[txnuke]

For the music lovers on Free Republic dot com

[uncommonsense]

Remember the days before gangsta rap? Life was so normal then (not easy, just normal). It feels like I’m living inside an ugly cartoon now where black is white and up is down.

[deks]

Very nice article. Thanks!

[billorites]

Thanks for introducing me to this show. I wasn't aware of it.

There are several songs from the show with Smokey Robinson on YouTube including You Really Got a Hold on Me.

Hard to believe that it has been 35 years since Elvis Costello burst on the the scene in the U.S. Boy, he sure has aged well. Still has the best voice in R&R.

Here's his Saturday Night Live debut in 1977 that got him in such trouble with the show.

[OldPossum]

Thanks for the post.

Elvis Costello was after my time but man, did I love Smokey Robinson! I was working my way through college working part-time as a disc jockey at radio stations from 1962 to 1966 and it was great to hear Smokey and similar artists on the station’s earphones and speakers (believe me, it sounded better than what was on the air). They sounded great.

Too bad that today’s young people have to listen to the crap that passes for pop music.

[LRoggy]

Thanks for posting this!

‘Cruisin’ was my choice for the first dance at my wedding but the band didn’t know it. It told my fiancee that for $4,000 they should learn it. Unfortunately I didn’t get my way.

If ever there was an example of progress making things worse it is the evolution of Motown to Hip Hop and Rap.

[FrdmLvr]

Smokey Robinson is a CLASS act! Thanks for the post!

[philled]

Thanks! This combines a couple of my favorites and will be checking it out this evening.