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Non Motown Discussion/Topics/Artists / Re: Geo - My World Is Empty Without You
« Last post by Roger on February 21, 2026, 04:00:37 pm »
Pleasantly gloomy version ...

Geo seems to be a Dutch singer called George Dijkhuis who sang with a group called Sympathy in The '70s.

https://www.45cat.com/artist/geo

Info about Sympathy here ....

https://therockasteria.blogspot.com/2024/12/sympathy-as-long-as-we-can-see-1974.html

Roger
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West Grand Blog / Re: West Grand Blog
« Last post by humboldt on February 20, 2026, 11:34:09 am »
Got To Give It Up - THE STARS WHO QUIT WEST GRAND

Sue who?

https://www.adampwhite.com/westgrandblog/leavinghere?



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General Discussion, Questions, News etc. / Re: Hitsville U.S.A. 1967 — Where the Music Never Stopped
« Last post by DanMan869 on February 20, 2026, 08:16:45 am »
The scariest part of AI is its ability to create something out of nothing. When it comes to Motown, it actually makes me sad.

I’ve mentioned this here before, but those AI mixes labeled "Unreleased Version!" or "Alternate Mix!" are so incredibly misleading. Just SAY what they are. Lately, the YouTube algorithm has been inexplicably feeding me videos from 12, 15, even 18 years ago. It’s a reminder that things last on YouTube--they don't disappear. When someone posts an AI version of a song and presents it as "previously unreleased," they are lying and muddying history. A little internet research would prove these aren't "rare finds" at all. I wouldn’t care if people posted them as "AI Remix!" or "I’ve always wanted to hear these two sing together!"—but...they don't. That soul singer you "discovered" is just a much slicker version of that same deception.

At the same time, I often think: wouldn’t it be cool to go to a VR+AI version of a 1966 concert? You’d experience it (mostly) as it was, but you’d know up front that it wasn’t real. That’s the difference to me. One would be an immersive tribute, but the other is a total fake. We've got to be able to tell the difference if we want the real history--Motown history--to survive.
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General Discussion, Questions, News etc. / Re: Hitsville U.S.A. 1967 — Where the Music Never Stopped
« Last post by humboldt on February 19, 2026, 06:53:04 pm »
A few months ago I discovered an amazing soulful female singer. She had her own YT channel, FB page and was on Spotify. New music started to come thick and fast! There were never any live performances or concert dates that's when I realised I had been conned! She did not exist but was AI. I have vowed that this will never happen again. If some sounds/looks too good to be true then they are!
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General Discussion, Questions, News etc. / Re: Hitsville U.S.A. 1967 — Where the Music Never Stopped
« Last post by DanMan869 on February 19, 2026, 06:44:16 pm »
Yeah, WTF?

Also, I wonder what funeral Diana was going to? She looked devastated...

The one thing that seems odd about these AI shorts is when there are people in the background who do NOT look like they're existing in 1967. People in shorts and sleeveless shirts? Nope. They should leave along with Miles Davis!
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Non Motown Discussion/Topics/Artists / Michelle David & The True-tones - You'll Never Know (Live)
« Last post by humboldt on February 19, 2026, 05:47:08 pm »
Michelle David & The True-tones - You'll Never Know (Live)- 'You'll Never Know' (Live). Old skool soul, am liking this very much.

https://youtu.be/3T58KYK0NAE?si=R2UeMc7PDImdCqZq
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Temptations / Medley/Soul To Soul on Jay Leno
« Last post by humboldt on February 19, 2026, 03:30:13 pm »
Medley/Soul To Soul on Jay Leno. Someone may like this.

https://youtu.be/WqfAAj_9z84?si=puTkMHdMTwjWqAwd
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General Discussion, Questions, News etc. / Re: Berry Gordy's 10 Biggest Signing Mistakes
« Last post by humboldt on February 19, 2026, 10:42:12 am »
No the Isley's never recorded 'Grapevine'.
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General Discussion, Questions, News etc. / Hitsville U.S.A. 1967 — Where the Music Never Stopped
« Last post by humboldt on February 19, 2026, 10:40:05 am »
Hitsville U.S.A. 1967 — Where the Music Never Stopped

Miles Davis?????????

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e4ysFENrYLY
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General Discussion, Questions, News etc. / Re: Berry Gordy's 10 Biggest Signing Mistakes
« Last post by Roger on February 19, 2026, 09:53:17 am »
I'm not sure whether any of my knitting has been ripped by this channel as it's a new expression for me. :)

Curious title for the video, it seems to be more a random list of alleged miscalculations he made.  I say "alleged" as I thought that Berry Gordy was keen to sign The J5 once he saw them perform at their Motown audition and, as far as I'm aware, he was keen to hang onto The Supremes (or at least one in particular) in the months before "Where Did Our Love Go" broke the group.  Funnily, I believe that he was seriously thinking of ditching Stevie Wonder until "Uptight" revived his career, but there is no mention of that in the  video!!

Two errors I noticed were that the J5 had had a single released before they were signed to Motown so "I Want You Back" wasn't their first, though their one pre-Motown 45 was only released in The Chicago region.  The other was that it states that The Isley Brothers had recorded "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" ... did they?

I disagree about Rick James John ... he was hugely popular with the Soul/R&B crowd in the late '70s/early '80s ... he seemed to be creating trends at that time whereas most of the other Motown acts were following them.  If his popularity wasn't properly reflected in the mainstream "Pop" charts that's probably because mainstream radio had turned away from hard-edged R&B on both sides of the Atlantic.

Regarding Gladys Knight, not only did Berry Gordy not fight to keep her it seems that he didn't even know that she was leaving as it has been reported that when "Midnight Train" reached #1 in the USA he thought that it was another one of her Motown releases.  Presumably by that time he had stepped back from being part of the "Quality Control" team.

Roger 
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