(Do You Remember) Motown 25? Get ready for Motown 45
 

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Justin Timberlake (news) and Lionel Richie (news) will host an ABC-TV special celebrating the hit singles of the legendary record label Motown this May. The working title of the special is Motown 45, and it will feature two hours of non-stop performances. The special will be taped at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on April 4.


From its beginnings in Detroit 45 years ago, Motown has become the symbol of R&B and soul music around the world. The talent lineup for the tribute show is still being created, but it will consist of a combination of legendary artists and today's hit makers. There will be no awards, tributes, or drawn out history lessons during the special--just music.


All proceeds from ticket sales to the event will be donated to the United Negro College Fund.


Ummmmmm, I know why Justin Timberlake is co-hosting (ratings-May sweeps) but :rolleyes:

I'd wish Ly-nell (Lionel) and the Commodores would reunite. Let ya'lls pride slide! :D

I bet this won't touch Motown 25. Remember Mike performed "Billie Jean"? (ahhhhhhhh, the good ole days!) :D

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SIGH.....yup, this is when he did the moonwalk for the first time....and his face wasn't mutilated....oh, the good ole days!!!

....When Mike was BROWN, not the non-descript "color" he is now..

I was 8 going on 9 :eek: and used to get a press 'n' curl, lol.

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i remeber! we still have the tape... but no beta to play it on, lol.

During the holidays my dad was talking this!He is STILL really mad at Lionel for breaking up the Commodors... like lionel did something to him personally, lol.

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LMAO @ the Beta version. Some video stores have the VHS.

Girlllllllll, that was serious when Lionel left. IF they reunite...get rid of the dude from England that sang on "Night Shift". He had the pointed sideburns. :rolleyes:

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Yeah, those were the days. That was when I was riding HIGH on Mike's jock. :o But I still love his crazy behind!!!

One question, though... why a 45th anniversary? Why not 50th? :confused: Cuz I don't wanna see another one in 5 years.

I just brought Thriller on CD because all last week everywhere I went I heard Pretty Young Thing (PYT). So when me and my friend went to target it was only $10.00, but the memories are priceless. Does anyone remember when they showed Thriller on the local news station? Does anyone remember where they were? I remember I was over to a friends house and we had a mini-party until the video came on and all I remember is when it ended, no one could top that. That video is so creative and still is today. Michael is one of a kind.

1) Justin Timberlake? WTH?

2) I know my mama STILL has a Beta and uses it to tape things, you can come watch it at her house.

3) I was walking on campus today and someone has a shrine to Lionel Richie up in their dorm window (I should take a picture, it is NUTTY considering the demographics of this campus).

4) I still have my Thriller album on 33 1/3 record, my poster of MJ in a white and yellow bow tie and sweater vest, AND a black satin purse with the Thriller cover on it.

Do I remember Motwon 25, how about I have the tape to that bad boy!!! I am sooo excited I remember when I was watching it as a little girl, I remember the Jackson 5 performing and Michael Jackson doing the moonwalk. It was awesome!!!!

JT supposedly has been pulled. He claims he has a movie to shoot. :rolleyes:

Dang...I thought my sister was the only one in the world who still had that poster.....:eek:

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That boy knows good and damn well he had cleared his calendar so he could host. He just got scared from the backlash of people being mad because he got through nipplegate unscathed.

I plan to save it and torment my children with it :) They probably won't even recognize him. "Mom you're a dooooooooork"

ME TOOOOO!

I used to think he was SO cute in that picture, but I was like five years old, lol.

I heard on Russ Parr this morning that Cedric The Entertainer will serve as co-host. He will be taking Justin Timberlake's place.

ETAA:

Motown Taps Cedric the Entertainer
Mon Mar 15, 9:34 PM ET


LOS ANGELES - Justin Timberlake (news) is out, and Cedric the Entertainer is in as the new co-host of ABC's "Motown 45" special.



Cedric, the co-star of "Barbershop 2: Back in Business," will emcee the show with singer Lionel Richie (news).


Among the artists slated to perform in the tribute to Motown Records are The Commodores, The Four Tops, Macy Gray (news), Gladys Knight, The Temptations and original Supremes Mary Wilson (news) and Cindy Birdsong.


Timberlake dropped out of the show because of a conflict with filming his first movie, "Edison," as a young journalist who discovers an elite team of corrupt police.


The recent Grammy winner had been tapped earlier this year to co-host the anniversary celebration of the legendary soul music label along with Richie.


Timberlake was engulfed in controversy for much of February after he ripped off part of Janet Jackson (news)'s costume during the Super Bowl halftime show, revealing her breast. The choreographed stunt, which both said was not meant to include nudity, sparked a national outcry and an FCC (news - web sites) investigation. CBS, which aired the Super Bowl, only allowed Timberlake to participate in its Grammy broadcast after he agreed to apologize on the air.


The special will tape at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on April 4 and is tentatively scheduled to air sometime in May

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Feeling old right about now...

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Oh yeah? I have Motown 25 on tape...BETA

:o :o :o :o :o

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Uhhh, Ms. Valerie, seems like your dress is a lil low. :o

...says who? ;)

errr, yeah, though, Nick, tighten up your fine-lookin' woman on the dress code next time fo yall leave da house.

Dat show (from what I saw) was whickity whack!

NO MO MOTOWN SHOWS. :o

Was Raven supposed to be Janet Jackson on that show? I was like :confused: . I flipped back and forth, then I saw Macy Gray. Can someone please tell me how she got a record deal?

We must have been watching at the same time. That's all I saw. I was thinking Raven THOUGHT she was Janet. I was LOL when I saw the other dancers being "picked up", but they didn't touch Raven. :o

Macy...LAWD! Why her. At least she tried to dress like Marvin. :o

I flipped back and saw Gerald in his PINK jacket doing the twist and the mashed potato. :o

Macy was it for me. I gave up. Was her hair relaxed/straightened or was she wearing a wig?

On TJMS this morning J. Anthony Brown said he saw Gerald and thought it was a Mary Kay cadillac up on stage. :)

I knew something wasn't right when I turned and saw Cedric-the-Entertainer trying to sing. Fortunately he was on stage with Kim ? :D :D from AI.

Michael McDonald was cool; Brian McKnight's song was arright, but his it looked like his suit didn't quite fit right.

It all went downhill for me after the supremes hit the stage... Sometimes folk should just know when to call it quits... Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong were both h-o-r-r-i-b-l-e!

I thought, overall the show was a HOT MESS!!! And can someone tell me why everyone was singing Stevie Wonder songs EXCEPT Stevie? Where was he???

Kelly Rowland and Lionel Richie sang Endless Love pretty well. That was one of the few highlights.

What was the Disco chick's name who thought she was Tina Turner in that short drapery like 1965 dress? If she jumped up and kicked her old leg one more time we would have all gotten a flash of her support hose that we did NOT want to see

Lordy Be...

I saw was Gladys Knight, and she still got it.
I saw the Four Tops, I miss Levi Stubbs in the group. I know that he has been ill, and the last time I saw a pic of him he was in a wheel chair. It wasn't the same seeing some other much younger guy sing lead.
I also saw The Temptations.

Did anyone see Michael McDonald? One of the DeeJays here was raving that he was excellent, but I didn't see him. I know he has a whole CD of Motown songs.