Alternative Mix: Martha & the Vandellas/NO MORE TEARSTAINED MAKE UP

[Methuselah2]

Written by Wm. 'Smokey' Robinson

https://youtu.be/EoXQ5GGLnxs

Thanks to Clash1954 for this YouTube posting.

[westgrandboulevard]

...and found on the twofer CD, 'Dance Party' & 'Watchout!'...which are always good to hear;)

[Methuselah2]

WGB - I was wondering if anyone would remember where this first turned up. And you did! Before I posted the thread, I checked the 50th Anniversary track listing, certain that's where it probably came from. But no cigar; no TEARSTAINED at all. Then I saw it mentioned on the twofer that you knew about. Rather than say something, I thought I'd wait to see if someone would eventually pinpoint it. And in the blink of an eye, you did! Good show! [[Editor's Note: That blinking eye, as expected, was without half a pair of lashes or mascara--a la the song.)

[westgrandboulevard]

I NEVER sign on this forum without application of full stage makeup.
The competition here is far too strong.:o

[Methuselah2]

Taking no chances. Very smart.

[Sharpmoves]

I NEVER sign on this forum without application of full stage makeup.
The competition here is far too strong.:o

Wig, sequins, and heels too I hope? We have to maintain our standards, after all!
Perhaps a blue satin bow on the bodice too.....

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/204/447458224_17b53e8dcb.jpg

[westgrandboulevard]

LOLOLOL! Those days, such as they were, have looooong gone.....

I did wear a sizeable blue velvet bow tie [[very occasionally, satin), toning with embroidered plain shirt fronts, when working in London in the 1970s...with very high, platform heeled boots from Ravel [[fell right down the steps of Knightsbridge Tube station one night, trying just too hard to be glamorous after leaving work...:rolleyes:).

The hair was long David Cassidy style, and needed hairdresser attention twice-weekly to conform to work standard.....and no, the tie was at my throat, not in my hair, a la Marvelettes 'Don't Mess With Bill'...LOLOL

[Sharpmoves]

Yep, I had burgundy suede platforms, with [[obviously) stack heels, flared jeans, and a scoop-neck top, [[ie a T-shirt, but with long flared sleeves!) All very elegant [[I thought) except in the wind and rain!

I had yet to discover that The Marvelettes also wore bows.....I thought it was just MR&TVs...

[westgrandboulevard]

And those jeans and trousers had to be tight.....!

The Marvelettes appearance on 'Hullabaloo', 1965, 'Don't Mess With Bill' [[e.g. it's on Definitive Performances DVD)- remains, for me, the last word in bows. You just can't miss them....:cool:

[RossHolloway]

I love both versions of this song. One of Martha & The Vandella's best slow tempo songs.

[762rob]

Wig, sequins, and heels too I hope? We have to maintain our standards, after all!
Perhaps a blue satin bow on the bodice too.....

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/204/447458224_17b53e8dcb.jpg

Just a standout album and one of my favorites especially with the Gordy script label...

[reese]

I remember buying the WATCHOUT! album for $.69 at Woolworth's, back in the 70s. It used to be so much fun going to Woolworth's and Bradlees, and going through the $1.99 cut-out bin. You never knew what you might find.

[Sharpmoves]

And those jeans and trousers had to be tight.....!

The Marvelettes appearance on 'Hullabaloo', 1965, 'Don't Mess With Bill' [[e.g. it's on Definitive Performances DVD)- remains, for me, the last word in bows. You just can't miss them....:cool:
http://marcmyers.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008dca1f088340162fcda7d97970d-800wi
This the kind of thing you mean? Fabulous!

[westgrandboulevard]

Exactly! And every time I see this photo, I think...remove the bows, change the hair a little...and the photo could have been taken today, not 50 years ago...

[Sharpmoves]

Exactly! And every time I see this photo, I think...remove the bows, change the hair a little...and the photo could have been taken today, not 50 years ago...

Quite so. It's because it's a classic look that was and always will be cool. There's a feline quality to the Marvelettes that I particularly like. It's there in this photo, and in their sound too. The Velvelettes have it as well.