Dig.  I’ve just been so darn mellow since I got back from CR that I can’t stop listening to “Ain’t No Woman Like The One I Got” and lack any desire to scream at people to engage their back leg in Ardha Chandrasana while listening to Dokken, or something.  I’m going with my gut and my groove on this one, and proposing a delightful spring of Motown and R&B classics, both old and new.

I'm a Ringo girl, personally

A tip for surviving Big Motown Fridays is to remember that even when the sweat is falling into your eyes from below while you attempt your fourth preparation for full Kapotasana dropbacks:  Marvin Gaye ALWAYS has the right idea, and if you’re p.o’d at Marvin for sounding so mellow and joyous while you are about to blow up or swallow your tongue it’s time to chill out and laugh and watch the floor show until sanity prevails.  I know you know what I’m talking about.  See you on Friday at 4.

“Set The Mood Right/Until The End Of Time Prelude”, Justin Timberlake [I have ALWAYS wanted to start a class with this silly song.  Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa]

“Let’s Get It On”, Marvin Gaye

“My Girl”, Temptations

“Little Bit Of Feel Good”, Jamie Lidell

“When You Gonna Learn (Didgeridoo)”, Jamiroquai

“Golden Lady”, Stevie Wonder [This right here has been my jam for like 12 years now.  I wake up to this song on the Sony Dream Machine every morning.  It gives one a decent shot at a great day.]

“What’s Going On”, Marvin Gaye

“Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing”, Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell

“Ain’t No Woman Like The One I Got”, The Four Tops [See above]

“Stay With Me (By The Sea)”, Al Green feat. John Legend

“Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)”, Temptations [What's up with Motown artists (and parenthetical song titles?)]

“Live It Up”, John Legend

“Eddie You Should Know Better”, Curtis Mayfield

“Rope Of Sand”, Jamie Lidell

“Wild And Peaceful”, Kool and the Gang

“All I Wanna Do”, Jamie Lidell

“If It’s Magic”, Stevie Wonder

Stay tuned for more Big Motown/R&B Friday offerings.  Can’t wait for Aretha, Sam and Dave, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding…

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