I got a craving for Motown music this weekend. It started on a fun Saturday with innocent classics like Marvin Gayes' "I Heard it Through the Grape Vice," and the Shirelles' "Please Mr. Postman." The mood progressed through the sixties into the seventies, as I read the World and National section of the Sunday Times with Edwin Starr's, "War, What is it Good For," and "What's Going On," again from Marvin Gaye.
The sounds of the Tempatations, early Stevie Wonder, and Ready Earth are playing over and over again in my apartment. The music is taking be back through my high school history books and inspiring a road trip across the country in a classic convertable. The craving for Motown expands to other music of the general period. Beach Boys, Mama's and the Papas, Smoky Robinson ... Shaft Theme, My Girl, Get Ready, Blowing in the Wind, Let it Be, Surfin USA, Mrs. Robinson ...
