Dear Kay,
As we head into the Fourth of July, I submit that we all need to
GET
DOWN.
With a big dose of Motor City awesomeness.
On this long weekend, the only cure is a giant Motown playlist. It goes and goes and goes, and you know all the words.
If you don’t feel like fooling with Spotify, try this: a totally incredible Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, “Going to a Go Go,” which is where we should all be going.
https://youtu.be/C0aFccufx-o
I adore this more than just about anything. I don’t even know where to begin, except it doesn’t matter where you are-a, a go go can’t be far-a.
Most every taxi that you flag is going to a go go.
Love, love, love to you all, let it shine, everybody,
Ann
Oh the tambourines!!!!
Smokey had it all… and those backup grooves & moves! Awesome start to any Friday morning. Checking out that playlist now!
And oh those names: The Velvelettes! Thank you for this blast from the past.
We were all so young …. Once upon a time.
What a great start to a holiday weekend or any weekend for that matter!
The fringe on the dresses! Always wanted a fringed dress so I could shake it, baby!
Love me some MoTown! Woo Hoo!
Thank you for this gift! Besides the music I actually recall being about to move and groove like the caged lovelies-Watusi? Frug? -it’s all coming back in a wash of memory!
Thank you for this gift! Besides the music I actually recall being able to move and groove like the caged lovelies-Watusi? Frug? -it’s all coming back in a wash of memory!
I guess I could pretend a ’60’s Go Go, but I’m working today, tomorrow, and Monday of this long holiday weekend. Boo hoo!
Too hot for my go-go boots. What a bummer.
Can we ask the Go-Gos if they want to go? Can’t you just imagine doing the frug to “Vacation” or “We’ve Got the Beat”?
Oh, and Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, too. . .
Among my earliest spoken words was “be go-go ’66!” I get it.
I’m remembering why I was thin then. I spent all my time dancing and moving to the beat.
I have always loved this record! Thank you for the trip down Memory Lane! (I took my trip doing the pony )
Love it! I chose Motown to get. through. the. workday. today. Have a wonderful weekend!
I love-a this! But oooohhhh-a, those dancers in the boxes in the back. A chiropractor’s dream!
YEESSSS!!! WE want to all get together and dance ourselves silly. More silliness!
Hey, “Land of a Thousand Dances” is on my mental play-list right now! Can’t wait for my Motown weekend. I’ll be “Dancing in the Street”!
Carpe Stultitium! Seize the silliness!
Fab! (Holy smokes was Smokey young there!)
But what I noticed the most was that NOT ONE OF THOSE DANCERS WAS A SIZE ZERO – all look to be very healthy size 6-12s – including the cage dancers.
Somehow, I doubt you’d see that in a modern R&B video! Rock those natural curves ladies đŸ™‚
Thank you for the ‘Motown’ love – now our whole office is rocking out !!!
“Go-Go” a term almost Japanese in it’s elegance.
Pretty sure that those gals in the spotlight boxes will have to be evaluated using the concussion protocol. so much head snapping and hair flipping.
You show your age if you’ve danced in a cage. Yep, I did and I’m just that old.
Smokey!!! Going to a Go Go is my wedding song…. I was going for Ain’t Too Proud to Beg…but that reflected badly on Chris… rock out you guys…we all NEED to.
Remembering fondly my go-go boots and the patterned purple mini skirt and purple top that went best with them (also a big purple belt). I am sure my career aspirations at the time were to be a go-go dancer, fortunately my mother was never aware of this.
This brings back some faint memories. I was a young girl in the 60s and my parents both taught at high schools. From time to time they had to chaperone dances and couldn’t afford a sitter. I was allowed to put on a party dress and go! I remember the big kids dancing with me, but all too soon I got tucked in a blankie in a quiet corner back stage so I could sleep. I bet most 4 and 5 year olds did not get to pretend their Mary Jane’s were Go-go boots! Thanks for the memories. Have a great weekend, yourself.
One of my favorite things as a kid was when my feet grew enough to fit into my mom’s (size 5 1/2) white patent leather go go boots!
I remember wanting go go boots so badly! Thanks for the playlist link – I’ll be listening to it all weekend!
Coincidentally, I had an almost completely Motown playlist going when I clicked over here. btw, Adele’s Rolling in the Deep fits in well with Motown.