Alright it's freezing outside and the night is as black as coal but I put this record on and it's like instant sunshine. Back in the seventies I was a little mad for the Sound of Motown and it was bands like the Vandellas that got me shaking rather than the pure pop of the Supremes. Certainly I liked the Supremes and they had some massive hits but there was a bit more soul and foot stomping lingering in the Motown vaults.
In fact the only Motown star I've ever seen was Diana Ross. I was in London around 1995 walking around the town with a friend I had hooked up with over there. We were in Kensington when there was this massive rush of photographers running down the street. And it front of them was Ms. Ross with big hair and and a flowing red dress. And it was mayhem. Shouts of "Turn This Way" and "Who are you meeting?" and it went for 30 seconds and was over. The paparazzi melting back into the shadows.
Back to Heat Wave. I first heard it on a Who album. The Jam also covered it. They were my two favourite bands at the time so they led me to Martha and the pure joy of dancing to Heat Wave in a sweaty club on a Wednesday night in Richmond. Or a packed Rubber Soul where drinks were spilled as the floor heaved to sixties classics.
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