Motown Teaser

[NickNack]

Here's a little tickler:

There were three groups at Motown giving each other "the BIG runaround", thanks to Norman Whitfield and others.

By "Big", I mean taking each others songs and working them, as Rolling Stone mag once described an Isaac Hayes production, to "the length of human endurance" :P .

So, put the three groups next to the songs they took to their longest version (not all of them match Rolling Stone's description :) ):

GET READY
BALL OF CONFUSION
SMILING FACES SOMETIMES
I KNOW I'M LOSING YOU
HUM ALONG AND DANCE
MA
WHAT IT IS?
BIG JOHN IS MY NAME 8)
LAW OF THE LAND
PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE

[DeepBeat]

Hmmmm let's see.....

The Temptations, Rare Earth, Undisputed Truth? All were Norman Whitfield produced.

[NickNack]

Originally Posted by DeepBeat

Hmmmm let's see.....

The Temptations, Rare Earth, Undisputed Truth? All were Norman Whitfield produced.

OK --- DeepBeat has given me the groups. Now who can match them to their respective songs?

You didn't think I was gonna let you skip "part 2", did ya? :lol:

[Nano]

OK, let me take the easy blocks out of the way. Obviously, Rare Earth did that twentysomething minutes version of "Get ready", which I recently found on CD. I know the Temptations did fairly long versions of both "Papa was a Rolling Stone" and "Ball of confusion".
This way I can pose as a true "connoiseur"... and leave the hard part for the others. :)

[NickNack]

Originally Posted by Nano

OK, let me take the easy blocks out of the way. Obviously, Rare Earth did that twentysomething minutes version of "Get ready", which I recently found on CD.

Right. :)

I know the Temptations did fairly long versions of both "Papa was a Rolling Stone"

Right, again... :)

and "Ball of confusion".

Sorry, wrong. :(

[DJ-Pir]

The undisputed truth would be the group responsible for
The law of the land (love that one in the long version, a genuine classic !) and
Smiling faces sometimes.

[DISCODISK]

GET READY-T/RE
BALL OF CONFUSION-T/UT
SMILING FACES-T/UT
I KNOW IM LOOSING YOU-T/RE
HUM ALONG AND DANCE-T/RE
MA-T/RE
WHAT IT IS-UT/?!
BIG JOHN IS MY NAME-RE/UT
LAW OF THE LAND-T/UT
PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE-T/UT

+ A GREAT VERSION OF LAW OF THE LAND BY UNDISPUTED TRUTH ON IAN LEVINES MOTORCITY LABEL :P

[NickNack]

Originally Posted by DISCODISK

GET READY-T/RE
BALL OF CONFUSION-T/UT
SMILING FACES-T/UT
I KNOW IM LOOSING YOU-T/RE
HUM ALONG AND DANCE-T/RE
MA-T/RE
WHAT IT IS-UT/?!
BIG JOHN IS MY NAME-RE/UT
LAW OF THE LAND-T/UT
PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE-T/UT

+ A GREAT VERSION OF LAW OF THE LAND BY UNDISPUTED TRUTH ON IAN LEVINES MOTORCITY LABEL :P

All right. Let's see if I can straighten out my mess. Looks like our "Northern Souler", DiscoDisk, has the right idea but I see some mishaps :( . Then again, both he and DJ-Pir mention a "long version" of Law of the Land by Undisputed Truth. Maybe there's a goody out there I haven't heard :o . So, I'll give you the groups I think have the longest versions and if you have something different I'd love to find out about it. My picks that differ from DiscoDisk are in RED.

GET READY - RARE EARTH 21:30
BALL OF CONFUSION - UNDISPUTED TRUTH 10:30
SMILING FACES - THE TEMPTATIONS 12:35
I KNOW I'M LOSING YOU - RARE EARTH 10:53
HUM ALONG AND DANCE - RARE EARTH 4:09
MA - RARE EARTH 17:19
WHAT IT IS? - THE TEMPTATIONS 5:07
BIG JOHN IS MY NAME - UNDISPUTED TRUTH 4:38
LAW OF THE LAND - THE TEMPTATIONS 5:08
PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE - THE TEMPTATIONS 11:45

[DISCODISK]

OK --- DeepBeat has given me the groups. Now who can match them to their respective songs?

You didn't think I was gonna let you skip "part 2", did ya? :lol:[/quote]


i was confused i read that a couple of times but when i saw this i "matched em" :oops:

[NickNack]

Originally Posted by DISCODISK

OK --- DeepBeat has given me the groups. Now who can match them to their respective songs?

You didn't think I was gonna let you skip "part 2", did ya? :lol:

i was confused i read that a couple of times but when i saw this i "matched em" :oops:[/quote]

No sweat --- I'm good at confusing people :P . Damn! :x I thought you guys had a hidden treasure for me out there :) .

[DJ-Pir]

Originally Posted by DiscoDisc

+ A GREAT VERSION OF LAW OF THE LAND BY UNDISPUTED TRUTH ON IAN LEVINES MOTORCITY LABEL

I'd love to hear that one, i have this title on a Motown 12" (C 052Z-62331) which runs only 4:35 so no prize for the longest version here i'm afraid.

[Nano]

[quote="NickNack"]

Originally Posted by Nano

Sorry, wrong. :(

Well... like Meat Loaf said, "Two out of three ain't bad" :-?