The newest edition of Britain's Mojo magazine - my favourite and the best music magazine around - pays tribute to the 50th anniversary of Motown Records. There is the requisite bonus fare: the Motown Nuggets CD with 15 great tracks.
The magazine features interviews with founder Berry Gordy as well as Holland, Dozier, Holland and Martha Reeves.
Mojo's 100 Greatest Motown tracks are selected by British musical elites like The Clash and Paul Weller (who would certainly dislike being called "elite"). It is hard to see how any sane person could put Martha Reeves & The Vandellas Dancing in the Street as the top Motown song, over Marvin Gaye's What's Going On (which is second). Dancing in the Street doesn't belong in the Top 10. Ditto, Barrett Strong's Money (That's All I Want); The Supreme's Stop! In The Name of Love; or Gaye's I Heard It Through The Grapevine. The Gladys Knight version is better.
The Temptations gorgeous Just My Imagination (Running Away From Me) should be in the Top 10, if not number one. On second thought though, Gaye's What's Going On should be number one.
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