Your favorite early miracles song [Archive]

arrr&bee

02-08-2012, 04:40 PM

Let's go back,way back to the beginning when mr.gordy was still[b.g.]and motown was[hitsville]what's your fav from a young smokey and the miracles,mine is[i cry]..your turn!

motony

02-08-2012, 05:05 PM

"Gota Job" & "Whats So Good About Goodbye" love em all!

marv2

02-08-2012, 05:39 PM

"Way Over There"! I, iy,iy,iyyyyyy........! LOL! Loved it. Oh and "Bad Girl"! That is a DETROIT song!

theboyfromxtown

02-08-2012, 05:44 PM

Aint It Baby
If You Mother Only Knew
That's The Way I Feel
Would I Love You

blkfrost

02-08-2012, 06:02 PM

Happy Landing.

bankhousedave

02-08-2012, 07:12 PM

I loved I Like It Like That and Monkey Time in the early days. Then My Girl Has Gone and the wonderful Going To A Gogo, which were probably later in the day, but you must forgive me because I'm only a youngster. Compared to dirt.

marv2

02-08-2012, 07:58 PM

paladin

02-08-2012, 08:15 PM

Shop Around

Thats whats Girls are Made Of

Gotta Dance to Keep from Crying

I Like It Like That

Would I Love You

In fact this was my first Miracles LP and I thought it was a hell of a deal at the time....still have it.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/62/Miracles-greatesthits-1965.jpg

daddyacey

02-09-2012, 12:54 AM

"Whats So Good About Goodbye"
"I Need A Change" ****
"Mickeys Monkey" [[That bass and organ!!!!)
"Bad Girl"
"You Can Depend On Me"
"A Fork In The Road"

nabob

02-09-2012, 01:07 AM

[You Can't Let Boy Over Power] The Man in You - one of the favorites
You've Really Got a Hold On Me - The best of the early ones
I'll Try Something New - Dynamite lyrics
Would I Love You? - One of the best ballads from the early sixties with a convincing delivery
I Like It Like That
Bad Girl
A Love She Can Count On
I've Been Good To You

phil

02-09-2012, 07:07 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8fs4TH9zIg

westgrandboulevard

02-09-2012, 07:41 AM

"I'll Try Something New"

"Would I Love You"

"What's So Good About Goodbye"

144man

02-09-2012, 04:13 PM

My love for Motown was kickstarted by the Miracles' "What's So Good About Goodbye".

Roger Polhill

02-09-2012, 10:20 PM

"HappyLanding" and "Mickey`s Monkey"

marv2

02-09-2012, 11:12 PM

I also liked "Shop Around" and "I Got to Dance to Keep From Crying". I haven't heard or thought about these songs in years. The Miracles really did put out some really great songs for that era!

Motown4Ever518

02-12-2012, 09:27 AM

You Can Depend On Me! Combined the end of the Doo-Wop era with sparse intsrumentation, with the advent of a soulful singing style. Maybe too far ahead of it's time to be a big hit commercially. Also recorded in 1963 but a b-side for Special Occasion I believe, Give Her Up. The Programming Directors flipped it over a got a nice little hit in Philly.

robb_k

02-12-2012, 01:50 PM

4387
"I'll Try Something New"

"Way Over There"

"What's So Good About Goodbye"

brother_love

02-12-2012, 02:07 PM

Would I Love You

arrr&bee

02-12-2012, 03:43 PM

If i may inject something here,take a good listen to a young smokey on[i need a change]the desparation in his voice sets this early miracles song apart as he pleads for her return[long before-ooo baby baby]almost makes you think it was written for ruffin[hehe]one of the best of his early work!

John Sands

02-12-2012, 05:05 PM

My sister had the 45 of "You've Really Got a Hold On Me' which she played over and over so when I think of the Miracles I think of that.

daddyacey

02-13-2012, 02:58 AM

mr_postman

02-13-2012, 06:01 PM

A spontaneous top five in no particular order:

[[You Can) Depend On Me
After All
Would I Love You
I Gotta Dance To Keep From Crying
Whatever Makes You Happy

rovereab

02-13-2012, 07:05 PM

Mickey`s Monkey for me.

