I need more songs like this (Motown-R)

mannybolone

Any recommendations for songs with this kind of feel, highly welcome. My Motown (or related) knowledge is pretty thin compared to Southern soul so offer up even obvious shit. Edwin Starr: Running Back and ForthDiana Ross and the Supremes: He's My Sonny Boy

mannybolone

bumpity bump

Soulhawk

I think the main thing those songs have in common is that they are 'Motown that is acceptable to funk dudes'

another you might try is the Marvellettes 'Don't Make Hurting Me A Habit'

pickwick33

I think the main thing those songs have in common is that they are 'Motown that is acceptable to funk dudes'

The common denominator I noticed is that they both have sing-songy, bubblegummy melodies (also hear: Barbara Acklin's non-Motown "I'll Bake Me A Man"). Other than that, they seemed no more "funkier" than anything else. Never heard the Marvelletes track...

The_Hook_Up

Marvellettes "Here I Am Baby" 45
Martha and the Vandellas "Show me The Way" 45
Chuck Jackson "Arrives" LP
Chuck Jackson "Goin Back" LP
Stevie Wonder "Everytime I See You I Go Wild" 45
Eddie Kendricks "Let Me Run Into Your Lonely Heart" 45

Soulhawk

I think the main thing those songs have in common is that they are 'Motown that is acceptable to funk dudes'

The common denominator I noticed is that they both have sing-songy, bubblegummy melodies (also hear: Barbara Acklin's non-Motown "I'll Bake Me A Man"). Other than that, they seemed no more "funkier" than anything else. Never heard the Marvelletes track...

the drums on both are shuffle-ly & both have been announced at various times by tastemakers as 'the funky motown cut' or somesuch - see big daddy / dante carfagna

motown is usually on the upbeat

kidinquisitive

Mary Wells "You Beat Me To The Punch" would be up there with the Edwin Starr for my favorite Motown cuts. I still can't figure out how that's from 1962. It literally sounds like they jumped ahead 5 or 6 years or so. Or it took the rest of the world 6 years to catch up.

Soulhawk

the Marvellettes 'Hunter Gets Captured By the Game' is

LaserWolf

I just discovered Jonah Jones on Motown doing Uptight.

Just thought I would share.

I like that whole War and Peace record, and wonder if the Spanish Harlem cut wouldn't fit the sound you are looking for.

mannybolone

I'm open to practically everything. And I'm not looking for "funky" Motown - upbeat, dance-able and something other than the uber-obvious is good enough for me. Hand-clappy soul? Hells yeah.

mannybolone

I should add though - what I love about the Edwin Starr and Supremes cuts above is just the "feel" of it, for lack of a more precise term. In contrast, "Show Me the Way," for example, wasn't quite "there." Actually, maybe Soul Hawk has a point - maybe it is a "funk thing" since I can't seem to put my finger on it elsewise.

"You Beat Me to the Punch" is some shit I can definitely get with - reminds me a lot of "She Took You For a Ride" by Aaron Neville or even Robert Parker's "I Caught You In a Lie."

mannybolone

Oh, and I'm not looking for just for Motown. It's just an easy starting point.

Secret_Chimp

I don't know if it fits with the tracks you listed, but Smokey Robinson's "Want Me" just kills me. Someone did a really nice re-edit recently. Definitely check that out if you're not already familiar.

BreakSelf

Sounds like you might be into the Freddie Terrel (Soul Expedition fame) 45 on Capitol, if you aren't already familiar with it. One of my favorite pick ups from last year.

"You Had it Made"

luck

Sounds like you might be into the Freddie Terrell (Soul Expedition fame) 45 on Capitol, if you aren't already familiar with it. One of my favorite pick ups from last year.

"You Had it Made"

Nice pick up. Those are hard to come by. Got the flip?


Ol*ver - Got Eddie Kendricks' "Date With The Rain?"

mannybolone

"Got Eddie Kendricks' "Date With The Rain?" "

No doubt. LOVE that song and the whole album PLUS the disco edit of that song is one of my fave things ever.

