Funny thing is I've already had Motown 25 on DVD for years...downloaded the show and burned it on to a DVD But I may check out the 3-disk set. Wonder what extras will be on it?

They KNOW people want to see the shoving. It has got to show up on a 3xDVD set SOMEWHERE!

I have the VHS.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

I read somewhere of solo spota from Jermaine more from Mary Wells ect. Also where was Rick James and Gladys Knight?

And The Marvelettes

HuMpThAnG said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

where was Rick James

Who else thinks it was shady for Motown to schedule El Debarge right after Michael Jackson on the show? Maybe it was intentional because I have seen many documentaries and whatnot that suggested that El Debarge was being marketed as the next MJ. I wonder if MJ was jealous of El because that seemed to be the folklore surrounding the relationship between those two as competitors.

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SeventeenDayze said:

MotownSubdivision said:

SeventeenDayze said:

Who else thinks it was shady for Motown to schedule El Debarge right after Michael Jackson on the show? Maybe it was intentional because I have seen many documentaries and whatnot that suggested that El Debarge was being marketed as the next MJ. I wonder if MJ was jealous of El because that seemed to be the folklore surrounding the relationship between those two as competitors.

[Edited 7/30/14 23:51pm]

Debarge as talented as he was/ is was never on MJ's level. I doubt Michael would've been jealous of him especially when he was on his meteoric rise to mega-stardom at the time. Not to mention the 2 were only barely 3 years apart in age. [Edited 7/31/14 0:05am]

Well, I think it was because of El Debarge's looks. I also heard that MJ was apparently jealous of Prince's looks. Remember, the 80s was the decade of the light-skinned black men ) I think Motown was expecting the Debarge family to be the next Jacksons....old shady Jermaine even said that himself.

purplethunder3121 said:

I haven't seen this show since it originally aired on TV! I can't wait for the DVD set!

I'm with you. Now if only someone would release the "Goin' Back To Indiana" show on DVD.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

I read somewhere of solo spota from Jermaine more from Mary Wells ect. Also where was Rick James and Gladys Knight?

Rick I'm not sure about, but Gladys and the Pips had somewhat a contentious relationship with Motown, to the point where it came to a 3 to1 vote on whether to even SIGN with the company or not (though Miss Knight never said, it's assumed that SHE was the 1 to the felllas' 3). In any case, by the time of Motown 25, the entire group felt it would be a bit fake for them to "celebrate" the company they felt didn't show them the respect they felt they deserved.

I should check Rick James' autobiography. There was probably something about Motown 25 in it.

Cinny said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

where was Rick James

as previously discussed

Why wasn't Rick James at Motown 25? in 2010

http://prince.org/msg/8/3...?&pg=1

getxxxx said:

Cinny said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

where was Rick James

as previously discussed

Why wasn't Rick James at Motown 25? in 2010

http://prince.org/msg/8/3...?&pg=1

Thanks! I'm gonna go see if I knew the answer back then and since forgot.

Okay, I didn't see an answer in that thread.

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SeventeenDayze said:

Who else thinks it was shady for Motown to schedule El Debarge right after Michael Jackson on the show? Maybe it was intentional because I have seen many documentaries and whatnot that suggested that El Debarge was being marketed as the next MJ. I wonder if MJ was jealous of El because that seemed to be the folklore surrounding the relationship between those two as competitors.

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You wonder about jealousy alot.

You wonder if MJ was jealous of DeBarge.

You wonder if Prince is jealous of Bruno Mars.

Makes me wonder:

Do you think Janet Jackson is jealous of Beyonce?

Do you think John Mayer is jealous of Justin Bieber?

Do you think OJ is jealous of Robert Blake?

Do you think Captain Kangeroo was jealous of Mister Rogers?

I'm not sure if this was his official reason for not attending,but Rick James was in the studio working on his Cold Blooded album around the time that the Motown 25th annniversary took place.

Hmmm...For some reason I thought New Edition performed on Motown 25-1983...Maybe I'm thinking about Motown Returns to the Applo 1985...I think Motown 25 won Emmys....Networks won't air a 3hr Special with nothing but singing...The 80's was a good Decade for Music and Artist appreciation....

SoulAlive said:

I'm not sure if this was his official reason for not attending,but Rick James was in the studio working on his Cold Blooded album around the time that the Motown 25th annniversary took place.

Is that really a reason for not performing one night? As if everyone else on that stage weren't busy.

thedoorkeeper said:

SeventeenDayze said:

Who else thinks it was shady for Motown to schedule El Debarge right after Michael Jackson on the show? Maybe it was intentional because I have seen many documentaries and whatnot that suggested that El Debarge was being marketed as the next MJ. I wonder if MJ was jealous of El because that seemed to be the folklore surrounding the relationship between those two as competitors.

[Edited 7/30/14 23:51pm]

You wonder about jealousy alot.

You wonder if MJ was jealous of DeBarge.

You wonder if Prince is jealous of Bruno Mars.

Makes me wonder:

Do you think Janet Jackson is jealous of Beyonce?

Do you think John Mayer is jealous of Justin Bieber?

Do you think OJ is jealous of Robert Blake?

Do you think Captain Kangeroo was jealous of Mister Rogers?

I guess you haven't seen my thread comments about the NYPD and music that's not in English! Way to keep your eyes open! Now, if you have any input about the widely speculated fear that apparently MJ had about El Debarge, then be my guest

Remember, light skin was in during the 80s

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• “Come and Get These Memories: Inside Hitsville”
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• Stevie Wonder rehearsal footage
• A two-part Motown 25 Performers Roundtable featuring Smokey Robinson and Duke Fakir (Four Tops), Otis Williams (The Temptations) and Executive Producer Suzanne de Passe, taped at the location of the original concert, the Pasadena Civic Auditorium
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[Edited 8/21/14 17:21pm]

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nothing about the fight huh?

then i'll pass

the 6-DVD set sounds impressive but I have to decide....do I really want or need all that bonus stuff?! it's kinda excessive

HuMpThAnG said:

The dvd will contain the same footage as the VHS tape which also mentioned it contained 20 minutes of additional material.

Footage of "the alledged shove" will never ever surface

whitesockedfunk said:

SoulAlive said:

the 6-DVD set sounds impressive but I have to decide....do I really want or need all that bonus stuff?! it's kinda excessive

'Tis a bit excessive, i agree. On the other hand someone mentioned "real music from real artists" and that seems worth the price of me getting a main-pedi. So, yes, I'm going to get this awesome set.

scorp84 said:

This is worth it on the strength of rehearsal footage alone! They couldn't get away with putting out a collector's set without gems like that. I'm hoping they purposely neglected to mention the Jackson's rehearsal footage but included it in this set.

They have a comercial, and the Jacksons are barley mentioned.

It's weird that Michael and the Jacksonshad the biggest moments on this special, yet the add is barley giving them notice.

Stevie, Smokey, Marvin the Tempts and the Tops get all the shine on the comercial.