They're all fantastic songs. I'll buy the CD and I'm sure it will be interesting, but I can't help being somewhat skeptical. I wonder if some of the remixes will be all elongated and twisted around, with little resemblance to the original song?
Also, I bemusedly wonder how many times a song like "My World Is Empty Without You" has been re-released over the years. Perhaps a hundred times or more? How many times did Motown, and the successors/buyers of Motown put out yet another LP or CD out, wringing a little more profit from an iconic hit?
Hey, it's all good, and this will probably make for great dance music in the clubs. I'll plunk down my 15 or 20 bucks and put the CD on my living room shelf. I doubt that the remix CD will really matter to anyone five years from now, though I see myself playing the old albums and CD's for the rest of my natural life, or as long as I can hear.
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Here is the track list for "Motown Remixed":
"I Want You Back" (Jackson 5), DJ Z-Trip
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Gladys Knight & the Pips), the Randy Watson Experience
"Let's Get It On" (Marvin Gaye), DA Producers
"Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" (Stevie Wonder), DJ Smash
"ABC" (Jackson 5), Salaam Remi
"I Just Want To Celebrate" (Rare Earth), Mocean Worker
"Papa Was a Rolling Stone" (Temptations), DJ Jazzy Jeff & Pete Kuzma
"Quiet Storm" (Smokey Robinson), Groove Boutique featuring Roy Ayers
"My World Is Empty Without You" (Diana Ross & the Supremes), Tranzition
"Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" (Temptations), Easy Mo Bee
"Smiling Faces Sometimes" (Undisputed Truth), Futureshock Entertainment
"The Tears of a Clown" (Smokey Robinson & the Miracles), Hotsnax
"Keep on Truckin'" (Eddie Kendricks), DJ Spinna
"War" (Edwin Starr), King Britt
"Mary Jane" (Rick James), DJ Green Lantern