So far...so bad...the Supremes with Kelly (Destiny Child) posing as Diana Ross was lacking a lot of everything. The four tops did well but I can't get into those tribute shows were other less talented artist are trying to sing Stevie Wonder songs and so forth. I think the ratings will be high for the first 30 minutes - 60 minutes but it will get pretty low soon enough. Oh well, I was really looking forward to it.

A far cry from Motown 25, uh? LOL

Yeah I noticed some of Motown's Royalty are missing....

Most noteably Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder...and what about more recent Motown greats such as Boyz II Men and India.Arie??? And Rick James!!!!!

goat2004 said:

I'm glad I missed it.

May, Motown 50 will be better or even twice as good as Motown 25.

GeSmi1

Hey, where was Michael and the Jacksons eh?


Everyone knows their (or his) performance!

The Jackson 5 were the last 'big' motown act! I think they still could of turned it out, publicity would of been good too, but too much pressure to do a Motown 25 so.....!

Jeramine was their though wasn't he?

I should've set my timer for that new WB spoof on American Idol instead of this shit.

Y'know I was going to go into this here but then I thought what's the point.

Favorite parts - -

Gladys Knight, just left me in awe of her talent after all of these years or maybe it was the absence of talent with everyone else that made her shine.

- Brian McKnight singing what's goin on, he was really trying but it was decent

- Joss Stone trying to keep up with Smokey and failing miserably (she knew it)

Worse Parts -

Where do you start? It was such a train wreck;
Macy Gray butchering Marvin Gaye, has she always had a wandering eye?
The Backstreet Boys - hasn't their 10 minutes been up for 5 years?
George Lopez trying to be a pimp, who is this guy and why was he there?
Lionel Ritchie, couldn't join the commodores for one song and has sold his soul to the devil obviously

Overall I can't wait for a real celebration of Motown music when Stevie Wonder, Rick James and the rest of the artists show up. No posing dancers, shitty bands and fake everything.

You KNOW a Motown show is in trouble when you can't even get STEVIE to show up...(and He's got a new album to plug!!)

Hey, I enjoyed some of it, especially when Gladys Knight and the Pips (Bubba, Cedric, George Lopez and that young man from that boy band) performed. Classic, you can't get any better than that.

i watched the very beginning of the show when they were goin through the list of folks who were gonna perform and/or appear on there...it seemed totally off, so i immediately turned off the teevee set. half the folks on there shouldnt've been on there as it is...and yeah, what was george lopez doin on there?

My God...Motown 45 didnt have STEVIE there???

CherrieMoonKisses said:

i was seriously waitin for 'em to announce stevie's name...but they didn't.

I didn't think much of the show either, but I did enjoy Gladys Knight. She still has a killer voice. I also enjoyed see the Temptations again too. For the most part, the guest were pretty lame.

I flipped over for a sec and thought I saw Wayne Brady doing a Stevie Wonder song. I just knew I had to got off that channel as fast as I could after seeing that shit.

intha916 said:

Yeah, you did see that. It was absolutely terrible. That man can't sing. He just fakes it well.

kisscamille said:

Ya'll better be careful !! Wayne Brady's a thug now!! He just might choke somebody!!Just ask Dave Chappelle!!

Good lawd, that was indeed awful. Now I have to get out my MOTOWN 25 tape so I can see how it's done for real.

Macy Gray singing Marvin?

What the hell was Raven Simone doing singing Stevie????

VANITYSprisonBYTCH said:

No Rick James! But he is Rick James, bitch! Darkness!

Glad I avoided it. It sounded like a joke considering that so very few Motown artists were part of it! I heard Wayne Brady was doing "Supersitious". Uh...wha? You couldn't get Stevie to do it? What a joke. Maybe they are waiting for Motown 50.

At Dennis Rich's B-day birthday, Donna Summer (not Motown), Ashford and Simpson (wrote for Motown) and Stevie where all singing Beatles songs at a paino. The catch? It was Dennis Rich's B-day! Must be nice to be rich and famous and have rich and famous friends that will preform! Us poor TV watching slobs are stuck with Joss Stone!
[This message was edited Tue May 18 14:58:25 2004 by VinnyM27]

I couldn't watch it cuz my cable was out...


I guess there really is a God!

intha916 said:

I tuned in late, and to my horror, right in the middle of a production number featuring Wayne Brady doing "I Wish".
It was all downhill for me after that.

Temptations - Who were those guys?
Lionel Ritchie - Lame
Michael McDonald - Tryin' too hard
Commodores - Where's the band?

If Motown can't get enough original performers from their old school roster they might consider focusing on younger acts doing their own material.

Tribal Disorder
[This message was edited Wed May 19 7:09:45 2004 by theAudience]

If they couldn't get many of the original artists,they should have just cancelled it altogehter.I couldn't imagine watching a Motown special without these artists at least...

Stevie Wonder
Diana Ross
Mary Wilson
DeBarge
Teena Marie
Rick James
Thelma Houston
Remy Shand (to represent the "new" Motown)

Ya'll are talking about Motown 45...I always wondered what the hell ADAM ANT was doing on the Motown 25 show?!?!?! I guess...he was under contract?!




No Rick James?! No Stevie?!

Namin em off the top of my head

Mary wilson
cant get the Original temps together ( Eddie, David,Melvin are gone)
4 tops ( is Levi stubbs still there?)
Stevie wonder
The Jacksons
Bobby Taylor and the vancouvers
Mary wells
Kim weston
Smokey and the miracles
Gladys and the pips
the originals
Jr walker ( Gone)
Tammi terrell ( Gone)
Marvin Gaye ( Gone)
The Spinners ( yes they were a Motown act)
Brenda Holloway
Rare Earth ( yup a Motown act)
Diana Ross and the Supremes
The Funk Brothers ( i think Pistol passed away)
Syreeta Wright
Jimmy Ruffin
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

Now thats Motown... ya heard?
[This message was edited Wed May 19 5:09:04 2004 by TheRealFiness]