Motor City's Burning...

Damn, all this talk of Motown has reminded me of an excellent BBC documentary -

Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges.

It's an excellent trip from the early 60s, through the riots and the MC5 to the Stooges complete with a great soundtrack and it's worth seeing for the archive footage of the MC5 alone.

Sadly it's no longer available on the BBC iplayer and so I will have to look for a link and try and download it, if I manage I will post it. If anyone finds anything please let me know.

MC5 - Motor City is Burning

Put Your Hands Up For Detroit...

Last night I found myself trapped in a car with three women and a Diana Ross CD...

After several hours and the album on repeat I managed to shake off my programming and my old love for Motown came flooding back...

...sadly my sequined dresses have gone the way of the wind but here are a few of my favourites...

The Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On




Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia




Martha Reeve & The Vandellas - Nowhere to Run



The Marvellettes - Please Mr Postman (& Medley)



The Temptations - My Girl



Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine



And one of my favourite covers -

The Slits - I Heard It Through The Grapevine