I love this section of RSG:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2GBs-vJOlQ

marv2

02-13-2012, 07:44 PM

Mickey`s Monkey for me.

I love this section of RSG:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2GBs-vJOlQ

That was a great moment wasn't it? Historical now.

motony

02-13-2012, 10:13 PM

there will NEVER be artists that naturally talented & great in Rock & Soul again.Glad this was my time growin up & had great talents that came out of Motown Detroit to love & look up to. The Miracles did "Mickeys Monkey" when it was new on "Saturday Hop" a local Miami Bandstand show & ofcourse Claudette was in the group & they TORE it up, their performance is tattooed in my brain, it was so cool.

kalisa

02-14-2012, 09:29 AM

Mickey`s Monkey for me.

I love this section of RSG:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2GBs-vJOlQ

That Mickey's Monkey footage made me love the song [[which was formerly a "meh" on my Smokey favorites list)!!!

I'll Try Something New
What's So Good About Good-bye
You Really got a hold on me [[footage out there at the Apollo where he mixes it up with "Bring it on home"... wow! love it!!)
and...

all in one breath here...I know that you know how precious to care is and you know that I know my darling that there is .. nothing that means more to a woman than A love she can count on [[not saying that's my favorite, can't pick just one. I just love that line :) )

marv2

02-14-2012, 10:00 PM

That Mickey's Monkey footage made me love the song [[which was formerly a "meh" on my Smokey favorites list)!!!

I'll Try Something New
What's So Good About Good-bye
You Really got a hold on me [[footage out there at the Apollo where he mixes it up with "Bring it on home"... wow! love it!!)
and...

all in one breath here...I know that you know how precious to care is and you know that I know my darling that there is .. nothing that means more to a woman than A love she can count on [[not saying that's my favorite, can't pick just one. I just love that line :) )

"You Really got a hold on me " my brother Robert and I use to sing that song when were little kids and I mean really little ! He would sing Smokey's part and make me sing Bobby's part. LOL!

arrr&bee

02-15-2012, 02:03 PM

that mickey's monkey footage made me love the song [[which was formerly a "meh" on my smokey favorites list)!!!

I'll try something new
what's so good about good-bye
you really got a hold on me [[footage out there at the apollo where he mixes it up with "bring it on home"... Wow! Love it!!)
and...

All in one breath here...i know that you know how precious to care is and you know that i know my darling that there is .. nothing that means more to a woman than a love she can count on [[not saying that's my favorite, can't pick just one. I just love that line :) )good one,my favorite lines too from that smokey classic!

mr soul

02-15-2012, 04:13 PM

As well as most of those mentioned I like to add.

That's The Way I Feel
Ain't It Baby
Broken Hearted
He Don't Care About Me
Father Dear

stephanie

02-15-2012, 05:48 PM

I Got to Dance to Keep From Crying~

MotownSteve

02-15-2012, 05:50 PM

Mickey`s Monkey for me.

I love this section of RSG:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2GBs-vJOlQ

I have that on a DVD I got from the http://thevideobeat.com

Ryon6

02-15-2012, 06:32 PM

I'll Try Something New

Happy Landing

Whatever Makes You Happy

Choosey Beggar

Would I Love You

theboyfromxtown

02-15-2012, 06:46 PM

I find it the number of specific nominations for "Would I Love You" very satisfying. It's not been a song that has been recognised so widely in the past.

paladin

02-15-2012, 08:27 PM

I noticed that trend as well. I was happy that Dance To Keep from Crying and Mickeys Monkey where noticed too. The first time I heard "Crying" was at a block party and everybody just broke out dancing. The Miracles Mickeys Monkey has been indelibly branded in my brain, the music and their steps could easily define the way of Motown.........