Big_Stacks

I think the main thing those songs have in common is that they are 'Motown that is acceptable to funk dudes'

another you might try is the Marvellettes 'Don't Make Hurting Me A Habit'

Dope break (on the 45 rpm anyway) that I've big upped a billion times up in here. Oh yeah, Spanky check out "Sad and Lonesome Feeling" by Jimmy Ruffin (from his "Ruff and Ready" LP). I'd list more, but my LPs are in boxes, but I'm racking my brain to think of more songs of the "style" you said you liked. Like others, I'd say check out the Marvalettes, also Junior Walker and the Four Tops had some later stuff with that feel. A lot of Mercury soul stuff comes to mind with songs of that "feel" too ala Gene Chandler, some of Jerry Butler songs, etc.

Peace,

Big Stacks from Kakalak

Phill_Most

that "you're the one for me, bobby" schitt by the marvelettes is IMO (r.i.p. dilla)
martha reeves got that real schitt
also love "flower child" by david ruffin and about a thousand other little-known album cuts by well known Motown artistes... i put that edwin starr jam on one of my tapes a while back
wish i had an instrumental of tammi terrell "i can't believe you love me"

Soulhawk

the Spinners is another group I would recommed - they have an albums worth of stuff on Motown from around 1965 that is

this is from before they hit on VIP with 'It's A Shame' & signed to Atlantic

captainplanet

Hand-clappy soul? Hells yeah.

just discovered Smokey's "Dancing's Alright" from 67. floor stormer for sure.

maocontent

O, another non-Motown tune to check for that you might find similarly 'hand-clappy' & 'feel good-ish': Continental Four - "The Way I Love You" on Jay-Walking. Pretty easy to find too.

Also highly recommended & Motown-afffiliated: Martha & the Vandellas - "Love Guess Who" - not "funky" at all - but a sweet sounding x-over track w/ sad, stalker-ish lyrics.

maocontent

I think the main thing those songs have in common is that they are 'Motown that is acceptable to funk dudes'

another you might try is the Marvellettes 'Don't Make Hurting Me A Habit'

Dope break (on the 45 rpm anyway) that I've big upped a billion times up in here.

Peace,

Big Stacks from Kakalak

Yeah, same on the LP version too - tho, break or no break it's well worth bigging up a billion times.

drewnice

O, another non-Motown tune to check for that you might find similarly 'hand-clappy' & 'feel good-ish': Continental IV[/b] - "The Way I Love You" on Jay-Walking. Pretty easy to find too.

Yeah, great track. Tons of feelin'! Not available on the Dream World LP, just 45.

mannybolone

Thanks for all the suggestions (keep 'em coming).

More songs I thought about in the vein of what I'm talking about:

Tammi Terrel: Baby Don't You Worry
Three Karats: Yes I Will
Doris Troy: Just One Look

The_Hook_Up

dont know if this fits the bill, but I thought I would share...a sister funk raer that I recently flipped over and discovered this nice little soul tune
Ann Bogus of the Fabulous Dominoes "Dont Ask Me to Love Again"

luck

Thanks for all the suggestions (keep 'em coming).

More songs I thought about in the vein of what I'm talking about:

Tammi Terrel: Baby Don't You Worry
Three Karats: Yes I Will
Doris Troy: Just One Look

Ever hear Tammi Terrell Montgomery's James Brown-produced tracks on "Try Me?" Good stuff that can be bought cheaply.

button

Major label funky soul "jams" (an over used word I generally avoid but definately applicable in this case)

Three big ones off the top of my head would be:

Barbara Acklin - am i the same girl
TSU tornadoes- got to get through to you
Five Stairsteps - Stay Close to me
ummm
The ethics - I want my baby back, for sure

Barbara Mercer - Hey
Jackie Wilson -Helpless
Herman Griffin - are you for me or against me

Yeah, if you left me with those two tracks at our DJ night I'd likely queue up some of these records.

SPlDEY

This thread was real inspiring, so I got my own request.

Anybody know of any Motown output similar to this song.



Brenda Holloway - Trapped in a Love affair.

- spidey