Bunch of wanna blessed-bes. Nowadays every girl with a henna tattoo and a spice rack thinks she's a sister to the dark ones.

Willow ,'Bring On The Night'


Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach  

There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.


Kathy A - Oct 17, 2008 8:59:02 am PDT #9565 of 10003
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Aww, damn. Wasn't he the voice of Audrey II?


Fred Pete - Oct 17, 2008 9:00:01 am PDT #9566 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.

The world is a little sadder today. No more new Four Tops -- only the same old songs.


Theodosia - Oct 17, 2008 9:04:19 am PDT #9567 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

They changed their name to The Tops when a previous member died -- the same guys had sung together for over 40 years IIRC, which is a hell of a lot of harmony and friendship.


Fred Pete - Oct 17, 2008 9:07:29 am PDT #9568 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.

Especially at Motown, where most lead singers eventually went solo.


DavidS - Oct 17, 2008 9:11:02 am PDT #9569 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Levi Stubb's Tears

I remember when "Reach Out" was a Top 40 hit and it seemed like the most impassioned and driving vocal I'd ever heard.


lisah - Oct 17, 2008 9:15:35 am PDT #9570 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate

Levi Stubb's Tears

That song never doesn't make me cry.


Barb - Oct 17, 2008 9:23:35 am PDT #9571 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”

Aww, damn. Wasn't he the voice of Audrey II?

He was.

And a fine Audrey he was. "Feed me, Seymour!"


Sue - Oct 17, 2008 9:26:21 am PDT #9572 of 10003
hip deep in pie

Levi Stubb's Tears

Norman Whitfield, who was also namechecked in that song, also passed away recently.

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DavidS - Oct 17, 2008 9:35:20 am PDT #9573 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Norman Whitfield, who was also namechecked in that song, also passed away recently.

I always wanted to write an article about Norman, but settled for my piece on the late Temptations record, 1990, in Lost in the Grooves. What a great songwriter and producer.

"Smiling Faces" is so sinister.


smonster - Oct 17, 2008 10:44:22 am PDT #9574 of 10003
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

*Please* tell me someone will be taking video!

Ayup, most likely. And I hope in a digital format for easy YouTube action.