Late Night Music Club with Martha and the Vandellas
By Howie Klein Sunday Mar 09, 2008 10:00pmOn Saturday C&L covered lunatic fringe Iowa Congressman Steve King's racist outburst aimed at Barack Obama. Matthew Grimm, leader of Iowa-based rockers, Red Smear, analyzed King's psychotic behavior. It's Monday, the perfect day to dedicate a Martha & the Vandellas classic 1964 anthem, written by Marvin Gaye and William Stevenson specifically as a good timey unifying song to the very divisive Rep. King:
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YIPPEEEEE!!!! and thanks, I really needed that!
I met Councilwoman Reeves in Lansing at our capitol. She was protesting against insurance redlining in the city of Detroit when I was working for the ever inept Speaker Dillon.
She was wearing ivory, and had apparently spilled red kool-aid/pop on her pants. Nice lady. Other than Todd Rundgren, the only music star I've met.
Kill your television - "Basic Cable" by Aesop Rock
oh yea , I was 17 when that song came out , loved it then love it even more now . I needed that also ! .
no martha & the v's, but about a year ago skippy's late nite music club had jackie wilson nite live from shindig, featuring lonely teardrops, i'm comin' on back to you, baby workout, and everybody loves to cha cha cha w/sam cooke, plus whole lotta shakin' going on w/the righteous bros. and jerry lee "the killer" lewis.
#4 David N:
"oh yea , I was 17 when that song came out , ..."
You're ahead of me by a few years, bud, but the Philly, and the Motown, sounds carried me through the teens, University, and beyond. Someone will inform me, no doubt, why the "Reeves" is dropped from the name. All you music hounds are undoubtedly correct in removing the sur nom; nevertheless, try as I might, I can't recall anything other than "Martha Reeves and the Vandellas," as if we needed to distinguish this Martha from all the others performing with the Vandellas.
Martha Reeves is a on the City Council here in Detroit. She acts like a diva still. She needs to go back to singing and get out of City Hall. Remember when the Superbowl was here in Detroit a few years back? She screamed about how they didn't give her free tickets to the game. After all, she's a *STAR* and should get free stuff. Bah-Humbug to her. Great song, though, true enuf....
See all the fallen heroes & weep.
Are you gonna let it happen again?
Inner City Blues - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDckI2P_DPA&feature=related
This ain't livin'
MARTHA!!!!
And all that hippy, hippy shake in the background.
Where'd all that good music go? That Stax, that Motown?
Sigh.
I loved the Wall Of Sound, but look where Phil Spector went.
Sigh.
It WAS good though, all of it, back then.
We grew up with them all . . they have a place in our hearts, and in our ears.
Nothing replaces it, but I guess, new stuff comes along to ponder.
I still miss the mist in my eyes from "Come And Get These Memories" and the blazing drive and soul of the ORIGINAL "Heat Wave".
(in his best top 40 Kasey Cassem voice)
"And thanks to Howie Klein for that blast in the past."
The Sound Of Motown (1965) #7
Check out the related videos for 1-6. Good stuff. Gobama!
As a 55 yo Route 66 kid that grew up playing music in Missouri this is so cool of a video. The local Springfield band (one of the best and funkiest groups to ever come out Mo.) Granny's Bathwater got the job as her band. One of the last members, Don Ships, died a few years ago in a fire along with a former Ozark Mountain Dare Devil member. The video brought back a lot of fond memories of those guys. They were great musicians. Fatback Blues feel. Funky.
This is dedicated to the Houston Rockets, Steely Dan: Hey 19 -
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nbXR_lvsTpc
LaRue @ 9 , oh yea heat wave forgot about that one . Me I started listening to Etta James about 60-61 ( 1960 -61 ) having picked up my axe about 1953 or there abouts ( yea there are years I do not remember , so I guess I was there ) oh man , the blues , soul , now you are in my backyard . Welcome .
forgot , has anyone heard of Karen Lawrence ? this sting bean can belt it on out of the park .
I found a clip of that same band here. http://ct-roc.com/Music/Granny%27s/Granny%27s.htm
Don't know if you take requests... Or if you could even accomodate all of them, but I'd kill (someone I already dislike, rest assured) to hear the John Legend/Colbert duet from a couple nights ago...
Hey John A ( not to be confused with Johnny A ) ,
How about an open mike nite ? , somewhere where we can post our favs , my vote Etta James , stormy weather .
Getting down...............Shall we bring back the Wolfman jack ?
Martha and the Vandellas provide proof that, dancing and singing in the streets beats "detonating in the streets".
Obviously Rep King has the sense of a three toed Inhofe sloth that just refuses to evolve.
Sweet. For your consideration: a song
highly recommended by the Illinois law enforcement community
David N-
There's always been an unwritten rule at the LNMC that says you can link whatever music you'd like. The only times I've ever seen comments deleted here is when politics enters the discussion- it's a politics-free zone.
(And for any smartass who asks what makes me the rules guy- nothing. But I've been here since the days when there was no Music Club.)
Hey zo
http://therapup.rawkus.com/2008/03/john-legend-vs-stephen-colbert.html
Obviously what would be a good Obama victory theme song.
I didn't know the Republican robo-wives stole their hairstyle from Martha Reeves.
Love that shade of yellow, too!
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