Originally Posted by
Ngroove
Okay, I know, this is supposed to be "early Motown", but noting this one, because, unlike Marvin's "Let's Get It On" and Diana's "Touch Me In The Morning", Smokey Robinson's bedroom ballads, Rick James, and the notability of Queen Latifah shouting "B****!" on the Motown 40 documentary, ect, this was a definite "WHOA!" from a former "good boy" of the Temptations, based on his previous style when he was with the Temptations. Really, for the first few years I've given this one a listen, I've thought of this as simply a fun, pop-radio friendly, light disco-y confection, before further "research" and actually paying closer attention to the lyrics, cutting through the smoothness, towards what's it actually subliminally saying.
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