it to David. They worked on harmonies for it, but David > always thought that it needed a third voice. > > So they go over to Joni Mitchell's house, and there they > meet for the first > time this guy from England who they > really only know as the voice of The Hollies. And things > progress and get wild and wooly the way things got back > in those days of Laurel Canyon house parties, and at > some point Steven and David start to sing "Helplessly > Hoping," which of course no one has heard before. > > On the second verse, David heard Graham Nash join > in, singing the *exact* third harmony part he had > written in his head. And the rest is history. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGtFRsCXRcc >
